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Crude Intentions

How Oil Corruption Contaminates the World

By: Alexandra Gillies

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Crude Intentions

How Oil Corruption Contaminates the World

By: Alexandra Gillies

Billions of dollars stolen from citizens are circling the globe, enriching powerful individuals, altering political outcomes, and disadvantaging everyday people. News headlines provide glimpses of how this corruption works and why it matters: President Trump's businesses struck deals with oligarchs and sold property to secretive shell companies; the Panama Papers leak triggered investigations in 79 countries; and, corruption scandals toppled heads of state in Brazil, South Africa, and South Korea. But how do these pieces fit together? And if the corruption is so vast and so tied up with powerful interests, how do we begin to fight back? To find answers, Crude Intentions examines the corruption crisis that erupted during the recent oil boom. From 2008 to 2014, oil prices shot through the roof. Motivated by more than nine trillion dollars in new oil money, corruption followed apace. Examining the oil boom is like placing a drop of dye in the circulatory system of global corruption, and watching as it reveals the system's channels and pathways. Company bosses signed off on risky schemes to snap up choice oil blocks. Politicians in Brazil and Nigeria stole billions to build up their election war chests. Kleptocrats in Angola, Azerbaijan, and Russia seized upon the oil wealth to cement their hold on power. And an army of bankers, accountants, and lawyers lined up to help these corrupt actors stash their loot in the global system of shell companies and tax havens that serves today's super-rich. The money then bought yachts, mansions, and even a few foreign politicians. Drawing on information exposed by intrepid journalists, prosecutors, and whistle blowers, Crude Intentions tells jaw-dropping stories of corruption and asks what we can learn from them. The cases reveal common tactics, but also vulnerabilities in this web of fraud. These are the starting points for building a smarter fight against corruption, in the oil sector and well beyond.

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302

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Oxford University Press

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0190940719

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9780190940713

The Secret Wood of Araviel

By: Alexandra Hoblea; Lorna Gillies

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The Secret Wood of Araviel

By: Alexandra Hoblea; Lorna Gillies

Polly had always believed in magic and fairytales. Her life was quiet and uneventful until she stumbled into a magic kingdom. From that day Polly is confronted with love, death and finds the answers to her mysterious past. What will the unknown future bring Polly? Will she be able to save her long lost sister and the Kingdom of Araviel?

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Xlibris Corporation

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146530486X

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In Exile

By: Alexandra Turney

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In Exile

By: Alexandra Turney

‘No one in this city has believed in me for two thousand years. I’m unknown and unloved. And I’m very, very ill.’ He sighed, and the sound chilled her blood. ‘Give me your hand.’ Dionysus, god of wine and divine ecstasy, is reborn in modern Rome. He doesn’t understand how or why he’s come to be here – a pagan god in a city where he has no believers. But when he meets fifteen-year-old Grace during a chance encounter in the Ghetto, he realises he has found his first new follower. This is the beginning of Grace’s secret life, as she and her friends overcome scepticism and fear to become his worshippers, drinking his wine and taking part in bacchanals across the city. As the melancholy god lives out his exile, his teenage followers find they have everything to lose. And after the first bloodshed, they know that there’s no turning back...

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210

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Unbound Publishing

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1789650070

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9781789650075

Advanced Environmental Monitoring with Remote Sensing Time Series Data and R

By: Alexandra Gemitzi,Nikolaos Koutsias,Venkat Lakshmi

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Advanced Environmental Monitoring with Remote Sensing Time Series Data and R

By: Alexandra Gemitzi,Nikolaos Koutsias,Venkat Lakshmi

This book provides a step-by-step guide on how to use various publicly available remotely sensed time series data sources for environmental monitoring and assessment. Readers will learn how to extract valuable information on global changes from a 20-year collection of ready-to-use remotely sensed data through the free open statistical software R and its geographic data analysis and modeling tools. The case studies are from the Mediterranean region—a designated hot spot regarding climate change effects. Each chapter is dedicated to specific remote sensing products chosen for their spatial resolution. The methods used are adapted from large-scale to smaller-scale problems for different land cover areas. Features Includes real-world applications of environmental remotely sensed data Analyzes the advantages and restrictions of each data source Focuses on a wide spectrum of applications, such as hydrology, vegetation changes, land surface temperature, fire detection, and impacts Includes R computer codes with explanatory comments and all applications use only freely available remotely sensed data Presents a step-by-step processing through open source GIS and statistical analysis software Advanced Environmental Monitoring with Remote Sensing Time Series Data and R describes and provides details on recent advances concerning publicly available remotely sensed time series data in environmental monitoring and assessment. This book is a must-have practical guide for environmental researchers, professionals, and students.

