Pen: 155 books

This book presents critical perspectives on the impacts of globalization in Africa with particular reference to the crisis of development and governance, the crisis of peace and security, and the environmental crisis. It explores both global and local factors that exacerbate these crises, and seeks...

This book focuses on an important technology for mineralizing and utilizing CO2 instead of releasing it into the atmosphere. CO2 mineralization and utilization demonstrated in the waste-to-resource supply chain can “reduce carbon dependency, promote resource and energy efficiency, and lessen environmental...

A new anthology of writings, this collection contains stories with varying themes from 21 different writers. Including an assured and professional piece of writing about a seemingly simple interaction between two men in which the true drama takes place beneath the surface, this book will give insight into what African writers are experiencing and writing about in the new decade. 

In 1944 wordt de Joodse Marion Swaab, ondergedoken bij de Zaanse familie Pel, door de buurman verraden. Moeder Geertje weet voor Marion nog net op tijd een veilig onderkomen te vinden en geeft zichzelf aan bij de Sicherheitsdienst. Geertje wordt via Kamp Vught gedeporteerd naar concentratiekamp Ravensbrück...

"Minister of Truth" is the inside story of official corruption, as told by one of its victims. The title is taken from the character in the novel "1984", by George Orwell. The job of that character was to continually revise and coordinate lies, which were then told to the public...

The 5 Phases of The Kriya Yoga Tradition comprises the complete text and contains all of the major necessary concentration-meditation techniques and advanced philosophy of life and sciences needed to guide the practitioner to divine revelations, consorting with the greatest of masters to bring about...

In this book Michelle takes you on a Journey to find that seemingly elusive Divine Love that we are all searching for. Included are five different meditations to take you on that Journey into the Divine,to open your heart to the power of love and to help heal your body, mind and spirit. Where other...

In an increasingly globalized world, place matters more than ever. Nowhere is that more true than in Appalachian studies -- a field which brings scholars, activists, artists, and citizens together around a region to contest misappropriations of resources and power and combat stereotypes of isolation...

Tengo diez años y llevo toda mi vida en este sótano. Un thriller que engancha de mano del apodado como «Stephen King español». Vivo en la oscuridad con mis padres, mi abuela, mi hermana y mi hermano. Todos están desfigurados por el fuego. Mi hermana lleva una máscara blanca para...

There are some to whom philosophy is a foreign language. We live and therefore thinkand whatever this thinking is, for some it is certain that philosophy exists only within the realms of thought. Many are inhibited by ideology, to be sure; only when beliefs have matured in the wilderness do some assign...

Imagine walking with the Lord in your new body that he will be giving us. Your body will be cleansed of sin. Heaven will be all around us with God, the Father; Jesus Christ, the Son; and the Holy Spirit being our guiding light. We will all be shining stars to the Lord, making him so happy. The waters...

This book introduces readers to the basic concepts of Heart Rate Variability (HRV) and its most important analysis algorithms using a hands-on approach based on the open-source RHRV software. HRV refers to the variation over time of the intervals between consecutive heartbeats. Despite its apparent...

729 years from now, in the "perfect" domain of Hautland, the 26-year-old Buckstop still mourns the death of his wife in childbirth. When his mother presents him with the smart, beautiful, sympathetic Allegra as candidate for his second queen and stepmother to his two children, the way she makes him...

The staged suicide of a young glamour journalist leads Hamburg police detective Isa Boysen to a mysterious crime case. While her boss wants the case closed asap, she finds evidence for a conspiracy. The journalist had to die because she discovered disturbing facts about an organization which is selling East-European babies in Hamburg.