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Politics and Uncertainty: Theory, Models and Applications by Claudio Cioffi-Revilla, ISBN 0521589150

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Uncertainty is an ever-present and ineradicable aspect of politics, affecting all important issues of governance and policy. Rather than treating the uncertainty of politics as a mystery, this book provides an original and direct treatment of political uncertainty as a scientifically-knowable phenomenon. The author shows how probability and mathematical modeling can play a central role in understanding a range of complex and fundamental issues in both domestic and international politics.

Fdi in China: An Asian Perspective by Yasheng Huang, ISBN 9622018491

China is the largest recipient of foreign direct investment (FDI) among developing countries. In his book FDI in China, Yasheng Huang compares China's FDI performance with a number of other Asian countries to focus on the policy and institutional factors that have led to a large demand for FDI in China. These factors include import substitution, excess investment demand, and features of China's FDI regulatory system.

This study shows that there are costs associated with such a high demand for FDI, including overbidding for FDI and the associated loss of Chinese bargaining power, large import demand, and the structure of the FDI at variance with Chinese official policies. In conclusion, Huang briefly discusses the foreign economic policy implications of China's FDI absorption and suggests some future research possibilities.

This book will be of interest to scholars and historians of modern China, especially those who specialize in its economic development.

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Will Our Love Last?: A Couple's Roadmap by Sam R. Hamburg, ISBN 0684864924

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Includes episodes from The Sponge Who Could Fly and Anchors Away videos!
"The Sponge Who Could Fly" (Double-length episode)
Patchy the Pirate goes on a hunt to find the lost SpongeBob episode that he lost (got that?). And when he finds it, we all get to watch as SpongeBob follows his dream to develop a flying machine so he can fly with the jellyfish. It's a double episode so heartwarming, even a tough pirate like Patchy gets misty-eyed.
"Plankton" It's another evil scheme by that schemer of evil, Plankton. This time the microscopic miscreant takes control of SpongeBob's brain in order to get him to divulge the secret krabby patty formula! But it might take more than a trip right to the source to get SpongeBob talking.
"Boating School" Test time at Mrs. Puff's Boating School means another chance for SpongeBob to ace the boat driving exam. To assure a passing score, SpongeBob and Patrick come up with a plan: plant a walkie-talkie in SpongeBob's head so... Spongebob:Lost At Sea (Full Frame)
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Walking the World in Wonder: A Children's Herbal by Ellen Evert Hopman, ISBN 0892818786

Created especially for children ages five to ten years old, Walking the World in Wonder covers the medicinal and magical uses of 72 common herbs. Each herb playfully introduces itself and talks about its habitat and many uses. With fun, easy-to-follow activities, herbalist Ellen Evert Hopman teaches children basic herbal skills and invites them to draw with pokeberry ink, sew a lavender sachet, and dig for Jerusalem artichoke roots. The book also includes simple recipes that children can use, with adult supervision, to treat minor ailments -- peppermint tea to soothe a troubled tummy or horse chestnut salve to heal a scraped knee. Children gain a sense of self-sufficiency and awe for the earth's treasures by sprinkling a sandwich with nasturtium flowers, making strawberry honey, and learning to season food with dill they've gathered themselves. Seventy-two full-color photographs by herbalist Steven Foster enable children, parents, and teachers to identify these herbs during walks and field... Walking the World in Wonder: A Children's Herbal by Ellen Evert Hopman, ISBN 0892818786
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Final Revolution: The Resistance Church and the Collapse of Communism by George Weigel, ISBN 0195166647

The collapse of communism in central and eastern Europe--the Revolution of 1989--was a singularly stunning event in a century already known for the unexpected. How did people divided for two generations by an Iron Curtain come so suddenly to dance together atop the Berlin Wall? Why did people who had once seemed resigned to their fate suddenly take their future into their own hands? Some analysts have explained the Revolution in economic terms, arguing that the Warsaw Pact countries could no longer compete with the West. But as George Weigel argues in this thought-provoking volume, people don't put their lives, and their children's futures, in harm's way simply for better cars, refrigerators, and TVs. Something else--something more--had to happen behind the iron curtain before the Wall came tumbling down. In The Final Revolution, Weigel argues that that "something" was a revolution of conscience. The human turn to the good, to the truly human, and, ultimately, to God, was the key to the... Final Revolution: The Resistance Church and the Collapse of Communism by George Weigel, ISBN 0195166647
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