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Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. A selection of brilliant folk tales about heroines from all around the world. In these stories it's the girls who save the day through their courage, cunning or kindness - whether they are facing up to wolves, demons, dragons, enemy tribes, or the sun itself! Handsome princes need not apply - these girls are doing it for themselves. With stories from every corner of the world (from Cameroon to Scotland, India, Japan and the Americas) this inclusive anthology of girl power is stunningly illustrated in paper-cut style. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. My Family and Other Animals is the bewitching account of a rare and magical childhood on the island of Corfu by treasured British conservationist Gerald Durrell, beautifully repackaged as part of the Penguin Essentials range. 'What we all need,' said Larry, 'is sunshine.a country where we can grow.' 'Yes, dear, that would be nice,' agreed Mother, not really listening. 'I had a letter from George this morning - he says Corfu's wonderful. Why don't we pack up and go to Greece?' 'Very well, dear, if you like,' said Mother unguardedly. Escaping the ills of the British climate, the Durrell family - acne-ridden Margo, gun-toting Leslie, bookworm Lawrence and budding naturalist Gerry, along with their long-suffering mother and Roger the dog - take off for the island of Corfu. But the Durrells find that, reluctantly, they must share their various villas with a menagerie of local fauna - among them scorpions, geckos, toads, bats and butterflies. Recounted with immense humour and charm My Family and Other Animals is a wonderful account of a rare, magical childhood. 'Durrell has an uncanny knack of discovering human as well as animal eccentricities' Sunday Telegraph 'A bewitching book' Sunday Times Gerald Durrell was born in Jamshedpur, India, in 1925. He returned to England in 1928 before settling on the island of Corfu with his family. In 1945 he joined the staff of Whipsnade Park as a student keeper, and in 1947 he led his first animal-collecting expedition to the Cameroons. He later undertook numerous further expeditions, visiting Paraguay, Argentina, Sierra Leone, Mexico, Mauritius, Assam and Madagascar. His first television programme, Two in the Bush which documented his travels to New Zealand, Australia and Malaya was made in 1962; he went on to make seventy programmes about his trips around the world. In 1959 he founded the Jersey Zoological Park, and in 1964 he founded the Jersey Wildlife Preservation Trust. He was awarded the OBE in 1982. Encouraged to write about his life's work by his brother, Durrell published his first book, The Overloaded Ark, in 1953. It soon became a bestseller and he went on to write thirty-six other titles, including My Family and Other Animals, The Bafut Beagles, Encounters with Animals, The Drunken Forest, A Zoo in My Luggage, The Whispering Land, Menagerie Manor, The Amateur Naturalist and The Aye-Aye and I. Gerald Durrell died in 1995. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. WINNER OF THE 2017 PEN/FAULKNER AWARD A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR AN OBSERVER BOOK OF THE YEAR AN OPRAH BOOK CLUB PICK A formidable storyteller Jonathan Franzen Savage and compassionate in all the right places New York Times Book Review Eerily timely bittersweet and buoyant Jessie Burton New York, 2007. After two long years apart, Jende Jonga has brought his wife Neni from Cameroon to join him in the land of opportunity. Drawn by the promise of America they are seeking the chance of a better life for them and their son. When Jende lands a dream job as chauffeur to a Lehman Brothers executive, Neni finds herself taken into the confidence of his glamorous wife Cindy. The Edwards are powerful and privileged: dazzling examples of what America can offer to those who are prepared to strive for it. But when the financial world is rocked by the collapse of Lehman Brothers, all four lives are dramatically upended. As faultlines appear in both marriages and secrets bubble to the surface they must all decide how far they will go in pursuit of their dreams. And what will they sacrifice along the way? A marvellous debut as deeply insightful as it is delightfully entertaining Taiye Selasi. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Zustand: As New. Like New condition. A near perfect copy that may have very minor cosmetic defects.