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In the hallowed halls of the capital, some who have sworn to preserve our nation's union are secretly plotting its demise ... and they are willing to kill to achieve their goals.

The country has been split into two distinct factions over energy - "the haves" (those states that are fuel self-sufficient) and "the have nots." The inept execution of a flawed foreign policy in the Middle East has resulted in an Arab-backed oil embargo of the United States.

Now the country is in the grips of the most severe winter in years, and rationing has led to unrest and rioting in the streets...

Few forms of market exchange intrigue economists as do auctions, whose theoretical and practical implications are enormous. John Kagel and Dan Levin, complementing their own distinguished research with papers written with other specialists, provide a new focus on common value auctions and the "winner's curse." In such auctions the value of each item is about the same to all bidders, but different bidders have different information about the underlying value. Virtually all auctions have a common value element; among the burgeoning modern-day examples are those organized by Internet...

Edited by an expert editorial team from leading dermatology centers, this set consists of two books: Mild to Moderate Psoriasis, Third Edition and Moderate to Severe Psoriasis, Fourth Edition. Using a practical and problem-focused approach, these updated texts equip dermatologists, family practitioners, and internists with a state-of-the-art guide to the clinical management of all forms of psoriasis. The set provides up-to-date treatment strategies for optimum patient management.

Understanding Community Colleges provides a comprehensive review of the community college landscape--management and governance, finance, student demographics and development, teaching and learning, policy, faculty, and workforce development--and bridges the gap between research and practice. This contributed volume brings together highly respected scholars in the field for a rich and expansive analysis of community colleges. Written for students enrolled in Higher Education and Community College graduate programs, this exciting new edition covers the latest developments in community...

Understanding Community Colleges provides a comprehensive review of the community college landscape--management and governance, finance, student demographics and development, teaching and learning, policy, faculty, and workforce development--and bridges the gap between research and practice. This contributed volume brings together highly respected scholars in the field for a rich and expansive analysis of community colleges. Written for students enrolled in Higher Education and Community College graduate programs, this exciting new edition covers the latest developments in community...

Educators, professionalism and politics offers ways of understanding how and with what consequences national systems of education and the work of education professionals are being reregulated in the context of contemporary global transitions. Globalization does not just create transnational organizations, relations and practices; it also transforms nation-states by creating more complex education spaces that impinge on the work of educators and the learning that they enable, globally, nationally and locally.

This volume of the "World Yearbook of Education" focuses firmly on the...