Historical Atlas Of The Islamic World
Historical Atlas of the Islamic World - David Nicolle
Author : Nicolle, David
Title : Historical Atlas of the Islamic World
Format : HARDCOVER
Binding : Hardcover
Publisher : Facts on File
Publication Date : Mon, Dec 01 2003
Pages : 192
Weight : 2.45 lbs
Dimensions : 9.0 x 12.0 x 0.75 (W x H x D)
ISBN : 0816053324
Description
Maps, articles, and illustrations chronicle the history of the Islamic world from the time of Mohammad to the beginning of the sixteenth century, covering the peoples, politics, culture, and arts of each time period and country.
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The Arabic Language and National Identity: A Study in Ideology
The Arabic Language and National Identity: A Study in Ideology
By Yasir Suleiman
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Number Of Pages: 320
Publication Date: 2002-11-19
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0748617078
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780748617074
Binding: Paperback
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Edward W. Said
Culture and Resistance: Conversations With Edward W. Said
By David Barsamian, Edward W. Said
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Publisher: South End Press
Number Of Pages: 224
Publication Date: 2003-06
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0896086712
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780896086715
Binding: Hardcover
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Book Description:
In his latest book of interviews, Edward W. Said discusses the centrality of popular resistance to his understanding of culture, history, and social change. He reveals his latest thoughts on the war on terrorism, the war in Afghanistan, and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and lays out a compelling vision for a secular, democratic future in the Middle East-and globally.
Edward W. Said, a renowned cultural and literary critic, was born in Jerusalem, Palestine, and was educated there, in Egypt, and in the United States. His books include Orientalism, The Question of Palestine, Covering Islam, Culture and Imperialism, and The Politics of Dispossession. He has also published a memoir, Out of Place. Mr. Said is University Professor of English and Comparative Lit-erature at Columbia University. In October 2001, he received the $200,000 Lannan Literary Award for Lifetime Achievement.
David Barsamian's interview books feature conversations with luminaries such as Noam Chomsky, Howard Zinn, and Edward W. Said. A regular contributor to The Progressive and Z Magazine, Barsamian's most recent interview books include Propaganda and the Public Mind and Eqbal Ahmad: Confronting Empire, available from South End Press. He is also the author of The Decline and Fall of Public Broadcasting. Barsamian is the producer of the critically acclaimed program Alternative Radio.
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The World, the Text, and the Critic
By Edward W. Said
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Publisher: Harvard University Press
Number Of Pages: 336
Publication Date: 1983-06-10
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0674961870
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780674961876
Binding: Paperback
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Book Description:
This extraordinarily wide-ranging work represents a new departure for contemporary literary theory. Author of Beginnings and the controversial Orientalism, Edward Said demonstrates that modern critical discourse has been impressively strengthened by the writings of Jacques Derrida and Michel Foucault, for example, and by such influences as Marxism, structuralism, linguistics, and psychoanalysis. He argues, however, that the various methods and schools have had a crippling effect through their tendency to force works of literature to meet the requirements of a theory or system, ignoring the complex affiliations binding the texts to the world.
The critic must maintain a distance both from critical systems and from the dogmas and orthodoxies of the dominant culture, Said contends. He advocates freedom of consciousness and responsiveness to history, to the exigencies of the text, to political, social, and human values, to the heterogeneity of human experience. These characteristics are brilliantly exemplified in his own analyses of individual authors and works.
Combining the principles and practice of criticism, the book offers illuminating investigations of a number of writers--Swift, Conrad, Lukacs, Renan, and many others--and of concepts such as repetition, originality, worldliness, and the roles of audiences, authors, and speakers. It asks daring questions, investigates problems of urgent significance, and gives a subtle yet powerful new meaning to the enterprise of criticism in modern society.
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Culture and Imperialism
By Edward W. Said
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Publisher: Vintage
Number Of Pages: 416
Publication Date: 1994-05-31
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0679750541
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780679750543
Binding: Paperback
Book Description:
A landmark work from the intellectually auspicious author of Orientalism that explores the long-overlooked connections between the Western imperial endeavor and the culture that both reflected and reinforced it. "Said is a brilliant . . . scholar, aesthete and political activist."--Washington Post Book World.
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Orientalism (Penguin History)
By Edward W. Said
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Publisher: Penguin Books
Number Of Pages: 416
Publication Date: 1998-10
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0140238670
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780140238679
Binding: Hardcover
Book Description:
The noted critic and a Palestinian now teaching at Columbia University,examines the way in which the West observes the Arabs.
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The CIA World Factbook 2008 (Cia World Factbook)
أصدرت الـ CIA كتابها السنوي Factbook للعام 2008م.
يتضمن هذا الكتاب معلومات إحصائية وملفات كاملة عن بلاد العالم والأحزاب السياسية والتنظيمات وخرائط ....الخ والكتاب مهم لكل المهتمين بالأبحاث السياسية والمعلومات الإحصائية...