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR AN OBSERVER BOOK OF THE YEAR OPRAH BOOK CLUB PICK A powerful and timely story of marriage, class, race and the pursuit of the American Dream. Behold the Dreamers is a dazzling debut novel about life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness and of what were prepared to sacrifice to hold on to each of them. We all do what we gotta do to become American, abi? New York, 2007: a city of dreamers and strivers, where the newly-arrived and the long-established jostle alike for a place on the ladder of success. And Jende Jonga, who has come from Cameroon, has just set his foot on the first rung. Clark Edwards is a senior partner at Lehman Brothers bank. In need of a discrete and reliable chauffeur, he is too preoccupied to closely check the paperwork of his latest employee. Jendes new job draws him, his wife Neni and their young son into the privileged orbit of the citys financial elite. And when Clarks wife Cindy offers Neni work and takes her into her confidence, the couple begin to believe that the land of opportunity might finally be opening up for them. But there are troubling cracks in their employers facades, and when the deep fault lines running beneath the financial world are exposed, the Edwards secrets threaten to spill out into the Jongas lives. Faced with the loss of all they have worked for, each couple must decide how far they will go in pursuit of their dreams and what they are prepared to sacrifice along the way. There are no heroes in this marvellous debut, only nuanced human beings. A classic tale with a surprise ending, as deeply insightful as it is delightfully entertaining Taiye Selasi Imbolo Mbue would be a formidable storyteller anywhere, in any language. Its our good luck that she and her stories are American Jonathan Franzen Eerily timely bittersweet and buoyant Jessie Burton, Observer Books of the Year. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. What is a Christian hospital doing in a remote Muslim area of Cameroon? Kerry Stillman shares her own experiences of working as a physiotherapist in a sub-Saharan village hospital. A vivid impression of daily life is painted as the team deal with the threat of terrorism, the attitudes of local people towards Western medicine, their patients' health issues, and the challenge of sensitively sharing the gospel in a different culture. Passionate, intriguing and uplifting, this is a colourful interweaving of cultures, beliefs and the power of prayer alongside modern medicine. Content Benefits: This inspiring story of how one small Christian hospital in the Cameroon has impacted its patients and local community will enable you to see how God is at work in the world today and encourage you to step out in faith where you are. Amazing stories of God intervening in miraculous ways in peoples' lives. Provides a window into the lives of those who have been transformed physically through the medical care received and spiritually through hearing the Gospel and meeting Jesus for the first time. Will help you see that God is involved in the world today. Takes you on a journey to a remote part of Africa to experience a different culture. Will challenge you to see that God can use you wherever you are for his purposes. A perfect gift for any occasion to inspire friends, family or loved ones. Ideal reading for anyone thinking about doing missionary work overseas. Binding - Paperback Pages - 256 Publisher - Authentic Media. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. A DOROTHY KOOMSON BOOK OF THE YEAR AN ECONOMIST BOOK OF THE YEAR 'Such a beautiful read, like chatting to a friend over a cuppa. This is the intimate, insightful read that I didn't know I needed. Just brilliant.' Dorothy Koomson Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah spent decades talking openly and intimately to African women around the world about sex. In this book, she brings together their extraordinary stories, whilst also chronicling her own journey towards sexual freedom. From finding queer community in Egypt to living a polyamorous life in Senegal to understanding the intersectionality of religion and pleasure in Cameroon, their necessary narratives are individual and illuminating. This stunning collection provides crucial insight into our quest for sexual power and offers all women inspirational examples to live a truly liberated life. 'Touching, joyful, defiant and honest.' Economist, Books of the Year 2021 'Fascinating.' Bernadine Evaristo 'Honest and moving. A vital treasure.' Bolu Babalola, author of Love in Colour 'Stunning. Essential read! I couldn't put it down.' Nicole Dennis-Benn, bestselling author of Patsy and Here Comes the Sun 'Leaves you feeling deliciously empowered.' Lola Shoneyin, author of The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives 'Boundary-breaking, fascinating and deeply affirming.' Otegha Uwagba, author of Little Black Book. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Hardcover first edition - First US printing. Suspense novel set in the Cameroons in Africa during World War I. Near fine in a near fine dustjacket.

