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The third in the Girls Guide to the World series, Asian Girls are
Going Places is a gift book with a difference: it features
practical advice (and more) from author Michelle Law and her
interviewees that specifically targets the joys, fears and
obligations unique to Asian women travelling the world. Separated
into chapters that deal with solo travel, family travel, the best
places to celebrate Lunar New Year, where to find good Asian food
around the globe, romance or relationships, safety and privilege,
the sage and entertaining advice is all told through Michelle's
signature offbeat, comedic style, and accompanied by eye-popping
illustrations and design. It's a book that's at once cool and
collected, yet not afraid to take on the weird, funny and, at
times, gross aspects of travel. But you don't need to have any
concrete travel plans to get a lot out of this book. Each chapter
includes anecdotes from Michelle,interviews with other experienced
Asian female travellers, handy lists, stunning illustrations by
Hong Kong artist Joey Leung Kay-yin, and comes with a page of
beautiful stickers, making it either an impressive gift to be
treasured at home or a luxurious 'treat yourself' item that can be
read on the go. Asian Girls are Going Places is a handy,
laugh-out-loud and deeply relatable travel companion for Asian
women that will be at the top of their packing list.
This title represents a defining synthesis of the use and
socio-economic value of timber and non-timber resources from
indigenous forests and woodlands in South Africa. It provides a
review of current research and thinking on policies and practices
affecting these two biomes. Indigenous forests and woodlands
represent the smallest and largest biomes, respectively, in South
Africa, but share the common attribute of having trees as a
significant component of their structure, composition, functioning
and value, which differentiates them from the other five biomes.
They are also both widely distributed across several provinces,
posing challenges for workable policies and interventions at the
local level. Since 1994 there has been a paradigm shift in the
approach to the management of forest and woodland resources, with a
move away from former 'preservationist' policies and an increased
emphasis on the sustainable extractive use of natural resources,
particularly by rural communities. A growing recognition of the
potential value that these resources hold for local economies and
livelihoods has been accompanied by the restructuring of national
institutions governing forests and woodlands, and a number of new
policies for integrated management. Indigenous forests and
woodlands in South Africa will prove useful to researchers,
scientists, and post-graduate students in southern Africa and
further afield, as well as to non-governmental organisations,
government officials, policy-makers, development practitioners and
those involved in managing and conserving our indigenous forest and
woodland heritage. It is a wide-ranging volume, incorporating both
broad view chapters and more focused case studies.
Learn the latest version of ArcGIS Pro with the newest edition of
this bestselling series. Getting to Know ArcGIS Pro 2.8 introduces
the tools and functions of ArcGIS Pro, the powerful desktop GIS
application. Geographic information system (GIS) software is making
a huge impact in businesses and organizations with mapping and
analytic capabilities. Getting to Know ArcGIS Pro 2.8 uses
practical project workflows to teach best practices to readers of
all skill levels. Readers will explore data visualizations, build a
geodatabase, discover 3D GIS, create maps for web and physical
presentations, and more. With more than 300 full-color images,
Getting to Know ArcGIS Pro 2.8 clarifies complicated processes such
as developing a geoprocessing model, using Python to write a script
tool, and creating space-time cubes for analysis. Throughout the
book, short sidebars about real-world GIS scenarios in specific
industries help readers understand how ArcGIS Pro can be applied
widely to solve problems. At the end of each chapter, a summary and
glossary help reinforce the skills learned. This edition has been
completely updated for use with ArcGIS Pro 2.8. Other updates
include new chapters on ArcGIS Online and geocoding. The Getting to
Know series has been teaching readers about GIS for more than
twenty years. Ideal for students, self-learners, and professionals
who want to learn the premier GIS desktop application, Getting to
Know ArcGIS Pro 2.8 is a textbook and desk reference designed to
show users how they can use ArcGIS Pro successfully on their own.
The experience of suburban modernity looks at the history of the
London suburbs in the interwar years. It shows that, contrary to
those accounts that portray suburbia as static and boring, these
suburbs were in fact at the heart of the adoption of private
transport and new mobilities. Wealthier middle-class suburbanites
enjoyed driving at speed on new arterial roads, visiting roadhouses
for a transgressive night out, taking five-shilling flights from
the local airport, and joining cycling and motorcycle clubs. All
this fun came at a price for some in the form of thousands of
deaths in road accidents, plane crashes on suburban housing and in
the despoiling of the countryside through road development. This
book will be welcomed by academics and students working in suburban
studies, historical geography and interwar British history and can
also be enjoyed by anyone interested in the history of London. -- .
The Syrohexapla is widely believed to be a faithful witness to the
Hexapla of Origen. This Syriac version was produced in the seventh
century on the basis of Greek texts related to Origen's
six-columned masterpiece of biblical scholarship. The signs used in
Origen's Hexapla, as well as the readings of several Greek Jewish
versions which are no longer fully extant, are preserved in this
version. The present study evaluates the Syrohexapla as a witness
to these hexaplaric materials in 3 Kingdoms (1 Kings).The nearly
600 signs preserved in the Syrohexapla are analysed, divided into
correctly marked asterisks, correctly marked obeli, and
inaccurately marked readings. The more than 300 readings attributed
to the Greek Jewish versions are treated separately. Finally, by
including a chapter which examines a portion of the many readings
in the Syrohexapla for which no hexaplaric sign has been preserved,
the author balances assessments of the reliability of the
Syrohexapla for studying the remains of Origen's Hexapla.This study
prepares the way for the author's new critical edition of the
hexaplaric fragments of 3 Kingdoms.
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