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Haworth Press, 2002. Hardbound. New Book. Hardbound. Presentations and workshops from a May 2001 conference address digital licensing issues, journal licensing, negotiation, and accessibility issues, and give tips on dealing with difficult customers and employees and increasing library effectiveness. Some topics discussed include licensing electronic resources, redefining the serial and the licensing environment, and providing access to journals in aggregator databases. Scheiberg is affiliated with the RAN... more information

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McGill-Queen's U. Press, 2001. Hardbound. New Book. Hardbound. Employing previously classified Cabinet minutes, memoranda, letters, diaries, drafts of speeches, and other documents, Simpson (political science, U. of Western Ontario) analyzes the underlying beliefs and assumptions of high-level policymakers responsible for shaping Canada's approach to NATO in the cold war years. For over 30 years, two conflicting belief systems--the "defenders" and the "critics"--significantly in... more information

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St. Martin's Press, 2000. Hardbound. New Book. Hardbound. Reminding readers that the debate about enlarging the Atlantic military alliance predated the end of the Cold War, Smith (international studies, U. of Southampton) examines the acceptance of Greece, Turkey, the Federal Republic of Germany, and Spain. He identifies the rationales behind expansion, and the attractions the Alliance held out to prospective members. He also delves into some of its foundations, and finds in its resilience and longevit... more information

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Rawat Publications, 2008. Hardbound. New Book. Hardbound. Social work and sociology are the most common perspectives used here to examine the role non-governmental organizations (NGOs) play in the particular form of capitalist expansion known as globalization. They first look at developmental facets, discussing such topics as sustainable livelihoods, the dilemma of the voluntary social service sector, forestry for rural development in Bangladesh, child health care services, and income generation in Meghala... more information

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Astronomical Soc./Pacific, 2000. Hardbound. New Book. Hardbound. Representatives of the astronomical and technical communities trade views on the state of the Next Generation Space Telescope just after instrument studies in the US, Europe, and Canada were completed and being presented in public for the first time, and Phase A prime contractors had been selected and were beginning their detailed design studies. In 66 reports they consider problems facing the design, construction, and use of the instrument a... more information

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Middlesex Univ. Press, 2008. Paperback. New Book. Paperback. This book aims to both celebrate the 60th anniversary of the National Health Service (NHS) and to reinforce the underlying values that it represented, which today are under attack from the latter-day Labour Party. While it makes use of historical facts and evidence, it is not primarily a book about the past, but one about the present and future of the NHS. Nor is it an impartial study, but rather one that comes from the perspective of an advocate... more information

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Radcliffe Publishing, 2008. Paperback. New Book. Paperback. This is the autobiography of John Marks, the British doctor who over the course of his medical career became deeply involved in British medical politics and eventually rose to become chairman of council of the British Medical Association. As demonstrated by the sub-title, Britain's National Health Service, which started on the very same day Marks was licensed to practice, is almost as important a character in the book as Marks himself. (©... more information

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Manning Publications Co., 2009. Paperback. New Book. Paperback. NHibernate is an open source object/relational mapper based on the Java Hibernate project. This guide introduces NHibernate and ORM to .NET developers. Early chapters compare NHibernate to other popular approaches such as LINQ to SQL and DataSets, and cover installation, and building and running simple applications. A complete application example demonstrates entity and relationship mappings and CRUD operations, along with advanced techniques ... more information

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National Academies Press, 2004. Paperback. New Book. Paperback. Since the 1960s, the National Institutes of Health has established centers where scientists and clinicians can work together to translate fundamental science to patient care for specific diseases, for example cancer. As more and more advocates requested such centers to investigate diseases they focused on, the Institutes and the US Congress, which finances it, asked for a study to help decide which diseases warranted additional financial suppo... more information

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Concept Pub. Co., 2008. Hardbound. New Book. Hardbound. ... more information

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BRILL, 2005. Hardbound. New Book. Hardbound. ... more information

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No Starch Press, 2008. Paperback. New Book. Paperback. The second edition of this manual for the Nagios open source network monitoring solution has been updated to reflect the new features of the 3.0 version and to provide specific migration instructions for users of the 2.0 version. Barth is an author and professional system administrator, and he aims this guide at colleagues who need step-by-step instructions on installation, configuration and standard and third party plug-ins. This book describes how Na... more information

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Impact Publications, 2005. Paperback. New Book. Paperback. ... more information

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Berghahn Books, 2005. Hardbound. New Book. Hardbound. In this first ethnographic study of the new procreative practices of anonymous ova and embryo donation, Konrad (social anthropology, Girton College and U. of Cambridge) gives voice to both the donors and the IVF recipients and shows how the new reproductive technology creates an unfamiliar relatedness between these strangers. Konrad brings together material from social anthropology, social theory, cultural studies and feminist bioethics to discuss the r... more information

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The World Bank, 2009. Paperback. New Book. Paperback. Once a German possession, Namibia was ruled by apartheid South Africa until 1990, and is now quite prosperous by the standards of sub-Saharan Africa. The report surveys the people and poverty, the economy, the environment, the governance and business environment, global links, and of course its adherence to the World Bank system. The chapter titles, more headlines or political slogans than descriptions, include tuberculosis inflicts a heavy toll on the ... more information

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John Wiley & Sons, 2008. Hardbound. New Book. Hardbound. For nonprofit decision makers, this volume explains the opportunities available for naming gifts or sponsorships as a means of fundraising. Burton discusses deciding on amounts, and compares the private and nonprofit sectors, including universities, hospitals, museums, and environmental groups, and how prices have increased. He describes the tradition of naming rights, the influence of the internet, endowment gifts, and corporate rights, and guid... more information

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John Wiley & Sons, 2008. Hardbound. New Book. Hardbound. For nonprofit decision makers, this volume explains the opportunities available for naming gifts or sponsorships as a means of fundraising. Burton discusses deciding on amounts, and compares the private and nonprofit sectors, including universities, hospitals, museums, and environmental groups, and how prices have increased. He describes the tradition of naming rights, the influence of the internet, endowment gifts, and corporate rights, and guid... more information

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John Wiley & Sons, 2008. Hardbound. New Book. Hardbound. For nonprofit decision makers, this volume explains the opportunities available for naming gifts or sponsorships as a means of fundraising. Burton discusses deciding on amounts, and compares the private and nonprofit sectors, including universities, hospitals, museums, and environmental groups, and how prices have increased. He describes the tradition of naming rights, the influence of the internet, endowment gifts, and corporate rights, and guid... more information

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Bergin & Garvey Pub. Inc., 1998. Hardbound. New Book. Hardbound. Begins with the editor's explanation of and commentary on major modern philosophical terms. Each of the following ten chapters is based on the work of a central poststructuralist philosopher and provides an introduction to his or her work, commenting upon its significance for education. Topics include Foucault's view of the practice of freedom as an exercise upon the self, Kristeva's theory of intertextuality, the pedagogical ... more information

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Greenwood Press, 2008. Hardbound. New Book. Hardbound. In 2007, Nancy Pelosi became the first woman to become Speaker of the House of Representatives. Povich has written a biography of her as part of Greenwood Publishing's series intended for secondary school students. She follows the development of Pelosi from her childhood as member of a political family through her marriage, children and trench work as a volunteer for the Democratic Party. The transition from support staff to candidates to becoming ... more information

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