Hardcover - 3rd printing (just one month after the first) A coast-to-coast trip across Africa from Dar-es-Salaam in Tanganyika to Duala in the French Cameroons - an account of both the rigors of the trip, but also a picture of an emerging modern Africa - and of a region which the author realized would be important during World War II. Photographs. Double page map. 448 pp. Very good overall in black cloth (severe toning to the pages, some rubbing to the lettering on the spine, prev owner's name, but still a tight and sturdy copy).

Hardcover first edition - First US printing. A study extending over a period of 25 years in northern Cameroon, a region of great cultural diversity, populated by the politically dominant Fulbe, the pastoral Mbororo, and farming groups like the Gbaya. Looks also at the conflicts between traditions and nationalism, and of the effects of organizations like the World Bank. Extensive notes, glossary, bibliography, index. 210 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy.).

Hardback. Zustand: GOOD. 1958. First. Adventurers Club. 8.5x6. dj. 187pp. 22 photos. 386g. A remarkable expedition into the tropical forest of the Cameroons, the home of the pygmy Babinga tribe, one of the most primitive tribes in the world. Lucien Demesse and his two colleagues were warned that they were attempting the impossible when they planned this project-but they went anyway.

Zustand: very good. Kent : Kent State University Press,1992. Orig. cloth binding. Dustjacket. viii,240p.,ills. Index. The establishing of the Peace Corps in 1961 in Cameroon, marking a new foreign policy of the U.S. administration with the purpose of helping to modernize Third World countries while guarding against the expansion of communism. Condition : very good copy. ISBN 9780873384506. Keywords : , Africa.

Sprache: Deutsch Broschur 4;; 449 Seiten + 61 Seiten Anhang; Bibliotheksstempel auf Rückseite Haupttitel, sonst wohlerhaltenes Buch; Tabellen; - The African Development Report 1995 is the seventh in an annual series, covering recent economic developments in Africa; an in-depth analysis of a major development policy issue of critical importance to Africa; and updated statistical information on the African economies. Part I of the Report contains four chapters and is devoted to a survey of the global economy in 1994; the performance of African economies; the major domestic policy developments during 1994; and the medium-term outlook and prospects for the African economies. Chapter 1 reviews the most recent trends of the global economy, the dominant features of which in 1994 were the relatively high output growth rates achieved by most of the industrialized and a few developing countries; the surge in the volume of world trade; and the success recorded in controlling inflationary pressures. The second chapter highlights the performance of African economies in 1994, with special emphasis on the analyses of output growth, regional patterns of growth, sectoral performance, inflation, the balance of payments, external debt, and employment; and reviews the major macroeconomic developments in the region. It also presents a survey of internal conflicts and their costs to African development; and economic profiles of a few selected countries -- Botswana, Cameroon, Kenya, Malawi, Senegal, South Africa, and Tunisia. In Chapter 3, a comprehensive analysis of the major domestic policy developments in 1994 is presented. It examines fiscal policy developments, public sector reforms and privatization; monetary and financial policy developments; and exchange rate and trade policy developments. It also examines the question of Central Bank autonomy from the Treasury in Uganda; and recent measures adopted by Kenya in pursuit of greater convertibility of its currency. Chapter 4 provides an overview of the medium-term outlook for Africa, taking in.

Hardcover first edition - First US printing. A coast-to-coast trip across Africa from Dar-es-Salaam in Tanganyika to Duala in the French Cameroons - an account of both the rigors of the trip, but also a picture of an emerging modern Africa - and of a region which the author realized would be important during World War II. Rather uncommon US edition of a book which had already (as noted on the dj) gone thru 9 printings in England. The author was an American but also an Anglophile. 555 pp. Map endpapers. Fair condition only (from a circulating library) with one tape repair to the binding, tape ghosts to the green cloth covers, in a poor dustjacket with extensive tape reinforcements to the interior, edgewear and more.

Zustand: very good. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2009. Paperback. 304 pp.- Despite being told that we now live in a cosmopolitan world, more and more people have begun to assert their identities in ways that are deeply rooted in the local. These claims of autochthony-meaning "born from the soil"-seek to establish an irrefutable, primordial right to belong and are often employed in politically charged attempts to exclude outsiders. In The Perils of Belonging, Peter Geschiere traces the concept of autochthony back to the classical period and incisively explores the idea in two very different contexts: Cameroon and the Netherlands. In both countries, the momentous economic and political changes following the end of the cold war fostered anxiety over migration. For Cameroonians, the question of who belongs where rises to the fore in political struggles between different tribes, while the Dutch invoke autochthony in fierce debates over the integration of immigrants. This fascinating comparative perspective allows Geschiere to examine the emotional appeal of autochthony-as well as its dubious historical basis-and to shed light on a range of important issues, such as multiculturalism, national citizenship, and migration. English text. Condition : very good. Condition : very good copy. ISBN 9780226289656. Keywords : RECHT,

Zustand: Sehr gut. 1. Aufl. 196 S. Einband leicht berieben, sonst gutes Ex. - Cameroon - how the story began -- Chicken - its journey from a living creature to a commodity -- How the chicken conquered the world -- Trouble overtrade in chicken -- The transformation of the chicken trade -- The chicken - cut up, frozen and packed off around the world -- Global competition for chicken: the never-ending chicken war -- The chicken meat business: the layer in between -- How the chicken fits the system -- From wild chicken to hybrid chicken -Domestication and the chicken's process of genetic acquisition -- Post-modern chicken farming - agriculture by prescription -- Who makes the chicken mighty? -- People and chickens living in harmony -- Chickens in the backyard bring poor people good fortune! -- Chickens are female: -- Gender aspects at the local chicken -- How to defend oneself against the "Global Chicken" -- How fighting over the chicken has democratised West Africa -- How Cameroon can protect itself against dumping -- The alternative consumer and the locally produced chicken. ISBN 9783860998793 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 550 Mit zahlr. Abb. Originalbroschur.

