The Bongles are a brand new series of illustrated children's books delivering a green environmental message across various platforms. The series includes animated audio ebooks, STEM interactive booklets, games and printed books. The Bongles series explores the world of the magical Bongle Planet with its colourful bouncy creatures and delivers an eco-friendly message presented in an offbeat and fun way.
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Investing in agriculture is one of the most effective ways of reducing hunger and poverty, promoting agricultural productivity and enhancing environmental sustainability. Covering the development of sustainable agriculture, food production and food security, this paper explains the relationship between all levels of investment and their interdependence to be successful. It also describes how to drive increased investment, at what stage and where, providing a useful overview of investment in agriculture for policymakers and researchers.
Zahir, Syed and Ake are inhabitants of low-cost flats in a Malaysian city. The three men embodied different ideologies: Zahir is an elder who depicts the conservative society, Syed is a progressive man trapped in the dust of modernity, while Ake is a 90s guy preoccupied with anarchy. They became part of a new community that struggles to survive while adapting to modernity. Unwittingly, these three men are sucked into the vortex of reformation which shaped Malaysia’s modern history. Tales of their daily lives are often ignored and forgotten by history; much like the frothy waves that eventually disappeared after crashing against the shores.
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Since ancient times, people found fossilized bones and shells of strange creatures. For thousands of years they did not understand who these remnants belonged to, and tried to explain their findings somehow: these bones belonged to giants and monsters, or to antediluvian fauna. Gradually, scientists began to understand that such remains belonged to animals, and finally they declared: long before the appearance of people, these bizarre animals, fishes and lizards existed on Earth, and those fossils were their remains.
The definitive collection of the favorite Japanese recipes of Masahiro Kasahara, a well-known Japanese cook and the owner of the popular Japanese restaurant Sanpi Ryoron! From classic Japanese dishes such as fried chicken, meat and potato stew, rolled omelet, and mackerel simmered in miso to modern recipes including white miso sauce pasta and yogurt pickles, the cookbook provides the recipes of 250 easy and delicious dishes born from the unique ideas of the experienced cook. You will enjoy cooking and eating everything in this book.
In The ABCs of Journaling, artist and author Abbey Sy lets you unleash yourinner artist as you creatively collect moments from the every day and put themon paper. Find out what your journaling style is; explore the different materials youcan use to personalize your pages; discover the many ways you can document yourlife; and get a peek into a few of the most creative artists’ journals. Get inspired asshe shares tips and advice on recording your thoughts, ideas, experiences, andadventures within the pages of a journal you can proudly call your own.
WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO LIVE A CREATIVE LIFE? Artist and best-selling author Abbey Sy shares her creative journey and the learnings she’s picked up along the way through this curated collection of personal anecdotes, insightful tips, and life hacks for aspiring artists and creatives. Whether you’re just starting out on your own creative path or already fully immersed in it, this field guide will help you discover your true path to living a purposeful, art-enriched life. Plus, find a free sticker sheet, fun worksheets, and DIY activities that will inspire you to Always Be Creating. LEARN HOW TO: • Find your passion and follow your curiosities • Set realistic goals and figure out how to achieve them • Use inspiration as a tool for creation • Hone habits that will keep you going • Beat burnout and practice self-care • Take on commissioned work • Put your work out in the world with no fear • Define success on your own terms
The ABCs of Hand Lettering is a comprehensive guidebook for beginners in hand lettering. Inside you’ll find a repository of styles you can explore with drawing letters. Learn the basics – from the rundown of art materials, font styles, and the process of turning letters into visual art. Get to see the work of some of your favorite local letterers and type artists. And lastly, check out tips on finding your own style and making your mark as a creative individual in the book.
First English language publication of Urdu’s greatest modern poet
Akash Amay Vorlo Aloy talks from an individual’s perspective about the politics of the undivided India, the partition, the great liberation war, and the movement against communalism and fundamentalism in post-liberation Bangladesh.
It was 1857. The whole Indian Sub-continent became unrest against the British Imperialism. The revolution was triggered by the Indian soldiers. Delhi lost the War. Captain Hudson, a member of the British Intelligence killed Emperor Bahadur Shah and his family with an Enfield Rifle. Fast forward to approximately hundred and fifty years; we are presented with this thriller.
Through White Noise is structured around poetry and personal stories about living in liminal space that requires and encourages cultural sensitivity, awareness, and commitment for a just society. A prominent theme in this book is the challenge of reconciling the ideal of Canadian multiculturalism with experiences of marginalization and stereotyping. Before her arrival, Khalida imagined her new homeland as a multicultural rainbow arched over a diversity of races, beliefs and practices. Entering Winnipeg in the middle of winter, she was greeted with a white world: white people, white, snow-covered ground, white trees and a pale blue sky. Jon is a Caucasian professor from England who has a privileged position as an academic citizen. He felt responsible for enhancing his students? awareness of their perceptions, and the role they have in their teaching practices. Reena is a South Asian professor living in Quebec whose voice is combined with other educators as they address different racisms. The book inspires readers to embrace teaching and learning relationships that respect the dynamic spaces we live in locally and globally.
