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"'Umesikia George Foreman amerudi ulingoni na kutwaa ubingwa?' Chifu aliuliza.'Sikusikia tu, nimeona kwenye Televisheni,' Willy Gamba alijibu.'Basi nataka na wewe urudi ulingoni' Chifu alisema kwa kutabasamu huku akipaka mkate siagi.Baada ya kufunga ndoa na mpenzi wa maisha yake, Willy Gamba anakuwa mtu mpya asiyetaka kujihusisha tena na purukushani zinazoweza kuhatarisha maisha yake na familia yake. Maamuzi yake hayo yanakosa nguvu pale anapolazimika kuwatolea uvivu viongozi wetu wa Kiafrika ambao wametawaliwa na tamaa ya kubaki kwenye madaraka ili wajilimbikizie utajiri, huku Waafrika wakizidi kudidimia katika dimbwi la umaskini na migogoro ya kisiasa.Safari hii Willy Gamba anajikuta Rwanda, akitafuta ukweli wa vipi mamilioni ya wananchi waliuawa na wananchi wenzao huku Afrika na dunia wakiangalia bila kutoka msaada wowote.Uzito wa suala hili unampelekea Willy Gamba kupambana na usaliti na ujahili wa kimataifa ambao uko tayari kuendeleza utawala wa mabavu ili tu maslahi ya watu wachache wenye ubinafsi yaweze kulindwa."--
| ISBN | 9789987084746 |
| Call Number | F |
| Year | 2023 |
| Language | Kiswahili |
| Material Type | Book |
| Donor | BAI |
| Acquired | 27 Jul 2026 |
Please note this title is still being made available for students sitting their examinations in 2015. Our second edition supports the updated syllabus for first examination 2016. Textbook and free CD-ROM, endorsed by Cambridge International Examinations for the IGCSE syllabus in Information and Communication Technology (0417) for final examination 2015. - Written by experienced examiners and teachers, who bring a wealth of theoretical knowledge and practical experience to both the book and the CD - Ensures that students are fully prepared for both the written theory paper as well as the two practical papers. - Each Section of the syllabus is fully covered in the text book, with clear explanations and plenty of tasks and activities. - The CD contains source files for the tasks and activities, as well as examination-style questions (with model answers) and a glossary.
| ISBN | 9780340983829 |
| Call Number | 004.071 |
| Year | 2010 |
| Language | English |
| Pages | 299 |
| Material Type | Book |
| Acquired | 27 Jul 2026 |
Media and Poweraddresses three key questions about the relationship between media and society. *How much power do the media have? *Who really controls the media? *What is the relationship between media and power in society? In this major new book, James Curran reviews the different answers which have been given, before advancing original interpretations in a series of ground-breaking essays. This book also provides a guided tour of the major debates in media studies. What part did the media play in the making of modern society? How did 'new media' change society in the past? Will radical media research recover from its mid-life crisis? Is public service television the dying product of the nation in an age of globalization?Media and Powerprovides both a clear introduction to media research and an innovative analysis of media power.
