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  • Ecology and Flora of Qornayel, Lebanon – Al Salam Village
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    Ecology and Flora of Qornayel, Lebanon – Al Salam Village
    Samira Omar Asem

    A village situated in Qornayel, within Mount Lebanon, was founded in 2003, integrating seamlessly with the exceptional natural environment of the region. The area’s distinctive geological formations, rugged valley cliffs, verdant vegetation, and varied plant species have influenced the author, who has been conducting ecological and botanical research in the locality since 2009.


    This publication acts as a comprehensive reference to the flora of Al Salam Village in Qornayel, offering novel insights into local species supported by photographic documentation obtained during field surveys led by the author. Additionally, it covers topics such as geology, cultural heritage, forest ecosystems, rock types, wildlife, and plant nomenclature. The study catalogued 160 species with 334 photos, representing approximately 6.1% of Lebanon’s total flora. The findings highlight the importance of ongoing conservation initiatives and ecological monitoring to safeguard Qornayel’s biodiversity.

    £27.99
  • The 20% They Write Off
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    The 20% They Write Off
    Taylor S. Elliard

    We were at our wit’s end and couldn’t figure out why my son was having problems with seemingly everything. Was it environmental, hereditary, induced by something else or all of these factors combined? He was falling through the cracks at school, the 20% they write off. The answer came to us when he was 14, at the end of 8th grade, in a documentary on TV. The problem was finally solved, BUT was it too late to help him?

    £10.99
  • Public–Private Partnerships Financing Globally
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    Public–Private Partnerships Financing Globally
    Dr. the Hon. Linford A. Pierson, OBE, JP

    This book is an important contribution to understanding how Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) are redefining infrastructural development worldwide, emphasising strategies and case studies relevant to Small Island Developing States (SIDS) and United Kingdom Overseas Territories (UKOTs), such as the Cayman Islands. The author brilliantly weaves in the transformative potential of AI, offering a roadmap for harnessing innovation for sustainable development.Drawing on insights from global initiatives, policy frameworks, and industry innovations, this book aims to serve as a guide for policymakers, practitioners, and scholars seeking to navigate the evolving landscape of infrastructure financing.Dr the Hon. Linford A. Pierson, OBE, JP, PhD, is a distinguished Caymanian with experience in public finance, governance, and infrastructure development. He holds several postgraduate degrees. He is a qualified accountant and a certified PPP professional.

    £11.99
  • A Case for AI Ethics to Achieve Sustainability
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    A Case for AI Ethics to Achieve Sustainability
    Thami Msubo

    What if the real power of AI isn’t in its speed, data, or dominance but in its ability to serve humanity with conscience, dignity, and sustainability?


    In A Case for AI Ethics to Achieve Sustainability, Thami Msubo, a South African thought leader and workplace diplomat bridging shopfloor realities and boardroom decisions, delivers a bold and timely blueprint for aligning artificial intelligence with ethical leadership, measurable outcomes, and the UN SDGs. Inspired by Al pioneer Geoffrey Hinton and heeding Stephen Hawking’s stark warning that Al could pose an existential threat to humanity, Msubo introduces four transformative dimensions.


    First, the Ethical AI Manifesto, a values-driven vision rooted in Ubuntu, ‘I am because we are’, which champions human dignity, privacy, shared prosperity, accountability, and others.


    Second, the Ubuntu Ethical AI Framework, a practical tool with measurable KPIs that track AI’s impact on workplace wellbeing, social inclusion, and long-term sustainability.


    Third, the Circle of Evolutionary Learning, a forward-looking model that ensures ethical knowledge is passed from one generation to the next.


    Fourth, the Sovereign AI Wealth Fund (SAIWF), an economic justice which ensures that automation royalties are paid back to society and displaced workers are reskilled with dignity.


    Written in clear, accessible language, this book makes complex ideas easy to understand and apply. It is for everyone: students, educators, CEOs, policymakers, and concerned citizens. But it makes a powerful appeal to corporations, governments, and multilateral organisations to lead the AI revolution with ethics at its core.


