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The Transformation of Foreign Policy : Drawing and Managing Boundaries from Antiquity to the Present
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Subject(s): International relations -- History | Diplomacy Summary: The study of foreign policy is usually concerned with the interaction of states, and thus with governance structures which emerged either with the so-called 'Westphalian system' or in the course of the 18th century: diplomacy and international law. As a result, examinin

Globalization and the Environment : Capitalism, Ecology and Power
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Subject(s): Globalization -- Environmental aspects | Human ecology | Nature -- Effect of human beings on | Human beings -- Effect of environment on | Sustainable development Summary: Globalization and the Environment critically explores the actors, politics and processes that govern the relationship between globalization and the environment. Ta

Foreign Policy : Theories, Actors, Cases
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Subject(s): International relations | International relations -- History | International relations -- Case studies | International relations -- Research Summary: Nuevo en esta edicion: Un nuevo capítulo escrito por Caitlin Bryne sobre "La diplomacia publica"; Nueva cobertura de las redes sociales en el capitulo 10 sobre "El papel d

The Value of Debt in Retirement : Why Everything you Have Been Told is Wrong
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Subject(s): Finance, Personal | Retirement -- Planning Summary: "Increase the odds you won't run out of money in retirement - using debt!Conventional wisdom is wrong - being debt free in retirement may actually increase your risk. The Value of Debt in Retirement teaches you how incorporating debt into your retirement strategy may incr

This Brave New World : India, China and the United States
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Subject(s): World politics -- 21st century | United States -- Foreign relations -- India | India -- Foreign relations -- United States | United States -- Foreign relations -- China | China -- Foreign relations -- United States Summary: "In the next decade and a half, China and India will be indispensable powers--whether they rise peacefully

Private Equity in Action : Case Studies from Developed and Emerging Markets
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Subject(s): Venture capital -- Case studies Summary: "Global Best Practice in Private Equity Investing Private Equity in Action takes you on a tour of the private equity investment world through a series of case studies written by INSEAD faculty and taught at the world's leading business schools. The book is an ideal complemen

How to Read Nonprofit Financial Statements : a Practical Guide
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Subject(s): Nonprofit organizations -- Accounting -- United States | Financial statements -- United States Summary: "Clear guidance with coverage of the new changes to the FASB standards How to Read Nonprofit Financial Statements clarifies FASB standards to help you quickly and easily understand the nonprofit's most important document.

Mobilizing Piety : Islam and Feminism in Indonesia
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Subject(s): Muslim women -- Political activity -- Indonesia Jakarta | Muslim women -- Societies and clubs -- Indonesia Jakarta | Women in Islam -- Indonesia Jakarta | Feminism -- Indonesia Jakarta | Feminism -- Religious aspects -- Islam Summary: "Investigates how different approaches to religious interpretation influence Indonesian women&#

A Very Expensive Poison : the Assassination of Alexander Litvinenko and Putin's War with the West
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Subject(s): Litvinenko, Alexander, 1962-2006 -- Assassination | Dissenters -- Crimes against -- Russia (Federation) | Spies -- Biography -- Russia (Federation) | Poisoning -- Political aspects -- Russia (Federation) | Political crimes and offenses -- Russia (Federation) | Murder -- Investigation History -- 21st century -- England London | Intellige

The Sixth Extinction : an Unnatural History
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Subject(s): Mass extinctions | Extinction (Biology) | Environmental disasters Summary: Over the last half billion years, there have been five major mass extinctions, when the diversity of life on Earth suddenly and dramatically contracted. Scientists are currently monitoring the sixth extinction, predicted to be the most devastating since the a

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