ERIC ED440009: Creative Approaches to Managing Conflict in Africa: Findings from USIP-Funded Projects. Peaceworks No. 15.
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This report shares some lessons of projects, programs, and interventions that have identified or implemented innovative approaches to managing Africa's conflicts, and examines their potential applicability to other conflicts there or elsewhere. All of the projects described in th…
ERIC ED461444: Rural Libraries: Volume XVII, 1997.
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The 1997 volume of Rural Libraries includes two issues containing seven articles. Articles are: (1) "Information Access through Electronic Databases for Rural Public Libraries" (Kitti Canepi); (2) "Bookmobiles in the Burbs" (Joyce Voss); (3) "Bookmobile Survey" (Liam Kennedy); (4…
NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) 19980024359: Technology. Part 2
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In this session, Session WP3, the discussion focuses on the following topics: Monitoring Physiological Variables With Membrane Probes; Real Time Confocal Laser Scanning Microscopy, Potential Applications in Space Medicine and Cell Biology; Optimum Versus Universal Planetary and I…
Abgang! T-Shirt Catalogue 1997 – Paul Kalkbrenner, Adbusting, Brand Satire, Graphic Design
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Reconstructed digital edition of Abgang! T-Shirt Catalogue 1.97, published in Cologne, Germany in 1997. The catalogue documents the graphic design, T-shirt designs, brand parodies, adbusting and cultural commentary of Abgang!, the Cologne-based company founded and managed by phot…
The Benin Kingdom of West Africa
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24 pages : 19 cm Describes the history and customs of the Edo of Benin who live in the rain forest of Nigeria and are known for their ivory and brass art. Suggested level: junior, primary Includes index
CIA Reading Room 06813849: ANNAN, KOFI
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Approved for Release: 2020/07/29 C06813849 (b)(3) (b)(3) Kofi ANNAN (Phonetic: ANen) Secretary General, UN (since January 1997) Addressed as: Mr. Secretary Genera We [at the UN] have the means to pursue our highest aims. Our great challenge is to summon the will of the world. Kof…
Communication with the cancer patient : information and truth
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xii, 540 pages : 24 cm Includes bibliographical references and index Learning from the world: the editor's perspective -- Information, truth, and communication: for an interpretation of truth-telling practices throughout the world -- pt. 1. General discussions -- Cancer patients…
Contemporary Gospel accents : doing theology in Africa, Asia, Southeast Asia, and Latin America
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xv, 142 pages ; 23 cm The theme of the gospel is inseparable from the context in which the gospel is proclaimed. Contemporary Gospel Accents is a collection of concise confessions by Baptist theologians addressing the theme "What the Gospel Means to Us." What distinguishes this c…
Earth tales from around the world
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xvi, 192 pages : 26 cm These stories from around the world grew from the very earth upon which they were first told Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-188) and index Earth: Origin of the ocean / Guajiro (Colombia and Venezuela) -- The coming of Earth / Cherokee (Unite…
The earth transformed : an introduction to human impacts on the environment
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276 pages : 25 cm Includes bibliographical references (pages 254-263) and index 1. Introduction to the developing environmental impact -- Early days -- Developing populations -- Agricultural revolutions -- Urban and industrial revolutions -- The modern scene -- Understanding envi…
Economic dimensions of gender inequality : a global perspective
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ix, 242 p. : 24 cm Includes bibliographical references (p. [219]-235) and index An international overview of gender inequality / Mahmood Yousefi - Part I: economic development and gender inequality -- Export-led growth and the persistence of gender inequality in the newly industr…
Eduardo Fuentes (1997)
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Here is Eduardo Fuentes with calm music from 1997 in North America (USA (English) and Canada (English/French)), Central and South America (Mexico (Spanish), Jamaica (English), Cuba (Spanish), Dominica (English/French), Dominican Republic (Spanish), Antigua and Barbuda (English),…
Exploring the rain forest
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63 p. : 27 cm Describes the variety, beauty, and interrelatedness of plant and animal life found in rain forests in Costa Rica, Brazil, Nigeria, and Borneo Includes index
Families of employed mothers : an international perspective
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xviii, 269 pages : 22 cm The essays comprising this study examine the responses in ten different countries to the effects of maternal employment on individual family members, the family system, and public policy. Countries evaluated include Britain, Germany, India, Israel, Mexico…
Global convulsions : race, ethnicity, and nationalism at the end of the twentieth century
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Includes bibliographical references and index Race and biology -- The Bell Curve : a cross-century tradition concerning race and intellect -- Race in history -- Concepts of nationalism in history -- Cultural foundations of ethnonationalism : the role of religion -- Cultural natio…
Goddess : a celebration in art and literature
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239 pages : 31 cm "A Fair Street-Welcome book." Includes bibliographical references and index Part 1. Mother of the universe. Spider woman creates the world (Navajo) / Paula Gunn Allen -- Eurynome (Greek) / Erica Meade -- The making of the world (Huron) -- Coaticue (Aztec) / The…
Governance as conflict management : politics and violence in West Africa
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1 online resource (xii, 292 pages) : The authors examine the efforts of Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, and Nigeria to manage their conflicts and evaluate the prospects of the three nations for effective regimes for managing conflicts in the future. By suggesting explanations for their pas…
Governance as conflict management : politics and violence in West Africa
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1 online resource (xii, 292 pages) : The authors examine the efforts of Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, and Nigeria to manage their conflicts and evaluate the prospects of the three nations for effective regimes for managing conflicts in the future. By suggesting explanations for their pas…
Governance as conflict management : politics and violence in West Africa
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1 online resource (xii, 292 pages) : The authors examine the efforts of Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, and Nigeria to manage their conflicts and evaluate the prospects of the three nations for effective regimes for managing conflicts in the future. By suggesting explanations for their pas…
Hands-on culture of West Africa
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vii, 73 pages : 28 cm Six different world cultures are the focus of Hands-On Culture: Japan, Mexico and Central America, Southeast Asia, West Africa, Ancient Egypt, and Ancient Greece and Rome. These colorful volumes examine each culture's art, science, history, geography, and la…
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