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A Question of Order: Strongmen and Illiberal Democracies

A Question of Order: Strongmen and Illiberal Democracies

Basharat Peer

Peer, who was born in Kashmir and wrote with passion and intelligence about his native land in his acclaimed first book,Curfewed Night, reports from two of the world's largest democracies--Narendra Modi's India and Recep Tyyip Erdogan's ...
The Lamentations of a Sombre Sky:

The Lamentations of a Sombre Sky:

Manan Kapoor

... in particular, Curfewed Night by Basharat Peer, The Collaborator by Mirza Waheed, and Our Moon has Blood Clots by Rahul Pandita, Of Occupation and Resistance: Writings from Kashmir by Fahad Shah and Munnu by Malik Sajad.
Curfewed Night: One Kashmiri Journalist's Frontline Account ...

Curfewed Night: One Kashmiri Journalist's Frontline Account ...

Basharat Peer

Curfewed Night is a tale of a man’s love for his land, the pain of leaving home, and the joy of return—as well as a fiercely brave piece of literary reporting.
Curfewed Night: A Frontline Memoir of Life, Love and War in ...

Curfewed Night: A Frontline Memoir of Life, Love and War in ...

Basharat Peer

Winner of the Crossword Prize for non-fiction, ‘“Curfewed Night’” is a passionate and important book – a brave and brilliant report from a conflict the world has chosen to ignore.' Salman Rushdie
Peer-to-peer Programming on Groove

Peer-to-peer Programming on Groove

James Edwards

Provides the necessary background to enable an advanced beginner or intermediate programmer to produce and deploy peer-to-peer applications using Groove.
Peer teaching: to teach is to learn twice

Peer teaching: to teach is to learn twice

Neal Whitman

Describes the practice and benefits of using students as teachers. Explores different types of peer teaching, strategies for academic planning, specific peer groups, evaluation studies, and the psychological merits of peer teaching.
Il sogno del soldato bambino

Il sogno del soldato bambino

Basharat Peer

Vive a New York. Il sogno del soldato bambino è il suo libro d’esordio, vincitore del premio Vodafone Crossword Book, uno dei più prestigiosi riconoscimenti letterari in India.
Peer to Peer and the Music Industry: The Criminalization of ...

Peer to Peer and the Music Industry: The Criminalization of ...

Matthew David

This is a landmark work in the sociology of popular culture and cultural criminology.
Editorial Peer Review: Its Strengths and Weaknesses

Editorial Peer Review: Its Strengths and Weaknesses

Ann C. Weller

This book is the first to provide an in-depth analysis of the peer review process in scholarly publishing.
Peer Pressure Gauge:

Peer Pressure Gauge:

Julia Cook

Teachers, parents, and kids alike will enjoy this imaginative story of how escalating peer pressure feels as they learn the skills necessary to triumph over the pressure to conform.
How to Survive PTSD and Build Peer Support

How to Survive PTSD and Build Peer Support

Sylvio A. Gravel

This book provides insightful techniques to address as well as build peer support.
Handbook of Research on Schools, Schooling and Human Development

Handbook of Research on Schools, Schooling and Human Development

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ANTHONY PELLEGRINI AND DANIELLE DUPUIS The psychologist interested in peer relations during middle childhood is hard pressed to find a venue to observe naturally occurring peer interactions.Oneofthefew, yetunderstudied,places ...
Schools and Society: A Sociological Approach to Education

Schools and Society: A Sociological Approach to Education

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16 STRADDLING BOUNDARIES Identity, Culture, and School PRUDENCE L. CARTER For teens, the peer group “rules.” Their attitudes toward school, activities and behaviors, friends, dress, and music choices are influenced by the peer ...
The Second Family: Dealing with Peer Power, Pop Culture, the ...

The Second Family: Dealing with Peer Power, Pop Culture, the ...

Ron Taffel

A leading child and family therapist and the author of Nurturing Good Children Now reveals why adolescents are searching for comfort in their peer groups in mass culture rather than their own families and gives parents advice on how to ...
Distributed Computing: 30th International Symposium, DISC ...

Distributed Computing: 30th International Symposium, DISC ...

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In: PODC, pp. 74–83 (2013) 5. Augustine, J., Pandurangan, G., Robinson, P., Roche, S., Upfal, E.: Enabling robust and efficient distributed computation in dynamic peer-to-peer networks. In: FOCS, pp. 350–369 (2015) 6. Avin, C., Koucký, M., ...
Peer Bedaux, architect

Peer Bedaux, architect

Hans Ibelings

Peer Bedaux: Architect ISBN 90-78088-06-0 / 978-90-78088-06-6 Hardcover, 9.5 x 12.75 in. / 168 pgs / 100 color and 8 duotones. / U.S. $45.00 CDN $54.00 August / Architecture
Bullying, victimization, and peer harassment: a handbook of ...

