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book cover image for A Life of Optimism, ISBN=9789004533592A Life of Optimism
ISBN: 9789004533592
Platform/Publisher: BRILL / BRILL
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book cover image for A World without Why, ISBN=9781400848485A World without Why
ISBN: 9781400848485
Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / Princeton University Press
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Subjects: Philosophy -- History; Philosophy Modern -- 21st century; Optimism; Ethics;
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book cover image for A World without Why, ISBN=9781400848485A World without Why
ISBN: 9781400848485
Platform/Publisher: Project MUSE / Princeton University Press
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Subjects: Ethics.; Optimism.; Philosophy Modern; Philosophy;
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book cover image for Academia in Crisis : Dystopic Optimism and Postalgic Realism in University Life /, ISBN=9789004402034Academia in Crisis : Dystopic Optimism and Postalgic Realism in University Life /
ISBN: 9789004402034
Platform/Publisher: Knowledge Unlatched / Brill
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book cover image for Anthropological Optimism: Engaging the Power of What Could Go Right, ISBN=9781003346036Anthropological Optimism: Engaging the Power of What Could Go Right
ISBN: 9781003346036
Platform/Publisher: Taylor & Francis / Routledge
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book cover image for Building a Culture of Hope : Enriching Schools with Optimism and Opportunity (School Improvement Strategies for Overcoming Student Poverty and Adversity), ISBN=9781936764631Building a Culture of Hope : Enriching Schools with Optimism and Opportunity (School Improvement Strategies for Overcoming Student Poverty and Adversity)
ISBN: 9781936764631
Platform/Publisher: Ebook Central / Solution Tree
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Subjects: Education;
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book cover image for Can Miracles Lead to Crises? The Role of Optimism in Emerging Markets Crises, ISBN=9781451996388Can Miracles Lead to Crises? The Role of Optimism in Emerging Markets Crises
ISBN: 9781451996388
Platform/Publisher: Ebook Central / International Monetary Fund
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Subjects: Business/ Management; Economics;
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book cover image for Candide: or Optimism, ISBN=9780300127782Candide: or Optimism
ISBN: 9780300127782
Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / Yale University Press
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Subjects: Language & Literature;
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book cover image for Charlotte Perkins Gilman, ISBN=9781587293108Charlotte Perkins Gilman
ISBN: 9781587293108
Platform/Publisher: Project MUSE / University of Iowa Press
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Subjects: Optimism in literature.; Social problems in literature.; Women and literature; Feminism and literature;
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book cover image for Charlotte Perkins Gilman: Optimist Reformer, ISBN=9781587293108Charlotte Perkins Gilman: Optimist Reformer
ISBN: 9781587293108
Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / University of Iowa Press
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book cover image for Contemporary American Literature : Laughing at the Darkness : Postmodernism and Optimism in American Humour, ISBN=9781847601872Contemporary American Literature : Laughing at the Darkness : Postmodernism and Optimism in American Humour
ISBN: 9781847601872
Platform/Publisher: Ebook Central / Humanities-Ebooks, LLP
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Subjects: Literature;
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book cover image for Cruel Optimism, ISBN=9780822394716Cruel Optimism
ISBN: 9780822394716
Platform/Publisher: e-Duke Books Scholarly Collection / Duke University Press
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Subjects: Cultural Studies; Social Theory; Literary Studies Criticism & Theory;
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book cover image for Cruel Optimism, ISBN=9780822394716Cruel Optimism
ISBN: 9780822394716
Platform/Publisher: Project MUSE / Duke University Press
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Subjects: Progress.; Optimism; Popular culture;
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book cover image for Cultures of Optimism : The Institutional Promotion of Hope, ISBN=9781137484819Cultures of Optimism : The Institutional Promotion of Hope
ISBN: 9781137484819
Platform/Publisher: Ebook Central / Palgrave Macmillan UK
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Subjects: Philosophy; Psychology;
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book cover image for Death and the Optimistic Prophecy in Vergil''s AENEID, ISBN=9781400860876Death and the Optimistic Prophecy in Vergil''s AENEID
ISBN: 9781400860876
Platform/Publisher: Project MUSE / Princeton University Press
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book cover image for Deliberate Optimism : Still Reclaiming the Joy in Education, ISBN=9781071889077Deliberate Optimism : Still Reclaiming the Joy in Education
ISBN: 9781071889077
Platform/Publisher: Ebook Central / Corwin Press
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Subjects: Education;
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book cover image for Economics of Pessimism and Optimism, ISBN=9784431559030Economics of Pessimism and Optimism
ISBN: 9784431559030
Platform/Publisher: SpringerLink / Springer Japan
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Subjects: Economics and Finance;
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book cover image for Elasticity Optimism, ISBN=9781452701622Elasticity Optimism
ISBN: 9781452701622
Platform/Publisher: Ebook Central / International Monetary Fund
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Subjects: Business/ Management; Economics;
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book cover image for Energy Never Dies: Afro-Optimism and Creativity in Chicago, ISBN=9780252053009Energy Never Dies: Afro-Optimism and Creativity in Chicago
ISBN: 9780252053009
Platform/Publisher: Oxford Academic / University of Illinois Press
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Subjects: Cultural Studies;
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book cover image for European Works Councils: Pessimism of the Intellect Optimism of the Will?, ISBN=9780203408001European Works Councils: Pessimism of the Intellect Optimism of the Will?
