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Download or read book The Grabbers written by Lester S. Taube and published by CCB Publishing. This book was released on 2015-01-14 with total page 143 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This robust action story is for strong palates and for those with a diverting adult sense of humor. When Dan Baldwin, an ex-colonel whose life has crashed, is rescued from a gutter in North Africa, he finds himself elected at gunpoint to the company of a purposeful trio about to raid the secret diamond field of a relentless South-West African cartel. He contrives to locate the diamonds, and for his pains is left for dead by the gang’s treacherous leader who has worked to secure the entire illicit haul for himself. Dan has to battle with a vulture before he can barter and bribe his way back to civilization, and finally meet up again with his cunning and merciless enemy, whom he has dubbed Tom the Trooper. The furious climax is reached in London, where Dan, after a tempestuous clash with lovely blonde Ingrid Talaanger, daughter of the diamond cartel’s head, discovers that, for all his violence and cynicism, he can again love a woman devotedly and be changed by her.
Download or read book The Land Grabbers written by Fred Pearce and published by Beacon Press. This book was released on 2012-05-29 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How Wall Street, Chinese billionaires, oil sheiks, and agribusiness are buying up huge tracts of land in a hungry, crowded world. An unprecedented land grab is taking place around the world. Fearing future food shortages or eager to profit from them, the world’s wealthiest and most acquisitive countries, corporations, and individuals have been buying and leasing vast tracts of land around the world. The scale is astounding: parcels the size of small countries are being gobbled up across the plains of Africa, the paddy fields of Southeast Asia, the jungles of South America, and the prairies of Eastern Europe. Veteran science writer Fred Pearce spent a year circling the globe to find out who was doing the buying, whose land was being taken over, and what the effect of these massive land deals seems to be. The Land Grabbers is a first-of-its-kind exposé that reveals the scale and the human costs of the land grab, one of the most profound ethical, environmental, and economic issues facing the globalized world in the twenty-first century. The corporations, speculators, and governments scooping up land cheap in the developing world claim that industrial-scale farming will help local economies. But Pearce’s research reveals a far more troubling reality. While some mega-farms are ethically run, all too often poor farmers and cattle herders are evicted from ancestral lands or cut off from water sources. The good jobs promised by foreign capitalists and home governments alike fail to materialize. Hungry nations are being forced to export their food to the wealthy, and corporate potentates run fiefdoms oblivious to the country beyond their fences. Pearce’s story is populated with larger-than-life characters, from financier George Soros and industry tycoon Richard Branson, to Gulf state sheikhs, Russian oligarchs, British barons, and Burmese generals. We discover why Goldman Sachs is buying up the Chinese poultry industry, what Lord Rothschild and a legendary 1970s asset-stripper are doing in the backwoods of Brazil, and what plans a Saudi oil billionaire has for Ethiopia. Along the way, Pearce introduces us to the people who actually live on, and live off of, the supposedly “empty” land that is being grabbed, from Cambodian peasants, victimized first by the Khmer Rouge and now by crony capitalism, to African pastoralists confined to ever-smaller tracts. Over the next few decades, land grabbing may matter more, to more of the planet’s people, than even climate change. It will affect who eats and who does not, who gets richer and who gets poorer, and whether agrarian societies can exist outside corporate control. It is the new battle over who owns the planet.
Book Synopsis Piano Town Lessons Primer by : Keith Porter-Snell
Download or read book Piano Town Lessons Primer written by Keith Porter-Snell and published by . This book was released on 2002-02-08 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Consists of five levels (primer through level 4), each of which include four books of study covering lessons, theory, technic, and performance.
Download or read book Let's Play written by Jeff A. Johnson and published by Redleaf Press. This book was released on 2014-03-10 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Let children experience the learning power of play! Let’s Play is a handbook full of child-led, open-ended learning adventures. The 39 fresh, fun, and budget-friendly activities (plus more than 225 play variations) are packed with learning that helps children develop important motor, cognitive, language, and social skills. These activity starters were all tested by a slew of early childhood professionals and approved by the children they work with. Building on the early learning principles presented in the author team’s first book together, Let Them Play: An Early Learning (Un)Curriculum, they also support your transition to a play-based, child-led (un)curriculum. Jeff A. Johnson has more than twenty years of early childhood experience as a former child care center director and current family child care business owner. He is a popular keynote speaker, trainer, and author of six books. Denita Dinger has been a child care provider for more than ten years and is a frequent speaker at early childhood conferences, focusing on the topics of hands-on and play-based learning. This is her second book.
