Political handbook of the world : 2005-2006

Table of Contents: “…Governments -- Afghanistan -- Albania -- Algeria -- Andorra -- Angola -- Antarctica -- Antigua and Barbuda -- Argentina -- Contested Territory -- Armenia -- Australia -- Related Territories -- Austria -- Azerbaijan -- Bahamas -- Bahrain -- Bangladesh -- Barbados -- Belarus -- Belgium -- Belize -- Benin -- Bhutan -- Bolivia -- Bosnia and Herzegovina -- Botswana -- Brazil -- Brunei -- Bulgaria -- Burkina Faso -- Burundi -- Cambodia -- Cameroon -- Canada -- Cape Verde -- Central African Republic -- Chad -- Chile -- China -- People's Republic of China -- Taiwan -- Colombia -- Comoro Islands -- Congo, Democratic Republic of the -- Congo, Republic of the -- Costa Rica -- Cote d'Ivoire -- Croatia -- Cuba -- Cyprus -- Turkish Sector -- Czech Republic -- Denmark -- Related Territories -- Djibouti -- Dominica -- Dominican Republic -- Ecuador -- Egypt -- El Salvador -- Equatorial Guinea -- Eritrea -- Estonia -- Ethiopia -- Fiji -- Finland -- France -- Related Territories -- Gabon -- Gambia -- Georgia -- Germany -- Ghana -- Greece -- Grenada -- Guatemala -- Guinea -- Guinea-Bissau -- Guyana -- Haiti -- Honduras -- Hungary -- Iceland -- India -- Indonesia -- Annexed Territory -- Iran -- Iraq -- Ireland -- Israel -- Occupied and Previously Occupied Territories -- Italy -- Jamaica -- Japan -- Jordan -- Kazakhstan -- Kenya -- Kiribati -- Korea -- Democratic People's Republic of Korea -- Republic of Korea -- Kuwait -- Kyrgyzstan -- Laos -- Latvia -- Lebanon -- Lesotho -- Liberia -- Libya -- Liechtenstein -- Lithuania -- Luxembourg -- Macedonia -- Madagascar -- Malawi -- Malaysia -- Maldives -- Mali -- Malta -- Marshall Islands -- Mauritania -- Mauritius -- Mexico -- Micronesia, Federated States of -- Moldova -- Monaco -- Mongolia -- Morocco -- Disputed Territory -- Mozambique -- Myanmar (Burma) -- Namibia -- Nauru -- Nepal -- Netherlands -- Aruba -- Netherlands Antilles -- New Zealand -- Related Territories -- Nicaragua -- Niger -- Nigeria -- Norway -- Related Territories -- Oman -- Pakistan -- Related Territories -- Palau -- Panama -- Recovered Territory -- Papua New Guinea -- Paraguay -- Peru -- Philippines -- Poland -- Portugal -- Related Territories -- Qatar -- Romania -- Russia -- Rwanda -- St. …”


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Living religions by Fisher, Mary Pat, 1943-

Table of Contents: “…Contents note continued: Yoruba Teaching Story Osun and the Power of Woman -- Kinship with all creation -- Relationships with power -- Spiritual specialists -- Storytellers and other sacred roles -- Mystical intermediaries -- Living Indigenous Sacred Ways An Interview with Nadezhda Ananyevna Stepanova -- Group observances -- Religion in Practice The Sun Dance Way of Self-Sacrifice -- Individual observances -- Globalization -- Religion in Practice The Orang Asli of Malaysia: Traditions Being Lost -- Development issues -- Religion in Public Life Damaris Parsitau -- Key terms -- Review questions -- Discussion questions -- ch. 3 Hinduism -- Philosophical and metaphysical origins -- The Indus Valley civilization -- Map The Indian Subcontinent -- Timeline Hinduism -- The Vedas -- Major philosophical systems -- Samkhya -- Advaita Vedanta -- Yoga -- Religious foundations and theistic paths -- Shaktas -- Shaivites -- Vaishnavites -- The epics and Puranas.…”


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Official histories; essays and bibliographies from around the world. by Higham, Robin, 1925-2015

