Compiled By Alan Sanders ; Foreword By Elisabeth Legge-schwarzkopf. Includes Indexes.

'A valuable study, with rich insights' - Noam Chomsky 'Extraordinary' - Ilan Pappe Formidable and timely' - Mohammed El-Kurd Under Narendra Modi, India has changed dramatically. As the world attempts to grapple with its trajectory towards authoritarianism and 'Hindutva' (Hindu Nationalism), little attention has been paid to the linkages between Modi's India and the governments from which it has drawn inspiration, as well as military and technical support. India once called Zionism racism, but, as Azad Essa argues, the state of Israel has increasingly become a cornerstone of Indias foreign policy. Looking to replicate the 'ethnic state' in the image of Israel in policy and practice, the annexation of Kashmir increasingly resembles Israel's settler-colonial project of the occupied West Bank. The ideological and political linkages between the two states are alarming; their brands of ethnonationalism are deeply intertwined. Hostile Homelands puts India's relationship with Israel in its historical context, looking at the origins of Zionism and Hindutva; Indias changing position on Palestine; and the countries' growing military-industrial relationship from the 1990s. Lucid and persuasive, Essa demonstrates that the India-Israel alliance spells significant consequences for democracy, the rule of law, and justice worldwide.

Compiled And Edited By Richard M. Scammon And Alice V. Mcgillivray. Continues: America At The Polls : A Handbook Of American Presidential Election Statistics, 1920-1964. Pittsburgh : University Of Pittsburgh Press, 1965.

Edited By Muriel W. Lambert And Jacques Laval. Proceedings Of A Nato Advanced Research Workshop On Dna Repair Mechanisms And Their Biological Implications In Mammalian Cells Held October 2-7, 1988, In Fontevraud, France--t.p. Verso. Published In Cooperation With Nato Scientific Affairs Division. Includes Bibliographical References And Indexes.

Margaret Borkowski, Mervyn Murch, Val Walker. Includes Indexes. Bibliography: P. [216]-222.

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Das deutsche Kinder- und Jugendschutzsystem versagt mit grausamer Regelmigkeit. Sozialarbeiter und rzte schreiten auch bei erkennbaren Misshandlungsfllen oft nicht ein. Richter sprechen in Zweifelsfllen vorschnell die Angeklagten frei. Die Rechtsmediziner der Berliner Charit Michael Tsokos und Saskia Guddat decken gravierende Missstnde auf und zeigen, wie wir die Gesundheit und Rechte der Kinder besser schtzen knnen.

Gillian Lindsay. Bibliography: P. 186-187.- Includes Index.

Before I tell you anything about myself, I would like to tell you, or at least identify for you, the world into which I was born.

Groups St Andrews 2009 was held in the University of Bath in August 2009 and this second volume of a two-volume book contains selected papers from the international conference. Five main lecture courses were given at the conference, and articles based on their lectures form a substantial part of the proceedings. This volume contains the contributions by Eammon O'Brien (Auckland), Mark Sapir (Vanderbilt) and Dan Segal (Oxford). Apart from the main speakers, refereed survey and research articles were contributed by other conference participants. Arranged in alphabetical order, these articles cover a wide spectrum of modern group theory. The regular proceedings of Groups St Andrews conferences have provided snapshots of the state of research in group theory throughout the past 30 years. Earlier volumes have had a major impact on the development of group theory and it is anticipated that this volume will be equally important.

