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Strategic currents issues in human security in Asia. by Yang Razali Kassim

Table of Contents: “…Strategic currents : issues in human security in Asia -- Contents -- Preface -- Chapter I: Climate Change and Natural Disasters -- Chapter II: Energy Security -- Chapter III: Health, Food and Water Security -- Chapter IV: Governance, Politics and Identity -- Chapter V: Terrorism, Cyber Security and Cyberspace -- Chapter VI: Maritime Security and Piracy -- Chapter VII: Diplomacy and Non-Traditional Security -- Contributors.…”

Veddas in Transition / by Wijesekera, Nandadeva

Table of Contents: “…Origins of the Veddas 5. Who is a Vedda 6. Geographical Distribution of the Veddas and their present condition 7. …”

Dad is fat / by Gaffigan, Jim

Table of Contents: “…Machine generated contents note: Contents -- Foreword -- Letter to My Children -- Who's Who in the Cast -- Rue the Day -- "Drinking the Kool-Aid" -- Family-Friendly -- Have Children: The Condition -- Anti-Family -- I Confess -- Happy Days Are Here Again -- The Pharaoh and the Slave -- Vice President -- My Dad, the Professional Wrestler -- The Narcissist's Guide to Babies and Toddlers -- When Women Get Lazy -- Oh My God, You're Pregnant? …”
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Drilling down : the Gulf Oil debacle and our energy dilemma / by Tainter, Joseph A.

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- The significance of oil in the Gulf of Mexico -- The energy that runs the world -- Offshore drilling and production, a short history -- The energy-complexity spiral -- The benefits and costs of complexity -- What happened at the Macondo Well -- Why the Gulf disaster happened -- Our energy and complexity dilemma: prospects for the future -- Appendix A. …”

Early Buddhist teachings : the middle position in theory and practice by Karunadasa, Y.

Table of Contents: “…The unanswered questions : why are they unanswered 12. The Buddhist Attitude to the idea of god…”

Good health and long life what is the secret? by Kulatunga, K. Kamala

Table of Contents: “…Can animals be re- born as husbans? 5. Animals who commit suicid for loss of love 6. Can animals speak to us? …”

Trust me, I'm lying : the tactics and confessions of a media manipulator / by Holiday, Ryan

Table of Contents: “…Blogs make the news -- How to turn nothing into something in three way-too easy steps -- Blogs as a business : a brief overview -- Tactic #1: bloggers are poor, help pay their bills -- Tactic #2: tell them what they want to hear -- Tactic #3: give them what spreads, not what's good -- Tactic # 4: help them trick their readers -- Tactic #5: sell them something they can sell (exploit the one off problem) -- Tactic #6: make it all about the headline -- Tactic #7: kill 'em with pageview kindness -- Tactic #8: use the technology against itself -- Tactic #9: just make stuff up (everyone else is doing it) -- The monster attacks : what blogs mean -- Irin carmon, the daily show, and me: the perfect storm of how toxic blogging can be -- There are others : the manipulator hall of fame -- Cute but evil : online entertainment tactics that drug you & i -- The link economy : the leveraged illusion of sourcing -- Extortion via the web : facing the online shakedown -- The iterative hustle : online journalism's bogus philosophy -- The myth of corrections -- Cheering on our own deception -- The dark side of snark : when internet humor attacks -- The 21st century degradation ceremony : blogs as machines of hatred and punishment -- Welcome to unreality -- How to read a blog : an update on account of all the lies -- Conclusion.…”

Research and design / by Seivewright, Simon

Table of Contents: “…Research: what and why? : What is a brief? ; What is research? ; What should research contain? …”

ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ භූ විද්‍යාඥයන්ගේ තොරතුරු අවශ්‍යතා හා තොරතුරු ගවේෂණ චර්යා... by තිලකරත්න, ටී. සී. පී

චීන උද්‍යාන : භූ දර්ශනීය පාරාදීසය සොයා යෑම

China udayana : bhu darshaniya paradisaya soya yama

by චිංෂි, ලොවු

Make the sale happen before lunch : 50 cut-to-the-chase strategies for getting the business results you want / by Schiffman, Stephan

