Famous, but no children / J.O. Raber. by Raber, J. O.

Table of Contents: “…Child-free and the Professions; Actors/Actresses:; Adventurers (explorers, daring risk takers) who did not sire/bear children:; Architects who did not sire/bear children:; Artists who did not sire/bear children:; Cartoonists who did not sire/bear children.…”
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Blamestorming, blamemongers and scapegoats : allocating blame in the criminal justice process / Gavin Dingwall and Tim Hillier. by Dingwall, Gavin, Hillier, Tim

Table of Contents: “…Blameless crime; Motive: criminalising the well-intentioned; Recklessness: criminalising the risk-taker; Negligence and gross negligence: criminalising the incompetent; Strict liability: criminalising the blameless; Conclusion; 5. …”
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Into abolitionist theatre : a guidebook for liberatory theatre-making / edited by Rivka Eckert.

Table of Contents: “…Interlude for section one : Prison Industrial Complex/Capitalism -- Holding ourselves accountable and holding out for the horizon: Facilitating the arts in prisons / Julie Rada -- Redefining stereotypes : abolitionist theatre and correctional officers / Rivka Eckert -- In knowledge we trust(ed) (IKWT) : red tape, White institutions, and Blue students : a case study in abolition theatre / Misty Saribal -- Amplifying undocumented stories : on resisting the "crimmigration" regime at Albany Park Theater Project / Devika Ranjan -- Reflection for section one -- Interlude for section two : no reforms -- Radical values in reflection : navigating arts and abolition with incarcerated youth / Julie Rada & Maya Osterman-Van Grack -- Abolition in prisons and teacher education through theatre of the oppressed : a conversation between practitioners & participants / Rachael Rhoades and Lori Pitts -- Disrupting hierarchies : theatre for social change as rehearsal for liberation in secondary education / Aubrey Helene Neumann: -- Reflection for section two -- Interlude for section three : building community -- The Takers' tower will fall : Epic lessons in co-creation / Mariana Green and Alyssa Ramos -- Impact : a conversation among Katherine Nigh, Robert Villanueva, and Brandon de Santiago / Katherine Nigh -- Creating a supernova / Elizabeth Hawes -- Setting the stage for abolition : civic Ensemble ReEntry Theatre program's Streets Like This / Sarah K. …”
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Florida's Minority Trailblazers : the Men and Women Who Changed the Face of Florida Government. by MacManus, Susan

Table of Contents: “…Florida: Population Magnet, Microcosm of America, Trailblazer Incubator; 2. The Risk-Takers: Beating All Odds, Blazing the Trail for Others; 3. …”
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Just listen : discover the secret to getting through to absolutely anyone / Mark Goulston ; foreword by Keith Ferrazzi. by Goulston, Mark

Table of Contents: “…Steer clear of toxic people -- Needy people -- Bullies -- Takers -- Narcissists -- Psychopaths -- Mirror check : who's the problem? …”
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Official guide for GMAT quantitative review, 2015 / from the Graduate Management Admission Council.

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Teaching and Researching. by Hughes, Rebecca

Table of Contents: “…7.6 A project on speaking assessment with low education immigrant test takers7.7 A project investigating the relationship between gesture and speech processing using fMRI scanning techniques; Section IV Resources and further information; 8 Research borders and boundaries; 8.1 Introduction; 8.2 Speaking and ethnographic or cross-cultural studies; 8.3 Speaking and psycholinguistics; 8.4 Speaking and neuro-linguistic studies; 8.5 Speaking and corpus linguistics; 8.6 Speaking and new technologies; 9 Research resources; 9.1 Traditional library resources; 9.2 Societies and organisations.…”
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Redoubted : Poems By. by Moniz Jr., R. Vincent

Table of Contents: “…The Bear Nails Are Coming in DifferentGet Back Home; Lost, She Moved; Indian Jesus; The Old Age Home of Stereotypes; An Unedited Round Dance Song Named "Chubby Brown Man's Choice in the Pow Wow of My Heart"; Man of Wood's Lodge; New Migration Ritual; The Power of White; Fast Horse; Celebration of Stillness in the Shark's Heart; Been Thinking about It Forever; Pollen Takers' Return; Dancing and Singing Moon to Bed and Sun to Birth; BiG Word Mom Lets Me Tag Along; Lamb Hearts; 60 Seconds That Never Was; Star Chart; Fata Morgana; The Sacred Convergence; [Day in Sun]; Atewaye Ki (My Father).…”
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The tax-free exchange loophole : how real investors can profit from the 1031 exchange / Jack Cummings. by Cummings, Jack, 1940-

Table of Contents: “…Discovering the Sales History for the Entire NeighborhoodTax Appraisals; Size and Shape of a Property; Zoning; Allowed Use; Other Important Factors; Why the United States Is Such a Great Place for Real Estate Investments; Chapter 3: How to Put the IRS on Your Side for a Change; Introduction to IRC 1031; Like-Kind Properties; The 1031 Clock; Replacement Property; Benefits and Burdens; Assumption of Liabilities; Havers and Takers; How Tax Laws Are Interpreted; How You Can Become an Insider to Real Estate Exchanging; Rediscover the Oldest Game in Town -- Barter and Exchange…”
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DB2 10.1 Fundamentals : Certification Study Guide. by Sanders, Roger E.

