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This scholarly study of animal behavior compares the learning ability of a variety of animals to determine the speed with which one species learns in relation to others.

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"Beyond childcare theories and early childhood gurus, here is how children have actually been raised in America over the last four centuries. From wet nurses and Southern mammys, settlement houses and"

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This exceptional volume explores historical mistreatment of these minority groups, current trends in victimization, patterns in criminal behavior, arrest and imprisonment among minority group members, theoretical models in criminality, differential enforcement of the law, and future implications in addressing minorities and criminality.

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Topical and up to the minute, Minority Policy explores the influence of marginal parliamentarians both within the major parties and on the cross benches in the formations of contemporary public policy. Drawing on the experiences of two former policy advisers, this title takes the discussion up to and beyond the introduction of the new Senate in July 2014.

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Covers various subjects such as dealing with the great flu epidemic of 1918, responding to natural disasters at home and abroad, fighting wars and rebuilding countries after war.

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Discusses transvestism, and offers transvestites advice on hair dressing, makeup, fashion, and planning a public outing.

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Most books on missile proliferation focus on the spread of ballistic missiles or cruise missiles, not both.

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The legacy of Classical Greece is universally revered, but this legacy has come at a price. How will Greece ever relinquish its ties with the past This title presents an alternative cultural history of Greece, beginning with the growth of Greece as a nation state.

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The legacy of Classical Greece is universally revered, but this legacy has come at a price. How will Greece ever relinquish its ties with the past This title presents an alternative cultural history of Greece, beginning with the growth of Greece as a nation state.

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Enayat describes and interprets some of the major Islamic political ideas, examining the differences between the two main schools in Islam - Shi'ism and Sunnism. The concept of the Islamic state, and the Muslim response to the challenge of modern ideologies, are also covered.

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This reference text explains what modern piracy is, where and why it happens, and what measures are being taken to combat it.

While piracy today typically occurs in specific areassuch as Somalia and Southeast Asiaa single pirate attack can involve and affect many different countries.

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Einhorn and Logue analyze the political, economic, and social challenges facing five small, affluent, and advanced industrial democracies in Scandinavia: Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden.

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Einhorn and Logue analyze the political, economic, and social challenges facing five small, affluent, and advanced industrial democracies in Scandinavia: Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden.

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Modernism and the Making of the New Man is a history or Soviet architecture that is unique in that, instead of styles or great architects, it focuses on the design of communist subjectivity - the notion of the "new man". -- .

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Recognizing these themes allows the consideration of possible remedies for change in the Muslim world.

The distinguished scholars contributing to this volume identify key factorssome intrinsic to the Muslim world, and some externalthat contribute to Islam's current predicament.

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Recognizing these themes allows the consideration of possible remedies for change in the Muslim world.

The distinguished scholars contributing to this volume identify key factorssome intrinsic to the Muslim world, and some externalthat contribute to Islam's current predicament.

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Indeed, Durant was only one member of the elite Task Force Ranger Regiment deployed to apprehend Mohammed Farrah Aidid, Somailia's most powerful warlord on the fateful October day.

Here is the little-known story of the 15 fierce, deadly hours of fighting that followed the Americans tightly calibrated attempt to target Aidid.

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This book is a potpourri of the best, most usable, fun advice on how to be the kind of mother a daughter will want to be when she grows up and has a little girl of her own.

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