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This is the story of a 16 year-old Jewish boy who left Morocco, the country of his birth, and immigrated to Israel, leaving his parents and younger brothers behind. With insight and wit he describes his meeting with Israel and how the country received its new immigrants. It is the compelling story of the price paid by anyone who leaves his comfort zone and moves to a new country. The auther describes

A human observer can effortlessly identify visible portions of geometric objects present in the environment. However, computations of visible portions of objects from a viewpoint involving thousands of objects is a time consuming task even for high speed computers. To solve such visibility problems, efficient algorithms have been designed. This book presents some of these visibility algorithms in two

bStrengthen your core and boost your confidence with 5-minute exercise routines for seniors b pHaving a strong core can improve mobility, reduce aches and pains, prevent falls, and build everyday confidence. i5-Minute Core Exercises for Seniorsi makes it easy to incorporate daily exercise for seniors, with a collection of 40 individual movements and 25 quick routines for strengthening the major core

What makes a good marriage even better How can you build an intimate relationship that endures How do you live out your roles of husband and wife The Bible takes a realistic and practical approach to these questions. In these eleven session LifeGuidesupRsup Bible Study marriage, you\'ll discover how following God\'s design for intimacy helps you enjoy and grow your marriage to the full. For over three

This pioneering volume illuminates the practice of giving, endowing and exchanging gifts in the early Middle Ages, from Anglo-Saxon England to the Islamic world. Focusing especially on the language associated with medieval gift giving, this important new work examines how people visualized and thought about gift giving and, importantly, how they distinguished between the giving of gifts and other social,

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pForaging is an overlooked essential skill. Many wild plants are edible or have incredible medicinal properties. While this is emnot ema plant identification handbook, its purpose is just as valuable. Any climate, any country, any season, this book is an integral part of your plan. With 2 dedicated pages per foraged item, this book holds space for 50 wild items of your choice 22 different pages to

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In 1920s Shanghai, Zhou Enlai founded the first Chinese communist spy network, operating in the shadows against nationalists, Western powers and the Japanese. The story of Chinese spies has been a global one from the start.brUnearthing previously unseen papers and interviewing countless insiders, Roger Faligot\'s astonishing account reveals nothing less than a century of world events shaped by Chinese

The relationship between risk, return and the cost of capital is contextualized by relating it to the needs of investors and borrowers, the historical evidence, and theories of choice and behavior. The text spans financial theory, its empirical tests and applications to real-world financial problems while keeping an entertaining easy-to-read style.

pAs fast-evolving education technology EdTech revolutionizes learning, this report examines the evidence for effective digital learning, the key interventions and innovations in education technology, and how best to implement effective digital transformation initiatives in the education sector.ppbrppOutlining how rapid technological advances are disrupting the employment landscape and creating a skills

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pJokes are a perfect format for learning vocabulary, idiomatic expressions, and grammar. Jokes are also designed to be retold. If you learn a joke by heart and tell it to other people, then by doing so you will also learn the grammar and vocabulary involved. p pThe book also contains exercises designed to reveal whether you have understood the joke or not p ppulliA joke is presented to you but with

pIntroduction.- The dialectical illusion in philosophy.- On coherence and truth as properties of a philosophical system.- The logistic prejudice in the philosophy of the Schoolmen and in rationalism.- Kant overcomes the rationalistic prejudice the distinction between analytic and synthetic judgments.- The distinction between analytic and synthetic judgments further explored.- Significance and fruitfulness

By what strange twist of Fate did the fearful menace which was to shadow every man and woman in New York City first rear its venomous head in the distant Caribbean When terror suddenly boarded a little tramp steamer and left crimson havoc littering its narrow decks a spluttering wireless flashed the doom of every living thing aboard. Within a week, the same ghastly fate struck a gigantic new ocean

pZits jumps from the comics page to the bookshelf, and emZits Shreddedem is perfect for fans of James Patterson\'s emHomeroom Diariesem as well as the Zits comic strip ppJeremy Duncan and his friends Hector and Pierce are hitting the road That is, if they can squeeze enough french fries to get their newly veggie oil-powered van to Dog Tired Records in Sheboygan, Wisconsin. It\'s road trip time ppComics

Do you want to learn about why God created the plants, animals, and even you Now you can find out in a conversation straight from God. Annie has a question in science class that she\'s too shy to ask out loud. So instead she and her buddy James ask God directly. And when the two children get clear answers from God, they launch into a series of questions about all kinds of topics! They ask about how

This book has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted, retyped and designed. These books are not made of scanned copies and hence the text is clear and readable.

pThis is a book about maps and globes, how they work, and how to use them to find places on the earth, both locally and globally. The amply-illustrated text introduces students to map scales, symbols, directions and grids and provides activities for building familiarity by making and using maps to find their way. It explains how to use features like hemisphere, latitude, longitude and coordinates to