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  • ASTRONOMY IN THE SERVICE OF ISLAM
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    ASTRONOMY IN THE SERVICE OF ISLAM
    DAVID A. KING
    Based on a wide variety of previously unstudied sources, these articles explain how science was applied to three aspects of Islamic ritual in the Middle Ages: the regulation of the lunar calendar; the organisation of the times of the five daily prayers; and the determination of the sacred direction (qibla) towards the Kaaba in Mecca. Simple procedures of folk astronomy were use...

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  • ASTROLABES FROM MEDIEVAL EUROPE
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    ASTROLABES FROM MEDIEVAL EUROPE
    DAVID A. KING
    This is the fourth set of studies in the Variorum series by David King, a leading authority on the history of astronomy in Islamic civilization and on medieval astronomical instruments, European as well as Islamic. The first of the eleven studies collected here deals with medieval instruments in general, as precious historical sources. The following papers focus on individual a...

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  • RECLAIMING THE RADICAL ECONOMIC MESSAGE OF LUKE
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    RECLAIMING THE RADICAL ECONOMIC MESSAGE OF LUKE
    DAVID D. M. KING
    No canonical Gospel is more concerned with wealth and poverty than Luke. A centuries-long debate rages over just how revolutionary Luke's message is. This book seeks to recover Luke's radical economic message, to place it in its ancient context, and to tease out its prophetic implications for today. Luke has a radical message of good news for the poor and resistance to wealth. ...

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  • ACQUISITIONS AND CORPORATE STRATEGY
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    ACQUISITIONS AND CORPORATE STRATEGY
    KING, DAVID R.
    Corporate restructuring (acquisitions, alliances and divestment) is a visible form of corporate strategy. For example, firm investments in buying and selling assets exceed the gross domestic product of the majority of nations. Most research in this area examines acquisitions, but informing practice is limited by examining acquisitions in isolation or using a narrow focus. For e...

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  • ISLAMIC ASTRONOMY AND GEOGRAPHY
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    ISLAMIC ASTRONOMY AND GEOGRAPHY
    DAVID A. KING
    This volume of 12 studies, mainly published during the past 15 years, begins with an overview of the Islamic astronomy covering not only sophisticated mathematical astronomy and instrumentation but also simple folk astronomy, and the ways in which astronomy was used in the service of religion. It continues with discussions of the importance of Islamic instruments and scientific...

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  • LOCAL GOVERNMENT ECONOMICS IN THEORY AND PRACTICE
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    LOCAL GOVERNMENT ECONOMICS IN THEORY AND PRACTICE
    DAVID KING
    First published in 1992, Local Government Economics in Theory and Practice is an effort to rectify the lack of a comparative analysis between democratic local governments of various countries and their methods of financing. A series of chapters examines the theoretical basis for different systems of local government finance and how these systems work out in practice. The book c...

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  • CREATING THE WORLD WE WANT TO LIVE IN
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    CREATING THE WORLD WE WANT TO LIVE IN
    BRIDGET GRENVILLE-CLEAVE / DÓRA GUÐMUNDSDÓTTIR / FELICIA HUPPERT / VANESSA KING / DAVID ROFFEY / SUE ROFF
    This book is about hope and a call to action to make the world the kind of place we want to live in. Our hope is to provoke conversation, and gently challenge possibly long-held views, beliefs, and ideologies about the way the world works and the people in that world. Written by eminent researchers and experienced practitioners, the book explores the principles that underpin li...

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  • MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS
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    MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS
    DAVID R. KING / FLORIAN BAUER / SVANTE SCHRIBER
    The process of identifying and evaluating a target firm, completing a deal after its negotiation and announcement, and then integrating a target firm after legal combination is a multi-year process with uncertain returns to acquiring firms. Research on mergers and acquisitions (M&As) is progressing rapidly yet it remains fragmented across multiple research perspectives that lar...

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  • SPECIFICATION ANALYSIS IN THE LINEAR MODEL
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    SPECIFICATION ANALYSIS IN THE LINEAR MODEL
    MAXWELL L. KING / DAVID E. A. GILES
    Originally published in 1987. This collection of original papers deals with various issues of specification in the context of the linear statistical model. The volume honours the early econometric work of Donald Cochrane, late Dean of Economics and Politics at Monash University in Australia. The chapters focus on problems associated with autocorrelation of the error term in the...

