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Old Risks-New Solutions, or Is It the Other Way Around?

ISBN: , SKU: , PUBLISHER: World Bank Publications, Old Risks ong>Newong> Solutions, Or Is It ong>Theong> Oong>theong>r Way Around is ong>theong> latest book in a series based on ong>theong> MIGA Georgetown University Symposium on International Political Risk Management. ong>Theong> Symposium has traditionally brought togeong>theong>r almost 200 senior practitioners from ong>theong> political risk insurance (PRI) industry, including investors, insurers, brokers, lenders, academics and members of ong>theong> legal community. This volume reflects ong>theong> key issues which have faced investors and insurers alike including arbitration and a dynamically evolving marketplace. Contributors to this volume reflect on ong>theong> evolution of ong>theong> PRI industry during a period of dramatic changes in ong>theong> marketplace. Not only has ong>theong> crisis had a tremendous impact on ong>theong> volume of investment projects, particularly into developing countries, but also on ong>theong> perception of risk and claims management. ong>Theong> volume begins with a look at ong>theong> global market place in ong>theong> aftermath of ong>theong> financial crisis from an insurer s perspective. It continues with an overview of claims experience and key issues investors should understand when relying on bilateral investment treaties. ong>Theong> volume ong>theong>n examines challenges facing investors and insurers alike when considering sovereign risk within ong>theong> context of political risk. ong>Theong> volume concludes with an overview of ong>theong> PRI industry and its evolution over time how did insurers see ong>theong> global marketplace evolving over time, what are ong>theong>y predicting now, and how much has it really changed? Old Risks ong>Newong> Solutions provides valuable insights for practitioners and investors alike, particularly in today s turbulent and uncertain markets.

Advances in Dermatology

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: James, William / Yancey, Kim B. / Cockerell, Clay L., PUBLISHER: C.V. Mosby, ong>Theong> distinguished editorial board chooses topics that are most critical and clinically relevant to improving patient care. Invited experts write original, comprehensive articles, summarizing ong>theong> vital changes and critical issues, and give both ong>theong> practitioner and student fresh, thorough viewpoints on ong>theong> topic's significance. Covers teledermatology, paraneoplastic pemphigus, ong>newong> and fungal ong>theong>rapy for children, ong>newong> diseases in dermato-pathology, medicolegal developments and ong>theong> dermatologist.

The Walking Dead, Book Six

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Kirkman, Robert / Grace, Sina / Adlard, Charlie, PUBLISHER: Image Comics, JUST IN TIME FOR ong>THEong> ALL-ong>NEWong> TELEVISION SERIES ON AMC This hardcover features anoong>theong>r 12 issues of ong>theong> hit series along with ong>theong> covers for ong>theong> issues, all in one oversized hardcover volume. Perfect for long time fans, ong>newong> readers and anyone interested in reading a zombie movie on paper that never ends. Collects ong>THEong> WALKING DEAD #. RETAILER WARNING: MAY NOT BE SUITABLE FOR ALL AGES

Transforming Thinking: Philosophical Inquiry in the Primary

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: McCall Caong>theong>rin / McCall, Caong>theong>rine / Caong>theong>rine C., McCall, PUBLISHER: Routledge, Essential reading for anyone who seeks to prepare active citizens for ong>theong> 21st Century, this long-awaited book considers Philosophical Inquiry, an empowering teaching method that can lead to significant improvements in confidence and articulacy, and produce positive effects in oong>theong>r school activities and in interactions in ong>theong> wider world. Readers are guided through ong>theong> creation of a Community of Philosophical Inquiry (CoPI) in ong>theong> kindergarten, ong>theong> classrooms of primary and secondary schools, ong>theong> community centre and beyond, with practical ideas to make CoPI work. With examples ranging from 5 year old children to underachieving teenagers, and even senior citizens, ong>theong> book shows how participation in a CoPI develops: ong>theong> skills of reasoning, critical and creative thinking concept formation and judgment ong>theong> virtues of intellectual honesty and bravery. Including chapters on ong>theong> ong>theong>ory and development of Philosophical Inquiry, ong>theong> creation of a community, and using CoPI with groups of different ages, this book forms essential reading for teachers, professionals and community workers.

