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An objective and perceptive account of the literature of monetary theory. This book shows how its inherent complexity is much enriched by the study of its history. It focuses on the innovative ideas of distinguished economists who anticipated modern theories, elaborating on them along lines that suggest original research programmes.

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Combining biomedical and social science with contributions from leaders in both fields, this book illustrates molecular, physiological, epidemiological, and public health aspects with examples from major diseases and discusses the behavioral, ethical, and consumer perspectives that influence a successful introduction of personalized nutrition.

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Issues such as economic globalisation, climate changes and water shortages call for a new approach to water systems management, which addresses the relevant technical, social and economic aspects. This collection represents the views of academic and industrial experts from a number of countries, who provide technical solutions to current water management problems and present a vision for addressing the global questions.

Incorporates classes of agents, expands classes, and increases the number of agents described, including components, precursors, and decomposition products, as well as information on the chemical, physical, and biological properties of these agents and their health effects. This title covers toxicology, characteristics, and medical response.

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Includes mediations for the whole of Advent and for each of the twelve days of Christmas. This book also contains suggestions for using the meditations in the format of daily morning and evening prayer, either individually or in groups.

Part of the "Routledge Worlds" series, this book offers a survey of Europe in the Renaissance, from the late thirteenth to early seventeenth centuries, and shows how the Renaissance laid foundations for many aspects of the world. It begins with a section on the antecedents of the Renaissance world, and ends with its lasting influence.

This volume presents the contemporary issues surrounding groundwater pollution risk assessment and the application of vulnerability and risk assessment maps for the effective protection and management of aquifers. Numerous new and improved approaches to intrinsic and specific vulnerability assessment (modified DRASTIC, GOD, VULK, VURAAS) are described, some coupled with geophysical and hydrological surveys and hydrodynamic and transport modell...

This book argues that even in today's high-stakes testing environment, "teaching to the test" need not be teachers¿ only focus as they introduce young children to mathematics. Judith McVarish demonstrates how building a community of learners and using problem solving to engage students can help teachers encourage students¿ disposition to creative thinking and reasoning¿skills that can otherwise become lost due to the pressure of the many other...

This comprehensive guide to the history of literary criticism from antiquity to the present day provides an authoritative overview of the major movements, figures, and texts of literary criticism, as well as surveying their cultural, historical, and philosophical contexts.

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Work over Welfare tells the inside story of the legislation that ended "welfare as we know it." As a key staffer on the House Ways and Means Committee, author Ron Haskins was one of the architects of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act of 1996.

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The burgeoning popularity of double guns (both over/unders and side-by-sides) in the United States is no secret, and few gunmakers know more about them than Steven Dodd Hughes, who has been building, repairing, and customizing these firearms for three decades.