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  • EVALUATING JUVENILE TRANSFER AND DISPOSITION
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    EVALUATING JUVENILE TRANSFER AND DISPOSITION
    KIRK HEILBRUN / DAVID DEMATTEO / CHRISTOPHER KING / SARAH FILONE
    Focusing on juvenile transfer and disposition evaluations, this volume provides an up-to-date integration of current law, science, and practice with respect to juvenile risk assessment, treatment needs/amenability, and sophistication-maturity. Included are perspectives relating to international practices, use of specialized assessment tools, and a separate chapter on resentenci...

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  • DISASTERS AND SOCIAL RESILIENCE
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    DISASTERS AND SOCIAL RESILIENCE
    HELEN BOON / ALISON COTTRELL / DAVID KING
    The interconnectedness of communities, organisations, governing bodies, policy and individuals in the field of disaster studies has never been accurately examined or comprehensively modelled. This kind of study is vital for planning policy and emergency responses and assessing individual and community vulnerability, resilience and sustainability as well as mitigation and adapta...

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  • BEYOND HATE
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    BEYOND HATE
    C. RICHARD KING / DAVID J. LEONARD
    Beyond Hate offers a critical ethnography of the virtual communities established and discursive networks activated through the online engagements of white separatists, white nationalists, and white supremacists with various popular cultural texts, including movies, music, television, sport, video games, and kitsch. Outlining the ways in which advocates of white power interpret ...

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  • FISCAL TIERS (ROUTLEDGE REVIVALS)
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    FISCAL TIERS (ROUTLEDGE REVIVALS)
    DAVID KING
    First published in 1984. This book brings together and develops the economic theory relating to the design and operation of systems of non-central government — positing major developments in several areas. It considers what functions systems most suitably perform in non-central governments, and their appropriate size and structure. How these authorities might finance themselves...

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  • DOROTHEA LANGE
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    DOROTHEA LANGE
    DAVID C KING
    A scholarly work that aims to be both broad enough in scope to satisfy upper-division undergraduates studying folk belief and narrative and detailed enough to meet the needs of graduate students in the field. ...

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  • THE EFFECTIVE CHANGE MANAGER'S HANDBOOK
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    THE EFFECTIVE CHANGE MANAGER'S HANDBOOK
    RICHARD SMITH, DAVID KING, RANJIT SIDHU, DAN SKELSEY
    The Effective Change Manager's Handbook helps practitioners, employers and academics define and practise change management successfully and develop change management maturity within their organization. A single-volume learning resource covering the range of knowledge required, it includes chapters from established thought leaders on topics ranging from benefits management, stak...

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  • NATION-BUILDING IN THE BALTIC STATES
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    NATION-BUILDING IN THE BALTIC STATES
    GUNDAR J. KING / DAVID E. MCNABB
    The product of more than twenty years of research, first-person observations, discussions, and policy analyses, Nation-Building in the Baltic States: Transforming Governance, Social Welfare, and Security in Northern Europe explores the characteristics of the Baltic states as positioned in the northeast corridor in terms of military strife and polit ...

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  • PUBLIC SAFETY AND RISK ASSESSMENT
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    PUBLIC SAFETY AND RISK ASSESSMENT
    DAVID J. BALL / LAURENCE BALL-KING
    This book aims to encourage a more reflective, multidisciplinary approach to public safety, and the 'reenfranchisement' of those affected by this new phenomenon. Over the past decade health and safety has become a major issue of public interest. There are countless stories of health and safety activities interfering with public life, preventing some beneficial activity from tak...

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  • THE TEXAS LEAGUE BASEBALL ALMANAC
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    THE TEXAS LEAGUE BASEBALL ALMANAC
    DAVID KING
    Since forming in 1888, the Texas League has produced some of the most beloved American baseball players and seen more than its fair share of colorful events. In 1931, Houston pitcher Dizzy Dean pitched and won both ends of a double-header in Fort Worth, throwing a three-hit shutout in the second game. In 1906, center fielder Tris Speaker pitched for Cleburne to beat Temple 10-3...

