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Head over heels : a novel / by Mitchell, Rain

In Fashion; dress in the twntieth century/

Subjects: “…November 1998 Microfilmed By Preservation Resources Bethlehem, PA 18017 Camera Operators Sandy Kehm COPYRIGHT The copyright law of the United States - Title 17, United States Code - concerns the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material. …”

10th anniversary / by Patterson, James

Your company sucks : it's time to declare war on yourself / by Stevens, Mark

Table of Contents: “…Your business woes are keeping you up at night -- Effective leaders create good company cultures -- Declare war on complacency and incompetence -- Where are you in the business lifecycle? -- You don't have to stay where you are -- An action plan for change -- Woo your customers: the power of the thrill -- Thrill to the nth degree: learn from the masters -- Thrill, thrill, and thrill some more -- Does your business "thrill?" …”

Against fairness by Asma, Stephen T.

Table of Contents: “…-- The fusion of feelings and ideas -- Sowing the seeds of confusion: sharing -- Sowing the seeds of confusion: open minds -- Envy and fairness -- Excellence, fairness, and favoritism -- The circle of favors: global perspectives -- Chinese favoritism -- Face culture -- Indian favoritism -- Disentangling nepotism and corruption -- Disentangling tribalism and tragedy -- "Your people shall be my people?" …”

Text complexity : raising rigor in reading / by Fisher, Douglas

Table of Contents: “…Text complexity is the new black: -- Text complexity defined -- Revisiting how we match readers and texts -- Text complexity and the common core state standards -- The case for struggle -- Conclusion -- Quantitative measures of text complexity: -- Word-level analysis -- Sentence-level analysis --Conventional readability formulas -- Readability formulas that also measure readers -- Measuring coreference and cohesion -- Cautions and criticism of readability formulas -- Readability for early readers -- Conclusion -- Qualitative measures of text complexity: -- Considerate texts -- But not all texts are considerate -- Levels of meaning and purpose -- Structure -- Language conventionality and clarity -- Knowledge demands -- Returning to the hunger games, qualitatively -- Cautions and criticisms of qualitative analysis of text complexity -- Conclusion -- Matching readers to texts and tasks: -- Exploring the reader -- Exploring the task -- Exploring the question -- Shifting expectations -- Cautions and criticisms of matching readers with texts and tasks -- Conclusion -- A close reading of complex texts: Close reading -- Close reading up close in fourth grade : "post-it-notes" -- Close reading up close in ninth grade : "The road not taken" -- Conclusion.…”

Padre Rowlands of Ceylon / by Butterfield, R. P.

Table of Contents: “…Colombo: Work in the Coffee Stores, 1861-1862 V. Kandy: The Tamil Coolie Mission, 1862 VI. …”

Text complexity : raising rigor in reading / by Fisher, Douglas

Table of Contents: “…Text complexity is the new black: -- Text complexity defined -- Revisiting how we match readers and texts -- Text complexity and the common core state standards -- The case for struggle -- Conclusion -- Quantitative measures of text complexity: -- Word-level analysis -- Sentence-level analysis --Conventional readability formulas -- Readability formulas that also measure readers -- Measuring coreference and cohesion -- Cautions and criticism of readability formulas -- Readability for early readers -- Conclusion -- Qualitative measures of text complexity: -- Considerate texts -- But not all texts are considerate -- Levels of meaning and purpose -- Structure -- Language conventionality and clarity -- Knowledge demands -- Returning to the hunger games, qualitatively -- Cautions and criticisms of qualitative analysis of text complexity -- Conclusion -- Matching readers to texts and tasks: -- Exploring the reader -- Exploring the task -- Exploring the question -- Shifting expectations -- Cautions and criticisms of matching readers with texts and tasks -- Conclusion -- A close reading of complex texts: Close reading -- Close reading up close in fourth grade : "post-it-notes" -- Close reading up close in ninth grade : "The road not taken" -- Conclusion.…”

The multi-screen consumer the seven things you need to know to reach your customers across TVs, computers, tablets, and mobile phones / by Hritzuk, Natasha

Transport and communication

Table of Contents: “…Social netwoking 45. The Facebook story 46. Communicating in space 47. Fun factsl 48. …”

The bungalow : a novel / by Jio, Sarah

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Luminnous lives : 20th century Sri Lankan society and politics illustrated by Wijesinha, Rajiva

Table of Contents: “…International Celebrities - Tarzie Vittachi, Geoffrey Bawa, Sirimavo Bandaranaike 12. …”

13th National Conference on Library and Information Science (NACLIS) 2017 : proceedings .

