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This edition of Development Asia explores the concept of green growth: the embracing of environmentally sound and sustainable policies with the need to maintain high economic growth. It features an exclusive interview with leading expert Ashok Khosla, who takes a hard look at the promises and failings of green growth. In other stories, we look at pioneering efforts to deliver medicine through a soda company's distribution network.
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Vanity Fair is a cultural filter, sparking the global conversation about the people and ideas that matter most. With a dedication to journalistic excellence and powerful storytelling, Vanity Fair is the first choice-often the only choice-for the world's most influential and important audience. From print to social media, the big screen to the smart phone and now on audio, Vanity Fair is the arbiter of our era. Listen to Vanity Fair on the go!
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Vanity Fair is a cultural filter, sparking the global conversation about the people and ideas that matter most. With a dedication to journalistic excellence and powerful storytelling, Vanity Fair is the first choice-often the only choice-for the world's most influential and important audience. From print to social media, the big screen to the smartphone and now on audio, Vanity Fair is the arbiter of our era.
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Natural disasters wreak havoc without discrimination, wiping out homes, livelihoods, a country's economic gains, and often many individual lives. Africa, the Americas, Asia, and Europe have all been struck by catastrophes in recent years. Asia, however, has been hit hardest: 40% of the world's disasters have occurred in the region in the past decade, resulting in a disproportionate 80% of disaster deaths. And Asia's poor, lacking in resources and...
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The rise of Asia's megacities is the upshot of robust economic growth in the region. In turn, the expansion of these centers of industry and commerce is fueling further growth, opening more opportunities for business and employment. With six out of 10 of the world's largest cities in Asia-and eight out of 10 of the most densely populated-the continent will be the world's de facto laboratory for urban planning. Yet urbanization does not mean prosperity...
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Listen to Vanity Fair on the go. Get the latest issue as it hits newsstands. Vanity Fair is a cultural filter, sparking the global conversation about the people and ideas that matter most. With a dedication to journalistic excellence and powerful storytelling, Vanity Fair is the first choice-often the only choice-for the world's most influential and important audience. From print to social media, the big screen to the smartphone and now on audio,...
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Astounding Stories Of Super Science January 1931 features six Classic Science Fiction Stories from the "Golden Age of Science Fiction". Contents and short description: "The Dark Side Of Antri" by H.W. Wesso: Commander John Hanson Relates an Interplanetary Adventure Illustrating the Splendid Service Spirit of the Men of the Special Patrol, "The Sunken Empire" by Sewell Peaslee Wright: Concerning the Strange Adventures of Professor Stevens with the...
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Astounding Stories Of Super Science January 1930 features seven Classic Science Fiction Stories from the "Golden Age of Science Fiction". Contents and short description: "The Beetle Horde" by Victor Rousseau: Only Two Young Explorers Stand in the Way of the Mad Bram's Horrible Revenge-the Releasing of His Trillions of Man-sized Beetles upon an Utterly Defenseless World. (Part One of a Two-part Novel), "The Cave Of Horror" by Captain S.P. Meek: Screaming,...
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Christ in Our Home is a quarterly Christian devotional that brings you a daily message of God's amazing grace. Reflections and prayers are based on scripture readings from Revised Common Lectionary Daily Readings. Each day offers a Bible verse, a personal commentary or meditation, a suggested prayer concern, and a unique prayer. Enjoyed by readers for more than 60 years, Christ in Our Home is now available electronically.
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Christ in Our Home is a quarterly Christian devotional that brings you a daily message of God's amazing grace. Reflections and prayers are, based on scripture readings from Revised Common Lectionary Daily Readings. Each day offers a Bible verse, a personal commentary or meditation, a suggested prayer concern, and a unique prayer. Enjoyed by readers for more than 60 years, Christ in Our Home is now available electronically.
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The Word in Season is a quarterly Christian devotional that connects faith and life in a timely reflection for each day. These messages and prayers are based on scripture readings from Revised Common Lectionary Daily Readings. Each day offers a Bible verse, a personal commentary or meditation, a suggested prayer concern, and a unique prayer. Various writers contribute to each issue, offering a variety of perspectives.
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Excerpt: "That night, the sounds that came from the metal stamping plant of Weedham Industries, Incorporated, might have been prophetic of the immediate and ugly future, for they were like the rattle of machine guns. But Joseph, the keeper of the south gate, was blissfully ignorant of a Thompson gun and its deadly chatter so that he drew no such comparison. His only worry at the time lay in the dark sky above and the blue-white stabs of lightning...
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The Keys for Kids devotional helps kids learn about God's Word and encourages them in their faith through engaging stories and daily Bible verses. E-book format includes fun extras like activities, journal pages, and a creature feature.|The Keys for Kids devotional helps kids learn about God's Word and encourages them in their faith through engaging stories and daily Bible verses. E-book format includes fun extras like activities, journal pages, and...
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PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion to Bret Baier's Three Days in January and NOT the original book. Preview: Bret Baier's Three Days in January: Dwight Eisenhower's Final Mission is a laudatory evaluation of Eisenhower's career in the military and subsequent presidency. The book is framed around Eisenhower's 1961 Farewell Address and the January 1961 presidential transition to his successor, John F. Kennedy…Inside this companion to the book: Overview...
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Fantastic Stories of the Imagination, edited by Hugo and World Fantasy Award nominated editor Warren Lapine, brings readers the very best in science fiction and fantasy. Join in and explore strange new worlds.
* Original Short Story: Heartless by Krystal Claxton. A woman of power ministers to a broken heart, risking her own in the process.
* Original Short Story: Underworld by Katherine Mankiller. A teen grapples with dark forces to save the only...
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A Study Guide for Elizabeth Bishop's "Brazil, January 1,1502," excerpted from Gale's acclaimed Poetry for Students. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context; suggestions for further reading; and much more. For any literature project, trust Poetry for Students for all of your research needs.
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A Study Guide for Ayn Rand's "The Night of January 16th", excerpted from Gale's acclaimed Drama for Students. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context; suggestions for further reading; and much more. For any literature project, trust Drama for Students for all of your research needs.
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Illustrated with 28 maps and 35 Illustrations. THE WINTER LINE operations, lasting from 15 November 1943 to 15 January 1944, continued the Allied campaign to drive the Germans out of southern Italy. The underlying plan was to keep pressure on the enemy and, if possible, to break through toward Rome. Both the terrain and the season reduced the chances for effecting a breakthrough. By maintaining pressure, however, the Allies would prevent the Germans...
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With 7 maps, 5 charts & 23 illustrations During the early months of 1942 the Japanese were on the offensive everywhere in the Southwest Pacific...On 10 Dec. 1941, Japanese forces landed in the Philippines; on 15 Feb. 1942, Singapore fell...Then the attack shifted farther to the southeast, and from Rabaul...the Japanese High Command planned a two-pronged drive. One prong was to strike for control of southeastern New Guinea; the other was to thrust...
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The Asian Development Bank (ADB), in collaboration with the United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment), prepared this tool compendium to help address the issues, challenges, and barriers faced by developing countries from Asia and the Pacific in the successful implementation of the environmental dimensions of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The tools presented here can help policy makers gain a better understanding of SDG interlinkages,...