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ISBN: 9781869142124
University of KwaZulu-Natal Press | 30 September
2011 Paperback | 512 pages
Description
This title considers what, in South Africa, is being published and how we may value what is being published, now. 'Now' is not only post-apartheid, or after the Truth Commission - the familiar signposts - but beyond both Antjie Krog's Country of my Skull (1998), the TRC marker, and J.M. Coetzee's Disgrace (1999), a book that for many, including arguably its author, marks a point of no return in its Afro-pessimism. Looking beyond 2000, these surveys of fiction, drama, poetry and autobiographical writing include coverage of poetry in English and Afrikaans, South African Indian writing, Zulu literature, oral performance, 'queer' fiction and literature of diasporic and ecological concern. Coverage does not claim to constitute a history of the literature. Rather, the accent is on a younger generation of writers, several of whom, such as Phaswane Mpe, K. Sello Duiker, Brett Bailey, Gabeda Baderoon and… Read More

ISBN: 9781776093892
Struik Publishers (Pty) Ltd, 26 June 2019
Soft cover, 368 pages
In 2016, the country watched as eight journalists stood up to the public broadcaster to dissent against the censorship imposed by COO Hlaudi Motsoeneng and the capture of the newsroom. They would become known as the SABC8. While many may remember the headlines, photos and footage that circulated during that time, few know the real story: the way lives were changed while history was being made.Now, Foeta Krige, one of the SABC8, shares his version of events: how it came about that eight very different journalists from within the public broadcaster, each with their own unique background and motivation, were brought together by circumstance to fight the mighty SABC in the name of media freedom. This forms the backdrop for a lesser-known story – one of death threats, intimidation, assault and the eventual death of Suna Venter. Her death shocked the nation and baffled investigators. Was it a natural death caused by… Read More

ISBN: 9781776174539
LexisNexis 22 Jan 202
Packaged a Part 2A(1), 2A(2) and 2B
Soft Cover, 3 books
 
SAICA Student Handbook 2023 Vol 2 is now packaged in 3 Volumes (Volume 2A(1), 2A(2) and 2B).
Volume 2A(1) contains the International Audit Standards Part 1.
Volume 2A(2) contains Parts II and II of the International Audit Standards.
Volume 2B contains the SAICA and IRBA Pronouncements, Auditing-related Legislation and King IV Report on Governance for South Africa.
Prescribed for senior South African auditing students by SAICA for the 2023 academic year and allowed to be brought in for open book examinations.

ISBN: 9781776174522
LexisNexis 2022 Edition
Packaged as a Part A1, A2, B, C1 and C2
SAICA Student Handbook 2022 Vol 1 (Packaged as Volume A1; A2; B; C1 and C2). Prescribed for senior South African accounting students by SAICA for the 2021 academic year and allowed to be brought in for open book examinations.
This text contains the authoritative pronouncements of the International Accounting Standards Board as issued at 1 January 2022, with extensive cross-references and other annotations.Extensive cross-references guide readers through each Standard and:

other related Standards;
accompanying Illustrative Examples and Implementation Guidance; and
its Basis for Conclusions.

This edition is presented in 5 volume parts:

Part A1 & A2 (Issued Standards) contains the IFRS®Standards, including IAS®Standards, IFRIC® Interpretations, SIC® Interpretations and Conceptual Framework
Part B (Accompanying Guidance) contains the illustrative examples and implementation guidance that accompany the… Read More

ISBN: "9780442227456
Springer 17 January 1991
Hardcover 584 pages
This second edition of Satellite Communications is a revised, updated, and improved version of the first edition (Van Nostrand, 1984) and has been extended to include many newer topics that are rapidly becoming important in modem and next-generation satellite systems. The first half of the book again covers the basics of satellite links, but has been updated to include additional areas such as Global Positioning and deep space satellites, dual polarization, multiple beaming, advanced satellite electronics, frequency synthesizers, and digital frequency generators. The second half of the book is all new, covering frequency and beam hopping, on-board processing, EHF and optical cross­ links, and mobile satellites and VSAT systems. All of these latter topics figure to be important aspects of satellite systems and space platforms of the twenty-first century. As in the first edition, the objective of the new edition is to present a unified… Read More

ISBN: 9780070381599
McGraw-Hill Education - Europe | 16 August 1998
Paperback | 288 pages 
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ISBN: "9781868144181
Wits University Press | 01 January 2007
Paperback | 313 pages | 2ND HAND
A study of the 'Cradle of Humanity and its history.
The 'Cradle of Humankind' (COH), bordering Gauteng and the North-West Province, was declared a World Heritage Site for the wealth of the human and animal fossils found there. Research based on fossils found in the area as well as signs of early human habitation have shed new light on the evolution of humankind and on the significant role that southern Africa played in the development of modern humans. A Search for Origins aims to provide an overview of the history of the COH, and of the important discoveries that have been made there, for a non-specialist audience. A number of general accounts have been written which have concentrated on the palaeontological discoveries made there. No systematic account written by specialists in their disciplines has, however, been published about the wider history of the COH and surrounding areas. In particular, no overview… Read More

