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Jamaican Gold

Author : Rachael Irving
Publisher : University of West Indies Press
ISBN 13 : 9789766402341
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (23 download)

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Download or read book Jamaican Gold written by Rachael Irving and published by University of West Indies Press. This book was released on 2010 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Riddle me this, riddle me that, guess me this riddle, and perhaps not: A we run things, things no run we. Who could that be?" One possible answer: Jamaican sprinters. Enquiring minds want to know: Why do Jamaicans run so fast? Usain Bolt may be the most recent and the most spectacular Jamaican practitioner of the art of speed, but he and Shelly-Ann Fraser stand on the shoulders of giants of both genders, heirs to a pedigree that goes back at least a hundred years to the teenaged Norman Manley and before. For years before the explosion of "Lightning" Bolt on the Beijing Olympics track, the consistent speediness of men and women from this small island had been the subject of serious and humorous speculation, pride and "su-su". What is the "gold" that is mined so consistently by Jamaican sprinters that permits the little country to claim a place among the top five countries, measured in terms of medals per capita of population, in almost every Olympics since the Second World War - and all on the basis of athletics, mostly the sprints (400 metres and under)? Can science explain it? Does the touchy area of genetics - even though, scientifically speaking, there's no such thing as "race" - explain it? For instance, all the current world record holders for the sprints - and most of the former for the past fifty years or so - have been born in the Americas, descendants of slaves of West African lineage. Is running fast "in the blood", so to speak? Or is it as simple as the varieties of yam (twenty-two at last count) to be found on the hills of Jamaica and in the stomachs of its people? Behind the simple tales of the tape are theories and questions that have attracted fourteen specialists from a range of disciplines, from biochemistry to physiology, from genetics to psychiatry, each with an insight, a piece of the puzzle. Jamaican Gold presents research and argument, history and biography - and much more - for the specialist and the sports fan, for the academic and the coach, in one attractive, easy-to-read volume, packed with photographs and illustrations, including a special section of memorable photos of the heroes of yesteryear and today. With Jamaican Gold to hand, the London Olympics will be just as thrilling, and you'll be closer to answering the question: Why do those Jamaicans run so fast?

Green Gold in Jamaica

Author : Theana Kastens
Publisher : Author House
ISBN 13 : 9781463469818
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (698 download)

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Download or read book Green Gold in Jamaica written by Theana Kastens and published by Author House. This book was released on 2006-11-16 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ambition, greed and romance fuel the actions ofGreen Goldscharacters, who become caught in a web of deceit.Forces beyondJamaicas pristine shores of crystal, blue waters and sandy, white beaches conspire to draw an American businessman, his beautiful wife and the islands rising political leader into a triangle of danger. Perils lie camouflaged beneathJamaicas lush, green tropical surface.International crime, corporate intrigue, politics, money, and the navet through which flawed characters fall this story has it all. With fast, shifting action betweenKingston,New Yorkand Washington, this page turner, based on a true story, leaves the reader with a satisfying end and asking for a sequel.

The Gold Mine Effect

Author : Rasmus Ankersen
Publisher : Icon Books Ltd
ISBN 13 : 184831423X
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (483 download)

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Download or read book The Gold Mine Effect written by Rasmus Ankersen and published by Icon Books Ltd. This book was released on 2012-07-05 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'A great read and a fascinating insight into performance.' Sir Clive Woodward We all want to discover our hidden talents and make an impact with them. But how? Rasmus Ankersen, an ex-footballer and performance specialist, quit his job and for six intense months lived with the world's best athletes in an attempt to answer this question. Why have the best middle distance runners grown up in the same Ethiopian village? Why are the leading female golfers from South Korea? How did one athletic club in Kingston, Jamaica, succeed in producing so many world-class sprinters? Ankersen presents his surprising conclusions in seven lessons on how anyone - or any business, organisation or team - can defy the many misconceptions of high performance and learn to build their own gold mine of real talent.

Witches Steeped in Gold

Author : Ciannon Smart
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 0062946005
Total Pages : 527 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (629 download)

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Download or read book Witches Steeped in Gold written by Ciannon Smart and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2021-04-20 with total page 527 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Jamaican-inspired fantasy debut about two enemy witches who must enter into a deadly alliance to take down a common enemy has the twisted cat-and-mouse of Killing Eve with the richly imagined fantasy world of Furyborn and Ember in the Ashes. Divided by their order. United by their vengeance. Iraya has spent her life in a cell, but every day brings her closer to freedom—and vengeance. Jazmyne is the Queen’s daughter, but unlike her sister before her, she has no intention of dying to strengthen her mother’s power. Sworn enemies, these two witches enter a precarious alliance to take down a mutual threat. But power is intoxicating, revenge is a bloody pursuit, and nothing is certain—except the lengths they will go to win this game. "A thundering waterfall of magic, vengeance and intrigue." —Samantha Shannon, New York Times & Sunday Times bestselling author of The Priory of the Orange Tree and The Bone Season.

