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Bones and Bodies is a highly accessible account of the establishment of the scientific discipline of biological anthropology. Alan G Morris takes us back over the past century of anthropological discovery in South Africa and uncovers the stories of individual scientists and researchers who played a significant role in shaping perceptions of how peoples of southern Africa, both ancient and modern, came to be viewed and categorised both in the public imagination and the scientific literature. Morris reveals how much of the earlier anthropological studies were tainted with the tarred brush of race science. He evaluates the works of famous anthropologists and archaeologists such as Raymond Dart, Thomas Dreyer, Matthew Drennan and Robert Broom, and demonstrates through a wide array of sources how they described their fossil discoveries through the prism of racist interpretation. Morris also shows how modern anthropology tried to rid itself of the stigma of these early racist accounts. In the 1960s and 1970s, Ronald Singer and Phillip Tobias introduced modern methods into the discipline that disputed much of what the public believed about race and human evolution. In an age in which the authority of experts and empirical science is increasingly being questioned, this book shows the battle facing modern anthropology to acknowledge its racial past but also how its study of human variation remains an important field of enquiry at institutions of higher learning.
Herman Mashaba rose from humble beginnings to become one of South Africa’s wealthiest and best-known entrepreneurs, as well as Mayor of Johannesburg. His remarkable story begins in a small village in Gauteng, where we meet the cocky youngster who refused to settle for a future that offered nothing. Forced to drop out of university, the determined young man fought to establish the first black-owned haircare company in South Africa. Mashaba struggled every day of his life – against apartheid, with its demeaning laws, and against his competitors to grab market share for his business. In the process, Mashaba learnt lessons that few business schools teach today. This is a story of survival, and of determination in adversity. It is also a love story between Herman and Connie, his wife of 35 years, who embarked on this journey together. Mashaba shows the importance of having a vision, daring to dream it, and then making it happen. This inspiring book will leave you with the question: “If he did it, why can’t I?”
The third edition of Database Principles maintains its engaging writing style and brevity; its unique balance between theory and practice; and its wealth of examples throughout the text. It provides a solid and practical foundation for the design, implementation and management of database systems. The new edition has been updated with all the latest developments and technologies and incorporates a generous number of localised and motivating business vignettes that tie the concepts to real-life situations. The coverage of SQL provides numerous examples and simpler explanations that focus on areas most important for a database career. This edition is suitable for a first course in databases at undergraduate level and will also provide essential material for conversion postgraduate courses. Providing comprehensive and practical coverage of core database concepts, it is an ideal text not only for those studying database management systems in the context of computer science, but also those on courses in the areas of information systems and business information technology.
Using a practical and easy-to-understand approach, DATABASE SYSTEMS: DESIGN, IMPLEMENTATION, & MANAGEMENT, 14th edition, equips students with a solid foundation in database design and implementation. This market-leading resource provides in-depth coverage of database design, balancing theory and practice with engaging visuals. The 14th edition offers enhanced coverage of today's most commonly used database systems, including Oracle, MySQL, SQL Server and Microsoft Access. Revised and reorganized chapters highlight SQL, big data analytics, NoSQL and data visualization technologies.
Jesse is 15. She loves her friends, her little brother and her parents
- even when they're arguing, which feels like constantly these days.
But most of all, she loves playing video games. Even from her hospital
bed.
For readers of Schindler's List, The Man Who Broke into Auschwitz and The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas comes a heart-breaking story of the very best of humanity in the very worst of circumstances. In 1942, Lale Sokolov arrived in Auschwitz-Birkenau. He was given the job of tattooing the prisoners marked for survival - scratching numbers into his fellow victims' arms in indelible ink to create what would become one of the most potent symbols of the Holocaust. Waiting in line to be tattooed, terrified and shaking, was a young girl. For Lale - a dandy, a jack-the-lad, a bit of a chancer - it was love at first sight. And he was determined not only to survive himself, but to ensure this woman, Gita, did, too. So begins one of the most life-affirming, courageous, unforgettable and human stories of the Holocaust: the true love story of the tattooist of Auschwitz.
Mel Brooks' Oscar-nominated horror spoof, the follow-up to 'Blazing Saddles' and the highest grossing black-and-white film of all time. Gene Wilder plays Frederick Frankenstein, a teacher who inherits his grandfather's Transylvanian estate; Marty Feldman plays Igor, his hunchback assistant; and Peter Boyle, the tap-dancing monster he brings to life in his laboratory.
