Subject(s): Finance -- Law and legislation | Finance (Islamic law) | Finance -- Law and legislation -- Great Britain | Finance -- Law and legislation -- Persian Gulf States Summary: "The role of global capital in relation to human social systems has assumed enormous proportions in liberalised, deregulated markets. States attempt to national

Subject(s): Qur'an -- Orthography | Islamic calligraphy | Calligraphy, Arabic Summary: "This book rises to the challenge of a grand theme-how did the early Muslims develop a fitting script and presentation for the word of God? George presents, in lucid expository prose, bold but convincing answers to the many questions posed by this sca

Subject(s): Social psychology | Culture and psychology Summary: The study of culture in psychology has a distinguished history and has progressed in many important ways, but also has some limitations. We know much about east-west differences in self-construal and cognitive style, for example, yet we know very little about the multitude of cultu

Subject(s): Economic development -- Environmental aspects | Sustainable development | Climatic changes Summary: "This text provides a comprehensive and multi-disciplinary entry level account of the challenges, the response, and the alternative pathways to tackling development in a changing climate. The first section provides the building bl

Subject(s): Cloud computing Summary: Applies lean manufacturing principles across the cloud service delivery chain to enable application and infrastructure service providers to sustainably achieve the shortest lead time, best quality, and value. Applies lean thinking across the cloud service delivery chain to recognize and minimize waste. Lever

Subject(s): Storytellers -- Fiction | Middle East -- Fiction Summary: In 2003, Osama al-Kharrat returns to Beirut after many years in America to stand vigil at his father's deathbed. The city is a shell of the Beirut Osama remembers, but he and his friends and family take solace in the things that have always sustained them: gossip, laughte

Subject(s): Environmental ethics Summary: "Broad in scope, this introduction to environmental ethics considers both contemporary issues and the extent of humanity's responsibility for distant future life. John Nolt, a logician and environmental ethicist, interweaves contemporary science, logical analysis, and ethical theory into the sto

Subject(s): Climatic changes | Climatic changes -- Health aspects | Human beings -- Effect of climate on | Water-supply -- Forecasting | Crops and climate Summary: "This book is offers a comprehensive and timely analysis of various aspects of global warming and its consequences, featuring such topics as assessment of and adaption to climate

Subject(s): Concrete | Architecture -- Designs and plans | Architecture Holdings: ,Book - General,Gombak Campus Library,General Collection,Open Shelf,NA4125 A673F 2016,Available,11100346788

Subject(s): Trust | Public relations | Business ethics | Business -- Public opinion | Corporate culture Summary: "Public trust in business is one of the most important but least understood issues for business leaders, public officials, employees, NGOs and other key stakeholders. This book provides much-needed thinking on the topic. Drawing