The CIA World Factbook 2008 (Cia World Factbook)
By Central Intelligence Agency
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Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing
Number Of Pages: 832
Publication Date: 2007-12
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 1602390800
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9781602390805
Binding: Paperback
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Book Description:
Chock full of up-to-date coverage of countries from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe, this fascinating reference—intended for use by government officials—should be on the shelf of every school, world traveler, and journalist. For each country, you’ll find: a thorough introduction with historical background; detailed geographical facts, including current environmental issues; and a full description of the people, with information on literacy rates, HIV prevalence, and major infectious diseases. There are also details on conventional political parties, contact information for diplomatic representation, and the nation’s economic status, complete with statistics. A synopsis of transnational issues includes narcotic-related corruption. Along with multiple appendices, this attractive book features pages of beautiful, recently-updated maps, and three high quality fold-out posters.
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Plan of Attack By: Bob Woodward
Plan of Attack
By Bob Woodward
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Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Number Of Pages: 480
Publication Date: 2004-10-05
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0743255488
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780743255486
Binding: Paperback
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The 2003 American invasion of Iraq was contentious, not just in the arena of global public opinion, but within the tight-lipped world of the George W. Bush White House. As Bob Woodward reveals in Plan of Attack, Vice-President Dick Cheney and Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld were part of a group leading the charge to war while Secretary of State Colin Powell, General Tommy Franks, and others actively questioned the plan to invade a country that had nothing to do with the 9/11 attacks while war in Afghanistan was still being waged. Woodward gained extensive access to dozens of key figures and enjoyed hours of direct contact with the President himself (more time, seemingly, than former Bush administration officials Richard Clarke and Paul O'Neill claim to have had). As a result, he's able to cite the kind of gossip you won't find in a White House press release: Franks calls Pentagon official Douglas Feith "the f*cking stupidest guy on the face of the earth," Powell shares his alarm over how the cautious Cheney of the first Bush administration had transformed into a zealot, and Saudi Ambassador Prince Bandar seems to enjoy significantly more entrée and influence than most anyone would have thought. Bush is shown as a man intent on toppling Saddam Hussein in the immediate aftermath of 9/11 and never really wavering in his decision despite offering hints that non-military solutions could be achieved. Light is also shed on CIA director George Tenet, who insists that the evidence that Saddam had weapons of mass destruction was "a slam dunk" only to later admit that his intelligence was flawed when months of post-war searches turned up nothing. But the book's most interesting character is Powell. A former soldier himself, who finds himself increasingly at odds with the agenda of the administration, Powell rejects evidence on WMDs that he sees as spurious but ultimately endorses the invasion effort, apparently out of duty. Upon its publication, the Bush administration roundly denied many of the accounts in the book that demonstrated conflict within their circles, poor judgment, or lousy planning, but the Bush/Cheney reelection campaign nonetheless listed Plan of Attack as recommended reading. And it is. It shows alarming problems in the way the war was conceived and planned, but it also demonstrates the tremendous conviction and dedication of the people who decided to carry it out. --John Moe
Book Description:
Plan of Attack is the definitive account of how and why President George W. Bush, his war council, and allies launched a preemptive attack to topple Saddam Hussein and occupy Iraq. Bob Woodward's latest landmark account of Washington decision making provides an original, authoritative narrative of behind-the-scenes maneuvering over two years, examining the causes and consequences of the most controversial war since Vietnam.
Based on interviews with 75 key participants and more than three and a half hours of exclusive interviews with President Bush, Plan of Attack is part presidential history charting the decisions made during 16 critical months; part military history revealing precise details and the evolution of the Top Secret war planning under the restricted codeword Polo Step; and part a harrowing spy story as the CIA dispatches a covert paramilitary team into northern Iraq six months before the start of the war. This team recruited 87 Iraqi spies designated with the cryptonym DB/ROCKSTARS, one of whom turned over the personnel files of all 6,000 men in Saddam Hussein's personal security organization.
What emerges are astonishingly intimate portraits: President Bush in war cabinet meetings in the White House Situation Room and the Oval Office, and in private conversation; Dick Cheney, the focused and driven vice president; Colin Powell, the conflicted and cautious secretary of state; Donald Rumsfeld, the controlling war technocrat; George Tenet, the activist CIA director; Tommy Franks, the profane and demanding general; Condoleezza Rice, the ever-present referee and national security adviser; Karl Rove, the hands-on political strategist; other key members of the White House staff and congressional leadership; and foreign leaders ranging from British Prime Minister Blair to Russian President Putin.
Plan of Attack provides new details on the intelligence assessments of Iraq's alleged weapons of mass destruction and the planning for the war's aftermath.
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Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
The Philosophy of History
By Georg W. Hegel
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Publisher: Dover Publications
Number Of Pages: 457
Publication Date: 1956-06-01
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0486201120
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780486201122
Binding: Paperback
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Book Description:
One of the great classics of Western thought develops concept that history is not chance but a rational process, operating according to the laws of evolution, and embodying the spirit of freedom. Translated by J. Sibree. Introduction by Carl Friedrich.
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Philosophy of Right (Great Books in Philosophy)
by Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
Philosophy of Right (Great Books in Philosophy)
By Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
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Publisher: Prometheus Books
Number Of Pages: 365
Publication Date: 1996-11
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 157392105X
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9781573921053
Binding: Paperback
Book Description:
A translation of 'Naturrecht und Staatswissenschaft im Grundisse' and 'Grundlinien der Philosophie des Rechts.'
