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Smyrna Press, 1998. Hardbound. New Book. Hardbound. This is the first of a four-volume collection of some 65 years of research by a physicians and researcher. Papers are presented in chronological order, except for pre-1941 papers written in French, which will published in the last volume. Areas of research include brain waves and heredity in mental disease, electric convulsive therapy, lobotomy, and electroencephalography. No index. (©1998 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) ... more information

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U. of Minnesota Press, 2007. Paperback. New Book. Paperback. In this first published history of the influential Women's Arts Registry of Minnesota (WARM) cum-catalog for an exhibition of WARM works held at Weisman Art Museum, Minneapolis, in 2006, Inglot (art history, Macalester College) situates WARM within the national feminist art scene. After offering biographical sketches of a dozen of the collective's artists including Patricia Olson, Vesna Kittleson, and Linda Gammell, she presents color art... more information

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World Health Organization, 2004. Paperback. New Book. Paperback. In this report drawn from the committee's November 2001 meeting, participants worked toward the adoption of international requirements for the production and control of vaccines and other biological materials and the establishment of international biological reference materials. Topics included with the discussion of international guidelines include handling of vaccines for cholera, Group C meningococcal diseases, pertussis, spongiform en... more information

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World Health Organization, 2006. Paperback. New Book. Paperback. This World Health Organization report presents expert recommendations concerning the quality assurance of pharmaceuticals and specifications for drugs substances and dosage forms. The report only takes up the first 20 pages of the volume and is complemented by a series of annexes, including a list of available international chemical reference substances and international infrared reference spectra; supplementary guidelines on good manufacturi... more information

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World Health Organization, 2006. Paperback. New Book. Paperback. The third edition of the guidelines presents updated methods and information reflecting new research and attention to pathogens, chemicals, changes in sanitation and populations, new methods for risk evaluation, social equity issues, and sociocultural practices. For ease of use, the guidelines are grouped into four main topics, each in a separate volume: policy and regulatory aspects, wastewater use in agriculture, wastewater and excreta use ... more information

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Edizioni Polistampa, 2009. Hardbound. New Book. Hardbound. This volume contains the proceedings from an October 2007 workshop on design for rehabilitation of masonry structures. Topics addressed in the English-language articles include earthquake protection of historical buildings by reversible mixed technologies, a case study of a stress approach to the equilibrium of masonry domes, limit analysis of minimum thrust states of masonry structures, base isolation in the retrofit of masonry church buildings, ... more information

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Sams, 2010. Paperback. New Book. Paperback. Network architecture gurus Podila and Hoffman present an example-oriented cookbook for building robust Windows Presentation Foundation applications. Beginning with a discussion of custom controls and attached properties, the authors progress to the use of WPF in virtualization and in creating advanced controls and visual effects. Particular attention is paid WPF's attached properties feature (often overlooked by developers) and data binding capabilities which... more information

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Apress, 2008. Paperback. New Book. Paperback. The 211 recipes in this cookbook provide code for building WPF applications in C# 2008, arranging elements in the user interface, working with documents and files, drawing graphics, animating properties and objects, and integrating video and audio into an application. Each recipe explains how the solution works and assumes previous knowledge of C# 2008. Two of the authors work for SmithBayes. A companion e-book is also available. (© Book News, Inc., Portla... more information

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Sage Publications, 2006. Paperback. New Book. Paperback. Bhaumik (chief economist, Reliance Industries Ltd, India) chronologically surveys the development of the World Trade Organization since it was founded in 1995. The narrative focuses on the conflicts that have characterized negotiations at the various ministerial conferences over the years, particularly those between the countries of the Global North and those of the Global South, but also pointing out various North-North and South-South conflicts. (&... more information

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Edward Elgar Publishing, 2007. Hardbound. New Book. Hardbound. As the global economy gets more complex labor and employment economics and laws follow suit. For example, Western powers have sought labor protection under the World Trade Organization (WTO) treaties, and it is obvious that the next 50 years of development under the WTO and the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) will bring even more controversy about wages, employment and working conditions. This collection of seminal articles, repro... more information

