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The Harvest of Inadequate Lives

By: Patrick S. Stokes

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The Harvest of Inadequate Lives

By: Patrick S. Stokes

Following a man's life and personal tragedies which ultimately lead him to become a ruthless serial killer.

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Strategic Book Publishing

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1612041000

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Fighting for My Life: How I Found God and Beat Lyme Disease

How I Found God and Beat Lyme Disease

By: Patrick Collins

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Fighting for My Life: How I Found God and Beat Lyme Disease

How I Found God and Beat Lyme Disease

By: Patrick Collins

Patrick Collins has the life that he has always wanted: a loving family and supportive friends who help him in following his dreams. He has an accomplished baseball career and a unique passion to change the world. That is, until illness strikes. Plagued by fatigue, arthritis, chronic sinus infections, mood swings, and seizures, Patrick is left without a guide in his search for what is wrong with him. Doctor after doctor runs tests and comes up without a diagnosis. The family is told it is -all in Patrick's head, - and is offered antidepressants. Two years and tens of thousands of dollars later, a diagnosis is given: Lyme disease. Although Patrick's malady finally has a name, the extensive testing for, and treatment of, this enigmatic disease is not covered by insurance companies, leaving the family financially devastated. This memoir draws readers into the mind of this young sufferer of Lyme disease who had lost all hope of recovery, missing out on years of his childhood.

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Lulu.com

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1483466590

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Aeroscopics

Media of the Bird's-Eye View

By: Patrick Ellis

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Aeroscopics

Media of the Bird's-Eye View

By: Patrick Ellis

Introduction : spotting the spot -- The panoramic altitude -- The panstereorama -- Vertigo effects -- Observation rides -- The aeroplane gaze -- Conclusion : first flights.

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Univ of California Press

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0520355490

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9780520355491

Serving God in a Migrant Crisis

Ministry to People on the Move

By: Patrick Johnstone

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Serving God in a Migrant Crisis

Ministry to People on the Move

By: Patrick Johnstone

Millions are on the move in today's world, and Christians have a unique perspective on this migrant crisis: after all, Jesus was a refugee. Patrick Johnstone and Dean Merrill help us understand what's causing today's refugee crisis, explore Christian theology and tradition on migration, and show us how Christian workers around the globe are opening their hearts to embrace these modern outcasts.

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InterVarsity Press

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0830871489

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The Chronicle of Hugh of Flavigny

Reform and the Investiture Contest in the Late Eleventh Century

By: Patrick Healy

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The Chronicle of Hugh of Flavigny

Reform and the Investiture Contest in the Late Eleventh Century

By: Patrick Healy

This book is a detailed study of Hugh of Flavigny and his chronicle, which is widely recognised as one of the most important narratives of a crucial period of European history, that is, the Investiture Contest. Hugh's Chronicon is significant in a number of ways: as a unique source-book for some of the most important primary documents (especially papal letters) generated by the Investiture Contest; as a rare autograph manuscript which gives an important insight into contemporary modes of composition and compilation; as an important history of the 'local' effects of the Investiture Contest in the dioceses of Verdun and Autun; and as a striking autobiography of the author, Hugh of Flavigny. All these aspects are covered in this study by Patrick Healy. Other chapters investigate the context of the work in terms of ecclesiastical politics and use an analysis of the political and theological sources to illustrate the intellectual make-up of a contemporary monk, publicist - and polemicist.

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Routledge

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1317038460

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The Open Future

Why Future Contingents are All False

By: Patrick Todd

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The Open Future

Why Future Contingents are All False

By: Patrick Todd

In The Open Future: Why Future Contingents are all False, Patrick Todd launches a sustained defense of a radical interpretation of the doctrine of the open future. He argues that all claims about undetermined aspects of the future are simply false. Todd argues that this theory is metaphysically more parsimonius than its rivals, and that objections to its logical and practical coherence are much overblown. Todd shows how proponents of this view can maintain classical logic, and argues that the view has substantial advantages over Ockhamist, supervaluationist, and relativist alternatives. Todd draws inspiration from theories of ''neg-raising'' in linguistics, from debates about omniscience within the philosophy of religion, and defends a crucial comparison between his account of future contingents and certain more familiar theories of counterfactuals. Further, Todd defends his theory of the open future from the charges that it cannot make sense of our practices of betting, makes our credences regarding future contingents unintelligible, and is at odds with proper norms of assertion. In the end, in Todd's classical open future, we have a compelling new solution to the longstanding "problem of future contingents".

