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Madawi Al-Rasheed
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Cambridge
University
Press
Contesting the Saudi State : Islamic Voices from a New Generation
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The terms Wahhabi or Salafi are seen as interchangeable and frequently misunderstood by outsiders. However, as Madawi al-Rasheed explains in a fascinating exploration of Saudi Arabia in the twenty-first century, even Saudis do not agree on their meaning. Under the influence of mass education, printing, new communication technology, and global media, they are forming their own conclusions and debating religion and politics in traditional and novel venues, often violating official taboos and the conservative values of the Saudi society. Drawing on classical religious sources, contemporary readings and interviews, Al-Rasheed presents an ethnography of consent and contest, exploring the fluidity of the boundaries between the religious and political. Bridging the gap between text and context, the author also examines how states and citizens manipulate religious discourse for purely political ends, and how this manipulation generates unpredictable reactions whose control escapes those who initiated them.
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Sayaka Murata, Ginny Tapley Takemori |
Portobello
Books
Convenience Store Woman
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Convenience Store Woman would be a good read for anyone looking for a thought-provoking novel about societal expectations and individuality. The book's unique protagonist, Keiko, challenges traditional gender roles and societal expectations, making readers question their own beliefs. It is a quick read but packs a punch with its dark humor and unexpected plot twists.
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Gary Mehigan, George Calombaris |
Lantern,
Cook with Us : 20 Classic Techniques, 80 Delicious Recipes
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Alan J. Auerbach
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University
Of
Chicago
Press
Corporate Takeovers : Causes and Consequences
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The takeover boom that began in the mid-1980s has exhibited many phenomena not previously observed, such as hostile takeovers and takeover defenses, a widespread use of cash as a means of payment for targeted firms, and the acquisitions of companies ranking among the largest in the country. With the aim of more fully understanding the implications of such occurances, contributors to this volume consider a broad range of issues as they analyze mergers and acquisitions and study the takeoveer process itself.
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Richard H. Westcott
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Ft
Pr
Corporate Transactions : Practical Ways to Increase Shareholder Value
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With the creation of shareholder value lying at the centre of corporate activity, finance directors, chief executives and chairmen are under pressure to drive shareholder value. By ensuring that the business is best structured financially, the finance director can play a role in generating shareholder value. Corporate Transactions is an indispensable guide to the many business techniques that can add shareholder value. The briefing provides accessible technical and practical guidance on how to successfully handle share buybacks, capital repayments, demergers and reconstructions. It focuses on the legal, taxation, regulatory and accounting aspects of each type of transaction, enabling you to assess their value creation potential within your company. Contents * Optimising the capital structure * Dealing with surplus capital * The share buyback * Capital repayments the technical issues * The demerger * Other forms of capital reconstruction * Joint ventures * Other transactions * Corporate acquisitions
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terry-lucey
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Thomson
Learning
Costing
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This book provides a thorough coverage of the theory and practice of cost accountancy and other courses. The text includes end of chapter summaries, self-review questions and longer exercises.
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His first novel, "Skellig" won David Almond critical acclaim and several awards. His second and third books, "Kit's Wilderness" and "Heaven Eyes", established him as an author of unique insight and skill. In "Counting Stars", he tackles the themes common to his work - joy, darkness, love, death and identity - with exquisite sensitivity and tenderness. David's childhood in the north of England was the inspiration for much of his work, and in these beautiful stories he creates a tangible picture of growing up in a large Catholic family. But the sense of mystery and wonderment we have come to expect from David is also present, and it is fascinating to see the kernels of his novels revealed. It is a must-read for Almond fans everywhere.
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This book provides a gripping account of four notorious criminal trials in the United States. From the famous Leopold and Loeb case to the trial of Ruth Snyder, the author brings these trials to life with rich detail and a captivating narrative. If you're interested in true crime and the inner workings of the American justice system, this book is a must-read.
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Trevor J. Partridge, Selwyn Hughes |
B
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Group
Cover to Cover
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Cover to Cover could be a good read for individuals who want to cover the entire Bible within a year. Selwyn Hughes has organized the Bible in a structured manner, allowing readers to read it seamlessly while understanding it's context. Cover to Cover is highly recommended to anyone who wants to read the entirety of the Bible in a year, without missing out on any details.
