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  • Dispute Prevention through Community Engagement in Infrastructure Development in the Asia Pacific

    by Shahla F. Ali ...
    This book explores the emerging development of community-investor dispute prevention and facilitation mechanisms employed by multilateral and national development banks in the Asia Pacific region. In the decades since the development of the first accountability mechanisms were introduced, much has been learned about public consultation, community engagement and dispute prevention during the early ... Read more

    $36.99 USD

  • Law of Desire

    Temporary Marriage in Shi’i Iran, Revised Edition

    by Shahla Haeri ...
    Series series
    As an Iranian Muslim woman and a granddaughter of a well-known ayatollah, Shahla Haeri was accepted into the communities where she conducted her fieldwork on mut’a, temporary marriage. Mut’a is legally sanctioned among the Twelver Shi’ites who live predominantly in Iran.Drawing on rich interviews that would have been denied a Western anthropologist, the author describes the concept of a temporary ... Read more

    $17.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A Sky So Close to Us

    A novel

    by Shahla Ujayli ...
    Translated by Michelle Hartman ...
    A multigenerational tale of love, loss, exile, and rebirth, shortlisted for the 2016 International Prize for Arabic Fiction. As children sleeping on the rooftop of their ancestral family home in Raqqa on warm summer nights, Joumane and her sisters imagine the sky is so close they can almost touch it. Years later, Joumane lives as an expatriate in Jordan, working for a humanitarian agency, while ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • Responsible and Responsive Parenting in Autism

    Between Now and Dreams

    by Shahla Ala'i-Rosales, Peggy Heinkel-Wolfe ...
    Parents of children with autism have so much to learn and to manage, it's easy for them to feel alone and become emotionally drained. But there is a framework for making progress, whether the child is newly diagnosed or an adult. Reviewers call Responsible and Responsive Parenting in Autism: Between Now and Dreams a first-stop, must-read for parents, family members and caregivers.The essence of ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

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  • The Complexities of Sustainability

    by David Crowther, Shahla Seifi ...
    Series Book 1 - Science, Technology and Sustainability
    Sustainability is a topic of great interest to governments, businesses and individual members of society. There is a general consensus that sustainability is important and therefore, needs to be addressed. There is much less consensus, however, as to what this actually means and how it can be addressed. It appears to mean different things to different people and certainly everyone has their own ... Read more

    $91.99 USD

  • Resilience in the Shadows

    Mental Health of Vulnerable Refugees and Displaced Communities in Africa

    Edited by Shahla Eltayeb, Unni Marie Heltne, Ragnhild Dybdahl ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This volume offers a comprehensive exploration of the mental health challenges faced by vulnerable refugees and displaced communities—particularly children, women, and youth—from across the Horn of Africa, including Sudan, South Sudan, Chad, Somalia, and Ethiopia. It examines how displacement, poverty, cultural dislocation, and exposure to trauma profoundly shape mental well-being, highlighting ... Read more

    $152.09 USD

  • Lying to Children

    by Alex Shahla ...
    A fictional father writes letters to his college-aged daughter and son remembering events, large and small, from their family’s past in the poignant and hilarious Lying to Children. This collection of sometimes outrageous, sometimes sad, often heartwarming interconnected vignettes features a delightful confessional celebration of family life told in stories from a dad’s unique perspective. ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • CSR, Governance and Value

    Edited by David Crowther, Shahla Seifi ...
    Series series Business and Management (R0)
    This book presents the changing face of social responsibility, showing how it has grown to encompass governance, becoming a vital part of various aspects of human endeavor. From businesses to politics to justice systems, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) has expanded its reach, touching every sphere of human activity. What is particularly interesting is how governance failures have highlighted ... Read more

    $179.99 USD

  • Iranian Cinema and the Islamic Revolution

    by Shahla Mirbakhtyar ...
    In spite of international award-winning productions, Iran's cinema is underexposed. Because of the prevailing religious, political and social atmosphere in Iran, the country's cinema remained stagnant for more than 50 years. Although the "new" Iranian cinema had begun to develop before the 1979 revolution, the political changes gave rise to a new wave of expression.This volume examines the two ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • Fundamentals of the Persian Alphabet

    Letters and Sounds

    by Shahla Adel ...
    Fundamentals of the Persian Alphabet introduces complete beginners to the letters and sounds of Persian through pronunciation, basic vocabulary and phrases, conversation, and Persian culture. Students are also introduced to the distinction between the formal and informal forms of the language. As knowledge of letter–sound correspondence and phonological awareness is key to language learning, this ... Read more

    $57.99 USD

  • The World’s Future Crisis: Extractive Resources Depletion

    by Shahla Seifi ...
    Series series Business and Management (R0)
    This book focuses mainly on strategic decision making at a global level, which is rarely considered in approaches to sustainability. This book makes a unique contribution as the work looks at global consequences of mineral exhaustion and steps that can be taken to alleviate the impending problems. This book highlights how sustainability has become one of the most important issues for businesses, ... Read more

    $107.99 USD

  • The Role of Technology and Innovation in Achieving Sustainability

    Assessing Benefits and Limitations

    by David Crowther, Shahla Seifi ...
    Series Book 2 - Science, Technology and Sustainability
    This book investigates the small innovations that are needed to bring about the necessary changes to achieve the goal of sustainability or net zero. In doing so, the book also investigates best practices and enables the transfer of techniques and ideas around the world. The contributions in this volume come from all over the world, demonstrating that the same issues affect us all no matter where ... Read more

    $91.99 USD