Futureproof your business, career and family with these invaluable insights. This is an essential compendium of trends for anyone who is anxious or excited about thriving in the uncertain decade ahead. Along with accompanying actionable insights to pre-empt and solve the challenges and problems they represent to the serious South African with business, career and family interests to look after, it's a must-have.

Loss and life are the themes that weave through this tale of three generations of Muslim women living in suburban South Africa, originally published in 2011.

Khadeejah is a hard-working and stubborn first-generation Indian woman who longs for her beloved homeland and often questions what she is doing on the tip of Africa. At 37, her daughter Summaya is struggling to reconcile her South African and Indian identities, while Summaya’s own daughter, eleven-year-old Aneesa, is a girl who has some difficult questions of her own. Is her mother lying to her about her father’s death? Why won’t she tell her what really happened? Gradually, the past merges with the present as the novel meanders through their lives, uncovering the secrets people keep, the words they swallow, and the emotions they elect to mute.

For this family, faintly detectable through the sharp spicy aromas that find their way out of Khadeejah’s kitchen, the scent of tragedy is always threatening. Eventually, it will bring this family together. If not, it will tear them apart.

Khamr: The Makings Of A Waterslams is a true story that maps the author’s experience of living with an alcoholic father and the direct conflict of having to perform a Muslim life that taught him that nearly everything he called home was forbidden.

A detailed account from his childhood to early adulthood, Jamil F. Khan lays bare the experience of living in a so-called middle-class Coloured home in a neighbourhood called Bernadino Heights in Kraaifontein, a suburb to the north of Cape Town. His memories are overwhelmed by the constant discord that was created by the chaos and dysfunction of his alcoholic home and a co-dependent relationship with his mother, while trying to manage the daily routine of his parents keeping up appearances and him maintaining scholastic excellence.

Khan’s memories are clear and detailed, which in turn is complemented by his scholarly thinking and analysis of those memories. He interrogates the intersections of Islam, Colouredness and the hypocrisy of respectability as well as the effect perceived class status has on these social realities in simple yet incisive language, giving the reader more than just a memoir of pain and suffering.

Khan says about his debut book: "This is not a story for the romanticisation of pain and perseverance, although it tells of overcoming many difficulties. It is a critique of secret violence in faith communities and families, and the hypocrisy that has damaged so many people still looking for a place and way to voice their trauma. This is a critique of the value placed on ritual and culture at the expense of human life and well-being, and the far-reaching consequences of systems of oppression dressed up as tradition."

This new and revised edition of Sociology: A South African Perspective introduces sociological concepts and theories, and demonstrates how important these are to understanding South Africa, and what it means to be South African. It contains updated content on politics, culture, gender, family, religion, education and race, and the chapters on subjects crucial to the South African identity – health, sport, work, media and group dynamics – have also been revised.

This second edition of Sociology: A South African Perspective is essential reading for all students taking sociology courses. It also helps those who would like to further examine forms of social structure and how they affect human attitudes, actions and opportunities within South Africa.

Q is out of MI6 . . .
. . . and in over his head

After Major Boothroyd (aka Q) is unexpectedly ousted from his role with British Intelligence developing technologies for MI6's 00 agents, he finds himself back in his sleepy hometown of Wickstone-on-Water. His childhood friend, renowned quantum computer scientist Peter Napier, has died in mysterious circumstances, leaving behind a cryptic note. The police seem uninterested, but Q feels compelled to investigate and soon discovers that Napier's ground-breaking work may have attracted sinister forces . . . Can Q decode the truth behind Napier's death, even as danger closes in?

Hydrogen Energy Conversion and Management presents the challenges and solutions to the use of hydrogen as the energy source of the future. Divided into four parts, the book first provides an overview of hydrogen technology, including environmental sustainability, green hydrogen, and the fundamentals of the hydrogen economy and future energy security. Part 2, Production and Conversion, examines the latest technologies for efficiently and cost-effectively producing hydrogen from renewable energy sources while Part 3, Storage and Transportation, examines the latest technologies for efficiently and cost-effectively storing and transporting hydrogen. Finally, Part 4, Applications and Transition, critically analyses the challenges, solutions and implementation prospects. This book is an invaluable resource for researchers and practitioners involved in the hydrogen economy and will also be of interest to graduates and PhD students on multidisciplinary subjects related to renewable energy.