Broschiert / Paperback. Zustand: Gut. 167 S. / p. Leicht berieben und bestoßen, ansonsten tadelloser Zustand / Slightly rubbed and bumped, otherwise perfect condition - TABLE OF CONTENTS: Foreword by the Chairman of the Administrative Council of the Presbyterian Theological Seminary -- Foreword by the Editor -- Introduction: Doing Theology in Cameroon, Africa, and the World Annin Zimmermann -- Part I: Establishing the Home Base: Pastoral Formation at the Presbyterian Theological Seminary in Kumba -- Random Reflections from an Alumnus, Lecturer and Administrator -- Echvard Forcha Lekunze -- Academic Excellence and Spiritual Commitment in Ministerial Formation -- Festus A. Asana -- Academic Developments at the Presbyterian Theological Seminary, Kumba, 1999-2002 -- Peter W. Ensor -- Part II: Reaching Out: Cameroonian and African Realities as seen from Kumba, Tanzania and Germany -- African Religious Conceptions: Towards A Theological -- Anthropology of the Aghem of North West Cameroon -- Joe Set Aji-Mvo -- Babungo: The Land of my Navel -- Jonas N. Dah -- The Conditions of Traditional and Modern Life for Women in Cameroon -- Annin Zimmermann -- Witchcraft in East and West Africa: New Research - and New Witchcraft? -- Heinrich Balz -- African Perspectives on the Decalogue: The Eighth Command-1 ment - You Shall not Steal -- Joshua Ngwalem Muyo -- Ethical Implications of the Concept of God's Wrath -- Klaus-Dieter Nikischin -- Part III: Exploring Global Perspectives: Missiological and Systematic Theological Reflections for Cameroon, Africa and the World -- Babel, Jerusalem and Kumba: Missiological Reflections on Genesis 11:1-9 and Acts 2:1-13 -- Hinne Wagenaar -- The Priest in the Desert -- Werner Pieterse -- List of Contributors. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 550.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The Stick Bag Book of World Rhythm and Percussion is the ultimate resource for drummers and musicians. It features the most influential styles and techniques from around the globe - all in one handy, easy-to-use reference guide. Whether you are a percussionist, producer, arranger, or songwriter, a strong knowledge of these rhythms will add to your overall versatility as a drummer and musician. The Stick Bag Book of World Rhythm and Percussion covers Bikutsi (Cameroon), Maghreb (Algeria), Adowa (Ghana), Adi (South India), Jhaptal (North India), Maqsum (Egypt), Serto (Greece), Ciftetelli (Turkey), Haddadi (Iran), Toque de Idalina (Brazil), and much more! 48 pp. Englisch.