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Oxford University Press

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0192652761

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Estimating Potential Output in Chile

A Multivariate Filter for Mining and Non-Mining Sectors

By: Patrick Blagrave,Marika Santoro

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Estimating Potential Output in Chile

A Multivariate Filter for Mining and Non-Mining Sectors

By: Patrick Blagrave,Marika Santoro

Using a multivariate filter, we estimate potential growth rates in Chile’s mining and non-mining sectors. Estimates for the mining sector incorporate information on copper prices, whereas estimates for non-mining reflect information on inflation and unemployment rates. To better understand the drivers of potential growth, we decompose estimates into capital, labor (adjusted for human-capital and hours worked), and total-factor productivity using a production-function. Our estimates of potential output in Chile suggest that an important part of the recent growth slowdown has been structural, with potential-output growth slowing to 21⁄2 percent in recent years, although it plausibly could be higher in the medium-term.

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International Monetary Fund

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1475544928

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Fragmentation of International Trade Law Reassessed

Analyzing the Role of PTA-DSMs Based on Their Adjudication of General Exception Clauses

By: Patrick Wasilczyk

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Fragmentation of International Trade Law Reassessed

Analyzing the Role of PTA-DSMs Based on Their Adjudication of General Exception Clauses

By: Patrick Wasilczyk

This book provides innovative and empirically based insights into the ongoing debate on the fragmentation of international trade law. It offers the reader a much-needed doctrinal overview of the different approaches to the issue of fragmentation and reveals their inherent methodological advantages and limitations. On this basis, the book then approaches the issue of fragmentation from an empirical standpoint by applying a novel dataset on Preferential Trade Agreements’ Dispute Settlement Mechanisms (PTA-DSMs), which have been used to adjudicate general exception clauses within the context of the individual PTA Members’ obligation to liberalize trade in goods. Although the results remain limited to the single issue of PTA-DSM adjudication for liberalization of trade in goods, they are indicative of key misconceptions regarding the fragmentation of ITL. As the findings confirm, the PTA-DSMs assessed have ultimately come to equivalent decisions, taking into consideration their overall use, the nature of the legal commitments embedded in the respective PTAs, and the economic wellbeing of the respective PTA partners. The book reveals the influence of specific PTA-DSMs on other PTA-DSMs and thereby paves the way for legal unification, rather than fragmentation.

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Springer Nature

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303140601X

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Proceedings of the First Conference of the Construction History Society

By: James Campbell,Nicholas Bill,Karey Draper,Patrick Fleming,Yiting Pan,Wendy Andrews

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Proceedings of the First Conference of the Construction History Society

By: James Campbell,Nicholas Bill,Karey Draper,Patrick Fleming,Yiting Pan,Wendy Andrews

The proceedings of the first conference of the Construction History Society, which took place on 11 and 12 April 2014 at Queens' College, Cambridge, featuring 48 peer-reviewed papers covering a wide variety of subjects on the theme of construction history.

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0992875102

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Intervention and State Sovereignty in Central Europe, 1500-1780

By: Patrick Milton

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Intervention and State Sovereignty in Central Europe, 1500-1780

By: Patrick Milton

Interventions in other states on behalf of their populations is often portrayed as a novel phenomenon in state practice, one which breaches the old principle of sovereignty. But is this really a new practice? Patrick Milton argues that such interventions occurred frequently as far back as the 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries.