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A.J. Lieberman, Riley Rossmo |
Image
Comics
Cowboy Ninja Viking Volume 1
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International intrigue! Black-market nukes! And Cowboy Ninja Viking! Sent on a covert mission that will take the triplets from Bangkok to the Middle East, Duncan, Ghislain, Nix, Grear, Steed Malbranque, and everyone's favorite gladiator/pirate/oceanographer Yashitiko Ammo are gonna save the world... or totally screw it up!
The one you crave is the one who could get you killed.
'Crave is about to become fandom's new favourite vampire romance obsession' Hypable
There is nothing normal about Katmere Academy, or the students in it. Her uncle's exclusive and secretive boarding school is the last place Grace wants to be, but after the tragic deaths of both her parents, she is left with no choice.
Soon she realises she's entered a world like nothing she has ever known. Shapeshifters, witches and vampires roam the halls, existing in uneasy cooperation. As the lone mortal, the only thing Grace is sure of is that she doesn't belong.
Then she meets Jaxon Vega, a vampire with deadly secrets who hasn't felt anything for a hundred years. Something in him calls to Grace - something that could spell her death.
Because Jaxon walled himself off for a reason. And as Grace is drawn further under his spell, she begins to wonder: did she come to Katmere by accident, or was she brought here . . . as bait?
*** PRAISE FOR CRAVE ***
'Crave is this generation's Twilight' Lynn Rush
'I'm having the BEST book hangover. Filled with danger, humour, and heart, Crave proves that vampires are definitely back!' J. Kenner
'Full of intrigue and mystery and with a sizzling romance, Crave is my new paranormal obsession!' Mary Lindsey
'Crave will consume you . . . and leave you aching for more' A. K. Wilder
Author: Tracy Wolff
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 592
Publisher: HODDER & STOUGHTON
Publication Date: 13 Oct 2020
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Howard Lauther
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Mcfarland
&
Company
Creating Characters : A Writer's Reference to the Personality Traits That Bring Fictional People to Life
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A frequent problem area for fiction writers is characterization. If writers jump headlong into a story with only a fuzzy notion about the people who are in it, the result is a collection of characters who are cliched, stereotypical and not very interesting. Creating Characters is an easy to use reference work that looks at character development from many different angles. The book does not tell writers how to write. Instead, it generates a thought process by asking crucial questions about characters' internal and external traits, wants, needs, likes, dislikes, fears, beliefs, strengths, weaknesses, habits and backgrounds. Following these questions, the writer will find an ever deeper and wider array of options. Thus, Creating Characters helps writers delve as deeply into a character's psychology as they want. All characters, and the stories they people, can be made richer and more compelling.
Libby Norman
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New
Holland
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Publishers
Creating Children's Rooms
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This book is perfect for parents who are looking to create a special and unique space for their children. The book provides creative and practical ideas for decorating and organizing a child's room. It includes tips on color schemes, furniture placement, storage solutions, and much more. Parents who have read this book praise it for its easy-to-follow instructions and inspiring ideas.
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What makes an advertisement hard-hitting and memorable? Unravelling the creative processes behind some of the most effective campaigns of recent years, this new edition of Creative Advertising showcases over 200 examples of international advertising from a wide range of media. All brilliantly demonstrate a fascinating range of approaches, including ways of visualizing concepts, the art of illusion and paradox, the use of metaphor and analogy, and the deployment of shock tactics and humour. Entertaining and inspirational, this remains a vital book for all designers, art directors, copywriters and students of advertising - in fact, for anyone who makes a living from good ideas and for whom creativity is the key qualification.
Author: Mario Pricken
Format: Paperback
Edition: Revised
Number of Pages: 256
Publisher: Thames & Hudson Ltd
Publication Date: 01 Jun 2008
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Susanne Ng
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Marshall
Cavendish
International
(asia)
Creative Baking: Deco Chiffon Cakes
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Following the success of her first book, Creative Baking: Chiffon Cakes, creative baker, Susanne Ng, shares even more exciting recipes in this second book, Creative Baking: Deco Chiffon Cakes. Using the light, fluffy and moist chiffon cake as a base, Susanne shows how you can turn out all sorts of lovely and creative cake designs that children and adults alike will love. This book includes a range of fun and attractive patterns, a greater variety of shapes and sizes, and tantalizing flavors to tickle your taste buds. Complete with a comprehensive section on basic recipes and baking techniques, a detailed troubleshooting guide, and fully illustrated step-by-step recipes, Creative Baking: Deco Chiffon Cakes promises that these amazing chiffon cakes are well within reach of any home baker.
