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The Malaysian Conspiracy
A Russian agent follows two canisters of plutonium, stolen by the Russian Mafia, to Malaysia where the agent loses the courier who went underground. A CIA agent is murdered in Kuala Lumpur by a method known to be favoured by Chinese Intelligence. A top executive, who is the son of the President of a powerful, US Corporation, is kidnapped in KL when a billion-dollar deal is being negotiated with the Malaysian Government. The three incidents are part of a conspiracy which ultimately brings cooperation between a CIA, Russian and an Australian agent. There is murder, suspense and uncertainty throughout the novel as events lead to a shoot out, but the perpetrators of the conspiracy are not uncovered until much later with surprising, fatal consequences.
Studies in the History of the Exact Sciences in Honour of David Pingree
This collection of essays reflects the wide range of David Pingree's expertise in the scientific texts (above all, concerning astronomy and astrology) of Ancient Mesopotamia, Greece, India, Persia, and the medieval Arabic, Hebrew and Latin traditions. Both theoretical aspects and the practical applications of the exact sciences-in time keeping, prediction of the future, and the operation of magic-are dealt with. The book includes several critical editions and translations of hitherto unknown or understudied texts, and a particular emphasis is on the diffusion of scientific learning from one culture to another, and through time. Above all, the essays show the variety and sophistication of the exact sciences in non-Western societies in pre-modern times.
Good Evening, Vietnam
The dramatic novel Good Evening, Vietnam is a love story interrupted by war.During his tour of duty in Vietnam, a young U.S. chopper co-pilot falls in love with a Vietnamese girl. After his chopper is shot down, he is taken prisoner by the Vietcong. Under a POW exchange in 1973, he returns to America, leaving behind his pregnant girlfriend.After the Vietcong take over Saigon, they imprison hundreds of thousands of South Vietnamese who worked with the Americans, force others into the jungles, and denounce the children of U.S. soldiers. Most of these abandoned children were left homeless, some became gangsters, and others joined bandit gangs.Many years later, when the American pilot’s mental health finally recovers from his ordeals, he travels back to Vietnam for closure. There he is robbed by a gang leader, who later looks at the wallet of the man he robbed, and finds a surprising photo.Good Evening, Vietnam is the stunning story of a reunion that was too long in coming.
Design for a Contemporary World
Design plays a significant role in environmental, ethical, economic and cultural arenas, and contributes to people's wealth, cultural identity and quality of life. This textbook presents the theory and practice of design fundamentals. It offers learning objectives that develop motivation, creative spirit, and cognitive strategies among students.
Hymn
At the end of a cold winter in New York City, Christine Howth, a free- lance journalist, mourns the recent death of her father while mulling over the first year of her divorce. She decides it is time to halt her drift. A first step is to begin a journal, to focus her writing and experiment with styles for a story. A second step is to find a full-time job, as her work is not paying the rent. A friend informs her of a staff job at a magazine; a former flame suggests she interview movie director David Loomis. The normally private Loomis agrees to a series of interviews and observations. But unexpectedly he unloads a personal secret, one that may jeopardize the film. He requests that she inform ...
Constitutional Statecraft in Asian Courts
Constitutional Statecraft in Asian Courts explores how courts engage in constitutional state-building in aspiring, yet deeply fragile, democracies in Asia. Yvonne Tew offers an in-depth look at contemporary Malaysia and Singapore, explaining how courts protect and construct constitutionalism even as they confront dominant political parties and negotiate democratic transitions. This richly illustrative account offers at once an engaging analysis of Southeast Asia's constitutional context, as well as a broader narrative that should resonate in many countries across Asia that are also grappling with similar challenges of colonial legacies, histories of authoritarian rule, and societies polarized by race, religion, and identity. The book explores the judicial strategies used for statecraft in Asian courts, including an analysis of the specific mechanisms that courts can use to entrench constitutional basic structures and to protect rights in a manner that is purposive and proportionate. Tew's account shows how courts in Asia's emerging democracies can chart a path forward to help safeguard a nation's constitutional core and to build an enduring constitutional framework.
