Download or read book Tightening the Reins written by and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Tightening the Reins written by Mehdi Khalaji and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When at age fifty Ali Khamenei, a middle-ranking cleric, was named Ayatollah Khomeini's successor as the Islamic Republic's Supreme Leader, he lacked not only his forerunner's charisma but his religious and political credentials as well. Gradually, however, over nearly two and a half decades, Khamenei has accumulated formidable centralized authority, aided by transformation of the IRGC's role in overseeing the country's politics and economy. He now enjoys the final say on many issues, especially when it comes to foreign policy and the nuclear issue. Ironically, a leader once seen as an inadequate successor to Khomeini may now have accumulated more power than the first Supreme Leader, at least in some areas. This new study by Mehdi Khalaji focuses on explaining the decisionmaking process within Iran's highest political echelon. Setting aside the notion of the Supreme Leader as omnipotent, certain realities and actors can affect his mindset and decisions, but until now, few studies have examined these contingencies with regard to either Khamenei or Khomeini. Practically speaking, a better understanding of the subtleties that drive the Supreme Leader's actions and behavior can help U.S. and other leaders craft a more effective approach to the regime, particularly in light of its emerging nuclear capability.
Download or read book Tightening the reins written by Mehdi Kahlaji and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Outraged written by Tamara Darvish and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2011 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Outraged, an auto insider provides an inspiring account of what it means to lose your rights, property, and, in essence, the American dream. It begins with roughly two thousand men and women whose companies were destroyed by two automakers, General Motors and Chrysler, during their government-led corporate restructurings in 2009. Authors Tamara Darvish, vice president of DARCARS Automotive in Maryland, and Lillie Guyer, a Detroit area automotive journalist, show the collapse of the American dream from the perspective of an entrepreneur who was affected by the automotive industry bailout. In this featurized business story, Outraged details the founding of the activist group Committee to Restore Dealer Rights and its efforts to regain the economic rights of auto dealerships throughout the United States. It tells how they took their fight to Congress and to the steps of the White House. Outraged candidly examines the battles between dealers and the entities that engineered their demise. It also details the pain and the high points in government as its temporary power brokers ignore the significant role of Congress in lawmaking and the rights of ordinary citizens. This personal, controversial account shows what can happen when people unite in a common cause and stand up for what they believe is right.
Download or read book Tut s Queen written by Bela I. Sandor and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2008 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The beautiful Queen Ankh schemes for the crown of the frail Tut. Desperate for a viable son, she toys with the infatuated Carver, an inventive apprentice who spins dreams of becoming great beyond words. Intoxicated, he spies on the royal couple, and becomes embroiled in the intrigues of the court. Ankh learns the chariot-driving technique of warrior pharaohs to prove her legitimacy, but she also drugs and even kills people to suit her aims. Carver plays a crucial role when Tut dies in a reckless attempt to bolster his image. The widowed Ankh sees her dreams crash, but Carver finds fresh beauty under her tears. The story is founded in history, includes important but little known characters, and offers notions of ancient erotica. The narrative has subtle humor and much fantasy such as the pretend-precursor to a passage in the Iliad, or Carver breaking into Tut's tomb to suffer the Pharaoh's revenge.
Download or read book The American Horsewoman written by Elizabeth Karr and published by Library of Alexandria. This book was released on 2020-09-28 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The American Horsewoman written by Mrs. Elizabeth Karr and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2020-08-01 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reproduction of the original: The American Horsewoman by Mrs. Elizabeth Karr
Download or read book The Art of Touch written by Joan Schweighardt and published by University of Georgia Press. This book was released on 2023-11-01 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Art of Touch: Prose and Poetry from the Pandemic and Beyond, the unique voices of thirty-nine of some of the most creative thinkers of our times have been brought together to consider the profound impact of one of our five main senses: touch. Psychologists, healers, massage therapists, academics, creative writers, and others reflect on or tell personal stories about what it means to be able to touch or experience touch, or to have to go without it—as so many did and still do because of the COVID-19 pandemic. They explore how transmissions such as texting may impede opportunities for touch, while those like Zoom may make it possible for people who otherwise might be left behind to stay “in touch.” From the experience of touching beloved animals to the life-changing ways in which books and performances can touch us, virtually all aspects of touch are acknowledged in these pages.
Download or read book ASP NET for Developers written by Michael Amundsen and published by Sams Publishing. This book was released on 2002 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Current developers value their time. For many, consulting rates start at 35 to 50 an hour. Their time is very valuable, thus reading an 800 page book becomes very expensive. At conferences such as Microsoft's PDC and Tech Ed, these developers often are asking for short, concise books full of information. ASP.NET For Developers just that a concise book that focuses on teaching the reader ASP.NET using Visual Basic.NET. The book starts by presenting the key concepts with using ASP.NET and Visual Basic.NET. Because the reader is assumed to be an experienced developer, this information is presente.
Download or read book Cracking the Parenting Code written by Laura Lee Heinsohn and published by New Hope Publishers. This book was released on 2008 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why do some children grow up and then abandon their parents' Christian values and convictions? How can parents prevent this? Laura Lee Heinsohn's search led to startling conclusions. Through interviews with more than 1,000 individuals about their childhood and parenting experiences, she discovered common themes--nearly every person who abandoned their parents' Christian values and convictions said: "I needed something from my parents that they couldn't or didn't give me." In Cracking the Parenting Code, Heinsohn identifies six critical needs of children and six corresponding clues to meeting those needs.
