This book examines clandestine migration from Casamance to Europe by looking at the economic, political, social, cultural and symbolic factors behind these departures. It proposes a typology of the actors involved in these journeys, immerses the reader in the lived experience of sea journeys and sheds new light on the conditions of the crossing, the mode of organisation, the role of the captain of the pirogue and other fishermen, the phenomena of hallucination and panic en route and the many risks that surround this world of sea journeys made in recent years ...

The phenomenon of loss of lock in tracking systems is ubiquitous in engineering practice. However, the key problem of loss of lock in non-causal estimation or smoothing is a marked exception in this well researched area. The methods that were developed for the treatment of the former are not suitable for the analysis of the latter problem. The main purpose of this research is to provide the missing theory and investigate the phenomenon of loss of lock in smoothers. We concentrate in this dissertation on the carrier phase estimation problem, a benchmark ...

Tennesse Williams in Provincetown is the story of Tennesse Williams' four summer seasons in Provincetown, Massachusetts: 1940, '41, '44 and '47. During that time he wrote plays, short stories, and jewel-like poems. In Provincetown Williams fell in love unguardedly for perhaps the only time in his life. He had his heart broken there, perhaps irraparably. The man he thought might replace his first lover tried to kill him there, or at least Williams thought so. Williams drank in Provincetown, he swam there, and he took conga lessons there. He was poor and then ...

IS IT TIME TO CHANGE? This book is a must read if you really want to become the person that God wants you to be for your life. You can significantly improve your life if you're willing to transform. How you feel as a Christian as a spouse, as a parent. 90% of the time there is no one to blame but ourselves that's why we must transform. Well Dr. Keith Driscoll, minister and social psychologist, wrote this powerful book called Transformed. This book will definitely help you to help yourself if you follow the simple steps that God wants you to have. You'll ...

If I cannot inspire love, I will cause fear! This edition is also available in a beautiful hardcover (ISBN: 9781954839052) The idea of a reanimated corpse was famously conceived by an 18 year old Mary Shelley on holiday with her future husband Percy Bysshe Shelley and Lord Byron near Lake Geneva, Switzerland. The three were tasked with writing a ghost story, which resulted in one of the most famous novels to come from the 19th century. Published anonymously in a three volume series, Frankenstein instantly set the standard for a true literary horror ...

How you can help your family, neighborhood and community prepare for Peak Oil, climate change, and economic collapse and live a more sustainable, money-saving lifestyle. A practical handbook of ideas, suggestions, and book and Internet resources.

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The eye-opening saga of a militant family begins with grandparents fighting the black shirt fascists in war-torn Croatia in WWI. Their daughter Jane and her young husband Herb March became fearless organizers in the 1930s ' 40s Chicago meatpacking industry, as they built the United Packinghouse Workers of America, a multi-racial, democratic union. Herb and Jane inspired their son Rick March to oppose the Vietnam War and racism throughout the 60s and 70s. As the US is driven toward a new Gilded Age, crushing unions, immigrants and civil rights, the March ...

The Island of Doctor Moreau is a by H. G. Wells, who called the novel "an exercise in youthful blasphemy". It is the narration of Edward Prendick, a shipwrecked man rescued by a passing boat who is left on the island home of Doctor Moreau. The novel deals with a number of philosophical themes, including pain and cruelty, moral responsibility, human identity, and human interference with nature. Herbert George "H. G." Wells was an English writer best known for his work in science fiction. He was also a prolific writer in many other genres, including contemporary ...

India is one of the fastest emerging economies and one after another study has projected India among the leading economies of the future. The role and significance of India in the global economy is increasing continuously. However, there is a dearth of literature on India in management, in general, and in strategy, in particular. This book presents the findings from the research study of the practice of four very important aspects of strategy in the Indian context namely, strategy in India: an overall perspective, competitive strategy, strategic alliances ...