This exquisitely written book records a sensitive Palestinian writer's love for the landscape of his country. It reflects not only the intense beauty of that landscape, but also some of the terrible dangers that threaten it and its occupants--Rashid Khalidi, author "The Iron Cage."
A seasoned Indian journalist gives a behind-the-scenes account of how India has grown from a peripheral player to a participant at the top levels of global diplomacy
Kanthapura has been described as one of the most satisfying of all modern Indian novels. Recognized as a major landmark of Indian fiction, it is the story of how the Gandhian struggle for independence comes to one small village in south India.
Neuroergonomics can be defined as the study of brain and behaviour at work. It combines two disciplines - neuroscience, the study of brain function, and human factors, the study of how to match technology with the capabilities and limitations of people so they can work effectively and safely. The goal of merging these two fields is to use the ...
In this memoir, a Palestinian lawyer writes as a witness and participant to history, offering a Palestinian perspective on decades of Arab-Israeli relations. Shehadah writes of his relationship with his lawyer-activist father, his schooling in England and India, and his own work for the Palestinian cause. He has worked within the legal system, ...
To a growing number of secondary school students, education seems to be losing its relevance. This book suggests ways to bring about a more relevant and meaningful education for individual students and a safer, happier and more dynamic life in society.
This work covers over two decades of turmoil and change in the Middle East, steered via the history-soaked landscape of Palestine. Raja Shehadeh, celebrated human rights campaigner and lawyer, navigates recent Palestinian history, from Ayn Kenya to the Shukba Caves, the Ramallah hills and the Dead Sea. Literally entwined within the chinks and ...
This second edition of "Essentials of Pain Management and Regional Anesthesia", offers an accessible and concise, yet complete, overview of today's theory and practice of pain medicine and regional anesthesia. From a review of basic considerations through local anesthetics and nerve block techniques, this book provides the reader with an excellent ...
The Terrorist Prince is a gripping insider's account of the Pakistani resistance organization Al-Zulfikar (in Urdu, "The Sword"), set up in 1979 after the coup by General Ziaul-Haq and the execution of Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto. Raja Anwar, the author, was an advisor to Prime Minister Bhutto and one of the organizers of the campaign to ...
This revised edition presents an engineering design approach to ventilation and air conditioning as part of the comprehensive environmental control of the mine atmosphere. It provides an in-depth look, for practitioners who design and operate mines, into the health and safety aspects of environmental conditions in the underground workplace.
This anthology of writings on food brings together a wide range of literary and non-literary texts from South Asia. It draws on writing in English from the subcontinent, as well as the diaspora and includes extracts from works by V.S. Naipaul, Romesh Gunesekera, Salman Rushdie, Sara Suleri, Kamila Shamsie, Githa Hariharan, and Kiran Desai, among ...
Of the myriad tasks that the brain has to perform, perhaps none is as crucial as the performance of attention. A central thesis of this book on the cognitive neuroscience of attention is that attention is not a single entity, but a finite set of brain processes that interact mutually and with other brain processes in the performance of perceptual, ...
In April 2002, the Israeli army reoccupied Ramallah, where the Palestinian Authority has its headquarters. A tank blocked Raja Shehadeh's road; Israeli soldiers seized his brother's home and used him as a human shield during a search, as his frightened wife and children watched. "When the Birds Stopped Singing reveals the rage and terror of daily ...
The Diary of C. Raja Raja Verma, a journal kept by Raja Ravi Verma s brother, is one of the most important and authentic source materials on the last ten years of the life of the artist Raja Ravi Verma. The chronicler of this diary was Ravi Verma s brother, his co-worker, assistant, secretary and business manager. Their symbiotic relationship is ...
This introductory guide surveys the work of a range of influential contemporary social theorists including Lacan, Baudrillard, Foucault, Said, Harvey and Haug and explains their analyses of current topics such as consumer identity and commodity aesthetics; post-colonial criticism; identity and narrative; and the general condition of postmodernity.
Khuchipudi, from Andhra Pradesh, was originally a dance-drama form. This is the first attempt to demystify the nuances of a form that has always been the preserve of the males.
The distinguished Middle Eastern author Raja Alem grew up in Mecca at a time when the holy city was on the cusp of transformation from medieval to modern. In this vanished Mecca, vividly brought to life again in "My Thousand and One Nights", women hold center stage - especially Jummo, the wildly passionate daughter of the Water Carriers' Sheik. ...
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Problem from Hell: America and the Age of Genocide