Download or read book Follow Your Heart written by Scheeler Derene Scheeler and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2010 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Headstrong and independent, twenty-two-year-old Stephanie Hawkins knows she can handle the new life that is coming her way in 1865. She's just received the news that her great-uncle Jed has died and left her a 200-acre working farm near Baywood, Wyoming. Abiding by her uncle's last wishes, Stephanie leaves her Philadelphia home looking forward to the adventure and the promise of a new start. But it's possible that the task may be more than she bargained for. Stephanie falls instantly in love with the small and charming town of Baywood. But injuries and accidents plague her as she struggles to complete the fall harvest. Rescue comes in the form of Brad Masters, a rugged, handsome man who she realizes also plays a leading role in her terrifying dreams that end in blood and screaming. Having feelings for Brad, she wonders if she should tell him of her dreams, but, would he believe her or would he leave? Stephanie encounters problems and dangers at every turn. She is determined to follow her heart and fulfill her uncle's wishes to live out her life in Wyoming. Will her dreams be her undoing? Or will the dreams come true in a horrifying way?
Download or read book Peterson s Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1852 with total page 696 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Exchange Rate Efficiency and the Behavior of International Asset Markets Routledge Revivals written by Kathryn Dominguez and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-10-20 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book, first published in 1992, examines the subject of foreign exchange market efficiency and, in particular, the effectiveness of central bank intervention in the market. This book is ideal for students of economics.
Download or read book Easy Gaited Horses written by Lee Ziegler and published by Storey Publishing. This book was released on 2005-01-01 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For more than 30 years, Lee Ziegler has been one of the foremost advocates of gaited horses in North America and Europe. Through her writing and in her clinics, she has introduced countless riders to the pleasures of riding a horse that is calm, obedient, relaxed, alert, sure-footed, easily maneuvered, and consistent in his gait. Now, in "Easy-Gaited Horses, Ziegler offers a comprehensive guide to riding and training gaited pleasure horses. And unlike the old methods that called for manipulation of a horse's hooves or other gimmicks that could be cruel, Ziegler offers training methods that are gentle, humane, and produce a gaited horse that can be ridden in his gait barefoot, trimmed to his natural angles, with a mild bit, or even without one. Ziegler begins by defining various types of gaits, explaining how they look to an observer and how they feel to the rider. Next, adopting a whole-body approach to training, she reveals the importance of understanding equine anatomy. She then discusses how to introduce the horse to a variety of gaits: the ordinary walk, the flat walk, the fox trot, the running walk, the saddle rack, and the canter. She explains how to ride a multi-gaited horse, how to handle gait problems, and even how to retrain an easy-gaited show horse for pleasure riding. Ziegler also discusses how to train gaited foals and colts and explains what preparation is necessary before taking the young horse on his first ride. As riders grow older, comfort on horseback becomes more of an issue. That's where easy-gaited horses step in. Their unique, smooth gaits allow riders to enjoy time in the saddle with minimal physical exertion.
Download or read book Peripheral Interaction written by Saskia Bakker and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-03-29 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Computing devices have become ever more present in our everyday environments, however embedding these technologies into our routines has remained a challenge. This book explores the novel theory of peripheral interaction to rectify this. This theory examines how interactive systems can be developed in such a way to allow people to seamlessly interact with their computer devices, but only focus on them at relevant times, building on the way in which people effortlessly divide their attention over several everyday activities in day to day life. Capturing the current state of the art within the field, this book explores the history and foundational theories of peripheral interaction, discusses novel interactive styles suitable for peripheral interaction, addresses different application domains which can benefit from peripheral interaction and presents visions of how these developments can have a positive impact on our future lives. As such, this book’s aim is to contribute to research and practice in fields such as human-computer interaction, ubiquitous computing and Internet of Things, a view on how interactive technology could be redesigned to form a meaningful, yet unobtrusive part of people’s everyday lives. Peripheral Interaction will be highly beneficial to researchers and designers alike in areas such as HCI, Ergonomics and Interaction Design.
Download or read book Japan and the New Silk Road written by Nikolay Murashkin and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-02-07 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents a study of Japanese involvement in post-Soviet Central Asia since the independence of these countries in 1991, examining the reasons for progress and stagnation in this multi-lateral relationship. Featuring interviews with decision-makers and experts from Japan, China, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan, and the Philippines, this book argues that Japan’s impact on Central Asia and its connectivity has been underappreciated. It demonstrates that Japan’s infrastructural footprint in the New Silk Road significantly pre-dated China’s Belt and Road Initiative, and that the financial and policy contribution driven by Japanese officials was of a similar order of magnitude. It also goes on to show that Japan was the first major power outside of post-Soviet Central Asia to articulate a dedicated Silk Road diplomacy vis-à-vis the region before the United States and China, and the first to sponsor pivotal assistance. Being the first detailed analytical account of the diplomatic impact made on the New Silk Road by various Japanese actors beyond formal diplomacy, this book will be useful to students and scholars of Japanese politics, as well as Asian politics and international politics more generally.
