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• The Art of Insight in Science and Engineering: Mastering Complexity (Cambridge, MA and London: MIT Press, c2014), by Sanjoy Mahajan (PDF with commentary at MIT Press)
• Precalculus (electronic edition, c2011), by David H. Collingwood, K. David Prince, and Matthew M. Conroy (PDF with commentary at Washington)
• Street-Fighting Mathematics: The Art of Educated Guessing and Opportunistic Problem Solving (Cambridge, MA and London: MIT Press, c2010), by Sanjoy Mahajan (PDF with commentary at MIT Press)
• How to Solve Your Problems (Chicago: Science Research Associates, c1950), by Robert H. Seashore and A. C. Van Dusen, illust. by Marge Mills (page images at HathiTrust)
• Scientific Knowledge and Philosophic Thought (originally published 1986; open access edition Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2019), by Harold Himsworth (multiple formats with commentary at Project MUSE)

• Who Intervenes? Ethnic Conflict and Interstate Crisis (Columbus, OH: Ohio State University Press, c2006), by David Carment, Patrick James, and Zeynep Taydas (PDF at Ohio State)

• The UN's Role in Nation-Building: From the Congo to Iraq (Santa Monica, CA et al: RAND, c2005), by James Dobbins, Seth G. Jones, Keith Crane, Andrew Rathmell, Brett D. Steele, Richard Teltschik, and Anga Timilsina (multiple formats with commentary at rand.org)

• Cultivating Peace: Conflict and Collaboration in Natural Resource Management, ed. by Daniel Buckles (PDF and illustrated HTML at idrc.ca)

• Algorithms and Complexity (first edition, 1994), by Herbert S. Wilf (PDF with commentary here at Penn)

• Wicked Problems: Problems Worth Solving (free online edition, ca. 2012), by Jon Kolko (illustrated HTML with commentary at wickedproblems.com)

• Quantitative Reasoning for College Graduates: A Complement to the Standards (c1998), ed. by Linda Sons (HTML at maa.org)

• Beyond Control: A Mutual Respect Approach to Protest Crowd-Police Relations (London and New York: Bloomsbury Academic, c2010), by Vern Neufeld Redekop and Shirley Paré (HTML at bloomsburyacademic.com; registration optional)
• The Pulse of Humanitarian Assistance (New York: Fordham University Press, and Center for International Humanitarian Coooperation, 2007), ed. by Kevin M. Cahill (PDF with commentary at bepress.com)
• Preventing Deadly Conflict: Final Report with Executive Summary, by Carnegie Commission on Preventing Deadly Conflict (HTML, PDF, and Word at ccpdc.org)
• Compassionate Listening: An Exploratory Sourcebook About Conflict Transformation, by Gene Knudsen-Hoffman, Leah Green, and Cynthia Monroe, ed. by Dennis Rivers (HTML and PDF at coopcomm.org)

• The United States and the Transformation of African Security: The African Crisis Response Initiative and Beyond (1997), by Dan Henk and Steven Metz (PDF with commentary at armywarcollege.edu)

• Achieving Security in Sub-Saharan Africa: Cost Effective Alternatives to the Military (2004), ed. by Geoff Harris (PDF files at issafrica.org)

• The Challenge of Stability and Security in West Africa (Washington: World Bank, c2015), by Alexandre Marc, Neelam Verjee, and Stephen Mogaka (PDF with commentary at World Bank)

• A Tortuous Road to Peace: The Dynamics of Regional, UN and International Humanitarian Interventions in Liberia (2005), ed. by Festus B. Aboagye and Alhaji M. S. Bah (PDF files at issafrica.org)

• Challenges of Peace Implementation: The UN Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (2003), ed. by Mark Malan and João Gomes Porto (PDF files at issafrica.org)

• The Peacebuilding Puzzle: Political Order in Post-Conflict States (Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2016), by Naazneen Barma (PDF files with commentary at Cambridge University Press)

• The Peacebuilding Puzzle: Political Order in Post-Conflict States (Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2016), by Naazneen Barma (PDF files with commentary at Cambridge University Press)

• Building a Peace Economy? Liberal Peacebuilding and the Development-Security Industry (Manchester, UK and New York: Manchester University Press, c2014), by Jenny H. Peterson (PDF files at Project MUSE)

• Building a Peace Economy? Liberal Peacebuilding and the Development-Security Industry (Manchester, UK and New York: Manchester University Press, c2014), by Jenny H. Peterson (PDF files at Project MUSE)

• Annual Report of the National Mediation Board, by United States National Mediation Board (full serial archives)

• The Forgotten Peace: Mediation at Niagara Falls, 1914 (c2009), by Michael Small (PDF with commentary at Ottawa)

• A Practical Guide to the Indian Child Welfare Act (online edition, 2011), by Native American Rights Fund (HTML and PDF with commentary at narf.org)

• A Plain Letter to the Lord Chancellor on the Infant Custody Bill, by Caroline Sheridan Norton (HTML at Indiana)

• International Conflict Resolution After the Cold War (2000), ed. by Paul C. Stern and Daniel Druckman (page images with commentary at NAP)