This report analyzes the capacity of the Pakistani police and prosecution to successfully try terrorism cases in the country’s anti-terrorism courts (ATCs). Based on a study of 235 ATC judgments and group discussions with experts and stakeholders, the report highlights issues and recommendations related to the overall criminal justice system, implementation of the Anti-Terrorism Act, court administration and case management, police investigation, and standards of evidence.
It is known that 'Abd al-'Aziz ibn' Abd al-Rahman al-Saud said: "If the rulers and the scholars agree to cover each other and justify each other, as the rulers give rations and the scholars justify, the rights of the people will be violated and they will seek refuge in God, the Hereafter and the world." "We are helping." And now this book is the story of the collaboration of princes and scholars in the country he founded. The alignment and complicity that he himself organized
Pakistan’s southern province of Sindh has a reputation for stability, diversity, and tolerance. It is also at a tipping point—increasingly threatened by violent extremism, crime, political corruption, tribal feuds, and nationalist and separatist movements. If the province is not to become yet another base for militants, as areas to the north already are, the government needs to act promptly and decisively. Addressing the security situation in Sindh is also integral to stabilizing Karachi, which should be a top priority, given the economic ramifications of growing turbulence in the country’s financial capital.
This study examined the evolution of informality in Karachi’s land, manufacturing, and transport sectors and whether informality has contributed to or been impacted by instability. It also explored the underlying roles of ethnicization and state policy. The report draws on field research conducted by the United States Institute of Peace between December 2014 and April 2015.
It was an Army between wars. Korea was a fresh memory for some soldiers and Vietnam was only an insignificant blip on the military radar. It was an Army in which reluctant draftees mixed with aimless volunteers looking for adventure and ways to test or confirm their manhood. In those days and in that Army, “hook-up” was a jump command for paratroopers rather than a romantic liaison. Hook Up: A Novel of Fort Bragg takes us inside that Army and introduces fascinating characters who are struggling to become paratroopers and survive in a starch-stiff U.S. Army airborne regiment based at Ft. Bragg, North Carolina. Side-by-side in that demanding trek are officers like Lieutenant Sy Margolin, a potential nebbish who instead becomes a strong leader, and enlisted men like Privates Willie Patterson and Scott Breslin, who challenge authority every step of the way to winning their paratrooper wings. In Hook Up we get a close-up, very personal, and fascinating look at an Army that no longer exists—an Army populated with soldiers who have either learned hard life lessons or are about to learn them in a crucible where failure can land you in the stockade or in the morgue. From the rigors of barracks life to the raucous off-post adventures to the thrilling jump sequences, Hook Up is a fast-paced, thrilling story of military excellence pursued and human innocence lost.
France, summer 2029. A strange disease with an unspeakable name, called “Plague” for convenience, is sweeping the country. Deadly and highly contagious, it strikes in successive waves, upsetting the economy and social relations and overturning democracy. It eventually withdraws to Paris, placed under lockdown.On either side of the medical barricade, a mother and her grown son witness contrasting events, she in her village, repopulated by townspeople spared from the virus, and he imprisoned in a devastated Paris. Their past opposes them, their present also keeps them apart: she struggles with paperwork in the filthy workshop next to her house, and he enjoys his job as a guide for the Louvre Museum. As the plague takes its toll, an unexpected reconciliation gradually takes place.Their relationships with their loved ones also change. A couple of overworked caregivers, a distraught garage owner, and an emotional fortune teller experience with them the shock that the plague imposes on human relationships.
For years now the question has been surfacing in the OpenVMS community "Where are the pimply faced kids?" The other situation which seems to continually occur is a developer of one language suddenly finding themselves having to modify or maintain an application written in a language completely foreign to them. This book was a year long effort to answer both of those questions. It also should help those to work on a good platform. Once the rudimentaries of logging in, symbols, logicals and the various editors are handled this book takes the reader on a journey of development using the most common tools encountered on the OpenVMS platform and one new tool making headway. A single sample application (a lottery tracking system) is developed using FMS and RMS indexed files in each of the covered languages. (BASIC, FORTRAN, COBOL and C/C++). The reader is exposed on how to use CDD, CMS and MMS with these languages as well. A CD-ROM is included which contains the source, MMS and command files developed through the course of the book. Once RMS has been covered with all of the languages the same application using MySQL with C and FMS is covered. This breaks readers into the use of relational databases if they are not currently familiar with the concept. Rounding out the technical portion of the book is the same application using RDB with FMS. While source code is provided for all of the language implementations only FORTRAN and COBOL are actually covered in the text. It is the hope of the author that this book will prove a useful reference on the desk of every OpenVMS developer. The inclusion of MySQL should benefit both those unfamiliar with relational technology and those platformveterans interested in playing with MySQL for the first time.