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Book Synopsis Theory of Seven I. 7 roles of the team. 7 faces of the soul. 7 types of character (english edition) by : Nikolay Tatarov
Download or read book Theory of Seven I. 7 roles of the team. 7 faces of the soul. 7 types of character (english edition) written by Nikolay Tatarov and published by Litres. This book was released on 2018-11-04 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Theory of Seven I am psychology, what it should be: simple, clear, without clever words.This is the doctrine of the seven inner self, from which the character of man is formed, 7 psychical types and 7 team roles are born.The theory of seven I is a powerful tool for knowledge the inner world: it allows you to understand yourself and others beings, find in the depths of the soul hidden self, turn the peculiarities of his nature to competitive advantage.
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Download or read book MetaNet written by Miriam R.L. Petruck and published by John Benjamins Publishing Company. This book was released on 2018-09-06 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The papers in this collection document the work of the first research project on metaphor that incorporates the findings of Frame Semantics, Conceptual Metaphor Theory, and Construction Grammar with Corpus Linguistics techniques for the analysis of linguistic expressions of metaphor in very large natural language corpora. Under severe constraints, the MetaNet project, based at the International Computer Science Institute designed and populated a sophisticated and accessible repository of conceptual metaphors, developed a formalization for Conceptual Metaphor Theory, and created tools and techniques for the automatic identification and analysis of the linguistic expression of metaphor. For those interested in metaphor, be that from a linguistic, literary, poetic, cognitive, or computational perspective, this book is a must-read. Originally published in Constructions and Frames 8:2 (2016).
Book Synopsis Granny Grabbers' Whizz Bang World by : Charlotte Haptie
Download or read book Granny Grabbers' Whizz Bang World written by Charlotte Haptie and published by Hodder Children's Books. This book was released on 2012-07-05 with total page 139 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Delilah Smart is just an ordinary child who wants to have a normal childhood, but her parents have other plans. They are determined that she wins the Worldwide Junior Extreme General Knowledge Competition and in order to achieve this Delilah must cram all day and only play with educational toys like the Sir Isaac Newton Brain Building Bear. And because Mr and Mrs Smart are Very Busy People they buy a 'childcare robot' to do the boring stuff like looking after her. But Robot Granny Grabbers has hidden qualities and her own views on how to raise Deliliah. She let's her eat chocolate cake and play on trampolines. She builds aircrafts out of household objects and orders pets off the internet. And very soon Delilah is learning how to have fun. Then disaster strikes! ChildCare Solutions learn of Granny Grabbers' errant robot qualities and send a Nanny Deluxe replacement whose circuits are wired to ensure NO IMAGINATION whatsoever. Is Granny Grabbers for the scrapheap? It's instant Action Stations for Delilah Smart and the team ...
Book Synopsis Andy McBean 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by : Dale Kutzera
Download or read book Andy McBean 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea written by Dale Kutzera and published by Salmon Bay Books. This book was released on 2015-01-02 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Andy McBean is the man. He’s all that and then some. Since defeating an alien invasion, he has become the most famous boy on the planet. A new adventure comes calling when the richest man on earth asks to borrow the giant tripod the aliens left behind. Andy is the only one who can operate the machine and must journey to the top of the world to find a lost ship. There he is captured by the mysterious captain of a strange submarine.
Book Synopsis Project Azorian by : Norman C Polmar
Download or read book Project Azorian written by Norman C Polmar and published by Naval Institute Press. This book was released on 2012-09-15 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In early August 1974, despite incredible risks and after six years of secret preparations, the CIA attempted to salvage the sunken Soviet ballistic missile submarine K-129 from the depths of the North Pacific Ocean. The audacious effort was undertaken with the cover of an undersea mining operation sponsored by eccentric billionaire Howard Hughes. “Azorian”—incorrectly identified as Project Jennifer by the press—was the most ambitious ocean engineering endeavor attempted by man. Following the accidental sinking of a Soviet missile submarine in March 1968, U.S. intelligence agencies were able to determine the precise location and to develop a means of raising the submarine from a depth of 16,400 feet. The remarkable salvage effort of the K-129, which contained nuclear-armed torpedoes and one nuclear tipped missile as well as crypto equipment, was conducted with Soviet naval ships a few hundred yards from the lift ship, the Hughes Glomar Explorer. The book is based, in part, on the research for Michael White’ documentary film Azorian: The Raising of the K-129, released in late 2009. The research for the book and the documentary forced the CIA to issue a brief report on Project Azorian in early 2010, with one-third of the document redacted.