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Oxford University Press

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0192871188

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Bauhaus Women

A Global Perspective

By: Elizabeth Otto,Patrick Rössler

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Bauhaus Women

A Global Perspective

By: Elizabeth Otto,Patrick Rössler

Forty-five key women of the Bauhaus movement. Bauhaus Women: A Global Perspective reclaims the other half of Bauhaus history, yielding a new understanding of the radical experiments in art and life undertaken at the Bauhaus and the innovations that continue to resonate with viewers around the world today. The story of the Bauhaus has usually been kept narrow, localised to its original time and place and associated with only a few famous men such as Walter Gropius, Marcel Breuer, Paul Klee, Wassily Kandinsky and László Moholy-Nagy. Bauhaus Women: A Global Perspective bursts the bounds of this slim history by revealing fresh Bauhaus faces: Forty-five Bauhaus women unjustifiably forgotten by most history books. This book also widens the lens to reveal how the Bauhaus drew women from many parts of Europe and beyond, and how, through these cosmopolitan female designers, artists and architects, it sent the Bauhaus message out into the world and to a global audience.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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191221797X

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Micro- and Nanophotonic Technologies

By: Patrick Meyrueis,Kazuaki Sakoda,Marcel Van de Voorde

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Micro- and Nanophotonic Technologies

By: Patrick Meyrueis,Kazuaki Sakoda,Marcel Van de Voorde

Edited and authored by leading experts from top institutions in Europe, the US and Asia, this comprehensive overview of micro- and nanophotonics covers the physical and chemical fundamentals, while clearly focusing on the technologies and applications in industrial R&D. As such, the book reports on the four main areas of telecommunications and display technologies; light conversion and energy generation; light-based fabrication of materials; and micro- and nanophotonic devices in metrology and control.

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John Wiley & Sons

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3527699937

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9783527699933

International Investor Obligations

Towards Individual International Responsibility for the Public Interest in International Investment Law

By: Patrick Abel

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International Investor Obligations

Towards Individual International Responsibility for the Public Interest in International Investment Law

By: Patrick Abel

Das internationale Investitionsschutzrecht steht seit Jahren in der Kritik: Genießen Investoren internationale Rechte ohne korrespondierende Verantwortlichkeit? Dieses Buch stellt diese Sicht infrage. Vielmehr lassen sich der Vertrags- und Schiedspraxis bereits heute Investorenpflichten entnehmen, die das Buch normtheoretisch als direkte und indirekte Pflichten erschließt. Diese verpflichten Investoren etwa auf Menschenrechte und Umweltschutz. Sie sind potentiell geeignet, das Rechtsgebiet verstärkt auf das Ziel nachhaltiger Entwicklung auszurichten und Investorenverhalten international zu regulieren. Das Buch stellt diese Entwicklung in den allgemeineren Kontext der seit 1945 stattfindenden Individualisierung des Völkerrechts.

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Nomos Verlag

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3748933177

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Absolution

By: Patrick Flanery

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Absolution

By: Patrick Flanery

A bold and exciting literary novel set in South Africa that contemplates the elusive line between truth and self-perception. Ambitious and assured, Absolution propels the reader to the final page in a drive to discover the secrets and truths at its core. How or why did a young antiapartheid activist disappear twenty years earlier? How does that event link the present-day characters? And how does it explain the choices they have made or the lies they may tell themselves? Absolution is a big-idea novel about the pitfalls of memory, the ramifications of censorship, and the ways we are silently complicit in the problems around us. It’s also a devastating, intimate, and stunningly woven story. Told in shifting perspectives, it centers on the mysterious character of Clare Wald, a controversial South African writer of great fame, haunted by the memories of a sister she fears she betrayed to her death and a daughter she fears she abandoned. Clare comes to learn that in this conflict the dead do not stay buried, and the missing return in other forms—such as the child witness of her daughter’s last days who has reappeared twenty years later as Clare’s official biographer, prompting an unraveling of history and a search for forgiveness. Part literary thriller, part meditation on the responsibility of the individual under totalitarianism, this is a masterpiece of rich, complicated characters and narration that captures the reader and does not let go.

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Penguin

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1101580313

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9781101580318

Fun & Easy Scroll Saw Projects

By: Patrick E. Spielman

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Fun & Easy Scroll Saw Projects

By: Patrick E. Spielman

Renowned woodworking artisan and best-selling author Patrick Spielman presents an incredible collection of more than 235 decorative and functional patterns and more than 100 projects. Many of these projects are ideal for the beginning scroller and can be completed in an hour or less. Most do not require expert sawing skills or fancy equipment. Work with a variety of materials other than wood, including paper, plastic, and metal, and try your hand at using interesting finishes that make wood look like polished metal or an aged turquoise patina. Make key-chains, bookmarks, objects d'art, holiday ornaments, crosses, fretwork shelves, clocks, candlesticks, boxes, name signs, dimensional scenes, trivets, and more. The motifs used range from animals and people to Celtic designs to sports and holiday themes. A review of basic techniques and illustrated instructions help you complete these fun and easy projects!