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Hegel After Derrida (Warwick Studies in European Philosophy)
By Stuart Barnett
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Publisher: Routledge
Number Of Pages: 368
Publication Date: 1998-03-18
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0415171059
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780415171052
Binding: Paperback
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Book Description:
This book provides a much needed insight not only into the importance of Hegel and the importance of Derrida's work on Hegel, but also the very foundations of postmodern and deconstructionist thought. Eleven essays by key contributors in the field present a comprehensive picture of Hegel's place in deconstruction today. Contributors: Stuart Barnett, Robert Bernasconi, Simon Critchley, Suzanne Gearhart, Werner Hamacher, Heinz Kimmerle, Jean-Luc Nancy, John H. Smith, Kevin Thompson, Andrzej Warminski.
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The Cambridge Companion to Hegel (Cambridge Companions to Philosophy)
By Frederick C. Beiser
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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Number Of Pages: 528
Publication Date: 1993-01-29
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0521387116
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780521387118
Binding: Paperback
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Book Description:
Few thinkers are more controversial in the history of philosophy than Hegel. He has been dismissed as a charlatan and obscurantist, but also praised as one of the greatest thinkers in modern philosophy. No one interested in philosophy can afford to ignore him. This volume considers all the major aspects of Hegel's work: epistemology, logic, ethics, political philosophy, aesthetics, philosophy of history, philosophy of religion. Special attention is devoted to problems in the interpretation of Hegel: the unity of the Phenomenology of Spirit; the value of the dialectical method; the status of his logic; the nature of his politics. A final group of chapters treats Hegel's complex historical legacy: the development of Hegelianism and its growth into a left and right wing school; the relation of Hegel and Marx; and the subtle connections between Hegel and contemporary analytic philosophy.
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Routledge Philosophy Guidebook to Hegel on History (Routledge Philosophy Guidebooks)
By Joseph McCarney
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Publisher: Routledge
Number Of Pages: 256
Publication Date: 2000-08-04
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0415116961
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780415116961
Binding: Paperback
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Book Description:
Hegel's Lectures on the Philosophy of History is regarded as the best introduction to the fundamental themes in his philosophy. In this accessible guidebook, Joseph McCarney introduces and assesses Hegel's life and background to the Lectures, examines key elements of Hegel's theory of history and its place within his philosophy as a whole, discusses the reception and criticism of the theory, and explores the present condition and future prospects of Hegelian philosophy of history.
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Hegel, Literature, and the Problem of Agency (Modern European Philosophy)
By Allen Speight
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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Number Of Pages: 166
Publication Date: 2001-02-05
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0521796342
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780521796347
Binding: Paperback
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Book Description:
Allen Speight argues that behind Hegel's extraordinary appeal to literature in the Phenomenology of Spirit lies a philosophical project concerned with understanding human agency in the modern world. It shows that Hegel looked to three literary genres--tragedy, comedy, and the romantic novel--as offering privileged access to three moments of human agency: retrospectivity, theatricality, and forgiveness. Taking full account of the authors that Hegel himself refers to (Sophocles, Diderot, Schlegel, Jacobi), Allen Speight has written a book with a broad appeal to both philosophers and literary theorists.
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The Biggest Secret: The Book That Will Change the World
Product Details
Paperback: 517 pages
Publisher: David Icke Books (January 1, 1999)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0952614766
ISBN-13: 978-0952614760
Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.7 x 1.2 inches
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Look out Robert Anton Wilson! Either David Icke is competing for the "Paranoid of the Decade" award or he knows something the rest of us don't. Icke reveals a sinister web connecting everything from the British royal family to major oil companies, to 33 of the last 40 U.S. presidents, in a global conspiracy masterminded by an interstellar brotherhood vying for planetary control through the manipulation of humanity's very way of life. Icke digs into every facet of contemporary society to expose the invisible horror lurking beneath the calm veneer of everyday life. In the process he gets downright offensive, knocking everything from Judaism to the Denver airport. Even if you can't swallow Icke's distasteful revelations or follow every step of his labyrinthine conspiracy theories, The Biggest Secret is sure to forever change the way you look at the Amoco oil logo. --Brian Patterson
Product Description
David Icke's most powerful and explosive book so far. Every man, woman and child on the planet is affected by the stunning information that Icke exposes. He reveals in documented detail, how the same interconnecting bloodlines have controlled the planet for thousands of years. How they created all the major religions and suppressed the spiritual and esoteric knowledge that will set humanity free from its mental and emotional prisons.
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Killing Mr. Lebanon: The Assasination of Rafik Hariri and its Impact on the Middle East
Killing Mr. Lebanon: The Assasination of Rafik Hariri and its Impact on the Middle East
By Nicholas Blanford
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Publisher: I. B. Tauris
Number Of Pages: 256
Publication Date: 2006-10-31
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 1845112024
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9781845112028
Binding: Hardcover
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Book Description:
Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, known as "Mr. Lebanon," was killed by a massive explosion as he drove along the Beirut seafront on Febrary 14, 2005. A business entrepreneur who rose from nothing to become one of the most powerful men in Lebanese politics, Hariri's assassination has incited outrage and suspicion. Nicholas Blanford investigates Hariri's past and uncovers a murky world of shifting alliances between businesses, the military, politicians, and diplomats. Based on exclusive interviews with key players, he traces the last weeks of Hariri's life and assesses his impact on Lebanese politics. Full of intrigue, shady characters, and suspense, Killing Mr. Lebanon brings to light what the Lebanese people have clamored for since Hariri's murder: "al haqiqa"--the truth.