Brand-new stories by: Leonardo Padura, Pablo Medina, Alex Abella, Arturo Arango, Lea Aschkenas, Moises Asis, Arnaldo Correa, Mabel Cuesta, Yohamna Depestre, Michel Encinosa Fu, Mylene Fernandez Pintado, Carolina Garcia-Aguilera, Miguel Mejides, Achy Obejas, Oscar F. Ortiz, Ena Lucia Portela, Mariela Varona Roque, and Yoss.??To most outsiders, Havana is a tropical sin city: a Roman ruin of sex and noise, a parallel universe familiar but exotic, and embargoed enough to serve as a release valve for whatever desire or pulse has been repressed or denied. Habaneros know that this is neither new--long before Havana collapsed during the Revolution's Special Period, all the way back to colonial times, it had already been the destination of choice for foreigners who wanted to indulge in what was otherwise forbidden to them--nor particularly true.In the real Havana--the lawless Havana that never appears in the postcards or tourist guides--the concept of sin has been banished by the urgency of need. And need--aching and hungry--inevitably turns the human heart darker, feral, and criminal. In this Havana, crime, though officially vanquished by revolutionary decree, is both wistfully quotidian and personally vicious.In the stories of Havana Noir, current and former residents of the city--some international sensations such as Leonardo Padura, others exciting new voices like Yohamna Depestre--uncover crimes of violence and loveless sex, of mental cruelty and greed, of self-preservation and collective hysteria.Achy Obejas is the award-winning author of Days of Awe, Memory Mambo, and We Came all the Way from Cuba So You Could Dress Like This? Her poems, stories, and essays have appeared in dozens of anthologies. A long-time contributor to the Chicago Tribune, she was part of the 2001 investigative team that earned a Pulitzer Prize for the series, "Gateway to Gridlock." Currently, she is the Sor Juana Writer-in-Residence at DePaul University in Chicago. She was born in Havana.??Praise for Havana Noir: Miami Herald, 11/25/07Sewer-dwelling dwarves who run a black market. An engineer moonlighting as a beautician to make ends meet. Street toughs pondering existentialism. An aging aristocrat with an unsolvable dilemma. A Chinese boy bent on avenging his father's death.These are the characters you will meet in this remarkable collection, the latest edition of an original noir series featuring stories set in a distinct neighborhood of a particular city. Throughout these 18 stories, current and former residents of Havana -- some well-known, some previously undiscovered -- deliver gritty tales of depravation, depravity, heroic perseverance, revolution and longing in a city mythical and widely misunderstood.This is noir of a different shade and texture, shadowy and malevolent, to be sure, but desperate, too, heartbreakingly wounded, the stories linked more by the acrid pall of a failed but seemingly interminable experiment than by genre. Ambiguities abound, and ingenuity flourishes even as morality evaporates in the daily struggle for self-preservation.In this dark light the best of these stories are also the most disturbing. What For, This Burden by Michel Encinosa Fu, a resident of Havana, is a brutal and wrenching tale of brothers involved in drug deals and child prostitution; they peddle their own sister. The Red Bridge, by Yoss, another Havana resident, depicts a violent incident in the lives of two friends with apparently great potential who, though acutely aware of the depravity of their situation, are powerless or unwilling to extract themselves from the mean streets of El Patio.Cuban engineer Mariela Varona Roque's offering, The Orchid, is a short but powerful tale of the demise of a young boy frequently entrusted to the care of a browbeaten neighbor obsessed with his solitary orchid.Isolation, poverty and despair even in the midst of friends and family, lead to unthinkable cruelty, a common thread in these and other stories. But just as prevalent are resilience, hope, honor and ferocious devotion to the island. Pablo Mendina's Johnny Ventura's Seventh Try centers on the oft-repeated theme of getting to La Yuma, the United States. After six failures a man succeeds in building a boat sturdy enough to safely cross the Straits, only to find himself turning in circles in excruciating angst once out of the water.Alone in a decaying building overlooking the Malecon, a woman in Mylene Fernandez Pintado's The Scene sustains a semblance of quiet elegance for her dying mother. Then she's free but decides to stay on the island rather than join her brother in San Francisco. And in Carolina Garcia-Aguilera's beautifully rendered The Dinner, an elderly gentleman, his wife and a servant who hasn't been paid in 40 years agonize in their crumbling, once elegant mansion, over their inability to find the ingredients for an annual dinner for friends. With faint echoes of The Gift of the Magi and perfectly bridging the pre- and post-revolution days, the story is achingly splendid.Several murder stories, including one about an arrogant serial killer egged on by a woman he phones to brag about his exploits, and a film-noir style piece featuring a San Francisco private eye sent to bring out a thrill-seeking rich kid on the eve of the revolution, round out the collection and justify its place in the series.But if you're looking for slick, moody, detective noir, sunsets, mojitos at La Florida, or dancing girls at La Tropicana, you won't find them in Havana Noir. Along with grit and pluck and the disintegration of structure and values, there is an overarching sadness to these stories as evidenced by perhaps the most disturbing commonality: repeated loveless, disconnected sex, including rape and incest, but more often just mindless, pleasureless consensual copulation, all that's left to fill the time while waiting for something to change.South Florida Sun-Sentinel, 12/2/07The streets of Havana teem with a diverse, complex people whose wants and needs are often neglected but who are connected by one ideal: to have a good life.In this superb collection of short stories edited by novelist, poet and journalist Achy Obejas, myriad characters show just how far they will go for just a small part of the world and keep their dignity despite, as Obejas says, "the damage inured by self-preservation at all costs."There's the cross-eyed young man whose "affliction" prevents him from getting a job but who finds a kind of refuge with a black market-dealing dwarf. There's a Chinese boy trying to avenge his father. And there's the woman tethered to Cuba by her dying mother.The 18 stories by current and former residents of Havana are gritty, heartbreaking and capture the city. Each story an unflinching look at Havana, giving a sense of hope — and hopelessness — for what the city was and is now and could be again.Says Obejas in her introduction, "In the real Havana — the aphotic Havana that never appears in the postcards, tourist guides, or testimonies of either the political left or right — the concept of sin has been banished by the urgency of need. And need inevitably turns the human heart feral."This is the kind of keen insight we've come to expect from the Noir anthologies published by Akashic. Each anthology features a different city, such as Baltimore, Miami, San Francisco and others, and acts as a mini-guide to each area. The compressed action, the layered plots and the character studies packed into just a few pages make short stories riveti

