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These books/ articles are currently of interest.
 
Click on the link for a review and quotes that I find to be relevant to my current research interests.
 
This link takes you to an archived collection of quotes from references of interest:

Limits to Growth: The 30-Year Update (Meadows, Randers, Meadows, 2004)

Systems Thinking, Systems Practice: Includes a 30-Year Retrospective (Checkland, 1999)

Learning For Action (Checkland, Poulter, 2006)

Dealing with Complexity (Flood, Carson, 1993)

General System Theory: Foundations, Development, Applications (von Bertalanffy, 1968)

Best Lessons of a Chess Coach (Weeramantry, Eusebi, 1993)

The Relaxation & Stress Reduction Workbook (Davis, Eshelman, McKay, 2008)

Resilience in Troops (Garamone, 2009)

Better observation (external site)

Biobehavioral Resilience to Stress (Lukey, Tepe, 2008)

Fostering Resilience in Response to Terrorism (apa.org)

What is Behind the Fatigue Concept? (Friedl, 2007)

Psychology Today Topic: Resilience (external site)

Psychology Today: article search for Resilience (external site)

What is Psychological Resilience? (Neill, 2006)

Resilience and Vulnerability to Daily Stressors Assessed via Diary Methods (Almeida, 2005)

Techniques of Problem Solving (Kumar, 2008)

Stress Test

How Successful People Think (Maxwell, 2009)

Failing Forward (Maxwell, 2000)

Managing Change with Personal Resilience (Kelly, Hoopes, 2003)

Climate Change 2001: Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability (McCarthy, 2001)

Climate Change, Adaptive Capacity and Development (Smith, Klein, Huq, 2003)

The Strength of Resilience (Esonis, 2009)

Task Force on Resilience and Strength in Black Children and Adolescents

Identity and Resilience (Trevithick, Coleman, Clippinger, Taipale)

The Human Use of Human Beings: Cybernetics and Society (Wiener, 1988)

Double-Loop Knowledge Management (McElroy, 1999)

Cultivating Uncertainty in a Complex World (Wheatley, 2000)

Saline Schools: Sustainable Structures, Sustainable Results (Flanagan, Nadig, Pound, 2000)

Power vs. Force: The Hidden Determinants of Human Behavior (Hawkins, 2002)

Resilience: Build skills to endure hardship (MayoClinic, 2009)

The Next Big Thing: Resilience (Cascio, 2009)

After the Storms, an Island of Calm - and Resilience (Sanderson, NY Times, Sep-11-2009)

Slow Recovery from Perturbations as a Generic Indicator of a Nearby Catastrophic Shift (van Nes)

Bricolage (Wikipedia)

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