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Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.

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0806993995

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Contesting Development

Participatory Projects and Local Conflict Dynamics in Indonesia

By: Patrick Barron,Rachael Diprose,Michael J. V. Woolcock

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Contesting Development

Participatory Projects and Local Conflict Dynamics in Indonesia

By: Patrick Barron,Rachael Diprose,Michael J. V. Woolcock

This pathbreaking book grapples with an established reality: well-intentioned international development programs often generate local conflict, some of which escalates to violence. To understand how such conflicts can be managed peacefully, the authors have undertaken a comprehensive mixed-methods analysis of one of the world's largest participatory development projects, the highly successful Kecamatan Development Program (KDP), which was launched by the World Bank and the Indonesian government in the late 1990s and now operates in every district across Indonesia. --

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Yale University Press

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030012631X

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Measuring the Costs of Protection in Europe

European Commercial Policy in the 2000s

By: Patrick A. Messerlin

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Measuring the Costs of Protection in Europe

European Commercial Policy in the 2000s

By: Patrick A. Messerlin

This study focuses on trade protection Europe, analysing those sectors in the European Union that have the highest protection profiles. The author assesses the costs to consumers and the effects on employment.

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Peterson Institute

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0881322733

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The Design Thinking Playbook

Mindful Digital Transformation of Teams, Products, Services, Businesses and Ecosystems

By: Michael Lewrick,Patrick Link,Larry Leifer

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The Design Thinking Playbook

Mindful Digital Transformation of Teams, Products, Services, Businesses and Ecosystems

By: Michael Lewrick,Patrick Link,Larry Leifer

A radical shift in perspective to transform your organization to become more innovative The Design Thinking Playbook is an actionable guide to the future of business. By stepping back and questioning the current mindset, the faults of the status quo stand out in stark relief—and this guide gives you the tools and frameworks you need to kick off a digital transformation. Design Thinking is about approaching things differently with a strong user orientation and fast iterations with multidisciplinary teams to solve wicked problems. It is equally applicable to (re-)design products, services, processes, business models, and ecosystems. It inspires radical innovation as a matter of course, and ignites capabilities beyond mere potential. Unmatched as a source of competitive advantage, Design Thinking is the driving force behind those who will lead industries through transformations and evolutions. This book describes how Design Thinking is applied across a variety of industries, enriched with other proven approaches as well as the necessary tools, and the knowledge to use them effectively. Packed with solutions for common challenges including digital transformation, this practical, highly visual discussion shows you how Design Thinking fits into agile methods within management, innovation, and startups. Explore the digitized future using new design criteria to create real value for the user Foster radical innovation through an inspiring framework for action Gather the right people to build highly-motivated teams Apply Design Thinking, Systems Thinking, Big Data Analytics, and Lean Start-up using new tools and a fresh new perspective Create Minimum Viable Ecosystems (MVEs) for digital processes and services which becomes for example essential in building Blockchain applications Practical frameworks, real-world solutions, and radical innovation wrapped in a whole new outlook give you the power to mindfully lead to new heights. From systems and operations to people, projects, culture, digitalization, and beyond, this invaluable mind shift paves the way for organizations—and individuals—to do great things. When you’re ready to give your organization a big step forward, The Design Thinking Playbook is your practical guide to a more innovative future.

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John Wiley & Sons

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1119467470

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The Labor of Development

Workers and the Transformation of Capitalism in Kerala, India

By: Patrick Heller

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The Labor of Development

Workers and the Transformation of Capitalism in Kerala, India

By: Patrick Heller

The state of Kerala in southern India is notable for the ways in which lower-class mobilization and state intervention have combined to create one of the most successful cases of social and redistributive development in the Third World. In contrast to predictions that labor militancy in developing countries threatens to overload fledgling democratic institutions and derail economic growth, The Labor of Development shows that the political and economic inclusion of industrial and agricultural workers in Kerala set the stage for a democratically negotiated capitalist transformation.When compared to the other Indian states, Kerala's departure from the national pattern is tied to its history of social movements and highlights the significance of understanding sub-national patterns of democratic consolidation and state building. The case of Kerala provides important theoretical insights into the circumstances under which the expansion of political and social citizenship can become the basis for managing economic change. Using examples from agriculture, industry, and the informal sector, Patrick Heller examines the institutional and political dynamics through which the demands of organized labor and the imperatives of capitalist growth have evolved from a period of open conflict and stagnation to one of class compromise. He also demonstrates that the Kerala model has broad ramifications for understanding the relationship between substantive democracy and market economies in low-income countries.

