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Product Description: The developing world will continue to be hardest hit by the cascading effects of humanâdriven climate change, environmental degradation, and population pressures. Fires, droughts, and floods from [the 1998s] El Niño claimed 21,000 lives while the deforestation in Chinaâs Yangtze basin contributed to the flooding which affected the lives of 180 million people...read more
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9781515071907 | Createspace Independent Pub, July 16, 2015, cover price $12.95 | About this edition: The developing world will continue to be hardest hit by the cascading effects of humanâdriven climate change, environmental degradation, and population pressures.
Product Description: In this first module of An NGO Training Guide for Peace Corps Volunteers, you build on your experiences with nonprofit organizations in the United States to gain an understanding of the critical role nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) play in developing civil societies...read more
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9781507829295 | Createspace Independent Pub, February 3, 2015, cover price $12.95 | About this edition: In this first module of An NGO Training Guide for Peace Corps Volunteers, you build on your experiences with nonprofit organizations in the United States to gain an understanding of the critical role nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) play in developing civil societies.
Product Description: This booklet is designed to help answer the most frequently asked questions from family and friends. It also provides information that can alleviate concerns and facilitate a supporting role in the Volunteerâs success. The love and encouragement from folks âback homeâ is tremendously helpful for Volunteers as they embark on the experience of a lifetime...read more
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9781503298149 | Createspace Independent Pub, November 20, 2014, cover price $12.95 | About this edition: This booklet is designed to help answer the most frequently asked questions from family and friends.
Product Description: The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan is a modern, Middle Eastern, sovereign state, which was established in the middle of the 20th century. The geographical area in which Jordan is situated has a fascinating history of settlement and organized community life stretching back almost 9,000 years...read more
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9781502412232 | Createspace Independent Pub, September 24, 2014, cover price $12.95 | About this edition: The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan is a modern, Middle Eastern, sovereign state, which was established in the middle of the 20th century.
Product Description: The roots of the Georgian people extend deep in history and their cultural heritage is rich. The ancient kingdoms of Colchis and Kartli-Iberia occupied the region of present-day Georgia. The dominion of the Roman Empire extended to the area in the first centuries A...read more
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9781502411808 | Createspace Independent Pub, September 24, 2014, cover price $12.95 | About this edition: The roots of the Georgian people extend deep in history and their cultural heritage is rich.
Product Description: The Republic of Macedonia is a small, landlocked country in the Balkan Peninsula, bordered on the north by the newly independent Kosovo and Serbia, on the east by Bulgaria, on the south by Greece, and on the west by Albania. It forms part of the historical region of greater Macedonia, the rest of which is now in Greece and Bulgaria...read more
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9781502412430 | Createspace Independent Pub, September 24, 2014, cover price $12.95 | About this edition: The Republic of Macedonia is a small, landlocked country in the Balkan Peninsula, bordered on the north by the newly independent Kosovo and Serbia, on the east by Bulgaria, on the south by Greece, and on the west by Albania.
Product Description: Albanians are descendants of the ancient Illyrians, and their history can be traced back to the Bronze Age in about 2000 B.C. Their name comes from the Albanoi tribe of Illyrians, and their language forms its own branch of the Indo-European language phylum, a group also containing the Slavic, Celtic, Germanic and Romance languages...read more
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9781502410986 | Createspace Independent Pub, September 24, 2014, cover price $12.95 | About this edition: Albanians are descendants of the ancient Illyrians, and their history can be traced back to the Bronze Age in about 2000 B.
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9781502348227 | Createspace Independent Pub, September 24, 2014, cover price $12.95
Product Description: The Kyrgyz Republic is a beautiful, mountainous country in Central Asia that is bordered by Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, and China. There is little contemporary documented history about the Kyrgyz people and their land, as the Soviets Russified the indigenous ethnic groups and cultures across the Soviet Union...read more
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9781502412331 | Createspace Independent Pub, September 18, 2014, cover price $12.95 | About this edition: The Kyrgyz Republic is a beautiful, mountainous country in Central Asia that is bordered by Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, and China.