Table of Contents: “…. -- The Historical Office of the Italian Army General Staff / Supplied by the Office -- The Italian Air Force Historical Office / Supplied by the Office -- Office for Research into Military History in the Japanese Defense Office / Colonel Susumu Nishura, Head -- War History in Korea: War History Compilation Committee, The Ministry of National Defense / Mun Hui Sok, Chairman, War History Compilation Committee -- Latin America -- Latin American Official Military History / David H. Zook, Jr. -- Malaysia -- Mexico (See Latin America) -- Netherlands -- History of the Historical Section of the Naval Staff of the Royal Netherlands Navy / Supplied by the Section -- The Military Historical and Ceremonial Section of the Royal Netherlands Army Headquarters -- The Netherlands Air Force Historical Section / Supplied by the Section -- The Publications of the Netherlands State Institute for War Documentation / Director Louis de Jong of the Institute -- New Zealand War Histories / Ronald Walker, New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs -- The Norwegian War Historical Department / Olav Riste, Civilian Historian -- Historical Section; General Headquarters, Rawalpindi (Pakistan) / The Section (See also India) -- Paraguay -- Peru -- A Brief History of the Historical Branch of the Armed Forces of the Philippines / The Branch -- Poland -- Polish Military Historical Organizations / The Military Historical Institute, Warsaw -- Polish Government in Exile -- History of the Portuguese Armed Forces -- The Rhodesias / Lewis H. …”


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Folk songs of the world by Haywood, Charles, 1904-

Table of Contents: “…Man paman goejang djaran-Little father horse-washer (Java) -- Malaysia. Aroi toyong-Oh, beloved (Sarawak) -- Philippines. …”


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Folk songs of the world

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World terrorism : an encyclopedia of political violence from ancient times to the post-9/11 era

Table of Contents: “…Modern Terrorism--Japan : Radical attacks, 1960s-1980s -- Jordan : Palestinian nationalism and Islamic fundamentalism, 1960s-2000s -- Kenya : Mau Mau Uprising, 1952-1956 -- Kenya and Tanzania : Embassy bombings, 1998 -- Korea : Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Korea, North : WMD threat, 1980s-present -- Lebanon : Civil War, 1975-1990 -- Lebanon : Hexbollah, 1982-present -- Lebanon : Post-Civil War era, 1987-present -- Libya : State sponsorship of terrorism, 1970s-2000s -- Malaysia (Malaya) : Anti-British conflict, 1948-1960 -- Mexico : Narco-terrorism, 2000s-present -- Mexico : Zapatista uprising, 1994-2000s -- Namibia : Anti-South African struggle, 1960-1990 -- Nepal : Maoist uprising, 1996-2006 -- Nicaragua : Revolution and counter-revolution, 1974-1990 -- Nigeria : Antigovernment violence and Christmas Day bomber, 1960s-2000s -- Pakistan : Islamist struggle, 1947-present -- Palestine : Beginning of international terrorism, 1968-1970 -- Palestine : Birth of Fatah and the Palestine Liberation Organization, 1948-1969 -- Palestine : First Intifada, 1987-1992 -- Palestine : Islamist fundamentalism, 1980s-present -- Palestine : PLO and the Arab states, 1970s-present -- Palestinian terrorism : Raids on Kiryat Shmona and Ma'alot, 1974 -- Peru : Shining path and leftist uprisings, 1970s-2000s -- Philippines : Marxist and Islamist struggles, 1940s-2000s -- Portuguese Africa (Angola, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique) : Liberation struggles, 1961-1975 -- Russia/Soviet UNion : Ethnic and Nationalist conflict in the Transcaucasus Region and Ukraine : 1980s-2000s -- Russia : Chechnya conflict, 1994-present -- Rwanda : Genocide, 1994-2000s -- Saudi Arabia : Domestic and international terrorism, 1980s-2000s -- Serbia : Kosovo conflict, 1990s -- Sierra Leone : Civil War, 1997-2002 -- Somalia : Failed state conflict and rise of Islamist Militants, 1977-2000s -- South Africa : Antiapartheid struggle, 1948-1994 -- South Africa : Postapartheid violence, 1994-2000s -- Spain : COnflict with ETA, 1959-2000s -- Spain : Islamic terrorism, 2004 -- Sri Lanka : Tamil Tiger uprising, late 1970s-2009 -- Sudan : Conflicts in South Sudan and Darfur, late 1950s-2000s -- Sudan : Terrorist haven, 1989-2000s -- Syria : State sponsorship of terrorism, 1979-2000s -- Timor Leste (East Timor) : Independence struggle, 1975-2002 -- Turkey : Kurdish struggle, 1984-2000s -- Uganda : Lord's Resistance Army and other terrorist groups, 1996-2001 -- Uganda : State terrorism under Idi Amin, 1971-1979 -- United Kingdom : Decolonization and post-decolonization struggles, 1945-1970s -- United Kingdom : Islamist terrorism, 2000s -- United Kingdom : Northern Ireland troubles, 1968-2000s -- United States : Animal rights, 1970s-2000s -- United States : anthrax attacks, 2001 -- United States : Antiabortion violence, 1973-present -- United States : Aryan nations and white supremacists, 1970s-2000s -- United States : Black Panther violence, 1966-1971 -- United States : Ecoterrorism, 1980s-2000s -- United States : Ku Klux Klan violence, 1860s-1990s -- United States : Millennium bomb plot, 1999 -- United States : Oklahoma City bombing and the militia movement, 1990s -- United States : Puerto Rican separatism, 1950s-1980s -- United States : Response to terrorism before September 11 : 1960s-2001 -- United States : Symbionese Liberation Army violence, 1970s -- United States : Tax protesters, 1970s-present -- United States : Weathermen violence, 1960s-1970s -- United States : World Trade Center bombing, 1993 -- Uruguay : Tupamaro uprising, 1960s-1985 -- Venezuela : Guerrilla uprising, 1962-1979 -- Vietnam : American War, 1959-1975 -- Yemen : Civil War and Islamist terrorism, 1990s-2000s -- Zimbabwe (Rhodesia) : Liberation struggle and postliberation violence, 1965-2000s -- September 11, 2001--Attacks and response.…”


