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Qatar, Birth of a Nation

by Brian Nicholls ...

In recent years it has been largely overlooked how one of the world’s smallest but wealthiest nations, Qatar, has helped lift Britain out of double-dip recession and an early energy crisis. This handsomely repaid its one-time protector for preventing its own near slide into oblivion 70 years earlier.Against a wider portrait of Middle East energy development, convoluted workings and lost ... Read more

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In recent years it has been largely overlooked how one of the world’s smallest but wealthiest nations, Qatar, has helped lift Britain out of double-dip recession and an early energy crisis. This handsomely repaid its one-time protector for preventing its own near slide into oblivion 70 years earlier.Against a wider portrait of Middle East energy development, convoluted workings and lost
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Chloe’s Dogma: Five Simple Teachings from Our Rescue On Leading a Happy Life

by Brian Nichols, Todd Wiggins, Andrew Evans ...

Occasionally in life, fate places something or someone on your path, and your life is blessed in a way that you never could have predicted. Chloe’s Dogma is one of those stories; the meeting of two people with a dog named Chloe. In her adventures, Chloe survives a series of near misses – overcoming adversity and neglect along the way to finding her forever family. In the time since Brian Nichols ... Read more

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Occasionally in life, fate places something or someone on your path, and your life is blessed in a way that you never could have predicted. Chloe’s Dogma is one of those stories; the meeting of two people with a dog named Chloe. In her adventures, Chloe survives a series of near misses – overcoming adversity and neglect along the way to finding her forever family. In the time since Brian Nichols
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Taking Charge with Value Investing: How to Choose the Best Investments According to Price, Performance, & Valuation to Build a Winning Portfolio

by Brian Nichols ...

THE ALHPA SEEKER’S GUIDE TO VALUE STOCKSWhen to buy them. How long to hold them. When to sell them.“This book will be welcomed by anyone looking to break free from their financial advisor and manage their own savings.”—DAVID JACKSON, founder and CEO, Seeking Alpha®“The world is an uncertain place. This uncertainty impacts the financial markets as much, if not more, than any other space. But don’t ... Read more

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THE ALHPA SEEKER’S GUIDE TO VALUE STOCKSWhen to buy them. How long to hold them. When to sell them.“This book will be welcomed by anyone looking to break free from their financial advisor and manage their own savings.”—DAVID JACKSON, founder and CEO, Seeking Alpha®“The world is an uncertain place. This uncertainty impacts the financial markets as much, if not more, than any other space. But don’t
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Lotus Blossoms and Purple Clouds

Monastic Buddhism in Post-Mao China

by Brian J. Nichols, Mark Michael Rowe ...

Series series Contemporary Buddhism
Southeast China is a traditional stronghold of Buddhism, but little scholarly attention has been paid to this fact. Brian Nichols’s pioneering book, Lotus Blossoms and Purple Clouds, centers on a large Buddhist monastery in Quanzhou and combines ethnographic detail with stimulating analysis to examine religion in post-Mao China. Nichols conducted more than twenty-six months of field research over ... Read more

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Southeast China is a traditional stronghold of Buddhism, but little scholarly attention has been paid to this fact. Brian Nichols’s pioneering book, Lotus Blossoms and Purple Clouds, centers on a large Buddhist monastery in Quanzhou and combines ethnographic detail with stimulating analysis to examine religion in post-Mao China. Nichols conducted more than twenty-six months of field research over
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Life in a Call Centre

by Gray Nicholls, Brian Von Blimp ...

Life in a Call Centre: Volume 1 pulls back the curtain on one of the most demanding yet overlooked workplaces in the modern world. In these pages, you'll meet employees who thrive on the chaos, those clawing their way up the corporate ladder, and others simply trying to make it through the day. Across the UK, Asia, and beyond, call centre workers juggle relentless calls, high-pressure targets, and ... Read more

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Life in a Call Centre: Volume 1 pulls back the curtain on one of the most demanding yet overlooked workplaces in the modern world. In these pages, you'll meet employees who thrive on the chaos, those clawing their way up the corporate ladder, and others simply trying to make it through the day. Across the UK, Asia, and beyond, call centre workers juggle relentless calls, high-pressure targets, and
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Buddhist Tourism in Asia

by Mark Michael Rowe, David Geary, John Marston, John N. Miksic, Matthew Steven Mitchell, Brian J. Nichols, Ian Reader, Justin R. Ritzinger, Matthew J. Trew, Elizabeth Williams-Oerberg ...