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Sussex Academic Press, 2001. Hardbound. New Book. Hardbound. Dorey (politics, Cardiff U., UK) looks at the attempts by numerous British governments to place restrictions on the growth of wages, fearing that they could lead to inflation. He argues that the fear of many of these governments, despite a professed support for the process of collective bargaining, was that the combination of full employment and relatively powerful trade unions could lead to the growth of wages for some sectors of society beyond ... more information

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Aspen Publishers, Inc., 2006. New. Loose-leaf Pages in a Ring Binder. Intended for human resources personnel, this 3-ring binder explains the rules established by the Fair Labor Standards Act, the Equal Pay Act, and the Family and Medical Leave Act. A state-specific chapter spells out minimum wage, overtime, and child labor rules for all 50 states, and contains information for each state on military leave payday laws, garnishment, prevailing wage, meal and rest periods, jury duty, and voting leave. Court p... more information

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Left Coast Press, 2009. Hardbound. New Book. Hardbound. The Task Force delivered its report at the 2006 annual meeting of the American Anthropological Association, in San Jose, California in a double session of panels. The presentations there have been augmented with invited essays for this volume. The 12 papers elucidate various theoretical aspects of reparation by showing how they have been applied, or sometimes discovered, in particular cases. The topics include Nicaragua: when governments fail, Morocco... more information

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Rodale, 2006. Paperback. New Book. Paperback. Progressive writer Scher pleads with his compatriots not to cut and run from the endless wars, torture and wire-tapping, race-baiting, corporate tyranny, and embarrassing stupidity that seems to be the business of the US government now. He notes some successes in turning back the tide that are not reported or not remembered, and recommends arguments and actions to take back the initiative. There is no index. (©2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) ... more information

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U. of Michigan Press, 2007. Paperback. New Book. Paperback. Taylor (communication, DePaul University) takes readers from the foothills of the Appalachians, where she was raised in a strict evangelical household, to contemporary Chicago, where she and her lesbian partner are raising a family. In a voice both comic and loving, she demonstrates how one woman bridged the gulf between faith and sexual identity without abandoning her principles. (©2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) ... more information

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National Academies Press, 2008. Paperback. New Book. Paperback. This report, from NASA and the National Research Council, assesses federal wake turbulence research and development programs to consider whether goals to address the issue of wake turbulence as a barrier to increased air traffic are well-defined, whether there are any deficiencies in them, and what the roles of federal agencies should be. The Committee to Conduct an Independent Assessment of the Nation's Wake Turbulence Research and Develo... more information

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AEI Press, 2006. Paperback. New Book. Paperback. Vedder (economics, Ohio U.) and Cox (an international public policy consultant) argue that Wal-Mart and other so-called "big box" stores have had generally positive economic effects for the American population and increasingly for the rest of the world as well. They point to customer savings, comparable market wages, expanded consumer choice, and expanded employment as primary effects of the "Wal-Mart Revolution." They further dismiss cri... more information

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Shambhala Publications, 2008. Hardbound. New Book. Hardbound. Thoreau's (1817-62) meditation in the woods--an icon of US nature literature--is presented here in a volume small enough to carry in a jacket pocket, enhanced with wood engravings by Michael McCurdy and with a ribbon for keeping place. Among his topics are sounds, the bean field, higher laws, brute neighbors, former inhabitants and winter visitors, and the pond in winter. (©2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) ... more information

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St. Martin's Press, 2000. Hardbound. New Book. Hardbound. Now that Wales has an assembly and so some small measure of self- determination for the first time in some centuries, economists from various Welsh institutions assess the country's economic and prospects for the future. They look at such elements as foreign investment, transport, small businesses, earnings, and the rural dimension. They also outline policy perspectives. (©2001 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) ... more information

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Wilderness Press, 2009. Paperback. New Book. Paperback. This guide contains 34 self-guided walking tours of Minneapolis-St. Paul, including historic neighborhoods, lakeside parks, cultural centers, downtown, the University of Minnesota, the nature sanctuary, bars and dining, and Minnehaha Falls. Each tour lists street boundaries, atlas coordinates, distance, difficulty, parking and public transit information, and points of interest. Day, a writer whose work has appeared in many magazines, previously collab... more information

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