Sexual inequalities and social justice

Table of Contents: “…: confronting sexual and gender inequality in HIV prevention work / Héctor Carrillo -- Circuit culture : ethnographic reflections on inequality, sexuality, and life on the gay party circuit / Christopher Carrington -- Confesiones de mujer : the Catholic Church and sacred morality in the sex lives of Mexican immigrant women / Gloria González-López -- Disability and sexuality : toward a constructionist focus on access and the inclusion of disabled people in the sexual rights movement / Russell P. Shuttleworth -- The family-friends of older gay men and lesbians / Brian de Vries and Patrick Hoctel -- Sexual inequality, youth empowerment, and the GSA : a community study in California / Gilbert Herdt ... …”
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Learning Conversations in Museums. by Leinhardt, Gaea

Table of Contents: “…Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Acknowledgments; Contents; Preface; PART I: CONVERSATIONS: A YEAR OF LEARNING; Chapter 1: Creating a Space for Learning: Curators, Educators, and the Implied Audience; Chapter 2: Two Docents in Three Museums: Central and Peripheral Participation; Chapter 3: Museums in Family Life: An Ethnographic Case Study; Chapter 4: Talking to Oneself: Diaries of Museum Visits; PART II: CONVERSATIONS: AN AFTERNOON OF LEARNING; Chapter 5: Burning Buses, Burning Crosses: Student Teachers See Civil Rights.…”
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Issues of Contemporary Art and Aesthetics in Chinese Context by Wen, Jiehua

Table of Contents: “…--- The Case of Young Women Art in Post-Colonial Hong Kong -- A Museum of Hybridity: The History of the Display of Art in the Public Museum of Hong Kong and Its Implications for Cultural Identities -- The Trinity “Hong Kong- China-The World”: The Battle of Cultural Identities as a Form of Hegemony in Art in Postcolonial Hong Kong (since 1990s) -- Hong Kong Pavilion at the Venice Biennale As Method: The Case of Lee Kit Rights in Hong Kong -- Influence of Global Aesthetics on Chinese Aesthetics: The Adaption of Moxie and the Case of Dafen Cun.…”
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Scandal of Colonial Rule : Power and Subversion in the British Atlantic during the Age of Revolution. by Epstein, James

Table of Contents: “…3: "Only answerable to God and conscience": justice unbounded by lawPicton's arrival; Frontier society; Personal rule; Modes of violence; An ill-used British subject:; Rights of Englishmen; 4: Ruling narratives; Verified narratives; Domestic (dis- )order; 5: The radical underworld goes colonial; Before Trinidad; Surveillance and subversion; Captivity; The labyrinth of guilty fascination; Race and colonial settlement; A ghostwriter's progress; 6: In search of free labor; "A guiltless, bloodless colony"; "Free" settlers all; Turning East; Conclusion; 7: Conspiracy in the archive; Prelude.…”
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Refounding democratic public administration : modern paradoxes, postmodern challenges

Table of Contents: “…Lane -- Refusing to get it right : citizenship, difference, and the refounding project / Camilla Stivers -- Understanding social process : the key to democratic governance / Lisa Weinberg -- The maturation of public administration : the search for a democratic identity / Linda F. …”
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Junian Latinity in the Roman Empire. Volume 1, history, law, literature

Table of Contents: “…THE HISTORICAL AND LEGAL CONTEXTS FOR JUNIAN LATINITY -- First Prologue: A Millennium of Legislation on Junians and Other Latins -- 1. Municipal Latin Rights from the Social War to Hadrian -- 2. The Legal Foundation: The leges Iunia et Aelia Sentia -- 3. …”
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War in the Age of Technology : Myriad Faces of Modern Armed Conflict. by Jensen, Robert Geoffrey

Table of Contents: “…War and Black Memory: World War II and the Originsof the Civil Rights Movement; part iii: The Nuclear Age: Myriad Faces of Limited War; 11. …”
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Autism equality in the workplace : removing barriers and challenging discrimination by Booth, Janine