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Cornell University Press

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1501720732

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There’S a Person in Here

A Collection of Short Stories and Poems About Holding On, Letting Go, and the Space In-Between

By: James Patrick

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There’S a Person in Here

A Collection of Short Stories and Poems About Holding On, Letting Go, and the Space In-Between

By: James Patrick

Begun in 1989, following the untimely death of his parents, and culminating in 2012, following the loss of his eldest son, the author continuously documented and captured his emotions, or lack of them, around the events of his everyday life. This collection shares those records and more, including boyhood memories, and his thoughts on relationships, parenthood, colon cancer, life, loss, recovery, reconciliation, and reparation. It is a perfect companion for those dealing with any of the same issues. While the raw honesty is challenging at times, THERES A PERSON IN HERE is a quick, insightful read that stays with you and is well worth the emotional investment if you are willing to relate one mans very personal struggle toward enlightenment to your own.

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Archway Publishing

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1480807389

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Language & Power in the Early Middle Ages

By: Patrick J. Geary

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Language & Power in the Early Middle Ages

By: Patrick J. Geary

Language and ideology in the scholarship of the late Middle Ages

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Brandeis University Press

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1611683912

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The Observer's Year

366 Nights in the Universe

By: Patrick Moore

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The Observer's Year

366 Nights in the Universe

By: Patrick Moore

For this new edition, the text has been brought fully up to date – and the period covered is from 2005 to 2010. Inevitably, this has meant that large sections of the book have been completely rewritten. Much has happened since the ?rst edition was published in 1998. Patrick Moore December 2004 v 00-OY2e_PRE(i-xvi).qxd 14/2/05 2:03 PM Page vii Contents Preface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix Phases of the Moon 2005–2010 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xii January . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 February . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 March. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 April. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 May . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 June . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155 July . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181 August. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209 September. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237 October . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265 November. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295 December. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325 Appendix A: The 88 Constellations. . . . . . . . . . . . 351 Appendix B: Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353 Appendix C: The Greek Alphabet. . . . . . . . . . . . . 363 Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365 vii 00-OY2e_PRE(i-xvi).qxd 14/2/05 2:03 PM Page ix Introduction It was once said that ‘the night sky always looks much the same’. In fact, nothing could be further from the truth. There are 365 days in each year (366 in a Leap Year!), and from an astronomical point of view no two are alike.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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1846281555

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Globalizing Innovation

State Institutions and Foreign Direct Investment in Emerging Economies

By: Patrick J.W. Egan

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Globalizing Innovation

State Institutions and Foreign Direct Investment in Emerging Economies

By: Patrick J.W. Egan

The impact of host country institutions and policy on innovation by multinational firms in emerging economies. In the past, multinational firms have looked to developing countries as sources of raw materials, markets, or production efficiencies, but rarely as locations for innovation. Today, however, R&D facilities and other indicators of multinational-linked innovation are becoming more common in emerging economies. In this book, Patrick Egan investigates patterns of inward foreign direct investment (FDI) in developing countries, considering the impact of host country institutions and policy on the innovative activities undertaken by multinational firms. He examines the uneven spread of innovation-intensive foreign direct investment and emerging sectoral distributions, then develops a number of arguments about the determinants of multinational innovation in developing countries. Firms are attracted by a country's supply of skilled labor and are often eager to innovate close to new markets; but, Egan finds, host country institutions and the configuration of the host country's investment policies have a strong impact on firm decisions and evolving country investment profiles. Egan uses econometric analysis to identify determinants of multinational innovation, and examines differences among state institutions as a key variable. He then offers a detailed case study, assessing Ireland's attempts to use foreign direct investment in innovation as a catalyst for development. While FDI is a potential vehicle for industrial upgrading, Egan cautions, it is neither necessary nor sufficient for development. Furthermore, innovation-intensive investments are not likely to develop linkages with local actors or otherwise embed themselves in host economies in the absence of active, discriminating policies channeled through coherent and coordinated institutions.