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Fyodor Dostoevsky, Richard Pevear, Larissa Volokhonsky |
Vintage
Classics
Crime and Punishment : Pevear & Volokhonsky Translation
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With the same suppleness, energy, and range of voices that won their translation of The Brothers Karamazov the PEN/Book-of-the-Month Club Prize, Pevear and Volokhonsky offer a brilliant translation of Dostoevsky's classic novel that presents a clear insight into this astounding psychological thriller. "The best (translation) currently available"--Washington Post Book World.
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Albert R. Roberts
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Wadsworth
Pub
Co
Crisis Intervention Handbook : Assessment, Treatment and Research
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Leigh Bardugo
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Orion
Children's
Books
Crooked Kingdom : Book 2
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Kaz Brekker and his crew have just pulled off the most daring heist imaginable.But instead of divvying up a fat reward, they're fighting for their lives.Double-crossed and badly weakened, they're low on resources, allies and hope.While a war rages on the city's streets, the team's fragile loyalties are stretched to breaking point. Kaz and his crew will have to make sure they're on the winning side... no matter what the cost.
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Gilbert M. Joseph, Suzana Sawyer, Emily S. Rosenberg |
Duke
University
Press
Books
Crude Chronicles : Indigenous Politics, Multinational Oil, and Neoliberalism in Ecuador
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Ecuador is the third-largest foreign supplier of crude oil to the western United States. As the source of this oil, the Ecuadorian Amazon has borne the far-reaching social and environmental consequences of a growing U.S. demand for petroleum and the dynamics of economic globalization it necessitates. Crude Chronicles traces the emergence during the 1990s of a highly organized indigenous movement and its struggles against a U.S. oil company and Ecuadorian neoliberal policies. Against the backdrop of mounting government attempts to privatize and liberalize the national economy, Suzana Sawyer shows how neoliberal reforms in Ecuador led to a crisis of governance, accountability, and representation that spurred one of twentieth-century Latin America’s strongest indigenous movements.Through her rich ethnography of indigenous marches, demonstrations, occupations, and negotiations, Sawyer tracks the growing sophistication of indigenous politics as Indians subverted, re-deployed, and, at times, capitulated to the dictates and desires of a transnational neoliberal logic. At the same time, she follows the multiple maneuvers and discourses that the multinational corporation and the Ecuadorian state used to circumscribe and contain indigenous opposition. Ultimately, Sawyer reveals that indigenous struggles over land and oil operations in Ecuador were as much about reconfiguring national and transnational inequality—that is, rupturing the silence around racial injustice, exacting spaces of accountability, and rewriting narratives of national belonging—as they were about the material use and extraction of rain-forest resources.
The 2004 winner of the Yale Younger Poets competition: a powerful, confessional, erotic collection
Finalist for the 2005 National Book Critics Circle Award in Poetry
"Siken writes about love, desire, violence, and eroticism with a cinematic brilliance and urgency that makes this one of the best books of contemporary poetry."-Victoria Chang, Huffington Post
Richard Siken's Crush, selected as the 2004 winner of the Yale Younger Poets prize, is a powerful collection of poems driven by obsession and love. Siken writes with ferocity, and his reader hurtles unstoppably with him. His poetry is confessional, gay, savage, and charged with violent eroticism. In the world of American poetry, Siken's voice is striking.
In her introduction to the book, competition judge Louise Gluck hails the "cumulative, driving, apocalyptic power, [and] purgatorial recklessness" of Siken's poems. She notes, "Books of this kind dream big. . . . They restore to poetry that sense of crucial moment and crucial utterance which may indeed be the great genius of the form."
Author: Richard Siken
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 80
Publisher: Yale University Press
Publication Date: 15 Apr 2005
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"CRYPT: The Gallows Curse is a thrilling read for those who enjoy a mix of detective work and ghost-busting. Hammond's unique blend of horror and teenage spy work keeps the reader engaged throughout the book. The disappearance of people, ghosts, and 17th century highwaymen all come together to form a spine-chilling plot and a fantastic read for fans of Cherub and Young Bond."