Zustand: Sehr gut. 498 S. Tadelloses Exemplar. - Contents: John Hajek: Homage to Michael Clyne: linguist, colleague and advocate Rudolf Muhr: Linguistic dominance and non-dominance in pluricentric languages. A typology Catrin Norby/Camilla Wide/Jan Lindström/Jenny Nilsson: Finland Swedish as a non-dominant variety of Swedish - extending the scope to pragmatic and interactional aspects Carla Amorós/Carmen Fernández/Natividad Hernández/Emilio Prieto: Difficulties in defining the standard Spanish lexicon Nils Langer: Finding non-dominant languages in the nineteenth century - problems and potentials from historical sociolinguistics Chiara Messina: Researching a Language for Special Purposes within a Non-Dominant Variety: Problematic Issues and possible Ways Out. An Overview based on the Example of Austrian German Heinz L. Kretzenbacher: The emancipation of Strine: Australian English as an established post-colonial national standard of English Johan De Caluwe: Dutch as a bi-centric language: a lexicographic (r)evolution John Hajek: (Non-)dominant varieties of a (non-) pluricentric language? Italian in Italian and Switzerland Marilena Karyolemou: Cypriot Greek as a non-dominant veriety of Greek Jasmine Dum-Tragut: Amen te? hay kay. 20 years later - Pluricentric Armenian and its changed dominance hierarchy Salvatore del Gaudio: The Russian Language in Ukraine: some unsettled questions about its status as a 'national' variety Curt Woolhiser: «Belarusian Russian»: Sociolinguistic Status and Discursive Representations Domergue Sumien: Occitan: harmonizing non-dominant standards throughout four states Josep-Àngel Mas: Catalan as a pluricentric language: the Valencian case Esther Nuñez Villanueva: The role of the media in standardising a regional variety: the case of Canal Sur and Seville Spanish in the pluricentric debate Maria Eugenia L. Durate: When speech and writing are too far apart. Non-dominant features of Brazilian Portuguese becoming dominant Aline Bazenga: Variation in subject-verb agreement in an insular variety of European Portuguese Ana Raquel Simões/Sara Sousa: Language teachers' practices, representations and knowledge on intralinguistic diversity: a case study in Portugal Dawn Marley: Competing varieties of French and Arabic in Morocco Abderrazaq Msellek: Sociolinguistic Aspects of Moroccan Arabic Munirah Alajlan: Dominant and Non-Dominant Varieties in the Gulf: Social Class or Region? Zeinab Ibrahim: Egyptian Revolution 2011 Slogans: Intuitive Language Choices between Dominant and Non-Dominant Varieties of Arabic Simone Ashby: Co-producers of this means of expression': Evidence from Mozambique in support of the study of indigenizing languages Aditi Ghosh: Bhojpuri as a non-dominant variety of Hindi Adrian Tien: Chinese Hokkien and its lexicon in Singapore: evidence for an indigenised Singapore culture Jidda Hassan Jumma'a: Nigerian English: Linguistic, sociolinguistic and conversational characteristics in the framework of dominance/non-dominance Kelen Ernesta Fonyuy: Attitudes toward less Dominant Accents of Cameroon English. - This volume comprises 28 papers presented at the 1st International Conference on Non-Dominant Varieties of Pluricentric Languages in Graz (Austria) in July 2011. The conference was also held in memory of Michael Clyne eminent linguist, scholar, language enthusiast and advocate of multilingualism who died in October 2010. The volume pays homage to his important contributions in many fields of linguistics and in the theory of pluricentric languages. The conference in Graz was the first international event to document the situation of non-dominant varieties world-wide in order to identify common or diverging features. It provided substantial insights into the codification and in corpus and status planning of non-dominant varieties. The volume deals with 18 languages and 31 different national and other varieties in 29 countries of the world. (Verlagstext). ISBN 9783631620243 Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 550 Fadengehefteter Originalpappband.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Gerald Durrell was born in Jamshedpur, India, in 1925. He returned to England in 1928 before settling on the island of Corfu with his family. In 1945 he joined the staff of Whipsnade Park as a student keeper, and in 1947 he led his first animal-collecting expedition to the Cameroons. He later undertook numerous further expeditions, visiting Paraguay, Argentina, Sierra Leone, Mexico, Mauritius, Assam and Madagascar. His first television programme, Two in the Bush¿ which documented his travels to New Zealand, Australia and Malaya was made in 1962; he went on to make seventy programmes about his trips around the world. In 1959 he founded the Jersey Zoological Park, and in 1964 he founded the Jersey Wildlife Preservation Trust. He was awarded the OBE in 1982. Encouraged to write about his life's work by his brother, Durrell published his first book, The Overloaded Ark, in 1953. It soon became a bestseller and he went on to write thirty-six other titles, including My Family and Other Animals, The Bafut Beagles, Encounters with Animals, The Drunken Forest, A Zoo in My Luggage, The Whispering Land, Menagerie Manor, The Amateur Naturalist and The Aye-Aye and I. Gerald Durrell died in 1995. 192 pp. Englisch.