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The Presidents: A Reference History
The Presidents: A Reference History
By Henry F. Graff
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Publisher: MacMillan Publishing Company
Number Of Pages: 811
Publication Date: 1997-11
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0684805510
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780684805511
Binding: Paperback
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In The Presidents: A Reference History United States presidents from George Washington to William Jefferson Clinton are profiled in depth. A quick browse through John A. Garraty's piece on Grover Cleveland reveals that not only was Cleveland the 22nd and the 24th president of the United States, but also that he had a popular plurality of 100,000 votes in the election he lost to Benjamin Harrison. In 1881, three years before he became president, Cleveland was but a Buffalo lawyer, stating "No amount of money would tempt me to add to or increase my present work." One further learns that he ran with a coarse crowd, hired a substitute to fight for him in the Civil War, and was the father of an illegitimate child. When you tire of present-day scandals, it's educational to learn about the skeletons that past presidents kept in their closets. Excellently indexed, Henry Graff's work makes for a reliable presidential reference as well as an absorbing and enlightening read.
Book Description:
This is a major reference work on the presidency.... Essential. (Library Journal) A welcome updating of a standard work ... An excellent reference. (Booklist) Now updated with articles on Reagan, Bush, Clinton, and the role of the First Lady. Paper
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Master of Disguise: My Secret Life in the CIA
Master of Disguise: My Secret Life in the CIA
By Antonio J. Mendez
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Publisher: Turtleback Books Distributed by Demco Media
Number Of Pages: 351
Publication Date: 2002-02
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0606201777
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780606201773
Binding: Turtleback
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The problem with memoirs by ex-secret agents is that they usually make their careers sound about as exciting as that of $6-an-hour bowling alley security guard, unless you're of the opinion that filing papers and making phone calls is the epitome of thrills. Antonio Mendez, however, has produced a tome that makes the life of a CIA agent sound every bit the slam-bang world of intrigue and skulking in the shadows that movies like Mission: Impossible make it out to be.
Honored by the CIA on its 50th anniversary as being one of the agency's 50 "Trailblazers," the now-retired Mendez spins a fast-paced tale of intriguing characters partaking in skullduggery in exotic locales, made all the more appealing because Mendez himself is the featured star of the proceedings. In an almost offhand manner, he writes about seeing and doing things that would wilt the flower of courage in almost any reader. "Was I proud to be enlisting," he rhetorically ponders at one point, "on our side in the Cold War? You bet." Originally drafted by the CIA as a "technical artist" to provide cover for agents behind enemy lines, Mendez worked his way up the ladder and progressed to a full-fledged agent in the field, sneaking diplomats past enemy guards and spiriting informants into the night, eluding capture and torture at every turn--and using his artist's eye for detail to paint vivid word pictures of his predicaments. Mendez possesses a remarkably keen sense of the mechanics of a good cloak-and-dagger story, and fortunately pours it on in abundance here in his quite hefty--and surprisingly lively--autobiography. --Tjames Madison
Book Description:
Tony Mendez led two lives. To his friends, he was a soft-spoken, nondescript bureaucrat working for the Department of Defense. To the leaders of the CIA, he was their master of disguise--an undisputed genius who could create an entirely new identity for anybody, anywhere, anytime. Combining the cunning tricks of a magician with the analytical insight of a psychologist, Mendez shows us how he helped hundreds of people escape potentially fatal situations.
From "Wild West" adventures in East Asia to Cold War intrigue in Moscow, Mendez was there. He earned the CIA's Intelligence Star of Valor for his role in engineering the escape of six Americans from Tehran in 1980. On the fiftieth anniversary of the CIA, he was named one of the fifty all-time stars of the spy trade, honored with the Trailblazer Award, and granted exclusive permission to tell his fascinating story--all of it. Here he gives us a privileged look at what really happens in the field and behind closed doors at the highest level of international espionage: some of it shocking, frightening, and wildly inventive--all of it unforgettable.
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Zbigniew Brzezinski
Die einzige Weltmacht. Amerikas Strategie der Vorherrschaft.
By Zbigniew Brzezinski
Publisher: Fischer (Tb.), Frankfurt
Number Of Pages: 311
Publication Date: 1999-05-01
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 3596143586
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9783596143580
Binding: Paperback
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The Geostrategic Triad : Living with China, Europe, and Russia (Csis Significant Issues Series)
By Zbigniew Brzezinski
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Publisher: Center for Strategic & International Studies
Number Of Pages: 88
Publication Date: 2000-12-18
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 089206384X
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780892063840
Binding: Paperback
Book Description:
Global stability in the early twenty-first century will be conditioned largely by how the United States handles its relations with China, Europe, and Russia--the "geostrategic triad". Thus, the United States needs a well-defined strategy to manage the two "Eurasian power triangles": the United States, Japan, and China, and the United States, Europe, and Russia. With this work, Brzezinski offers a comprehensive geostrategic road map for such U.S. engagement.