Methods in Chemical Process Safety, Volume Two, the latest release in a serial that publishes fully commissioned methods papers across the field of process safety, risk assessment, and management and loss prevention, aims to provide informative, visual and current content that appeals to both researchers and practitioners in process safety. This new release contains unique chapters on offshore safety, offshore platform safety, human factors in offshore operation, marine safety, safety during well drilling and operation, safety during processing (top side), safety during transportation of natural resources (offshore pipeline), and regulatory context

Methods in Chemical Process Safety, Volume One publishes fully commissioned reviews across the field of process safety, risk assessment, and management and loss prevention, with this volume focusing on the process of learning from experience, elements of process safety management, human factors in the chemical process industries, and the regulation of chemical process safety, including current approaches and their effectiveness. Users will find an informative tool and user manual for process safety for both engineering researchers and practitioners that details the latest methods in the field of chemical process safety.

The Encyclopedia of Heart Diseases is an accurate and reliable source of in-depth information on the diseases that kill more than 12 million individuals worldwide each year. In fact, cardiovascular diseases are more prevalent than the combined incidence of all forms of cancer, diabetes, asthma and leukemia. In one volume, this Encylopedia thoroughly covers these ailments and also includes in-depth analysis of less common and rare heart conditions to round out the volume's scope. Researchers, clinicians, and students alike will all find this resource an invaluable tool for quick reference before approaching the primary literature.
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'Safiyyah's War has the soul of a classic & the urgency of a story for our times. A tale of tolerance, unthinkable bravery, and heart-in-mouth true events. I loved this book' - Kiran Millwood Hargrave 'All at once, Safiyyah's War broke my heart and filled me with immense hope. With its unforgettable characters and exquisite storytelling, this really is an extraordinary book' - A F Steadman 'Safiyyah is a protagonist I was rooting for all throughout; a lovely, kind-hearted girl whose story filled me in turns with despair and joy. This book shines through with kindness and empathy at its very heart' - Nizrana Farook War comes to the streets of Paris and Safiyyah’s life changes for ever. Her best friend’s family have fled, and the bombing makes her afraid to leave the mosque where she lives. But when her father is arrested by the Nazis for his secret Resistance work, it falls to Safiyyah to run the dangerous errands around the city. It’s not long before hundreds of persecuted Jews seek sanctuary at the mosque. Can Safiyyah find the courage to enter the treacherous catacombs under Paris and lead the Jews to safety?

Double bill of films set in India. In 'The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2011), John Madden directs an all-star cast of Judi Dench, Maggie Smith, Bill Nighy, Celia Imrie, Penelope Wilton, Ronald Pickup and Tom Wilkinson as a group of mature Brits who travel to India looking for a sunnier climate in which to retire. Despite its glossy publicity campaign, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel for the Elderly and Beautiful turns out to be rather different from the refurbished luxury hotel advertised in the brochures. However, as the previously lonely people grow closer, the hotel soon begins to reveal some unexpected charms of its own. 'Life of Pi' (2012) is an Academy Award-winning fantasy adventure based on Yann Martel's Booker Prize-winning novel. Suraj Sharma stars as Pi Patel, a 16-year-old zookeeper's son from Pondicherry who finds himself stranded on a small boat in the Pacific Ocean in the company of a hyena, a zebra, an orangutan and a Bengal tiger following the shipwreck of the freighter on which he and his family were sailing for Canada. Over the course of several months Pi manages to survive on the meagre supplies of food and water he finds on the boat, and also takes up fishing, while in his half-delirious state he muses on various aspects of animal behaviour, religion and the meaning of life.

Provide complete coverage of the new IT syllabus with an accessible scheme. Manage your time between the classroom and the computer lab effectively with sections on classroom-based learning, lab-based activities and advice on completing the SBA. - Build understanding with straightforward introductions to theoretical concepts. - Help students to prepare actively for the exam with a range of question types and examiners' hints in the margin. - Ensure students are ready for the exam with additional exam preparation on the FREE ExamCafe CD-ROM.

Dated 1909, A dialogue took place between a man and his Lord, stretching beyond the imaginations of all and superseding the works of man Allama Iqbal raises a series of complaints titled; Shikwa. The East was swept back in total astonishment as the controversy had begun. But little did they know that where there is a complaint surely a response will follow and it sure did. 1913 was the year the Allama Iqbal reclaimed his lost glory with the much awaited responce publication of Jawaab-e-Shikwa. It was claimed a `masterpiece'. It would be unjust not to translate it and relay such a unique, classical piece of work of Iqbal's.