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MIT Press

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0262344270

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9780262344272

Collective Knowledge

How Teams and Larger Social Systems Learn, Remember, and Invent

By: Patrick Figge

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Collective Knowledge

How Teams and Larger Social Systems Learn, Remember, and Invent

By: Patrick Figge

Collective knowledge and the associated concepts of collectively learning, remembering and inventing are increasingly important in today’s economy and society. Completing knowledge work alone is more and more difficult for individuals. Based on novel data sets which identify founders as inventors on patents and survey data collected from senior management, the author investigates questions about knowledge processing. What determines whether dispersed specialist knowledge can be located and used to complete tasks or to create new knowledge? How are social interactions organized and to what extent do individuals such as founders influence the course of action taken by the system as a whole?

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Springer

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3658221801

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Hitler and Czechoslovakia in World War II

Domination and Retaliation

By: Patrick Crowhurst

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Hitler and Czechoslovakia in World War II

Domination and Retaliation

By: Patrick Crowhurst

The invasion of Czechoslovakia by Nazi Germany in March 1939 helped to precipitate Europe's descent into World War II sis months later. The move, supposedly to protect the Sudeten Germans, shocked many in Europe, who saw it as a clear statement of intent by Hitler. Here, Patrick Crowhurst argues that occupation of the Sudetenland and the Czech lands was also crucial to the Nazi war machine. The armaments, factories and raw materials that Hitler seized accelerated Germany's capabilities; Czech tanks would prove crucial in the Ardennes and, as the Wehrmacht fought at Stalingrad, Armaments Minister Albert Speer was corralling Czech industrial machinery to produce engines, aircraft and equipment in support. In addition, new Slovakian and Czech primary material are used to give a new in-depth account of the German reaction to the assassination of Reinhardt Heydrich on the streets of Prague in June 1942. The recriminations were brutal, and dovetailed with Hitler's plans for the genocide of Czech Jewry. This is a new side of the History of Nazi Europe, and argues for the centrality of the Czech occupation in the overall narrative of World War II.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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0857734474

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Second Life

Entrepreneurship Beyond Management and Leadership

By: Patrick Verschelde

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Entrepreneurship Beyond Management and Leadership

By: Patrick Verschelde

Jack Grayson is the personnel manager at Enosi, a textile company with over eight hundred employees. As he battles an internal struggle with what he believes is ethical and right with the loyalty he should feel toward his boss, he soon begins receiving strange emails from a mentor who introduces him to the essence of selfishness and coexistence. After Jack summons the courage to stand up for what he believes in while attempting to juggle the many demands of his job, he experiences a health scare. This not only provides him with much-needed insight, but also propels him onto an ambitious entrepreneurial adventure where he meets a monk who teaches him how to discover what his soul truly yearns for. Jack learns to take back control of his life, and is ultimately rewarded with a soul mate and professional fulfillment as everything in his universe opens again. Finally he figures out the four keys that help entrepreneurs to have an amazing life. In this novel inspired by true events, a businessman embarks on a self-reflective journey that leads him to achieve more than he ever imagined.

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1982207728

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Resurrection Realism

Ratzinger the Augustinian

By: Patrick J. Fletcher

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Resurrection Realism

Ratzinger the Augustinian

By: Patrick J. Fletcher

In Resurrection Realism, Patrick Fletcher examines the key role played by Joseph Ratzinger, later Pope Benedict XVI (2005-2013), in the lively twentieth-century debates over the resurrection. Since Ratzinger has repeatedly claimed to be a follower of Augustine of Hippo, whose theology of resurrection has been so significant in Western Christianity, this book begins by identifying the key characteristics of that theology before studying Ratzinger's theology of resurrection in detail, examining the original sources of both Ratzinger and his German interlocutors, in order to paint the clearest picture to date of Ratzinger's thought on the resurrection. Some issues dealt with include: the development of Ratzinger's thought, the question of Augustinian duality and Thomistic hylomorphism, the salvation of matter, and the nature and identity of the risen body.

