An Inconvenient Truth--Gore's groundbreaking, battle cry of a follow-up to the bestselling Earth in the Balance--is being published to tie in with a documentary film of the same name. Both the book and film were inspired by a series of multimedia presentations on global warming that Gore created and delivers to groups around the world. With this book, Gore, who is one of our environmental heroe…
The contents of this book: 1. Language and Dialect Diversity 2. Language Usage and Social Interaction
"What is the relevance of the area studies approach to Southeast Asia?" The current state and future directions of area studies, of which Southeast Asian studies are a part, is a central question not only to scientists working in the field but also those engaged in university politics. This collection of nine articles is written by specialists from different disciplinary backgrounds and working…
This book examines government, civil society, corporate, and media responses to the rising tide of HIV/AIDS infection in the region. Countries such as Australia had early, concentrated epidemics. Others, like China, are experiencing rapidly growing epidemics. Thailand has seen high but declining prevalence rates while Vietnam is seeing exponential growth in rates among specific populations, par…
The outcome of a Seminar on Elites and Development in Latin America held at the University of Montevideo, Uruguay, in June 1965. The conference was called jointly by the two editors.
Buku ini berisi: - Prinsip-prinsip dalam melaporkan (Reporting Principlas) - Sasaran Intelijen - Positive Clandestine Intelligence (PCI) - Positive Intelligence
This book, therefore, and I (like the authors before me) will attempt to help students learn to accomplish specific tasks especially reading, speaking, and writing. This book aims to develop the student's ability to use the language in purposeful acts of communication. Students must be made to realize that language as a tool of communication must be diligently learned. The text also provides…
India's defence industralisation has always been an important issue of South Asia's regional security, & yet the Indian defence technology & industrial base has only recently invited the attention of strategic analysts, constituting a serious discourse. Contents: 1. The perspective 2. The colonial legacy 3. Organisation and culture 4. Defence technology development 5. The manufacturing ba…
Business Listening Tasks is for professionals or trainee professionals in a wide range of fields in business, commerce and administration who need to understand authentic spoken English. It is suitable for learners at intermediate and upper-intermediate levels. The approach is task-based and each unit contains preview work and vocabulary exercises. The challenging listening extracts give st…
Drained by a half-dozen major watersheds, cut by a network of deep ravines and fronting on a Great Lake, Toronto is dominated by water. Like most cities, though, Toronto has mismanaged its water, from the decades-long transformation of the city's creeks into sewer sheds to the alteration of Toronto's waterfront. Recently, the trend of fettering Toronto's water and putting it underground has bee…