Most of the world's poor live in slums. As a result, for more than half a century, international donors and national governments have grappled with the challenges of providing them with housing and...
When Brother John, a man known for wandering around Africa for years, tells Allan Quatermain about a rare and gorgeous orchid hidden in the wild flora of Africa, Quatermain is determined to find...
After the tragic death of his son, Allan Quatermain's grief is inconsolable. Feeling that the only possible way to ease his pain is through an expedition, Quatermain seeks out Captain Good, Sir ...
When young Allan Quatermain, a boy who would later be known for his heroic adventures, saves a young girl named Stella from a fire, they become quick friends. However, when Stella's mother leave...
This book is based upon and named after Martijn's economics master thesis. It analyses the Dutch labour market, which is highly influenced by the so- called Poldermodel and by the Dutch welfare s...
Alternative Approaches to Refugee Problems is a book written after a decade of scientific research as contributory solutions to the Hercules challenges of International Migration and Refugee proble...
This project aims at a comparative study on performance, emission, and combustion of banana peel and bran oil when blended with diesel in a single cylinder four stroke water cooled direct injection...
During the past 5 decades a number of econometric techniques were developed and applied to a variety of econometric relationships to deal with the problem of single equation estimation as well a...
Logging in West Virginia is a hazardous occupation by almost any measure. Over the years, fatality rates, inspections, and participation in training programs have been thought to be the best indica...
The research in the field of aqueous two phase extraction for proteins for further downstream processing as biopharmaceutical molecules, has gained the attention of many groups. Most of these syste...
How can altruistic organisms that sacrifice their fitness to help their competitors survive natural selection?
This book attempts to resolve this puzzle by showing that it stems from the questiona...
We agree with Plantinga that philosophy needs to clarify and remove obstacles for us to see more clearly that God is our final Truth and Good. But what is more important is that Plantinga recognize...
Interest in amenity focused development strategies has exploded in recent decades as policy¬makers and community leaders realize that most natural resource based and manufacturing jobs are no lo...
This book invites you to make an amazing journey - to look at USA from geographically far Belarus. You will know why America is the land of the free and the home of the brave... for millions people...
American Indian Stories (1921) is a collection of stories and essays from Yankton Dakota writer Zitkála-Sá. Published while Zitkála-Sá was at the height of her career as an artist and act...
Many alternative models have been developed lately to generalize the Black-Scholes option pricing model in order to incorporate more empirical features. Brownian motion and normal distribution have...
Numerical simulation of ammonia converter to optimize conversion percentage is presented. The aim of this simulation is to maximize the ammonia reaction conversion depending on pressure, temperatur...
Nigeria's Niger Delta has become increasingly famous because of its rich massive oil deposits and escalating violence in the region. The emergence of deadly militant groups and activities in protes...
"The first taste I had for books came to me from my pleasure in the fables of the Metamorphoses of Ovid. For at about seven or eight years of age I would steal away from any other pleas...