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  • A ROUTE 66 COMPANION
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    A ROUTE 66 COMPANION
    DAVID KING DUNAWAY
    A literary history of America's most storied highway, featuring work from Raymond Chandler, Joan Didion, John Steinback, Sylvia Plath, and more. Even before there was a road, there was a route. Buffalo trails, Indian paths, the old Santa Fe trace—all led across the Great Plains and the western mountains to the golden oasis of California. America's insatiable westering urge culm...

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  • TOURISM IN CHINA
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    TOURISM IN CHINA
    DAVID AIREY / KING CHONG
    Tourism in China has grown rapidly since the country started implementing its open-door policy in 1978. Tourism development is now an essential agenda item for the Chinese government's plan for economic & social growth. Policy and policy-making for tourism therefore provides the essential background to understand tourism development in China. This is the first book to set the d...

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  • NUCLEAR, CHEMICAL, AND BIOLOGICAL TERRORISM
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    NUCLEAR, CHEMICAL, AND BIOLOGICAL TERRORISM
    MARK E. BYRNES / DAVID A. KING / PHILIP M. TIERNO, JR.
    This book provides guidance on measures that should be considered to protect human lives from terrorist activities involving nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons. It provides a historical summary of the development and use of these weapons, and continues with a detailed discussion of the types of radiation and warfare agents that are available ...

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  • BLENDING GENDERS
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    BLENDING GENDERS
    RICHARD EKINS / DAVID KING
    First published in 1995, the book describes personal experiences of those who cross-dress and sex change, how they organise themselves socially - in both `outsider' and `respectable' communities. The contributors consider the dominant medical framework through which gender blending is so often seen and look at the treatment afforded gender blending in literature, the press and ...

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  • WOVEN
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    WOVEN
    MICHAEL JENSEN / DAVID POWERS KING
    "It's not often that you read a fantasy that feels as epic and original . . . Clever, well-paced, and full of intrigue, it's a superb read." —James Dashner, #1 New York Times–bestselling author All his life, Nels has wanted to be a knight of the kingdom of Avërand. Tall and strong, and with a knack for helping those in need, the people of his sleepy little village have even tak...

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  • RUNNING THE DIGITAL BRANCH
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    RUNNING THE DIGITAL BRANCH
    DAVID LEE KING
    Maintaining a library website is as important as its initial development. In this issue of Library Technology Reports King draws from his team’s four-year experience running the acclaimed digital branch of the Topeka & Shawnee County Public Library (TSCPL). From website tweaks to staffing issues, King outlines recommended strategies and workflow plans for continually meeting ...

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  • COMPETITIVENESS THROUGH CORPORATE RESTRUCTURING
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    COMPETITIVENESS THROUGH CORPORATE RESTRUCTURING
    SVANTE SCHRIBER / DAVID R. KING / FLORIAN BAUER
    This book provides an engaging exploration of how corporate strategy and restructuring can significantly shape the competitiveness of firms. Corporations – firms with more than one business unit – require managers to decide how best to allocate resources to ensure the overall corporation thrives. This book provides a concise yet holistic and dynamic approach to corporate restru...

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  • THE FIGHTING 30TH DIVISION
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    THE FIGHTING 30TH DIVISION
    MARTIN KING / MICHAEL COLLINS / DAVID HILBORN
    The full story of the legendary US infantry division and their remarkable service in WWII, told through interviews with surviving servicemen.   The 30th Infantry Division earned more Medals of Honor than any other American division in World War I. In World War II, it spent more consecutive days in combat than almost any other outfit. Recruited mainly from the Carolinas, Georgia...

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  • TURF WARS
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    TURF WARS
    DAVID C. KING
    For most bills in American legislatures, the issue of turf—or which committee has jurisdiction over a bill—can make all the difference. Turf governs the flow and fate of all legislation. In this innovative study, David C. King explains how jurisdictional areas for committees are created and changed in Congress. Political scientists have long maintained that jurisdictions are re...

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  • EL JUICIO DE ADOLF HITLER
    EL JUICIO DE ADOLF HITLER
    KING DAVID
    La tarde del 8 de noviembre de 1923, un Adolf Hitler de 34 años irrumpió en una de las mayores cervecerías de Múnich, disparó su pistola al aire y proclamó la revolución. Comenzaba así el llamado Putsch de Múnich, por el que fueron procesados y condenados a prisión Hitler y otros dirigentes nazis. Su carrera política parecía acabada. Este ensayo cuenta la verdadera historia del...
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