ISBN: 9780203408001
Platform/Publisher: Taylor & Francis / Routledge
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Subjects: Economics Finance Business & Industry; Business Management and Accounting; Human Resource Management; Marketing;
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book cover image for Explanatory Optimism about the Hard Problem of Consciousness, ISBN=9781003411581Explanatory Optimism about the Hard Problem of Consciousness
ISBN: 9781003411581
Platform/Publisher: Taylor & Francis / Routledge
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book cover image for From an Existential Vacuum to a Tragic Optimism : The Search for Meaning and Presence of God in Modern Literature, ISBN=9781443863438From an Existential Vacuum to a Tragic Optimism : The Search for Meaning and Presence of God in Modern Literature
ISBN: 9781443863438
Platform/Publisher: Ebook Central / Cambridge Scholars Publisher
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Subjects: Literature;
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book cover image for Galbraith, Harrington, Heilbroner: Economics and Dissent in an Age of Optimism, ISBN=9781400859337Galbraith, Harrington, Heilbroner: Economics and Dissent in an Age of Optimism
ISBN: 9781400859337
Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / Princeton University Press
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book cover image for Hope Without Optimism, ISBN=9780813937359Hope Without Optimism
ISBN: 9780813937359
Platform/Publisher: Ebook Central / University of Virginia Press
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Subjects: Philosophy;
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book cover image for Hope Without Optimism, ISBN=9780300220254Hope Without Optimism
ISBN: 9780300220254
Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / Yale University Press
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Subjects: Philosophy ; Psychology;
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book cover image for Human Enhancement and Well-Being: A Case for Optimism, ISBN=9781003147992Human Enhancement and Well-Being: A Case for Optimism
ISBN: 9781003147992
Platform/Publisher: Taylor & Francis / Routledge
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book cover image for Ibn Taymiyya''s Theodicy of Perpetual Optimism, ISBN=9789047420194Ibn Taymiyya''s Theodicy of Perpetual Optimism
ISBN: 9789047420194
Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / Brill
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Subjects: Religion;
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book cover image for Ibn Taymiyya's Theodicy of Perpetual Optimism, ISBN=9789047420194Ibn Taymiyya's Theodicy of Perpetual Optimism
ISBN: 9789047420194
Platform/Publisher: BRILL / BRILL
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Subjects: Realism in literature; Literature Modern; Literature Modern;
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book cover image for Infrastructural Optimism, ISBN=9781351060271Infrastructural Optimism
ISBN: 9781351060271
Platform/Publisher: Taylor & Francis / Routledge
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book cover image for La niña and the Making of Climate Optimism : Remembering Rain, ISBN=9783319761411La niña and the Making of Climate Optimism : Remembering Rain
ISBN: 9783319761411
Platform/Publisher: Ebook Central / Springer International Publishing AG
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Subjects: History; Social Science;
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book cover image for Leading Schools of Excellence and Equity : Closing Achievement Gaps Via Academic Optimism, ISBN=9781617351211Leading Schools of Excellence and Equity : Closing Achievement Gaps Via Academic Optimism
ISBN: 9781617351211
Platform/Publisher: Ebook Central / Information Age Publishing, Incorporated
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Subjects: Education;
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book cover image for Longing for the Future: Mal D’Afrique and Afro-Optimism in Perspectives on Somalia, ISBN=9781003283102Longing for the Future: Mal D’Afrique and Afro-Optimism in Perspectives on Somalia
ISBN: 9781003283102
Platform/Publisher: Taylor & Francis / Routledge
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book cover image for Maternal Optimism: Forging Positive Paths through Work and Motherhood, ISBN=9780190944124Maternal Optimism: Forging Positive Paths through Work and Motherhood
ISBN: 9780190944124
Platform/Publisher: Oxford Academic / Oxford University Press
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Subjects: Social Psychology;
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book cover image for On the Macroeconomic Consequences of Over-Optimism, ISBN=9781484358986On the Macroeconomic Consequences of Over-Optimism
ISBN: 9781484358986
Platform/Publisher: Ebook Central / International Monetary Fund
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Subjects: Business/ Management;
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book cover image for Optimism & pessimism: Implications for theory, research, and practice, ISBN=9799935485288Optimism & pessimism: Implications for theory, research, and practice
ISBN: 9799935485288
Platform/Publisher: PsycBOOKS / American Psychological Association
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Subjects: Personality Traits & Processes;
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book cover image for Optimism at All Costs, ISBN=9781613765661Optimism at All Costs
ISBN: 9781613765661
Platform/Publisher: Project MUSE / University of Massachusetts Press
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Subjects: African Americans; African Americans; African Americans;
