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ELLAH’S BICYCLE by Amondi Edith...
Ellah likes to go to school early. She rides on her fathers bicycle when she goes to school. One morning, as they rode to school, Ellah asked her father. "Father, will you buy me a bicycle too?"
Her father smiled and said, "I will buy you a bicycle if you perform well in your exams this term."
Will she get the bicycle?
ENTREPRENEURSHIP: What women entrepre...
The entrepreneurship book addresses issues that impede development amongst small scale traders and especially women with a view to suggesting solutions that can improve entrepreneurial activities and create more employment opportunities in Kenya. The book also gives the best model of success for entrepreneurs as well as basic aspects of book keeping and how to keep financial records. The book is an excerpt of real-time experiences of practicing entrepreneurs from the lessons learnt as documented by the author.
Human Resource Management: The People...
Human resources management book.
The book lays a firm foundation on the theories and practices of human resources management and contextualizes issues that are relevant to the aspiring and practicing human resource management.
The book is offered to both private and public sectors and to teachers and students of human resource management from a Kenyan perspective
Red Soil and Roasted Maize: Selected ...
Red Soil and Roasted Maize is a selection of Kenyan writer Rasna Warah's most poignant, introspective and satirical articles, columns and essays that provide snapshots and analyses of events that have shaped Kenyans' lives and dreams in the last decade, from the turbulent transition to democracy in 2002 to a flawed election in 2007 that had a deep impact on Kenya's political, economic and social landscape.
She candidly deciphers and describes the perils of growing ethnic chauvinism and corruption in an increasingly polarised nation and examines her own life as a writer in one of Africa's most diverse and unequal societies.
Daughter of Africa: An Autobiography ...
Daughter of Africa is the extraordinary story of a girl from Nanyuki, Kenya, who quickly and naturally gathered business, networking, and writing skills in the dusty lanes of her town and beyond…and before long found herself networking at the highest corporate and government levels. The daughter of self-made parents, Gina Din blazed a new trail as a female entrepreneur, a public relations authority, and a dedicated Kenyan with a heart for transforming lives.
Gina Din’s outlook is resolutely African, and her personal and career story is a testament to the immense potential that exists for African women in business, politics, and philanthropy. As a mother, a daughter, a sister, a mentor, and a lifelong learner, she is comfortable in all spaces, embracing the humanity in everyone she meets, while always questioning restrictive cultural and religious norms. This book is an intimate and inspiring portrait of an acclaimed daughter of the continent.
A Basic Guide To Diplomatic Service
The book which is also a guide is useful to students of diplomacy and international relations.It explains titles used in diplomacy, the structures of embassy, how ambassadors are appointed, recalls, etc.It contains practical aspects as well as pictures that will make it easy to understand.
Saleh Bashir Ali is a the author of this book. He served as a diplomat with the Kenya High Commission in New Delhi in India between 2002 to 2006. He currently teaches at Riara University in Kenya.Kabul Beauty School by Deborah Rodrig...
With the help of corporate and international sponsors, the Kabul Beauty School welcomed its first class in 2003.
Well meaning but sometimes brazen, Rodriguez stumbled through language barriers, overstepped cultural customs, and constantly juggled the challenges of a postwar nation even as she learned how to empower her students to become their families’ breadwinners by learning the fundamentals of coloring techniques, haircutting, and makeup.
Yet within the small haven of the beauty school, the line between teacher and student quickly blurred as these vibrant women shared with Rodriguez their stories and their hearts: the newlywed who faked her virginity on her wedding night, the twelve-year-old bride sold into marriage to pay her family’s debts, the Taliban member’s wife who pursued her training despite her husband’s constant beatings. Through these and other stories, Rodriguez found the strength to leave her own unhealthy marriage and allow herself to love again, Afghan style.
OMOKA: Scramble for the Hustler Utopi...
On the sociological level, it is earnestly intended, by shining the spotlight on phenomena that have so far been arid of formal attention, to raise awareness, and by so doing, make a slight contribution in the propagation of social order. We explore the life of the hustler, a social reject by institutional design, because we deem it necessary to destigmatize his being and dignify his status in society. Left unchecked, the present turmoil could easily spiral out of control, both at the personal level of individuals and the social level of interpersonal interactions.