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The sustainable urban development reader

Table of Contents: “…Wheeler -- pt. 6 CASE STUDIES OF URBAN SUSTAINABILITY -- Urban sustainability at the building and site scale -- Commerzbank Headquarters, Frankfurt, Germany -- Menara Mesiniaga Bio-Climatic Skyscraper, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia -- Adelaide Eco-Village (Christie Walk), Australia -- Conde Nast Building (4 Times Square), New York -- Pearl River Tower, Guangzhou, China -- Via Verde, New York -- Barclay Ecological Park, Tainan, Taiwan -- Urban sustainability at the neighborhood or district scale -- Hammarby Sjostad, Stockholm, Sweden.…”


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Longman guide to living religions

Table of Contents: “…Islam -- Islamic Call Society -- Islamic Council of Europe -- Islamic Foundation -- Islamic Jihad -- Islamic Modernists -- South Africa -- Islamic Renaissance Party -- Islamic Revolutionary Guards / Pasdaran -- Isma'ilis / Sevener Shi'ites -- Ja'faris -- al-Jama'at al-Islamiya / Islamic Groups / Islamic Leagues -- Jama'at-i Islami -- Jihad-i Sazandigi -- Jihad Organization -- Khoja Ithna 'Asharis -- Khojas -- Mahdiya -- Malikis -- Milli Gorus -- Muhammadiya (Aisiah) -- Muslim Brotherhood -- Muslim Parliament of Great Britain -- Muslim World League -- Musta'lis (Daudis) -- Nahdatul Ulama -- Nizaris / Aga Khanis -- Nurcus -- Nusayris -- Organization of the Islamic Conference -- Parti Islam Se-Malaysia (PAS).…”


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Encyclopedia of food and culture

Table of Contents: “…Poultry, Poverty, Prehistoric societies (Stone age nutrition: the original human diet, Food producers), Preparation of food, Presentation of food, Preserving, Professionalization, Proteins and amino acids, Food in proverbs and riddles, Francois Rabelais, Ramadan, Rationing, Recipe (How to read an old, handwritten recipe, How to write a recipe), Religion and food, Renaissance banquet, Restaurants, Retailing of food, Rice (The natural history of rice, Rice as a food, Rice as a superfood), Roasting, How to roast, Rome and the Roman Empire, Russia, Caviar, Sacrifice, Salad, Salt, Sandwich, Sauces, Sausage, School meals, Scurvy, Seabirds and their eggs, Storage of seeds, Sensation and the senses, Taste perception: are we all the same, Taste & smell disorders, Serving of food, Sex and food, Sheep, Sherbet and Sorbet, Shrove Tuesday, Carnival, Siberia, Silverware, Sin and food, Slow food, Snacks, Sociology, Sodium, Soup, The origins of soup, Soup kitchens, South America, Southeast Asia (Indonesia, Malaysia & the Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam), Spices of Southeast Asia, Soy, Spirits, Absinthe, Squash & gourds, Staples, Starch, Stew, Stimulants, Storage of food, Styling of food, Sugar & sweeteners.…”


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Consumer-centered computer-supported care for healthy people : proceedings of NI2006 : the 9th International Congress on Nursing Informatics

Table of Contents: “….] -- Evaluation of a computer-assisted instruction (CAI) module for a patient controlled analgesia pump / Cyndalynn Tilley -- Expanding nursing education through e-learning: a case study in Malaysia / Sharifah-Mastura Syed-Mohamad ... [et al.] -- Factors associated with computer literacy among nurses / Hui-Mei Hsu ... …”


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