Life In Alien Territory

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Retired university professor Renate Schulz is looking for something to do with her life, some way to give back. She decides to rejoin the Peace Corps forty-six years after she first served. Life in Alien Territory: Memories of Peace Corps Service in Mali chronicles her eleven months in Mali, West Africa, a predominantly Muslim country. At age seventy-one, she is the oldest Peace Corps volunteer among 180 other Americans. Schulz weaves the highs and lows of her life as a volunteer in Africa into her daily journal entries. Her personal struggles with the challenges of living in third-world conditions, particularly at her age, are woven into her real-life concerns about human rights in West Africa, particularly for women and children. Her time in Mali, with all its challenges and frustrations, are offset with her growing appreciation for this "alien" culture. In this wonderfully readable travel narrative, Schulz captures the spirit of the culture, education, and people of Mali. At the same time, she shows how you are never too old to have a life-changing adventure.

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Genre : Biography & Autobiography
Author : Renate A. Schulz
Publisher : Wheatmark, Inc.
Release : 2014-11-15
File : 305 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9781627871792


Strange Divisions And Alien Territories

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Strange Divisions and Alien Territories explores the sub-genres of science fiction from the perspectives of a range of top SF authors. Combining a critical viewpoint with the exploration of the challenges and opportunities facing authors working in the field, contributors include Michael Swanwick, Catherine Asaro and Paul di Filippo.

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Genre : Fiction
Author : Keith Brooke
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Release : 2012-02-10
File : 240 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9780230360273


Fasting For Life

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Increase fasting for health and wholeness.

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Genre : Health & Fitness
Author : Francis E. Umesiri
Publisher : Charisma Media
Release : 2016-01-05
File : 253 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9781629986272


Jurisdiction In International Law

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Introduction -- Public international law approaches to jurisdiction -- The territoriality principle -- The principles of extraterritorial criminal jurisdiction -- A reasonable exercise of jurisdiction -- A new theory of jurisdiction in international law.

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Genre : Law
Author : Cedric Ryngaert
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Release : 2008-10-02
File : 267 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9780199544714


Triumph Of The Nomads

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Genre : History
Author : Geoffrey Blainey
Publisher : Springer
Release : 1976-06-18
File : 292 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9781349024230


Refugees Citizenship And Belonging In South Asia

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This book examines forced migration of two refugees groups in South Asia. The author discusses the claims of “belonging” of refugees, and asserts that in practice “belonging” can extend beyond the state-centric understanding of membership in South Asian states. She addresses two sets of interrelated questions: what factors determine whether refugees are relocated to their home countries in South Asia, and why do some repatriated groups re-integrate more successfully than others in “post-peace” South Asian states? This book answers these questions through a study of refugees from Sri Lanka and Bangladesh who sought asylum in India and were later relocated to their countries of origin. Since postcolonial societies have a typical kind of state-formation, in South Asia’s case this has profoundly shaped questions of belonging and membership. The debate tends to focus on citizenship, making it a benchmark to demarcate inclusion and exclusion in South Asian states. In addition to qualitative analysis, this book includes narratives of Sri Lankan and Chakma refugees in post-conflict and post-peace Sri Lanka and Bangladesh respectively, and critiques the impact of macro policies from the bottom up.

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Genre : Social Science
Author : Nasreen Chowdhory
Publisher : Springer
Release : 2018-06-13
File : 193 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9789811301971


The Power Of Personality

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Management writers have come up with many tools for explaining how different types of personalities can work best together. But they have ignored the most important personality difference of all - the difference between introverts and extroverts. This book is the first book to fill that gap. This book follows up from Sylvia Loehken's international bestseller Quiet Impact, published in the UK in June, and will be required reading for all managers and anyone who wants to understand their colleagues better.

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Genre : Psychology
Author : Sylvia Loehken
Publisher : Hachette UK
Release : 2015-04-23
File : 256 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9781444792836


Full Protection And Security In International Investment Law

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This book provides a comprehensive study of the standard of ‘full protection and security’ (FPS) in international investment law. Ever since the Germany-Pakistan BIT of 1959, almost every investment agreement has included an FPS clause. FPS claims refer to the most diverse factual settings, from terrorist attacks to measures concerning concession contracts. Still, the FPS standard has received far less scholarly attention than other obligations under international investment law. Filling that gap, this study examines the evolution of FPS from its medieval roots to the modern age, delimits the scope of FPS in customary international law, and analyzes the relationship between FPS and the concept of due diligence in the law of state responsibility. It additionally explores the interpretation and application of FPS clauses, drawing particular attention to the diverse wording used in investment treaties, the role ascribed to custom, and the interplay between FPS and other treaty-based standards. Besides delivering a detailed analysis of the FPS standard, this book also serves as a guide to the relevant sources, providing an overview of numerous legal instruments, examples of state practice, arbitral decisions, and related academic publications about the standard.

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Genre : Law
Author : Sebastián Mantilla Blanco
Publisher : Springer Nature
Release : 2019-10-24
File : 698 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9783030248383


Old Testament Theology

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A top Old Testament theologian known for his accessible and provocative writing probes what is necessary to understand and appropriate the Hebrew Bible as a fundamental resource for Christian theology and life today. This volume offers a creative example of theological interpretation, modeling a way of doing Old Testament theology that takes seriously both the nature of the biblical text as ancient text and also the questions and difficulties that arise as believers read this text in a contemporary context. Walter Moberly offers an in-depth study of key Old Testament passages, highlighting enduring existential issues in the Hebrew Bible and discussing Jewish readings alongside Christian readings. The volume is representative of the content of Israel's Scripture rather than comprehensive, yet it discusses most of the major topics of Old Testament theology. Moberly demonstrates a Christian approach to reading and appropriating the Old Testament that holds together the priorities of both scholarship and faith.

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Genre : Religion
Author : R. W. L. Moberly
Publisher : Baker Academic
Release : 2013-11-19
File : 351 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9781441243096


Jus Gentium Methodo Scientifica Pertractatum

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Genre : International law
Author : Christian Freiherr von Wolff
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Release : 1934
File : 632 Pages
ISBN-13 : UVA:X004726064