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The Tightening Dark

An American Hostage in Yemen

By: Sam Farran,Benjamin Buchholz

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The Tightening Dark

An American Hostage in Yemen

By: Sam Farran,Benjamin Buchholz

This riveting memoir follows a Lebanese-Muslim-American and thirty-year US Marine veteran who suffered a six-month ordeal at the hands of a brutal regime in Yemen—and remained loyal to his country through it all. As air strikes carpeted Yemen's capital, Sam Farran was one of only a few Americans in the war-ravaged country. He was there to conduct security assessments for a variety of international firms. Days after his arrival, he was brutally seized and taken hostage by Houthi rebels. Sam would spend the next six months suffering a horrific ordeal that would test his endurance, his loyalty and his very soul. Every day his captors asked him—as a fellow Muslim—to betray America and his Marine heritage in exchange for his freedom. Would he give in to the Houthis and return to his Middle Eastern roots? In the end--and despite daily threats to his life—Sam found the strength to resist, and came out of his ordeal with an increased sense of being, foremost, a US Marine. The Tightening Dark is an intimate, riveting and inspiring memoir of heroic strength, courage, survival and commitment to country. And a reminder that the best parts of the American dream are the dreamers—those who pledge to being American, regardless of where they are born.

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The Tightening Dark

An American Hostage in Yemen

By: Sam Farran,Benjamin Buchholz

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An American Hostage in Yemen

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Private Education In Singapore: Contemporary Issues And Challenges

By: Choon-yin Sam

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Private Education In Singapore: Contemporary Issues And Challenges

By: Choon-yin Sam

Not much has been written about the private education sector in Singapore despite the fact that the sector houses about 300 private education institutions (PEIs) and enrolls about 150,000 students. Private Education in Singapore: Contemporary Issues and Challenges is an exciting book that aims to fill a gap in the literature. In the book, the author offers an extensive discussion on (i) the key elements of the sector — types and features of the PEIs, (ii) the regulatory framework for private education, (iii) students' aspiration and the impact of the ASPIRE report on PEIs, and (iv) the provision of external degree programme through transnational partnership. The book also tackles the hotly debated discussion in relation to academic quality and standard of PEI courses. The author identifies the reasons — some of them have more characteristics of a myth — and suggests a number of ways to overcome the issues and challenges.

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263

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World Scientific

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981322584X

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9789813225848

International Society for Rock Mechanics

List of Members 1980

By: Sam Stuart

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International Society for Rock Mechanics

List of Members 1980

By: Sam Stuart

International Society for Rock Mechanics compiles the list of members of the International Society for Rock Mechanics (ISRM) from several nations and dependencies (countries) around the globe. The ISRM is a non-profit organization dedicated to the study and scientific investigation of Rock Mechanics, including related fields such as geology, geophysics, soil mechanics, mining engineering, petroleum engineering, and civil engineering. Each chapter representing a country in this book includes a complete lists of its engineers and geologists that are categorized into three types: National Groups (the group that represents a country); Corresponding Members; Supporting Members; and Ordinary Members. A tally of the total number of members per country is also provided. At the end of this book, the statutes of ISRM, which was approved by the Council of ISRM on September 26, 1978, are discussed and expounded in three different languages â€ English, French, and German. These statutes are implemented by by-laws approved by the council.

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239

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Elsevier

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1483135985

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9781483135984

International Relations and Legal Cooperation in General Diplomacy and Consular Relations

Published under the Auspices of the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law under the Direction of Rudolf Bernhardt

By: Sam Stuart

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International Relations and Legal Cooperation in General Diplomacy and Consular Relations

Published under the Auspices of the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law under the Direction of Rudolf Bernhardt

By: Sam Stuart

Encyclopedia of Public International Law, 9: International Relations and Legal Cooperation in General, Diplomacy, and Consular Relations focuses on international relations and legal cooperation in general, including diplomacy and consular relations. The publication first offers information on the international aspects of administrative law, the Asian-African Legal Consultative Committee, Atlantic Charter (1941), Bandung Conference (1955), and the international regulation on broadcasting. The text also examines the international protection of children, coded communications, international conferences and congresses, consular jurisdiction, treaties, and relations, and international criminal law. Discussions focus on bilateral consular agreements, establishment of consular relations, privileges and immunities, legal situation, historical evolution of legal rules, and protection for children in special situations. The manuscript ponders on wildlife protection, international regulation on the use of water, waste disposal, unjust enrichment, transfrontier pollution, tourism, terrorism, and international regulation on telecommunications. Topics include principles governing international telecommunication, space telecommunications, special legal problem on terrorism, touristic relations between states, historical evolution of transfrontier pollution, international consequences of water use, and global, regional, and bilateral treatises on wildlife protection. The publication is a vital source of data for researchers interested in international relations and legal cooperation in general, as well as diplomacy and consular relations.

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Elsevier

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1483256995

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9781483256993

Strong Foundations in Early Mathematics

By: Lorna Earle,Sam Parkes

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Strong Foundations in Early Mathematics

By: Lorna Earle,Sam Parkes

Developing the building blocks for mathematics. This book supports early years teachers and practitioners to enable children to build Strong Foundations in Mathematics. It focuses on children′s learning and development in mathematics in the critical reception year. It supports trainee teachers and early years students to reflect on their own mathematics learning and how this influences their teaching and subject confidence. It acknowledges the uniqueness of the early years and explores the mathematical pedagogies of the EYFS. Importantly, the book challenges the assumption that early years mathematics is ′not proper maths′.

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SAGE

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1529612306

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9781529612301

Problems of the Agricultural Development of Less-Favoured Areas in Europe

Proceedings of a Symposium of the Committee on Agricultural Problems Economic Commission for Europe and Food and Agriculture Organization, Geneva, Switzerland, 22-26 May 1978

By: Sam Stuart

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Problems of the Agricultural Development of Less-Favoured Areas in Europe

Proceedings of a Symposium of the Committee on Agricultural Problems Economic Commission for Europe and Food and Agriculture Organization, Geneva, Switzerland, 22-26 May 1978

By: Sam Stuart

Problems of the Agricultural Development of Less-Favoured Areas in Europe is a collection of papers from a symposium of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe and Food and Agriculture Organization held in Geneva on May 22-26, 1978. This collection of papers covers European countries with areas where agricultural development is limited. This book defines less-favored agricultural areas as those places where there is limited agricultural development, of different sizes and economic and social importance. These areas are also defined as suffering serious deterioration of the natural environment and of economic and social activities. This book then presents country reports covering problem areas in Austria, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Finland, France, and Germany. In reviewing each of these countries, and other countries as well, the text presents each government's objectives concerning the rural areas, the actual strategies and policies pursued by the state, and the problems encountered when implementing these policies. This text also gives the methodologies used in evaluating these programs. This book can prove useful for government officials and ministries dealing with the agricultural sector, heads of volunteer organizations dealing with countryside development, and academicians in political science and developmental planning.

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1483145417

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The Tightening Dark

The Tightening Dark

The Tightening Dark

The Tightening Dark

Private Education In Singapore: Contemporary Issues And Challenges

Private Education In Singapore: Contemporary Issues And Challenges

International Society for Rock Mechanics

International Society for Rock Mechanics

International Relations and Legal Cooperation in General Diplomacy and Consular Relations

International Relations and Legal Cooperation in General Diplomacy and Consular Relations

Strong Foundations in Early Mathematics

Strong Foundations in Early Mathematics

Problems of the Agricultural Development of Less-Favoured Areas in Europe

Problems of the Agricultural Development of Less-Favoured Areas in Europe

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