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CRC Press

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0429557140

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9780429557149

Fatherhood and Love

The Social Construction of Masculine Emotions

By: Alexandra Macht

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Fatherhood and Love

The Social Construction of Masculine Emotions

By: Alexandra Macht

This book explores how contemporary men understand love in the realm of family life and how they integrate it into their identity. Drawing from Ian Burkitt’s aesthetic theory of emotions, Macht presents rich data from qualitative interviews and observations with Scottish and Romanian involved fathers, to reveal how they maintain closeness to their children, their partners and their own family of origin. Reflecting on distances, separations, power, worry and intergenerational experiences of love Fatherhood and Love hypothesizes that fathers’ identities and emotionality rely on a variety of social relationships in their intimate environment. A new concept, ‘emotional bordering’, is introduced, to portray the tensions inherent in fathers’ identities and illuminate why gender progress happens slowly. Engaging with literature on love, masculinity, culture and father’s involvement from a unique perspective, this book will be of interest to students and scholars across a range of social science disciplines.

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194

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Springer Nature

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3030203581

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9783030203580

The Fruits of Freedom in British Togoland

Literacy, Politics and Nationalism, 1914–2014

By: Katharine Alexandra Collier Skinner

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The Fruits of Freedom in British Togoland

Literacy, Politics and Nationalism, 1914–2014

By: Katharine Alexandra Collier Skinner

The Fruits of Freedom in British Togoland examines the history and politics behind the failed project of Togoland reunification, in which the United Nations trust territory of British Togoland was to be separated from the Gold Coast to join with French Togoland in a new independent African state.

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Cambridge University Press

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1107074630

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The Plant-Based Baby and Toddler

Your Complete Feeding Guide for the First 3 Years

By: Alexandra Caspero MA RDN,Whitney English MS RDN

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The Plant-Based Baby and Toddler

Your Complete Feeding Guide for the First 3 Years

By: Alexandra Caspero MA RDN,Whitney English MS RDN

An accessible guide for vegan, vegetarian, or veg-curious parents from the dietitian duo behind online community Plant-Based Juniors®--includes a bonus chapter on feeding infants up to six months! More of us are turning to plant-focused diets for our health and the health of the environment. But there haven't been reliable, evidence-based resources out there for a new generation of compassionate, conscientious parents--until now. The Plant-Based Baby and Toddler is your go-to resource, offering easy-to-digest nutritional facts and guidelines that aren't available elsewhere, with a special focus on the most important period of a child's life when it comes to developing good eating habits: infancy and toddlerhood. Whitney and Alex discuss: • the PB3 plate: a visual guide to structuring meals that are nutritionally balanced--1/3 fruits and vegetables; 1/3 legumes, nuts and seeds; and 1/3 grains and starches--and easy to adapt for the entire family • how to meet needs for critical nutrients such as iron • a primer on both traditional purees and the baby-led weaning/feeding approach • strategies for dealing with challenges such as picky eaters • sorting fact from fiction when it comes to nondairy milks and other substitutes • 50+ plant-based recipes created specifically for stages from first bites to age three As dietitians and moms, Whitney and Alex pored over nutrition journals and called on the experts to learn how to provide their babies with the best diet possible. They found that plant-based diets are associated with a reduced risk of obesity, decreased cholesterol levels, and increased fruit and vegetable intake; in short, not only are they safe for kids, they're pretty freaking awesome.

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353

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Penguin

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0593192117

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9780593192115

Our Dogs, Ourselves

The Story of a Singular Bond

By: Alexandra Horowitz

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Our Dogs, Ourselves

The Story of a Singular Bond

By: Alexandra Horowitz

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Inside of a Dog and The Year of the Puppy, an eye-opening, informative, “entertaining, and enlightening” (BookPage) celebration of the human-canine relationship for the curious dog owner and science-lover alike. We keep dogs and are kept by them. We love dogs and (we assume) we are loved by them. We buy them sweaters, toys, shoes; we are concerned with their social lives, their food, and their health. The story of humans and dogs is thousands of years old but is far from understood. In Our Dogs, Ourselves, Alexandra Horowitz explores all aspects of this unique and complex relationship that “dog lovers will savor and absorb” (Shelf Awareness). As Horowitz considers the current culture of dogdom, she reveals the odd, surprising, and contradictory ways we live with dogs. We celebrate their individuality but breed them for sameness. Despite our deep emotional relationships with dogs, legally they are property to be bought, sold, abandoned, or euthanized as we wish. Even the way we speak to our dogs is at once perplexing and delightful. In thirteen thoughtful and charming chapters, Our Dogs, Ourselves affirms our profound affection for this most charismatic of animals—and makes us “see canine companions in new ways” (Science News).