Rethinking Learner Support in Distance Education: Change and

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Tait, Alan / Mills, Roger, PUBLISHER: Routledge, This book considers ong>theong> changing needs and demands of distance education students. It draws togeong>theong>r contributions from ong>theong> UK, USA, Hong Kong, Australia, Japan, South Africa and Botswana, to offer an international perspective on distance learning. Issues addressed include ong>theong> challenges and implications of ong>newong> technology, quality assurance, commercialization, ong>theong> learner as consumer, and ong>theong> impact of cultural differences on internationalized curricula.

Insider's Guide to Graduate Programs in Clinical and

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Mayne, Tracy J. / Norcross, John C. / Sayette, Michael A., PUBLISHER: Guilford Publications, This perennial bestseller is ong>theong> resource students count on for ong>theong> most current information on applying to doctoral programs in clinical or counseling psychology in ong>theong> US and Canada. ong>Theong> ong>newong> edition features over 15 ong>newong> programs; additional data on acceptance rates and enrollment rates; ong>theong> latest information on financial assistance and loans; 42 ong>newong> website listings; and updated appendices on research areas and clinical opportunities.

History and Life Treasures of the World Source Readings

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Donna Maier, Heidi Roupp, PUBLISHER: Addison Wesley Longman, This text covers ong>theong> Renaissance to ong>theong> present day. Case Studies on Contemporary Issues provide hands-on, project-based examination of key issues in ong>theong> world today.

Long-Term Counselling

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Shipton, Geraldine / Smith, Eileen, PUBLISHER: Sage Publications (CA), Counselling can be a long-term process, wheong>theong>r by initial design or because of ong>theong> emergence of ong>newong> concerns within work originally planned as short-term or focused. Occasionally, counselling is long-term by default, when ong>theong> counsellor or client cannot face ending or when ong>theong> counsellor cannot envisage oong>theong>r ways of working with a client. This book examines ong>theong> complex and varied issues which can arise, with an emphasis throughout on skilled, professional and ethical practice. Encouraging trainees and practitioners to think about ong>theong> day-to-day realities and issues of long-term work, ong>theong> book considers working parameters and issues of definition, setting and orientation. It also focuses on assessing and managing ong>theong> work

Islam and Ecology: A Bestowed Trust

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Foltz, Richard C. / Denny, Frederick Maong>theong>wson / Baharuddin, Azizan, PUBLISHER: Harvard University Press, Islam is ong>theong> religion of over one billion people and is practiced in virtually every country on earth. ong>Theong> articulation of an Islamic environmental ethic in contemporary terms is all ong>theong> more urgent because Western-style conservation efforts do not fit all cultural and philosophical traditions. This volume outlines ong>theong> Islamic view of ong>theong> cosmic order and reviews ong>theong> ways an Islamic world view can be interpreted, reassessed, and applied to such environmental problems as pollution and water scarcity. Sections on social justice and on issues of sustainability and development look at ong>theong> history and roots of ong>theong> current environmental crisis; at ong>theong> broader context of women's rights of equal access to both natural and social resources; and at ong>theong> interconnectedness of environmental protection and ong>theong> alleviation of human poverty.

Error and Inference: Recent Exchanges on Experimental

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Mayo, Deborah G. / Spanos, Aris, PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press, Although both philosophers and scientists are interested in how to obtain reliable knowledge in ong>theong> face of error, ong>theong>re is a gap between ong>theong>ir perspectives that has been an obstacle to progress. By means of a series of exchanges between ong>theong> editors and leaders from philosophy of science, statistics, and economics, this volume offers a cumulative introduction connecting problems of traditional philosophy of science to problems of inference in statistical and empirical modeling practice. Philosophers of science and scientific practitioners are challenged to reevaluate ong>theong> assumptions of ong>theong>ir own ong>theong>ories - philosophical or methodological. Practitioners may better appreciate ong>theong> foundational issues around which ong>theong>ir questions revolve and ong>theong>reby become better "applied philosophers." Conversely, ong>newong> avenues emerge for finally solving recalcitrant philosophical problems of induction, explanation, and ong>theong>ory testing.

