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World Government - a reality soon ! : a collection of articles by world government pioneers /

Table of Contents: “…This Noble Teaching of peace & loving kindness among all nations by Hon. Ananda Tissa de Alwis 2. …”

Grandad's bench /

Year's best SF. David G. Hartwell, by Hartwell, David G.

Table of Contents: “…Valente -- To hie from far Cilenia / Karl Schroeder -- The hebras and the demons and the damned / Brenda Cooper -- Penumbra / Gregory Benford -- The good hand / Robert Reed -- The Cassandra Project / Jack McDevitt -- Jackie's-boy / Steven Popkes -- Eight miles / Sean McMullen -- Ghosts doing the orange dance / Paul Park.…”
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First thrills : high-octane stories from the hottest thriller authors / by Child., Lee

Table of Contents: “…The thief / Gregg Hurwitz -- Scutwork / CJ Lyons -- The bodyguard / Lee Child -- Last supper / Rip Gerber -- After dark / Alex Kava and Deb Carlin -- Wednesday's child / Ken Bruen -- Eddy May / Theo Gangi -- The plot / Jeffrey Deaver -- Eye of the storm / John Lutz and Lise S. …”
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A guide to current statute law

Table of Contents: “…List of chapters in the revised edition which have been amended during the period 1st July, 1956, to 30th November, 1974, together with references to the amending Acts and Laws 2. …”

Man in nature : guest or engineer? : a preliminary enquiry by Christians and Buddhists into the religious dimensions in humanity's relation to nature /

Table of Contents: “…Man of nature and man above nature. -- Mahinda Palihawadana 6. Ethical considerations in the scientific enterprise. -- Saon Patumtevapibal 7. …”

The everything guide to narcissistic personality disorder : professional, reassuring advice for coping with the disorder : at work, at home, and in your family / by Goodman, Cynthia Lechan

National Conference on Library and Information Science (NACLIS 2019) : proceedings.

Table of Contents: “…Targeting an untouched community: Reading promotion among junior secondary students in a Dhamma school : A case study 10. …”

In Fashion; dress in the twntieth century/

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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.…”

What I think by Vijayatunga, J.

Table of Contents: “…More words, the better 4. Was bacon Shakespeare 5. Laughs and dollars 6. Caste and Outcast 7. …”

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 Realm of science.

Table of Contents: “…The new science: recent advances in physics.--v. 11. Atoms, stars, and nebulae.--v. 12. Many worlds: the discovery of galactic systems.…”

The Realm of science:

Table of Contents: “…The new science: recent advances in physics.--v. 11. Atoms, stars, and nebulae.--v. 12. Many worlds: the discovery of galactic systems.…”

Religiousness in Sri Lanka /

Table of Contents: “…Don Peter 14. Christian community within communitites / Lynn A. de Silva.…”

Echo : a collection of selected articles on western classical culture by Jayasekera, Kamani

Table of Contents: “…An analysis of the ideas akin to the Indo-Aryan concepts found in the thoughts of Plato 4. …”

Draining development? : controlling flows of illicit funds from developing countries / by World bank

Table of Contents: “…/ Michael Levi -- The kleptocrat's portfolio decision / James Maton and Tim Daniel -- Conclusions and the path forward -- The practical political economy of illicit flows / Mick Moore -- Policy and research implications of illicit flows / Peter Reuter.…”

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

Table of Contents: “…Chatelaines - Ena de Silva of Aluwihare , My aunt Girlie of Getamanna, Lakshmi Goonewardene of The Old Place, Kurunegala 5. Poets - Jean Arasanayagam, Anne Ranasinghe, Alfreda de Silva 6. …”

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

Table of Contents: “…Responses of Health Sciences Faculties to Open Access Publishing: A Survey Conducted in the University of Peradeniya 3.ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ විශ්වවිද්‍යාල සිසුන් සිය අධ්‍යයන අවශ්‍යතා සඳහා සමාජ ජාල වෙබ් අඩවි භාවිතය පිළිබඳ අධ්‍යයනයක් 4. Use of journals among the Multigenerational Academics of the Swami Vipulananda Institute of Aesthetic Studies 5. …”

Stop talking, start communicating : counterintuitive secrets to success in business and in life / by Tumlin, Geoffrey

Table of Contents: “…Back up to go forward : we are neglecting three essential communication habits -- Invert your expectations : expect less from technology and more from people -- Lose your friends : important relationships are being trumped by people you barely know -- Stop talking : hyper-communication is the problem, not the solution -- Don't be yourself : it's an excuse for neanderthal behavior -- Play dumb : don't pin the tail on the donkey -- Question your questions : questions make many conversations worse -- Ignore your (tell-tale) heart : it wants you to talk without a plan -- Don't solve problems : you are messing around with far too many issues already -- Blow things off : protect what matters by letting go of what doesn't -- Let difficult people win : stop trying to impose your will on tough communicators -- Respond with weakness : bring a stick to a knife fight -- Overlook people -- Change the underlying conditions, not the person -- Take things off the table : just because you can talk about something doesn't mean that you should -- Be boring : most conversations are exciting for all the wrong reasons -- Give people what they want : few things connect like a story.…”