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Talk of the Devil Encounters with Sev...
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Inspired by newspaper clippings he had kept about two former African dictators accused of cannibalism, journalist Riccardo Orizio set out to track down tyrants around the world who had fallen from power?to see if they had gained any perspective on their actions, or if their lives and thoughts could shed any light on our own.
The seven encounters chronicled in Talk of the Devil reveal Orizio's gift as an observer and his skill at getting people to reveal themselves. They are also, each of them, memorable stories in their own right.
Thanks to his conversion to Islam, the unrepentant Idi Amin lives in exile in Saudi Arabia and laughs off his murderous past while still attempting to meddle in Uganda. Jean-Bedel Bokassa, the bloody former emperor of Central Africa, boasts astonishingly that Pope Paul VI had nominated him as the thirteenth apostle of the Catholic Church. Nexhmije Hoxha defends her husband's brutal Stalinist regime from her Albanian prison cell and proudly explains how it worked.
Paris-based Jean-Claude "Baby Doc" Duvalier?in his first interview since fleeing Haiti in 1986?speaks about voodoo and the women of his life, and laments the loss of his fortune. Colonel Mengistu Haile-Mariam of Ethiopia, Mira Markovic (Slobodan Milosevic's wife), and General Wojciech Jaruzelski, the former Polish head of state, all claim, in one way or another, that history will do them justice.
By turns chilling and comical, rational and absurd, Talk of the Devil brings back into focus forgotten history and people we have viewed as evil incarnate. Stripped of their power and titles, they are oddly human, and in Orizio's hands, their stories, and his own, are compulsively readable.
ISBN:9780802714169
Author:Riccardo Orizio
The Modern Law of Trusts
Brief Summary
Setting out the underlying principles which govern this area of law and exploring the administration of trusts, this book provides the reader with an accessible guide to the law and the overall function of trusts.
It is useful for teachers and students at undergraduate level, vocational students and practitioners.
ISBN:9780421945906
Author:A. J. Oakley
The Congo Wars Conflict Myth and Reality
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This book, by a lifelong authority on the Congo, makes sense of the world’s least reported and least understood major war. Since 1996 successive waves of armed conflict in the Congo have left behind at least 3 million casualties, overwhelmingly civilian.
Turner throws new light on partisan and economically self-interested military interventions by Uganda, Angola, Zimbabwe and Namibia. And he cuts through the highly tendentious historical myths that have been used to make sense of the unfolding catastrophe both in the region and beyond.
The book also indicates the changes required of the international community, neighboring African states and Congolese political leaders if this hugely resource-rich region of Central Africa is to build peace and economic security for its people.
ISBN:9781842776896
Author:Thomas Turner
Beyond Khartoum A History of Sub nati...
Brief Summary
Useful to both scholars and policymakers, Beyond Khartoum is a history of subnational government in Sudan from early times through to 2010.
With more than 2.5 million Sudanese killed in conflicts over the past half century, such an enquiry has become increasingly relevant and urgent.
Given Sudan's pivotal position in regional conflicts, its cultural diversity, its past instability and more recent oil wealth, an understanding of subnational politics is essential to fully appreciate the dynamics behind the news emanating from Khartoum, Darfur, Southern Sudan and beyond.
ISBN:9781569023365
Author:Randall Fegley
Getting Somalia Wrong Faith War and H...
Brief Summary
Somalia is a comprehensively failed state, representing a threat to itself, its neighbors, and the wider world. In recent years, it has become notorious for the piracy off its coast and the rise of Islamic extremism, opening it up as a new "southern front" in the war on terror. At least that is how it is inevitably presented by politicians and in the media.
In Getting Somalia Wrong? Mary Harper presents the first comprehensive account of the chaos into which the country has descended and the United States' renewed involvement there. In doing so, Harper argues that viewing Somalia through the prism of al-Qaeda risks further destabilizing the country and the entire Horn of Africa, while also showing that though the country may be a failed state, it is far from being a failed society.
In reality, alternative forms of business, justice, education, and local politics have survived and even flourished. Provocative and eye-opening, Getting Somalia Wrong? Shows that until the international community starts to "get it right," the consequences will be devastating, not just for Somalia, but for the world.
