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American Concrete Institute, 2003. Paperback. New Book. Paperback. A June 2003 conference brought together representatives from industry, universities, and government research organizations to present the latest information on all aspects of concrete durability. Papers from the conference are presented here. Most papers include a synopsis, a discussion of results, and accompanying tables, graphs, and b&w photos and/or micro images. Some specific areas examined include a global system for preventing alk... more information

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World Scientific, 2008. Hardbound. New Book. Hardbound. Chandre (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France), Lenocini (Aix-Marseille U., France), and Zaslavsky (New York U., US) present 29 papers in which physicists explore the topic of chaos, complexity, and turbulence in physical systems in the context of transport processes of plasmas, fluids, and other systems. The more theoretical papers discus such topics as out-of-equilibrium phase transitions in mean-field Hamiltonian dynamics, stochasti... more information

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Wageningen Academic Publishers, 2009. Paperback. New Book. Paperback. These papers, presented at the 2008 Conference on Equine Sports Medicine and Science, offer equine experts and medical personnel the latest research on the health factors that may contribute to poor performances in sport horses. Editor Lindner, head of the Arbeitsgruppe Pferd equine resource in Western Europe, has collected these papers from research experts that cover such physical factors as the gastrointestinal tract, the heart, the f... more information

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American Water Works Assn., 2001. New Book. Spiral Binding. This report details a process for developing project-specific public involvement programs, integrating them into a water utility's decision making process, and sustaining them for the course of a project or program. It details three steps to successful public involvement and describes some of the tools and processes that have been applied by other utilities, then discusses how to build and sustain institutional support. It gives advice on work... more information

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Ashgate Publishing Co., 2000. Hardbound. New Book. Hardbound. Economists from around the world present papers covering seven areas of economic forecasting, including: turning points in the business cycle and their predictability; business cycle classification; use of survey data for political decisions; analysis of the entrepreneurial decision-making process; capacity utilization; inventory movements and their influence on the development of business activity; and general insights into the intricacies of c... more information

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Editions Rodopi, 2002. Hardbound. New Book. Hardbound. The wide-spread use of corpus-based methods is the most visible trend in the 15 papers selected for publication. Others discuss machine learning, statistical methods for language identification, context semantics, the learnability of categorial grammars, grammar formalism, generating self-corrections, and other topics. Some are by linguists from outside Flanders and the Netherlands. There is no index. (©2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) ... more information

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Edwin Mellen Pr., 2008. Hardbound. New Book. Hardbound. Caamaño (Hispanic languages and literatures, Queens College, City U. of New York) finds a wide range of evidence that Rodriguez may have been the original pioneer in the science of literature. He notes that Rodriguez's work predated that of Eagleton and Amos in 1974, and traces similarities in approach to Freud, the canon and fundamental interpretation. He analyzes Rodriquez's work on Lorca and Brecht, and finds the work of the young Sp... more information

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Ian Allan Publishing, 2009. Paperback. New Book. Paperback. The series provides color photographs of actual British trains as a guide for model railroad enthusiasts trying to be as authentic as possible, but the images and captions might also serve as a reference for historians of railroads. This volume covers freight trains from the period from 1983 when the freight and departmental operations of British Rail became separate entities, up to and just including the privatization of the railways in 1996. Dur... more information

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Microsoft Press, 2005. Paperback. New Book. Paperback. Two of the key architects of Microsoft's Web services provide a comprehensive overview of its architecture and specifications. They also explain the basic principles or rationale for the architecture's protocol design. The second half of the volume presents running examples illustrating the use of all of the protocols in the architecture through sample messages or message fragments. An accompanying CD-ROM contains a fully searchable electronic ... more information

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Sage Publications, 2009. Hardbound. New Book. Hardbound. Marketing strategy, many would agree, can be defined as "effective allocation and coordination of marketing resources to accomplish the organization's objectives within a specific product market," but that simple definition leads to a complex array of issues, including identification of business purpose, choice of strategic direction, choice among target markets and positioning strategies, understanding consumers, specification of ways ... more information

