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Traditional Institutions in Contemporary African Governance


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English | ISBN: 1138714895 | 2017 | 250 pages | EPUB, PDF | 4 MB + 3 MB
Most African economies range from moderately advanced capitalist systems with modern banks and stock markets to peasant and pastoral subsistent systems. Most African countries are also characterized by parallel institutions of governance – one is the state sanctioned (formal) system and the other is the traditional system, which is adhered to, primarily but not exclusively, by the segments of the population in the subsistence peasant and pastoral economic systems.

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Kominka The Beauty and Wisdom of Japanese Traditional House


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English | August 15th, 2024 | ISBN: 1940842700 | 411 pages | True EPUB | 55.42 MB
For centuries, traditional wooden folk houses known as " kominka" have embodied the cultural values of the agrarian, merchant, and samurai societies of pre-modern Japan. Their huge sturdy posts and powerful beams have withstood earthquakes and other natural disasters, demonstrating the artistry of Japanese carpenters and the strength of handcrafted wood joinery.

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Beyond the Traditional Essay Increasing Student Agency in a Diverse Classroom with Nondisposable Assignments


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English | ISBN: 1648894089 | 2022 | 142 pages | PDF | 2 MB
This volume offers a range of responses to the problem of "disposable assignments," essays written just for a grade and then thrown away. The scholars collected here explore how renewable assignments can contribute to public knowledge, eliciting student work that is shared across networks of learning, that does something, that transcends the teacher’s grade. Although there is significant interest in such innovative teaching practices, particularly in this year of pedagogical experimentation, there are few resources for teachers that collect in one place both scholarly context and practical advice for implementing renewable assignments in the classroom. The essays in this volume range widely, from demonstrating how digital tools engage and empower reluctant learners, to raising theoretical questions around intellectual property, to measuring the success of renewable assignments through outcomes assessment.

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162 Traditional and Contemporary Designs for Stained Glass Projects=


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English | 1991 | ISBN: 0486269280 | EPUB | pages: 64 | 6.6 mb
For centuries, elegant and beautiful stained glass has enhanced churches, homes and other buildings. Its popularity continues today as increasing numbers of homeowners, interior designers, and craftspeople turn to this attractive form of decoration. Now stained glass workers can have a treasury of attractive, usable designs at their fingertips, ready for use in almost any stained glass projects. This collection includes over 160 patterns – in both traditional and contemporary styles – all easily adaptable as templates for stained glass work. Landscapes, geometric shapes, florals, and birds are among the wealth of motifs presented. What’s more, the designs come in a wide variety of sizes and shapes, making them ideal as patterns for windows, mirrors, panels, sidelights, and other stained glass configurations. Immediately usable and royalty-free, these designs also lend themselves to a broad range of other art and craft projects.

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Plantas Modern Vegan Recipes for Traditional Mexican Cooking


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English | August 6th, 2024 | ISBN: 0316495107 | 256 pages | True EPUB | 273.02 MB
With Plantas, Alexa Soto elegantly pays homage to Mexico’s storied legacy of plant-based cooking while deftly adapting its soulful repertoire to modern times. I may still be a card-carrying carnivore, sure, but I now find myself craving dishes like her mole negro with roasted oyster mushrooms even more than my beloved carne asada.- Jorge Gaviria, James Beard Award-winning author of MASA

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Mystery How to Write Traditional & Cozy Whodunits


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English | 2017 | ISBN: 1977898378 | EPUB | pages: 254 | 0.3 mb
Solving the Mystery of the MysteryHow do you write a cozy murder mystery that readers will love? You need to include all of the things they expect to find in their favourite genre:- A murderer and a victim- An investigator – either a Great Detective in the tradition of Sherlock Holmes; a Spinster Sleuth like Miss Marple; or a fiesty modern amateur sleuth- A closed setting with a small circle of suspects- A ‘Watson’ to assist (or hamper!) the sleuth- An investigation that explores Means, Motive, Opportunity and Alibis – Clues to what really happened and red herrings that muddy the waters – A Description that puts all of these things together in the proper sequenceHere you will find techniques and tools for creating all of these ingredients, along with detailed breakdowns of the three Description structures most often used for whodunits: the Act I Murder, the Midpoint Murder, and the Most-Likely Suspect (or Innocent Accused) story. You will also find out how locked room or ‘impossible’ mysteries are created and how ‘inverted mysteries’ differ from the usual kind.As a bonus, there is a detailed analysis of how these guidelines were used to develop, Description out, and write a full-length murder mystery novel – from original idea to final edit.

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