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Iran: Time For A New Approach
By Robert M. Gates, Zbigniew Brzezinski, Suzanne Maloney
Publisher: Council on Foreign Relations Press
Number Of Pages: 84
Publication Date: 2004-11
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0876093454
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780876093450
Binding: Paperback
Summary: Appeasement is not a new policy
Rating: 2
Brzezinski and Gates seem to think that Iran is some Middle Eastern version of the Girl Scouts. i.e If one talks nicely and politely to them they will respond by providing nice goodies in return. But the fact , which Brezinski and Gates underplay is that Iran is a radical Muslim regime which is driven by Ideology. It is not a ' realpolitik player' in some chessboard game of international relations. It is rather a fanatically committed regime whose aim is overthrow of the United States, culturally as well as politically.
Brezinski and Gates show no sign of urgency in regard to impending Iranian nuclear weapons. And this when it is clear that a nuclear Iran not only threatens domination of the Gulf, and world oil resources, but has vast new potentialities for achieving its major aims, including destruction of Israel and eventually the United States. A nuclear Iran means a nuclear- arms - race throughout the world, and the end to non- proliferation.
There are works that make us see deeper into the military and political realities- and those which hide the severity of the real problems by opting for non- realistic , and simplistic solutions. This book gives much evidence of belonging to the
latter category.
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Anglo-Saxon Perceptions of the Islamic World
Anglo-Saxon Perceptions of the Islamic World (Cambridge Studies in Anglo-Saxon England)
By Katharine Scarfe Beckett
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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Number Of Pages: 284
Publication Date: 2003-10-20
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0521829402
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780521829403
Binding: Hardcover
Book Description:
Katherine Scarfe Beckett is concerned with representations of the Islamic world in Anglo-Saxon England. Using a variety of literary, historical and archaeological evidence, Beckett argues that the first perceptions of Arabs, Ismaelites and Saracens were derived from Christian exegesis. These perceptions preconditioned Western expressions of hostility and superiority towards peoples of the Islamic world, and these received ideas prevailed over actual experience.
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After Suez: Adrift in the American Century
After Suez: Adrift in the American Century
By Martin Woollacott
Publisher: I. B. Tauris
Number Of Pages: 200
Publication Date: 2006-12-12
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 1845111761
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9781845111762
Binding: Hardcover
Book Description:
Fifty years after Antony Eden’s fateful decision to take on the Egyptian President, Gamal Abdel Nasser, veteran Guardian journalist Martin Woollacott brings to life the arguments, personalities and events surrounding the crisis, and follows its disastrous legacy. He draws on four decades of foreign affairs reporting to show how it changed the Middle East, and the world. More than anything else Suez exposed with brutal clarity that Britain cannot pursue any policy in the world without the support of America. Woollacott’s richly fascinating book shows both how Suez led to where we are today, and how parlously Blair and Bush have failed to learn its lessons.
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The Cambridge Companion to Marx (Cambridge Companions to Philosophy)
The Cambridge Companion to Marx (Cambridge Companions to Philosophy)
By Terrell Carver
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Number Of Pages: 373
Publication Date: 1991-10-25
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0521366941
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780521366946
Binding: Paperback
Book Description:
Marx was a highly original and polymathic thinker, unhampered by disciplinary boundaries, whose intellectual influence has been enormous. Yet in the wake of the collapse of Marxism-Leninism in Eastern Europe the question arises as to how important his work really is for us now. An important dimension of this volume is to place Marx's writings in their historical context and to separate what he actually said from what others (in particular, Engels) interpreted him as saying. Informed by current debates and new perspectives, the volume provides a comprehensive coverage of all the major areas to which Marx made significant contributions.
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Milestones in Archaeology: An Encyclopedia
Milestones in Archaeology: An Encyclopedia
By Tim Murray
Publisher: ABC-CLIO
Number Of Pages: 639
Publication Date: 2004-10
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 1576071863
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9781576071861
Binding: Library Binding
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Mechatronics: Principles and Applications
Godfrey Onwubolu “Mechatronics: Principles and Applications"
Butterworth-Heinemann | 2005-06-28 | ISBN:0750663790 | 672 pages | PDF | 17,1 Mb
Mechatronics is a core subject for engineers, combining elements of mechanical and electronic engineering into the development of computer-controlled mechanical devices such as DVD players or anti-lock braking systems. This book is the most comprehensive text available for both mechanical and electrical engineering students and will enable them to engage fully with all stages of mechatronic system design. It offers broader and more integrated coverage than other books in the field with practical examples, case studies and exercises throughout and an Instructor's Manual. A further key feature of the book is its integrated coverage of programming the PIC microcontroller, and the use of MATLAB and Simulink programming and modelling, along with code files for downloading from the accompanying website.
