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    Environmental skepticism ecology, power and public life by Jacques, Peter

    Published 2009
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    Sextus Empiricus and Greek Scepticism by Patrick, Mary Mills, 1850-1940

    Published 2006
    Subjects: “…Skepticism…”
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    The Eclipse of Faith Or, A Visit To A Religious Sceptic by Rogers, Henry, 1806-1877

    Published 2005
    Subjects: “…Skepticism -- Controversial literature…”
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    Filling the glass The skeptics's guide to positive thinking in business

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    Representative Men: Seven Lectures by Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882

    Published 2004
    “…Uses of great men -- Plato, or the philosopher -- Swedenborg, or the mystic -- Montaigne, or the skeptic -- Shakespeare, or the poet -- Napoleon, or the man of the world -- Goethe, or the writer.…”
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    State of war the secret history of the CIA and the Bush administration by Risen, James

    Published 2006
    Table of Contents: “…-- The program -- Casus belli -- The hunt for WMD -- Skeptics and zealots -- Spinning war and peace -- Losing Afghanistan -- In denial: oil, terrorism, and Saudia Arabia -- A rogue operation -- Afterword.…”
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    Obama, the media, and framing the U.S. exit from Iraq and Afghanistan by King, Erika G.

    Published 2016
    Table of Contents: “…Surging to victory in the War on Terror -- Disrupting, dismantling, and defeating al Qaeda -- War's surge-then-exit through a skeptical media lens -- Turning the page on Operation Iraqi Freedom -- War's drawdown through a censorious media lens -- Framing war's indecisive end.…”
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    Writing for psychology by Mitchell, Mark L.

    Published 2013
    Table of Contents: “…What every student should know about writing psychology papers -- Writing essays and term papers -- Writing research reports and proposals -- Finding, reading, citing, and referencing sources -- Making your case: a guide to skeptical reading and logical writing -- Writing the wrongs: how to avoid gruesome grammar, putrid punctuation, and saggy style -- Preparing the final draft…”
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    Nationalism and war

    Published 2013
    Table of Contents: “…Does national sentiment increase fighting efficacy? : a skeptical view from the sociology of violence / Randall Collins -- Mercenary, citizen, victim : the rise and fall of conscription in the west / Richard Lachmann -- The state-to-nation balance and war / Benjamin Miller -- State violence in the origins of nationalism : British counterinsurgency and the rebirth of Irish nationalism 1969-1972 / James Hughes -- When does nationalism turn violent? …”
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    National human rights institutions in Southeast Asia selected case studies

    Published 2020
    Table of Contents: “…Southeast Asian NHRIs: Regional and Global Perspectives -- National Human Right Institutions: From Idea to Implementation -- National Human Rights Institutions in Southeast Asian States: The Necessary Foundation for an Efficient ASEAN Intergovermental Commission on Human Rights -- National Human Rights Institutions and the United Nations Human Rights Treaty Body System: A Rebuttal to the Skeptics -- pt.II. Protection Challenges in Southeast Asian States -- Assessing the Effectiveness of the Myanmar National Human Rights Commission in the Wider Regional Geo-Political Context -- From Transition to Government Accountability: Opportunities for the Myanmar National Human Rights Commission -- Komnas HAM: Discrepancies Between Its Mandate and the Indonesian Constitutional Framework -- Strengthening Komnas HAM and Building Synergies with Other National State Institutions on Human Rights -- The Protection Capacities of NHRIs in the Philippines, Thailand and Timor-Laste -- Advocating for a National Human Rights Institution in Singapore -- pt.III. …”
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    Killing in war by McMahan, Jeff

    Published 2009
    Table of Contents: “…-- The basis of moral liability to attack in war -- Arguments for the moral equality of combatants -- Justification and liability -- Consent -- The boxing match model of war -- The gladiatorial combat model of war -- Hypothetical consent -- The epistemic argument -- Institutions as sources of justification -- The duty to defer to the epistemic authority of the government -- The duty to sustain the efficient functioning of just institutions -- Fairness to fellow participants -- The collectivist approach to the morality of war -- Transferred responsibility -- Symmetrical disobedience -- Conscientious refusal -- Excuses -- Sources of allegiance to the moral equality of combatants -- The conflation of morality and law -- The conflation of permission and excuse -- Excusing conditions for unjust combatants -- Duress -- Epistemic limitation -- Diminished responsibility -- Skepticism about excusing unjust combatants -- Consistency -- Are unjust combatants excused by epistemic limitations? …”
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    Routledge handbook of naval strategy and security

    Published 2016
    Table of Contents: “…-Led Maritime Order. Assessing the Skeptics / Toshi Yoshihara -- 26. Maritime Renaissance - Naval Power in NATO's Future / Diego Ruiz Palmer -- 27. …”
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    Annals of gullibility why we get duped and how to avoid it / by Greenspan, Stephen

    Published 2009
    Table of Contents: “…-- Becoming less gullible -- Make it a point to avoid acting impulsively -- Engineer situations that reduce the likelihood of gullible outcomes -- Know one's limitations -- Seek to become more socially intelligent -- Develop a repertoire of disengagement tactics -- Help young people to be less gullible -- Cultivate skepticism but not cynicism -- Gullibility can decrease as one becomes older and wiser.…”
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    Digital diplomacy conversations on innovation in foreign policy by Sandre, Andreas

    Published 2015
    Table of Contents: “…Secretary of State (2009-2013)-- Chapter 2: The Arab Spring of Diplomacy A conversation with Charles Firestone, Executive Director, Communications and Society Program The Aspen Institute-- Chapter 3: From A Skeptic's Point Of View A conversation with Carne Ross, Founder and Director, Independent Diplomat-- Chapter 4: The Clinton Revolution A conversation with Kim Ghattas, BBC State Department Correspondent, and author of The Secretary: A Journey with Hillary Clinton from Beirut to the Hearth of American Power-- Chapter 5: The Pillars of Digital Diplomacy A conversation with Macon Phillips, Coordinator, International Information Programs, U.S. …”
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    Talons of power by Sutherland, Tui T.

    Published 2017
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    Bayan Linnas cadangan pindaan akta 355 satu pendapat by Zulkifli Mohamad al-Bakri 1969-

    Published 2016
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