Siddharth Kara is a tireless chronicler of the human cost of slavery around the world He has documented the realities of human trafficking & forced labor in order to reveal the degrading & dehumanizing system that strips people of their dignity for the sake of profit-and to link the suffering of the enslaved to the day-to-day lives of consumers in the West In Modern Slavery Kara draws on his many years of expertise to demonstrate the scope of slavery & offer a concrete path to its abolition From labor trafficking in the US agricultural sector to sex trafficking in Nigeria to forced labor in the Thai seafood industry Kara depicts the myriad faces & forms of slavery providing a comprehensive grounding in the realities of modern-day servitude Drawing on sixteen years of field research in more than sixty countries around the globe-including revelatory interviews with both the enslaved & their oppressors-Kara sets out the key manifestations of modern slavery & how it is embedded in global supply chains Enslavement offers immense profits at minimal risk through the exploitation of vulnerable subclasses whose brutalization is tacitly accepted by the current global economic order Kara has developed a business & economic analysis of slavery based on metrics & data that attest to the scale & functioning of these systems of exploitation Beyond this data-driven approach Modern Slavery unflinchingly portrays the torments endured by the powerless This searing expose documents one of humanity's greatest wrongs & lays out the framework for a comprehensive plan to eradicate it ...

Discover the impressive techniques & patterns of Lattice or Canadian smocking with bestselling author & TV presenter Debbie Shore Soon you will be pinching pleating & stitching to create textured fabrics for cushions (pillows) bags & even clothing It's a little like origami with fabric Go retro with nostalgic velvet smocked cushions reminiscent of the 50s & 60s Try the patterns with contemporary fabrics such as denim or hessian For the fresh country look select a woven gingham In Modern Smocking Parts 1 & 2 Debbie has put together 16 patterns plus ideas for a whole display of smocked cushion covers She shows clearly how to mark a grid of lines or dots & stitch over that grid to create the various smocking patterns & gives instructions for how to make a simple zipped cushion cover Best of all in these two enhanced ebooks there is over an hour of embedded video of Debbie demonstrating the techniques When you are used to the methods you can experiment with different fabrics mix designs together & apply the technique to anything from dressmaking to curtains Modern Smocking Part 1

Includes:: the basic techniques & eight different smocking patterns all with video demonstrations Part 2 has a further eight patterns with projects & videos

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Drawing on the newest historical research & scholarship in the field Modern South Asia provides challenging insights into the history of this fascinating region over the past three centuries Jointly authored by two leading Indian & Pakistani historians it offers a rare depth of historical understanding of the politics cultures & economies that have shaped the lives of more than a fifth of humanity In this comprehensive study the authors interpret & debate key developments in modern South Asian history & historical writing covering the diverse spectrum of the region's social economic & political past This fourth edition brings the debate up to the present day discussing recent events & exploring new themes such as the capture of state power in India by the forces of religious majoritarianism economic development in the context of the rise of Asia & strategic shifts occasioned by the US withdrawal from Afghanistan Providing new insights into the structure & ideology of the British raj the meaning of subaltern resistance the refashioning of social relations along the lines of caste class community & gender the different strands of anti-colonial nationalism & the dynamics of decolonization this is an essential resource for all students of the modern history of South Asia ...

Modern Standard Arabic Grammar is comprehensive guide that introduces readers to the basic structure & grammar of the Arabic language Its features include Comprehensive coverage of Arabic grammar & structure in current standard use (MSA) from entry level to advanced proficiency Balanced treatment of the phonological syntactic & morphological rules of the Arabic language An intuitive presentation of grammar rules & structures in order of frequency & functional use Straightforward explanations with minimum linguistic jargon & terminology explaining the key issues Packed throughout with symbols tables diagrams & illustrative examples this book is essential reading for anyone in the early years of studying the language ...

This textbook teaches statistics in a different way It is aimed at undergraduate students in the life sciences & it will also be invaluable for many graduate students It makes the powerful methods of model formulae & the General Linear Model accessible to undergraduates for the first time The computer revolution has finally made it possible to teach life sciences undergraduates how to use the statistics they really need to know
- this book provides the course materials needed to fulfil that possibility This text presents the fundamental statistical concepts without being tied to any one statistical package Three supplements available on the web site provide all the information you need to conduct the analyses in either Minitab SAS or SPSS All datasets are available on the web site
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Learn the secrets of sugar floristry with Petalsweet Cakes founder Jacqueline Butler In her exquisite & long-awaited debut book you'll learn in step-by-step detail how to create modern & sophisticated stylized sugar flowers & how to use them to create beautiful arrangements on wedding & celebration cakes Inside you'll find instructions & step-by-step photographs for 20 stunning sugar flowers in various stages of bloom as well as flower buds & leaves using a clean & contemporary color palette Through six diverse projects you'll then learn how to use these foundation flowers in combination with filler flowers to create elegant cake designs including working directly on single-tier cakes & multi-tiered cakes as well as making styrofoam cake toppers As well as being the most contemporary take on the subject ever produced this book will also remain an essential reference for years to come! ...

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