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The Myth of the Lazy Native: A Study of the Image of the ...

The Myth of the Lazy Native: A Study of the Image of the ...

Syed Hussein Alatas

Drawing on the work of Karl Mannheim and the sociology of knowledge, Alatas analyses the origins and functions of such myths in the creation and reinforcement of colonial ideology and capitalism.
Local and Global: Social Transformation in Southeast Asia : ...

Local and Global: Social Transformation in Southeast Asia : ...

Hussein Alatas (Syed)

The essays in this volume explore three aspects of social transformation of Southeast Asian Societies namely, social change and develoment, the role of intellectuals, religious and cultural values.
The Greatest: The Quest for Sporting Perfection

The Greatest: The Quest for Sporting Perfection

Matthew Syed

Matthew Syed, the 'Sports Journalist of the Year 2016', answers these questions and more in a fascinating, wide-ranging and provocative book about the mental game of sport.
Bounce LP: Mozart, Federer, Picasso, Beckham, and the ...

Bounce LP: Mozart, Federer, Picasso, Beckham, and the ...

Matthew Syed

In this bold new look at human behavior, award-winning journalist and Olympian Matthew Syed explores the truth about our competitive nature—why we win, why we don't, and how we really play the game of life.
Black Box Thinking

Black Box Thinking

Matthew Syed

Drawing on a dizzying array of case studies and real-world examples, together with cutting-edge research on marginal gains, creativity and grit, Matthew Syed tells the inside story of how success really happens - and how we cannot grow ...
2008+ Solved Problems in Electromagnetics

2008+ Solved Problems in Electromagnetics

Syed A. Nasar

In this text, noted author Professor Syed Nasar has divided the book's problems into topic areas similar to a textbook and presented a wide array of problems, followed immediately by their solutions.
The Mercenary Mediterranean: Sovereignty, Religion, and ...

The Mercenary Mediterranean: Sovereignty, Religion, and ...

Hussein Fancy

Hussein Fancy's purpose in this study is twofold: first, like the jenets themselves, Fancy wishes to cross both linguistic and political boundaries by bringing Arabic sources into conversation with traditional Latin and Romance archives ...
Saddam Hussein: An American Obsession

Saddam Hussein: An American Obsession

Andrew Cockburn

From the new Prologue At the outset of the 1991 Gulf War, US leaders resolved the .Iraqis will pay the price., so long as Saddam Hussein remained in power. This book makes chillingly clear just how terrible that price has been.
Das Black-Box-Prinzip: Warum Fehler uns weiterbringen

Das Black-Box-Prinzip: Warum Fehler uns weiterbringen

Matthew Syed

Analysieren statt vertuschen Menschen, die gezielt aus Fehlern lernen, anstatt sie zu vertuschen oder anderen in die Schuhe zu schieben, nennt Matthew Syed Black-Box-Denker.
Muslims in Australia: Immigration, Race Relations and ...

Muslims in Australia: Immigration, Race Relations and ...

Nahid Afrose Kabir

Immigration, Race Relations and Cultural History Nahid Afrose Kabir. Chapter Five The 1990-91 Gulf Crisis: Impact on Muslims in Australia Saddam Hussein is a dangerous maniac. Saddam Hussein is a Muslim, therefore all Muslims are ...
Misi Rebut Hati:

Misi Rebut Hati:

Nuriz Aida

Syed Ikram Hakimi mempertaruhkan segala-gala untuk mencari kepuasan hidup.
Bounce: How Champions are Made

Bounce: How Champions are Made

Matthew Syed

Everyone knows that David Beckham crosses the ball better than anyone else and that Tiger Woods never "chokes".
Practical Oracle E-Business Suite: An Implementation and ...

Practical Oracle E-Business Suite: An Implementation and ...