Originalhardcover. Zustand: Sehr gut. 259 S. Ein gutes und sauberes Exemplar. - Petr Drulák: For a Global Dialogue Arlene B. Tickner: Core-Periphery Knowledge Exchange: The Case of Latin America Francis B. Nyamnjoh: Politics of Back-Scratching in Cameroon and Beyond Petr Kratochvíl: Islamic Democracy: A Contradiction in Terms? Petr Drulák: Chinese Political Metaphysics: The Book of Changes árka Moravcová: The Liberation Project: A Mexican Experience Petr Skalník: Chieftaincy and Political Culture: The Case of Ghana Milo Mendel: Dar al-Islam, Dar al-Harb and Hijra: Classical Paradigms in Modern Arab World Wang Fan: Chinese Traditional Culture and East Asian Security Cooperation Miroslav Jurásek: Dependence Theory: Comparing Latin America and Africa Zora Hesová: Human Rights and Islam: Constitutional Debates in Egypt and Tunisia Michal Kolma: Multilateralism: United States and Japan árka Moravcová: Conclusion: Between Traditionalism and Westernisation. ISBN 9783631643549 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 428.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Gerald Durrell was born in Jamshedpur, India, in 1925. He returned to England in 1928 before settling on the island of Corfu with his family. In 1945 he joined the staff of Whipsnade Park as a student keeper, and in 1947 he led his first animal-collecting expedition to the Cameroons. He later undertook numerous further expeditions, visiting Paraguay, Argentina, Sierra Leone, Mexico, Mauritius, Assam and Madagascar. His first television programme, Two in the Bush¿ which documented his travels to New Zealand, Australia and Malaya was made in 1962; he went on to make seventy programmes about his trips around the world. He was awarded the OBE in 1982. Encouraged to write about his life's work by his brother, Durrell published his first book, The Overloaded Ark, in 1953. It soon became a bestseller and he went on to write thirty-six other titles, including My Family and Other Animals, The Bafut Beagles, Encounters with Animals, The Whispering Land, Menagerie Manor, The Amateur Naturalist and The Aye-Aye and I. Gerald Durrell died in 1995. 208 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A compulsively readable debut novel about marriage, immigration, class, race, and the trapdoors in the American Dream the unforgettable story of a young Cameroonian couple making a new life in New York just as the Great Recession upends the economyNew York TimesBestseller Winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award Longlisted for the PEN/Open Book Award An ALA Notable BookNAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NPR The New York Times Book Review San Francisco Chronicle The Guardian St. Louis Post-Dispatch Chicago Public Library BookPage Refinery29 Kirkus ReviewsJende Jonga, a Cameroonian immigrant living in Harlem, has come to the United States to provide a better life for himself, his wife, Neni, and their six-year-old son. In the fall of 2007, Jende can hardly believe his luck when he lands a job as a chauffeur for Clark Edwards, a senior executive at Lehman Brothers. Clark demands punctuality, discretion, and loyalty and Jende is eager to please. Clark s wife, Cindy, even offers Neni temporary work at the Edwardses summer home in the Hamptons. With these opportunities, Jende and Neni can at last gain a foothold in America and imagine a brighter future. However, the world of great power and privilege conceals troubling secrets, and soon Jende and Neni notice cracks in their employers façades. When the financial world is rocked by the collapse of Lehman Brothers, the Jongas are desperate to keep Jende s job even as their marriage threatens to fall apart. As all four lives are dramatically upended, Jende and Neni are forced to make an impossible choice.Praise for Behold the Dreamers A debut novel by a young woman from Cameroon that illuminates the immigrant experience in America with the tenderhearted wisdom so lacking in our political discourse . . . Mbue is a bright and captivating storyteller. The Washington Post A capacious, big-hearted novel. The New York Times Book Review Behold the Dreamers heart . . . belongs to the struggles and small triumphs of the Jongas, which Mbue traces in clean, quick-moving paragraphs. Entertainment Weekly Mbue s writing is warm and captivating. People (book of the week) [Mbue s] book isn t the first work of fiction to grapple with the global financial crisis of 2007 2008, but it s surely one of the best. . . . It s a novel that depicts a country both blessed and doomed, on top of the world, but always at risk of losing its balance. It is, in other words, quintessentially American. NPR This story is one that needs to be told. Bust Behold the Dreamers challenges us all to consider what it takes to make us genuinely content, and how long is too long to live with our dreams deferred. O: The Oprah Magazine [A] beautiful, empathetic novel. The Boston Globe A witty, compassionate, swiftly paced novel that takes on race, immigration, family and the dangers of capitalist excess. St. Louis Post-Dispatch Mbue [is] a deft, often lyrical observer. . . . [Her] meticulous storytelling announces a writer in command of her gifts. Minneapolis Star Tribune 413 pp. Englisch.

