piA to Z of Caribbean Arti is a visual overview of Caribbean art, from the beginning of the 20th century to now, and serves as a resource of information on some of the greatest artists of the region. Sequenced alphabetically, it mixes genres including drawing, painting, sculpture, photography, installation and performance. Each artist is represented by a page that shows a definitive work along with

How did ordinary people live through the extraordinary changes that have swept across modern China How did peasants transform themselves into urbanites How did the citizens of Shanghai cope with the epic upheavals-revolution, war, and again revolution-that shook their lives Even after decades of scholarship devoted to modern Chinese history, our understanding of the daily lives of the common people

Kay Francis came of age in the Roaring Twenties and relished the era\'s hedonistic pursuits. Her career as an actress was launched at the same time, and before her death in 1968, she had appeared on many theater stages, in more than 60 films, on radio, in USO tours, as a model, and on television. The tall, stylish actress had a husky voice and dark beauty that was striking on film. Despite her financial

pJohnny RecruitppbrppHe\'s only 14, but when Big Johnny learns his uncle\'s been captured by Nazis during a WW2 air battle, he\'s sure only one person who can rescue his mentor - himself.ppbrppStellar bush pilot and expert Canadian game hunter, Johnny lies about his age and joins the fight in Europe to find his best friend.ppbrppBut when a rival British pilot threatens to expose his secret, Johnny

pUncle Max is coming to celebrate Rosh Hashanah, the birthday of the world, with the people he loves. They watch the sun go down, eat their holiday meal, dip challah and apples into honey for a sweet year, and listen to the sound of the shofar.p

This book is a good reference book for city planners, architects and civil engineers involved in the conceptualisation, design and building of urban habitations, who aspire to increase the liveability of their cities. It introduces the Singapore Green Plot Ratio GnPR as an Urban Planning Metric to promote the widespread and intensive use of greenery for new and existing buildings in towns and cities

A beautiful mix of vegan recipes and stories of just some of the animals rescued and living at the Jacobs Ridge Sanctuary in Spain, where the author lived for 11 years. This is a book of connection and a book that can be shared to help spread the word, a book for all ages. Beautiful pictures, stories and of course, delicious food that is easy to make and perfect to share.

pbiThe Scapegoati is a novel of disquiet and disturbance, with an atmosphere of perfect dread. Think Patricia Highsmith or Jim Thompson, that blend of menace and brilliance. Sara Davis had me shivering. This is the debut novel of a marvelous new talent. --Victor LaValle, author of iThe ChangelingibrbbrN is employed at a prestigious California university, where he has distinguished himself as an aloof

Did you know that some mummies have glass eyes, and some have wings And that there are cat mummies and bird mummies And that some people ate powdered mummy This book has a lot of amazing mummy facts

The book includes the contributions to the international conference 18th 3D GeoInfo. 3D GeoInfo has been the forum joining researchers, professionals, software developers, and data providers designing and developing innovative concepts, tools, and application related to 3D geo data processing, modeling, management, analytics, and simulation.

pHeroic Age is a brilliant poem sequence that deserves to be read from beginning to end in one sitting. It\'s worth the commitment. Heroic Age is a startling journey from the physical to the metaphysical, the historical to the hysterical. These poems offer one surprise after another funny, profound, insightful, lyrical, surreal and luminous. There\'s a narrativepoetic arc that should be appreciated

pThis work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the

Welcome to the Wild North, a desolate wasteland where criminals go to hide

This autobiography would not have been written except for the urging of my beloved spouse, Grace Lasser El-Ayouty, and our son, Joseph El-Ayouty. The title of this book was chosen by my son, Joseph El-Ayouty. He borrowed it from his grandfather, Sheikh El-Sayed Muhammad Hassanain El-Ayouty. It was uttered to me on August 27, 1952 as I was about to board the EXCAMBION, a vessel of American Lines, sailing

pstrongBetrayed and kidnapped, strongAtarah\'s worst nightmare comes true. She plays right into the hands of her enemies. Desperate to get back home, Atarah ventures into a human city to track down one of the rangers, an eccentric group of angels who live in the human realm full-time. In her quest to find a ranger, she and her group stumble upon something dangerous.ppSomething they never should have

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pCorporate governance is not just about models of best practice organisation or prescriptions following laws or social conventions. Corporate governance is also about persons of power seeking performance, and they do so in ways that transcend structures and pre-conceived notions of the structural set-up of the business. ppThis book emphasises the decision-making dimensions of corporate governance,

pThis book investigates the impact of the spread of digital technologies and practices, especially mass surveillance, on privacy and personhood. Lindau argues that the quest for prediction, certainty, and control at the heart of the state\'s security apparatus destroys an essential component of human dignity and fundamentally undermines liberalism.p

Top of the Lake meets Val McDermid by way of Jane Harper in this brilliantly gripping debut by award-winning New Zealand screenwriter and director, Michael Bennett.

When Susan Hendrickson set out to explore the rocky terrain of South Dakota, she had no idea of the awesome discovery that awaited her. Susan had never found more than a few dinosaur teeth and small bones. But on a routine archaelogical dig one hot day in 1990, she came upon something that would astound the world a 90 complete Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton -- the most complete T. rex ever discovered The