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Wipf and Stock Publishers

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1630873780

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Labor Force Participation in Chile

Recent Trends, Drivers, and Prospects

By: Patrick Blagrave,Marika Santoro

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Labor Force Participation in Chile

Recent Trends, Drivers, and Prospects

By: Patrick Blagrave,Marika Santoro

Gains in labor force participation rates in Chile have slowed in recent years. We examine their determinants using a cohort-model analysis. Allowing for both age- and cohort-specific effects in the context of a seemingly unrelated regression equations (SURE) approach, we find that age factors play an important role in determining participation decisions, especially for males. For females, we find that strong positive time trends dominate the downward pressure from demographics, although those trends have recently dissipated. In addition, we find that both cohort effects and the business cycle shape participation decisions. Using our cohort-based analysis, we construct projections of participation rates, which suggest population aging will put downward pressure on labor inputs, and thus potential output, in coming years. Further increases in female labor force participation—supported by policies— could more than offset the downward pressure from demographics.

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International Monetary Fund

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1475586213

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The Black West in Story and Song

By: Michael Patrick

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The Black West in Story and Song

By: Michael Patrick

The illustrations of Keith Conaway and the story-songs of Cecil Williams present the American West as few have known it. Coupled with Michael Patrick's narrative, a neglected part of American history becomes vivid. The role of African-Americans in settling the West comes alive. The explorers, homesteaders, cowboys, outlaws, cavalrymen, rodeo riders, and town founders are all there, filled with life and energy and telling a complete story of the West. Their living on the plains and in mountains in a free, relatively integrated society is a story that completes the history of a country that is diverse and colorful.

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Lulu.com

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1411676033

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Eastern Destiny

Russia in Asia and the North Pacific

By: G. Patrick March

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Eastern Destiny

Russia in Asia and the North Pacific

By: G. Patrick March

Eastern Destiny: Russia in Asia and the North Pacific is the history of a remarkable eastern expansion under tsars, emperors, and commissars. The narrative spans the period from the Mongol conquest in the 13th century to the Cold War of the 20th. An intense anxiety for security, owed in large part to the Mongol incursion, would impel the eastern Slavs relentlessly toward territorial aggrandizement. Over the centuries, the modest Grand Duchy of Moscow in Eastern Europe was so successful that it grew into the massive Russian Empire, whose lands stretched from the Holy Roman Empire in Central Europe to the edge of British power in the wilds of North America. Eastern Destiny: Russia in Asia and the North Pacific is a saga of entrepreneurs pressing ever-eastward for the wealth of pelts, whether sable or sea otter. It features the arrival of the servants of the state who ensured control of these lands and negotiated—whether subtly or otherwise—with the nations of East Asia. Also chronicled are the voluntary release by treaty of Alaska and the northern Kurils, the humiliating temporary loss of southern Sakhalin and the ultimate dismemberment of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. Despite such losses, the Russian Federation still comprises the most expansive country on earth, most of whose territory is the result of Asian conquests dating back 400 years.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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0313390142

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9780313390142

You Run the Show or the Show Runs You

Capturing Professor Harold W. Rood’s Strategic Thought for a New Generation

By: J.D. Crouch,Patrick J. Garrity

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You Run the Show or the Show Runs You

Capturing Professor Harold W. Rood’s Strategic Thought for a New Generation

By: J.D. Crouch,Patrick J. Garrity

For over forty years professor Harold W. Rood developed provocative theories in strategy, international relations, diplomacy and military power, and American foreign policy. Rood’s teaching and corpus of original writing greatly influenced generations of students who would go on to play key leadership roles in government and the public policy community. This book synthesizes Rood’s core teachings to preserve them for future generations and to stimulate new thinking in his intellectual legacy.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1442244747