<p>La vida que tenemos no es el resultado de la casualidad o del esfuerzo, sino de lo que hemos sabido negociar. Con el fin de aprender a alcanzar el éxito en cualquier proceso de negociación, Merche Costa escribe una guía práctica para que los negociadores sepan hacer de su presencia ante los interlocutores una herramienta eficaz en dicho proceso. «El conocimiento y aplicación de estas técnicas es de gran utilidad para ejercer un control efectivo sobre los pensamientos y actitudes, aumentando así su percepción de eficacia y autoestima », explica. Para ello la autora entra en los elementos emocionales, comunicativos e interpersonales de los que depende, en gran parte, el resultado y el balance coste/ beneficio que la negociación tiene para cada uno de los implicados. Además incorpora los métodos más novedosos y de reconocida eficacia, con especial atención al mindfulness y a las sugerentes líneas marcadas por el aikido en su aplicación al diálogo entre los implicados. También incluye los últimos avances para afrontar situaciones estresantes.<br></p>

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1. The Futurama -- 2. Young Lawyer -- 3. The Turning -- 4. Starting From Clement Street -- 5. The Road. Charles Reich.

Thomas Bolden grew up on the streets, his childhood a blur of fragmented memories. But now he's managed to put his past behind him, find the woman he wants to share his life with, and carve out a successful career on Wall Street. Until, in the blink of an eye, his world is turned upside down. A bizarre kidnapping sends him fleeing for his life, his face everywhere on the TV news, and a violent, shadowy organization is framing him for crimes he did not commit. Desperately trying to get back to where he was just a day before, Bolden must re-learn the survival skills of his hardscrabble boyhood. But as Bolden–with just eleven dollars in his pocket and hunters all around him–survives one violent, harrowing hour after another, he makes a series of startling discoveries: about a mysterious woman wanted for murder...about an astounding secret rooted in history, among the country's Founding Fathers and families...about a conspiracy lurking in the darkest corners of corporate America–and a deadly plan that only he can stop. And in the process, maybe Bolden will also find out who he really is.... Furiously paced, filled with brilliantly drawn characters from politicians to patriots, from Wall Street players to battle-hardened cops, The Patriots Club is vintage Reich: brilliant, breathtaking, and impossible to put down until the final unforgettable page is turned.BONUS: This edition includes an excerpt from Christopher Reich's The Prince of Risk.

R to L (Japanese Style). High jinx on the high seas! As a child, Monkey D. Luffy dreamed of becoming the King of the Pirates. But his life changed when he accidentally gained the power to stretch like rubber...at the cost of never being able to swim again! Now Luffy, with the help of a motley collection of pirate wannabes, is setting off in search of the "One Piece," said to be the greatest treasure in the world!