Series series Contemporary Buddhism
This innovative collaborative work—the first to focus on Buddhist tourism—explores how Buddhists, government organizations, business corporations, and individuals in Asia participate in re-imaginings of Buddhism through tourism. Contributors from religious studies, anthropology, and art history examine sacred places and religious monuments as they have been shaped and reshaped by socioeconomic and ... Read more

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This innovative collaborative work—the first to focus on Buddhist tourism—explores how Buddhists, government organizations, business corporations, and individuals in Asia participate in re-imaginings of Buddhism through tourism. Contributors from religious studies, anthropology, and art history examine sacred places and religious monuments as they have been shaped and reshaped by socioeconomic and
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Colossians and Philemon

A Pastoral and Contextual Commentary

by Brian Wintle, Bruce J. Nicholls ...

Series series Asia Bible Commentary Series
Paul’s epistle to the Colossians was written to a group of Christians who still held on to their past Jewish and pagan traditions alongside their faith in Christ. To help these believers, Paul provided guidance on how to deal with their past, showing them how faith in Christ brings new meaning to their situation. Similarly, in his epistle to Philemon, Paul addresses a culture where slavery was a ... Read more

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Paul’s epistle to the Colossians was written to a group of Christians who still held on to their past Jewish and pagan traditions alongside their faith in Christ. To help these believers, Paul provided guidance on how to deal with their past, showing them how faith in Christ brings new meaning to their situation. Similarly, in his epistle to Philemon, Paul addresses a culture where slavery was a
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The Golden Arrow (Unabridged)

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by Mary WEBB ...

Narrated by Louise Nichols, Brian Davis, Ma Allen, James Burgess ...

Unabridged

8 hours 43 min

Deborah, a young girl from a Shropshire farm family, falls so deeply in love with the new preacher that she agrees to live with him as man and wife without marriage. She instinctively understands that finding love is like finding the mystical golden arrow--a lesson that Stephen has yet to learn. Their relationship, combining the most pragmatic aspects of rural life with a sublime vision of the ... Read more

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Deborah, a young girl from a Shropshire farm family, falls so deeply in love with the new preacher that she agrees to live with him as man and wife without marriage. She instinctively understands that finding love is like finding the mystical golden arrow--a lesson that Stephen has yet to learn. Their relationship, combining the most pragmatic aspects of rural life with a sublime vision of the
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The Freelands (Unabridged)

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by John GALSWORTHY ...

Narrated by Kathrine Lucero, Loretta Nichols, Brian Greene, Beth Moore ...

Unabridged

9 hours 47 min

The Freelands family is a mixture: Tod Freeland is an uncommunicative gentle giant, his wife Kirsteen passionate and free-spoken, Felix is a literary man, Stanley the man of business, John is in politics. Their mother is a practical uncomprehending old lady while Nedda and Derek, the younger generation and cousins, fall head over heels in love. The story revolves around the ‘land question’ which ... Read more

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The Freelands family is a mixture: Tod Freeland is an uncommunicative gentle giant, his wife Kirsteen passionate and free-spoken, Felix is a literary man, Stanley the man of business, John is in politics. Their mother is a practical uncomprehending old lady while Nedda and Derek, the younger generation and cousins, fall head over heels in love. The story revolves around the ‘land question’ which
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The Monkey's Paw

by W.W. Jacobs ...

Narrated by Brian J. Gill, Sara Nichols, Kevin Theis ...

