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

Subject(s): Corporate governance | Going public (Securities) | Corporations -- Investor relations Summary: "Initial Public Offerings (IPOs) are unique economic and governance events as privately held firms issue common stock or shares to the public for the first time. The governance issues surrounding IPOs are relatively unexamined compared

Subject(s): Women legislators -- States -- United States | Minority legislators -- States -- United States | Legislative bodies -- States -- United States | Representative government and representation -- States -- United States | Women -- Political activity States -- United States | Political culture -- States -- United States Summary: "Ov

Subject(s): Islam and civil society -- Middle East | Islam -- Social aspects -- Middle East | Social change -- Middle East Summary: "This book engages in a conversation between social theory and Islamic studies. Drawing on theories of successive modernities, sociology of religion, and poststructuralist approaches to modern subjectivity form

Subject(s): Islam and politics | Christianity and politics | Hinduism and politics | Islamic fundamentalism -- Political aspects | Religious fundamentalism -- Political aspects | Political thought -- Comparative studies -- Islamic perspectives Summary: "Why does Islam play a larger role in contemporary politics than other religions? Is ther

Subject(s): Inquiry-based learning | Research -- Case studies -- Methodology Study and teaching (Elementary) | Elementary school teachers -- Case studies -- Training of | Teachers -- Case studies -- Self-rating of | Social justice -- Study and teaching (Elementary) | Education, Urban | Critical pedagogy Summary: "One of the most important f