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John Neubauer
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Aldine
Transaction
Cultural History After Foucault
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Both as historian and maker of culture, Foucault infused numerous disciplines of study with a new conceptual vocabulary and an agenda for future research. His ideas have called central assumptions in Western culture into question and altered the ways in which scholars and social scientists approach such issues as discourse theory, theory of knowledge, Eros, technologies of the Self and Other, punishment and prisons, and asylums and madness.The contributors to this volume indicate Foucault's achievements and the suggestive power of his work, as well as his methodological weaknesses, historical inaccuracies, and ambiguities. Above all, they attempt to show how one can use Foucault to go beyond him in opening new approaches to cultural history. Though comprehensiveness was not attempted, their essays broach the major controversial aspects of Foucauldian cultural history--the position of the subject, the fusion of power and knowledge, sexuality, the historical structures and changes--and they explicitly analyze them with respect to antiquity, the Renaissance, and the nineteenth century.In this collection, Neubauer presents analyses by historians, literary scholars, and philosophers of the entire, transdisciplinary range of Foucault's oeuvre, emphasizing the rich suggestiveness of its agenda. The breadth of the undertaking makes it suitable for seminars and graduate courses in numerous departments.
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Raina Ong
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Marshall
Cavendish
International
(asia)
Cultureshock! Japan : A Survival Guide to Customs and Etiquette
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About the BookCultureShock! Japan will guide you through the confusion you will inevitably feel when moving to the Land of the Rising Sun. Peppered with personal anecdotes, this book gives practical advice on how to navigate Japan’s fascinating and complex culture with ease and what to expect at a typical izakaya with your fellow “salarymen” after a long day at work. Discover the best time to view sakura in full bloom in each prefecture and where the best ryokans are. Learn the do’s and don't’s when dining at someone’s home and the right way to eat sushi. So whether you require information on office etiquette or where to find a hot spring, CultureShock! Japan covers it all and help you enjoy your stay in the country. About the SeriesCultureShock! is a dynamic, comprehensive series of guides for travellers looking to truly understand the countries they are visiting, working in or moving to. Each title explains the country’s customs, traditions and social and business etiquette in a lively, informative style. CultureShock! authors, all of whom have experienced the joys and pitfalls of cultural adaptation, are ideally placed to provide warm and helpful advice to those who seek to integrate seamlessly into diverse cultures.
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Lisa Thomas, Martha Swift and Lisa Thomas |
Kyle
Cathie
Cupcakes from the Primrose Bakery : Cupcakes from the Primrose Bakery
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Cupcakes from the Primrose Bakery is a great read for anyone who loves baking and is looking for delicious and stylish cupcake recipes. The book offers a range of sponge recipes, icing techniques, and decoration ideas that can be used for different seasons and special occasions. One of the most unique features of the book is that it provides detailed instructions on how to make cupcakes for wedding cakes. Users would love the variety of recipes and the sophisticated twist on classic cupcake flavors.
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Maura Reilly, Lucy Lippard |
Thames
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Hudson
Curatorial Activism : Towards an Ethics of Curating
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Current art world statistics demonstrate that the fight for gender and race equality in the art world is far from over: only sixteen percent of this year’s Venice Biennale artists were female; only fourteen percent of the work displayed at MoMA in 2016 was by nonwhite artists; only a third of artists represented by U.S. galleries are female, but over two-thirds of students enrolled in art and art-history programs are young women.Arranged in thematic sections focusing on feminism, race, and sexuality, Curatorial Activism examines and illustrates pioneering examples of exhibitions that have broken down boundaries and demonstrated that new approaches are possible, from Linda Nochlin’s “Women Artists” at LACMA in the mid-1970s to Jean-Hubert Martin’s “Carambolages” in 2016 at the Grand Palais in Paris. Profiles key exhibitions by pioneering curators including Okwui Enwezor, Linda Nochlin, Jean-Hubert Martin and Nan Goldin, with a foreword by Lucy Lippard, internationally known art critic, activist and curator, and early champion of feminist art, this volume is both an invaluable source of practical information for those who understand that institutions must be a driving force in this area and a vital source of inspiration for today’s expanding new generation of curators.
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In 1971, President Nixon imposed national price controls and took the United States off the gold standard, an extreme measure intended to end an ongoing currency war that had destroyed faith in the U.S. dollar. Today we are engaged in a new currency war, and this time the consequences will be far worse than those that confronted Nixon.
Currency wars are one of the most destructive and feared outcomes in international economics. At best, they offer the sorry spectacle of countries' stealing growth from their trading partners. At worst, they degenerate into sequential bouts of inflation, recession, retaliation, and sometimes actual violence. Left unchecked, the next currency war could lead to a crisis worse than the panic of 2008.