Unabridged

27 min

"The Monkey's Paw" is the best-known work of writer W.W. Jacobs. Generally acknowledged as one of the most disturbing and brilliant works of short horror fiction ever created, the story was first published in a larger collection of scary stories released in 1902 called "The Lady of the Barge." When the story begins, we meet the White family - an older couple and their adult son - who are given a ... Read more

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"The Monkey's Paw" is the best-known work of writer W.W. Jacobs. Generally acknowledged as one of the most disturbing and brilliant works of short horror fiction ever created, the story was first published in a larger collection of scary stories released in 1902 called "The Lady of the Barge." When the story begins, we meet the White family - an older couple and their adult son - who are given a
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Figures of Buddhist Modernity in Asia

by Dr. Ian G. Baird, Corey L. Bell, Dr. Stephen C. Berkwitz, Dr. Anya Bernstein, Dr. Kalzang Dorjee Bhutia, Jane E. Caple, Jack Meng-Tat Chia, Dr. Sienna Craig, Dr. William Elison, Christoph Emmrich, Grant Evans, Paul J. Farrelly, Dr. Jane M. Ferguson, Gareth Fisher, Daniel G. Friedrich, Florence Galmiche, Dr. Michele R. Gamburd, Professor Holly Gayley, Professor David N. Gellner, Tim Graf, Elizabeth Guthrie, Elizabeth J. Harris, Dr. Sandya Hewamanne, Professor Amy Holmes-Tagchungdarpa, Dr. Sarah H. Jacoby, Michael Jerryson, Professor Irving Chan Johnson, Hiroko Kawanami, Professor Daniel W. Kent, Susanne Ryuyin Kerekes, Hwansoo Ilmee Kim, Tongthida Krawengit, Judy Ledgerwood, Jun-Youb (JY) Lee, Jacques P. Leider, Dr. Chiara Letizia, Sarah LeVine, Professor Charlene Makley, John Marston, Levi McLaughlin, Dr. David L. McMahan, Dr. Leigh Miller, John K. Nelson, Carina Pichler, Dr. Visisya Pinthongvijayakul, Justin R. Ritzinger, Dr. Roger Casas (Ruiz), Dr. Gregory A. Scott, Arthid Sheravanichkul, Nicolas Sihlé, Jessica Starling, Gitanjali Surendran, Professor Nicola Tannenbaum, Dr. Antonio Terrone, Dr. Ashley Thompson, Professor Jonathan S. Walters, Holly High, Brian J. Nichols, Stefania Travagnin ...

This book introduces contemporary Buddhists from across Asia and from various walks of life. Eschewing traditional hagiographies, the editors have collected sixty-six profiles of individuals who would be excluded from most Buddhist histories and ethnographies. In addition to monks and nuns, readers will encounter artists, psychologists, social workers, part-time priests, healers, and librarians as ... Read more

$71.99 USD

This book introduces contemporary Buddhists from across Asia and from various walks of life. Eschewing traditional hagiographies, the editors have collected sixty-six profiles of individuals who would be excluded from most Buddhist histories and ethnographies. In addition to monks and nuns, readers will encounter artists, psychologists, social workers, part-time priests, healers, and librarians as
... Read more
Latin* Students in Engineering

An Intentional Focus on a Growing Population

by Tonisha B. Lane, Maria L Espino, Morgan Nichols, Brian D Le, Blanca Rincón, René Hernandez, Erin Doran, Elizabeth Turochy, Michael Perez, Cristina Poleacovschi, Timothy Yuen, Dina Verdín, Renata Revelo, Janice Mejía, Da'Shay Portis Templeton, Hector E Rodriguez-Simmonds, Leonardo Pollettini Marcos, Cristián Vargas-Ordóñez, Kevin Jay Kaufman-Ortiz, Selyna Pérez Beverly, Lisa R Lattuca, Taryn Ozuna Allen, Christine Hall, Courtney Matthews, Lisette E Torres, Krystal Peralez, Elsa Gonzalez, Emma Claudia Perez, Diana Garza, Adriana Facundo, Ulises Trujillo Garcia, Esther Enright ...

Winner of the American Association of Hispanics in Higher Education Edited Volume Book of the Year AwardWinner of the 2026 Distinguished Contributions to Gender Equity in Educational Research Award from the American Educational Research AssociationThe growing population of engineering students who identify as Latin* are underrepresented in the field of engineering. Latin* refers to an individual ... Read more

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Winner of the American Association of Hispanics in Higher Education Edited Volume Book of the Year AwardWinner of the 2026 Distinguished Contributions to Gender Equity in Educational Research Award from the American Educational Research AssociationThe growing population of engineering students who identify as Latin* are underrepresented in the field of engineering. Latin* refers to an individual
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Buddhist Tourism in Asia

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