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Theory of Categories

Key Instruments of Human Understanding

By: Dr. Patrick Grim,Dr. Nicholas Rescher

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Theory of Categories

Key Instruments of Human Understanding

By: Dr. Patrick Grim,Dr. Nicholas Rescher

Categorization is an essential and unavoidable instrumentality for conceptually navigating a world—indeed for being able to conceptualize a world to be navigated. Classification is a pivotal instrument for scientific systemization, featured as a basis for the philosophical understanding of reality since Aristotle, but classificatory concepts of sorts, types and natural kinds inevitably pervade our understanding of ourselves and our position in the social as well as the natural world at all levels. The authors argue that the character, purpose-, context-, and culture-relativity of categories and categorization have been widely misunderstood—that standard philosophical views are substantially correct in some respects but markedly mistaken in others. The book offers a comprehensive survey of basic principles of classification and categorization, a survey of relevant empirical work, and a multitude of illustrative examples accompanied by instructive analysis of ways and means. The work traces wide-ranging implications of the current approach for philosophical problematic and paradox in philosophy of mind, epistemology and metaphysics, philosophy of science, social philosophy and ethics.

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Anthem Press

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1839988150

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9781839988158

Unbroken Promise

By: Meg de Patrick

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Unbroken Promise

By: Meg de Patrick

Olivier LeBlanc, the UN Special Adviser on Nuclear Disarmament, and Dawn Saks, a former Deputy Director of the National Clandestine Service of the CIA set out to decipher a parchment to unravel the motive and identity of the murderers of a double killing in New York.

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Arena books

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1909421707

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9781909421707

Imagining Kashmir

Emplotment and Colonialism

By: Patrick Colm Hogan

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Imagining Kashmir

Emplotment and Colonialism

By: Patrick Colm Hogan

During the 1947 partition of the Indian subcontinent, Kashmir--a Muslim-majority area ruled by a Hindu maharaja--became a hotly disputed territory. Divided between India and Pakistan, the region has been the focus of international wars and the theater of political and military struggles for self-determination. The result has been great human suffering within the state, with political implications extending globally. Imagining Kashmir examines cinematic and literary imaginings of the Kashmir region's conflicts and diverse citizenship, analyzing a wide range of narratives from writers and directors such as Salman Rushdie, Bharat Wakhlu, Mani Ratnam, and Mirza Waheed in conjunction with research in psychology, cognitive science, and social neuroscience. In this innovative study, Patrick Colm Hogan's historical and cultural analysis of Kashmir advances theories of narrative, colonialism, and their corresponding ideologies in relation to the cognitive and affective operations of identity. Hogan considers how narrative organizes people's understanding of, and emotions about, real political situations and the ways in which such situations in turn influence cultural narratives, not only in Kashmir but around the world.

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U of Nebraska Press

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0803294875

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Artemia Biology

By: Robert A. Browne,Patrick Sorgeloos,Clive N.A. Trotman

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Artemia Biology

By: Robert A. Browne,Patrick Sorgeloos,Clive N.A. Trotman

Artemia is widely used in both life-sciences research and aquaculture. Although there are over 4000 references regarding Artemia, the literature is widely scattered. Artemia Biology provides a comprehensive, state-of-the-art review of this literature, containing a considerable amount of previously unpublished data. Although all aspects of Artemia biology are covered, the book emphasizes whole-organism approaches. Topics covered include molecular genetics, ontogeny, clonal diversity, mitochondrial DNA-based phylogeny, and comparisons of Artemia and Parartemia (including a taxonomic key to Parartemia species). The book also contains the latest information on Artemia culturing in fertilized ponds and culture tanks, as well as the use of the organism as a food source. Researchers investigating basic biological questions involving molecular genetics, biochemistry, enzymatic and developmental activities, physiology, ecological genetics and adaptation, ecology, and aquaculture production will find this book indispensable.

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CRC Press

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0849367298

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The Data Book of Astronomy

By: Patrick Moore

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The Data Book of Astronomy

By: Patrick Moore

Filled with data about the Earth, Moon, the planets, the stars, our Galaxy, and the myriad galaxies in deep space, this invaluable resource reveals the latest scientific discoveries about black holes, quasars, and the origins of the Universe. It includes maps supported by detailed tables of the names, positions, magnitudes, and spectra of the main stars in each constellation along with key data on galaxies, nebulae, and clusters. MNASSA wrote, "This book fills a niche with detailed astronomical data and concise explanations, all at an accessible level it is an excellent resource, and probably will be the first book I shall reach for.

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1420033441

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