Utilization of Cow-dung in Brickmaking

Addition of certain organic materials improves the plasticity of clay making it more workable.

The Heart of the War in Colombia

Constanza Ardila-Galvez

Alice Jay

The Heart of the War in Colombia is a testimony of those whose lives have been torn asunder by war and displacement in Colombia. It seeks to accomplish the impossible task of giving it a human face, a depth of social and political analysis, carried out by its very lucid participants, to the ongoing...

Pinochet

Hugh O'Shaughnessy

Using interviews, eye-witness accounts and quotes from sources on Pinochet, this volume tracks the General's journey from his rise to power in 1973 to his unprecedented arrest and internment in Britain in October 1998. It contains revelations about the financial dealings of the Pinochet regime, and...

Nicaragua In Focus

Hazel Plunkett

What happened to Nicaragua? In the 1980s it was a byword for revolution, a bogeyman for U.S. governments and a symbol of Latin America's quest for new paths to development and social justice. But since the Sandinistas' electoral defeat in 1990 it has dropped out of the headlines. In the 1990s Nicara...

Belize In Focus

Ian Peedle

The small nation of Belize has long been seperated from its Central American neighbors by history, language and culture. Formerly a British colony, this English-speaking country has traditionally looked towards the Caribbean islands rather than Central America for its economic and political links. Y...

Murder in the Rainforest

Jan Rocha

In July 1993, near Haximu, a tiny hamlet in the Amazon rainforest, a fateful meeting between a group of young Yanomami Indians and Brazilian gold miners resulted in the massacre of the Yanomami. News of the tragedy shocked Brazil and the world. But mysteries remained: What exactly happened at Haximu...

Cuba In Focus 2nd Edition

Emily Hatchwell, Simon Calder

Cuba is the best-known country to remain socialist after the end of the Cold War. It also continues to arouse passions, in support and against, all over the globe. Cuba lives in the shadow of the U.S., famously resisting three decades of embargo, attempts on Fidel Castro's life and vociferous Cuban-...

Ameliorer la Performance Organisationnelle

Charles Lusthaus

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Mas alla de la propiedad intelectual

Darrell Posey

Mas alla de la propiedad intelectual: Los derechos de las comunidades

Down to Earth

Mansoor Ali, Andrew Cotton, Ken Westlake

This book presents the findings of a Department for International Development (DFID) funded project. It has been written for policy-makers and professional staff of urban government, development agencies and non-government organizations in low-income countries. The book aims to help improve the p...