Sustainable Tourism Is Vital Reading For Anyone Seeking To Understand The Complexities Associated With Sustainable Tourism Development, And How Government And Industry Have Responded To The Challenges The Concept Poses. The Major Areas Addressed In This Edited Volume Are: * Perspectives And Issues Associated With The Concept Of Sustainable Tourism Development * Accreditation, Education And Interpretation, Including Specific Examples Such As Green Globe 21, The European Blue Flag Campaign And The Wwf's Pan Parks Programme * Sustainable Tourism Case Studies Of Tourist Destination Regions, Natural Areas And Tourism Enterprises Drawn From Africa, Australia, The South Pacific, North America, South-east Asia And The Caribbean An Impressive International Editorial Team Has Combined To Present In This Text Not Only A Variety Of Perspectives On Sustainable Tourism Development, But Also Significant Insights Into Barriers, Challenges And Current Industry And Government Responses To It In Various Parts Of The Globe. 'sustainable Tourism' Will Be A Welcome Addition To The Libraries Of Tourism Industry Professionals, Individuals Involved In The Management Of Natural Areas; Tourism Policy Makers; Tourism Academics; And Students With An Interest In The Future Sustainability Of Tourism And The Industry That Supports It. Covers Both Conceptual Issues And Case Studies Unique Global Perspective With Multinational Contributor Team Accessible Yet Rigorous Treatment Of A Vital Issue. Aspects Of The Sustainable Tourism Debate From A Natural Resources Perspective / Colin Hunter -- An Optimistic Perspective On Tourism's Sustainability / Tony Griffin -- Interpretation As The Centrepiece Of Sustainable Wildlife Tourism / Sam H. Ham And Betty Weiler -- Travel Ecology And Developing Naturally : Making Theory-practice Connections / Thomas D. Potts And Rich Harrill -- Green Globe : Sustainability Accreditation For Tourism / Tony Griffin And Terry Delacey -- The European Blue Flag Campaign For Beaches In Slovenia : A Programme For Raising Environmental Awareness / Tanja Mihalic --pan Parks : Wwf's Sustainable Tourism Certification Programme In Europe's National Parks / Xavier Font And André Brasser -- Perspectives On Sustainable Tourism In The South Pacific / David B. Weaver -- How Sustainable Is Mekong Tourism? / Anita Pleumarom -- Towards Sustainability : Examples From The Uk Coast / David Johnson -- Steps Towards Sustainability Monitoring : The Case Of The Resort Municipality Of Whistler / David Waldon And Peter W. Williams -- Farm Tourism -- Its Contribution To The Economic Sustainability Of Europe's Countryside / Lesley Roberts -- Uganda's Bwindi Impenetrable National Park : Meeting The Challenges Of Conservation And Community Development Through Sustainable Tourism / Andrew Lepp -- Convicts And Conservation : Con Dao National Park, Vietnam / Greg Ringer -- The Tale Of The Little Penguins And The Tourists -- Making Tourism Sustainable At Phillip Island Nature Park / Rob Harris -- Making Paradise Last : Maho Bay Resorts / Christina Symko And Rob Harris -- The Fairmont Chateau Whistler Resort : Moving Towards Sustainability / Esther Speck -- Wildlife Conservation, Tourism And The Private Sector : The Case Of Earth Sanctuaries Limited / Rob Harris. Edited By Rob Harris, Tony Griffin, And Peter Williams. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.

<p class="null1">Miles Vorkosigan is back!</p> <p>Kibou-daini is a planet obsessed with cheating death. Barrayaran Imperial Auditor Miles Vorkosigan can hardly disapprove—he’s been cheating death his whole life, on the theory that turnabout is fair play. But when a Kibou-daini cryocorp—an immortal company whose job it is to shepherd its all-too-mortal frozen patrons into an unknown future—attempts to expand its franchise into the Barrayaran Empire, Emperor Gregor dispatches his top troubleshooter Miles to check it out.</p> <p>On Kibou-daini, Miles discovers generational conflict over money and resources is heating up, even as refugees displaced in time skew the meaning of <i>generation</i> past repair. Here he finds a young boy with a passion for pets and a dangerous secret, a Snow White trapped in an icy coffin who burns to re-write her own tale, and a mysterious crone who is the very embodiment of the warning <i>Don’t mess with the secretary</i>. Bribery, corruption, conspiracy, kidnapping—something is rotten on Kibou-daini, and it isn’t due to power outages in the Cryocombs. And Miles is in the middle—of trouble!</p> <p>“Fresh, intriguing, and, as always with Lois McMaster Bujold, superb.” —<b>Robert Jordan</b></p> <p>“It is such a delight to read something by such a good writer, who now seems to be writing at the height of her powers. . . . I really have seldom enjoyed a book so much . . . I couldn’t turn the pages fast enough.” —<b>Diana Wynne Jones</b></p> <p>“Living breathing characters who inhabit unusual yet believable worlds.” —<b>Jean Auel</b></p> <p>“Bujold successfully mixes quirky humor with just enough action, a dab of feminist social commentary and her usual superb character development . . . enormously satisfying.” —<i>Publishers Weekly</i></p> <p>“One of sf’s outstanding talents . . . an outstanding series.” —<i>Booklist</i></p> <p>“Excellently done . . . Bujold has always excelled at creating forceful characters and she does it here again.” —<i>Denver</i> <i>Post</i></p> <p>“. . . an intelligent, well-crafted and thoroughly satisfying blend of adventure, sociopolitical commentary, scientific experiments, and occasional perils . . . with that extra spicing of romance. . . .” —<i>Locus</i></p>