“The Yumcious catering offerings are real crowd-pleasers. Whether you are planning an informal supper for a family get-together or a special occasion for friends, you can be assured of happy faces and plenty of compliments when you serve any of these dishes. I have had the pleasure of cooking for several high-profile people – Prince Charles, Presidents Thabo Mbeki and FW de Klerk, Vice President Al Gore, Kenneth Kaunda, King Goodwill Zwelithini, Charlize Theron, Graham Norton, and the Duke and Duchess of Kent, to name but a few – and I treated them all the same as I would the man on the corner. I have approached every catering job as if I was cooking for my own family; I have never cut corners or used substandard ingredients, and I only prepare food that I like to eat myself. I cater weddings, funerals, birthdays, product launches, you name it. I love designing the menu around my client’s needs, imaging what they would like to serve their guests. But more than anything, I simply love feeding people so catering will always hold a special place in my heart.” - Jenny Morris
Based on the heart-breaking true story of Cilka Klein, Cilka's Journey is a million copy international bestseller and the sequel to the No.1 bestselling phenomenon, The Tattooist of Auschwitz In 1942 Cilka Klein is just sixteen years old when she is taken to Auschwitz-Birkenau Concentration Camp. The Commandant at Birkenau, Schwarzhuber, notices her long beautiful hair, and forces her separation from the other women prisoners. Cilka learns quickly that power, even unwillingly given, equals survival. After liberation, Cilka is charged as a collaborator by the Russians and sent to a desolate, brutal prison camp in Siberia known as Vorkuta, inside the Arctic Circle. Innocent, imprisoned once again, Cilka faces challenges both new and horribly familiar, each day a battle for survival. Cilka befriends a woman doctor, and learns to nurse the ill in the camp, struggling to care for them under unimaginable conditions. And when she tends to a man called Alexandr, Cilka finds that despite everything, there is room in her heart for love. Cilka's Journey is a powerful testament to the triumph of the human will. It will move you to tears, but it will also leave you astonished and uplifted by one woman's fierce determination to survive, against all odds. Don't miss Heather Morris's next book, Stories of Hope. Out now.
Before sleek factory boats dominated Currituck Sound, locals piloted these waters in hulls made by hand. Some still can be seen today--beautiful works of art designed for the utility of travel, fishing, hunting, scouting and touring. They figure prominently in recollections of a bygone sportsman's paradise, and native storyteller Travis Morris offers this engaging collection based on anecdotes, interviews and detailed craft descriptions. It's an insider's history of Currituck's boating heritage featuring the famed Whalehead Club, an accidental run-in with the Environmental Protection Agency and a harrowing U.S. Coast Guard rescue.
Captain Jonathan Morris, the Confessor Cop, used empathy to extract
confessions from even the toughest criminals. With a 99% success rate,
his cases, from catching serial killer Jimmy Maketta to investigating
the Sizzler’s Massacre, earned him the respect of prosecutors and
profilers. In this memoir, Michael Behr explores Morris’s high-profile
investigations and personal struggles, revealing the man behind the
badge in a gripping blend of true crime and personal story.
The development of high-quality foods with desirable properties for
both consumers and the food industry requires a comprehensive
understanding of food systems and the control and rational design
of food microstructures. Food microstructures reviews best practice
and new developments in the determination of food microstructure.
The Oxford Handbook of The American Musical offers new and
cutting-edge essays on the most important and compelling issues and
topics in the growing, interdisciplinary field of musical-theater
and film-musical studies. Taking the form of a "keywords" book, it
introduces readers to the concepts and terms that define the
history of the musical as a genre and that offer ways to reflect on
the specific creative choices that shape musicals and their
performance on stage and screen. The handbook offers a
cross-section of essays written by leading experts in the field,
organized within broad conceptual groups, which together capture
the breadth, direction, and tone of musicals studies today.
Since 1950, the South has undergone the most dramatic political
transformation of any region in the United States. The once
Solid-meaning Democratic-South is now overwhelmingly Republican,
and long-disenfranchised African Americans vote at levels
comparable to those of whites. In The Rational Southerner, M.V.
Hood III, Quentin Kidd, and Irwin L. Morris argue that local
strategic dynamics played a decisive and underappreciated role in
both the development of the Southern Republican Party and the
mobilization of the region's black electorate. Mobilized blacks who
supported the Democratic Party made it increasingly difficult for
conservative whites to maintain control of the Party's machinery.
Also, as local Republican Party organizations became politically
viable, the strategic opportunities that such a change provided
made the GOP an increasingly attractive alternative for white
conservatives. Blacks also found new opportunities within the
Democratic Party as whites fled to the GOP, especially in the deep
South, where large black populations had the potential to dominate
state and local Democratic Parties. As a result, Republican Party
viability also led to black mobilization.
