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Supporting South Asian Families with a Child with Severe Disabilities
Jessica Kingsley Publishers 2003; US$ 47.95Social workers will find this book to be a valuable tool, highlighting ways of improving the cultural sensitivity of disability services and parental and family support. Combining a wide-ranging survey and in-depth interviews, the authors build a rich picture how culture and ethnicity can impact on a family's experience of disability. more...
Risk in International Finance
Taylor and Francis 2008; US$ 150.00This book analyzes the evolution and impact of the concept of risk on processes of transnational banking and financial market regulation, as well as the externalities generated by speculative financial activity in developing and emerging market economies. The author provides an alternative theory for the study of international financial market... more...
The Caliph's House
Random House Publishing Group 2006; US$ 16.00In the tradition of A Year in Provence and Under the Tuscan Sun , acclaimed English travel writer Tahir Shah shares a highly entertaining account of making an exotic dream come true. By turns hilarious and harrowing, here is the story of his family?s move from the gray skies of London to the sun-drenched city of Casablanca, where Islamic tradition... more...
Sustainable Practice for the Facilities Manager
Wiley 2008; US$ 84.00sectors including offices, retail and manufacturing. It explains the facilities manager’s role in incorporating sustainability into the whole life-cycle of a building – from initial briefing to final disposal. The book takes a structured approach: • masterplanning and real estate (acquisitions and disposals) • design •... more...
In Arabian Nights
Random House Publishing Group 2007; US$ 16.00Tahir Shah?s The Caliph?s House , describing his first year in Casablanca, was hailed by critics and compared to such travel classics as A Year in Provence and Under the Tuscan Sun . Now Shah takes us deeper into the heart of this exotic and magical land to uncover mysteries that have been hidden from Western eyes for centuries.? In this entertaining... more...
Career Success of Disabled High-flyers
Jessica Kingsley Publishers 2005; US$ 47.95Drawing on case studies of 31 disabled adults, this book suggests that individual traits and patterns of behaviour are key factors in career success, and shows that it is often society rather than impairment that hinders professional progression. It will provide role models and valuable insights for young career-minded disabled people. more...
The Storyteller's Daughter
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2007; US$ 13.95Imagine that a jewel-like garden overlooking Kabul is your ancestral home. Imagine a kitchen made fragrant with saffron strands and cardamom pods simmering in an authentic pilau. Now remember that you were born in London, your family in exile, and that you have never seen Afghanistan in peacetime. These are but the starting points of Saira Shah?s... more...
Emerging Environmental Technologies
Springer 2008; US$ 84.99Focuses on the technologies that would be in the forefront. This book includes articles that discuss the environmental challenges and the novel innovation. It is suitable for academicians, industries and governmental/non-governmental agencies in the field of environmental sciences and technology. more...
Self-Defense in Islamic and International Law
Palgrave Macmillan 2008; US$ 95.00The book argues that the concept of self-defense in Islamic and International law is compatible. Al-Qaeda's declaration of Jihad does not meet the Islamic legal test. Similarly, the invasion of Iraq does meet the international legal test. more...
Young Disabled People
Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2009; US$ 99.95Recent policies and government initiatives in many Western countries have strengthened the expectation that young disabled people have the right to be involved in decisions affecting their futures. Sonali Shah uses a comparative study of young disabled students within mainstream and special education to determine the influence these recent policies... more...