1023, [54] pages : 28 cm +, Computer optical disc in pocket of back cover titled: Volumes I, II, & Combined, Trade ed. issued without computer optical disc, Includes bibliographical references (pages 1031-1044) and indexes, 1. The art of prehistory -- The ancient Near East -- Ancient Egypt -- The Aegean -- 2. The art of Ancient Greece -- The Art of the Etruscans -- Ancient Rome -- Early Christian and Byzantine Art -- 3. The Early Middle Ages -- Romanesque Art -- Gothic art -- Precursors of the Renaissance -- 4. The early Renaissance -- The High Renaissance in Italy -- Mannerism and the later Sixteenth Century in Italy -- Sixteenth-Century painting in northern Europe -- 5. The Baroque Style in Western Europe -- Rococo and the Eighteenth Century -- 6. Neoclassicism: The late Eighteenth and early Nineteenth Centuries -- Romanticism: The late Eighteenth and early Nineteenth Centuries -- Nineteenth-Century Realism -- Nineteenth-century Impressionism -- Post-Impressionism and the Late Nineteenth Century -- 7. Turn of the century: Early Picasso, Fauvism, Expressionism, and Matisse -- Cubism, Futurism and related Twentieth-Century Styles -- Dada, Surrealism, Fantasy and the United States between the wars -- Abstract expressionism -- Pop art, Op art, minimalism and conceptualism -- Innovation and continuity, System requirements for accompanying CD-ROM: 150 MHz or faster Macintosh PowerPC or windows/Pentium PC; 64 MB available RAM; 40 MB of hard disc space: QuickTime 4.1 (included); 16-bit (thousands) color display; CD ROM drive; sound capability

New York Times Best-Selling Author. The Long-Awaited New Installment in the Popular and Award-Winning Vorkosigan Series. Starring the Explosively Charismatic Miles Vorkosigan. Miles Vorkosigan is back! Kibou-daini is a planet obsessed with cheating death. Barrayaran Imperial Auditor Miles Vorkosigan can hardly disapprove—he’s been cheating death his whole life, on the theory that turnabout is fair play. But when a Kibou-daini cryocorp—an immortal company whose job it is to shepherd its all-too-mortal frozen patrons into an unknown future—attempts to expand its franchise into the Barrayaran Empire, Emperor Gregor dispatches his top troubleshooter Miles to check it out. On Kibou-daini, Miles discovers generational conflict over money and resources is heating up, even as refugees displaced in time skew the meaning of generation past repair. Here he finds a young boy with a passion for pets and a dangerous secret, a Snow White trapped in an icy coffin who burns to re-write her own tale, and a mysterious crone who is the very embodiment of the warning Don’t mess with the secretary. Bribery, corruption, conspiracy, kidnapping—something is rotten on Kibou-daini, and it isn’t due to power outages in the Cryocombs. And Miles is in the middle—of trouble! “Fresh, intriguing, and, as always with Lois McMaster Bujold, superb.” —Robert Jordan“It is such a delight to read something by such a good writer, who now seems to be writing at the height of her powers. . . . I really have seldom enjoyed a book so much . . . I couldn’t turn the pages fast enough.” —Diana Wynne Jones“Living breathing characters who inhabit unusual yet believable worlds.” —Jean Auel“Bujold successfully mixes quirky humor with just enough action, a dab of feminist social commentary and her usual superb character development . . . enormously satisfying.” —Publishers Weekly “One of sf’s outstanding talents . . . an outstanding series.” —Booklist“Excellently done . . . Bujold has always excelled at creating forceful characters and she does it here again.” —Denver Post“. . . an intelligent, well-crafted and thoroughly satisfying blend of adventure, sociopolitical commentary, scientific experiments, and occasional perils . . . with that extra spicing of romance. . . .” —Locus