Table of Contents: “…ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ පළාත් පුස්තකාල සේවා මණ්ඩප පිළිබඳ විශ්ලේෂණයක් 6.A Study of Problems faced by the University Students, Using Online Public Access Catalogue (OPAC): with special reference to University of Kelaniya 7.ප්‍රකාශන නිදහස සීමා කිරීම උදෙසා වාරණයේ භාවිතාව 8.Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Universities : Role of Library, University of Moratuwa 9.Education and Literacy for Sustainable Development: A case study in Anaiwasala Village, Sri Lanka. 10.Building Relationships through Outreach Activities in Academic Libraries: Examples from University of Moratuwa 11.Sharing Responsibility and Avoiding Competition: The Way Forward for LIS Education in Sri Lanka 12.Contribution of and Challenges faced by Chenkalady Public Library in the context of Social Responsibility…”

Culavamsa : being the more recent part of the Mahavamsa - part II / by [ Culavamsa]

Table of Contents: “…The exhibition of the miracle of the tooth relic 11. The story of the subjugation of the Hostile king 12. …”

Death comes silently / by Carolyn Hart; 3M Company

The broken shore / by Temple, Peter

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බෞද්ධ මනෝවිද්‍යා හා මනෝප්‍රතිකාර = Buddhist psychology and psychotherapy

Bauddha manovidyava ha manoprathikara

Table of Contents: “…The psychological aspects found in the story of Patacara Therigatha…”

The snowball effect : communication techniques to make you unstoppable / by Bounds, Andy

Table of Contents: “…ve now got -- Persuade more people to say "yes" -- Understand what really motivates people -- Say things that excite people -- Align your agenda to everyone else's -- Get an enthusiastic "yes" very quickly -- Prove you're someone's best option -- Make a sale -- Write a winning proposal or sales presentation -- Stand out from the crowd -- Cause long-term change, not a short-term blip -- Use the best communication channel to get a quick "yes -- Create titles that instantly grab people -- Write eye-catching introductions -- Use analogies to make your point -- Structure your communications so they're more persuasive -- Pass an exam -- Get a job interview -- Enjoy your job more -- Ensure everyone : including you : thinks you're great -- Build powerful relationships quickly -- Get things right first time -- Deliver interesting presentations that impress everyone -- Use "word pictures" to help people remember things -- Use initials to help people remember things -- Use games and activities to make your point -- Enjoy using powerpoint -- Create great visuals to enhance your message -- Start a presentation brilliantly (when your audience is large and/or doesn't know you) -- Appear polished, even if you haven't practiced much -- Prepare for and deliver an excellent q&a session -- Ensure your important initiatives succeed -- Have good two-way conversations -- Enjoy attending networking events -- Help people read your documents quickly -- Improve people's performance through observation and coaching -- Improve people's performance after annual reviews -- Improve people's performance when you delegate to them -- Section E: Eliminate the negatives -- Stop saying "no" too quickly -- Say "no" in a way that doesn't cause you problems -- Come up with good ideas, but can't think of any -- R emove someone's concerns about what you're planning to do -- Remove someone's final reason for saying "no" -- Get good outcomes from challenging conversations -- Stop procrastinating about having challenging conversations -- Stop your messages becoming diluted -- Stop diluting other people's messages -- Stop hating presentations -- Avoid people instantly doubting your credibility -- Stop wasting your time with people who can't make decisions -- Prevent avoidable disasters -- Stop saying irrelevant stuff -- Break the pattern of hearing useful ideas, but doing nothing with them -- Conclusion: build momentum : to keep your snowball rolling, just turn right -- Appendix: Useful communication templates -- And for more help -- Acknowledgments -- About andy bounds -- Index.…”

Neverisms : a quotation lover's guide to things you should never do, never say, or never forget / by Grothe, Mardy

Table of Contents: “…(multiple neverisms) -- Never persist in trying to set people right (human relationships) -- Never approach a woman from behind (sex, love & romance) -- Never change diapers in mid-stream (marriage, home & family life) -- Never mention a no-hitter while it's in progress (sports) -- Never get caught in bed with a live man or a dead woman (politics & government) -- Never coddle a malcontent (business & management) -- Never have your dog stuffed (book, song & movie titles) -- Never judge a book by its movie (stage & screen) -- Never answer an anonymous letter (oxymoronic & paradoxical neverisms) -- Never cut what you can untie (metaphorical neverisms) -- Never use a long word where a short one will do (the literary life).…”
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The reputation society : how online opinions are reshaping the offline world /

Table of Contents: “…Trust, reputation systems, and the immune system of democracy / Craig Newmark -- Building the reputation society / Hassan Masum, Mark Tovey, and Yi-Cheng Zhang -- Designing reputation systems for the social web / Chrysanthos Dellarocas -- Web reputation systems and the real world / Randy Farmer -- An inquiry into effective reputation and rating systems / John Henry Clippinger -- The biology of reputation / John Whitfield -- Regulating reputation / Eric Goldman -- Less regulation, more reputation / Lior Strahilevitz -- The role of reputation systems in managing online communities / Cliff Lampe -- Attention philanthropy : giving reputation a boost / Alex Steffen -- Making use of reputation systems in philanthropy / Marc Maxson and Mari Kuraishi -- The measurement and mismeasurement of science / Michael Nielsen -- Usage-based reputation metrics in science / Victor Henning, Jason Hoyt, and Jan Reichelt -- Open access and academic reputation / John Willinsky -- Reputation-based governance and making states "legible" to their citizens / Lucio Picci -- Trust it forward : tyranny of the majority or echo chambers? …”