Original brochure. Zustand: Gut. 24 p. Paper slightly browned, otherwise a good and very clean copy. - Index to countries: AFGHANISTAN -- ALGERIA -- ANDORRA -- ANGOLA -- AUSTRALIA -- AUSTRIA -- AZORES -- BAHRAIN -- BALEARIC IS.-see Spain -- BELGIUM -- BENIN -- BOTSWANA -- BULGARIA -- BURUNDI -- CAMEROON -- CANARY IS.-see Spain -- CENTRAL AFRICAN EMPIRE CHAD -- CHANNEL IS.-see U.K. -- CONGO REPUBLIC CORSICA-see France -- CRETE-see Greece -- CYPRUS -- CZECHOSLOVAKIA -- DENMARK -- DJIBOUTI, REP. OF EGYPT (U.A.R.) -- ENGLAND-see U.K. -- ETHIOPIA -- FIJI -- FINLAND -- FRANCE -- FRENCH POLYNESIA -- GABON -- GAMBIA -- GERMANY, Dem. Rep. -- GERMANY, Fed. Rep. -- GREECE -- GUAM -- HOLLAND-see Netherlands -- HONG KONG -- HUNGARY -- ICELAND -- INDIA -- INDONESIA -- IRAN -- IRAQ -- IRELAND, Republic of -- ISRAEL -- ITALY -- IVORY COAST -- JAPAN -- JORDAN -- KENYA -- KOREA -- KUWAIT -- LAO -- LEBANON -- LESOTHO -- LIBERIA -- LIBYAN JAMAHIRIYA -- LIECHTENSTEIN -- LUXEMBOURG -- MACAU -- MADEIRA-see Portugal -- MALAGASY REP. -- MALAWI -- MALAYSIA -- MALI -- MALTA -- MAURITIUS -- MONACO -- MOROCCO -- MOZAMBIQUE -- NAMIBIA -- NEPAL -- NETHERLANDS -- NEW CALEDONIA -- NEW HEBRIDES -- NEW ZEALAND -- NIGER -- NIGERIA -- NORTHERN IRELAND-see U.K -- NORWAY -- OMAN -- PAKISTAN -- PHILIPPINES -- POLAND -- PORTUGAL -- PORTUGAL-Tourist Offices Worldwide -- QATAR -- REUNION -- ROMANIA -- RWANDA -- SARDINIA-see Italy -- SAUDI ARABIA -- SCOTLAND-see U.K. -- SENEGAL -- SEYCHELLES -- SICILY-see Italy -- SINGAPORE -- SOUTH AFRICA -- SPAIN -- SRI LANKA -- SUDAN -- SWAZILAND -- SWEDEN -- SWITZERLAND -- SYRIA -- TAIWAN -- TANZANIA -- THAILAND -- TOGO -- TUNISIA -- TURKEY -- UNITED ARAB EMIRATES -- UNITED KINGDOM -- UPPER VOLTA -- U.S.S.R -- WALES-see U.K -- YEMEN PEOPLE'S DEMOCRATIC REP. -- YUGOSLAVIA -- ZAIRE -- ZAMBIA -- ZIMBABWE RHODESIA. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 550.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - Research Paper (undergraduate) from the year 2012 in the subject Politics - International Politics - Topic: Public International Law and Human Rights, grade: none, University of Sussex (Institute of Development Studies), language: English, abstract: This paper makes a brief introduction of the human rights movement, its evolution from the US and French revolution to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the Vienna Conference, and to present day practice of the Rights-Based Approach (a citizen-centered approach). In the following pages, the paper critically explores the newly conceived approach of human rights: the rights-based or citizen-centered approach. The Human Rights-Based Approach (RBA) places or sees human rights as an integral component of all human development programming, be it at the local or international level. The paper go along to identify the practicality and added value in the application of the RBA. In particular it looks at some of the strengths (community empowerment, local ownership, inclusion, etc) of the RBA, how that makes the RBA different from other development concepts. According to the paper translating this complex approach into practice is a big challenge to development experts, agencies and international organizations involving tensions and contradictions. Using the Chad-Cameroon Pipeline Project as a case study the paper brings to light some of the limitations of the RBA in today's highly politics-driven world. It reveals how some other materialistic accomplishments can be placed high above citizens' freedom and at the expense of the environment on which they depend on for their survival.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - Seminar paper from the year 2020 in the subject Politics - International Politics - Region: Africa, grade: A, University of Ibadan, language: English, abstract: The institution responsible for electoral management is called electoral management body. They are solely responsible for organising an election with the assistance of other government bodies, most importantly, the Police. This paper aimed at making a comparative analysis of the different systems (Nigeria and Cameroon) of election management through institutions called Electoral Commissions. A qualitative study, data were sourced from secondary sources. The study tried to identify some trends.In the word of Fukuyama (1992), democracy is the 'endpoint of man's ideological evolution'. At the end of Cold War, the world saw transition of hitherto authoritarian military/ monarchical states to democracy. Between 1990 and 1994, about thirty of one forty-one African states that had not held multiple party elections did so. Eligible citizens expressed their right to air their opinion through voting on who they so desire to govern them. It is not only in national elections that voting has a special importance, but also in many institutions, private and public domains. As experience has shown so far in many of these countries, elections become not day activity, rather they are complex set of activities with different variables that act and feed on one another.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - Seminar paper from the year 2016 in the subject Sociology - Individual, Groups, Society, grade: 1,0, Ewha Womans University, language: English, abstract: In this paper, we will focus on breast ¿ironing¿ in Cameroon. After brief information about the country, we will discuss the methods and the consequences of this practice. Subsequently, we will talk about the international and national policy and legal framework to finally see what is done to stop the further practice of breast ¿ironing¿. Violence against women is still a serious issue all around the world. Although the perpetrators are mostly men, there are also cases where the offenders are female. This is the case in some Western and Central African countries like in Chad, Benin, Guinea-Bissau, Guina-Conakry, Togo, Côte d¿Ivoire, Kenya and Zimbabwe and mostly in Cameroon (Tapscott, 2012), where women do harm to their daughters in the form of breast ¿ironing¿. This method consists of massaging, pressing or pounding the breasts flat with different objects like hot stones. The victims are mostly between eight and 12 years old (Tapscott, 2012) when their breasts begin to grow. The reason behind this practice is to prevent the young women to look feminine as long as possible to protect them from teenage pregnancies. Latter would mean no fully completed education and a social exclusion.