Table of Contents: “…USING A PROCESS THAT GETS YOU TO THE NEXT STEP -- Rule 22 Rewrite the Rules Whenever You Can -- Rule 23 Put the Times Square Principle to Work for You -- Rule 24 Make Calls for an Hour a Day -- Rule 25 Know the Buy-in Process -- Rule 26 Get It All Down in Black and White -- Rule 27 Turn Responses Around -- Rule 28 Don't Get Sidetracked --- Use the Ledge -- Rule 29 Ask Why They're Not Working with You Now -- Rule 30 Live Off Peak -- Rule 31 Solidify Your In-Person Opening -- Rule 32 Know Where You Add Value -- Rule 33 Ask About the Past, the Present, and the Future -- Rule 34 Ask "How" and "Why" Questions -- Rule 35 Spend at Least 75 Percent of Your Time Gathering Information -- Rule 36 Verify Before Recommending Anything -- Rule 37 Manage Your Opportunities Effectively -- Rule 38 Build Your Schedule Around the Board --…”
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Stories of Birds and Beasts : translated from the jataka or birth-stories of the Buddha by Tripitaka. Sutrapitaka. Khuddakanikaya. Jataka

Table of Contents: “…The value of friends in life (or story of the Hawk and She-Hawk, Osprey, Tortoise and Lion) 8. The Strength of unity (or story of the Boar and the Tiger)...…”

ශ්‍රි ලංකා ප්‍රජාතාන්ත්‍රික සමාජවාදී ජනරජයේ ගැසට් පත්‍රය - අතිවිශේෂ : අංක 1908/11 -2015.03.31 -...

The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka - Extraordinary : No. 1908/11 - 31.03.2015.

இலங்கை சனநாயக சோசலிசக் குடியரசு வர்த்தமானப் பத்திரிகை - அதிவிசேஷமாது : 1908/11 ஆம் இலக்கம் - 31.03.2015.

Table of Contents: “…Kadangedara Jayasinghe who resides in the village of Naranwala, in the Divisional Secretary's Division of Udunuwara , in the District of Kandy.....…”

ශ්‍රී ලංකා ප්‍රජාතාන්ත්‍රික සමාජවාදී ජනරජයේ ගැසට් පත්‍රය - අතිවිශේෂ : අංක 1911/23 - 2015.04.25 -...

The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka - Extraordinary :No.1911/23 - 25.04.2015. இலங்கைச் சனநாயக சோசலிசக் குடியரசு வர்த்தமானப் பத்திரிகை - அதி விசேஷமானது : இலக்கம் -1911/23 - 25.04.2015.

Table of Contents: “…Kappagoda Dahanayake Mudiyanselage Mahendra Dasanayake Bandara who resides in the village of Hendeniya, in the Divisional Seceretray's Division of Udunuwara, in the District of Kandy, Referece the intestate property of late Mr.Thelge Nilendra Krishanthi Weerasinghe who resides in the village of Horethuduwa, in the Divisional Seceretray's Division of Panadura, in the District of Kalutara.…”

What I think by Vijayatunga, J.

Table of Contents: “…Babur, the first moghul 17. Why i wrote "Grass for my feet" 18. Reviewers and literary values 19. …”

The cruel radiance : photography and political violence / by Linfield, Susie

Table of Contents: “…Preface: The Black book -- Polemics -- A little history of photography criticism; or, Why do photography critics hate photography? -- Photojournalism and human rights: the calamity of the Kodak -- Places -- Warsaw, Łódź, Auschwitz: in the waiting room of death -- China: from Malraux's dignity to the Red Guards' shame -- Sierra Leone: beyond the sorrow and the pity -- Abu Ghraib and the jihad: the dance of civilizations -- People -- Robert Capa: the optimist -- James Nachtwey: the catastrophist -- Gilles Peress: the skeptic.…”

On the origin of tepees : the evolution of ideas (and ourselves) / by Hughes, Jonnie

Table of Contents: “…; How the West was won I: finding the edges ; How the West was won II: June 25, 1876 ; How the West was won III: America making -- Who's driving? A beginner's guide to tepee taxonomy ; Bound by imagination ; The genes of culture -- Mysteries solved. …”
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ශ්‍රී ලංකා ප්‍රජාත‍ාන්ත්‍රික සමාජවාදී ජනරජයේ ගැසට් පත්‍රය - අති විශේෂ : අංක 1888 /26 - 2014.11.13 -...

Table of Contents: “…Title registration - Amendment registration of title act, No. 21 odf 1998 (Section 14) , Mortuwa in the district of Colombo in the province of western…”

My family table : a passionate plea for home cooking / by Besh, John

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Words to eat by : five foods and the culinary history of the English language /

Table of Contents: “…: "If you can't beat 'em, eat 'em" -- Milk and dairy : "Stone Age Brits got milk" -- Meat : "Forty pounds of meat -- or no less than sixty" -- Bread : "Give us this day our daily bread" -- The return of the native, pr, "Who killed Gourmet magazine?" -- Notable events in the history of English food words.…”
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