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In 1895, George Whitehouse arrived at the east African post of Mombasa to perform an engineering miracle: the building of the Mombasa-Nairobi-Lake Victoria Railway – a 600-mile route that was largely unmapped and barely explored. Behind Mombasa lay a scorched, waterless desert. Beyond, a horizonless scrub country climbed toward a jagged volcanic region bisected by the Great Rift Valley. A hundred miles of sponge-like quagmire marked the railway's last lap. The entire right of way bristled with hostile tribes, teemed with lions and breathed malaria. What was the purpose of this 'giant folly' and whom would it benefit? Was it to exploit the rumoured wealth of little-known central African kingdoms? Was it to destroy the slave trade? To encourage commerce and settlement? THE LUNATIC EXPRESS explores the building of this great railway in an earlier Africa of slave and ivory empires, of tribal monarchs and the vast lands that they ruled. Above all, it is the story of the white intruders whose combination of avarice, honour and tenacious courage made them a breed apart.
This manual provides solutions to odd-numbered exercises in the exercise sets and Extensions, all Appendix exercises, as well as solutions for all the Chapter Test exercises.
"The fifteenth edition of Business Mathematics has been significantly revised to update the text, improve the discussions, and make the material more relevant to students. The focus on real-world applications has been sharpened. A different well-known company is highlighted at the beginning of each chapter and used throughout the chapter in examples, discussions, exercises, and a case at the end. Each chapter ends with two business application cases that will help students integrate concepts from the chapter. This edition is full of data, examples, graphs, photographs, and news clippings that will help students understand the relevance of the material as it teaches them to interpret data and information. A global perspective is emphasized through examples and exercises that highlight issues in other countries. This book shows students how to use math to solve a wide variety of problems in business and also within families. Primary goals are to develop students' understanding of business, increase their ability to figure out how to work many different kinds of business problems, and motivate them using many actual business applications to which they can relate"--
Introduction -- The crystallisation of cubism -- Platonism after Cubism -- Mimesis after collage -- Cubism's refuse -- Picasso's sexuality -- Crucifixion and apocalypse -- Rotten sun -- Signed, Picasso.
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Designed with a variety of students in mind. Well suited for several courses, including those geared toward the aforementioned liberal arts audience and survey courses in mathematics, finite mathematics, and mathematics for prospective and in-service elementary and middle-school teachers.