Bullying, victimization, and peer harassment: a handbook of ...

Joseph E. Zins

This thorough review of a wide spectrum of innovative, evidence-based practices targets the complex problems of victimization, peer harassment, and bullying in our schools.
The Starfish and the Spider: The Unstoppable Power of ...

The Starfish and the Spider: The Unstoppable Power of ...

Ori Brafman

Includes information on Alcoholics Anonymous, al Qaeda, Amazon, Animal Liberation Front, Apaches, eBay, General Motors, Goodwill Industries, Google, Grokster, Kazaa, music piracy, Napster, P2P (peer to peer) services, Quakers, record ...
Bullying, Peer Harassment, and Victimization in the Schools: ...

Bullying, Peer Harassment, and Victimization in the Schools: ...

Joseph Zins

Look beyond your work with individual students to address these problems in their larger context! This book presents enlightening empirical studies and reviews of the literature on peer harassment, bullying, and victimization.
Confidential Data-Outsourcing and Self-Optimizing ...

Confidential Data-Outsourcing and Self-Optimizing ...

Juenemann, Konrad

Di Wu, Ye Tian, and Kam-Wing Ng. Analytical study on improving dht lookup performance under churn. In Peer-to-Peer Computing, 2006. P2P 2006. Sixth IEEE International Conference on, pages 249–258, Sept 2006. Hazelcast Project  ...
Structural Information and Communication Complexity: 21st ...

Structural Information and Communication Complexity: 21st ...

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74–83. ACM (2013) 4. Augustine, J., Pandurangan, G., Robinson, P., Upfal, E.: Towards robust and efficient computation in dynamic peer-to-peer networks. In: ACM-SIAM, SODA 2012, pp. 551–569. SIAM (2012) 5. Avin, C., Koucký, M., Lotker, ...
2001 P2P Networking Overview

2001 P2P Networking Overview

Dale Dougherty

The 2001 P2P Networking Overview from O'Reilly Research is a comprehensive look at peer-to-peer from business and technical perspectives.
Heroes and Cowards: The Social Face of War

Heroes and Cowards: The Social Face of War

Dora L. Costa

Bruce Sacerdote, 2001, “Peer Effects with Random Assignment: Results for Dartmouth Roommates,” Quarterly Journal of Economics 116(2): 681–704. 10. David Marmaros and Bruce Sacerdote, 2002, “Peer and Social Networks in Job Search ...
A Methodology for Performance Measurement and Peer ...

A Methodology for Performance Measurement and Peer ...

Paul Ryus

Paul Ryus. TRANSIT COOPERATIVE RESEARCH PROGRAM TCRP REPORT 141 A Methodology for Performance Measurement and Peer Comparison in the Public Transportation Industry Paul Ryus Kathryn Coffel Jamie Parks KITTELSON  ...
OECD Development Assistance Peer Reviews OECD Development ...

OECD Development Assistance Peer Reviews OECD Development ...

OECD

The OECD Development Assistance Committee's 2010 peer review of the UK's development assitance programmes and policies.
The Marriage Registers of Upper Canada/Canada West

The Marriage Registers of Upper Canada/Canada West

Dan Walker

John FENWICK, to Mary ECKER, both of Caradoc. 18 June 1848. Rev. STARR. Wit. Amos SMITH and Christina SMITH. Richard BARRETT, to Lorinda PEER, both of Yarmouth. 15 Aug. 1848. Rev. STARR. Wit. Mary AYERS and Mary PEER.
Stabilization, Safety, and Security of Distributed Systems: ...

Stabilization, Safety, and Security of Distributed Systems: ...

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12th International Symposium, SSS 2010, New York, NY, USA, September 20-22, 2010, Proceedings Shlomi Dolev, Jorge Cobb, Michael Fischer, Moti Yung. Conference. Organization. General Chair Local Arrangements Chair Gil Zussman Columbia University, USA Ad-Hoc, Sensor, and Dynamic Networks Peer to Peer Olivier Beaumont. Shlomi Dolev Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel ...
The Best Known Works of Ibsen: Ghosts, Hedda Gabler, Peer ...

The Best Known Works of Ibsen: Ghosts, Hedda Gabler, Peer ...

Henrik Ibsen

This selection of Henrik Ibsen's most famous works includes: "Hedda Gabler," "Ghosts," "An Enemy of the People," "A Doll's House," "The League of Youth," "The Wild Duck," and "Peer Gynt."

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