Global Englishes

Do we really know what we're doing when we leave our home to live in a foreign culture? Why do some of us keep leaving, travelling from place to place, never settling, never really feeling at home? In today's globalised world it is increasingly expected that many of us will go where the job takes us, but at what cost? This book tells the stories of 'existential migrants', people who left home in order to discover themselves. It also warns us that there may be an unexpected psychological effect from thinking we can just live everywhere. We may end up homeless. The 21st century could herald '...

A historical account set in Europe during the early 20th century. Discover the gripping tale of a world irrevocably changed in "WWI Transforms the World." This comprehensive narrative invites readers into the tumult of World War I, revealing the intricate web of alliances, ambitions, and battles that plunged nations into a cataclysmic conflict. Step back into history and witness how the assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand sparked a war that would reshape the very fabric of global politics and society. Beginning with the complex causes of the war, the book intricately details the ...

Is the financial collapse just one of several signs that we are living in the final days of Earth's history? In The Coming Economic Armageddon, David Jeremiah says we can know the meaning behind what we see in the daily news - and understand and prepare for living in the New Global Economy.

In 1899, railroad magnate Edward H. Harriman organized a most unusual summer voyage to the wilds of Alaska: He converted a steamship into a luxury "floating university", populated by some of America's best and brightest scientists and writers, including the anti-capitalist eco-prophet, John Muir. Armed with Dramamine and an industrial-strength mosquito net, Mark Adams sets out to retrace the 1899 expedition. Using the state's intricate public ferry system, the Alaska Marine Highway System, Adams travels 3,000 miles.

Kali Ma has little interest in mere talk. She is all about action. Action produces results. Talk just produces more talk. Kali Ma is sounding the alarm to all who seek awakening in 2013 and beyond. Kali Ma is announcing the Coming of Lord Shiva and the Radiant Awakening of Universal Consciousness on our planet. He is coming very soon. Lord Shiva is Universal Consciousness. He is Universal Light. His very name means "pure spiritual goodness." This global event may happen in 2013, hence the urgency of getting this message out. On the outside, I expect evidence of these massive changes by 2016...

The former dean of the Yale School of Management and undersecretary of commerce in the Clinton administration chronicles the 1971 August meeting at Camp David, where President Nixon unilaterally ended the last vestiges of the gold standard - breaking the link between gold and the dollar - transforming the entire global monetary system.

Standardization Across Disciplines: Language, Technology, and Global Communication is a sweeping exploration of the critical role that standards play in building a more connected, efficient, and equitable world. Written by Ronald Joseph Legarski, Jr., a leading voice at the intersection of language, technology, and systems design, this book examines how consistency, clarity, and interoperability drive progress across industries, cultures, and technologies. In a rapidly evolving global landscape, the ability to standardize—while respecting diversity and fostering innovation—is more ...

Are you struggling to keep up with the ever-evolving field of agriculture? Do you wonder how you can increase your yields while reducing costs and protecting the environment? Look no further than Precision Farming Unleashed. This comprehensive eBook takes you on a journey through the history, principles, and latest technologies of precision farming. From soil sampling and analysis to smart irrigation and water management, the book covers all aspects of precision farming to ensure your success in this revolutionary field. Precision Farming Unleashed gives an in-depth analysis of the ...

Counter-Cola charts the history of one of the world's most influential and widely known corporations, the Coca-Cola Company. It tells the story of how, over the past 130 years, the corporation has tried to make its products and brands physically and culturally a central part of global daily life in over 200 countries. Through this story of Coca-Cola, Amanda Ciafone reveals the pursuit of corporate power within the key economic transformations-liberal, developmentalist, neoliberal - of the 20th and 21st centuries. A story of global capitalism, it is not without contest.

Many of us have concerns about the effects of climate change on Earth, but we often overlook the essential issue of human health. This book addresses that oversight and enlightens listeners about the most important aspect of one of the greatest challenges of our time. By weighing in from a physician's perspective, authors Jay Lemery and Paul Auerbach clarify the science, dispel the myths, and help listeners understand the threats of climate change to human health.

