Subject(s): Teachers -- Cross-cultural studies -- Training of | Education and state -- Cross-cultural studies | Educational change -- Cross-cultural studies Summary: "Teachers are the most important single element of the education system but what does it take to create high quality teachers in today's world? Around the world, countries

Subject(s): South Asian diaspora | South Asians -- History -- 20th century | South Asians -- History -- 21st century Summary: "An epic narrative history that compares and contrasts the fortunes of all the countries that make up South Asia. If British India had not been partitioned in 1947, its population would today be the world's large

Subject(s): Mosques -- History -- China | Islamic architecture -- History -- China | Architecture -- Islamic influences -- China Summary: This book explains how the worship requirements of the mosque and the Chinese architectural system converged. What happens when a monotheistic, aniconic, foreign religion needs a space in which to worship in

Subject(s): Globalization -- Social aspects -- Australia | Social change -- Australia | Globalization -- Social aspects -- Malaysia | Social change -- Malaysia | Australia -- Social policy | Australia -- Social conditions -- 21st century | Malaysia -- Social policy | Malaysia -- Social conditions -- 21st century Summary: "As the Asia-Pacifi

Subject(s): Probabilities | Quantum theory | Mathematical physics Summary: "Creating a rigorous mathematical theory of randomness is far from being complete, even in the classical case. Interrelation of Classical and Quantum Randomness rectifies this and introduces mathematical formalisms of classical and quantum probability and randomness

Subject(s): Organizational effectiveness | Success in business | Strategic planning | Industrial management Summary: Leading data analysts Raynor and Ahmed conducted a five-year study to sort through mountains of data and identify 18 companies who have truly exceptional lifetime performance. They found that success derives from how executives m

Subject(s): Cooking Summary: "Savor the basics. Master new techniques. Find everything you need to cook like a pro. No matter what you crave - from the best chocolate chip cookies to holiday-worthy roasts - cook it with confidence with Taste of Home Cooking School Cookbook."-- Source other than Library of Congress Holdings:

Subject(s): Finance -- Islamic countries | Financial institutions -- Law and legislation -- Islamic countries | Finance, Islamic Summary: "Explore Islamic finance at a deeper level Intermediate Islamic Finance: Theory and Practice fills the gap for students and professionals who are already familiar with the fundamentals of Islamic finance,

Subject(s): Customer equity -- Research Methodology | Customer equity -- Handbooks, manuals, etc. -- Research Methodology Summary: "Customer equity has emerged as the most important metric to manage firm performance. This Handbook covers a broad range of strategic and tactical issues related to defining, measuring, managing, and implementin

Subject(s): Religion | Religion -- Philosophy | Religions Summary: This very clearly written book provides a rational justification for responding religiously to our ambiguous universe and for seeing the major world religions as different culturally conditioned forms of this reponse. It is the classic exposition of the pluralist theory of an ul