Table of Contents: “…Job insecurity in a time of austerity ; Chapter 4 -- Autism, Work and the Law; A global convention for rights ; European Union; United Kingdom ; United States of America ; Canada ; Australia ; Ten key legal concepts; Chapter 5 -- Organising for Change; A progressive workplace policy ; Collective bargaining and trade unions ; Nothing about us without us ; References ; Subject Index.…”
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Radically rethinking copyright in the arts a philosophical approach by Young, James O., 1957-

Table of Contents: “…Work for Hire and Corporate Copyright -- Abandoned Copyright -- Copyright Terms: A Proposal -- Artists' Moral Rights -- 4 Token Appropriation -- Token Appropriation: Some Thought Experiments -- Token Appropriation and the Law -- 5 Pattern Appropriation -- Pattern Appropriation: The Uncontroversial Cases -- Pattern Appropriation and Concrete Individuals -- Appropriation of Commonplace Patterns -- Patterns Derived From Reality -- Sampling -- No Harm, No Foul -- Fan Fiction -- Adaptations -- Public Performance Fees -- 6 Appropriation of Artistic Elements -- Fictional Characters…”
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Heroism in the Harry Potter series

Table of Contents: “…Harry Potter and the idea of the gentlemen as hero / Christine Berberich -- Hermione Granger, or a vindication of the rights of girl / Katrin Berndt -- The influence of gender on Harry Potter's heroic (trans)formation / Karley Adney -- Adult heroism and role models in the Harry Potter novels / Maria Nikolajeva -- Heroism at the margins / Kathleen McEvoy.…”


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Common Ground? : Readings and Reflections on Public Space. by Orum, Anthony M.

Table of Contents: “…Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Rights And Permissions List; Locating Public Space; Part 1: Public Space as Civil Order; Introduction; The Death and Life of Great American Cities; The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces; The Character of Third Places; The Moral Order of Strangers; Street Etiquette and Street Wisdom; Part 2: Public Space as Power and Resistance; Introduction; The End of Public Space? …”
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Essentials of supply chain management by Hugos, Michael H.

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The common law of obligations : divergence and unity

Table of Contents: “…A Judicial Perspective on the Development of Common Law Doctrine in the Light of Statute Law ; I. Introduction ; II. Development of the Common Law by Analogy from Statute: England.…”
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Introduction to the Finite Element Method, Third Edition by Reddy, J. N.

Table of Contents: “…Preface -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 General Comments -- 1.2 Mathematical Models -- 1.3 Numerical Simulations -- 1.4 The Finite Element Method -- 1.4.1 The Basic Idea -- 1.4.2 The Basic Features -- 1.4.3 Some Remarks -- 1.4.4 A Brief Review of History and Recent Developments -- 1.5 The Present Study -- 1.6 Summary -- Problems -- References for Additional Reading -- 2 Mathematical Preliminaries, Integral Formulations, and Variational Methods -- 2.1 General Introduction -- 2.1.1 Variational Principles and Methods -- 2.1.2 Variational Formulations -- 2.1.3 Need for Weighted-Integral Statements -- 2.2 Some Mathematical Concepts and Formulae -- 2.2.1 Coordinate Systems and the Del Operator -- 2.2.2 Boundary Value, Initial Value, and Eigenvalue Problems -- 2.2.3 Integral Identities -- 2.2.4 Linear and Bilinear Functionals -- 2.3 Elements of Calculus of Variations -- 2.3.1 Introduction -- 2.3.2 Variational Operator and First Variation -- 2.3.3 Fundamental Lemma of Variational Calculus -- 2.3.4 The Euler Equations -- 2.3.5 Natural and Essential Boundary Conditions -- 2.3.6 Hamilton?…”
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Birds of Trinidad and Tobago. by Kenefick, Martyn

Table of Contents: “…Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; Acknowledgements; Geography; Climate; Habitats; Txonomy and Nomenclature; Bird Identification; How to Use this BooK; Documenting and Reporting Bird Sightings; Ethics; Security; Where to Watch Birds in Trinidad & Tobago; Plates and Species Accounts; PLATE 1: TINAMOU, CRACIDS AND SCREAMER; PLATE 2: WHISTLING DUCKS; PLATE 3: LARGER DUCKS AND SNOW GOOSE; PLATE 4: DABBLING DUCKS I; PLATE 5: DABBLING DUCKS II; PLATE 6: DIVING DUCKS; PLATE 7: GREBES, CORMORANT, ANHINGA & PELICAN; PLATE 8: STORM-PETRELS, PETRELS & SHEARWATERS.…”
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Model child care health policies

