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High Returns from Low Risk : a Remarkable Stock Market Paradox
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Subject(s): Stocks | Investments | Portfolio management Summary: "For generations investors have believed that risk and return are inseparable. But is this really true? In high returns from low risk, Pim van Vliet, founder and fund manager of multi-billion Conservative Equity funds at Robeco and expert in the field of low-risk investing, co

The Legacy of Iraq : from the 2003 War to the "islamic State"
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Subject(s): Iraq War, 2003-2011 -- Influence | Democratization -- Iraq | Islam and politics -- Iraq | Iraq -- Politics and government | United States -- Foreign relations -- Iraq | Iraq -- Foreign relations -- United States Summary: In March 2003, a US-led "Coalition of the Willing' launched a pre-emptive intervention against Iraq. The

time-Dependent Measures of Perception in Sensory Evaluation
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Subject(s): Sensory evaluation | Perception Summary: "Sensory evaluation is a scientific discipline used to evoke, measure, analyse, and interpret responses to products perceived through the senses of sight, smell, touch, taste, and hearing. It is used to reveal insights into the ways in which sensory properties drive consumer acceptance an

The Contemporary British Novel Since 2000
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Subject(s): English fiction -- History and criticism -- 21st century Summary: "The Contemporary British Novel Since 2000 is in five parts, with the first part examining the work of four particularly well-known and highly regarded twenty-first century writers: Ian McEwan, David Mitchell, Hilary Mantel and Zadie Smith. It is with reference to

e-Research in Educational Contexts : the Roles of Technologies, Ethics and Social Media
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Subject(s): Education -- Research Computer network resources | Education -- Research Data processing | Internet in education | Research -- Moral and ethical aspects | Social media Summary: This book explores the impact of e-research in education and the opportunities presented by a new generation of research approaches and tools. 'E-researc

Literature Now : Key Terms and Methods for Literary History
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Subject(s): Literature -- History and criticism Summary: Argues that modern literary history is currently the main site of theoretical and methodological reflection in literary studies. Via 19 key terms, the book takes stock of recent scholarship and demonstrates hos analyses of particular historical phenomena have modified our understanding of

Tamta's World : the Life and Encounters of a Medieval Noblewoman from the Middle East to Mongolia
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Subject(s): Christianity and other religions -- Islam | Islam -- Relations Christianity | Christian women -- History -- To 1500 | Middle East -- History -- To 1500 Summary: This book tells the compelling story of a Christian noble woman named Tamta in the thirteenth century. Born to an Armenian family at the court of queen Tamar of Georgia, she

Democratisation in the Maghreb
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Subject(s): Democratization -- Africa, North | Political culture -- Africa, North | Africa, North -- Politics and government -- 21st century Summary: The book offers fresh insight into the recent political development and contrasting experiences of four Maghreb countries: Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco and Mauritania. The Arab Spring affected them i

Every Wild Heart : a Novel
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Subject(s): Radio personalities -- Fiction | Single mothers -- Fiction | Mothers and daughters -- Fiction | Teenage girls -- Fiction Summary: Popular radio host Gail Gideon's career was launched years earlier by an on-air rant about her unfaithful husband. Now she's the heroine of millions of single women who tune in for her advice. But

Women and the Politics of Representation in Southeast Asia : Engendering Discourse in Singapore and Malaysia
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Subject(s): Women -- Social conditions -- Singapore | Women -- Social conditions -- Malaysia | Sex role -- Singapore | Sex role -- Malaysia Summary: "Singapore and Malaysia are rapidly modernising, globalising Asian states which, although being distinct nations since 1965, share common elements in the on-going struggle over the meaning of g

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