| ISBN | 9780415077392 |
| Call Number | 302.2244 |
| Publisher | Psychology Press |
| Year | 2002 |
| Language | English |
| Pages | 342 |
| Material Type | Book |
| Acquired | 26 Jul 2026 |
The 7 chapters in this book have been selected from the contents of the Oncological Imaging section in Grainger & Allison's Diagnostic Radiology 6e. These chapters provide a succinct up-to-date overview of current imaging techniques and their clinical applications in daily practice and it is hoped that with this concise format the user will quickly grasp the fundamentals they need to know. Throughout these chapters, the relative merits of different imaging investigations are described, variations are discussed and recent imaging advances are detailed. Please note that the following chapters represent a portion of the oncological imaging aspects in the comprehensive 6th edition of Grainger's & Allison's Diagnostic Radiology (for example, abdominal tumours are considered in section C "Abdominal Imaging")
| ISBN | 9780702069352 |
| Call Number | 616.9942 |
| Publisher | Elsevier Health Sciences |
| Year | 2015 |
| Language | English |
| Pages | 143 |
| Material Type | Book |
| Acquired | 24 Jul 2026 |
The Nutrition and Health series of books have, as an overriding mission, to provide health professionals with texts that are considered essential because each includes 1) a synthesis of the state of the science, 2) timely, in-depth reviews by the leading researchers in their respective fields, 3) extensive, up-to-date fully annotated reference lists, 4) a detailed index, 5) relevant tables and figures, 6) identification of paradigm shifts and the consequences, 7) virtually no overlap of information between chapters, but targeted, inter-chapter referrals, 8) suggestions of areas for future research, and 9) bal anced, data-driven answers to patient questions which are based upon the totality of evidence rather than the findings of any single study. The series volumes are not the outcome of a symposium. Rather, each editor has the potential to examine a chosen area with a broad perspective, both in subject matter as well as in the choice of chapter authors. The international perspective, especially with regard to public health initiatives, is emphasized where appropriate. The editors, whose trainings are both research and practice oriented, have the opportunity to develop a primary objec tive for their book; define the scope and focus, and then invite the leading authorities from around the world to be part of their initiative. The authors are encouraged to provide an overview of the field, discuss their own research and relate the research findings to potential human health consequences.
| ISBN | 9781617370908 |
| Call Number | 612.3 '924 |
| Publisher | Humana Press |
| Year | 2010 |
| Language | English |
| Pages | 399 |
| Material Type | Book |
| Acquired | 23 Jul 2026 |
This work delivers the straightforward visual guidance you need to confidently perform all of the dissections required during your medical training, while acquiring the practical anatomical knowledge needed in your future clinical practice.
| ISBN | 9780702073335 |
| Call Number | 611 |
| Year | 2019 |
| Language | English |
| Material Type | Book |
| Acquired | 10 Jul 2026 |
Think Smarter, Create Better Strategies, and Get Results Beyond Your Expectations. Does reality fail to meet your expectations? Do you fall short of your goals over and over again? Do you feel overwhelmed, unsure what the best course of action to follow next? If so, Master Your Thinking is for you Author and coach, Thibaut Meurisse, wants you to think smarter so that you can take better actions and reach your goals faster. In his latest book, you'll learn a step-by-step method to think more effectively so that you can develop reliable strategies and finally achieve tangible results. In Master Your Thinking, you'll discover: Why your current thinking is flawed (and what exactly you can do about it) How to create highly effective strategies that deliver incredible results 5 common biases that distort your thinking (and how to overcome them) 11 powerful questions that will turn you into a super thinker The secrets to align yourself with reality and get tangible results And much more. Master Your Thinking is your must-read guide to help you think more accurately so you can finally achieve your goals. If you like easy-to-understand strategies, practical exercises, and no-nonsense teaching, you will love this book. Buy Master Your Thinking today, and you will think better and get better results! This is book five in the Mastery Series. The first four are: Book 1 - Master Your Emotions: A Practical Guide to Overcome Negativity and Better Manage Your Feelings. Book 2 - Master Your Motivation: A Practical Guide to Unstick yourself, Build Momentum and Sustain Long-Term Motivation. Book 3 - Master Your Focus: A Practical Guide to Stop Chasing the Next Thing and Focus on What Matters Until It's Done. Book 4 - Master Your Destiny: A Practical Guide to Rewrite Your Story and Become the Person You Want to Be.