* Integrated coverage of PIC microcontroller programming, MATLAB and Simulink modelling
* Fully developed student exercises, detailed practical examples
* Accompanying website with Instructor's Manual, downloadable code and image bank
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Principles of Financial Economics
Stephen F. LeRoy, Jan Werner , Stephen A. Ross “Principles of Financial Economics "
Cambridge University Press; 1 edition (November 20, 2000) | ISBN:0521586054 | 280 pages | PDF | 1,1 Mb
This book introduces graduate students in economics to the subfield of financial economics. It stresses the link between financial economics and equilibrium theory, devoting less attention to purely financial topics such as valuation of derivatives. Since students often find this link hard to grasp, the treatment aims to make the connection explicit and clear in each stage of the exposition. Emphasis is placed on detailed study of two-date models, because almost all of the key ideas in financial economics can be developed in the two-date setting. The analysis is intended to be comparable in rigor to the best work in microeconomics; at the same time, the authors provide enough discussion and examples to make the ideas readily understandable.
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The Cambridge Companion to Spinoza : Cambridge Companions to Philosophy
The Cambridge Companion to Spinoza (Cambridge Companions to Philosophy)
By Don Garrett
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Number Of Pages: 465
Publication Date: 1995-10-27
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0521398657
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780521398657
Binding: Paperback
Product Description:
Benedict (Baruch) de Spinoza has been one of the most inspiring and influential philosophers of the modern era, yet also one of the most difficult and most frequently misunderstood. The essays in this volume provide a clear and systematic exegesis of Spinoza's thought informed by the most recent scholarship. They cover his metaphysics, epistemology, philosophy of science, psychology, ethics, political theory, theology, and scriptural interpretation, as well as his life and influence on later thinkers.
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The Cambridge Companion to Heidegger Cambridge Companions to Philosophy
The Cambridge Companion to Heidegger (Cambridge Companions to Philosophy)
By Charles B. Guignon
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Number Of Pages: 456
Publication Date: 2006-07-10
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0521528887
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780521528887
Binding: Paperback
Product Description:
Martin Heidegger is now widely recognized as one of the greatest philosophers of the twentieth century. He transformed mainstream philosophy by defining its central task as asking the 'question of being'. His thought has contributed to the turn to hermeneutics and to postmodernism and poststructuralism. Moreover, the disclosure of his deep involvement in Nazism has provoked much debate about the relation of philosophy to politics. This edition brings to the fore other works, as well as alternative approaches to scholarship. The essays cover topics such as Heidegger's conception of phenomenology, his relation to Kant and Husserl, his account of truth, and his stand on the realism/anti-realism debate. This edition includes a new preface by the editor, revised versions of several essays from the first edition, and an exhaustive bibliography, providing guidance for both newcomers to Heidegger's work and established scholars.
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Spinoza
Spinoza
By John Caird
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Publisher: Adamant Media Corporation
Number Of Pages: 329
Publication Date: 2005-11-30
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 1402135726
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9781402135729
Binding: Paperback
Product Description:
This Elibron Classics edition is a facsimile reprint of a 1888 edition by William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London.
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The Cambridge Companion to Nietzsche Cambridge Companions to Philosophy
The Cambridge Companion to Nietzsche (Cambridge Companions to Philosophy)
By Bernd Magnus, Kathleen Higgins
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Number Of Pages: 415
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0521367670
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780521367677
Binding: Paperback
Product Description:
The opening essay of this Companion provides a chronologically organized introduction to and summary of Nietzsche's published works, while also providing an overview of their basic themes and concerns. It is followed by three essays on the appropriation and misappropriation of his writings, and a group of essays exploring the nature of Nietzsche's philosophy and its relation to the modern and postmodern world. The final contributions consider Nietzsche's influence on the twentieth century in Europe, the United States and Asia.
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The Cambridge Companion to Sartre Cambridge Companions to Philosophy
The Cambridge Companion to Sartre (Cambridge Companions to Philosophy)
By Christina Howells
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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Number Of Pages: 407
Publication Date: 1992-08-28
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0521388120
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780521388122
Binding: Paperback
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Product Description:
This is one of the most comprehensive and up-to-date surveys of the philosophy of Sartre, by some of the foremost interpreters in the United States and Europe. The essays are both expository and original, and cover Sartre's writings on ontology, phenomenology, psychology, ethics, and aesthetics, as well as his work on history, commitment, and progress; a final section considers Sartre's relationship to structuralism and deconstruction. Providing a balanced view of Sartre's philosophy and situating it in relation to contemporary trends in Continental philosophy, the volume shows that many of the topics associated with Lacan, Foucault, Lévi-Strauss, and Derrida are to be found in the work of Sartre, in some cases as early as 1936. A special feature of the volume is the treatment of the recently published and hitherto little studied posthumous works. Thus new readers and nonspecialists will find this the most convenient, accessible guide to Sartre currently available. Advanced students and specialists will find a conspectus of recent developments in the interpretation of Sartre.
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Encyclopedia Of Hinduism (Encyclopedia of World Religions)
Encyclopedia Of Hinduism (Encyclopedia of World Religions)
By Constance A. Jones, James D. Ryan
Publisher: Facts on File
Number Of Pages: 512
Publication Date: 2007-02-28
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0816054584
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780816054589
Binding: Hardcover
Summary: An immensely important book for Westerners
Rating: 5
This is an immensely important book for Westerners
As a Westerner who became interested in Eastern spiritual teachings thirty years ago, I was appalled to discover then, my own ignorance and the ignorance of others in the West about Hinduism and its spinoff, Buddhism, the principal Eastern religions.