Currency wars have happened before-twice in the last century alone-and they always end badly. Time and again, paper currencies have collapsed, assets have been frozen, gold has been confiscated, and capital controls have been imposed. And the next crash is overdue. Recent headlines about the debasement of the dollar, bailouts in Greece and Ireland, and Chinese currency manipulation are all indicators of the growing conflict.
As James Rickards argues in Currency Wars, this is more than just a concern for economists and investors. The United States is facing serious threats to its national security, from clandestine gold purchases by China to the hidden agendas of sovereign wealth funds. Greater than any single threat is the very real danger of the collapse of the dollar itself.
Baffling to many observers is the rank failure of economists to foresee or prevent the economic catastrophes of recent years. Not only have their theories failed to prevent calamity, they are making the currency wars worse. The U. S. Federal Reserve has engaged in the greatest gamble in the history of finance, a sustained effort to stimulate the economy by printing money on a trillion-dollar scale. Its solutions present hidden new dangers while resolving none of the current dilemmas.
While the outcome of the new currency war is not yet certain, some version of the worst-case scenario is almost inevitable if U.S. and world economic leaders fail to learn from the mistakes of their predecessors. Rickards untangles the web of failed paradigms, wishful thinking, and arrogance driving current public policy and points the way toward a more informed and effective course of action.
Author: James Rickards
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 300
Publisher: Penguin Putnam Inc
Publication Date: 04 Oct 2012
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Although 70% of the customera s decision to buy is based on how they are treated as people, few ornganizations have recognized its importance as well as understanding how to implement the "human touch" art as a science. John McKean provides a practical guide to implementing this art as consistent, business--wide, technology--enabled science drawn form proven approaches from world--class human touch practitioners.
Author: John McKean
Format: Hardback
Number of Pages: 324
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Incorporated
Publication Date: 13 Jan 2003
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Kris Wilson
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Harpercollins
Publishers
Cyanide and Happiness : Ice Cream and Sadness
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If you're younger than 15 or older than 50, there is an 87% chance that something in this book will offend you. Featuring 150 comics, including 30 brand new strips, each jam-packed with more inappropriate jokes and deviant behaviour than ever before!
Franz Georg Maier, Peter Gorge (Ed.) |
Elek
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Limited
Cyprus: From Earliest Time to the Present Day
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Stephen E. Ambrose
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Simon
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Schuster
D Day, June 6, 1944 : The Climactic Battle of World War II
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Historian Stephen Ambrose reveals the startling fact that the intricate plan for the invasion of France in June 1944 had to be abandoned before the first shot was fired. This history of D-Day reveals the story of brave citizen soldiers;junior officers and enlisted men;who took the initiative to act on their own to penetrate Hitler's Atlantic Wall when they realized than nothing was as they were told it would be. A brilliant retelling of the battles of Omaha and Utah beaches, based on information only now available from interviews with surviving veterans, government archives, and other sources. "A magnificent history...";John Keegan. B&W photos. 655pp. HC
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The best professional's annual in the worldFollowing the success of D&AD 2009, the exclusive and highly-coveted annual from TASCHEN – featuring the year’s best creative work – a new volume will be available again to the public at the end of 2010. The awards panel judges over 20,000 works from design studios, advertising agencies, branding consultancies, film production and photographic agencies, digital media pioneers, and other creative firms from all over the globe. Winners receive the legendary D&AD Yellow Pencil Award – or in the case of exceptional and outstanding work, the rare Black Pencil Award.The TASCHEN D&AD Annual is an absolute must-have reference work for anyone interested in creativity, communication, design, or advertising, with the previous volume for 2009 having been published worldwide by TASCHEN.Featuring the latest D&AD award-winning work in the fields of: Ambient, Art Direction, Book Design, Branding, Broadcast Innovations, Digital Installations, Direct, Environmental Design, Graphic Design, Illustration, Magazine & Newspaper Design, Mobile Marketing, Music Videos, Online Advertising, Packaging Design, Photography, Poster Advertising, Press Advertising, Product Design, Radio, TV & Cinema Advertising, TV & Cinema Crafts, Viral, Websites, Writing for Advertising, and Writing for Design.