Originalbroschur. Zustand: Sehr gut. XIX, 268 S. Ein gutes und sauberes Exemplar. - This book in a diagnostic approach looks at the problems plaguing Africa, a continent rich in human and natural resources yet the poorest in the world. The main question is: what is the purpose of government in Africa? As illustrated by different empirical examples, the study argues that the creation of states and governments after colonialism was a «false start» and was not impacted by the social contract principle of men forming government to preserve the common good. The result is a leadership culture of government against the people with weak institutions in favour of strong autocratic rulers. The core of this study is a solution seeking approach with alternative political forms. ISBN 9783631629338 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 383.

Zustand: Gut. XIX; 1227 S.; 23 cm; kart. Gutes Ex. - Englisch. - INHALT : LIST OF MAPS INTRODUCTION ---- 1. THE ORIGINS OF THE WAR ---- Germany as a World Power Austria-Hungary and the Balkans The July Crisis ---- 2. WILLINGLY TO WAR ---- War Enthusiasm Socialism and the International The Imaginings of Intellectuals Popular Responses ---- 3. THE WESTERN FRONT IN 1914 ---- War Plans ---- The Battle of the Frontiers Problems, and Some Solutions The Battle of the Marne From the Aisne to the Yser ---- 4. THE EASTERN FRONT IN 1914 ---- War Plans East Prussia Serbia Galicia Poland 1914-1915 ---- Preparing for War ---- The North Sea, 1914-1915 ---- 6. WAR IN THE PACIFIC, 1914-1917 ---- Oceanic Security and the Cruiser Threat Japan Enters the War ---- The Cruise of the German East Asiatic Squadron Empire in the Pacific ---- 7. THE DARK CONTINENT: COLONIAL CONFLICT IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA ---- War in Africa ---- Togoland ---- The Cameroons ---- South-West Africa ---- East Africa, 1914-1915 ---- East Africa, 1916-1918 ---- 8. TURKEY'S ENTRY ---- The Escape of the Goeben and the Breslau Turkey's Decision to Join the Central Powers Turkey's Capacity for War ---- 9. GERMANY'S GLOBAL STRATEGY ---- Holy War ---- The Caucasus, 1914-1915 ---- Suez, Egypt, and Libya ---- French North Africa ---- Persia and Afghanistan ---- India ---- 10. FINANCING THE WAR The Gold Standard ---- (u.a.m.) ISBN 0199261911 Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 1400.

Map : 'Westafrikanische Kolonialkarten'. (West African colonies.) This map shows several colonies in West Africa. Colour lithograph on a vellin type paper. Rear blank. Print originates from atlas. 100% authentic. Description: This large antique map is taken from; 'Andrees Allgemeiner Handatlas in 126 Haupt-Und 139 Nebenkarten', Bielefeld; Leipzig: Velhagen & Klasing 1899. Andrees Allgemeiner Handatlas was a major cartographic work published in several German and foreign editions 1881-1937. It was named after Richard Andree (1835-1912) and published by Velhagen & Klasing, Bielefeld and Leipzig, Germany. By using chromolithography, rather than copper plate engraving, but reproducing the maps from zinc plates that were etched in relief (just like letterpress printing), V & K was able to offer detailed maps at a much lower price than competing works, such as the 7th and 8th editions of Stielers Handatlas.Artists and Engravers: Richard Andree (1835 - 1912) was, like his father Karl Andree, a German geographer noted for devoting himself especially to ethnography. His main work, however, is his Allgemeiner Handatlas (Leipzig, first edition 1881, final edition 1937), one of the most comprehensive world atlases of all times. The early editions of the Times Atlas of the World (1895-1900) are based on this atlas, as was Cassell's Universal Atlas. Condition: Excellent; General age related toning and slight soiling; Please study scan carefully. Storage location: B37-27 The overall size is ca. 17.4 x 10.8 inch. The image size is ca. 14.3 x 9.3 inch. The overall size is ca. 44.3 x 27.4 cm. The image size is ca. 36.2 x 23.7 cm.