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Africa: Crude Continent: The Struggle for Africa’s Oil Prize Paperback
KSh 1,992.00Based on thirty years in the global oil game, intimate knowledge of African history and direct experience of over forty countries, this comprehensive book shows that Africa’s flaws are not the whole story, when it comes to the continent’s history. A definitive yet original account of the rush for Africa’s oil, this is also a guide to the hidden face of Africa. Duncan Clarke begins by placing African oil issues in their historical context before tackling the issues of power, nationalism and different parties’ strategies for control that have led to today’s oil scene. This book is the ultimate reference work on oil in Africa – which is vital to everyone’s future around the world.
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Vision of Future Library and Information Systems Paperback
KSh 10,230.00Information Technology (IT) is all pervading, being used in various sectors of human activity. Libraries and information centres are no exception to this phenomenon. Many of these institutions are very active in using current information technologies to provide speedy and efficient services. This has led to the establishment of digital libraries, virtual libraries, web-based information services and so on. The future libraries will be fantastic in their services to the users in terms of exhaustiveness and speed of access to collosal amounts of information. This book provides glimpses of such future scenario. The book is a festschrift brought out in honour of Dr. S. S. Murthy who was the Director of Defence Scientific Information and Documentation Centre (DESIDOC) during October 1979 to November 1999 and has significantly contributed to its growth as a modern Information Centre at national level. He has been an ardent promoter of IT in libraries and information centres and is one of the distinguished LIS professionals in the country.
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Awesome Friendly Adventure
KSh 995.00From the imagination of Wimpy Kid”s Rowley Jefferson comes an adventure of epic proportions! Join Roland and his best friend, Garg the Barbarian, as they leave the safety of their village and embark on a quest to save Roland”s mum from the White Warlock. Will our heroes survive? Find out in Rowley Jefferson”s Awesome Friendly Adventure!
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Roald Dahl: The Magic Finger
KSh 995.00Read Roald Dahl’s The Magic Finger, a witty children’s story about a girl with a powerful finger that teaches her neighbors a surprising lesson about kindness, empathy, and respect for nature.
From the bestselling author of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and The BFG comes the story of a young girl with an incredible power! To the Gregg family, hunting is just plain fun. To the girl who lives next door, it’s just plain horrible. She tries to be polite. She tries to talk them out of it, but the Greggs only laugh at her. Then one day the Greggs go too far, and the little girl turns her Magic Finger on them. When she’s very, very angry, the little girl’s Magic Finger takes over. She really can’t control it, and now it’s turned the Greggs into birds! Before they know it, the Greggs are living in a nest, and that’s just the beginning of their problems….
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Hell Island
KSh 650.00The vicious-looking airCRaft shot aCRoss the sky at near supersonic speed.
It was a modified Hercules cargo plane, known as an MC-130 “Combat Talon,” the delivery vehicle of choice for U.S. Special Forces units.
This Combat Talon stayed high, very high, it was as if it was trying to avoid being seen by radar systems down at sea level. This was unusual, because there was nothing down there—according to the maps, the nearest land in this part of the Pacific was an atoll 500 klicks to the east.
Then the rear loading ramp of the Combat Talon rumbled open and several dozen tiny figures issued out from it in rapid sequence, spreading out into the sky behind the soaring plane.
The forty-strong flock of paratroopers plummeted to earth, men in high-altitude jumpsuits—full-face breathing masks; streamlined black bodysuits. They angled their bodies downward as they fell, so that they flew head-first, their masks pointed into the onrushing wind, becoming human spears, freefalling with serious intent.
It was a classic HALO drop—high-altitude, low-opening. You jumped from 37,000 feet, fell fast and hard, and then stopped dangerously close to the ground, right at your drop zone.
Curiously, however, the forty elite troops falling to earth today fell in identifiable subgroups, ten men to a group, as if they were trying to remain somehow separate.
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The Famous Five: Five Go Off To Camp
KSh 695.00In book seven, the Famous Five investigate spook trains in the dead of night. The trains seem to vanish into thin air, but where do they go? The Five discover an unusual underground tunnel system and a secret train-service.