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D & ad
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Taschen
America
Llc
D&AD 2011. Ediz. inglese, francese e tedesca
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The prestigious annual for creative professionalsHere comes the 2011 edition of the exclusive and highly-coveted annual from D&AD featuring the year’s best creative work . The D&AD awards panel judges over 20,000 works from design studios, advertising agencies, branding consultancies, film production and photographic agencies, digital media pioneers, and other creative firms from all over the globe. Winners receive the legendary D&AD Yellow Pencil Award—or in the case of exceptional and outstanding work, the rare Black Pencil Award. This review of the winners serves as a one-stop-shop for everything that's hot in the field. Anyone interested in creativity, communication, design, or advertising cannot possibly be without the D&AD Annual!Featuring the latest D&AD award-winning work in the fields Ambient, Art Direction, Book Design, Branding, Broadcast Innovations, Digital Installations, Direct, Environmental Design, Graphic Design, Illustration, Magazine & Newspaper Design, Mobile Marketing, Music Videos, Online Advertising, Packaging Design, Photography, Poster Advertising, Press Advertising, Product Design, Radio, TV & Cinema Advertising, TV & Cinema Crafts, Viral, Websites, Writing for Advertising, and Writing for Design.
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Your future stretches before you. You're ready to make your own choices and decisions. Ready to live your own life. Here's the guide to help you get the most from that future--to help you find God's best for you, through all the opportunities and challenges you face as a teen. Every day for a year, "Daily Wisdom for Teens" provides a life-changing passage from God's Word, followed by a real-life meditation covering work habits, relationships, financial choices, personal growth, and much more. God has great things in store for you. Discover them with "Daily Wisdom for Teens"!
Author: Inc. Barbour Publishing
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 384
Publisher: Barbour Publishing Inc, U.S.
Publication Date: 01 Jan 2013
Presents the life and works of the Surrealist painter, Salvador Dali.
Author: O.B. Duane
Format: Hardback
Number of Pages: 96
Publisher: Caxton Publishing
Publication Date: 26 Sep 1996
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Rorke Denver
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Hachette
Books
Damn Few : Making the Modern Seal Warrior
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From leadership expert, former Navy SEAL, "American Grit" feature player, and author of Worth Dying For: A Navy SEAL's Call to a Nation, Rorke Denver, the bestselling account of how he helped create the U.S. Navy SEALS of today. Rorke Denver trains the men who become Navy SEALs--the most creative problem solvers on the modern battlefield, ideal warriors for the kinds of wars America is fighting now. With his years of action-packed mission experience and a top training role, Lieutenant Commander Denver understands exactly how tomorrow's soldiers are recruited, sculpted, motivated, and deployed.Now, Denver takes you inside his personal story and the fascinating, demanding SEAL training program he now oversees. He recounts his experience evolving from a young SEAL hopeful pushing his way through Hell Week, into a warrior engaging in dangerous stealth missions across the globe, and finally into a lieutenant commander directing the indoctrination, requalification programs, and the "Hero or Zero" missions his SEALs undertake.From his own SEAL training and missions overseas, Denver details how the SEALs' creative operations became front and center in America's War on Terror-and how they are altering warfare everywhere. In fourteen years as a SEAL officer, Rorke Denver tangled with drug lords in Latin America, stood up to violent mobs in Liberia, and battled terrorists in Iraq and Afghanistan. Leading 200 commando missions, he earned the Bronze Star with V for valor. He has also served as flag aide to the admiral in charge and spent the past four years as executive officer of the Navy Special Warfare Center's Advanced Training Command in Coronado, California, directing all phases of the basic and advanced training that prepare men for war in SEAL teams. He recently starred in the film Act of Valor. He is married and has two daughters.Ellis Henican is a columnist at Newsday and an on-air commentator at the Fox News Channel. He has written two recent New York Times bestsellers, Home Team with New Orleans Saints coach Sean Payton and In the Blink of an Eye with NASCAR legend Michael Waltrip.With all the SEALs' recent successes, we have been getting a level of acclaim we're not used to. But something important has been missing in this warm burst of publicity . Correcting that is my mission here.My own SEAL dream was launched by a book. My hope is that this one teaches lessons that go far beyond the battlefield, inspiring a fresh generation of warriors to carry on that dream.-Lieutenant Commander Rorke Denver
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Jerry E. White
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Dangers Men Face : Overcoming the Five Greatest Threats to Living Life Well
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Dangers Men Face can be a good read for men who are facing challenges related to identity, career, or sexuality. The book offers practical strategies to safely navigate these dangers and live a fulfilling life. Readers may appreciate the discussion questions and find the book helpful for personal or group study.
