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503) A future we can love: how we can reverse the climate crisis with the power of our hearts & minds
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"In early 2021, a humble, old Tibetan monk in maroon and yellow robes met with a slight young woman from Sweden. He is a survivor of violence and oppression whose radiant happiness and empathy have become world famous; she a fiery activist whose uncompromising clarity helped spark the global youth movement for climate action. When these two people-the Dalai Lama and Greta Thunberg-met and spoke for the first time, millions of people around the world...
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"Through a unique interdisciplinary perspective on quality management in health care, this text covers operations management, organizational behavior, and health services research. With a particular focus on Total Quality Management and Continuous Quality Improvement, the challenges of implementation and institutionalization are addressed using examples from primary care clinics, hospital laboratories, public health departments, and academic health...
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The Eighteenth Mental Measurements Yearbook (18th MMY) serves as a guide to the complex task of test evaluation, selection, and use. With its initial publication in 1938, Oscar K. Buros (1905-1978) provided a historic forum that would allow the emerging field of testing to improve in both science and practice. The 18th MMY contains reviews of tests that are new or significantly revised since the publication of the 17th MMY in 2007.
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Great Britain's geopolitical role in the global scheme of things has undergone many radical changes over the last four centuries. Once a maritime superpower and ruler of half the world, Britain's current position as an isolated, economically fragile island squabbling with her European neighbors often seems difficult to accept, if not comprehend. Although still afforded nominal status through membership of groups such as G7 and the retention of a permanent...
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A fun-to-read introduction to the fascinating history, people, and culture of ancient Rome. Includes the history of the Roman Empire?s rise and fall, an introduction to the great epic literature of the Roman Republic, a survey of the Romans in arts and popular culture, fascinating details of some of history?s most nefarious emperors, including Nero, Caligula, and Commodus. Also includes information on games and gladiators, llaves and slavery, women,...
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"First-year students face many challenges in adjusting to university life, including making the most of the university library. Librarians are constantly addressing student misconceptions about libraries and locating information, and have been working hard to reach first-year students and create high-impact practices in student retention. The First-Year Experience Cookbook provides librarians with a series of innovative approaches to teaching and...
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Synopsis: Sex Discrimination and the Law: History, Practice, and Theory, Second Edition, provides coverage o feminist litigation/legislation and feminist legal theory so students can fully understand gender law issues. The book begins with a chapter on constitutional history and doctrine and moves to employment discrimination, reproduction, family law, rape, pornography, and prostitution. To place issues in context, each chapter interweaves: The statutes,...
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This collection includes correspondences, newspaper clippings, and photographs collected by Horace Albright during his time as park superintendant and after his retirement from the National Park Service. The Horace M. Albright papers consist of personal papers collected by him, including correspondence, newspaper clippings, journal and magazine articles, and photographs. The papers span the years of his work in the National Park Service as well as...