Betrayed by Home
The sun was setting in the Maasai Mara, painting the horizon with an array of vibrant orange and red hues. As night descended, the small village that was nestled in the center of the savanna became illuminated, with the most notable structure being the hut that belonged to the young Maasai boy and his aunt and uncle.
In this amazing anthology, you get a chance to interact with amazing African short stories narrated by Africans. It covers a wide range of thematic concerns from different authorial perspectives hence portraying diversity in African Literature.
Return to the Center – God with...
Everything Here Is Beautiful by Mira ...
Two Chinese-American sisters—Miranda, the older, responsible one, always her younger sister’s protector; Lucia, the headstrong, unpredictable one, whose impulses are huge and, often, life changing. When Lucia starts hearing voices, it is Miranda who must find a way to reach her sister. Lucia impetuously plows ahead, but the bitter constant is that she is, in fact, mentally ill. Lucia lives life on a grand scale, until, inevitably, she crashes to earth.
Miranda leaves her own self-contained life in Switzerland to rescue her sister again—but only Lucia can decide whether she wants to be saved. The bonds of sisterly devotion stretch across oceans—but what does it take to break them?
Everything Here Is Beautiful is, at its heart, an immigrant story, and a young woman’s quest to find fulfillment and a life unconstrained by her illness. But it’s also an unforgettable, gut-wrenching story of the sacrifices we make to truly love someone—and when loyalty to one’s self must prevail over all.
Beyond Limits
Kenyas Foreign Policy and Diplomacy: ...
In the past decade or so the study of international relations and diplomacy has become popular in most universities in Kenya. Kenya’s Foreign Policy and Diplomacy: Evolution, Challenges and Opportunities is a pioneering comprehensive textbook, which examines and evaluates Kenya’s foreign policy since independence. The author analyses Kenya’s formation as a state, its national interest, determinants of its foreign policy and how the country has applied its diplomacy in response to constantly changing dynamics in international relations to secure a role and place for itself on the international stage.
He describes the successive stages of orientation of Kenya’s foreign policy as it maintained good relations with its traditional development partners during the Cold War, but found itself under the microscope by the same partners after 1989. The author then discusses the foreign policy under President Kibaki, which progressively re-orients Kenya to the East, and President Uhuru and the ICC dilemma. He also discusses the influence of domestic agenda in Kenya’s mediation role and emerging issues in international relations namely: environmental diplomacy, terrorism, the proliferation of small arms and light weapons.
Students of international relations and diplomacy, practicing and aspiring diplomats, scholars, researchers, historians and the general reader will find this book relevant.
The Sweetness of Water by Nathan Harr...
Landry and Prentiss are two brothers born into slavery, finally freed as the American Civil War draws to its bitter close. Cast into the world without a penny to their names, their only hope is to find work in a society that still views them with nothing but intolerance.
Farmer George Walker and his wife Isabelle are reeling from a loss that has shaken them to their core. After a chance encounter, they agree to employ the brothers on their land, and slowly the tentative bonds of trust begin to blossom between the strangers.
But this sanctuary survives on a knife's edge, and it isn't long before a tragedy causes the inhabitants of the nearby town to turn their suspicion onto these new friendships, with devastating consequences.
Hot Seat: What I Learned Leading a Gr...
In September 2001, Jeff Immelt replaced the most famous CEO in history, Jack Welch, at the helm of General Electric. Less than a week into his tenure, the 9/11 terrorist attacks shook the nation, and the company, to its core. GE was connected to nearly every part of the tragedy—GE-financed planes powered by GE-manufactured engines had just destroyed real estate that was insured by GE-issued policies. Facing an unprecedented situation, Immelt knew his response would set the tone for businesses everywhere that looked to GE—one of America’s biggest and most-heralded corporations—for direction. No pressure.