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Danny's Daring Days
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Recommended for young readers seeking adventure and inspiration, Danny's Daring Days tells the story of a talented footballer who, after a series of setbacks, discovers his love for poetry and unexpected truths about God's love and faithfulness. Through Danny's journey, readers can expect to be inspired by the power of faith and friendship in overcoming obstacles.
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Dao De Jing
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Composed more than 2,000 years ago during a turbulent period of Chinese history, the Dao de jing set forth an alternative vision of reality in a world torn apart by violence and betrayal. Daoism, as this subtle but enduring philosophy came to be known, offers a comprehensive view of experience grounded in a full understanding of the wonders hidden in the ordinary. Now in this luminous new translation, based on the recently discovered ancient bamboo scrolls, China scholars Roger T. Ames and David L. Hall bring the timeless wisdom of the Dao de jing into our contemporary world.Though attributed to Laozi, “the Old Master,” the Dao de jing is, in fact, of unknown authorship and may well have originated in an oral tradition four hundred years before the time of Christ. Eschewing philosophical dogma, the Dao de jing set forth a series of maxims that outlined a new perspective on reality and invited readers to embark on a regimen of self-cultivation. In the Daoist world view, each particular element in our experience sends out an endless series of ripples throughout the cosmos. The unstated goal of the Dao de jing is self-transformation–the attainment of personal excellence that flows from the world and back into it. Responding to the teachings of Confucius, the Dao de jing revitalizes moral behavior by recommending a spontaneity made possible by the cultivated “habits” of the individual.In this elegant volume, Ames and Hall feature the original Chinese texts of the Dao de jing and translate them into crisp, chiseled English that reads like poetry. Each of the eighty-one brief chapters is followed by clear, thought-provoking commentary exploring the layers of meaning in the text. The book’s extensive introduction is a model of accessible scholarship in which Ames and Hall consider the origin of the text, place the emergence of Daoist philosophy in its historical and political context, and outline its central tenets.The Dao de jing is a work of timeless wisdom and beauty, as vital today as it was in ancient China. This new version will stand as both a compelling introduction to the complexities of Daoist thought and as the classic modern English translation.
Nora Roberts
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Berkley
Daring to Dream - Dream Trilogy
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If you're someone who enjoys a story about personal growth and resilience, "Daring to Dream" could speak to you. Margo Sullivan's tale is more than just glitz and glamour; it's about the emotional quest for her mother's acceptance amidst the complexities of a life that straddles different social worlds. It's the beginning of a trilogy that promises heart, determination, and the beauty of finding one's place in the world.
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Dark Money : how a secretive group of billionaires is trying to buy political control in the US
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The US is one of the largest democracies in the world – or is it?America is experiencing an age of profound economic inequality. Employee protections have been decimated, and state welfare is virtually non-existent, while hedge fund billionaires are grossly under-taxed and big businesses make astounding profits at the expense of the environment and of their workers.How did this come about, and who were the driving forces behind it?In this powerful and meticulously researched work of investigative journalism, New Yorker staff writer Jane Mayer exposes the network of billionaires trying to buy the US electoral system – and succeeding. Led by libertarian industrialists the Koch brothers, they believe that taxes are a form of tyranny and that government oversight of business is an assault on freedom. Together, they have spent hundreds of millions of dollars influencing politicians and voters, and hijacking American democracy for their own ends.Dark Money brilliantly illuminates a shady corner of US politics. It is essential reading for anybody interested in the future of democracy.
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William Stallings
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Data and Computer Communications : International Edition
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Data and Computer Communications, 9e, is a two-time winner of the best Computer Science and Engineering textbook of the year award from the Textbook and Academic Authors Association. It is ideal for one/two-semester courses in Computer Networks, Data Communications, and Communications Networks in CS, CIS, and Electrical Engineering departments. With a focus on the most current technology and a convenient modular format, this best-selling text offers a clear and comprehensive survey of the entire data and computer communications field. Emphasizing both the fundamental principles as well as the critical role of performance in driving protocol and network design, it explores in detail all the critical technical areas in data communications, wide-area networking, local area networking, and protocol design.
