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  Time for the world to learn from...

  Ruth Finnegan

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  It is a common notion that Africa has, and indeed ought to have, learned much from the west. This is not wrong; all cultures rightly learn from each other. But less is said of what there is to learn from Africa: from her stories, myths, music, proverbs, insights - and more. Here an acclaimed African scholar steps into the gap with a prize winning account that uncovers something of the great legacy of African thought and practice in ways that will astonish many. Written with verve and authority and directed above all to students and sixth formers, this book will also delight and often surprise those who know something of Africa as well as those hitherto ignorant. 
   Ruth Finnegan OBE FBA is Emeritus Professor The Open University, Foreign Associate of the Finnish Literature Bureau, and International Fellow of the American Folklore Society. An anthropologist and multi-award author, she has published extensively, chiefly on Africa, musical practice, and English urban life. Recent books include How is Language?, Fiji's Music: Where Did It Come From?, her edited Entrancement: The Consciousness of Dreaming, Music and The World, and several prize-winning Africa-influenced novels, including The Black Inked Pearl and Voyage of Pearl of the Seas.

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  Police Deception and Dishonesty...

  Luke William Hunt

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  In Police Deception and Dishonesty, Luke William Hunt—a philosophy professor and former FBI special agent—argues that many of our assumptions about policing and security are unjustified. Through a rich discussion of literature and case studies, he shows that there are compelling reasons to think that the police's widespread use of proactive deception and dishonesty is inconsistent with fundamental norms of political morality—especially norms regarding fraud and the rule of law. Although there are times and places for dishonesty and deception in policing, Hunt evocatively illustrates why those times and places should be much more limited than current practices suggest.

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  Coping with miscarriages...

  LoveAndBloom

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  Dealing with miscarriages is a traumatic event. In addition to the physical loss of your baby, one suffers from sadness, disappointments, emotional pain & grieves in life. This also affects your mental and physical state as well as your relationship with your spouse.  
  The effects could be devastating. While each of us processes emotions and losses differently. We all need tools to deal with the emotions in these kinds of traumatic events. There are often grieves, hopelessness, sadness, guilt, pain etc.  
  In this course, we will Let go of the guilt Release anger Grieves the losses Feel the pain inside Deeply forgive ourselves and others Regain hope and strength Be your personal coach Healing in a step-by-step wayAnd much more  
  In this course, we will deal with all ranges of emotions from guilt to grieves. We address the anger behind us and overcome the pain from within. We once again forgive ourselves and the universe. We regain hope to be back in life again.

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  Philippine-American War The: The...

  Editors Charles River

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  On April 27, 1898 six American ships of the line, led by the Olympia with Commodore George Dewey aboard, headed toward Manila Bay. After several days of sailing over the South China Sea, Dewey hoped to sail past the Spanish fort at Corregidor to arrive at Manila without detection, and sailed without lights in order to do so. He made it into the bay, where the naval battle with the Spanish South Pacific Squadron began in the wee hours of May 1, 1898. Dewey was a student of the Mahanian school of naval strategy, so called for the aggressive Alfred T. Mahan, a top naval strategist and President of the Naval War College. As such, he concentrated his efforts on the offensive, preferring to meet the Spanish fleet on his own terms and to avoid, if it all possible fire from land-based batteries that lined Manila Bay. He refused to engage the batteries on land, sailing straight past the firing batteries and toward the Spanish fleet. Dewey issued his most famous command just before 6:00 that morning, “You may fire when ready, Gridley!”  
  The leader of an 1896 insurgency against the Spanish, Emilio Aguinaldo y Famy, had left the Philippines in an agreement following Spanish promises of reform that never materialized. As a recognized Filipino leader, he was brought to Manila by an American ship within days of the American victory at Manila, but the events that followed were to prove controversial and lead to U.S. control of the Philippines, along with a revolution of the Filipino people that would prove to be far longer and more costly than the Spanish-American war itself. The Philippines had no meaningful connection to Cuba except as a Spanish colony, and Spanish forces in the islands were no threat to the U.S. Pacific coast, but the island chain appeared to offer a convenient location for a naval base in an age when warships were coal-powered and needed coaling bases. 

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  A History of the Americas - From...

  Anthony McFarlane, William Potter

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  A History of the Americas is an extraordinary narrative weaving together common threads of history of the two continents from the end of the ice ages until the present day. 
   
  Covering the breadth of one of the world's largest and most important landmasses, A History of the Americas takes you from the emergence of the first civilizations of Norte Chico in Peru and the Olmecs in Mesoamerica to the rise of the Maya, Aztecs and Inca during the Middle Ages, as well as the remarkable settlements such as Cahokia and Mesa Verde in North America, through the tragedies of contact between New and Old Worlds to the establishment of new nations like the United States of America. 
   
  Examining themes such as trade, agriculture, politics, war, imperialism and culture along the way, the author reveals the fascinating threads that connected a diverse array of peoples and nations. Impressive monuments and architectural wonders join an array of sources in helping us understand the past of this most fascinating place.

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  A Legacy of Purpose - How the...

  Malcolm Allen

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  In a time of shifting demographics and evolving workforce demands, the academic pipeline remains critically important but persistently unequal. A Legacy of Purpose reveals how one organization has created a transformative model for diversifying research and academia through mentorship, opportunity, and collaboration.

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