When environmentalists fail to persuade us that there is an imminent threat of environmental disaster, they typically invoke the "precautionary principle" in order to justify their calls for more regulation. This work challenges the claim that the precautionary principle (PP) is an appropriate guide to public policy decisions. The fundamental problem is that it is impossible to prove a negative, so the PP can be used to justify any regulation limiting emissions of any substance. Taken in its extreme form, the PP would end civilisation. In its more practical form, the PP is about taking a hyper-cautious approach to emissions of substances into the environment. This means imposing very strict controls on the licensing of new technologies and cutting back drastically on emissions of substances into the environment. Although not as devastating as Leggett's philosophically dubious proposal, this more practical approach has serious drawbacks The opening brace of papers discusses the dubious philosophical foundations of PP, and consider the consequences of applying it in various policy contexts relating to scientific controversies.
Headache Medicine has recently become an official medical
subspecialty. Practitioners who specialize in the field come from
many different backgrounds including neurology, internal medicine,
anesthesiology, rehabilitation medicine, family medicine,
psychiatry, dentistry and others. A great deal of research is being
done in HM, and, as a result, the field is one which is growing
rapidly in every way. Interestingly, most patients with headache
are not being treated by specialists in HM, in large part because
of the vast numbers of patients requiring medical attention for
headache disorders, and the relatively small number of bona fide
specialists. Thus, there is a need for resources to guide these
practitioners as they manage headache patients. There are several
excellent scholarly texts in the field and numerous books for the
public about headache. There are really no concise manuals of HM,
however, there are books aimed at the bulk of skilled practitioners
taking care of the major share of headache sufferers, who wish to
understand the important concepts of diagnosis, treatment, and
prognosis in this complex field. This is the aim of Dr. Levin's
book which consists of 4 parts: Part 1- Headache Medicine Basic
Science, Part 2- Diagnosis of Primary Headache Disorders, Part 3-
Diagnosis of Secondary Headache Disorders, and Part 4- Headache
Treatment.
Develop and strengthen the concepts of the revised CSEC (R) Biology syllabus with a revamped edition of the title formally known as Longman Biology for CSEC (R). - Fulfil the requirements of the CSEC (R) Biology syllabus with detailed, comprehensive content. - Stimulate thought and discussion with chapter openers. - Prepare and practise for exams with end of chapter questions. - Place Biology within the context of everyday Caribbean experiences with examples. - Support learning with free website resources for students and teachers. - Prepare for the SBA portion of the syllabus with support.
Enter Somerville, a city packed with stories larger than itself, to salute a heritage that justifies the fierce pride of its citizens. Share a perch on one of Somerville's celebrated hills with Dee Morris and Dora St. Martin and watch the raising of America's first flag and the stringing of its first telephone line. Strolling from neighborhood to neighborhood, this brief history knocks on the doors of everyone from the father of Fenway Park to Missy LeHand, Franklin D. Roosevelt s private secretary and steadfast companion. Even the notoriously elusive Captain Kidd is caught for inspection as he tries to slip through a trapdoor in a bedroom closet.
From the days of early tribes that hunted and fished to the tourists who later relaxed on the beaches, St. Simons Island has been part of the changing landscape of Georgia's coast. When Gen. James E. Oglethorpe established Fort Frederica to protect Savannah and the Carolinas from the threat of Spain, it was, for a short time, a vibrant hub of British military operations. During the latter part of the 1700s, a plantation society thrived on the island until the outbreak of the War Between the States. Never returning to an agricultural community, by 1870 St. Simons re-established itself with the development of a booming timber industry. And by the 1870s, the pleasant climate and proximity to the sea drew visitors to St. Simons as a year-round resort. Although the causeway had brought large numbers of summer people to the island, St. Simons remained a sleepy little place with only a few hundred permanent residents until 1941.
Target exam success with My Revision Notes. Our updated approach to revision will help you learn, practise and apply your skills and understanding. Coverage of key content is combined with practical study tips and effective revision strategies to create a guide you can rely on to build both knowledge and confidence. My Revision Notes: OCR GCSE (9-1) Media Studies will help you: - Plan and manage your revision with our topic-by-topic planner and exam breakdown introduction - Practise and apply your skills and knowledge with exam-style questions and frequent Now test yourself questions, and answer guidance online - Understand key terms you will need for the exam with user-friendly definitions and glossary - Avoid common mistakes and enhance your exam answers with exam tips - Build quick recall with bullet-pointed summaries at the end of each chapter |
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