ISBN:9781842779330
Author:Mary Jane Harper
The Last Slave Market
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The African slave trade did not end when Britain passed its landmark law in 1807: on the continent's east coast, Arab slavers were still shipping tens of thousands of Africans to the Middle East. Slavery was ingrained in Arab culture, considered indispensable to their societies and condoned by religious texts.
The hub of this industry was the island of Zanzibar, part of Oman's empire, and the British consul there faced a hard task. John Kirk was a Scottish doctor who wound up as Zanzibar's acting consul at a time when British political pressures were mounting to end the Arab slave trade - although the East India Company found it advantageous to ignore it.
John Kirk was the only companion of David Livingstone to emerge untainted from the disastrous, often fatal expedition up the Zambezi River between 1859 and 1863. Three years later, Kirk returned to Africa, to the notorious island of Zanzibar, ancient source of slave trafficking from Africa to the Middle East.
Half a century after the abolition of slave trading had been passed into British law, this commerce continued to exist on Africa's east coast, tolerated and even connived at by Britain's empire on the Indian Ocean. But Kirk, appointed as medical officer to the British Consulate in Zanzibar, could do nothing.
This extraordinary - and controversial - book brings Kirk's years in Zanzibar to life. The horrors of the overland passage from the interior, and the Zanzibar slave market itself are vividly described. The final bitter conflict with Livingstone, who blamed Kirk for his own disasters, is retold.
But it was Kirk's own success in closing down the slave trade on the island which made him internationally famous. Using private diaries and papers, a long forgotten Victorian hero and an extraordinary chapter in British history are revived in detail.
ISBN:9781845296728
Author:Alastair Hazell
Currency Wars The Making of the Next ...
Brief Summary
In 1971, President Nixon imposed national price controls and took the United States off the gold standard, an extreme measure intended to end an ongoing currency war that had destroyed faith in the U.S. dollar. Today we are engaged in a new currency war, and this time the consequences will be far worse than those that confronted Nixon.
Currency wars are one of the most destructive and feared outcomes in international economics. At best, they offer the sorry spectacle of countries' stealing growth from their trading partners. At worst, they degenerate into sequential bouts of inflation, recession, retaliation, and sometimes actual violence. Left unchecked, the next currency war could lead to a crisis worse than the panic of 2008.
Currency wars have happened before-twice in the last century alone-and they always end badly. Time and again, paper currencies have collapsed, assets have been frozen, gold has been confiscated, and capital controls have been imposed. And the next crash is overdue. Recent headlines about the debasement of the dollar, bailouts in Greece and Ireland, and Chinese currency manipulation are all indicators of the growing conflict.
As James Rickards argues in Currency Wars, this is more than just a concern for economists and investors. The United States is facing serious threats to its national security, from clandestine gold purchases by China to the hidden agendas of sovereign wealth funds. Greater than any single threat is the very real danger of the collapse of the dollar itself.
Baffling to many observers is the rank failure of economists to foresee or prevent the economic catastrophes of recent years. Not only have their theories failed to prevent calamity, they are making the currency wars worse. The U. S. Federal Reserve has engaged in the greatest gamble in the history of finance, a sustained effort to stimulate the economy by printing money on a trillion-dollar scale. Its solutions present hidden new dangers while resolving none of the current dilemmas.
While the outcome of the new currency war is not yet certain, some version of the worst-case scenario is almost inevitable if U.S. and world economic leaders fail to learn from the mistakes of their predecessors. Rickards untangles the web of failed paradigms, wishful thinking, and arrogance driving current public policy and points the way toward a more informed and effective course of action.
ISBN:9781591845560
Author:James Rickards
The Law of recognition
Brief Summary
Many Say It Is Their Favorite Book Outside The Bible.
In this teaching you will learn to recognize the most important gifts in your life.
• 24 Powerful Facts about The Uncommon Dream in Your Life
• 7 Reasons God Will Schedule a Financial Deliverer into Your Life
• 28 Facts about Favor
• 10 Facts You Must Know About Your Assignment.
This Book Could Help You Reach Your Full Potential.
ISBN:9781563940958
Author:Mike Murdock
Waiting and Dating A Sensible Guide t...
