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Women in Science: 50 Fearless Pioneers Who Changed the World
A gloriously illustrated celebration of trailblazing women. Women in Science highlights the contributions of fifty notable women to the STEM fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics, from both the ancient and modern worlds. The book also contains fascinating infographics and an illustrated scientific glossary.
The extraordinary women profiled include well-known figures like the physicist and chemist Marie Curie, as well as lesser-known pioneers such as Katherine Johnson, the African-American mathematician who calculated the trajectory of the Apollo 11 mission to the moon.
Women in Science celebrates the achievements of the intrepid women who have paved the way for the next generation of female engineers, biologists, mathematicians, doctors, astronauts, physicists and beyond …
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Exit West
LONGLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2017
THE TIMES TOP 10 BESTSELLER
GUARDIAN TOP 10 BESTSELLER
THE NEW YORK TIMES TOP 5 BESTSELLER
2017 most anticipated books pick — Guardian, Daily Telegraph, New York Times and many more…‘Spare, crystalline prose, mixing the real and the surreal and using old fairy-tale magic… An unnervingly dystopian portrait of what might lie down the road’ Michiko Kakutani, New York Times
An extraordinary story of love and hope from the bestselling, Man Booker-shortlisted author of The Reluctant FundamentalistNadia and Saeed are two ordinary young people, attempting to do an extraordinary thing – to fall in love – in a world turned upside down. Theirs will be a love story but also a story about how we live now and how we might live tomorrow, of a world in crisis and two human beings travelling through it.
Civil war has come to the city which Nadia and Saeed call home. Before long they will need to leave their motherland behind – when the streets are no longer useable and the unknown is safer than the known. They will join the great outpouring of people fleeing a collapsing city, hoping against hope, looking for their place in the world . . .
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The Other Half of Happiness: The laugh-out-loud queen of romantic comedy returns
Sofia Khan is just married. But no-one told her life was going to be this way . . .
Her living situation is in dire straits, her husband Conall is distant, and his annoyingly attractive colleague is ringing all sorts of alarm bells. When her mother forces them into a belated wedding ceremony (elopement: you can run, but you can’t hide), Sofia wonders if it might be a chance to bring them together.
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Love and Happiness by Yasmin Mogahed
The words found in this book Love and Happiness by Yasmin Mogahed became my voice and my letter to the world. They became my deepest attempt to, not just pick myself up, but others along the way. I wrote because, just as we will fall in life, so will we rise.
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Qasasul Quran lil Atfal (Arabic version of My First Quran Storybook) (HB)
Qasas ul Quran lil Atfal Arabic version of My First Quran Storybook-PB
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Why Nations Fail By Daron Acemoglu
Why are some nations more prosperous than others? Why Nations Fail sets out to answer this question, with a compelling and elegantly argued new theory: that it is not down to climate, geography or culture, but because of institutions.
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The Looting Machine: Warlords, Oligarchs, Corporations, Smugglers, and the Theft of Africa’s Wealth
- Paperback: 368 pages
- Publisher: PublicAffairs; Reprint edition (May 3, 2016)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1610397118
- ISBN-13: 978-1610397117
- Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 1.3 x 8.2 inches
- Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces
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An Introduction to Management Science: Quantitative Approaches to Decision Making Paperback
Retaining the accessible application-driven approach for which An Introduction to Management Science is highly regarded, adapting author Mik Wisniewski has carefully reworked the existing US textbook to benefit students across the UK, Europe, Middle East and Africa. Packed with diverse realistic examples from Scotland to Saudi Arabia, the landmark text from the ASW team is now available in a truly internationalised version for students studying Management Science and Operations Research at postgraduate and undergraduate level. (Book includes CD-ROM)
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Far From Home by Na’ima B. Robert
Will I ever see my home again? I do not know.
Will I ever see my father again? I do not know.
Will life ever be the same again? I do not know. -
Secrets of the Henna Girl By Sufiya Ahmed
Zeba Khan is like any other 16-year-old girl: enjoying herself, waiting for exam results. . . and dreaming of the day she’ll meet her one true love.
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Basic Econometrics by Damodar N. Gujarati (African Edition )
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