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book cover image for Optimism at All Costs: Black Attitudes, Activism, and Advancement in Obama''s America, ISBN=9781613765661Optimism at All Costs: Black Attitudes, Activism, and Advancement in Obama''s America
ISBN: 9781613765661
Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / University of Massachusetts Press
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Subjects: History ; Political Science;
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book cover image for Optimism at Armageddon, ISBN=9781349139347Optimism at Armageddon
ISBN: 9781349139347
Platform/Publisher: SpringerLink / Palgrave Macmillan UK
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Subjects: Palgrave History Collection;
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book cover image for Optimism in Politics: Reflections on Contemporary History, ISBN=9781315125817Optimism in Politics: Reflections on Contemporary History
ISBN: 9781315125817
Platform/Publisher: Taylor & Francis / Routledge
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Subjects: Politics & International Relations; Introductory Politics;
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book cover image for Optimism over Despair : On Capitalism, Empire, and Social Change, ISBN=9781608468003Optimism over Despair : On Capitalism, Empire, and Social Change
ISBN: 9781608468003
Platform/Publisher: Ebook Central / Haymarket Books
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Subjects: Political Science;
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book cover image for Optimism, Pessimism, and Short-Term Fluctuations, ISBN=9781484336847Optimism, Pessimism, and Short-Term Fluctuations
ISBN: 9781484336847
Platform/Publisher: Ebook Central / INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
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Subjects: Economics;
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book cover image for Pessimism of the Intellect, Optimism of the Will : The Political Philosophy of Kai Nielsen, ISBN=9781552385319Pessimism of the Intellect, Optimism of the Will : The Political Philosophy of Kai Nielsen
ISBN: 9781552385319
Platform/Publisher: Ebook Central / University of Calgary Press
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Subjects: Political Science; Philosophy;
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book cover image for Pessimism of the Intellect, Optimism of the Will: The Political Philosophy of Kai Nielsen, ISBN=9781552385319Pessimism of the Intellect, Optimism of the Will: The Political Philosophy of Kai Nielsen
ISBN: 9781552385319
Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / University of Calgary Press
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Subjects: Political science -- Philosophy;
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book cover image for Philosophical Progress: In Defence of a Reasonable Optimism, ISBN=9780191841941Philosophical Progress: In Defence of a Reasonable Optimism
ISBN: 9780191841941
Platform/Publisher: Oxford Academic / Oxford University Press
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Subjects: Philosophy; Metaphysics;
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book cover image for Promoting Family Change : The Optimism Factor, ISBN=9781000246957Promoting Family Change : The Optimism Factor
ISBN: 9781000246957
Platform/Publisher: Ebook Central / Taylor & Francis Group
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Subjects: Social Science;
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book cover image for Promoting Family Change: The optimism factor, ISBN=9781003116912Promoting Family Change: The optimism factor
ISBN: 9781003116912
Platform/Publisher: Taylor & Francis / Routledge
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Subjects: Health and Social Care; Social Work and Social Policy; Child and Family Social Work;
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book cover image for Promoting Positive Thinking: Building Children's Self-Esteem, Self-Confidence and Optimism, ISBN=9780203963258Promoting Positive Thinking: Building Children's Self-Esteem, Self-Confidence and Optimism
ISBN: 9780203963258
Platform/Publisher: Taylor & Francis / David Fulton Publishers
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Subjects: Education; Educational Psychology; Primary/ Elementary Education; Classroom Practice; Teaching & Learning;
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book cover image for Reconstructing Identity After Brain Injury: A Search for Hope and Optimism After Maxillofacial and Neurosurgery, ISBN=9781003205142Reconstructing Identity After Brain Injury: A Search for Hope and Optimism After Maxillofacial and Neurosurgery
ISBN: 9781003205142
Platform/Publisher: Taylor & Francis / Routledge
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book cover image for Row the Boat : A Never-Give-Up Approach to Lead with Enthusiasm and Optimism and Improve Your Team and Culture, ISBN=9781119766308Row the Boat : A Never-Give-Up Approach to Lead with Enthusiasm and Optimism and Improve Your Team and Culture
ISBN: 9781119766308
Platform/Publisher: Ebook Central / John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
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Subjects: Business/ Management;
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book cover image for Socialist Optimism, ISBN=9781137563965Socialist Optimism
ISBN: 9781137563965
Platform/Publisher: SpringerLink / Palgrave Macmillan UK
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Subjects: Economics and Finance;
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