Don’t kiss dating goodbye! There is a much better way! Dr. Myles Munroe is an internationally acclaimed teacher and conference speaker with several best-selling books to his credit. In Waiting and Dating, Dr. Munroe offers a balanced, biblical view for every believer who wants a prosperous and fulfilling marriage relationship. He offers some of the best advice you will ever find on the subject of finding the one with whom you will spend the rest of your life.
In Waiting and Dating, you will learn:
• The importance of sharing your faith in God.
• The need for personal wholeness.
• The importance of true friendship in a relationship.
• The myths of finding the right person.
• How to discern the right mate.
• Much, much more! The principles in this book will guide you through what for some is the most confusing time of your life.
For anyone looking for that special someone with whom to share their life, this book is essential, fun, and full of hope!
The 100 Absolutely Unbreakable Laws o...
Brian Tracy has traveled and worked in more than 30 countries, studying business, economics, philosophy, psychology, history, and entrepreneurship. The 100 Absolutely Unbreakable Laws of Business Success is based on those years of study and provides a wide-ranging view of the things that make some businesses -- and lives -- work, and others fail.
The author provides a wealth of practical advice distilled into 100 easy-to-follow laws covering the major areas of work and business, such as leadership, money, economics, selling, negotiating, and time management.
He includes numerous examples to show how each law functions in the real world and practical guidance on applying it to one's life and work.
The Host
Brief Summary
Melanie Stryder refuses to fade away. The earth has been invaded by a species that take over the minds of human hosts while leaving their bodies intact.
Wanderer, the invading "soul" who has been given Melanie's body, didn't expect to find its former tenant refusing to relinquish possession of her mind.
As Melanie fills Wanderer's thoughts with visions of Jared, a human who still lives in hiding, Wanderer begins to yearn for a man she's never met. Reluctant allies, Wanderer and Melanie set off to search for the man they both love.
ISBN:9780316068048
Author:Stephenie Meyer
Genghis Khan and the Making of the Mo...
Brief Summary
The Mongol army led by Genghis Khan subjugated more lands and people in twenty-five years than the Romans did in four hundred. In nearly every country the Mongols conquered, they brought an unprecedented rise in cultural communication, expanded trade, and a blossoming of civilization.
Vastly more progressive than his European or Asian counterparts, Genghis Khan abolished torture, granted universal religious freedom, and smashed feudal systems of aristocratic privilege.
From the story of his rise through the tribal culture to the explosion of civilization that the Mongol Empire unleashed, this brilliant work of revisionist history is nothing less than the epic story of how the modern world was made. "Reads like the Iliad…Part travelogue, part epic narrative.” — Washington Post "It’s hard to think of anyone else who rose from such inauspicious beginnings to something so awesome, except maybe Jesus.”
ISBN:9780609809648
Author:Jack Weatherford
Be Inspired Before You Expire
Brief Summary
Scientists tell us that human beings were created with infinite potential; this potential been virtually limitless. It’s further suggested that on average, human beings only use about ten percent of their intelligence, with most of us going through life without ever exploiting our full potential.
Pepe Minambo’s book, Be Inspired before You Expire is a user’s manual to self-ignition-not the fiery kind, but of one’s inherent self-potential. The book is written in a simple, smooth and conversational style with gripping use of grammar.
Sample this:
‘An expired person is a careless person because he has nothing to lose in life; he has no sense of purpose or destiny, he is reckless and is as harmful as an expired drug which is poisonous and detrimental to human health. Expired people cause others to expire.’
If that doesn’t grip you, then nothing will!
The book is divided into twelve chapters touching on various aspects of life. Chapter six (Self Awareness) is particularly an eye opener. The chapter introduces the concept of your Unique Selling Point in life and how to find yourself.
The chapters are short and to the point. The reader is advised to read them slowly while reflecting on how to apply the ideas into one’s life. The book is simply CAPTIVATING! On completion, one gets the feeling of being revitalized.
The writer liberally quotes world figures that have made an impact in the world during their lives such as Winston Churchill, Abraham Maslow and Jack Welch.
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ISBN:9BeInspiredBeforeYouExpire001
Author:Pepe Minambo
Axel Schefflers Flip Flap Safari
Dork Diaries Holiday Heartbreak
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It’s the biggest dance of the year and Nikki Maxwell is hoping her crush, Brandon, wants to be her date. But time is running out. What if he doesn't want to go with her? Or worse - what if he ends up going with Mackenzie?!!