Kibou-daini is a planet obsessed with cheating death. All well and good, so long as they kept to themselves. But now the Kibou-daini are attempting to franchise out their Fountain of Youth wares to the rest of the galaxy and the Barrayar Galactic Empire is none too pleased with the implications. Cue Miles Vorkosigan, malformed royal troublemaker—but also heir and savior of empire. On Kibou-daini, Miles unearths a war of generations as the oldsters in charge refuse to die and their descendants threaten outright patricide, matricide and maybe even genocide—the prize being a big fat slice of the immortality pie. Bribery, corruption, conspiracy, kidnapping–something is rotten on Kibou-daini, and Miles is up to his neck in trouble and adventure once more.

Kibou-daini is a planet obsessed with cheating death. All well and good, so long as they kept to themselves. But now the Kibou-daini are attempting to franchise out their Fountain of Youth wares to the rest of the galaxy and the Barrayar Galactic Empire is none too pleased with the implications. Cue Miles Vorkosigan, malformed royal troublemaker—but also heir and savior of empire. On Kibou-daini, Miles unearths a war of generations as the oldsters in charge refuse to die and their descendants threaten outright patricide, matricide and maybe even genocide—the prize being a big fat slice of the immortality pie. Bribery, corruption, conspiracy, kidnapping–something is rotten on Kibou-daini, and Miles is up to his neck in trouble and adventure once more.

Kibou-daini is a planet obsessed with cheating death. All well and good, so long as they kept to themselves. But now the Kibou-daini are attempting to franchise out their Fountain of Youth wares to the rest of the galaxy and the Barrayar Galactic Empire is none too pleased with the implications. Cue Miles Vorkosigan, malformed royal troublemaker—but also heir and savior of empire. On Kibou-daini, Miles unearths a war of generations as the oldsters in charge refuse to die and their descendants threaten outright patricide, matricide and maybe even genocide—the prize being a big fat slice of the immortality pie. Bribery, corruption, conspiracy, kidnapping–something is rotten on Kibou-daini, and Miles is up to his neck in trouble and adventure once more.

Will love conquer - her boss?Beautiful, clever, rich - and determinedly single - Emily Wood is the youngest ever head of HR at her company. Whether dousing corporate fires or matchmaking lonely colleagues, Emily's at the top of her game. Only her handsome, sardonic boss Jason Kingsley appears to remain immune to her charm. Jason is used to women falling at his feet, but relationships, with all their illogical demands, are not for him. So why does he find Emily so attractive? She's a highly unsuitable target for his seduction and merger skills - what with her misguided belief in the power of love. The Powerful and the Pure When Beauty tames the brooding Beast.

301p. ; 22 cm Facsim. of ed. published, Walton-on-Thames , Nelson, 1914

465 pages (large print) ; 24 cm When police detective, Will Grayson and his partner are called upon to investigate the violent death of Stephen Bryan, a gay Cambridge academic, their first thoughts are of an ill-judged sexual encounter, of rough trade gone wrong. But their attention focuses on the biography Bryan was writing about the life and death of a fifties film star Originally published: London: William Heinemann

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This is a love story. Mike's love story. Mike Hayes fought his way out of a brutal childhood and into a quiet, if lonely life, before he met Verity Metcalf. V taught him about love, and in return, Mike has dedicated his life to making her happy. He's found the perfect home, the perfect job, he's sculpted himself into the physical ideal V has always wanted. He knows they'll be blissfully happy together. It doesn't matter that she hasn't been returning his emails or phone calls. It doesn't matter that she says she's marrying Angus. It's all just part of the secret game they used to play. If Mike watches V closely, he'll see the signs. If he keeps track of her every move he'll know just when to come to her rescue.

