Diversity in Language: Contrastive Studies in English and Arabic Theoretical Applied Linguistics
The Arabic and English languages have developed along separate lines over the centuries. Thus, it is no surprise that even apart from purely cultural elements, there are distinctive characteristics of the two languages that pose particular problems to native speakers of one language attempting to learn the other.
Now You Know Crime Scenes. The Little Book of Answers
We live in a country that has chosen to assume that a person accused of a crime is innocent until guilt is proved beyond a reasonable doubt. This book answers questions about crime scene investigation, provides some historical context, and offers accounts of various crimes to illustrate how good investigative techniques have worked in practice.
Reading the Romance: Women, Patriarchy, and Popular Literature, 2nd Edition
With the exception of the first chapter, which is an enlightening but pretty dry history of book publishing, the author writes with an enganging and personable style that's highly unusual for an "academic" book. I picked it up thinking that I'd browse through it and found myself reading it cover to cover. There's a bit of the usual feminist/critical studies rhetoric but it's neither bombastic enough nor pervasive enough to dampen the book's accessibility nor its credibility.
Leading People Through Disasters: An Action Guide: Preparing for and Dealing with the Human Side of Crises
This book helps HR professionals anticipate the emotional and psychological aspects of disaster and outlines an effective three-pronged approach for dealing with disaster's human side: creating an emergency plan that focuses on both human and business issues; preparing the department to take action and assume a leadership role; and knowing how to adapt and improvise on the fly. Adopting this approach enables organizations to act with courage and avoid the costly lessons learned by others.
For some people planning a trip is almost as exciting as doing it; sitting down with books on exotic locations and picking where you want to go is a thrill, but when you first look all the places you can visit, it can be pretty overwhelming. The following journeys aren't intended to be all-singing, all-dancing tours, but simply indications as to what's possible. So at least someone has done them already, but it's best to allow yourself as much time as possible so you can add in your own dream destinations.