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9781502411402 | Createspace Independent Pub, September 18, 2014, cover price $12.95
Product Description: The history of Mongolia spans more than 500,000 years. Archaeological excavations throughout the country have revealed artifacts from the Stone and Bronze Ages. The prehistoric inhabitants of Mongolia are culturally linked to Central Asia, not China, in that they were nomadic herders, not settled cultivators...read more
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9781502413314 | Createspace Independent Pub, September 18, 2014, cover price $12.95 | About this edition: The history of Mongolia spans more than 500,000 years.
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9781502412935 | Createspace Independent Pub, September 18, 2014, cover price $12.95
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9781502415592 | Createspace Independent Pub, September 18, 2014, cover price $12.95
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9781502411594 | Createspace Independent Pub, September 18, 2014, cover price $12.95
Product Description: Although repeatedly invaded, conquered, and ruled by others, Armenia has preserved its national and cultural identity for more than 2,600 years. Armenians take great pride in the fact that for a few generations during the time of Pompeii and Julius Caesar, Armenia was powerful enough to challenge the Roman Empire...read more
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9781502411082 | Createspace Independent Pub, September 18, 2014, cover price $12.95 | About this edition: Although repeatedly invaded, conquered, and ruled by others, Armenia has preserved its national and cultural identity for more than 2,600 years.
Product Description: In 1235, the Malinke people of the small state of Kangaba became involved in a struggle for independence. Their leader, a young man named Sundiata Keita, fielded an impressive army to meet the intruding Tekrur forces. The decisive battle was fought on a plain just north of present-day Bamako, and Sundiata emerged victorious...read more
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9781502412720 | Createspace Independent Pub, September 18, 2014, cover price $12.95 | About this edition: In 1235, the Malinke people of the small state of Kangaba became involved in a struggle for independence.
Product Description: Azerbaijan is one of humanityâs most ancient sites. There were inhabited settlements in Azerbaijan even at the earliest stages of human development, and people have been present throughout history. States mainly inhabited by people of Turkic origin have existed in the territory of historical Azerbaijan since the third millennium B...read more
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9781502411334 | Createspace Independent Pub, September 18, 2014, cover price $12.95 | About this edition: Azerbaijan is one of humanityâs most ancient sites.
Product Description: Guyana was named by its first people, the Amerindians semi-nomadic tribes who lived by hunting and fishing. To them, this was a rich land with plenty of water for farming and fishing. They called it Guiana, meaning land of many waters...read more
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9781502411914 | Createspace Independent Pub, September 18, 2014, cover price $12.95 | About this edition: Guyana was named by its first people, the Amerindians semi-nomadic tribes who lived by hunting and fishing.
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9781502411679 | Createspace Independent Pub, September 18, 2014, cover price $12.95
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9781502413147 | Createspace Independent Pub, September 18, 2014, cover price $12.95
Product Description: Romania, one of the most populous countries of eastern Europe, has a rich and complex history. Its culture has evolved over centuries and is a product of many conquering tribes and empires whose civilizations eventually blended together...read more
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9781502414847 | Createspace Independent Pub, September 18, 2014, cover price $12.95 | About this edition: Romania, one of the most populous countries of eastern Europe, has a rich and complex history.
Product Description: Fiji became a British Crown colony in October of 1874. In 1970, the nation became self-governing under the British Commonwealth. Fiji was converted into a republic after a 1987 military coup, but rejoined the commonwealth in 1997...read more
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9781502411723 | Createspace Independent Pub, September 18, 2014, cover price $12.95 | About this edition: Fiji became a British Crown colony in October of 1874.
Product Description: The modern history of Samoa began with the arrival of John Williams and his team from the London Missionary Society in 1830. British, German, and American consulates were later established in Apia. By the 1890s, Samoa was divided between Germany and the United States...read more
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9781502415103 | Createspace Independent Pub, September 18, 2014, cover price $12.95 | About this edition: The modern history of Samoa began with the arrival of John Williams and his team from the London Missionary Society in 1830.
Product Description: Madagascar, as the fourth largest island in the world, is often called the âeighth continent.â Madagascar has been settled in the past 200 years by people from Asia and Africa, yet its culture is neither African nor Asian, but an intriguing blend of the two that is uniquely Malagasy...read more
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9781502349101 | Createspace Independent Pub, September 17, 2014, cover price $12.95 | About this edition: Madagascar, as the fourth largest island in the world, is often called the âeighth continent.
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9781502356888 | Createspace Independent Pub, September 17, 2014, cover price $12.95
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