Energy: Its Use and the Environment

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Hinrichs, Roger A. / Kleinbach, Merlin H., PUBLISHER: Thomson Brooks/Cole, What is ong>theong> impact of such energy issues as global warming, radioactive waste, and municipal solid waste on ong>theong> individual and society? ENERGY: ITS USE AND ong>THEong> ENVIRONMENT answers ong>theong>se questions, emphasizing ong>theong> physical principles behind energy and its effects on our environment, and explaining ong>theong> basic physical principles behind ong>theong> use of energy, including ong>theong> study of mechanics, electricity and magnetism, ong>theong>rmodynamics, and atomic and nuclear physics. By placing energy issues within ong>theong> context of everyday examples and asking you to define and support critical arguments, ENERGY: ITS USE AND ong>THEong> ENVIRONMENT offers a provocative approach to this crucial issue.

A Sermon on the Importance of a Deep and Intimate Knowledge

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Fuller, Andrew, PUBLISHER: Gale Ecco, Print Editions, ong>Theong> 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in ong>theong> printing press. In its determination to preserve ong>theong> century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve ong>theong>se invaluable works in ong>theong> largest archive of its kind. Now for ong>theong> first time ong>theong>se high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making ong>theong>m highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars.ong>Theong> Age of Enlightenment profoundly enriched religious and philosophical understanding and continues to influence present-day thinking. Works collected here include masterpieces by David Hume, Immanuel Kant, and Jean-Jacques Rousseau, as well as religious sermons and moral debates on ong>theong> issues of ong>theong> day, such as ong>theong> slave trade. ong>Theong> Age of Reason saw conflict between Protestantism and Catholicism transformed into one between faith and logic -- a debate that continues in ong>theong> twenty-first century.++++ong>Theong> below data was compiled from various identification fields in ong>theong> bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++Library of CongressWMorsch suggests as date of publication. Elizabethtown, N.J.]: Printed by Shepard Kollock, Elizabeth-Town, ong>Newong>-Jersey, for Cornelius Davis, Water-Street, ong>Newong>-York, p.; 12

Age or Need?: Public Policies for Older People

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Neugarten, Bernice L. / Neugarten, Bernice Levin, PUBLISHER: Sage Publications (CA), Should benefits for older people be based on age or need? Do programmes that serve only older people people deflect resources that should go to oong>theong>r people? Some of ong>theong> contributors to this volume argue that social service programmes should be based on need, raong>theong>r than defined groups of people. Apart from anything else, age-based programmes confirm negative stereotypes of older people, and lump ong>theong>m into an undifferentiated group. But would ong>theong> reform of social services along ong>theong>se lines jeopardize ong>theong> recent progress made in ong>theong> condition of older people? ong>Newong> thoughts and ong>newong> information are provided in support of both arguments. 'Here is a ringside seat at a critical juncture in ong>theong> social reconstruction of old age' -- Medical Anthropology Quarterly, Vol 14, No 1, Nov

Perspectives in Professional Child and Youth Care

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Beker, Jerome / Anglin, James P. / Denholm, Carey J., PUBLISHER: Routledge, Here are ong>theong> information, ideas, and inspiration that will help child care workers in ong>theong>ir daily struggle to provide better care for children, youth, and families. Perspectives in Professional Child and Youth Care is a much-needed sourcebook of readings on ong>theong> current state of ong>theong> art of professional child and youth care in North America. Some of ong>theong> leading practitioners, academicians, researchers, and administrators provide a "child care perspective," writing about what ong>theong>y--on ong>theong> front lines--perceive as ong>theong> most pressing issues and significant topics in ong>theong> field today, including ong>theong> nature of child and youth care, current issues in education and training, ong>theong>rapeutic program issues, key support functions in child and youth programs, ong>theong> changing work environment and ong>newong> roles, and developing professionalism in ong>theong> field of child and youth care. This enormously insightful book will be valuable for use in academic courses and training workshops, as well as for individual child and youth care professionals and practitioners from related disciplines.

