Sharply amusing satire, presented in a moment in history, when mainstream media continually disseminates fake news and alternative facts and political correctness is slowly eroding all political discourse and trust. The Gecko uses humor to unmask the prevailing power of narrative. Each chapter of the book teaches prophetic lessons that any reader can benefit from. This book will keep you laughing and pondering through the last page.

The book Principles of Accounting serves as a foundational guide to the basic concepts, principles, and practices of accounting. It is designed to help students and professionals develop a thorough understanding of accounting as a discipline and its importance in financial decision-making.Key Topics Covered:Introduction to AccountingThe book begins by explaining the purpose of accounting, its role in business, and its importance in tracking financial perfor...

Network infrastructure and system administration are two sides of the same coin, working together to ensure that an organization's computer systems and networks are reliable, secure, and efficient.Network InfrastructureNetwork infrastructure refers to the hardware and software resources of an entire network that enable connectivity, communication, operations, and management. Think of it as the physical and logical backbone of a digital orga...

Urdu is spoken by over 66 million individuals across the world and is the 11th most widely spoken language in the world. Urdu emerged in Delhi, India because of a combination of Turkish, Persian, Arabic, Hindi or Sanskrit speaking communities. Urdu was lingua-franca in north and northwest British India and now it’s a national language of Pakistan. This book offers the learning of Urdu in a modern and relevant context. The book is designed for tourists travelling to Urdu-speaking regions an...

This is part of accompanied e-book Learn Urdu a course designed for beginners. In this audio book the Urdu-English audio is included.Urdu is spoken by over 66 million individuals across the world and is the 11th most widely spoken language in the world. Urdu emerged in Delhi, India because of a combination of Turkish, Persian, Arabic, Hindi or Sanskrit speaking communities. Urdu was lingua-franca in north and northwest British India and now it’s a national language of Pakistan. Thi...

Indigenous Language for Development Communication in the Global South brings together voices from the margins in underrepresented regions of the Global South, within the context of scholarship focusing on indigenous languages and development communication. Contributors present cases as a starting point for further research and discussions about indigenous language and development communication in Latin America, Africa, and Asia. Scholars of communication, sociology, linguistics, and develo...

Did you know that many drugs prescribed for reducing the pain and stiffness of osteoarthritis have been shown in scientific studies to be completely ineffective? And that the drugs that are effective, may accelerate the destruction of your joints over time? It's also no secret that none of the drugs that are currently available for osteoarthritis, do anything to reverse or even halt the progression of the disease. Oh, and let's not even mention the fact that the vast major...

Considers the role of fertiliser use in agriculture as a major contributor to the imbalance of the global nitrogen cycleReviews the effectiveness of inorganic nitrogen fertilisers and organic sources of nitrogen in optimising nitrogen use efficiencyHighlights recent developments in the use of enhanced efficiency nitrogen fertilisers to reduce nitrous oxide emissions

When a brilliant scientist is shattered by the loss of his beloved wife, he takes an extraordinary step to ease his grief—creating a lifelike robotic doll made of silicone, designed to resemble his wife in both appearance and personality. Equipped with advanced artificial intelligence, the doll becomes his companion, filling the void left behind.But the return of his real wife, long believed to be dead, unveils a shocking truth and sparks an emotional rivalry between human and mach...

Salience Network of the Human Brain focuses on the multiple sources of stimuli that compete for our attention, providing interesting discussions on how the relative salience—importance or prominence—of each of these inputs determines which ones we choose to focus on for more in-depth processing. The salience network is a collection of regions of the brain that select which stimuli are deserving of our attention. The network has key nodes in the insular cortex and is critical for detecting ...

This is part of accompanied e-book Learn Urdu a course designed for beginners. In this audio book the Urdu-Mandarin audio is included although the book chapters are introduced in English.Urdu is spoken by over 66 million individuals across the world and is the 11th most widely spoken language in the world. Urdu emerged in Delhi, India because of a combination of Turkish, Persian, Arabic, Hindi or Sanskrit speaking communities. Urdu was lingua-franca in north and northwest British I...

This book looks into selected five largest African economies (Nigeria, South Africa, Egypt, Algeria and Angola) to find out food imports, depth of the food deficit nexus and investigates the inherent food insecurity of the inhabitants in these areas. In answer to this problem, the author proffers recommendations that include priority attention to agricultural sector, promoting domestic production of staple foods through unconventional agricultural production – a community-based agricultura...