| ISBN | 9798514848386 |
| Call Number | F |
| Publisher | Independently Published |
| Year | 2021 |
| Language | English |
| Pages | 232 |
| Material Type | Book |
| Acquired | 08 Jul 2026 |
The Ultimate Guide to Reset your Brain
| ISBN | 9781685248017 |
| Call Number | f |
| Publisher | Forever Shinings Publication |
| Year | 2021 |
| Language | English |
| Pages | 141 |
| Material Type | Book |
| Acquired | 08 Jul 2026 |
From the bestselling author of The Psychology of Money and Same as Ever, lessons on harnessing the power of money to live a happier life Most of us don’t know how to spend money. We chase things that impress others but leave us cold. Or we save endlessly, afraid to spend on what would actually make life better. We confuse admiration with envy, comfort with excess, and utility with status. The Art of Spending Money doesn't provide budgets, hacks, or one-size-fits-all solutions. It gives you understanding of how your relationship with money shapes your decisions—and how to reshape it so money works for you. Morgan Housel’s work has helped millions rethink how they earn, save, and invest. Now he turns his attention to the other side of the equation: how to spend. With insight and warmth, he shows why the most valuable return on investment is peace of mind, why expectations matter more than income, and why doing well with money has less to do with spreadsheets and more to do with self-awareness. This book isn’t about getting rich. It’s about getting the most out of what you already have—and learning to want what’s worth wanting.
| ISBN | 9780593716632 |
| Call Number | F |
| Publisher | Penguin |
| Year | 2025 |
| Language | English |
| Pages | 257 |
| Material Type | Book |
| Acquired | 07 Jul 2026 |
Essential themes in the development of the life sciences during the nineteenth century.
| ISBN | 9780521292931 |
| Call Number | 516 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| Year | 1977 |
| Language | English |
| Pages | 204 |
| Material Type | Book |
| Acquired | 13 Jun 2026 |
He’s a man who’s used to getting what he wants, but she’s not the type of woman to take things lying down.… Born into a world of crime, Mitya Amurov has had a hard life, and his leopard has developed into a feral beast to protect him. It’s constantly trying to claw its way to the surface, until a chance encounter with a stranger instantly calms the predator inside him. While Mitya wants Ania desperately, it’s only a matter of time before his past catches up with him, and he’d rather die than put her in danger. But Ania is dealing with dangers of her own.… Considering her family’s history, Ania Dover should know better than to get mixed up with a criminal like Mitya, but she just can’t stay away. Something wild in her responds to his presence. A need so strong it scares her. But she’s not sure she can accept what he’s offering. Ania has always been an independent woman, and Mitya expects to be obeyed in all things. Even with her body calling out for his, Ania won’t let anything stop her from settling a deadly score years in the making—not even the man who wants to claim her as his mate. “The queen of paranormal romance.…I love everything [Feehan] does.â€â€”#1 New York Times bestselling author J. R. Ward
| ISBN | 9781984803542 |
| Call Number | F |
| Publisher | Penguin |
| Year | 2019 |
| Language | English |
| Pages | 433 |
| Material Type | Book |
| Acquired | 06 Jun 2026 |
Gusto, kijana mdogo wa shule, hakurithi mali ya marehemu baba yake tu, bali pia amerithi tunguri zake, madaraka yake ya kiwanga na mlolongo mzima wa visa, visasi na vinyongo vya baba yake. Urithi huu unamtoa Gusto katika ulimwengu wa wachawi. Hatimaye, baada ya kupambana na vitimbi, hasara na mikasa ya kutisha, inambidi Gusto akate shauri kati ya kuyatekeleza matakwa ya marehemu baba yake na kuyatimiza matakwa ya dhamiri yake binafsi na ya jumuiya yake inayotafuta maendeleo ya kisasa. Mvutano unaotokea unaukiuka uwezo wake alioupata shuleni, na kutisha kumrarua vipande vipande... Hiki ni kisa cha kutisha na kutaharakisha, kinachotuingiza katika undani wa uganga wa uchawi na mazingaombwe, na hatimaye kutuacha tukijiuliza kama kweli mambo hayo yanayo manufaa yoyote kwa jamii yetu au ni doa na mirathi ya hatari tu katika utamaduni wetu. Gusto, the little school boy, did not inherit anything material from his father, but did inherit his witchcraft; its power, reprisals and vindictiveness.