There is even today in the West, thirty years later, a vacuum of knowledge about Hinduism. The Encyclopedia of Hinduism by professors Jones and Ryan helps to fill this vacuum in a simple, straightforwsrd way.
The entries are arranged alphabetically, and one can find information on the key concepts in Hinduism along with biographical and other information about the key historical and contemporary figures in this great world religion.
Of even more importance for the Westerner, in my view, is the ten page introduction explaining Hinduism's origins, its sacred texts, its contemporary situation, and its esoteric aspects sometimes known as Vedanta or Advaita which carry their own entries and typify the thorough nature of this Encyclopedic work.
You will not regret owning this book. Highly recommended.
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British Political Leaders: A Biographical Dictionary
Keith Laybourn “British Political Leaders: A Biographical Dictionary"
ABC-CLIO, Inc | Aug 1, 2001 | ASIN: B000HWYTDU | 363 pages | CHM | 2,7 Mb
This volume offers serious Anglophiles 198 entries covering the British leaders who filled "the top four offices of state and the post of secretary of state for the colonies between 1730 and the present," the four top offices being prime minister, chancellor of the exchequer, foreign secretary, and home secretary. Arrangement of entries is alphabetical, either by name or by title depending on how the individual was best known. For example, Benjamin Disraeli is listed under his given name, not as the Earl of Beaconsfield. In cases where official titles have evolved over the centuries, the editors have, for the sake of consistency, used the modern title. Thus, all prime ministers are listed as such, even though the post was once referred to as First Lord of the Treasury.
Entries range in length from just under half of a page for Richard Ryder, home secretary from 1809 to 1812, to almost five pages for Tony Blair. Each individually signed biography concludes with a list of the main sources used in its preparation. For general background information, especially regarding lesser-known figures, the editors relied on The Dictionary of National Biography and Dod's Parliamentary Companion, among other standard British biography reference sources. A comprehensive bibliography appears at the end of the book. Also provided is a "Chronological List of Leaders by Cabinet Office." A small number of black-and-white illustrations accompanies the text.
The volume does an admirable job of pulling together concise biographies of Great Britain's leaders since the early decade of the sixteenth century and presenting them in straightforward prose. It will be a welcome addition to the reference collections of libraries serving researchers with deep interest in British history, politics, and government. However, libraries that do not see heavy traffic in this area may find that sources such as general encyclopedias will serve well enough.
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Philosophy of Mathematics: Structure and Ontology
Stewart Shapiro “Philosophy of Mathematics: Structure and Ontology"
Oxford University Press, USA | 1997-08-07 | ISBN: 0195094522 | 296 pages | PDF | 1,4 Mb
Do numbers, sets, and so forth, exist? What do mathematical statements mean? Are they literally true or false, or do they lack truth values altogether? Addressing questions that have attracted lively debate in recent years, Stewart Shapiro contends that standard realist and antirealist accounts of mathematics are both problematic.
As Benacerraf first noted, we are confronted with the following powerful dilemma. The desired continuity between mathematical and, say, scientific language suggests realism, but realism in this context suggests seemingly intractable epistemic problems. As a way out of this dilemma, Shapiro articulates a structuralist approach. On this view, the subject matter of arithmetic, for example, is not a fixed domain of numbers independent of each other, but rather is the natural number structure, the pattern common to any system of objects that has an initial object and successor relation satisfying the induction principle. Using this framework, realism in mathematics can be preserved without troublesome epistemic consequences.
Shapiro concludes by showing how a structuralist approach can be applied to wider philosophical questions such as the nature of an "object" and the Quinean nature of ontological commitment. Clear, compelling, and tautly argued, Shapiro's work, noteworthy both in its attempt to develop a full-length structuralist approach to mathematics and to trace its emergence in the history of mathematics, will be of deep interest to both philosophers and mathematicians.
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Pablo Picasso
Pablo Picasso [most importants pictures]
pdf full colour
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pdf full colour
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Iraq Confidential: The Untold Story of the Intelligence Conspiracy to Undermine the UN and Overthrow Saddam Hussein
Iraq Confidential: The Untold Story of the Intelligence Conspiracy to Undermine the UN and Overthrow Saddam Hussein
By Scott Ritter
Publisher: Nation Books
Number Of Pages: 336
Publication Date: 2006-09-07
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 156025887X
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9781560258872
Binding: Paperback
Book Description:
Scott Ritter is the straight-talking former marine officer who the CIA wants to silence.
After the 1991 Gulf War, Ritter helped lead the UN weapons inspections of Iraq, and found himself at the center of a dangerous game between the Iraqi and United States regimes. As Ritter reveals in this explosive book, Washington was only interested in disarmament as a tool for its own agenda. Operating in a fog of espionage and counter-espionage, Ritter and his team were determined to find out the truth about Iraq's Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD). The CIA was equally determined to stop them. For the truth, we now know, is that Iraq was playing a deadly bluffing game, and actually had no WMD. But to have revealed this would have derailed America's drive for regime change. Iraq Confidential charts the disillusionment of a staunch patriot who came to realize that his own government sought to undermine effective arms control in the Middle East. Ritter shows us a world of deceit and betrayal, in which nothing is as it seems. A host of characters from Mossad, MI6 and the CIA pepper this powerful narrative, which contains revelations that will permanently affect the ongoing debates about Iraq.
