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Android UI Fundamentals: Develop &Design (Develop and Design)

Peachpit Press, 2012

There is a revolution happening in the technology industry. Touchscreen interfaces, combined with low-cost and ubiquitous smartphones, have created a perfect storm for disruptive innovation. Android is at the forefront of this change, bringing a free and open-source platform on which developers can create the next generation of...

In My Time of Dying: A History of Death and the Dead in West Africa

Princeton Press, 2021

An in-depth look at how mortuary cultures and issues of death and the dead in Africa have developed over four centuries

In My Time of Dying is the first detailed history of death and the dead in Africa south of the Sahara. Focusing on a region that is now present-day Ghana, John Parker explores...

Civilizations: Culture, Ambition, and the Transformation of Nature

Free Press, 2001

In Civilizations, Felipe Fernández-Armesto once again proves himself a brilliantly original historian, capable of large-minded and comprehensive works; here he redefines the subject that has fascinated historians from Thucydides to Gibbon to Spengler to Fernand Braudel: the nature of civilization.

To...

Implementing SAP R/3 Sales and Distribution

McGraw-Hill, 2000

Expert Guidance on How to Successfully Implement This Brand-New SAP Module!

One of the world’s leading SAP Sales & Distribution consultants delivers the first comprehensive and practical guide to implementing this new module in the R/3 system. Inside this book you’ll get complete information on the ins and outs of the...

Entrepreneurial Solutions for Prosperity in BoP Markets: Strategies for Business and Economic Transformation

FT Press, 2010

There has been immense worldwide excitement about the potential of Bottom of the Pyramid (BoP) businesses to help impoverished societies escape poverty. Unfortunately, many BoP firms are locked in a "survival trap" that keeps them small, inefficient, and unprofitable. Now, Eric Kacou identifies breakthrough...

Advances in Swarm Intelligence: First International Conference, ICSI 2010, Beijing

Springer, 2010

This book and its companion volume, LNCS vols. 6145 and 6146, constitute the proceedings of the International Conference on Swarm Intelligence (ICSI 2010) held in Beijing, the capital of China, during June 12-15, 2010. ICSI 2010 was the first gathering in the world for researchers working on all aspects of swarm intelligence, and...

The Mazzel Ritual: Culture, Customs and Crime in the Diamond Trade

Springer, 2009

The academic study of diamonds is as multi-faceted as the precious stones themselves. Mineralogists and geographers have written about them, as have historians and economists and students of art and fashion. They each shine their light on a different aspect of this source of luminous radiance. But who would venture to describe the entire...

Framing the Jina: Narratives of Icons and Idols in Jain History

Oxford University Press, 2010

John Cort explores the narratives by which the Jains have explained the presence of icons of Jinas (their enlightened and liberated teachers) that are worshiped and venerated in the hundreds of thousands of Jain temples throughout India. Most of these narratives portray icons favorably, and so justify their existence; but there are also...

The Action Principles

American Success Institute, 2000

A path to independence, success and happiness. -- Dr. Denton Cooley, President, Texas Heart Institute

I love the Action Principles book! -- Rev. David O'Connell, President, Catholic University

The Action Principles is an outstanding book that will benefit every reader. -- Ross Perot
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Information Security Architecture: An Integrated Approach to Security in the Organization

Auerbach Publications, 2000

This book is dedicated to my husband, Todd A. Tudor, and my three children, Drew, Allyssa, and Chad, who spent many hours patiently waiting for my time and attention while this book was being written.

Profits from this book will be contributed to the children of the world through the YMCA in Ethiopia, Africa, and through The...

First Raise a Flag: How South Sudan Won the Longest War but Lost the Peace

Oxford University Press, 2019

When South Sudan's war began, the Beatles were playing their first hits and reaching the moon was an astronaut's dream. Half a century later, with millions massacred in Africa's longest war, the continent's biggest country split in two. It was an extraordinary, unprecedented experiment. Many have fought, but South Sudan did the...

Medical Biochemistry: Human Metabolism in Health and Disease

John Wiley & Sons, 2009

"All the necessary topics are accurately covered, with ample formulae and metabolic pathways, and reasonable clinical references." (ACP News, June 2009)

Metabolism includes various pathways of chemical reactions; understanding these pathways leads to an improved knowledge of the causes, preventions, and...

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