The Rats, the Bats and the Ugly

The Rats, the Bats and the Ugly
Eric Flint and Dave Freer | 2004-09-14 00:00:00 | Baen | 400 | Fiction
The intrepid team of mentally uplifted rats and bats, and their vat-born human leader had not only pulled off the only victory the beleaguered colony's feeble and bungling military forces had won against the invading aliens, but had also uncovered the secret that the invaders were really a feint, being under the control of the other aliens which the naive humans had thought were their allies. Unfortunately, that was the easy part, because now they had to convince their boneheaded military bureaucracy, burdened with incompetents and riddled with quisling humans, of their discovery, and keep from being courtmarshalled, drugged into submission, or executed by the human traitors. And they had to do this quickly, before the aliens launched their surprise attack. Fortunately, they had found a way around the alien's mental programming. What's more, the daring and resourceful Fluff - apparently the ineffectual pet of one of the colony's ruling class, but in reality a hidalgo without peer - was on their side. Only Fluff can save us now...
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Reassessing the Japanese Prisoner of War Experience: The Changi POW Camp, Singapore, 1942-5

Reassessing the Japanese Prisoner of War Experience: The Changi POW Camp, Singapore, 1942-5
R P W Havers,R. P. W. Havers | 2003-05-23 00:00:00 | Routledge | 240 | Japan
This book explores the history of the Changi Prisoner of War camp at Singapore between the surrender in 1942 and the eventual liberation by British forces in September 1945. It discusses the forms of POW resistance to the Japanese.
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It's high time somebody re-assessed the prisoner of war experience. The traditional view of life as a POW being unpleasant is all wrong. It was a good time. A great way to lose weight and make new pals. Just look at those smiling fellahs on the cover cheesing it up for the camera. Good times. Good times.
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This book reassesses public perception of life at the Changi POW camp in Singapore. That's a polite way of saying that he is correcting misinformation about Changi.

It should be noted though that in so doing he has created more confusion. His book specifically addresses life at the camp for Prisoners Of War, situated in the British Army Barracks beside Changi Gaol and not the hundreds of civillian internees inside the actual Changi Gaol for whom conditions were quite different. Civillian prisoners were arguably treated with less respect by the Japanese Imperial Army than Prisoners of War were, if that's possible. Apart from the two separate but adjacent camps at Changi, there were also other large camps in Singapore, such as the Sime Road camp. History has often confused the two Changi camps and it is no wonder then that the writer has been confused by reports of ultra harsh conditions at Changi that didn't exist so much in the Changi POW camp.

So as not to offend anyone, life was no picnic at either camp, and many Changi POW were later sent to the Burma Railroad and other dire places.

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Women's Work and Wages (Routledge Research in Gender and Society)

Women's Work and Wages (Routledge Research in Gender and Society)
Christina Jonung,Inga Persson | 1998-03-19 00:00:00 | Routledge | 272 | Economics
This volume uses empirical studies of gender differences in family responsibilities and time allocation to demonstrate how such differences affect women's wages and analyses pay structures and wage mobility throughout Europe.

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Intermediate Accounting (Book Only)

Intermediate Accounting (Book Only)
Loren A. Nikolai,John D. Bazley,Jefferson P. Jones | 2009-01-07 00:00:00 | South-Western College Pub | 1440 | Accounting
INTERMEDIATE ACCOUNTING, Eleventh Edition, provides the perfect combination of professional language and vibrant pedagogy to facilitate the transition from financial principles to the larger environment of financial reporting. To prepare students for professional accounting careers, the text's comprehensive coverage of GAAP and discussion of IFRS is clearly and consistently presented throughout the text. This coverage complements the authors' insight, which is in both the in-text commentary and the fully coordinated, author-written end-of-chapter material.

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The Economics of Europe and the European Union

The Economics of Europe and the European Union
Larry Neal | 2007-03-19 00:00:00 | Cambridge University Press | 456 | Economics
This distinctive textbook combines comprehensive coverage of the key policy areas of the European Union with analysis of individual countries, including the recent accession countries and Turkey. Part I analyzes the economic bases for the rise of the European Union from its origins in the post-World War II recovery to its historic enlargement in 2004. Part II takes up the different nation-state perspectives on the EU's economic policies by looking in turn at all European countries, whether members of the EU or not. The book is unique in providing both an EU perspective and European nation-state perspective on the major policy issues which have arisen since the end of World War II, as well as putting the economic analysis into an historical narrative which emphasizes the responses of policy-makers to external shocks such as the Cold War, the oil shocks, German reunification, and the collapse of the Soviet Union.

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A Modern History of the Kurds: Third Edition

A Modern History of the Kurds: Third Edition
David McDowall | 2004-05-14 00:00:00 | I. B. Tauris | 504 | Eastern
The division of the Kurdish people among four modern nation states--Iraq, Turkey, Syria and Iran--and their struggle for national rights have been constant themes of recent Middle East history. The Kurdish lands have been contested territory for many centuries. In this detailed history of the Kurds from the 19th century to the present day, McDowall examines the interplay of old and new aspects of the struggle, the importance of local rivalries within Kurdish society, the enduring authority of certain forms of leadership and the failure of modern states to respond to the challenge of Kurdish nationalism. Drawing extensively on primary sources McDowall's book is useful for all who want a better understanding of the underlying dynamics of the Kurdish question.


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30 Minuten für Ihre Jobsicherheit

30 Minuten für Ihre Jobsicherheit
| 1900-01-01 00:00:00 | | 0 | Others
Christian Zielke, "30 Minuten für Ihre Jobsicherheit"
Gabal | 2005 | ISBN: 3897495546 | 80 pages | PDF | 1,1 MB
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