Arif Naqvi was charismatic, inspiring, and self-made—all the qualities of a successful business leader. The founder of Abraaj, a Dubai-based private-equity firm, Naqvi was the Key Man to the global elite searching for impact investments to make money and do good. In 2018, Simon Clark and Will Louch were contacted by an anonymous whistleblower who said Naqvi had swindled investors out of hundreds of millions of dollars and offered bribes to sustain his billionaire lifestyle. In April 2019—months after their exposé broke—Naqvi was arrested on charges of fraud and racketeering.

“For centuries, primitive hunter-gatherers lived precarious and uncertain lives. Still, they developed adaptive skills that allowed them to conquer all the continents and ecosystems on the planet. Domestication of plants and animals led to the establishment of great civilizations which are at the base of contemporary, highly globalized societies. Food security has been decisive for human progress. Paradoxically, the food systems that sustained that progress in the last few centuries have become a “sword of Damocles,” as food production today is the main cause of biodiversity loss and ...

1549. Convinced he’s destined to fulfill a whispered prophecy, Friar Diego de Landa labors to convert the Maya of the Yucatán Peninsula. Discovering a brutal Spanish landowner persecuting the native population, Friar Diego determines to protect them and punish the cruel man. 2010. Cortez Vuscar is convinced his father will return if he can grow their church’s congregation. Certain he’s found his true love, Cortez sets out to win her from her wealthy, unfaithful boyfriend. But his fascination with the literature she’s reading infects his mind with a deadly descent into madness.

In Unfinished Empire, he marshals his gifts to deliver a monumental one-volume history of Britain's imperium - a work that is sure to stand as the most authoritative, most compelling treatment of the subject for a generation.

Books for Girls 9-12: TWINS - Book 1: Swapped This is the exciting and suspenseful story of twelve-year-old Casey, who unexpectedly finds herself face to face with a new girl named Ali Jackson, the latest addition to Casey's class at school. Usually, it was fun when someone new arrived. But not this time! When Casey realizes Ali looks exactly like her, she is not at all impressed. To make matters even worse, Casey's crush, a boy named Jake Hanley and the coolest boy in the grade, takes a sudden interest in Ali, and Casey becomes more annoyed than ever. "Who is she and why does she have my ...

Jo Guldi tells the story of a global struggle to bring food, water, and shelter to all. Land is shown to be a central motor of politics in the twentieth century: the basis of movements for giving reparations to formerly colonized people, protests to limit the rent paid by urban tenants, intellectual battles among development analysts, and the capture of land by squatters taking matters into their own hands. The Long Land War provides a definitive narrative of land redistribution alongside an unflinching critique of its failures.

We live in an age of extreme corporate concentration, in which global industries are controlled by just a few giant firms - big banks, big pharma, and big tech, just to name a few. But concern over what Louis Brandeis called the "curse of bigness" can no longer remain the province of specialist lawyers and economists, for it has spilled over into policy and politics, even threatening democracy itself.

In this "meticulously researched" account (New York Times Book Review), a Pulitzer Prize-winning author examines the dangers of a failing public health system unequipped to handle large-scale global risks like a coronavirus pandemic.

Arms trafficking, offshore accounts and luxury property deals. Super-yachts, private jets and super-car collections. blood diamonds, suspect oil deals, deforestation and murder. This is the world of Global Witness, the award-winning organisation dedicated to rooting out worldwide corruption. And this is co-founder Patrick Alley's revealing inside track on a breath-taking catalogue of modern super-crimes—and the 'shadow network' that enables them. Very Bad People is about going undercover in the world's most dangerous places and bringing down the people behind the crimes.

Who holds the purse strings to the majority of the world's wealth? There is a new global elite at the controls of our economic future, and here former Project Censored director and media monitoring sociologist Peter Phillips unveils for the general listener just who these players are. The book includes such power players as Mark Zuckerberg, Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos, Jamie Dimon, and Warren Buffett.