    A powerful voice from the Global South, long excluded from Western-centric AI discourse, Msubo positions South Africa as a global torchbearer and beacon of ethical, human-centred innovation. This book is a moral compass for our digital age.

    £16.99
  • More Money than Bills – Part Two
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    More Money than Bills – Part Two
    Eric Dillingham

    They said I couldn’t have written it. They were right.


    When I handed my first manuscript to my proofreader, her words stung: “Eric, you didn’t write this alone. You don’t have the intelligence.” For a moment, I felt like that unsure kid again, until she finished her thought: “God helped you write this book.”


    She saw what I felt. This wasn’t just a book; it was a calling. A self-taught guide to financial freedom, built from a belief that prosperity isn’t a secret for the few but a future available to all.


    That first book, More Money Than Bills, was just the beginning. This new volume, Part Two, is the culmination of that journey. It’s smarter, clearer, and packed with the refined wisdom and practical steps I wish I’d had from the start. It’s designed not just to guide you but to transform your relationship with money faster and more effectively than ever before.


    If you’re tired of financial stress and ready to build a life of abundance and peace, your journey starts here.


    Your prosperity is waiting. Get ready, get set. And go!

    £13.99
  • A Legal Mind
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    A Legal Mind
    W Robert Griffiths

    This book provides profound and fascinating insight into the way lawyers think and about the way others, including philosophers, think about their thinking. It also considers the nature of legal argument and the deployment of logic, reason and rationality in the exercise of that skill. And the extent to which intuition and instinct play a major role in legal analysis and judicial decision making. The philosophical and conceptual nature of law and its intrinsic and empirical beauty and wonder are explored and illustrated in a perceptive and insightful way.

     

    £17.99
  • Jamaican Patois Dictionary
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    Jamaican Patois Dictionary
    Deeta S. Johnson

    ‘A comprehensive and unique insight into the island and its people.’

    Dive into the vibrant world of Jamaican Patois with Jamaican Patois Translations. This captivating book takes you on a journey through the colorful language of Jamaica, bringing its roots and culture to life.

    From the warm greetings of “W’happen” to the rhythmic expressions of “Mi deh yah,” this book provides a comprehensive collection of translations for everyday phrases, expressions, and playful slang. Whether you’re planning a trip to Jamaica, conducting research, or simply intrigued by its unique linguistic heritage, let this book be your essential guide.

    £11.99
  • How to Be the Grit in the Oyster
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    How to Be the Grit in the Oyster
    Charlie Herbert

    How to Be the Grit in the Oyster delivers a unique and successful model for leading business change in an increasing diverging environment. Change is no longer escapable, businesses are continuously changing yet most transformations fail, often quoted at 75%. This figure has not improved over time. There are articles and books purporting to address this issue and most of these focus on process and defining the change required. This book, based on the authors experience takes a different path. It asserts that at the core of this failure leaders take little account of the impact of the drive for diversity alongside societal diversification and they have failed to adjust their leadership style and delivery models accordingly.

    Our workplace is more diverse than it has ever been. It appears that leaders have been blindsided by the intended consequence of this – that we all think and behave differently. Leadership models and delivery practices have continued to be implemented along historical lines built during the decades of compliant workforces. Younger generations have been freed to think and behave as they wish. A kind of emancipation of diverse thinking.

    To lead in this new paradigm requires a different approach. The Grit in the Oyster achieves three outcomes for the reader. Firstly, to get them to the ‘aha moment’ that we are living in a different environment. Secondly, to get them to realise they need, as leaders, to behave in the right way to create the space for teams to blossom and then finally, a model to build and guide teams to successful outcomes.