Irish Politics Today

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Collins, Neil / Cradden, Terry, PUBLISHER: Manchester University Press, This ong>newong> edition has been revised and updated to include coverage of ong>theong> general election, ong>theong> creation of a ong>newong> coalition of Fianna Fail, and ong>theong> Progressive Democrats under Bertie Ahern. Reflecting on current developments in Irish politics, ong>theong> authors also examine oong>theong>r crucial issues such as ong>theong> implications of a written constitution, changes in ong>theong> party system, ong>theong> power of major special interest groups, ong>theong> role of ong>theong> civil service, ong>theong> position of ong>theong> media, and membership in ong>theong> European Union.

Changing Ecosystems: Effects of Global Warming

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Casper, Julie Kerr, PUBLISHER: Facts on File, Changing Ecosystems looks at this serious issue and ong>theong> far-reaching effects it is having right now, and will have in ong>theong> future, on every ecosystem on Earth. It is crucial that readers understand ong>theong> relevant issues now so ong>theong>y can prevent this problem before it is too late and many species and habitats are gone forever. By discussing ong>theong> effects of global warming on ecosystems, this ong>newong> volume enlightens students on ong>theong> many ways ong>theong>y can become more eco-responsible now and in ong>theong> future.

Empire

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Vidal, Gore, PUBLISHER: Modern Library, Empire () shows America in its Gilded Age at ong>theong> end of ong>theong> last century, ong>theong> dominant world power and Empire builder. ong>Theong> central figure is ong>newong>spaper proprietor Caroline Sanford, who battles ong>theong> great figures of ong>theong> age: William Randolph Hearst, presidents McKinley and Roosevelt, Henry James, and ong>theong> magnate families -- ong>theong> Astors, Vanderbilts, and Whitneys. "A wonderfully vivid documentary drama", said ong>Theong> ong>Newong> York Times Book Review.

Only Connect... in moduli A B C D E

Only Connect... A history and anthology of english literature second edition A ong>Theong> Origins and ong>theong> Middle Ages. B ong>Theong> Renaissance and ong>theong> Puritan Age. C ong>Theong> Restoration and ong>theong> Augustan Age. D ong>Theong> Early Romantic Age and ong>theong> Romantic Age. Eong>Theong> Victorian Age. Autori: Marina Spiazzi Marina Tavella Il prezzo è di 5 euro a modulo. Libri originali e in ottime condizioni.

Researching the People's Health

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Williams, G. / Popay, Jennie / Williams, Gareth, PUBLISHER: Routledge, "Researching ong>theong> People's Health" examines two related issues: ong>theong> role of social research in ong>theong> rapidly changing world of health services, and ong>theong> relationship between lay and expert knowledge in public health and health care. ong>Theong> book examines ong>theong>se issues against ong>theong> background of long-term transformations in patterns of health and illness and rapid changes in ong>theong> strategic management and commissioning of health services. In doing so ong>theong> book makes a contribution to ong>theong> continuing and urgent debates on ong>theong> assessment of health needs, ong>theong> organization and delivery of health care, and ong>theong> politics of health service organization and funding.

Vital Missions Issues: Examining Challenges and Changes in

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Zuck, Roy B., PUBLISHER: Kregel Publications, ong>Theong> Vital Issues Series draws upon ong>theong> insights and study of numerous evangelical scholars and writers to address ong>theong> practical questions and issues of contemporary life. Chosen from past issues of Biblioong>theong>ca Sacra, ong>theong>se volumes address questions faced by every believer who sincerely desires to please God and to be more Christlike.

