A major history of Afghanistan and its changing political culture Afghanistan traces the historic struggles and the changing nature of political authority in this volatile region of the world, from the Mughal Empire in the sixteenth century to the Taliban resurgence today. Thomas Barfield introduces readers to the bewildering diversity of tribal and ethnic groups in Afghanistan, explaining what unites them as Afghans despite the regional, cultural, and political differences that divide them. He shows how governing these peoples was relatively easy when power was concentrated in a small dynastic elite, but how this delicate political order broke down in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries when Afghanistan's rulers mobilized rural militias to expel first the British and later the Soviets. Armed insurgency proved remarkably successful against the foreign occupiers, but it also undermined the Afghan government's authority and rendered the country ever more difficult to govern as time passed. B

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Meteor Showers and their Parent Comets is a unique handbook forastronomers interested in observing meteor storms and outbursts.Spectacular displays of 'shooting stars' are created when theEarth's orbit crosses a meteoroid stream, as each meteoroid causesa bright light when it enters our atmosphere at high speed.Jenniskens, an active meteor storm chaser, explains how meteoroidstreams originate from the decay of meteoroids, comets andasteroids, and how they cause meteor showers on Earth. He includesthe findings of recent space missions to comets and asteroids, therisk of meteor impacts on Earth, and how meteor showers may haveseeded the Earth with ingredients that made life possible. Allknown meteor showers are identified, accompanied by fascinatingdetails on the most important showers and their parent comets. Thebook predicts when exceptional meteor showers will occur over thenext 50 years, making it a valuable resource for both amateur andprofessional astronomers.

Keeping Faith is the richest account available of the work of Cornel West, one of today's leading African American intellectuals. This powerful collection of essays ranges widely across politics and philosophy in America, the role of the black intellectual, legal theory and the future of liberal thought, and the fate of African Americans. In West's hands issues of race and freedom are inextricably tied to questions of philosophy and, above all, to a belief in the power of the human spirit. West situates the current position of African Americans, tracing the genealogy of the "Afro-American Rebellion" from Martin Luther King to the rise of black revolutionary leftists. He explains both the opportunities and limitations of liberalism and nationalism, and offers strategies for a new generation of African Americans. West insists that African American oppression be understood within the larger crises of North Atlantic civilization. While maintaining the specificity of blackidentity and resistance, he provocativel

The Z notation is a language for expressing mathematicalspecifications of computing systems. By providing a formalsemantics for Z, this book justifies the claim that Z is a precisespecification language, and provides a standard framework forunderstanding Z specifications. Z is compared with other methodssuch as VDM and CLEAR, and in the final chapter, a number ofstudies in Z style are presented to show that Z can be used in awide variety of specification tasks. This book will appeal to thosewho wish to deepen their understanding of the mathematicalbackground of the Z method, those who want a concise definition ofthe language, and those interested in the design of specificationlanguages.

《追求卓越》是作者对第二语言（英语）教学中的专家知能所作的开创性研究成果，书中通过对四位第二语言教师进行的案例研究，看到了教学新手和专家型教师在行为方式和拥有知识方面的诸多不同。

In Black Feminist Thought, originally published in 1990, Patricia Hill Collins explores the words and ideas of black feminist intellectuals and writers. She provides an interpretive framework for the work of a range of prominent thinkers and draws from fiction, poetry, music and oral history, to provide a superbly crafted and revolutionary book that gave the first synthetic overview of black feminist thought and its canon.

Is Candida Yeast Ruining Your Good Health? Have you been told your health problems are all in your head? Doyou suffer from low energy, depression, digestive problems, and/orexcessive skin irritation? If so, you may have an overgrowth of acommon yeast, Candida albicans. Fueled by everything from diet tomedication to environmental factors, this hidden epidemic affectsas many as 90 percent of Americans and Canadians—men, women, andchildren alike. Now there are effective alternatives to your suffering. Thiseye-opening guide will help you conquer Candida and achieve optimalmental, physical, and emotional health. Inside, you willdiscover: ·Holistic, natural, herbal, and vitamin supplements that combatCandida Yeast ·Innovative tips for improving your lifestyle and maintaining ahealthy mind and body ·Wholesome diet and menu options that taste delicious ·New medical and nutritional guidelines for asthma, cancer,diabetes, and more

在线阅读本书 Women make up almost half of today's labor force, but in corporateAmerica they don't share half of the power. Only four of the Fortune 500 company CEOs are women, and it's only been inthe last few years that even half of the Fortune 500companies have more than one female officer. A major reason for this? Most women were never taught how to playthe game of business. Throughout her career in the supercompetitive, male-dominated mediaindustry, Gail Evans, one of the country's most powerfulexecutives, has met innumerable women who tell her that they feellost in the workplace, almost as if they were playing a gamewithout knowing the directions. She tells them that's exactly the case: Business is indeed a game,and like any game, there are rules to playing well. For the mostpart, Gail has discovered, women don't know them. Men know these rules because they wrote them, but women oftenfeel shut out of the process because they don't know when to speakup, when to ask for responsibi

This new edition is a comprehensive manual of the rules ofprocedure for the conduct of business at the UN General Assembly,at international conferences and at assemblies ofinter-governmental organisations such as the IAEA, ICAO, ILO, IMOand WHO. It examines the legal basis of these rules, the history oftheir development and the attempts at their codification. At theheart of the book is an examination of the practical applicationsof rules of procedure. Sabel also considers whether certainprocedural rules and applications have become so well establishedthat they have now attained the status of customary internationallaw. The book is of interest to those involved in internationallaw, international relations and international organisations. Italso serves as a practical manual for delegates to the UN GeneralAssembly and to international conferences.

First published in 1925, Bertrand Russell’s ABC of Relativity was considered a masterwork of its time, contributing significantly to the mass popularisation of science. Authoritative and accessible, it provides a remarkable introductory guide to Einstein’s theory of Relativity for a general readership. One of the most definitive reference guides of its kind, and written by one of the twentieth century’s most influential philosophers, ABC of Relativity continues to be as relevant today as it was on first publication.

A gripping chronicle of courage in captivity, of sacrifice andsurvival, Conduct Under Fire recounts the fierce, bloodybattles of Bataan and Corregidor through the eyes of the author’sfather and three fellow navy doctors taken prisoner by the Japanesein 1942. During their three and a half years of imprisonment, thedoctors struggled daily against disease and starvation, fightingfor their own lives as well as the lives of their fellow prisoners.Based on extensive interviews with American, British, Australian,and Japanese veterans, as well as diaries, letters, and war crimestestimony, Conduct Under Fire is an unforgettable account ofbravery and ingenuity, one that reveals the long shadow the warcast on the lives of those who fought it.

Babies are not born talking, they learn language, startingimmediately from birth. How does this process take place? When dochildren master the skills needed for using language successfully?What stages do they go through as they learn to understand andtalk? Do the languages they learn affect the way they think? Thisnew edition of Eve Clark's highly successful textbook focuses onchildren's acquisition of a first language, the stages ofdevelopment they go through, and how they use language as theylearn. It reports on recent findings in each area covered, includesa completely new chapter on the acquisition of two languages andshows how speech to children differs by social class. Skilfullyintegrating actual data with coverage of current theories anddebates, it is an essential guide to studying language acquisitionfor those working in linguistics, developmental psychology andcognitive science.