Lest We Find Gold

Author : Melanie Schwapp
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789769572232
Total Pages : 318 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (722 download)

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Download or read book Lest We Find Gold written by Melanie Schwapp and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author has also published Lally-May's Farm Suss (2007) and Granny dead (2018, winner Commonwealth Anthology Novel award, 2018).

Gold Coins of the World, 10th edition

Author : Arthur & Ira Friedberg
Publisher : Coin & Currency Institute
ISBN 13 : 087184012X
Total Pages : 854 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (718 download)

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Download or read book Gold Coins of the World, 10th edition written by Arthur & Ira Friedberg and published by Coin & Currency Institute. This book was released on 2023-12-20 with total page 854 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The tenth edition of Gold Coins of the World expands on its predecessor, digging more deeply into new areas of collector interest, and expanding many sections. From the coins of Ancient Greece, Rome, and the Byzantine Empire, and from Afghanistan through Zanzibar, it includes the addition of many new discoveries for dozens of countries. From the 384 pages of the 1958 edition, the work has expanded to 852 pages, which have been completely revised and updated. The authors have listed more than 22,000 coin types, which are illustrated with more than 8,500 photos—now, for the first time, each one of them in color. Each country’s section includes tables of weight and fineness. The market valuations are extensively revised to reflect both the higher price of gold as well as the skyrocketing demand for numismatic rarities. Valuations are now provided, for the first time, in up to three states of preservation. Many of the prices, especially for great rarities and coins in higher grades, have at least doubled. In fact, as collectors recognize the scarcity of coins in the highest states of preservation, the premium for such coins relative to lower-graded ones is escalating beyond traditional proportions. The coinage of India and the Islamic world, long dismissed by western collectors as difficult to decipher, unimportant, and lacking in value, is now the subject of intense interest, and has shown some of the most dramatic increases of all. The reader will also find a useful directory of the world’s leading gold-coin dealers and auction houses. For the numismatist, banker, economist, historian, or institution of higher learning, the tenth edition of Gold Coins of the World is a book for every library, public and private.

Black Irish White Jamaican

Author : Niamh O'Brien
Publisher : Author House
ISBN 13 : 1481770764
Total Pages : 189 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (817 download)

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Download or read book Black Irish White Jamaican written by Niamh O'Brien and published by Author House. This book was released on 2013-07-30 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After many years of watching peoples disbelief when recounting her personal adventures, tragedies, and survival about life in Jamaica, the author was inspired to write them down and mold them into a book for readers to enjoy. The story begins in 1951 when Tom OBrien, the authors father, leaves his native Ireland with his pregnant wife Maeve and two year old son Peter to start a new life in their adopted home of Jamaica. The book recounts their interesting stories and miraculous survival during Jamaicas violent, dangerous years of the seventies and eighties. The authors personal stories of her Jamaican upbringing in a completely dysfunctional yet loving family are strewn with amusing highs and unnerving lows, but it is her mothers journey of bravery and growth that is mostly highlighted in the book. Maeves painful personal challenges are hard enough to endure, but it is in later years, when she and the family are surrounded by corrupt politics, barbaric crimes and hateful racial turmoil, that her survival story becomes only more incredulous. Amazingly, in spite of these challenges, she only grows stronger and wiser as the years go by. The unbearable politics and crime forces the family to flee Jamaica in the late seventies. The book details the immigration journey that eventually leads to safety in the United States of America. Maeve always remained proud of the brave choices she made in her life, difficult choices, but ones that ultimately empowered her to find independence and peace. She was a true survivor.

The Island Journal: Jamaica’s Golden Year

Author : Denise N. Fyffe
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1304651762
Total Pages : 93 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (46 download)

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Download or read book The Island Journal: Jamaica’s Golden Year written by Denise N. Fyffe and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on with total page 93 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Beat

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (318 download)

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Download or read book The Beat written by and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Dulciemiena from Jamaica

Author : Laxleyval Sagasta
Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 : 1491834455
Total Pages : 195 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (918 download)

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Download or read book Dulciemiena from Jamaica written by Laxleyval Sagasta and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2013-12-13 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dulciemiena had been a hard luck child from her conception. Her mother who was raped and cocieved her, lost her mind, and died giving birth to her. For the first six years or her life she was seriously ill at the orphanage. She recovered from her illness, but because of her sick past no one would adopt her until she was ten, when her identity was exchanged to that of a healthy child. Her adoptive family treated her as Cinderella, and worst; to the point of abuse; physical and sexual. She developed a tight bond with the female helper who tutored her in the do's and don'ts of life. In the meantime she had grown into a body that won the local teen-aged girl beauty contest. That exposure gave her bit parts into movies. She did some stints in modelling ladies dresses for her designer mother when the contracted models reniged, and surprised everyone how well she did on the catwalk just by watching the professionals.

