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The death of a child / by Peter Stanford

Don Quixote / by Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de

Who's in charge? : free will and the science of the brain / by Gazzaniga, Michael S.

Table of Contents: “…The way we are -- The parallel and distributed brain -- The interpreter -- Abandoning the concept of free will -- The social mind -- We are the law -- An afterword.…”

Checkpoint, temple, church and mosque : a collaborative ethnography of war and peace

Table of Contents: “…Boundary politics, Religion and peace - Building. 7. Afterword war's end 8. Reflection…”

Talking about death : a dialogue between parent and child / by Grollman, Earl A.

Table of Contents: “…-- How children react to specific kinds of death -- Thoughts on seeking professional help -- Afterword: coping with adult grief.…”

Reinvent : a leader's playbook for serial success / by Hassan, Fred

Table of Contents: “…List of figures -- Foreword -- Author's note -- Introduction -- Unleashing the power of me -- Be authentic -- Be purposeful -- Be connected -- Unleashing the power of we -- Keep leading -- Role model your expectations -- Keep winning -- Conclusion -- Afterword -- Appendices -- Appendix A: Serial success playbook summary -- Appendix B: The concepts behind my playbook -- Appendix C: Values matter -- Appendix D: Bausch + Lomb's rating system descriptors -- Appendix E: Guidelines for expat managers -- Appendix F: Stepping-stones to transformation -- Index -- Acknowledgments -- About the author.…”

Sins and CEOs : lessons from leaders and losers that will change your career / by Moran, Richard A.

Table of Contents: “…-- The sin : being an asshole : pecked to death -- Afterword. Redemption -- Addendum : how to fire a CEO.…”

One more for the road : a new story collection / by Bradbury, Ray

Table of Contents: “…-- Diane de Foret -- Cricket on the hearth -- Afterword: Metaphors, the breakfast of champions. Identifier:…”

Taking people with you : the only way to make big things happen / by Novak, David

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: Taking people with you -- An insight-driven approach to leading people and achieving big goals -- Get your mind-set right -- Be your best self: be yourself, know yourself; grow yourself -- Be an avid learner: seek and build know-how -- Unleash the power of people -- You have to believe it can be done -- Have a plan: strategy, structure, culture -- Strategy: tell it like it is-- and how it could be -- Strategy: create a vision and personalize it -- Strategy: gain alignment every step of the way at every level -- Structure: resources, organization, and process enable execution -- Culture: make "winning together" a big idea -- Follow through to get results -- Market the change: be a bold ad for your big goal -- Understand and overcome the barriers to success -- Use recognition to drive performance -- The change is never over -- Afterword: Be your own big goal: move from me to we.…”
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The General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money /

Table of Contents: “…The Subjective Factors -- 10 The Marginal Propensity to Consume and the Multiplier -- Book IV The Inducement to Invest -- 11 The Marginal Efficiency of Capital -- 12 The State of Long-Term Expectation -- 13 The General Theory of the Rate of Interest -- 14 The Classical Theory of the Rate of Interest -- 15 The Psychological and Business Incentives to Liquidity -- 16 Sundry Observations on the Nature of Capital -- 17 The Essential Properties of Interest and Money -- 18 The General Theory of Employment Re-Stated -- Book V Money-wages and Prices -- 19 Changes in Money-wages -- 20 The Employment Function -- 21 The Theory of Prices -- Book VI Short Notes Suggested by the General Theory -- 22 Notes on the Trade Cycle -- 23 Notes on Mercantilism, The Usury Laws, Stamped Money and Theories Of Under-Consumption -- 24 Concluding Notes on the Social Philosophy Towards which the General Theory Might Lead -- Afterword by Robert Skidelsky.…”

Defying dementia : understanding and preventing Alzheimer's and related disorders / by Levine, Robert

The yellow world : how fighting for my life taught me how to live / by Espinosa, Albert

Table of Contents: “…. -- The Yellow End -- Epilogue -- Afterword / by Eloy Azorín.…”