From a bold voice in African fiction comes a satirical and unputdownable reimagining of an overlooked episode in Cameroon’s colonial past.-Cameroon, 1929. As colonial powers fight for influence in Africa, French military surgeon Eugène Jamot is dispatched to Cameroon to lead the fight against sleeping sickness there. But despite his humanitarian intentions, the worst comes to pass: seven hundred local villagers are left blind as a result of medical malpractice by a doctor under Jamot’s watch.-Damienne Bourdin, a young white woman, ventures to Cameroon to assist in the treatment effort. Reeling from the loss of her child, she’s desperate to redeem herself and save her reputation. But the tides of rebellion are churning in Cameroon, and soon after Damienne’s arrival, she is enlisted in a wild plot to staunch the damage caused by the blunder and forestall tribal warfare. Together with Ndongo, a Pygmy guide, she must cross the country on foot in search of Edoa, a Cameroonian princess and nurse who has gone missing since the medical blunder was discovered.-As Damienne races through the Cameroonian forest on a farcical adventure that unsettles her sense of France’s “civilizing mission,” she begins to question her initial sense of who needed saving and who would save the day.

The latest and greatest in getting fit and staying that way! Fitness For Dummies, 4th Edition, provides the latest information and advice for properly shaping, conditioning, and strengthening your body to enhance overall fitness and health. With the help of fitness professionals Suzanne Schlosberg and Liz Neporent, you'll learn to set and achieve realistic fitness goals without expensive fitness club fees! Achieve motivation and social support from social networking sites such as Twitter and Facebook Take advantage of digital resources such as e-exercising programs, video instructors, digital training systems, apps, and more Gives you the latest tips and methods to test your own fitness level, set realistic goals, stick with your program, and get great results Shows you how to spot where fat is sneaking into your diet Get the most out of high-tech exercise machines and equipment, plus tips for using dumbbells or a simple jump rope to achieve results Offers step-by-step instructions on creating a home gym on a budget Featuring all-new informative fitness photos and illustrations, this revised edition of Fitness For Dummies is all you need to get on track to a healthy new body!

Gibt es die ewige Liebe? Kann eine Seele die Grenzen von Raum und Zeit überwinden, um ihr wahres Gegenstück zu finden? Nicole Rensmann erzählt in "Anam Cara - Seelelnfreund" von der unsterblichen Liebe, die gegen Schicksal, Unglück und Zufall bestehen muss. Gespannt und bewegt hofft der Leser mit Sina, Nele, Tom und Luca und folgt ihnen auf ihrer Reise durch Vergangenheit und Zukunft. Begleiten Sie eine Seele auf ihren Irrwegen durch Zeit und Raum auf der Suche nach ihrem Zuhause, wo die Hinterbliebenen weitaus mehr Qualen durchleben müssen, als nur die des Verlustes eines geliebten Menschen. "Anam Cara - Seelenfreund" ist keine Spekulation über Reinkarnation, sondern eine tragische Geschichte über Tod und Trauer, aber dennoch voller Kraft und Hoffnung.

'A valuable study, with rich insights' - Noam Chomsky 'Extraordinary' - Ilan Pappe Formidable and timely' - Mohammed El-Kurd Under Narendra Modi, India has changed dramatically. As the world attempts to grapple with its trajectory towards authoritarianism and 'Hindutva' (Hindu Nationalism), little attention has been paid to the linkages between Modi's India and the governments from which it has drawn inspiration, as well as military and technical support. India once called Zionism racism, but, as Azad Essa argues, the state of Israel has increasingly become a cornerstone of Indias foreign policy. Looking to replicate the 'ethnic state' in the image of Israel in policy and practice, the annexation of Kashmir increasingly resembles Israel's settler-colonial project of the occupied West Bank. The ideological and political linkages between the two states are alarming; their brands of ethnonationalism are deeply intertwined. Hostile Homelands puts India's relationship with Israel in its historical context, looking at the origins of Zionism and Hindutva; Indias changing position on Palestine; and the countries' growing military-industrial relationship from the 1990s. Lucid and persuasive, Essa demonstrates that the India-Israel alliance spells significant consequences for democracy, the rule of law, and justice worldwide.

En el ambiente opresivo, cerrado y polvoriento de la Conservaduría General del Registro Civil trabaja como escribiente don José, un soltero solitario que un buen día decide su particular registro de personas famosas. No contento con los datos que le proporcionan periódicos y revistas, resuelve completarlos con los que posee, tan a mano, en el Registro. Para ello no tendrá más remedio que violar alguna de las normas de la Conservaduría.