| ISBN | 9789976102451 |
| Call Number | fiction |
| Publisher | African Books Collective |
| Year | 2016 |
| Language | Kiswahili |
| Pages | 86 |
| Material Type | Book |
| Acquired | 06 Jun 2026 |
Interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA) is a qualitative research approach committed to the examination of how people make sense of their major life experiences. This handy text covers its theoretical foundations and provides a detailed guide to conducting IPA research.
| ISBN | 9781529780796 |
| Call Number | 001.42 |
| Publisher | SAGE |
| Year | 2021 |
| Language | English |
| Pages | 241 |
| Material Type | Book |
| Subjects | Psychology |
FUNDAMENTALS OF INSURANCE, 2E, International Edition combines hands-on activities, examples from news-making companies, creative special features, and solid content to give your students a full understanding of insurance. Extensive use of activities help students better understand the importance of insurance and how it affects them today—and through to their retirement days.Insurance careers are integrated throughout the text, as well as being provided as a focus in their own chapter. Research questions require students to make contact with the insurance world where they will get additional career information and bring interest and realism into the classroom. Students learn the importance of risk management, property and auto insurance, health coverage, insurance rates, claims procedures, careers in insurance, annuities and planning for retirement.
| ISBN | 9781439042090 |
| Call Number | 368 |
| Publisher | Cengage Learning |
| Year | 2009 |
| Language | English |
| Pages | 296 |
| Material Type | Book |
| Subjects | Insurance |
Focusing on the conceptual understanding of psychometric issues such as validity and reliability this textbook introduces psychometric principles at a level that goes into more detail than introductory undergraduate texts, yet also more intuitive than more technical publications intended for postgraduate level. By emphasizing conceptual development and practical significance over mathematical proofs, this book assists students in appreciating how measurement problems can be addressed and why it is important to address them.
| ISBN | 9781412927604 |
| Call Number | 150.287 |
| Publisher | SAGE |
| Year | 2008 |
| Language | English |
| Pages | 369 |
| Material Type | Book |
| Subjects | Psychology |
This core textbook for foundation degrees covers the content of the 12 core outcomes at the appropriate depth and breadth giving students a complete grounding in the basics of the subject.
| ISBN | 9780435401788 |
| Call Number | 372.1 |
| Publisher | Heinemann |
| Year | 2004 |
| Language | English |
| Pages | 547 |
| Material Type | Book |
| Subjects | Education |
This book on the economics of livestock disease insurance is organized into three major parts. Following an introduction (chapters 1-2), part II (chapters 3-8) includes a variety of discussions about what is known about how to build a livestock insurance programme. It begins with a look at the conceptual basis for government involvement in the management of livestock diseases, including prevention, control, regulation and eradication. This discussion is picked up by looking at incentive compatibility and insurability conditions in the private sector, emphasizing how livestock disease management is unique. Compensation is also examined, including what losses should be compensated, choosing a method to value the losses, determining the portion of losses to compensate, and outlining a potential role for insurance. Finally, the complexity of the risks at the farm level is demonstrated using a model that evaluates revenue insurance. Part III (chapters 9-20) offers a diverse discussion about disease management issues and programmes in Australia, Canada, Europe and the USA. These chapters include more discussion about how to build economically sound insurance programmes, and observations are based on modelling or observing case studies. The book has a subject index.
| ISBN | 9780851990774 |
| Call Number | 368.56 |
| Publisher | CABI |
| Year | 2006 |
| Language | English |
| Pages | 274 |
| Material Type | Book |
| Subjects | Technology & Engineering |
Following theseminal Palgrave Handbook of Econometrics: Volume I , this second volume brings together the finestacademicsworking in econometrics today andexploresapplied econometrics, containing contributions onsubjects includinggrowth/development econometrics and applied econometrics and computing.