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Modern Political Thinkers and Ideas: An Historical Introduction
Modern Political Thinkers and Ideas: An Historical Introduction
By Tudor Jones
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Publisher: Routledge
Number Of Pages: 240
Publication Date: 2001-10-26
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0415174775
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780415174770
Binding: Paperback
Book Description:
Providing an accessible introduction to some of the key areas of modern political thought, this book uniquely combining historical and philosophical approaches to the subject. It also describes the writings and ideas of the most influential thinkers of the modern era.
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Gramsci, Culture and Anthropology
Gramsci, Culture and Anthropology
By Kate Crehan
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Publisher: University of California Press
Number Of Pages: 208
Publication Date: 2002-10-07
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0520236025
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780520236028
Binding: Paperback
Book Description:
In the last twenty years Antonio Gramsci has become a major presence in British and American anthropology, especially for anthropologists working on issues of culture and power. This book explores Gramsci's understanding of culture and the links between culture and power. Kate Crehan makes extensive use of Gramsci's own writings, including his preprison journalism and prison letters as well as the prison notebooks. Gramsci, Culture and Anthropology also provides an account of the intellectual and political contexts within which he was writing. Crehan examines the challenge that Gramsci's approach poses to common anthropological assumptions about the nature of "culture" as well as the potential usefulness of Gramsci's writings for contemporary anthropologists.
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Antonio Gramsci
Antonio Gramsci (Routledge Critical Thinkers)
By Steven J. Jones
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Publisher: Routledge
Number Of Pages: 176
Publication Date: 2006-10-17
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0415319471
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780415319478
Binding: Hardcover
Book Description:
An introduction to the work, key ideas and influence of Gramsci, Italian Marxist theorist and political activist. Gramsci was a long term prisoner of the Mussolini regime, hence his most famous writings have been those penned in his cell, including the "Prison Notebooks" and the "Prison Letters." Gramsci's ideas about the the relationships between the rulers and the ruled, about domination, resistance and transgression, have been extremely influential in cultural studies and cultural theory. He is perhaps best-known for formulating the concept of "hegemony" which describes the process whereby the ruling power wins the consent of the ruled to the status quo, and hence to fit their subordination , and their ways of understanding the world with the interests of the ruling power. Gramsci's ideas were much employed during the grim years of Thatcherism, as critics on the left (notably Stuart Hall) struggled to find ways to explain the fact that the working classes kept voting for Thatcher, even though it was apparently against their interests to do so. Gramsci's thought also offers hope in that challenges or transgressions to hegemonic ideas or structures can be found even in the most outwardly conservative of narratives. Popular culture has often been cited as a key battleground, on which struggles for meaning and power take place - for example debates about whether Eminem is a "good thing" - because he speaks for the disenfranchised white working-class American, and argues against racial boundaries in music - or a bad thing because of his homophobic and misogynistic lyrics.
Steven Jones' book will explain the contemporary relevance of Gramsci's ideas, notably about hegemony, through recent texts, phenomena and events such as the death of Diana, "La haine," the Global spread of McDonalds and anti-globalization tracts including Naomi Klein's "No Logo."
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Some children stories
Collection Of Children's Books [for babies, young kids]
Collection Of Childrens Books (pdf)
Angelina and the Butterfly
Bear Snores On
Bear Wants More
Corduroy Goes To The Doctor
Corduroy's Busy Street
Good Night Baby
I'ts Potty Time
Little Critter's Day
Little Red Hen
Love You Forever
Mice on the Beach
The Mitten
Napping House
Pippo Gets Lost
Shoes
Tom & Pippo Go For a Walk
Wheels on the Bus
Winnie The Pooh - A Reel Fishy Story
Winnie The Pooh - Blackberry Surprise
Winnie The Pooh and the Blustery day
3 part RAR - collection of 20 young children books in pdf format
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Size: 19.34 MB
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Sesame English: ESL for Children, Friends 2
By Schlesinger Media
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Publisher: Schlessinger Media
Number Of Pages:
Publication Date: 2003
ISBN-10 / ASIN: B000PW0QLG
ISBN-13 / EAN:
Binding: VHS Tape
Product Description:
Created by Sesame Workshop, these programs are designed to teach English as a Second Language. Tingo, an energetic Muppet, who only recently arrived in this country, introduces conversational English through adventures with his friend, Niki, a typical teenage girl. The program features two 13-minute segments and follows a simple storyline that uses humor, physical action and music to appeal to children while introducing basic English expressions, vocabulary and sentence structures. Grades K-4.
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Farming Tales: A Story Book for 8-10 Year Olds
By Joy Parvin
Publisher: University of York,Chemical Industry Education Centre
Number Of Pages: 151
Publication Date: 1992-12
ISBN / ASIN: 1853425087
Binding: Paperback
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Farming Tales is designed to illustrate the value and benefits of agricultural science to the community. The package involves children of eight to ten years old in a range of active learning, developed from real life contexts or 'stories' taken from the agrochemical industry.
Science is exciting and relevant, and part of the aim of this resource is to show that the same science taught in schools is used in the world outside the classroom to solve real problems.The package offers information on food production, the use of pesticides and an opportunity for primary schools to become closely involved with an industry.
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