Dated 1909, a dialogue took place between a man and his lord, stretching beyond the imaginations of all, superseding the works of man Allama Iqbal raises a series of complaints titles Shikwa. The East was swept back in astonishment as the controversy had begun. Little did they know that where there is a complaint surely a response will follow and it sure did. 1913 was the year the Allama Iqbal reclaimed his lost glory with the response publication of Jawaab-e-Shikwa. It was claimed a 'masterpiece'. It would be unjust not to translate it to relay such a classical piece of work of Iqbal's

Fareena Khan is a British born Asian of Pakistani origin from Manchester who has written a selection of poems in her very first book which have a deep hidden meaning behind each and every one of them. This book promotes the use of the Urdu language which is slowly becoming just a dialect. For Fareena Urdu is a source of pride and her book has broken all moulds and is delivered to you in three different written formats. Each poem has been written in Roman Urdu, Urdu and translated in English. Her Book also aims to give asians a voice and tackles some subjects which are taboo. Fareena Khan ek Manchester paidaish ki Pakistani bartanvi shehri hein. Jinhoun ne apni pehli shayari ki kitaab likhi hai. Har sheyr ke peeche ek chupa huwa matlab hai. Fareena urdu zubaan ke istimaal ko barhaana chathi hai. Yeh kithaab Roman urdu mein likh hai, Urdu aur angraizi mein bi. Fareena har insaan ko Awaz dena chathi hai aur iss kitaab mein unho ne un kisoun ke bareh mein likha hai jin keh bareh mein log bolte nahi.

Approaches to Ethnography illustrates the various modes of representation and analysis that typify participant observation research. In contrast to the multitude of ethnographic textbooks, handbooks, and readers on the market, this book is neither a "how-to" guide nor a catalogue of substantive themes such as race, community, or space; it also avoids re-hashing epistemological debates, such as grounded theory versus the extended case method. Instead, this volume concisely lays out the predominant analytic lenses that ethnographers use to explain social action-for instance, whether they privilege micro-interaction or social structure, people and places or social processes, internal dispositions or situational contingencies. Each chapter features a prominent ethnographer delineating a distinct approach to the study of everyday life and reflecting on how their approach shapes the way they analyze and represent the field. Taken together, the collection is a practical guide that spells out how different styles of ethnography illuminate different dimensions of everyday social life. As such, Approaches to Ethnography complements and augments-but not duplicate-existing ethnographic methods and logic of inquiry texts for undergraduate and graduate courses on qualitative research methods.

Life, thoughts and travels of a Free Spirit, from his humble origins from a small village in Kashmir to even more unassuming existence in a small town in the UK. His meetings with various saints and, in particular, his associations with his spiritual Master in Kashmir.

The head space that one has is the back office to all actions and reactions following an experience. Now, let it be known that the time frame between the experience and the response relies on the back office to generate chatter that takes place in autopilot. Further, when we slow down the gap between the experience and the reaction the chatter becomes a wiser chatter. the wise chatter is referred to as Mindfulness. I decided to document my mindful chatter to open up the secrets of the back office. It involved thinking out aloud. the hardest think was keeping it in raw form. I learnt a thing or two about my self beliefs.

An insight into what happened to Iqbal's vision after his death in 1938 up till today, through the eyes of Javid Iqbal and Muneera Iqbal. This book celebrates and explores what life was like for the children of Muhammed Iqbal living with the legacy he left behind...I congratulate this young lady for her untiring struggle to spread the message, works and life of Allama Iqbal...it is a commendable effort, it should continue...- Dr Javid Iqbal ...I appreciate the spirit behind her effort...I was struck with her determination, initiative and drive...and have never granted an interview in all my 85 years, this time I have decided to make an exception...- Muneera Iqbal

A selected few Idioms and Sayings have been compiled in contrast to the matching phrases which share the same meaning. Taken from the modern English and rich Urdu language, this book allows the reader to generate conversation and raise much needed discussion around the message of the Idioms or the Sayings. The mere fact is that whilst contrasts can be drawn from the text, the reader is able to read in their preferred script be it Urdu, English or Roman format simply aiding the learning of language even further. 'Zubaan ki kadar aye gi...' 'Now you will learn the values of language...'

Menhaj Huda, director of the 2006 film 'Kidulthood', writes and directs this coming-of-age drama about a young British-Asian man caught in a culture clash. Ash (James Floyd) keeps his head down during the week, adhering to his family's strict moral codes and working for the family business. But as the weekend comes around he is let loose into the very different world of London's club scene, where he pursues his long-held dream of becoming a DJ.