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Defeating Dictators : Fighting Tyranny in Africa and Around the World
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Subject(s): Dictatorship -- Africa | Regime change -- Africa | Democratization | Democratization -- Africa | Regime change | Dictatorship | Africa -- Politics and government -- 1960- Summary: "Despite billions of dollars of aid and the best efforts of the international community to improve economies and bolster democracy across Africa, viol

Politics and Power in the Multinational Corporation : the Role of Institutions, Interests and Identities
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Subject(s): International business enterprises -- Political aspects | Corporate power Summary: "The current financial and economic crisis has negatively underlined the vital role of multinational companies (MNCs) in our daily lives. The breakdown and crisis of flagship MNCs, such as Enron, WorldCom, Lehman Brothers, Toyota and General Moto

Flight Theory and Aerodynamics : a Practical Guide for Operational Safety
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Subject(s): Aerodynamics -- Handbooks, manuals, etc | Airplanes -- Piloting Handbooks, manuals, etc | Aeronautics -- Safety measures Handbooks, manuals, etc Summary: "The pilot's guide to aeronautics and the complex forces of flight Flight Theory and Aerodynamics is the essential pilot's guide to the physics of flight, designed spe

Cognitive Psychology for Dummies
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Subject(s): Cognitive psychology | Memory | Short-term memory | Problem solving Summary: "Written specifically for psychology students and professionals, this hands-on guide provides an accessible and entertaining introduction to the field of cognitive psychology. Unlike the dense and jargon-laden content found in most psychology textbooks

Coercion and Responsibility in Islam : a Study in Ethics and Law
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Subject(s): Duress (Islamic law) | Islam and justice Summary: "In 'Coercion and Responsibility in Islam', Mairaj Syed explores how classical Muslim theologians and jurists from four intellectual traditions argue about the thorny issues that coercion raises about responsibility for one's action. This is done by assessing four eth

Foreigners, Minorities and Integration : the Muslim Immigrant Experience in Britain and Germany
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Subject(s): Muslims -- Great Britain -- History | Muslims -- History -- Germany | Muslims -- England Newcastle upon Tyne | Muslims -- Germany Bremen | Great Britain -- Emigration and immigration History | Germany -- Emigration and immigration History Summary: This book explores the arrival and development of Muslim immigrant communities in Brit

Devotion
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Subject(s): London (England) -- Fiction -- History -- 1800-1950 | Rome (Italy) -- Fiction -- History -- 1870-1945 Summary: From the bestselling author of My Dear, I Wanted to Tell You and The Heroes' Welcome, Louisa Young's Devotion is a novel of family, love, race and politics set during the electric change of the 1930s. Tom loves Nenn

Three Sisters, Three Queens
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Subject(s): Catherine, of Aragon, Queen, consort of Henry VIII, King of England, 1485-1536 -- Fiction | Margaret, Queen, consort of James IV, King of Scotland, 1489-1541 -- Fiction | Mary, Queen, consort of Louis XII, King of France, 1496-1533 -- Fiction | Queens -- Fiction -- History -- 16th century -- Europe Summary: When Katherine of Aragon

Arrowood
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Subject(s): Holmes, Sherlock -- Fiction | Private investigators -- Fiction -- England | London (England) -- Fiction -- Social life and customs -- 19th century Summary: 1895: London's scared. A killer haunts the city's streets. The poor are hungry; crime bosses are taking control; the police force stretched to breaking point. While the r

The Strays : a Novel
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Subject(s): Children of artists -- Fiction | Communal living -- Fiction -- Australia | Ambition -- Fiction | Dysfunctional families -- Fiction Summary: On her first day at a new school, Lily befriends one of the daughters of infamous avant-garde painter Evan Trentham. He and his wife are trying to escape the stifling conservatism of 1930s Austr

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