Updated for the 30th anniversary of the Falklands War, this is the bestselling, highly-acclaimed and most famous account of the conflict, written by the commander of the British Task Force. On 5 April 1982, three days after the invasion of the Falkland Islands, British armed forces were ordered to sail 8,000 miles to the South Atlantic unaware of what lay ahead of them or whether they would be committed to war with Argentina.In these engrossing memoirs, Admiral Sandy Woodward, Task Force commander from the aircraft carrier Hermes, takes us from day one to day one hundred of the conflict; from sailing through the waters of the Atlantic with hopes of a political settlement fading, and war becoming increasingly likely, to the repulse of the Argentinian navy and the daring amphibious landing at San Carlos Water.The war, which cost the lives of over 1,000 men, has left a legacy of many historical debates and controversies, from the sinking of ships such as HMS Coventry, HMS Sheffield and Sir Galahad, and the Argentinian cruiser, the Belgrano, to wider issues such as what was it like to command and fight a modern air and naval war, the biggest naval action since World War II.‘One Hundred Days’ is unique as a dramatic portrayal of the world of modern naval warfare, where despite the use of sophisticated equipment and communications, the margins for human error and courage were as wide as they were in the days of Nelson.

Old English Lives of Saints, a series composed in the 990s by the Benedictine monk Ælfric (Aelfric) in his distinctive alliterative prose, portrays an array of saints—including virgin martyrs, married virgins, aristocrats, kings, soldiers, and bishops—for a late Anglo-Saxon audience. At a turbulent time when England was under increasingly severe Viking attack, the examples of these saints modeled courageous faith, self-sacrifice, and individual and collective resistance. The Lives also covers topics as diverse as the four kinds of war, the three orders of society, and whether the unjust can be exempt from eternal punishment. Ælfric intended this series to complement his Catholic Homilies, two important and widely disseminated collections used for preaching to lay people and clergy. The translation is presented alongside a new edition of Lives of Saints, for which all extant manuscripts have been collated afresh.

ives of Saints, a series composed in the 990s by the Benedictine monk Aelfric in his distinctive alliterative prose, portrays an array of saintsincluding virgin martyrs, married virgins, aristocrats, kings, soldiers, and bishopsfor a late Anglo-Saxon audience. At a turbulent time when England was under increasingly severe Viking attack, the examples of these saints modeled courageous faith, self-sacrifice, and individual and collective resistance. The Lives also covers topics as diverse as the four kinds of war, the three orders of society, and whether the unjust can be exempt from eternal punishment. Aelfric intended this series to complement his Catholic Homilies, two important and widely disseminated collections used for preaching to lay people and clergy. The translation is presented alongside a new edition of Lives of Saints, for which all extant manuscripts have been collated afresh.

Postcards Of Change Renowned Economist Isher Judge Ahluwalia Addresses Indias Urban Issues Indian Cities Are Desperately In Need Of Transformation.Whether It Is The Lack Of Public Parks, Playgrounds For Children, Easy And Affordable Means Of Public Transport, Footpaths Wide Enough For Pedestrians To Walk On, Or Indeed The Basic Amen About The Book: Transforming Our Cities: Postcards Of Change Renowned Economist Isher Judge Ahluwalia Addresses Indias Urban Issues Indian Cities Are Desperately In Need Of Transformation.Whether It Is The Lack Of Public Parks, Playgrounds For Children, Easy And Affordable Means Of Public Transport, Footpaths Wide Enough For Pedestrians To Walk On, Or Indeed The Basic Amenities Of Water And Sanitation, Our Cities And Towns Present A Sorry Sight. Urban Planning In Our Cities Is Conspicuous By Its Absence With Congested Roads, Chaotic Traffic, Crowded Commercial Areas And Cramped Housing As Their Hallmarks.On An Average, 25 Per Cent Of Indias Urban Population Lives In Slums. This Book Documents How Things Have Gone From Bad To Worse And How We Have Not Seen The Worst Yet. On The Brighter Side, It Shows Glimpses Of Some Cities Solving Their Problems And Bringing About Perceptible Improvements In The Standards Of Living They Offer Their Residents.

Debunking conventional narratives of Afghanistan as a perennial war zone or marginal frontier, Faiz Ahmed presents a vibrant account of the first Muslim-majority country to gain independence from the British Empire, form a fully sovereign government, and promulgate an original constitution after the fall of the Ottoman Empire.Far from a landlocked wilderness, turn-of-the-twentieth-century Afghanistan was a magnet for itinerant scholars and emissaries shuttling between Ottoman and British imperial domains. Tracing Afghans’ longstanding but seldom examined scholastic ties to Istanbul, Damascus, and Baghdad, as well as greater Delhi and Lahore, Ahmed vividly describes how the Kabul court recruited jurists to craft a modern state within the interpretive traditions of Islamic law and ethics, or shariʿa, and international legal norms. Beginning with the first Ottoman mission to Kabul in 1877, and culminating with parallel independence struggles in Afghanistan, India, and Turkey after World War I, this rich narrative explores encounters between diverse streams of Muslim thought and politics—from Young Turk lawyers to Pashtun clerics; Ottoman Arab officers to British Raj bureaucrats; and the last caliphs to a remarkable dynasty of Afghan kings and queens.By unearthing a lost history behind Afghanistan’s independence and first constitution, Ahmed shows how debates today on Islam, governance, and the rule of law have deep roots in a beleaguered land. Based on research in six countries and as many languages, Afghanistan Rising rediscovers a time when Kabul stood proudly for anticolonial coalitions, self-determination, and contested visions of reform in the Global South and Islamicate world.