| ISBN | 9781403918000 |
| Call Number | 366.44 |
| Publisher | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Year | 2009 |
| Language | English |
| Pages | 1388 |
| Material Type | Book |
| Subjects | Business & Economics |
| ISBN | 9780750106733 |
| Call Number | 370 |
| Publisher | Trans-Atlantic Publications |
| Year | 1993 |
| Language | English |
| Pages | 121 |
| Material Type | Book |
| Subjects | Elementary school teaching |
| Year | 2005 |
| Language | English |
| Pages | 678 |
| Material Type | Book |
| Subjects | Psychology |
A guide for information professionals and senior managers which recognises the unique and diverse nature of the voluntary/not-for-profit sector. Designed to help them develop their information services in the context of the sector's varied and evolving needs. Demonstrates, with practical case studies, the role of the information function, how it strengthens strategic and operational aspects of voluntary organisation management. Contributors include experienced practitioners in the sector. Students of voluntary sector management will also find this an invaluable textbook. Contents: Preface; Introduction; Introducing the voluntary sector; Charity financial reporting, fiscal matters and governance; Managing change in the voluntary sector; Information and communication in the voluntary sector; The role of information in developing policy; International perspectives; Managing the library and information service in a voluntary organisation; User services; Developing new products and services, including electronic publishing; Acquiring and organising material; Library automation for voluntary organisations; Knowledge management: why get involved with the Internet?; Copyright and information: issues in protection and liability; Records management and archives in the voluntary sector; Staffing issues; Marketing the information service in a voluntary sector organisation. Case studies: Archives and records management at Leonard Cheshire Foundation; Christian Aid: evaluation of library services; Library automation at the NSPCC Library; Launching a web page: Alcohol Concern; Information audit at Charities Aid Foundation; Information collection and dissemination in an international context: the case of CRIN. Appendix: electronic information resources for the voluntary and community sector. Index.
| ISBN | 9780851423944 |
| Call Number | 366.0068 |
| Publisher | Routledge |
| Year | 1998 |
| Language | English |
| Pages | 450 |
| Material Type | Book |
| Subjects | Language Arts & Disciplines |
| Year | 1970 |
| Language | English |
| Pages | 92 |
| Material Type | Book |
| Subjects | African American businesspeople |
This book will help early years educators understand the nature, form, and content of the curriculum for children aged 3 to 7 and the most appropriate ways of presenting it.
| ISBN | 9780761941064 |
| Call Number | 370.15 |
| Publisher | Paul Chapman Educational Publishing |
| Year | 2003 |
| Language | English |
| Pages | 224 |
| Material Type | Book |
| Subjects | Education |
Appendix II Basic Statute of Incorporation (first page) -- Appendix III List of Award and Honors Recipients -- Appendix IV List of WSV Hosted Events -- Chapter 20: Victimology and Victims' Service Organizations -- Objectives -- Introduction -- American Society of Victimology -- Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences -- American Society of Criminology -- National Organization for Victim Assistance -- Victims' Assistance Legal Organization -- U.S. Office for Victims of Crime -- National Survey of Victim Service Providers -- Mothers Against Drunk Drivers -- United Kingdom Victim Support -- Victim Services in Canada -- Discussion Questions -- Notes -- Chapter 21: Victims and the Media -- Objectives -- Introduction -- General Issues That Might Arise in Dealing with the Media -- The Negative and Positive Side of Talking to the Media -- Role of Service Providers -- Case Study: Homicide, Victims and Broadcast Trials-Remembering Reeva Steenkamp -- Summary -- Discussion Questions -- Notes -- References -- List of Contributors -- Index
| ISBN | 9781138184718 |
| Call Number | 364.1 |
| Publisher | Routledge |
| Year | 2017 |
| Language | English |
| Pages | 292 |
| Material Type | Book |
| Subjects | Criminal justice, Administration of |
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