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A piercing historical explanation for poverty and inequality in African societies today, and social impact of resource-driven growth.

These are classic, brilliant, and hilarious comics with kid and adult appeal of the beloved character, the spinach-fueled Popeye and his cast of "frien's" and "emenies": Olive Oyl, Swee'pea, Wimpy, The Sea Hag, and Bluto.Popeye's back in a glorious, hilarious, stupendous volume of his ARF-filled adventures! The one-eyed sailor's usual crew prevail against the likes of Bluto and the evil Sea Hag. This book is LOL funny from the outset and thril...

DRAGON AWARD NOMINEE. Privateer Captain Blackwood and the crew of the Andromeda are back in this swashbuckling sequel to Her Brother's Keeper.THE RAZOR'S EDGE OF TYRANNY AND FREEDOM THE EXILED LEADER: He was known as the Butcher of Sargusport. Zander Krycek made a choice that saved his world of Ithaca, but doomed his reputation and banished him to a planet far, far away. THE EVIL EMPIRE: The Orlov Combine intends to swallow Ithaca in the same ...

This books builds on 'Finance 1: Portfolio Theory and Management'. Both volumes are linked through the asset allocation process. While Finance 1 focused on portfolio theory and strategic asset allocation, Finance 2 deals with tactical asset allocation and market efficiency. We start by reviewing the asset allocation process, market timing and the approach by Black and Litterman. Section 2 deals with the predictability of prices, including tech...

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From cupcakes with liquor-infused icing to wine or beer in the cake itself to seductive soft centers oozing with delightful cocktail ingredients, Cupcakes with a Kick is sure to provide many delicious and decadent treats for fans alcohol-infused foods. Step-by-step instructions explain clearly how the cupcakes are made. Gorgeous full-page photographs of every cupcake will inspire even the most reluctant cook to try them and helpful hints and t...

Fun crafts that shine!

The recent Hollywood film Hidden Figures presents a portrait of how African-American women shaped the U.S. effort in aerospace during the height of Jim Crow. In Storming the Heavens, Gerald Horne presents the necessary back story to this story and goes further to detail the earlier struggle of African-Americans to gain the right to fly. This struggle involved pioneers like Bessie Coleman, who traveled to World War I era Paris in order to gain ...

Off-beat stories abound in this celebration of the lurid and sometimes sleazy history of romance comic books. Edited and packaged by Eisner Award-winner Craig Yoe.Punk rock star and graphic novelist Rebecca Sevrin introduces these LOL bizarro, lurid, and looney romance comic book stories from the 1950s, '60s, and beyond! Your jaw will drop over the WTH wacky pulp fiction with... • COMMIES in "Iron Curtain Romance!" • KOOKY TEENAGERS hot for te...

By tracing the long and turbulent history of the Zulus from their arrival in South Africa and the establishment of Zululand, The Zulus at War is an important and readable addition to this popular subject area. It describes the violent rise of King Shaka and his colorful successors, under whose leadership the warrior nation built a fearsome fighting reputation without equal among the native tribes of South Africa. Author and Anglo-Zulu war expe...

Women's London is the only guidebook that focuses on the women who have shaped London through the centuries and the legacy they have left behind. This new book provides the perfect opportunity to explore sights, statues, plaques and buildings associated with famous and some not so famous women who have left their mark on London's heritage, culture and society. Their stories include scientists and suffragettes, reformers and royals, military an...

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Nola Brown's body was found on a plane that mysteriously fell from the sky as it left a secret military base in the Alaskan wilderness. Her commanding officer verifies she's dead. The US government confirms it. But Jim "Zig" Zigarowski has just found out the truth: Nola is still alive.

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Kate Priddy was always a bit neurotic, but after an ex-boyfriend kidnapped her, her bouts of anxiety began exploding into full-blown panic attacks. When Corbin Dell, a cousin in Boston, suggests the two temporarily swap apartments, Kate agrees, hoping that time away will help her overcome the past traumas of her life.But at Corbin’s apartment, Kate discovers that a neighbor, a young woman, has been murdered. When the police question her, Kate ...

Sometimes the best intentions can have the worst results. In 1908, British reformers banned the export of Indian opium to China. As a result, the world price of opium soared to a new high and a century of lucrative drug smuggling began. Just as the banning of alcohol in America during Prohibition made illicit fortunes for the Mafia and other gangsters, organized criminals grew rich on the trade of illegal narcotics throughout the British Empir...

Michael Sterling disappeared from his Maine town five years ago. Everyone assumed he was kidnapped. The truth is worse—he ran away and found the life he always dreamed of. Now, at seventeen, he's Sean Woodhouse. And he's come "home, " to the last place he wants to ever be, to claim the small inheritance his grandparents promised him when he graduated high school, all so he can save Trip, the boy he developed an intense and complicated relation...

300ND is a sustainable fitness program with one focus - losing weight through good, clean living. This is the story of my personal journey to lose 62 pounds and 9 inches off my waist. In this book, I give you the secrets to sustainable weight loss. We embrace good clean living, the kind of living that we did as kids before there were terms like sustainable, environmentalism, recycle, NON-GMO, and organic, before microwaves and TV dinners. When...

It's school play season, and Emily Sparkes has landed herself a starring role . . . not. In fact, it's the most HUMILIATING role in the history of all time - even worse than the time she was cast as a duck. (Quack, quack.)Emily's friends Chloe (pretty much a Hollywood-star-to-be, daahling) and Zuzanna are very excited. Partly because, for the first time ever, they'll be performing in a gala at the local theatre like proper actors!But things ta...

Hier geht es um einen Mann der, der Garde von König Heinrich ist und als der König ermordet wird macht er sich auf die Suche nach dem Mörder. Durch seine Suche nach dem Mörder wird er immer mehr Zeuge durch Intrigen und Verrat. Aber nur durch Gottes Hilfe und durch seinen Mut kann er den Mörder von seinem König, der noch sein bester Freund ist rächen aber zuvor wird Curt mit einem Geheimnis Konfrontiert, das sein Leben verändert. Wird Curt es ...