<p>"International Financial Management provides an effective and detailed presentation of important concepts and practical application in today’s global business environment, which includes: Foreign Exchange Market, International Financial System, Eurocurrency Market, Currency Futures &amp; Options, Swaps, Country Risk Analysis, Capital Budgeting.</p><p>The key highlight of this book is that it uses several examples (both numerical &amp; theoretical) to highlight the applications of various dimensions of international finance.This book aims to fulfil the requirement of students of PGDM, MBA, M.Com., Master of Economics, Master of Finance &amp; Control (MFC), MIB, other Post Graduate Diploma in Risk Management &amp; other post-graduate specialized disciplines.The Present Publication is the 4th Edition, authored by Prof. Madhu Vij. The book has been organized around five major areas, namely:</p><p>[International Financial Environment] emphasizing its institutional set-up while discussing why is it important to study international finance. This area is further subdivided into four chapters, namely:Overview of the International Financial Management, History of International Monetary System; Emphasis on Bretton Woods System, International Financial Institutions with a particular focus on the World Bank, International Monetary Fund (IMF), and European Monetary System, Balance of Payment Concepts and Accounting, [The Foreign Exchange Markets].</p><p>Derivatives, Foreign Currency Futures and Options Contracts that are traded on Stock Exchanges, Forex Markets with an emphasis on Fundamentals of Forex Trading,&nbsp; Overview of Operations of the Spot and Foreign Exchange Markets, How is Foreign Exchange Quoted and Traded Worldwide [Managing Foreign Exchange Exposure].</p><p>Management of Foreign Exchange Risk with a discussion on kinds of exposure MNCs face, Translation Exposure or Accounting Exposure, which discusses the various methods for translating financial statements, Management of Transaction Exposure that arises from contractual obligations denominated in a foreign currency, Management of Economic Exposure, [Financial Management of the Multinational Firm].</p><p>Foreign Direct Investment, Cost of Capital and Capital Structure of the MNC, Application and Interpretation of MNC Capital Budgeting explaining various methods with the help of numerical examples and case studies, Multinational Cash Management, Identifies and Analyses the Various Dimensions of Country Risk Analysis, Eurocurrency and Eurobond Market, [Managing Foreign Operations], Interest Rate and Currency Swaps explaining how they can be used to reduce financing costs and risks, Global Depository Receipts and American Depository Receipts."</p><div><br></div>

Working as merchants, skilled tradesmen, clerks, lawyers, and journalists, Indians formed the economic and administrative middle class in colonial Kenya. In general, they were wealthier than Africans, but were denied the political and economic privileges that Europeans enjoyed. Moreover, despite their relative prosperity, Indians were precariously positioned in Kenya. Africans usually viewed them as outsiders, and Europeans largely considered them subservient. Indians demanded recognition on their own terms. Indians in Kenya chronicles the competing, often contradictory, strategies by which the South Asian diaspora sought a political voice in Kenya from the beginning of colonial rule in the late 1890s to independence in the 1960s.Indians' intellectual, economic, and political connections with South Asia shaped their understanding of their lives in Kenya. Sana Aiyar investigates how the many strands of Indians' diasporic identity influenced Kenya's political leadership, from claiming partnership with Europeans in their mission to colonize and 'civilize' East Africa to successful collaborations with Africans to battle for racial equality, including during the Mau Mau Rebellion. She also explores how the hierarchical structures of colonial governance, the material inequalities between Indians and Africans, and the racialized political discourses that flourished in both colonial and postcolonial Kenya limited the success of alliances across racial and class lines. Aiyar demonstrates that only by examining the ties that bound Indians to worlds on both sides of the Indian Ocean can we understand how Kenya came to terms with its South Asian minority.

A discussion of the secrets of breathing, color, sound, diet, and exercise, and how these can be used to develop the third eye. Includes recommendations for the final steps to mastery of the self and the dangers on the path to wisdom.

Anwar al-Awlaki was, according to one of his followers, “the main man who translated jihad into English.” By the time he was killed by an American drone strike in 2011, he had become a spiritual leader for thousands of extremists, especially in the United States and Britain, where he aimed to make violent Islamism “as American as apple pie and as British as afternoon tea.” Alexander Meleagrou-Hitchens draws on extensive research among al-Awlaki’s former colleagues, friends, and followers, including interviews with convicted terrorists, to explain how he established his network and why his message resonated with disaffected Muslims in the West.A native of New Mexico, al-Awlaki rose to prominence in 2001 as the imam of a Virginia mosque attended by three of the 9/11 hijackers. After leaving for Britain in 2002, he began delivering popular lectures and sermons that were increasingly radical and anti-Western. In 2004 he moved to Yemen, where he eventually joined al-Qaeda and oversaw numerous major international terrorist plots. Through live video broadcasts to Western mosques and universities, YouTube, magazines, and other media, he soon became the world’s foremost English-speaking recruiter for violent Islamism. One measure of his success is that he has been linked to about a quarter of Islamists convicted of terrorism-related offenses in the United States since 2007.Despite the extreme nature of these activities, Meleagrou-Hitchens argues that al-Awlaki’s strategy and tactics are best understood through traditional social-movement theory. With clarity and verve, he shows how violent fundamentalists are born.