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    Social Security and Retirement Around the World

    Presenting an account of the decline in labour force participation, this text suggests that social security programmes actually provide incentives for early retirement. The text houses a set of papers…

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    Social Security Programs and Retirement Around the World: Fiscal Implications of Reform

    The future of retirement programs is troubled, both in United States and in most other developed countries with aging populations. This title examines the consequences of reforming retirement benefits in…

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    Social Security Programs and Retirement Around the World: Micro-Estimation

    Jonathan Gruber,David A. Wise

    This work is an analysis and country-by-country comparison of the effects of social security incentives on retirement behaviour in Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, The Netherlands, Spain, Sweden…

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    Health Care Issues in the United States and Japan

    Recent data show wide disparity between Japan and the United States in the effectiveness of their health care systems. Japan spends close to the lowest percentage of its gross domestic…

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    Health at Older Ages: The Causes and Consequences of Declining Disability Among the Elderly

    Despite the rapid disappearance of pensions and health-care benefits for retirees, older people are healthier and better off. This book analyzes the foundations of disability decline, quantifies this phenomenon in…

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    Aging Issues in the United States and Japan

    Seiritsu Ogura,Toshiaki Tachibanaki,David Wise (Author and Political Analyst)

    The population base in both the USA and Japan is growing older and, as these populations age, they provoke unexamined economic consequences. This text explores those consequences, specifically four key…

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    The Coronation of David. [a Play.] Written in M.DCC.LXIII. by a Sussex Clergyman [i.E. Joseph Wise]. Ms. Note.

    Joseph Wise

    Title: The Coronation of David. [A play.] Written in M.DCC.LXIII. By a Sussex clergyman [i.e. Joseph Wise]. MS. note.

    Publisher: British Library, Historical Print Editions

    The British Library is the…

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    Driven to Ride: The True Story of an Elite Athlete Who Rebuilt His Leg, His Life, and His Career

    Mike Schultz,Matt Higgins

    A high-octane memoir of unflappable determination from an X-Games and Paralympics champion.

    When Monster Mike Schultz won snowboarding gold in Pyeongchang, South Korea, it was the culmination of a decade…

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    Aging in the United States and Japan: Economic Trends

    With essays on labour force participation and retirement, housing equity and the economic status of the elderly, and financing of social security and health care in the 1990s, this volume…

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    College Choice in America

    Charles F Manski,David a Wise

    Using the data from the National Longitudinal Study of the Class of 1972, the authors present a set of interrelated analyses of student and institutional behavior, each focused on a…

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    War-Wise and Other Poems

    David J. Murray

    Written with language that works in harmony with the rhythm of the poems, seasoned poet David J. Murray offers his third collection of work in “War-Wise and Other Poems.”

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    War-Wise and Other Poems

    David J. Murray

    Written with language that works in harmony with the rhythm of the poems, seasoned poet David J. Murray offers his third collection of work in “War-Wise and Other Poems.”

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    Aging Wisely: A Guide for Helping Professionals

    David Hutchinson

    Aging Wisely: A Guide for Helping Professionals equips future practitioners with fundamental ideas and tools for working effectively with older adults. The book provides unique insight into the special issues…

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    Aging Wisely: A Guide for Helping Professionals

    David Hutchinson

    Aging Wisely: A Guide for Helping Professionals equips future practitioners with fundamental ideas and tools for working effectively with older adults. The book provides unique insight into the special issues…

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    Social Experimentation: Conference Report

    Hausman

    Since 1970 the United States government has spent over half a billion dollars on social experiments intended to assess the effect of potential tax policies, health insurance plans, housing subsidies…

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    Labor Markets and Firm Benefit Policies in Japan and the United States

    Seiritsu Ogura,Toshiaki Tachibanaki,David A. Wise

    This volume presents a selection of thirteen high-caliber papers addressing issues in employment practices, labor markets, and health, benefit and pension policies of the United States and Japan.

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    Wise Words from David Attenborough: A Book of Quotes

    Harper by Design, Nat Carroll (illus.)

    This unauthorised collection celebrates the world's favourite naturalist and his perspective on plants, animals, sustainability, community and beyond.

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    Growing Slowly Wise: Building a Faith that Works

    David Roper

    Author David Roper takes the message of James and applies it to our twenty- first century lives.

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    Facing the Age Wave

    Explains the most significant areas of concern created by the aging of the American population and offer possible solutions. Facing the Age Wave is the product of a symposium of…

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    Future Wise: Educating Our Children for a Changing World

    David Perkins

    How to teach big understandings and the ideas that matter most Everyone has an opinion about education, and teachers face pressures from Common Core content standards, high-stakes testing, and countless…

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    Choose Your Enemies Wisely

    Patrick Bet-David, Greg Dinkin

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    What's the difference between your competitor and your enemy?

    National Bestseller!

    What's the difference between your competitor and your enemy?

