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View book details for Tobacco Wars
Inside the spy games and dirty tricks of southern Africas cigarette trade
Warning. Smoking kills. It also corrupts law-enforcement officials and eviscerates state institutions. It devours politicians, professionals, businesspeople and ordinary workers in the chase for big bucks and the battle for a slice of an ever-shrinking cigarette market. Join one of …
View book details for Betrayal
The secret lives of apartheid spies
What does it take to deceive those closest to you? How do you lead a double life and not lose yourself? Is there ever a point of return? These are the themes and more that Jonathan Ancer explores as he …
Emile de Jongh, kroonprins van die modelplaas La Rhone, is n gesogte vangs onder die vroue in En die klippe sal uitroep. Miempie Rust, die distrik se nuwe verpleegsuster, is egter nie beindruk met Emile se sjarme nie. Sy verlang …
Lux Verbi
Toe Vivian Brutus op 16-jarige ouderdom haar pa in die winkel waar sy uithelp se deur sien staan met sy hoed in sy hand het sy geweet haar lewe gaan onkeerbaar verander - haar pa het sy werk verloor. Hulle …
Queillerie
n Ongekende vuur brand in Kassie Kasselman se binneste. Hy en Rooi Els het nog nooit so n saak hanteer nie. Die sterk emosies wat hy ervaar, stem hom onrustig. Reeds as groentjiespeurder het Kassie geleer dat jy te alle …
View book details for Chinas Grain for Green Program
A Review of the Largest Ecological Restoration and Rural Development Program in the World
This book provides a comprehensive review of Grain for Green, Chinas nationwide program which pays farmers to revert sloping or marginal farm land to trees or grass. The program aims to improve the ecological conditions of much of China, and …
FIB Nanostructures reviews a range of methods, including milling, etching, deposition, and implantation, applied to manipulate structures at the nanoscale. Focused Ion Beam (FIB) is an important tool for manipulating the structure of materials at the nanoscale, and substantially extends …
This book is about using JavaServer Faces to create and deploy interactive applications delivered to end users via a browser interface. JavaServer Faces is the component-based technology enabling easy development of such applications, especially applications of the type commonly needed …
View book details for A Research Guide to Southeastern Europe
Print and Electronic Sources
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
A Research Guide to Southeastern Europe: Print and Electronic Sources is designed to aid those interested in exploring this dynamic region in locating the best resources available, whether looking for archival collections in Albania or dissertations and theses in Greece. …
View book details for Conventional Wisdom and American Elections
Exploding Myths, Exploring Misconceptions
During every election cycle, political observers generate a seemingly limitless supply of theories, opinions, and predictions. Unfortunately, many of these assertions oversimplify complex subjects or overhype the latest political fads. Inevitably, some misinformation becomes part of the conventional wisdom about …
View book details for How to Write and Get Published
A Practical Guide for Librarians
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Written by two librarians with extensive publication experience, this book provides practical techniques and tools to prepare librarians to publish successfully. This book is neither a research methodology nor a craft of writing book. Instead, its sole goal is to …
View book details for Abdul-Baha's Journey West
The Course of Human Solidarity
This edited volume of specially commissioned essays written for the anniversary of `Abdu'l-Baha's journey to America tells the story of this former prisoner's interactions with the white upper echelon of American society as well as his impact on the lives …
View book details for Virtue Rediscovered
Deontology, Consequentialism, and Virtue Ethics in the Contemporary Moral Landscape
Virtue ethics occupies the strange position of being one of the oldest and most prominently discussed ethical theories throughout history, and yet many contemporary moral philosophers do not recognize it as a genuine alternative to currently prominent normative theories, such …
View book details for Beyond the Classroom Walls
Teaching in Challenging Social Contexts
Lexington Books
Written for practicing teachers and administrators, teacher candidates, and scholars who work in the fields of pre-service and in-service teacher education, Beyond the Classroom Walls: Teaching in Challenging Social Contextsprovides a richly descriptive, research-based inside-look at formal education in some …
Lexington Books
Transnational corporations have used their market and political power in the U.S., the European Union and Japan to expand global production on terms that are highly favorable to corporate interests. Through a detailed history of the establishment of global value …
This volume details how the diplomatic successes of South Korean presidents removed the country from the international isolation it experienced in the aftermath of the Korean War and also provided the necessary international connections for the expansions of international trade …
View book details for First Responders
A Practical Career Guide
Welcome to the first responders field! If you are interested in a career as a first responder, youve come to the right book. So what exactly do these people do on the job, day in and day out? What kind …
View book details for Overcoming Workplace Pathologies
Principles of Spirit-Based Leadership
This book deals directly with the characteristics of the relationships that the leader builds in the context of the work environment. It argues that the prevailing work community work culture is intended to help the leader lead but, increasingly it …
This thesis focuses on the key technologies involved in magnetically coupled Wireless Power Transfer (WPT). Starting from the basic structures and theories of WPT, it addresses four fundamental aspects of these systems. Firstly, it analyzes the factors affecting transfer efficiency …
View book details for MoS2
Materials, Physics, and Devices
This book reviews the structure and electronic, magnetic, and other properties of various MoS2 (Molybdenum disulfide) nanostructures, with coverage of synthesis, Valley polarization, spin physics, and other topics. MoS2 is an important, graphene-like layered nano-material that substantially extends the range …
View book details for What's the Right Thing to Do?
Promoting Thoughtful and Socially Responsible Behavior in the Early Childhood Years
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Making choices is one of the more pervasive acts of life. Almost every action we take demands that choices be made. Knowing how to choose wisely, to choose after reflection, to be aware of what motivates that choice, to see …
Lexington Books
This text provides a phenomenological account of the experience of anti-black racism as described by Malcolm X. Central to this analysis is the phenomenology that emerges over the course of Malcolms life, which emerges through the various personal transformations that …
View book details for Insurance Regulation in the European Union
Solvency II and Beyond
This book explores the profound transformation that has taken place in European insurance legislation since January 2016. Expert contributions discuss the changes that have taken place in the supervision of insurance and reinsurance undertakings through an economic risk-based approach. They …
View book details for Media, Myth, and Millennials
Critical Perspectives on Race and Culture
Media, Myth, and Millennials: Critical Perspectives on Race and Culture debunks the post-racial myth among millennial media consumers and producers. This theoretically diverse collection of contributors highlights the complexity at the intersections of media, race, gender, sexuality, class and place. …
View book details for Fractured Fandoms
Contentious Communication in Fan Communities
Lexington Books
Being a fan helps people to discover their identities, find friends, develop a sense of belonging, express themselves creatively, and act as powerful creators and participants in a capitalistic system. At times, however, being a fan becomes problematic, especially when …
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