Over the next sixteen years, Immelt would lead GE through many more dire moments, from the 2008–09 Global Financial Crisis to the 2011 meltdown of Fukushima’s nuclear reactors, which were designed by GE. But Immelt’s biggest challenge was inherited: Welch had handed over a company that had great people, but was short on innovation. Immelt set out to change GE’s focus by making it more global, more rooted in technology, and more diverse. But the stock market rarely rewarded his efforts, and GE struggled.
In Hot Seat, Immelt offers a rigorous and raw interrogation of himself and his tenure, detailing for the first time his proudest moments and his biggest mistakes. The most crucial component of leadership, he writes, is the willingness to make decisions. But knowing what to do is a thousand times easier than knowing when to do it. Perseverance, combined with clear communication, can ensure progress, if not perfection, he says. That won’t protect any CEO from second-guessing, but Immelt explains how he’s pushed through even the most withering criticism: by staying focused on his team and the goals they tried to achieve. As the business world continues to be rocked by stunning economic upheaval, Hot Seat “takes you into the office, head, and heart of the man who became CEO of GE on the eve of 9/11, and then led the iconic behemoth for sixteen fascinating, and often turbulent, years. A handbook on leadership—and life” (Stanley A. McChrystal, General, US Army [Retired], CEO and Founder, McChrystal Group).
The Village Whistle and Other Stories
The Village Whistles and Other Stories is set in Western Kenya, the coastal line of Eastern Africa and other parts of the world.
The collection is a basketful of memorable real-life adventures and escapades. Maurice Misiko and Ombati Ombogo take you to the past, which mingles with the present in humorous and captivating incidents that convey values, beliefs and customs.
Allegories and euphemism combined with anecdotes highlight poverty, education, superstition and traditions. The stories enter- tain, educate and preserve cultures for present and future genera- tions.
Why I Am So Clever by Friedrich Nietz...
'Why do I know a few more things? Why am I so clever altogether?' Self-celebrating and self-mocking autobiographical writings from Ecce Homo, the last work iconoclastic German philosopher Nietzsche wrote before his descent into madness. One of 46 new books in the bestselling Little Black Classics series, to celebrate the first ever Penguin Classic in 1946. Each book gives readers a taste of the Classics' huge range and diversity, with works from around the world and across the centuries - including fables, decadence, heartbreak, tall tales, satire, ghosts, battles and elephants.
The Energy Future of Africa: A Journe...
The Energy Future of Africa provides the inside story behind the kente curtain on how the continent can transform itself, and the world, by unlocking its tremendous renewable energy capital. From transportation to industry, technology, and electricity, the book also delves into the green hydrogen potential in Africa - the energy of the future - which could eliminate fossil fuels, boost economic growth, and encourage African action on climate change.
In this artefact of several years’ research and writing, industry player and Co-Founder of Olsuswa Energy, Mugwe Manga, takes the reader through a riveting and timely journey across Africa, highlighting the continent’s renewable energy bounty and the innovative ways of harnessing this as a key driver towards long term growth and development.
Assessing the current state of the world and its myriad climate dangers, Manga provides the solutions, drawing on his experiences in the renewable energy sector and specialism in geothermal energy. In so doing, he illuminates what it takes to be an African entrepreneur in renewable energy.
The Basics of Filmmaking: Screenwriti...
The Basics of Filmmaking is an introductory textbook tailored to the needs of beginning and intermediate film students and independent filmmakers that expertly guides you through the entirety of the craft, from screenwriting all the way through to editing, with detailed chapters covering each department involved in the filmmaking process.
The book takes a behind-the-scenes look at every aspect of the filmmaking process: writing the screenplay (and getting it critiqued by a professional), pre-production, cinematography, lighting, the shooting process, getting good audio, editing, and even going to a pitch meeting to sell it. It addresses the real fundamentals, the mechanics and the basic concepts of how to write, produce, direct, shoot, record, and edit your movie.
Written by Blain Brown, a seasoned expert who has worked professionally as a cinematographer, screenwriter, director, producer, line producer, assistant director, gaffer, grip, and editor; this is a must have resource for any filmmaking student.
Featuring an accompanying companion website with video examples of scene directing methods, continuity and coverage, working with the camera, lighting, audio, and editing, and downloadable production forms you can fill out and use for your projects.