The Philosophical Journey: An Interactive Approach

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Lawhead, William F., PUBLISHER: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Langua, ong>Theong> Philosophical Journey is a topically organized text presented in an interactive format designed to get students' philosophical intuitions flowing. ong>Theong> book's guiding metaphor of "explorers on a journey" makes readers active participants in ongoing discoveries. ong>Theong> message of this book is that philosophy is a vital activity and way of thinking that can be practiced and developed.

Principles of the Constitutional Order

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Utley, Robert L., PUBLISHER: University Press of America, ong>Theong> essays in this volume consider ong>theong> writings of those who drafted ong>theong> Constitution, as well as ong>theong> arguments pro and con presented during ong>theong> ratification debates. ong>Theong> first of ong>theong>se essays examine ong>theong> founding principles from historical, political and philosophical perspectives. ong>Theong> second group outlines ong>theong> main Anti-Federalist arguments. A discussion of ong>theong> nature and implications of ong>theong> doctrine of separated powers follows and ong>theong> volume closes with psycho-historical portraits of Thomas Jefferson and John Adams. ong>Theong> volume focuses attention on ong>theong> Founding period so that ong>theong> original character and principles of our political order may be seen clearly, in spite of ong>theong> glory and veneration with which age and custom have draped our constitution.

Qualitative Inquiry: A Dictionary of Terms

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Schwandt, Thomas A., PUBLISHER: Sage Publications (CA), Focusing primarily on philosophical and methodological concepts raong>theong>r than technical aspects of methods and procedures, this dictionary fills a crucial gap in ong>theong> literature. In this indispensable volume, Thomas A Schwandt provides a guide to ong>theong> terms and phrases which help shape ong>theong> nature, purpose, logic, meaning and methods of qualitative inquiry. Intended as a reference book for this vocabulary, ong>theong> volume examines ong>theong> key concepts and issues which help shape ong>theong> field. ong>Theong> definitions acknowledge ong>theong> multiple and often-contested points of view that characterize qualitative inquiry.

An Account of the Matter, Form, and Manner of a New and

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Rathbun, Valentine, PUBLISHER: Gale Ecco, Print Editions, ong>Theong> 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in ong>theong> printing press. In its determination to preserve ong>theong> century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve ong>theong>se invaluable works in ong>theong> largest archive of its kind. Now for ong>theong> first time ong>theong>se high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making ong>theong>m highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars.ong>Theong> Age of Enlightenment profoundly enriched religious and philosophical understanding and continues to influence present-day thinking. Works collected here include masterpieces by David Hume, Immanuel Kant, and Jean-Jacques Rousseau, as well as religious sermons and moral debates on ong>theong> issues of ong>theong> day, such as ong>theong> slave trade. ong>Theong> Age of Reason saw conflict between Protestantism and Catholicism transformed into one between faith and logic -- a debate that continues in ong>theong> twenty-first century.++++ong>Theong> below data was compiled from various identification fields in ong>theong> bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++Library of CongressWOn ong>theong> Shakers.Providence (Rhode-Island): Printed and sold by Bennett Wheeler, ]p.; 20 cm

The Ethics of Abortion: Pro-Life Vs. Pro-Choice

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Baird, Robert M. / Rosenbaum, Stuart E., PUBLISHER: Promeong>theong>us Books, One of ong>theong> first attempts to offer both sides of ong>theong> abortion debate. This book has been updated and revised with 19 essays, and excerpts from Roe v. Wade (); Webster v. Reproductive Health Services (); and Pennsylvania v. Casey (). ong>Theong> ong>newong> material covers such issues as ong>theong> right to privacy, abortion and feminism, Christians and abortion, constitutional issues, and wheong>theong>r embryos are persons.

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