Table of Contents: “…Supervision of Children ; 1. Line of Sight and Hearing ; 2. Counting Children ; 3. Evaluation and Removal of Environmental Barriers to Supervision ; 4. …”
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Reverberation chambers : theory and applications to EMC and antenna measurements by Boyes, Stephen J., Huang, Yi (Electrical engineer)

Table of Contents: “…2.7.2 Statistical Forms of Measured Magnitudes 2.7.3 Statistical Distribution of Complex Samples; 2.7.4 Statistical Distribution of Measured Power; 2.7.5 Statistical Distribution of Measured Phase; 2.7.6 Concluding Remarks and Recommendations; 2.8 Line of Sight Elements; 2.9 Reverberation Chamber as a Radio Propagation Channel; 2.9.1 Channel Parameters; 2.9.2 Coherence Bandwidth; 2.9.3 Doppler Shift Frequency; 2.9.4 Summary; References; Chapter 3 Mechanical Stirrer Designs and Chamber Performance Evaluation; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Paddle Design Methodology; 3.3 Numerical Analysis.…”
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The Occupy handbook

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : a tale of two taxes / Janet Byrne -- Advice from the 1 percent : lever up, drop out / Michael Lewis -- The widening gyre : inequality, polarization, and the crisis / Paul Krugman and Robin Wells -- Take a stand : sit in / Philip Dray -- The 5 percent / Michael Hiltzik -- Hidden in plain sight : the problem of silos and silences in finance / Gillian Tett -- What good is Wall Street? …”


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It's time for Thanksgiving

Table of Contents: “…-- Game:Thanksgiving Dinner -- Game:Pumpkin Relay Race -- Game: Feather Relay -- Game: Com Race -- Game: Relay Corn Race -- Game: Passing The Corn -- Game: A Memory Test By Sight -- Game: A Memory Test By Feeling -- Game: Cranberries -- Game: Count The Com -- Game: Twenty Questions -- Game: A Thanksgiving Word Game -- Game: A Scrambled Thanksgiving Dinner -- Game: A Thanksgiving Bingo Game -- RECIPES FOR THANKSGIVING GOODIES / Elizabeth Hough Sechrist -- Recipe: Cookie Place-Cards -- Recipe: Apple Snow -- Recipe: Apple Crisp -- Deep Dish Apple Pie -- Recipe: Easy Pumpkin Pie -- Recipe: Mince Pie Roll -- Recipe: Graham Cracker Pie -- Recipe: Fried Pies -- Recipe:Crullers-- Recipe: Applesauce Cake -- Recipe:Rice Krispies Cookies-- Recipe:Chocolate Wheaties -- Recipe: Easy Nut Cookies -- Recipe:Salted Peanut Cookies-- Recipe: Candied Apples-- Recipe:Popcorn Balls -- Recipe:"Mosies" -- Recipe: Molasses Chewies-- Recipe: Molasses Taffy (For Pulling)-- Recipe: Penuchi-- Recipe:Uncooked Fondant -- Recipe: Chocolate Fondant-- Recipe: Stuffed Dates-- Recipe: Spiced Nuts -- Recipe: Stuffed Celery -- Recipe:Celery Trunks -- Recipe:Relish Dish -- Recipe:Sweet Potato Balls -- Recipe:Corn Pudding -- Recipe: Cornmeal Pancakes.…”


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Creating Lasting Value : How to Lead, Manage and Market Your Stakeholder Value. by Geelhoed, Jeroen

Table of Contents: “…10.6 Review and previewWrap-up: Market the Value; Making even bigger waves; 11 Change holistically; 11.1 Leadership and team; 11.2 Manage the change; 11.3 Leadership and change management at AkzoNobel Deco Spain; 11.4 Cultural breakthroughs; 11.5 Review and preview; 12 Dr V; 12.1 Life only starts after retirement; 12.2 Give sight to everyone; 12.3 A brilliant business transformation model; 12.4 The leadership of Dr V; 12.5 Transfer of leadership; Epilogue; References; Index.…”
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