    You know who your competitors are. You keep…

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    Henry L. Stimson: The First Wise Man

    David F. Schmitz

    The twentieth century witnessed the rise of the United States as the preeminent player on the world stage. Henry L Stimson was among those individuals responsible for the American ascension…

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    Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians

    William K David

    Partial Contents: This book covers rare formulas, recipes, and prescriptions for subjects such as: blood purifier; hair tonic and oil; furniture polish; remove freckles; inks; wizard oil; vermin exterminators; paints…

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    Secrets of Wise men, Chemists and Great Physicians

    Wm K David

    First published in 1856, this book is a compendium of medical knowledge, drawing on the wisdom of ancient philosophers, alchemists, and physicians. From the properties of plants and minerals to…

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    Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians

    William K. David

    Partial Contents: This book covers rare formulas, recipes, and prescriptions for subjects such as: blood purifier; hair tonic and oil; furniture polish; remove freckles; inks; wizard oil; vermin exterminators; paints…

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    Henry L. Stimson: The First Wise Man

    David F. Schmitz

    The twentieth century witnessed the rise of the United States as the preeminent player on the world stage. Henry L Stimson was among those individuals responsible for the American ascension…

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    Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians

    William K David

    Partial Contents: This book covers rare formulas, recipes, and prescriptions for subjects such as: blood purifier; hair tonic and oil; furniture polish; remove freckles; inks; wizard oil; vermin exterminators; paints…

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    Appointment with the Wise Old Dog: A Bridge to the Transformative Power of Dreams

    David Blum

    David Blum’s long-awaited book, Appointment with the Wise Old Dog: A Bridge to the Transformative Power of Dreams, provides the necessary, comprehensive complement to his highly regarded 1998 documentary.

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    Appointment with the Wise Old Dog: A Bridge to the Transformative Power of Dreams

    David Blum

    David Blum’s long-awaited book, Appointment with the Wise Old Dog: A Bridge to the Transformative Power of Dreams, provides the necessary, comprehensive complement to his highly regarded 1998 documentary.

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    Social Security Programs and Retirement around the World

    David A. Wise

    Even as life expectancy in many countries has continued to increase, social security and similar government programs can provide strong incentives for workers to leave the labor force when they…

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    Social Security Programs and Retirement Around the World: Working Longer

    In developed countries, men’s labor force participation at older ages has increased in recent years, reversing a decades-long pattern of decline. Participation rates for older women have also been rising…

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    The Youth Labour Market Problem: Its Nature, Causes and Consequences

    Freeman

    This volume brings together a massive body of much-needed research information on a problem of crucial importance to labor economists, policy makers, and society in general: unemployment among the young…

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    The War Against the Greens: The Wise-Use Movement, the New Right, and the Browning of America

    David Helvarg,David Halvarg

    A reign of violence and intimidation, including arson, bombings, rape, assault and even murder has been unleashed against environmental activists and government employees by proponents of the so-called Wise Use…

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    Thomas J. Wise and the Pre-restoration Drama: a Study in Theft and Sophistication

    This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

    This work is in the public…

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    Thomas J. Wise and the Pre-restoration Drama: a Study in Theft and Sophistication

    This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

    This work is in the public…

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    Healthy, Wealthy or Wise?: Issues in American Health Care Policy

    David W Stewart,David W. Stewart

    This study of the problems in America’s health care system addresses three questions that have developed since the 1960s: why are care costs in America higher than elsewhere; how can…

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    King David with the Wise Woman of Tekoa: The Resonance of Tradition in Parabolic Narrative

    Larry Lyke

    Assesses the multivocal quality of 2 Samuel 14 as a result of the many historical and social processes that formed the Hebrew Bible as a whole.

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    Wise Wives and Warlocks: A rogues’ gallery of East Lothian witchcraft

    David McK Robertson

    East Lothian is well known as the setting for the notorious North Berwick witchcraft outbreak, which is so famous as to have come to dominate all consideration of Scottish witchcraft…

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    Healthy, Wealthy or Wise?: Issues in American Health Care Policy

    David W Stewart

    This study of the problems in America’s health care system addresses three questions that have developed since the 1960s: why are care costs in America higher than elsewhere; how can…

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    The Charm of Wise Hesitancy: Talmudic Stories in Contemporary Israeli Culture

    David C. Jacobson

    Explores the resurgence of interest in Talmudic stories in Israel and presents some of the most popular Talmudic stories in contemporary Israeli culture, as well as creative interpretations of those…

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    The Charm of Wise Hesitancy: Talmudic Stories in Contemporary Israeli Culture

    David C. Jacobson

    Explores the resurgence of interest in Talmudic stories in Israel and presents some of the most popular Talmudic stories in contemporary Israeli culture, as well as creative interpretations of those…

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    The Real David Harum: The Wise Ways and Droll Sayings of One Dave Hannum

    Arthur T Vance

    This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to…

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    The Little Scarecrow Boy

    Margaret Wise Brown,David Diaz

    Early one morning, a little scarecrow whose father warns him that he is not fierce enough to frighten a crow goes out into the cornfield alone. Reprint.

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    Renaissance: 15th & 16th Italian Paintings from the Accademia Carrara, Bergamo

    Exhibition catalogue to accompany Renaissance 15th and 16th century Italian Paintings, held at the National Gallery of Australia Dec 2011 to April 2012.

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    Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians

    William K David

    Partial Contents: This book covers rare formulas, recipes, and prescriptions for subjects such as: blood purifier; hair tonic and oil; furniture polish; remove freckles; inks; wizard oil; vermin exterminators; paints…

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    Social Security Policy in a Changing Environment

    Analyzes the changing economic and demographic environment in which social insurance programs benefiting elderly households will operate. This book also explores how these ongoing trends can affect future beneficiaries, under…

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    Leading Wisely in Difficult Times: Three Cases of Faith and Business

    Michael Naughton,David Specht

    Three case stories of business leaders who are trying to live faithfully in difficult times. The stories explore the role of religious faith in business decision making and provide both…

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    The Forever Millionaire: Making Wise Choices with Your Wealth

    Dave Shepherd,David W Shepherd

    SAFEGUARD YOUR WEALTH. FOREVER! Have you tried to make the best financial decision possible only to find out later on that you were either mistaken or misled? If so, you…

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