The Geology and Mineral Resources of Jamaica

Author : H. R. Hose
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 50 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Geology and Mineral Resources of Jamaica written by H. R. Hose and published by . This book was released on 1951 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Dictionary of Jamaican English

Author : Frederic G. Cassidy
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789766401276
Total Pages : 578 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (12 download)

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Download or read book Dictionary of Jamaican English written by Frederic G. Cassidy and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 578 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The method and plan of this dictionary of Jamaican English are basically the same as those of the Oxford English Dictionary, but oral sources have been extensively tapped in addition to detailed coverage of literature published in or about Jamaica since 1655. It contains information about the Caribbean and its dialects, and about Creole languages and general linguistic processes. Entries give the pronounciation, part-of-speach and usage of labels, spelling variants, etymologies and dated citations, as well as definitions. Systematic indexing indicates the extent to which the lexis is shared with other Caribbean countries.

The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English: J-Z

Author : Eric Partridge
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 9780415259385
Total Pages : 1150 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (593 download)

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Download or read book The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English: J-Z written by Eric Partridge and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2006 with total page 1150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Entry includes attestations of the head word's or phrase's usage, usually in the form of a quotation. Annotation ©2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).

Fresh Cup

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 988 pages
Book Rating : 4.E/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fresh Cup written by and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 988 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Effective Communication for Health Professionals - E-Book

Author : Elsevier
Publisher : Elsevier Health Sciences
ISBN 13 : 0323681328
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (236 download)

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Download or read book Effective Communication for Health Professionals - E-Book written by Elsevier and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2019-09-04 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ensure you have the skills to effectively communicate with patients and other healthcare professionals! With its easy-to-read style, Effective Communication for Health Professionals, 2nd edition, is loaded with useful tips and exercises to help you learn the universal (and necessary) practice of communication. This full-color second edition reflects current therapeutic techniques, including Communication Guidelines feature boxes, Words at Work dialogue boxes, added case studies, and all-new content exploring the most current communication tools in the modern health care setting. In addition, interactive exercises on the Evolve companion website encourages you to practice therapeutic communication techniques in real-life situations. UNIQUE! Interactive activities on accompanying Evolve site include a variety of application exercises such as scenarios with voice mail messages and patient/caregiver interviews. Easy-to-read style provides practical information, hints, and tips. Test Your Communication IQ boxes provide you with a short self-assessment test at the beginning of each chapter. Spotlight on Success boxes provide you with useful, practical tips for improving workplace habits and communication. Expanding Critical Thinking boxes provide actual case examples and activities with useful tips to help you apply what you’ve learned to practice. Legal Eagle boxes provide useful tips that focus on honesty, as well as ethical and legal communication between patients and healthcare workers. End-of-chapter questions and exercises help you to use knowledge learned from topics presented in the chapter. NEW! Chapter devoted to cross-cultural communication promotes understanding of care in a diverse workplace NEW! Chapter on diseases and disorders discusses communication with patients experiencing specific physical and mental illnesses and disorders. NEW and UNIQUE! Words at Work dialogue boxes demonstrate actual conversations between healthcare workers and clients. UPDATED! Content reflects the most current communication tools for the modern healthcare setting. NEW! Full-color design and art program promote engagement. NEW and UNIQUE! Communication Guidelines boxes direct you to best practices for the effective exchange of information. NEW! Additional Taking the Chapter to Work case studies demonstrate real-life communication pitfalls and successes.

All Music Guide

Author : Vladimir Bogdanov
Publisher : Hal Leonard Corporation
ISBN 13 : 9780879306274
Total Pages : 1508 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (62 download)

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Download or read book All Music Guide written by Vladimir Bogdanov and published by Hal Leonard Corporation. This book was released on 2001 with total page 1508 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Arranged in sixteen musical categories, provides entries for twenty thousand releases from four thousand artists, and includes a history of each musical genre.

The Confounding Island

Author : Orlando Patterson
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 0674243072
Total Pages : 433 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (742 download)

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Download or read book The Confounding Island written by Orlando Patterson and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2019-11-12 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The preeminent sociologist and National Book Award–winning author of Freedom in the Making of Western Culture grapples with the paradox of his homeland: its remarkable achievements amid continuing struggles since independence. There are few places more puzzling than Jamaica. Jamaicans claim their home has more churches per square mile than any other country, yet it is one of the most murderous nations in the world. Its reggae superstars and celebrity sprinters outshine musicians and athletes in countries hundreds of times its size. Jamaica’s economy is anemic and too many of its people impoverished, yet they are, according to international surveys, some of the happiest on earth. In The Confounding Island, Orlando Patterson returns to the place of his birth to reckon with its history and culture. Patterson investigates the failures of Jamaica’s postcolonial democracy, exploring why the country has been unable to achieve broad economic growth and why its free elections and stable government have been unable to address violence and poverty. He takes us inside the island’s passion for cricket and the unparalleled international success of its local musical traditions. He offers a fresh answer to a question that has bedeviled sports fans: Why are Jamaican runners so fast? Jamaica’s successes and struggles expose something fundamental about the world we live in. If we look closely at the Jamaican example, we see the central dilemmas of globalization, economic development, poverty reduction, and postcolonial politics thrown into stark relief.