If they follow the tracks, will they solve the mystery?
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Practical Copyright for Library and Information Professionals
KSh 10,780.00The UK’s copyright legislation has been referred to as the longest, most confusing and hardest to navigate in the world. This new handbook brings clarity to what would otherwise be a complex topic. The author provides sensible and realistic guidance for all library and information practitioners. Topics covered include:
- the copyright exceptions or permitted acts most relevant to library and information professionals
- Lending of print and electronic copyright materials
- The range of licensing solutions available to ensure that the use of copyright works is done in compliance with the law
- The options available for making copies of orphan works (such as where this is done as part of digitization projects)
An exploration of how information professionals working in the corporate sector can copy material legitimately, and highlights where this differs from practitioners working in not for profit publicly accessible libraries.
The handbook is an indispensable guide for library and information professionals; it will be useful for academics and researchers, and it will also be essential reading for anyone wishing to use copyright material legitimately.
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Global Health Care: Issues and Policies: Issues and Policies-4th Edition by Carol Holtz (Author)
KSh 20,730.00Global Health Care: Issues and Policies, Fourth Edition is a comprehensive resource for nursing students focused on critical and timely global health topics. Written by academic authors, scientists and health practitioners, the Fourth Edition provides students with a foundational knowledge of health policy issues from various geographical regions. The goal of this text is to impart a well-rounded perspective to how certain areas around the globe are oftentimes significantly impacted by world events. Coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on global health Zika virus and the World Health Organization’s fight against Ebola in the Congo New coverage of global infectious diseases and non-communicable diseases New chapter on Native American health issues New content on global neurological health issues with specific coverage of pain management Overview of the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals Expanded content on child maltreatment and abuse Updated content on Occupational health Navigate Advantage Access Global Health Vulnerable Populations International Affairs Public Health Transcultural Nursing Cultural Competency Issues and Trends International
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An Introduction to Community and Public Health
KSh 19,000.00Navigate 2 Advantage Access For An Introduction To Community & Public Health, Ninth Edition Is A Digital-Only Access Code That Unlocks A Comprehensive And Interactive Ebook, Student Practice Activities And Assessments, A Full Suite Of Instructor Resources, And Learning Analytic Reporting Tools. The Ninth Edition Of An Introduction To Community & Public Health Provides The Latest Trends And Statistics In Community Health. With An Emphasis On Developing The Knowledge And Skills Necessary For A Career In Health Education, This Best-Selling Introductory Text Covers Such Topics As Epidemiology, Community Organization, Program Planning, Minority Health, Health Care, Mental Health, Environmental Health, Drugs, Safety, And Occupational Health. A Robust Pedagogy And Navigate 2 Advantage Access Help Students Understand And Retain Key Learning Objectives And Better Prepare For Class.
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Forensic Pathology Principles and Practice
KSh 60,000.00Forensic Pathology is a comprehensive reference that uses a case-oriented format to address, explain and guide the reader through the varied topics encountered by forensic pathologists. Developed in response to a severe void in the literature, the book addresses topics ranging from medicolegal investigation of death to death scene investigation, forensic autopsy, and artifacts of resuscitation as well as complications of medical therapy, forensic osteology, forensic odontology, forensic photography, and death certification. The book includes various types of cases, including sudden natural death, asphyxia, motor vehicle collisions, death in custody, child abuse and elder abuse, acute psychiatric and emotional deaths, and pregnancy. It contains sample descriptions of pathological lesions which serve to aid pathologists in reporting their findings to law enforcement agencies, attorneys, and others involved in investigations of sudden death. The concepts outlined in the text are beautifully illustrated by large, colorful photographs. There are also “Do and Don’t” sections at the end of each chapter that provide guidance for handling the types of cases examined. This work will benefit not only experienced forensic pathologists, but also hospital pathologists who occasionally performs medicolegal autopsies; doctors in training; medical examiners; law enforcement personnel; crime scene investigators; attorneys; and fellows and students of the medical sciences.