Download or read book #versesoflove written by Multiple Authors and published by Notion Press. This book was released on 2021-04-07 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: #versesoflove is an anthology that celebrates love. From over 1000 submissions in a span of two weeks these vote worthy stories made it to the top. This collection of stories will serve as a launchpad to bring some of India's greatest contemporary writers into the limelight. From stories in the form of letters, to the really articulate stories that sway your heart, this diverse anthology contains stories in all shapes and sizes. There's a story for every reader and one for every mood. This anthology is proof of the ever-evolving, fluid and thriving world of short stories. A must-have for ardent lovers of the art form.
Download or read book A Kind of Magic written by Edna Ferber and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2014-03-04 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bestselling author and Pulitzer Prize winner Edna Ferber's fascinating second autobiography—a follow-up to her first, A Peculiar Treasure—in which she shares the adventures of her life from 1939 to 1963. Rather than just an autobiography, A Kind of Magic serves as a chronicle of American history from 1939-1963 through the eyes of a highly skilled and sensitive observer. A fan of the fine arts, Ferber offers intimate glimpses into the personalities of performers from James Dean to George S. Kaufman, and goes on to share her uncanny knack for having been consistently where the news of the day was breaking. She was in Washington the day President Roosevelt died, in London when the 8th Air Force launched its first long-range daylight raids, at Buchenwald and Nordhausen shortly after their liberation, and—more happily—in Paris on V.E. Day and in New York on V.J. Day. In these pages she recaptures that black-and-white insanity of that war and all wars, as well as the stifling, post-war complecency which gripped America at the time.
Book Synopsis Proceedings of the House of Assembly and Legislative Council ... of the General Assembly ... by : Newfoundland. House of Assembly
Download or read book Proceedings of the House of Assembly and Legislative Council ... of the General Assembly ... written by Newfoundland. House of Assembly and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 1122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Background Screening and Investigations by : W. Barry Nixon
Download or read book Background Screening and Investigations written by W. Barry Nixon and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2011-08-30 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hiring highly qualified people is crucial to every company, and Background Screening and Investigations is an essential guide to succeeding in a turbulent business environment. A crucial part of any hiring process should be employment background screening, pre- and post-hire, which gives hiring personnel a glimpse into a person's past behavior patterns, propensities, and likely future behavior. Background Screening and Investigations describes all aspects of the employment background screening processes - its history and evolution, the imperative for implementing a screening process, and the creation of a comprehensive policy. Nixon and Kerr show how security and human resources professionals can work together to negotiate legal hurdles and make their background screening process successful. * Where do HR and security perspectives differ on hot topics like hiring convicted felons, data protection, and sexual predators? * What does state law allow when screening job candidates? * How should companies deal with emerging issues like international background investigations and continuous (Infinity) screening of current employees?
Book Synopsis Proceedings of the House of Assembly and Legislative Council by : Newfoundland. House of Assembly
Download or read book Proceedings of the House of Assembly and Legislative Council written by Newfoundland. House of Assembly and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 1132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Helping Children Affected by Parental Substance Abuse by : Tonia Caselman
Download or read book Helping Children Affected by Parental Substance Abuse written by Tonia Caselman and published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers. This book was released on 2015-05-21 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This practical resource provides a wealth of activities and photocopiable worksheets to use with children and young people affected by parental substance misuse. Children living in substance abusing homes are at risk of many different negative outcomes, such as behavioral problems, low academic achievement, depression and anxiety, low self-esteem, as well as self-blame for their parent's substance abuse. The activities and worksheets in this book have been designed to assist counselors, therapists and other professionals to facilitate group sessions for children of addicted parents. Each chapter reviews a different issue related to children living in substance abusing homes, and gives step-by-step instructions for leading a group session, accompanied by the latest research and suggestions for discussions based on best practices. Children will learn to reduce feelings of shame and isolation, better understand the nature of addiction, increase self-care and create healthy interactions. This is an essential resource for professionals working with children affected by parental substance misuse, including counselors, child psychologists, therapists, and youth workers.
