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Climate Adaptation Policy and Evidence: Understanding the Tensions between Politics and Expertise in Public Policy (The Earthscan Science in Society Series)
Evidence-based policymaking is often promoted within liberal democracies as the best means for government to balance political values with technical considerations. Under the evidence-based mandate, both experts and non-experts often assume that policy problems are sufficiently tractable and that ex... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2017 -
The 30-Minute Millionaire: The Smart Way to Achieving Financial Freedom
by Jeff Cox • Peter TanousInvesting experts and best-selling authors Peter J. Tanous and Jeff Cox return with The 30-Minute Millionaire, a step-by-step guide to achieving financial success. <P><P>Whether you're new at investing or already preparing for retirement, the authors provide practical advice with specific examples, ... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2016 -
The End of Prosperity
Arthur Laffer -- the father of supply-side economics and a member of President Reagan's Economic Policy Advisory Board -- joins economist Stephen Moore of The Wall Street Journal editorial board and investment advisor Peter J. Tanous to send Americans an urgent message: We risk losing the exceptiona... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2008 -
The Secret of Fatima
Father Kevin Thrall is chaplain to a poor, inner-city parochial school in Washington, D.C. where he leads a quiet and rewarding life. But he is also troubled by his past in combat with an elite military unit. Even after taking his vows, he is as ready to clasp his hands around the grip of a Glock as... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2016 -
Investment Gurus
Investment advisor Peter Tanous takes you behind the scenes with Wall Street's movers and shakers, going head-to-head with 14 of the country's top money managers and four leading financial economists to uncover their proven techniques for beating the market consistently, year after year. An experie... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 1997 -
Debt, Deficits, and the Demise of the American Economy
by Jeff Cox • Peter J. TanousWhat investors can do to protect their investments in the next phase of the ongoing global economic collapse The United States is heading toward an unavoidable financial catastrophe that will paralyze the markets and the overall economy in ways never before seen. Some call this impending economic ca... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2011 -
The Cabinet of Imaginary Laws
Returning to the map of the island of utopia, this book provides a contemporary, inventive, addition to the long history of legal fictions and juristic phantasms. Progressive legal and political thinking has for long lacked a positive, let alone a bold imaginary project, an account of what improved ... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2021 -
The Implications of Fund-Supported Adjustment Programs for Poverty Experiences in Selected Countries
A report from the International Monetary Fund.... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 1988 -
Our Story Begins: Your Favorite Authors and Illustrators Share Fun, Inspiring, and Occasionally Ridiculous Things They Wrote and Drew as Kids
by Linda Sue Park • Phyllis Reynolds Naylor • Gordon Korman • Gail Carson Levine • Eric Rohmann • Peter Lerangis • Grace Lin • Kathi Appelt • Chris Grabenstein • Marla Frazee • Brian Selznick • Yuyi Morales • Candace Fleming • Ashley Bryan • Chris Gall • Rita Williams-Garcia • Cynthia Leitich Smith • Tom Angleberger • Dan Santat • Jarrett J. Krosoczka • Elissa Brent Weissman • Thanhha Lai • R. J. Palacio • Tim Federle • Kwame Alexander • Alex GinoFrom award-winning author Elissa Brent Weissman comes a collection of quirky, smart, and vulnerable childhood works by some of today’s foremost children’s authors and illustrators—revealing young talent, the storytellers they would one day become, and the creativity they inspire today.Everyone’s sto... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2017 -
Cruise Ship Tourism
by Jo-Anne Lester • Ross Dowling • James Henry • Abel Alonso • Michael Lück • Lori Pennington-Gray • Alexis Papathanassis • Clare Weeden • Hannah Wood • Professor Noel Scott • Sandra Wilson • Joseph M Cheer • Sheree-Ann Adams • Professor Michael Clancy • Professor Ross A Klein • William Terry • Professor Xavier Font • Mireia Guix Navarrete • Maria Jesús Bonilla • Jill Poulston • Michael P. Vogel • Adam Weaver • Philip Gibson • Maree Thyne • Júlio Mendes • Manuela Guerreiro • Bingjie Liu • Peter Tarlow • Arja Lemmetyinen • Gabriella Polizzi • Antonino Mario Oliveri • Professor James Petrick • Suiwen Zou • Kam Hung • Claire Lambert • Nigel Jarvis • Ioannis Pantelidis • Nevil Alexander • Eloise Botelho • Carla Fraga • Rodrigo Vilani • Michael Shone • Jude Wilson • David G Simmons • Emma J Stewart • Gaetano Sabato • C Michael Hall • Claire Ellis • Pascal Scherrer • Kaye Walker • Daniela Liggett • Emad Monshi • Marianna Sigala • Véronique Mondou • Benjamin Taunay • Iris MaoCompletely updated and revised, Cruise Ship Tourism, 2nd Edition covers the economic, social and environmental impacts of cruising, combining the latest knowledge and research to provide a comprehensive account of the subject. Despite the industry growing rapidly, there is a substantial gap in the r... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2017