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Edwin Mellen Pr., 2008. Hardbound. New Book. Hardbound. The story of St. Margaret, who saved herself from the dragon, is somewhat unknown when one considers the immense medieval popularity of St. George, who saved a maiden from the dragon. Cadwallader (literature and creative writing, Flinders U., Australia) reintroduces this story through three approaches and with a focus on dualism, the female body and sexuality, and convention and expectation. Cadwallader also argues that the meanings of the virgin-drag... more information

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PublicAffairs, 2003. Paperback. New Book. Paperback. ... more information

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Lynne Rienner Publishers, Inc., 2007. Hardbound. New Book. Hardbound. Cafruny (international affairs, Hamilton College, US) and Ryner (international relations, Oxford Brookes U., UK) analyze Europe's neoliberal economic integration project from its beginnings in the 1980s to the present time, arguing that it has led to slow growth and mass unemployment, has weakened tradition forms of political and social solidarity at the national and regional levels, and has subordinated the European Union to an incr... more information

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U. of Toronto Press, 2000. Hardbound. New Book. Hardbound. Stewart (1889-1955) was arguably the most important Canadian corporate lawyer of his time. He was also an appellate counsel, venture capitalist, Conservative Party fundraiser, bibliographer of Rudyard Kipling, and a teacher of the classics. Thematic rather than chronological in approach, this biography details Stewart's career, evaluates it in its historical context, and offers an interpretation of its significance today. (©2000 Book News,... more information

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Flammarion, 2003. Paperback. New Book. Paperback. In a pocket guide featuring many well-known works of "Gauguin the savage," famed for his escape to the South Seas, a Musée d'Orsay archivist traces the themes and evolution of his art and career. Distributed by Rizzoli. (©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) ... more information

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Lexington Books, 2007. Paperback. New Book. Paperback. Cahn (philosophy, City U. of New York-Graduate Center) has revised some of the essays in the first edition (no date noted) and dug up seven additional one for a total of 30 essays that reflect his long career in philosophy and education. A sampling of titles shows random choices, Job's protest, two concepts of affirmative action, and teaching introductory philosophy. (©2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) ... more information

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Scarecrow Pr., 2007. Paperback. New Book. Paperback. Drawing upon personal interviews, gay activist and journalist Cain presents the stories of 39 leaders who influenced the gay and lesbian movement in the United States between 1945 and 1995. The volume begins with a biography of Dorr Legg, executive director of ONE Magazine, a gay periodical founded in the 1950s. Some of the other pioneers profiled include writer Kate Millett, Massachusetts congressman Barney Frank, and singer-songwriter Holly Near. This ... more information

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Edward Elgar Publishing, 2007. Hardbound. New Book. Hardbound. What relationship does a firm's strategies really have to industrial development? Cainelle (economics, U. di Bari) and Iacobucci (applied economics, U. Politecnica delle Marche) conduct a unique study of industrial dynamics which includes a comprehensive re-reading of literature on local systems of production. In their development of industrial dynamics they come to the conclusion that the business group is the only useful basic unit of ana... more information

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HarperCollins, 2004. Paperback. New Book. Paperback. Work must be a breeze in such snazzy, streamlined and efficient office spaces. Cañizares presents a selection of offices and corporate buildings with flexible and dynamic floor plans that can be adapted to multiple purposes. The book offers page after page illustrating ways that technological advances have been applied to functional solutions and that colors and materials have been used to liberate employees from oppressive grey cubicles. (©2... more information

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Kogan Page, 2008. Hardbound. New Book. Hardbound. Writing for directors of companies of all sizes, Calder, a consultant in IT governance, explains the principles and practice of good corporate governance in American, European, and UK statutory and non- statutory frameworks. Coverage includes duties of directors, the board, the Combined Code and financial reporting, and risk management. Other subjects covered are internal control and the Turnbull Guidance, the audit committee, relations with shareholders, I... more information

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