This book is committed to the issues related to social justice in the Caribbean, and seeks to increase dialogue among practitioners, unions, labor activists, academics, policy-makers and other individuals from across the social sciences and humanities. It is purposely multidisciplinary in orientation, intending to cover issues related to work, workers, labor, and related topics, as well as social, organizational and institutional aspects of work and industrial relations. It aims to set the...

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The trip to the Cuban Revolution is at the center piece of this well documented memoir of the Caribbean independence movement by Gabriel Christian who participated in it as a young student leader. The trip to Cuba in 1978 provides Christian with a platform from which to observe and opine upon the social changes and political upheavals on Jamaica, Dominica, St. Lucia and the Grenadian Revolution made one year later on March 13, 1979. The Grenada Revolution is made, in part, by some of the d...

It is a story of man’s innate quest for the answers to life and the afterlife from the mists of time. It attempts to bring forth to the surface of our consciousness the questions of what happens after death. Do we feed the worms in the burial soil or is there an immortal soul that continues existence in the universe? Man’s historical experience are depicted from Egypt’s splendor of the Pyramids, the Grecian ancient lack of fear and their universal memory of a great land where early mankind...

The transformation to the public cloud comes with many challenges. The book explains three phases that form the basis for determining a company's position in the transformation. Each stage outlines a maturity level of transformation. An assessment framework guides the reader through the analysis of cloud readiness to identify the current stage of the organization and to reach the next stage of realizing the value of the cloud. The framework is supplemented by practical examples.

THE TWO FACES OF NAILL RENFRO.Impoverished and without hope, Naill Renfro sells himself into indentured servitude and is transported across the galaxy to the far-off jungle world of Janus. Naill hopes to work off his debt and begin his life again. But the harsh masters of Janus are destroying the priceless treasures of the planet's ancient culture—and when Naill, entranced by the beauty of an alien artifact, is caught trying to hide it, he is exiled and left to die in the jungle.

This book analyzes the transformation of the political right in Latin America in response to the strengthening of left-wing parties and movements throughout the region. While Latin America's post-2000 left has been widely studied, little is known about right-wing political formations during and after that time. There is a paucity of research on recent phenomena associated with the reorganization of the Right: the polarization of Latin American electorates and elites; the rebranding of pre-...

Queimada Grande die verbotene Insel verbirgt ein Geheimnis. Zwei Naturwissenschaftler werden durch den Fund eines Buches, in der Mandalay-Region von Myanmar, vor eine herausfordernde Entscheidung gestellt. Unvorhersehbare Ereignisse durchkreuzen ihren Plan dieses Geheimnis der Welt vorzuenthalten. Ein narzisstischer Senator instrumentalisiert einen labilen und korrupten Police Lieutenant, um dem Geheimnis auf die Spur zu kommen. Gier ruft weitere durchtriebene Kontrahenten auf den Plan. Ei...

In a sweeping generational saga, the story of Warlock is told by three humans:Shann Lontee was the lowest-ranking member of an exploration team sent to the newly discovered planet Warlock. When the insectile Throgs attacked the base, only he and two trained wolverines escaped. Hunted by the Throgs, he and the wolverines had to survive without technology on an alien world. Then he discovered the Wyvern, who were his only hope—if they weren't an even more deadly menace than the Throg...

Ivan, Harumi, and Niko venture back into Blackhall's bunker, and this time, they stumble on more than they bargained for. As more secrets are revealed about the conspiracy surrounding the magician, the members of Backbone start to realize that this may be their most dangerous exploration yet.

An urban spelunking group in San Francisco discovers a secret bunker belonging to the long-vanished 1930s stage magician Blackhall the Incredible at the same time as young, out-of-work magician Ivan receives a mysterious package that points him toward a possible conspiracy involving Blackhall's death in 1934. Both groups dive into the mystery, not yet realizing that it's about the change their lives forever.

With truths revealed, Harumi, Niko, and Damon have to team up with Jackpot and the Nonchalants in order to get Ivan back from S.P.I.. But with so many things going wrong all at once, how can they be sure who to trust, even amongst themselves?