Spon's Civil Engineering and Highway Works Price Book 2012 / Davis Langdon. by Langdon, Davis

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Design economics for the built environment : impact of sustainability on project evaluation / edited by Herbert Robinson, Barry Symonds, Barry Gilbertson, Benedict Ilozor.

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Design economics for the built environment : impact of sustainability on project evaluation / edited by Herbert Robinson, Barry Symonds, Barry Gilbertson, Benedict Ilozor.

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Aging Populations East Devon / 4 Learning (Firm).

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Knights, Raiders, and Targets : the Impact of the Hostile Takeover. by Coffee, John C.

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Fundamentals of Engineering FE Civil All-in-One Exam Guide / Indranil Goswami. by Goswami, Indranil

Table of Contents: “…The Elastic Curve -- Torsion -- Thermal Stress and Strain -- Mohr?s Circle: Normal (s) and Shear (t) Stress Combination -- Composite Materials -- Stability of Axially Loaded Columns?…”
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Failing Our Fathers : Confronting the Crisis of Economically Vulnerable Nonresident Fathers. by Mincy, Ronald B.

Table of Contents: “…: Enforcement Through Incarceration; Ernest's Story; 4 The Roles Nonresident Fathers Play; The Breadwinner Role: Strain and Regret; Strain; Educational Regret; Non Financial Roles: Staying Present as Teachers, Friends, Advisors and Disciplinarians; Teachers: Providing Educational Support; Friends: Forming Emotional Bonds…”
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Special economic zones : progress, emerging challenges, and future directions / edited by Thomas Farole, Gokhan Akinci.

Table of Contents: “…Introduction / Thomas Farole and Gokhan Akinci -- The thin end of the wedge : unlocking comparative advantage through EPZs in Bangladesh / Mustafizul Hye Shakir and Thomas Farole -- Success and statis in Honduras' free zones / Michael Engman -- China's investment in special economic zones in Africa / Deborah Brautigam and Tang Xiaoyang -- Partnership agreements in the China-Singapore (Suzhou) industrial park : lessons for joint economic zone development / Min Zhao and Thomas Farole -- SEZs in the context of regional integration : creating synergies for trade and investment / Naoko Koyama -- When trade preferences and tax breaks are no longer enough : the challenge of adjustment in the Dominican Republic's free zones / Jean-Marie Burgaud and Thomas Farole -- Fostering innovation in developing economies through SEZs / Justine White -- Early reform zones : catalysts for dynamic market economies in Africa / Richard Auty -- Planned obsolescence? …”
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Marijuana Cambridge Educational (Firm).

Table of Contents: “…Drugs - An Overview (1:11) -- A Menace to Society (1:51) -- Marijuana Tax Act (2:08) -- Properties and Effects of T.H.C. (1:52) -- Short Term Effects of Marijuana (1:34) -- Potency (1:06) -- T.H.C. and the Brain (3:10) -- Long Term Effects & Addiction (1:42) -- Marijuana Addiction (3:08) -- Marijuana - The Great Debate (1:25)…”
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Britain, Northern Rhodesia and the First World War : forgotten colonial crisis / Edmund James Yorke, Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, UK. by Yorke, Edmund James

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Applied Plant Cell Biology Cellular Tools and Approaches for Plant Biotechnology / edited by Peter Nick, Zdeněk Opatrny. by Nick, Peter

Table of Contents: “…Prologue: Plant Stem Cells – Evolution of a Key Concept -- From Němec and Haberlandt to Molecular Cell Biology -- Part I: Control of Growth And Development -- Why to Spent Tax Money on Plant Microtubules? -- Auxin Biology: Applications and the Mechanisms Behind -- The Biotechnological Potential of Cytokinin Status Manipulation -- Cell Fate Between Life and Death During Somatic Embryogenesis -- Molecular Cell Biology of Pollen Walls -- Part II: Stress Tolerance -- Plant Cell Responses to Cadmium and Zinc -- Applied Cell Biology of Sulfur and Selenium in Plants -- Endocytosis: At the Crossroads of Pattern Recognition Immune Receptors and Pathogen Effectors -- Part III: Plant Metabolism -- Plant Compounds Acting on the Cytoskeleton -- Secondary Metabolites of Traditional Medical Plants – A Case Study of Ashwagandha (Withania Somnifera) -- Metabolic Engineering of Wood Formation -- Part IV: The Cell Biology Toolbox – New Approaches -- Flow Cytometry in Plant Research: A Success Story -- Photoconvertible Reporters for Selective Visualization of Subcellular Events and Interactions -- Plant Cell Strains in Fundamental Research and Application.…”
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Whiskey BBC Worldwide Ltd.