Syed Zaheer

This book also provides information on FMW used in EBS 12.2, as well as performance tuning and EBS 12.2 on engineered system implementations.
Beyond Love:

Beyond Love:

Hadīyah Ḥusayn

The evocative story of three Iraqi characters who have all come from Basra to Amman to escape the atrocities of Saddam Hussein's oppression and wars
Saddam Hussein

Saddam Hussein

Charles J. Shields

Presents the life and leadership of the former president of Iraq, who defied UN sanctions and was captured by American soldiers in December 2003.
Saddam Hussein: The Politics of Revenge

Saddam Hussein: The Politics of Revenge

Saïd K. Aburish

'A brilliant Arab-Western examination.Written with pace, detail, and a host of witnesses and sources' Sunday Tribune
Saddam Hussein: The Politics of Revenge

Saddam Hussein: The Politics of Revenge

Saïd K. Aburish

'A brilliant Arab-Western examination.Written with pace, detail, and a host of witnesses and sources' Sunday Tribune
Bounce: The Myth of Talent and the Power of Practice

Bounce: The Myth of Talent and the Power of Practice

Matthew Syed

Essential reading following an astounding summer of sport; if you’ve ever wondered what makes a champion, Bounce has the answer. This edition does not include illustrations.
Midnapore District: Company, Raiyats & Zamindars, 1760-1885

Midnapore District: Company, Raiyats & Zamindars, 1760-1885

Syed Rashed Ali

Study with reference to Midnapore District in West Bengal, India.
Indian Writings in English

Indian Writings in English

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The Neglected and the Tormented in The Dark Room 98 —Dr. K. V. Surendran 10. R.K. Narayan's The Man-eater of Malgudi : 112 Problematising the Nation — Syed Mujeebuddin 11. Rural India in Transition : A Study of 127 Kamala ...
Iraq

Iraq

Rebecca Rowell

A profile of modern Iraq and its people, culture, history, environment, economics, and complicated post-Saddam Hussein political situation.
Iraq

Iraq

Rebecca Rowell

A profile of modern Iraq and its people, culture, history, environment, economics and complicated post-Saddam Hussein political situation.
Black Box Thinking: The Surprising Truth About Success

Black Box Thinking: The Surprising Truth About Success

Matthew Syed

Two psychologists, Ryan Babineaux and John Krumboltz, have written: Over the next four years, he got more and more mired in technical details and lost sight of his original idea. Meanwhile, other entrepreneurs began to build blogging ...
50 Ways to Find Funding for Your Business

50 Ways to Find Funding for Your Business

Emma Jones

... Whitehead, Angel CoFund With contributions and quotes from: - Syed Kamall, Conservative MEP for London 0 Mark Adams, Collider12 - Christoph Rieche, iwoca 0 Guy Rigby, Smith & Williamson 0 Bruce McMichael, author With thanks to ...
Patriots History of the United

Patriots History of the United

Larry Schweikart

From Christopher Columbus to the fall of Saddam Hussein, this book will go a long way in restoring perspective and clarity to our understanding of America's amazing story, and the noble, Christian principles our country was founded on.
Beyond the Asian Crisis: Pathways to Sustainable Growth

Beyond the Asian Crisis: Pathways to Sustainable Growth

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Indonesia: beyond shallow, export- led industrialization Shafiq Dhanani and Syed Asif Hasnain1 INTRODUCTION Export orientation can lead to rapid industrialization and higher living standards, as forcefully demonstrated by the experience ...
Ghosts of Halabja: Saddam Hussein and the Kurdish Genocide: ...

Ghosts of Halabja: Saddam Hussein and the Kurdish Genocide: ...

Michael J. Kelly

The unspeakable atrocities visited by Saddam upon the Kurds of Iraq are explored here, together with the trials of Saddam by the Iraqi High Tribunal. However, this work is more than a litigation history.
Cursed Victory: A History of Israel and the Occupied Territories

Cursed Victory: A History of Israel and the Occupied Territories

Ahron Bregman

Interview with Haila Hussein Abu Jabar in Brooke Kroeger, 'The Golan Heights: The Camp David Fear in the ... 1980, http://brookekroeger.com/ thegolanheightsthecampdavidfearintheoccupiedgolanheights/, accessed 11 August 2012.

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