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369 pages ; 20 cm

Alfredo Hermenegildo. Bibliography: P. 247-255.

This value-priced collection features over 500 pages of classic comics starting at the height of the Batman craze of the 1960s Batman's circle of allies expanded when young Barbara Gordon, daughter of Police Commissioner Gordon, took up crimefighting as Batgirl In these fast-paced, fun stories, Batgirl learns what it takes to battle evil in the streets of Gotham City from the Dynamic Duo, while taking on a string of unforgettable foes.

In the last two decades many countries have recognized the existence of widespread and persistent discrimination against women and racial minorities, and have sought to reduce or eliminate discrimination through legislation. In this book Jeanne Gregory examines the British experience in using the law to reduce inequality and assesses what has been done and can be achieved in this way. <p>In Britain, the passing of the Sex Discrimination Act 1975 and the Race Relations Act 1976 gave victims of discrimination direct access to the tribunals and courts for the first time, and created two new Commissions with wide-ranging powers. In assessing how far these laws have been successful, Jeanne Gregory offers a clear, forceful analysis of the issues and problems raised by equal rights legislation. She concentrates on the key employment provisions, and compares the British experience with that of equal rights legislation elsewhere, particularly in the USA. Among the issues explored are the procedural obstacles encountered by people attempting to use the law, and the conflicts, internal and external, that have dogged the two Commissions charged with its implementation. Consideration is given throughout to the steps needed to close the gap between the ostensible aims of equal rights legislation and its actual achievements.</p> <p>This book will be essential reading for students of law and social policy as well as for professionals concerned with the implementation and effects of contemporary equal rights legislation.</p>

Vol. 10: Bliss / Katherine Mansfield -- The catbird seat / James Thurber -- Death in the woods / Sherwood Anderson -- Everything that rises must converge / Flannery O'Connor -- The fat girl / Andre Dubus -- La Grande Breteche / Honore de Balzac -- The hitchhiking game / Milan Kundera -- Jeeves takes charge / Pelham Grenville Wodehouse -- Lullaby / Leslie Marmon Silko -- My first goose / Isaac Babel -- The news from Ireland / William Trevor -- Wandering Willie's Tale / Sir Walter Scott -- The way we live now / Susan Sontag -- The white horses of Vienna / Kay Boyle -- Why I live at the P.O. / Eudora Welty

Look and Elmo allows children to join forces with Elmo and friends on a fun-filled adventure down Sesame Street . Children ages 4 to 7 can search eight colorful, action-packed scenes for dozens of hidden characters and objects, learning about different kinds of music along the way. Children can have fun and develop their powers of observation with this beautifully illustrated picture book.Children will delight in seeking out cleverly hidden Sesame Street characters and everyday items such as instruments, toys, and animals in each vividly drawn scene. Look and Elmo prompts children A section at the back of the book challenges children to find dozens of additional items, providing hours of additional look-and-find fun. The pictures on the 10-inch x 12-inch pages are big, bold, and filled with detail. The sturdy hard-cover binding stands up to repeated use, so children can enjoy searching these look-and-find pictures again and again.

David N. Edwards. Spine Title: Upper Nubia In The 1st Millennium A.d. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 220-243).

Eric A.k. Middlemost. Includes Index. Bibliography: P. 235-257.

1983, 22 cm, s indexes

Very good condition. Very slight wear on bottom of 3 first pages. Fast shipping with tracking.

This book constitutes the refereed post-conference proceedings on Learning and Intelligent Optimization, LION 15, held in Athens, Greece, in June 2021. The 30 full papers presented have been carefully reviewed and selected from 35 submissions. LION deals with designing and engineering ways of "learning" about the performance of different techniques, and ways of using past experience about the algorithm behavior to improve performance in the future. Intelligent learning schemes for mining the knowledge obtained online or offline can improve the algorithm design process and simplify the applications of high-performance optimization methods. Combinations of different algorithms can further improve the robustness and performance of the individual components.

The perfect holiday gift for fans of the witty kitty! Mischief's on the menu and trouble's brewin' in this concoction of comics. Share in the shenanigans, as Garfield, the furry prankster, engages in a little "tomcatfoolery" that's sure to elicit some catty laughter.