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: Whisky: Addicted to Pleasure (1:48) -- Booming Industry (1:49) -- Aqua Vitae (2:27) -- Distillation Methods (3:02) -- Excuses to Drink (2:19) -- Brain Research (2:16) -- Production (1:51) -- The Steins (2:03) -- Taxes (3:53) -- Illicit Distillers (2:42) -- Legal Whisky (2:48) -- Mass Drink Hysteria (4:10) -- Mass Market Sales (2:24) -- Dewar (1:55) -- Temperance Campaign (2:02) -- Prohibition (2:59) -- Decreasing Whisky Consumption (2:25) -- Alcoholism (1:44) -- Exports (2:53) -- Credits: Whisky: Addicted to Pleasure (0:36)…”
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Uncle Sam and us : globalization, neoconservatism, and the Canadian state / Stephen Clarkson. by Clarkson, Stephen

Table of Contents: “…Contents -- 1 Not Whether, but Which Canada Will Survive -- 2 The Peripheral State: Globalization and Continentalism -- I: The Polity: Reconstituting the Canadian State -- CHANGE FROM WITHOUT -- 3 Continental and Global Governance -- 4 NAFTA and the WTO as Supraconstitution -- CHANGE FROM WITHIN -- 5 The Federal State: Internal Trade and the Charter -- 6 The Municipal State: Megacity and the Greater Toronto Area -- II: The Economy: Reframing the State's Functions -- THE MACRO ECONOMY AND THE MANAGERIAL STATE -- 7 The Taxing State: From Lord Keynes to Paul Martin…”
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Advances in Taxation by Hasseldine, John

Table of Contents: “…Baseline Results: The Impact of Creditor Intervention on Less Extreme Forms of Tax Avoidance -- The Effect of Corporate Governance -- The Effect of Borrower Bargaining Power -- A Sharp Regression Discontinuity Design Test -- Alternative Measures of Tax Avoidance -- Additional Tests -- Covenant Violation and Tax Aggressiveness -- Propensity Score Matching -- Additional Analysis -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Tax-Related Accounting Restatements and Tax Contingency Reporting -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Background and PRIOR Literature -- Hypotheses Development…”
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Linguistic Justice for Europe and for the World. by Van Parijs, Philippe

Table of Contents: “…; 1.3 Probability-driven language learning; 1.4 Maxi-min language use; 1.5 The maxi-min dynamics; 1.6 Deviation from maxi-min: didactic and symbolic; 1.7 Maxi-min dynamics and power relationships; 1.8 Power and the rise of English; 1.9 Lingua franca and justificatory community; 1.10 Lingua franca and trans-national demos; 1.11 A vector of ideological domination?…”
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Handbook of Microsimulation Modelling / Cathal O'Donoghue. by O'Donoghue, Cathal

Table of Contents: “…Introduction / Cathal O'Dononghue -- Hypothetical models / Irina Burlacu, Cathal O'Dononghue, Denisa Maria Sologon -- Static models / Jinjing Li [and others] -- Multi-country microsimulation / Holly Sutherland -- Decomposing changes in income distribution / Olivier Bargain -- Distributional change during development / B. …”
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Systematic : how systems biology is transforming modern medicine / James R. Valcourt. by Valcourt, James R.

Table of Contents: “…Applications -- Build me a buttercup: using synthetic biology to make diesel fuel, programmable cells, and malaria medicine -- More than just 86 billion neurons: the science of the brain, and how connections among neurons make it work -- Death and taxes: aging is governed by an organism-wide system that we might be able to manipulate -- Your microbiome and you: the body is host to trillions of microbes that affect human health -- This is your system on drugs: tweaking biological systems to produce better medical treatments.…”

Boosting paychecks : the politics of supporting America's working poor / Daniel P. Gitterman. by Gitterman, Daniel Paul

Table of Contents: “…Bush and the return of across-the-board tax relief -- Toward a new bargain? -- The past and future politics of boosting paychecks.…”
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International Trade, Economic Development, and the Vietnamese Economy Essays in Honor of Binh Tran-Nam / edited by Cuong Le Van, Van Pham Hoang, Makoto Tawada.

Table of Contents: “…Chapter 1.Introduction -- Chapter 2. Efficiency-inducing tax credits for charitable donations when taxpayers have heterogeneous behavioral norms -- Chapter 3. …”
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Income inequality in oecd countries : what are the drivers and policy options?. by Hoeller, Peter

Table of Contents: “…The Distribution of Labor Income Isabell Koske, Jean-Marc Fournier and Isabelle Wanner -- Introduction and Main Findings -- Main Findings -- Cross-country Patterns and Recent Trends in Labor Income Inequality in OECD Countries -- The Role of Non-policy Factors in Shaping Labor Income Inequality -- Skill-biased Technological Change -- Globalization -- The Role of Structural Policies in Shaping Labor Income Inequality -- Education Policy -- Labor Market Institutions -- Minimum wages -- Wage bargaining -- EPL: overall stringency and gap between regular and temporary contracts -- Unemployment and social assistance benefits -- Active labor market policies -- Interactions between labor market policies and globalization -- Product Market Regulation -- Tax Policy -- Other Policy Issues.…”
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