• Overcoming Obstacles to Peace: Local Factors in Nation-Building (c2013), by James Dobbins, Laurel Miller, Stéphanie Pézard, Christopher S. Chivvis, Julie E. Taylor, Keith Crane, Calin Trenkov-Wermuth, and Tewodaj Mengistu (multiple formats with commentary at rand.org)
• The Beginner’s Guide to Nation-Building (Santa Monica et al.: RAND, c2007), by James Dobbins, Seth G. Jones, Keith Crane, and Beth Cole DeGrasse (PDF and Epub with commentary at rand.org)
• Human Security for All: A Tribute to Sergio Vieira de Mello (New York: Fordham University Press, and Center for International Health and Coooperation, 2004), ed. by Kevin M. Cahill (PDF with commentary at bepress.com)

• From War to Peace in the Balkans, the Middle East and Ukraine (Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, c2019), by Daniel Paul Serwer (PDF and Epub with commentary at Springer)

• Defusing Hate: A Strategic Communication Guide to Counteract Dangerous Speech (with workbooks; Washington: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, 2016), by Rachel Hilary Brown (PDF files with commentary at ushmm.org)

• Arafat's Culture of Hatred and Violence: Anti-Israel and Anti-Semitic Hatred in the Palestinian Authority's Media, Schools, Summer Camps, Religious Sermons and Officials' Speeches (New York: Zionist Organization of America, ca. 2000), by Zionist Organization of America (PDF at zoa.org)

• NGOs and Post-Conflict Recovery: The Leitana Nehan Women's Development Agency, Bougainville (2006), ed. by Helen Hakena, Peter Ninnes, and Bert A. Jenkins (PDF with commentary at ANU E Press)

• Dull Disasters? How Planning Ahead Will Make a Difference (Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, c2016), by Daniel J. Clarke and Stefan Dercon (PDF with commentary at worldbank.org)
• Even in Chaos: Education in Times of Emergency (New York: Fordham University Press, and Center for International Humanitarian Coooperation, 2010), ed. by Kevin M. Cahill (PDF with commentary at bepress.com)
• Computing and Communications in the Extreme: Research for Crisis Management and Other Applications, by National Research Council Computer Science and Telecommunications Board (HTML and page images at NAP)

• Framing the Global Economic Downturn: Crisis Rhetoric and the Politics of Recessions (2009), ed. by Paul 't Hart and Karen Tindall (PDF and HTML with commentary at ANU E Press)

• Guide for Developing High-Quality School Emergency Operations Plans (2013), by United States Department of Education (PDF at ed.gov)

• Guide for Developing High-Quality School Emergency Operations Plans (2013), by United States Department of Education (PDF at ed.gov)

• Threat Assessment in Schools: A Guide to Managing Threatening Situations and to Creating Safe School Climates (Washington: U.S. Secret Service and U.S. Dept. of Education, 2002), by Robert A. Fein, Brian Vossekuil, William S. Pollack, Randy Borum, William Modzeleski, and Marisa Reddy (PDF at secretservice.gov)
• Report of the National School Shield Task Force (with appendixes; Washington: National Rifle Association, 2013), by National School Shield Task Force (PDF at nraschoolshield.com)

• Guide for Preventing and Responding to School Violence (second edition, 2009), by International Association of Chiefs of Police (PDF at ojp.gov)

• Annals of the University of Oradea: Fascicle of Management and Technological Engineering (issues online 2005-) (partial serial archives)

• Literary Modernism and the Transformation of the Work (Evanston: Northwestern University Press, c1988), by James F. Knapp (PDF with commentary at Northwestern)

• Science for All Children: A Guide to Improving Elementary Science Education in Your School District (1997), by National Science Resources Center (page images with commentary at NAP)

• Science for All Children: A Guide to Improving Elementary Science Education in Your School District (1997), by National Science Resources Center (page images with commentary at NAP)

Items below (if any) are from related and broader terms.

• Decision Making (c2017), by Giacomo Bonanno (PDF with commentary at UC Davis)
• Setting You Free to Make Right Choices (junior/senior high student workbook; Nashville, TN: World Bridge Press, 2007), by Josh McDowell (PDF via josh.org)
• Modeling Bounded Rationality (1998), by Ariel Rubinstein (PDF in Israel)
• Setting You Free to Make Right Choices: Leader's Guide (ca. 1995), by Josh McDowell (PDF via josh.org)
• From the Mind to the Feet: Assessing the Perception-to-Intent-to-Action Dynamic (Maxwell AFB, AL: Air University Press, 2011), ed. by Lawrence A. Kuznar, Allison Astorino-Courtois, and Sarah Canna
  • PDF with commentary at Air University Press
  • page images at HathiTrust
• Cognitive Processes in Career Decision-Making (Pittsburgh: Carnegie Institute of Technology, 1962), by Thomas Leonard Hilton, Ronald Baenninger, and James H. Korn (page images at HathiTrust)
• Rationality: From AI to Zombies (2015), by Eliezer Yudkowsky (HTML at readthesequences.com)
• Simulation of Information and Decision Systems in the Firm (Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, c1963), by Charles P. Bonini (page images at HathiTrust)
• Modern Japanese Organization and Decision-Making (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1987), ed. by Ezra F. Vogel (HTML at UC Press)
• Risk and Decision Making: Perspectives and Research, by National Research Council Committee on Risk and Decision Making (page images with commentary at NAP)

More items available under broader and related terms at left.