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EMC Education Services
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Data Science and Big Data Analytics : Discovering, Analyzing, Visualizing and Presenting Data
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Data Science and Big Data Analytics is about harnessing the power of data for new insights. The book covers the breadth of activities and methods and tools that Data Scientists use. The content focuses on concepts, principles and practical applications that are applicable to any industry and technology environment, and the learning is supported and explained with examples that you can replicate using open-source software. This book will help you:Become a contributor on a data science team Deploy a structured lifecycle approach to data analytics problems Apply appropriate analytic techniques and tools to analyzing big data Learn how to tell a compelling story with data to drive business action Prepare for EMC Proven Professional Data Science Certification Corresponding data sets are available at www.wiley.com/go/9781118876138. Get started discovering, analyzing, visualizing, and presenting data in a meaningful way today!
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David M. Kroenke
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Database Processing : International Edition
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Get straight to the point of database processing. Database Processing reflects a new teaching method that gets readers straight to the point with its thorough and modern presentation of database processing fundamentals. The twelfth edition has been thoroughly updated to reflect the latest software.
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Daughter Detox: Recovering from An Unloving Mother and Reclaiming Your Life
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A self-help book based in science, the result of more than a decade of research, Daughter Detox offers the daughters of unloving mothers vital information, guidance, and real strategies for healing from childhood experiences, and building genuine self-esteem. Writer Peg Streep lays out seven distinct but interconnected stages on the path to reclaim your life from the effects of a toxic childhood: DISCOVERY, DISCERNMENT, DISTNGUISH, DISARM, RECLAIM, REDIRECT, and RECOVER. Each step is clearly explained, and richly detailed with the stories of other women, approaches drawn from psychology and other disciplines, and unique exercises. The book will help the reader tackle her own self-doubt and become consciously aware of how her mother’s treatment continues to shape her behavior, even today. The message of the book is direct: What you experienced in childhood need not continue to hold you back in life. What was learned can be unlearned with effort. The book begins with DISCOVERY, opening up the reader’s understanding of how she has been wounded and influenced by her mother’s treatment. Recognizing the eight toxic maternal behaviors—dismissive, controlling, emotionally unavailable, unreliable, self-involved or narcissistic, combative, enmeshed, or role-reversed—lays the foundation for the daughter’s awareness of how her way of looking at the world, connecting to others, and ability to manage stress were affected. DISCERNMENT delves into the patterns of relationship in her family of origin and how they played a part in her development, and then shifts to looking closely at how the daughter adapted to her treatment, either silencing or losing her true self in the process. Next up is DISTINGUISH, seeing how the behavioral patterns we learned in childhood animate all of our relationships in the present with lovers and spouses, relatives, friends, neighbors, and colleagues. The act of distinguishing allows us to see why so many of us end up in unsatisfying relationships, chose the wrong partners, or are unable to develop close friendships. Active recovery begins with DISARM as the daughter learns how to disconnect unconscious patterns of reaction and behavior and substitute actions that will foster the growth of self-esteem. Understanding the triggers that set us off, the cues that put us on the defensive, and the default positions of blaming ourselves and making excuses for other people’s toxic behavior are addressed, as are unhealthy behaviors such as rumination, rejection sensitivity, and more. RECLAIM is the stage at which the reader begins to actively make new choices, preparing herself so that she can live the life she desires by seeing herself as having agency and being empowered. Making new choices and figuring out how to manage her relationship to her unloving or toxic mother is the focus of REDIRECT. There are stories to inspire and challenge your thinking, exercises that show you how to swap out self-criticism for self-compassion, guidance on how to use journaling as a tool of self-discovery and growth, and advice on goal setting. Finally, RECOVER challenges the reader to come up with a new definition of what it means to heal, suggests tools to overcome the obstacles she places in her own way, and strategies to become the best, most authentic version of herself.
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Daughter Of The Pirate King
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There will be plenty of time for me to beat him soundly once I've gotten what I came for.Sent on a mission to retrieve an ancient hidden map―the key to a legendary treasure trove―seventeen-year-old pirate captain Alosa deliberately allows herself to be captured by her enemies, giving her the perfect opportunity to search their ship.More than a match for the ruthless pirate crew, Alosa has only one thing standing between her and the her captor, the unexpectedly clever and unfairly attractive first mate Riden. But not to worry, for Alosa has a few tricks up her sleeve, and no lone pirate can stop the Daughter of the Pirate King.In Daughter of the Pirate King, author Tricia Levenseller blends action, adventure, romance, and a little bit of magic into a thrilling pirate tale.