In the sixth book in the blockbuster Dork Diaries series - now with more than 8 million copies in print - join Nikki, Chloe and Zoey as they tackle the topic of love, Dork Diaries style!
Another brilliant book by Rachel Renée Russell, author of The Misadventures of Max Crumbly (publishing June 2016).
ISBN:9781471144776
Author:Rachel Renee Russell
Dork Diaries 3 Tales from a Not So Ta...
Brief Summary
Let the spotlight showdown commence... Nikki Maxwell's school is holding a talent competition and Nikki can't wait to start practising dance moves with her BFFs, Chloe and Zoey, and impressing Brandon, her crush, with her singing skills!
But then Nikki finds out that her arch-nemesis, MacKenzie, is entering the contest too, and she's determined to steal the limelight from Nikki and her friends. Can a dork like Nikki take on the most popular girl in school and win?
The third book in the bestselling Dork Diaries series by Rachel Renee Russell, author of The Misadventures of Max Crumbly (publishing June 2016).
ISBN:9781471144035
Author:Rachel Renee Russell
Camino Island by John Grisham
A gang of thieves stage a daring heist from a secure vault deep below Princeton University’s Firestone Library. Their loot is priceless, but Princeton has insured it for twenty-five million dollars.
Bruce Cable owns a popular bookstore in the sleepy resort town of Santa Rosa on Camino Island in Florida. He makes his real money, though, as a prominent dealer in rare books. Very few people know that he occasionally dabbles in the black market of stolen books and manuscripts.
Mercer Mann is a young novelist with a severe case of writer’s block who has recently been laid off from her teaching position. She is approached by an elegant, mysterious woman working for an even more mysterious company. A generous offer of money convinces Mercer to go undercover and infiltrate Bruce Cable’s circle of literary friends, ideally getting close enough to him to learn his secrets.
But eventually Mercer learns far too much, and there’s trouble in paradise as only John Grisham can deliver it.
HBRs 10 Must Reads on Strategy by Har...
Is your company spending too much time on strategy development—with too little to show for it?
If you read nothing else on strategy, read these 10 articles (featuring "What Is Strategy?” by Michael E. Porter). We've combed through hundreds of Harvard Business Review articles and selected the most important ones to help you catalyze your organization's strategy development and execution.
HBR's 10 Must Reads on Strategy will inspire you to:
• Distinguish your company from rivals
• Clarify what your company will and won't do
• Craft a vision for an uncertain future
• Create blue oceans of uncontested market space
• Use the Balanced Scorecard to measure your strategy
• Capture your strategy in a memorable phrase
• Make priorities explicit
• Allocate resources early
• Clarify decision rights for faster decision making
HBRs 10 Must Reads on Communication
Brief Summary
NEW from the bestselling HBR’s 10 Must Reads series.
The best leaders know how to communicate clearly and persuasively. How do you stack up?
If you read nothing else on communicating effectively, read these 10 articles. We’ve combed through hundreds of articles in the Harvard Business Review archive and selected the most important ones to help you express your ideas with clarity and impact—no matter what the situation.
Leading experts such as Deborah Tannen, Jay Conger, and Nick Morgan provide the insights and advice you need to:
• Pitch your brilliant idea—successfully
• Connect with your audience
• Establish credibility
• Inspire others to carry out your vision
• Adapt to stakeholders’ decision-making styles
• Frame goals around common interests
• Build consensus and win support
ISBN:9781422189863
Author:Harvard Business School Press
HBR Guide to Finance Basics for Managers
Brief Summary
Don’t Let Your Fear of Finance Get In The Way Of Your Success
Can you prepare a breakeven analysis? Do you know the difference between an income statement and a balance sheet? Or understand why a business that’s profitable can still go belly-up? Has your grasp of your company’s numbers helped—or hurt—your career?
Whether you’re new to finance or you just need a refresher, this go-to guide will give you the tools and confidence you need to master the fundamentals, as all good managers must.
The HBR Guide to Finance Basics for Managers will help you:
• Learn the language of finance
• Compare your firm’s financials with rivals’
• Shift your team’s focus from revenues to profits
• Assess your vulnerability to industry downturns
• Use financial data to defend budget requests
• Invest smartly through cost/benefit analysis
ISBN:9781422187302
Author:Harvard Business Review