    £26.99
  • Public Participation Involvement and Engagement in Cancer Research
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    Public Participation Involvement and Engagement in Cancer Research
    Raymond Gardner

    Patients and the public have a history of participation and advocacy in cancer research, generally for the benefit of future cancer patients rather than themselves. Participation is necessary if drugs and treatments are to be properly tested. Advocacy adds a unique perspective that enables the integration of two valuable and powerful viewpoints, the experiential disease and treatment knowledge, needs and priorities of the patient, and the professional disease and treatment knowledge and priorities of the researcher or clinician. This synergistic combination is a key enabler for focused and relevant diagnostic and treatment advances in cancer research. However, recruitment of the right numbers and profile of patients and the public into participation and advocacy remains a challenge. This book seeks to take the mystery out of participation and advocacy in cancer research trials by explaining the whole process, in lay terms, in the hope that more people will be encouraged to participate and become advocates.

    £18.99
  • SIPS
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    SIPS
    Kevin Rigley

    SIPS: The Molecular Connection Between Immunity & LearningHave you ever wondered why anxiety has become so prevalent in modern society? Or why today’s children seem to be grappling more than ever with depression and other neurofunctional disorders? SIPS: The interaction of the Sympathetic nervous system (NS), Immunity, and Parasympathetic NS.A ground-breaking idea has emerged in the ever-evolving field of immunology and neuroscience, connecting dots we never thought to join. Dive into the riveting exploration of how the very molecules responsible for warding off infections in our bodies play a pivotal role in how we learn and process the world around us.More than just a revelation of interconnected systems, SIPS provides a comprehensive road map to ensure every child navigates the challenges of modern childhood and reaches their full potential. This book unfolds the symbiotic relationship between our body’s defence mechanisms and cognitive functions.At its core, SIPS sheds light on the hidden crisis of childhood mental health and is a call to action to reinvent the nurturing environments that are vital for healthy development.It highlights the urgent need to shift our understanding and approach to well-being. Discover why reviving the innocent smiles of our youth isn’t just a nostalgic endeavour but a societal necessity. Learn practical strategies to protect and nurture the mental health of our young ones, preventing the rising tide of childhood depression.In SIPS, we’re invited to reimagine the future of learning and development and reinvent the essence of healthy childhood for generations to come. With this guide, we step closer to a world where every child’s potential is realised and nurtured.

    £21.99
  • Banking Law and Financial Regulations
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    Banking Law and Financial Regulations
    John Abolarin

    Evaluating the financial accounts of the Royal Bank of Scotland Group, Barclays, HSBC, and Standard Chartered Bank from 2004 – 2018 reveals a taste of the sweetness of success.  It also demonstrates what could go wrong in a mega bank, the crippling price of failure, and the long hard road to recovery.This book is a historical account of the causes of instability in the banking sector in the past 40 years and an evaluation of the effectiveness or otherwise of a range of laws and regulatory measures adopted to remedy financial crises in the UK over the years.In addition, the book provides a broad review of the evolutionary development of banking and financial laws starting with seminal case laws on the subject, the Banking Act 1979, the repealed Banking Act 1987, FSMA 2000, the Company Act 2006, the Banking Reform Act 2013, Basel Accords and sundry EU Directives.  John, a Barrister at Law offered a robust blend of theoretical knowledge and twenty years of practical industry experience in a commercial bank to provide legal perspectives on supervisory models necessary for stability in the banking sector, while promoting justification for creating an enabling environment for wealth creation and economic growth.The Methods and Methodology chapter would be an invaluable companion for postgraduate students and researchers.

    £35.99
  • Performance Calculation Methods for High Speed Sailing Craft
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    Performance Calculation Methods for High Speed Sailing Craft
    Malcolm Barnsley

    This book takes a fresh look at the fundamental physics of sailing, emphasising factors that are unique to high-speed boats, and building logically from the fluid force mechanisms through the hydro and aero components to the numerous boat configurations that now exist.Suitable performance calculations are clearly explained for all the dominant types: Windsurfers, kite surfers, kite foilers, trimaran catamaran, planing monohulls, moths, etc. along with fascinating observations and speculation of the potential for further increase in speed.In addition, the book includes exclusive calculations of the performance in waves for some popular boat types. A selection of the calculations can be downloaded with an access code that comes free with the book.This book should be on any technically minded sailing person’s book shelf!

    £39.99

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