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Simon and Schuster

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1501175025

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9781501175022

Natural-Based Polymers for Biomedical Applications

By: Rui L. Reis,Nuno M. Neves,Joao F. Mano,Manuela E. Gomes,Alexandra P. Marques,Helena S. Azevedo

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Natural-Based Polymers for Biomedical Applications

By: Rui L. Reis,Nuno M. Neves,Joao F. Mano,Manuela E. Gomes,Alexandra P. Marques,Helena S. Azevedo

Polymers from natural sources are particularly useful as biomaterials and in regenerative medicine, given their similarity to the extracellular matrix and other polymers in the human body. This important book reviews the wealth of research on both tried and promising new natural-based biomedical polymers, together with their applications as implantable biomaterials, controlled-release carriers or scaffolds for tissue engineering.The first part of the book reviews the sources, processing and properties of natural-based polymers for biomedical applications. Part two describes how the surfaces of polymer-based biomaterials can be modified to improve their functionality. The third part of the book discusses the use of natural-based polymers for biodegradable scaffolds and hydrogels in tissue engineering. Building on this foundation, Part four looks at the particular use of natural-gelling polymers for encapsulation, tissue engineering and regenerative medicine. The penultimate group of chapters reviews the use of natural-based polymers as delivery systems for drugs, hormones, enzymes and growth factors. The final part of the book summarises research on the key issue of biocompatibility.Natural-based polymers for biomedical applications is a standard reference for biomedical engineers, those studying and researching in this important area, and the medical community. - Examines the sources, processing and properties of natural based polymers for biomedical applications - Explains how the surfaces of polymer based biomaterials can be modified to improve their functionality - Discusses the use of natural based polymers for hydrogels in tissue engineering, and in particular natural gelling polymers for encapsulation and regenerative medicine

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Elsevier

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1845694813

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9781845694814

A Review of the Scientific Literature as it Pertains to Gulf War Illnesses: Pyridostigmine bromide

By: Beatrice Alexandra Golomb

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A Review of the Scientific Literature as it Pertains to Gulf War Illnesses: Pyridostigmine bromide

By: Beatrice Alexandra Golomb

This literature review, one of eight commissioned by the Special Assistant to the Deputy Secretary of Defense for Gulf War Illnesses, summarizes the existing scientific literature on the health effects of pyridostigmine bromide that may have affected service members who served in Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm. The eight RAND reviews are intended to complement efforts by the Defense Department and other federal agencies in their attempt to understand the full range of health implications of service in that conflict. --p. v. of Preface.

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Review of the Scientific Liter

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0833026771

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9780833026774

Candles in the Wood

By: Alexandra Manners,Anne Rundle

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Candles in the Wood

By: Alexandra Manners,Anne Rundle

A servant's daughter who becomes an heiress returns to the manor she knew as a child, and unravels the secret of the family she loved.

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268

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Putnam Publishing Group

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0399113711

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9780399113710

Birnbaum's Caribbean 96

By: Alexandra M. Birnbaum

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Birnbaum's Caribbean 96

By: Alexandra M. Birnbaum

Widely read by tourists and acclaimed by the travel industry, this guide contains all the information travelers need to plan and enjoy their vacation in the Caribbean. The guide covers planning and budgeting your trip, hotels and restaurants in every price range, beaches, golf courses and local events. Includes driving and walking routes and easy-to-read, detailed maps.

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0062782142

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Book's by Alexandra Gillies

Crude Intentions

Crude Intentions

The Secret Wood of Araviel

The Secret Wood of Araviel

In Exile

In Exile

Advanced Environmental Monitoring with Remote Sensing Time Series Data and R

Advanced Environmental Monitoring with Remote Sensing Time Series Data and R

Fatherhood and Love

Fatherhood and Love

The Fruits of Freedom in British Togoland

The Fruits of Freedom in British Togoland

The Plant-Based Baby and Toddler

The Plant-Based Baby and Toddler

Our Dogs, Ourselves

Our Dogs, Ourselves

Natural-Based Polymers for Biomedical Applications

Natural-Based Polymers for Biomedical Applications

A Review of the Scientific Literature as it Pertains to Gulf War Illnesses: Pyridostigmine bromide

A Review of the Scientific Literature as it Pertains to Gulf War Illnesses: Pyridostigmine bromide

Candles in the Wood

Candles in the Wood

Birnbaum's Caribbean 96

Birnbaum's Caribbean 96

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