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by K. S. Carol
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2015
It’s supposed to be spring. The trees in bloom, flowers sprouting up from the ground to show their colors off to the world and those that inhabited it. Green grasses, leaves and even babies to bring in the new season.Aurora should have known that nothing was ever what you expected here.Leaving behind...
The Last Boarding Party
The USMC and the SS Mayaguez 1975
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2011
Just two weeks after the close of the Vietnam War, communist Cambodian Khmer Rouge elements seized the S.S. Mayaguez in international waters. Believing they had to act quickly, United States Marines boarded the ship, only to find the crew had been removed. They then launched an assault on a nearby...
Leyte 1944
Return to the Philippines
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2015
The loss of the Philippines in 1942 was the worst defeat in American military history. General Douglas MacArthur, the 'Lion of Luzon', was evacuated by order of the President just before the fall, but he vowed to return, and in August 1944 he kept his word when he led what, at the time, was the largest...
Childhood Obesity
Helping Children Lead Fit and Healthy Lives
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2012
Over the past 3 decades, childhood obesity rates are soaring in developed countries all over the world. This epidemic has become so bad that today, almost 1 out of every 3 American children is either overweight or obese,
Health risks for children who carry unhealthy weight on their...
by K S Gentleman
Language: English
Release Date: February 13, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: February 13, 2015
Reviewing Life Let not the passing moment go by in gloom who knows it may be the last moment to bloom Nip the blues in the bud never again to dread bloom, as lotus in the mud, grace but never shed before doom's shadow casts its spell in distressing Cherish each moment of life as "His" blessing...
by K.S. Reddy, N.D. Kaushika, Kshitij Kaushik
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2016
This book emerges from the recognition that energy, environment and ecosystems are dynamically and inextricably connected. The energy environment system must be addressed in its totality, so that we can devise sustainable solutions that incorporate both economic growth and environmental conservation....
Funding Options for Startups
A Conceptual Framework and Practical Guide
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2016
This is a pioneering effort to provide in one place, alternative sources of funding, professionally structured business plan and other related aspects of raising start-up funds. Beginning with a detailed analysis of the Startup Ecosystem, the role of Incubators, Mentors & Accelerators (IMA) from the...
Yalu River 1950–51
The Chinese spring the trap on MacArthur
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2020
Following the Inchon landings and the breakout from the Pusan Perimeter, UN forces crossed the North Korean border on 9 October and moved on the capital Pyongyang. Many in America believed the war would be over by Christmas, but some Washington diplomatic, military, and intelligence experts continued...
Economic Reforms and Social Exclusion
Impact of Liberalization on Marginalized Groups in India
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2011
Economic Reforms and Social Exclusion is an analytical study that focuses on the socially marginalized and excluded groups in India since the onset of liberalization. It examines how liberal economic reforms have impacted socio-economic categories—caste, tribe and religious minorities—subjecting...
Making Urban Revolution in China: The CCP-GMD Struggle for Beiping-Tianjin, 1945-49
The CCP-GMD Struggle for Beiping-Tianjin, 1945-49
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2015
The end of the Sino-Japanese War in 1945 brought not peace but renewed confrontation between Mao Zedong's Chinese Communist Party and Chiang Kaishek's Guomindang. The ensuing Civil War, at the threshold of the Cold War, held enormous significance for international strategic alliances, and in particular...
Security and Environment in the Mediterranean
Conceptualising Security and Environmental Conflicts
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
In this volume security specialists, peace researchers, environmental scholars, demographers as well as climate, desertification, water, food and urbanisation specialists from the Middle East and North Africa, Europe and North America review security and conflict prevention in the Mediterranean....
by Mousumi Debnath, Godavarthi B.K.S. Prasad, Prakash S. Bisen
Language: English
Release Date: January 29, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: January 29, 2010
A rapid development in diverse areas of molecular biology and genetic engineering resulted in emergence of variety of tools. These tools are not only applicable to basic researches being carried out world over, but also exploited for precise detection of abnormal conditions in plants, animals and...
by K.S. Clifford Chao
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2013
The third edition of Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy was written to enhance the reader’s understanding of the cutting-edge technology of Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy. It is designed to both update old readers and inform new readers about the complexities and details of clinical management....
by K. S. Subramanian
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2015
This book discusses the history of unrest and conflict in Northeast India from 1947 to the present day. A perceptive study on public policy and its delivery in the region, the volume highlights that a crisis of governance, security and development has emerged in the Northeast because of the way various...