Examining a series of processes (Islamization, Arabization, Africanization) and case studies from North, West and East Africa, this book gives snapshots of Muslim societies in Africa over the last millennium. In contrast to traditions which suggest that Islam did not take root in Africa, author David Robinson shows the complex struggles of Muslims ...
Robinson provides a fresh approach to business protocol and etiquette for the young professionals and entrepreneurs who began to establish themselves in the late 1990s dot-com boom, and for recent graduates and new hires in today's business environment.
Author, Dean Koontz, and photographer, David Robinson, examine the subject of death, and the way people attempt to come to terms with it in funerary monuments and graveside gestures.
Philosophers have always enjoyed asking awkward and provocative questions, such as: What is the nature of reality? What are human beings really like? What is special about the human mind and consciousness? Are we free to choose who we are and what we do? Can we prove that God exists? Can we be certain about anything at all? What is truth? Does ...
Charles Chaplin's Little Tramp is the supreme icon of motion pictures - still recognized and loved throughout the world, more than 90 years since he first burst on the screen. The shabby little figure - with derby hat, too-tight jacket, oversized boots and pants, dandified bow tie, and swagger cane - seemed to symbolize the hopes and fears, ...
At the age of 47, Tim Derk's career as mascot for the San Antonio Spurs was soaring as the team headed toward their second NBA Championship. That career ended abruptly when he suffered a massive stroke. Despite remarkable success in regaining speech and movement, Derk knew there was no going back. "Hi Mom, Send Sheep!" is his fond look at his ...
Greta Garbo's uniquely photogenic beauty belies her great talent as an actress, as her performances in "Queen Christina" and "Camille" prove. A hint of a Garbo smile, touch, or glance conveyed volumes. She was languid, distant, and melancholy, yet in her love scenes she conveyed a passion and hunger that startled audiences and overturned American ...
Emotional Deception takes you into the city of distressing drama, and describes how clashing differences can destroy a family in America. It'ss a suspenseful thriller, revolving one Dr. Epstein, who makes a desperate and eventually failed attempt to control his wife, Jennifer. All the while not realizing Jennifer'ss fate was already sealed by her ...
Charlie Chaplin was the first international cinema star and one of the greatest comic geniuses the world has known. Drawing on research and interviews with those who knew Chaplin, Jeffrey Vance presents an illustrated account which captures Chaplin's fascinating life as well as his creative process. Vance describes in detail the atmosphere on ...
This is the historical fiction of Joseph Smith building the Kingdom of God in the West On June 22, 1844, God directed Joseph Smith to go to the Rocky Mountains. He crossed the Mississippi River and was preparing to do so when several of his brethren brought a letter from his wife, Emma, requesting him to return and give himself up to the ...
What's this AOP thing anyway, really-when you get right down to it-and can someone please explain what an aspect actually is? "Aspect-Oriented Programming with the e Verification Language" takes a pragmatic, example based, and fun approach to unraveling the mysteries of AOP. In this book, you'll learn how to: use AOP to organize your code in a way ...
"Food Shelf Life Stability" provides a unique approach to understanding this critical subject by examining physical, chemical, and biochemical factors affecting food quality. The first section emphasizes the effects that water activity, glass transition, and plasticization have on temperature, water content, and time-dependant phenomena affecting ...
}This is the first major consideration of the life and films of the great director, Louis Buuel. The distinguished Spanish film critic and author, Francisco Aranda, traces Buuels phenomenal career of more than forty yearsfrom the sensational classics Un Chien andalou in 1929 and LAge Dor in 1930 to the Oscar-winning Le Charme discret de la ...
Game theory has implications for all the social sciences and beyond. It now provides the theoretical basis for almost all teaching in economics, and 2x2 games provide the very basis of game theory. Here, Goforth and Robinson here have delivered a well-written and knowledgeable, 'periodic table' of the most common games including: - the prisoner's ...
The essays in this collection identify and review Mali's unique historical and contemporary path to democracy and development, while making a contribution to the advancement of theoretical knowledge about African development.
"An Expat's Life, Luxembourg & The White Rose" is a refreshing and forthright take on the Englishman Abroad genre. Reading David Robinson's relaxed prose is like sitting down for a drink or two with the author in the pub of the title. Indeed, as the tome progresses, so the reader warms to Robinson's down-to-earth character. The author's very ...
A comprehesive A-Z guide to terms and phrases used in the world of research. The book should prove valuable for all professionals involved in research who do not normally within an academic environment. Each entry provides an explanation in easy to understand terms, a definition of its use in research and examples to clarify the definition with a ...
Why does a blonde commit suicide off a bridge in Luxembourg? Whose telephone number is on a pink piece of crumpled paper? Who is the girl in the porn film? Jason Evans seeks the solution whilst on holiday visiting his brother Shaun in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. Undercover Detective Ernie Meyer and his assistant Gendarme Tammy Hammer are hot ...
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