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Achieving excellence in fundraising / Eugene R. Tempel, Timothy L. Seiler, and Dwight F. Burlingame, editors.

Table of Contents: “…Fundraising as a Servant to Philanthropy2 The Joy of Giving; Fundraisers are Givers, Not Takers; Psychological Benefits of Giving; Social Benefits of Giving; Physical Benefits of Giving; The Joy of Giving Across the Lifespan; The joy of giving around the world; The Importance of Motives; Maximizing the joy of giving; Why is giving good for people?…”
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Inclusive Global Tax Governance in the Post-BEPS Era. by Kingma, Sieb

Table of Contents: “…Norm-makers versus norm-takers -- 2.3.2.2. Spillover effects -- 2.3.2.3. Double taxation -- 2.3.2.4. …”
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Harry Roberts and Foxtrot One-One : the Shepherd's Bush Massacre. by Barton, Geoffrey

Table of Contents: “…The VictimsTemporary Detective Constable David Wombwell; Police Constable Geoffrey Fox; The Area: F District; The Prison and the Hospital; The Detectives; Head of the CID; Head of the Murder Squad; Head of the Flying Squad; Senior Investigating Officer; Investigating Officer; The Forensic Scientist; The Ace Thief-Taker; Another Detective; The Officer in Charge of Q-Cars on F-Division; The Inside Team; Home Office Pathologist; The Investigation; Tracing the Owner of the Standard Vanguard; Tracing the Vehicle; Proving Witney Parked the Vanguard in the Garage; Charging Witney; Catching Duddy.…”
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Reducing Adolescent Risk : Toward an Integrated Approach. by Romer, Dr. Daniel

Table of Contents: “…Winters, Gerald August, Willa Leitten -- Personality and other predispositions -- Genetic basis of substance use and dependence: implications for prevention in high-risk youth / Caryn Lerman, Freda Patterson, Alexandra Shields -- Health risk takers and prevention / Lewis Donohew, Philip Palgreen, Rick Zimmerman, Nancy Harrington, Derek Lane -- Cognitive vulnerability to depression: implications for adolescent risk behavior in general / Lauren B. …”
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Working with smallholders : a handbook for firms building sustainable supply chains / International Finance Corporation.

Table of Contents: “…The Business Case for Smallholders; Attention to Detail; Note; References; Additional Resources; Chapter 2 Agricultural Finance and Agribusinesses; Key Messages; Making Finance Accessible to Smallholder Farmers: The Business Case; Overview; Direct Lending to Farmers by Agribusiness Companies; Attracting FIs Lending for Farmers Delivering to an Agribusiness or Off-Taker; Other Financial Products and Services for Smallholder Farmers; Conclusions and Recommendations; Note; References; Additional Resources…”
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Welfare & Competition. by Scitovsky, Tibor

Table of Contents: “…Trade on Prescribed Terms; PART II. THE PRICE TAKER'S BEHAVIOR AND PERFECT COMPETITION; III. THE CONSUMER; 1. …”
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It's who you know : how a network of 12 key people can fast-track your success / Janine Garner ; [foreword by Lisa Messenger]. by Garner, Janine

Table of Contents: “…Listen to be present; 5. Become an action taker; 6. Exchange value; 7. Identify yourself; 8. …”
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Making ethnicity in southern Bessarabia : tracing the histories of an ambiguous concept in a contested land / by Simon Schlegel. by Schlegel, Simon

Table of Contents: “…5 The Categories of the Census Taker and the Ethnographer6 Ethnicity in Revolutionary Minds; Chapter 3; Persuasion and Paranoia-Romania's Rule in Bessarabia 1918-44; 1 Newcomer Elites in a Hostile Land; 2 Spying on Minorities; 3 Counting and Categorizing Minorities; 4 Ethnicity as a Proxy for Trustworthiness; 5 Bringing the Past into Line; 6 Eugenics and Ethnic Cleansing; Chapter 4; Politically Desirable Theory and Its Way into Folk Theory; 1 The Imperial Roots of Diverging Ethnicity Concepts; 2 Self-Identification vs. …”
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Contemporary Second Language Assessment : Contemporary Applied Linguistics Volume 4. by Wei, Li

Table of Contents: “…Discussion: Advantages and New DevelopmentsConclusion; References; PART TWO Assessment of Specific Language Aspects; 5 Authentic Texts in the Assessment of L2 Listening Ability; Overview of Authenticity in L2 Listening Assessment; How Scripted Spoken Texts and Unscripted Spoken Texts Differ; The Types of Spoken Texts Used in L2 Listening Assessment; How the Type of Spoken Text Might Affect Test-Taker Performance; The Study; Construct Implications of Using Scripted and Unscripted Spoken Texts; Possible Washback Effect on Learners.…”
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Strive. by Amyx, Scott

Table of Contents: “…; The Impact of External Circumstances; Many Advantages, No Success; Ursula Burns, Risk Taker; They Would Be Wrong; And Then It Happened; She Assumed Her Career Was Over; The Real Hidden Advantage; Chapter 6: Disrupt Yourself; Use Self-Disruption to Attain Success.…”
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