ISBN: "9783319725642
Springer International Publishing,  01 January 2018
459 pages
This book contains revised selected papers from the 24th International Conference on Selected Areas in Cryptography, SAC 2017, held in Ottawa, ON, Canada in August 2017.
The 23 full papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 66 submissions. The focus of the conference was on specific themes in the area of cryptographic system design and analysis such as:
Design and analysis of symmetric key cryptosystems
Primitives for symmetric key cryptography, including block and stream ciphers, hash functions, and MAC algorithms
Efficient implementations of symmetric and public key algorithms

ISBN: 9780262012423
MIT Press Ltd 
09 May 2008 Hardback | 288 pages
Description
The development of the Semantic Web, with machine-readable content, has the potential to revolutionize the World Wide Web and its use. A Semantic Web Primer provides an introduction and guide to this still emerging field, describing its key ideas, languages, and technologies. Suitable for use as a textbook or for self-study by professionals, it concentrates on undergraduate-level fundamental concepts and techniques that will enable readers to proceed with building applications on their own and includes exercises, project descriptions, and annotated references to relevant online materials. A Semantic Web Primer provides a systematic treatment of the different languages (XML, RDF, OWL, and rules) and technologies (explicit metadata, ontologies, and logic and inference) that are central to Semantic Web development as well as such crucial related topics as ontology engineering and application scenarios. This substantially… Read More

ISBN: "9781107016934
Cambridge University Press,  01 January 2015
Hardback, 778 pages
In its first edition, Soils established itself as the leading textbook in the fields of pedology and soil geomorphology. Expanded and fully updated, this second edition maintains its highly organized and readable style. Suitable as a textbook and a research-grade reference, the book's introductory chapters in soil morphology, mineralogy, chemistry, physics, and organisms prepare the reader for the more advanced treatment that follows. Unlike its competitors, this textbook devotes considerable space to discussions of soil parent materials and soil mixing, along with dating and paleoenvironmental reconstruction techniques applicable to soils. Although introductions to widely used soil classification systems are included, theory and processes of soil genesis and geomorphology form the backbone of the book. Replete with more than 550 high-quality figures and photos and a detailed glossary, this book will be invaluable… Read More

ISBN: "9781108706094
Cambridge University Press,  06 February
2020 Paperback 134 pages
Produced in Athens during the fifth century BC, the tragedies of Sophocles are a high point in world literature, vividly depicting unforgettable characters confronted with emotional crises, moral dilemmas, and the inscrutable ways of the gods. This volume examines Sophocles' reputation as a dramatic poet both in his own day and later in antiquity, considering how it was that some of his plays survived from his time to ours. It investigates the qualities of those plays, focusing on key aspects of Sophoclean dramaturgy such as stagecraft, narrative, rhetoric, and heroism. And it incorporates within its discussion not just the seven plays that survive in full, but those major fragments discovered in recent years which shed so much light on Sophocles' extraordinary ability as a poet and a dramatist. All Greek is translated, making this volume accessible to anyone with an interest in one of the greatest playwrights of… Read More

ISBN: 9780826340221
University of Calgary Press | 01 July 2006
Paperback | 406 pages
Spatial analysis is the archaeology of space and place and is concerned with the creation of a cultural landscape focusing on archaeoastronomy, geoarchaeology, and ancient landscapes. Incorporating emerging technology such as GPS positioning and new forms of diagnostic imaging, spatial analysis can enable scientists to study the wider landscape of ancient human settlements. The ability to peer through time and clearly view the distribution of settlements and particular landforms and to determine resource areas provides researchers with invaluable information regarding the social relations, economy, and ecology of any community in the distant past.
These papers were selected from the 34th annual Chacmool Archaeological Conference held at the University of Calgary and are designed to examine human interaction with the environment, both physically and cognitively.

ISBN: 9780521788304
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS | 07 September 2012
Paperback | 420 pages 
Understanding and predicting the behaviour of decision makers when choosing among discrete goods has been one of the most fruitful areas of applied research over the last thirty years. An understanding of individual consumer behaviour can lead to significant changes in product or service design, pricing strategy, distribution channel and communication strategy selection, as well as public welfare analysis. This graduate and practitioner guide, first published in 2000, deals with the study and prediction of consumer choice behaviour, concentrating on stated preference (SP) methods - placing decision makers in controlled experiments that yield hypothetical choices - rather than revealed preferences (RP) - actual choices in the market. It shows how SP methods can be implemented, from experimental design to econometric modelling, and suggests how to combine RP and SP data to get the best from each type. The book… Read More

ISBN: 9780521535823
Cambridge University Press |  03 May 2004
Paperback | 124 pages
An essential tool in the fields of structural geology and geotechnics, stereographic projection allows three-dimensional orientation data to be represented and manipulated. This revised edition presents a basic introduction to the subject with examples, illustrations and exercises that encourage the student to visualize the problems in three dimensions. It will provide students of geology, rock mechanics, and geotechnical and civil engineering with an indispensable guide to the analysis and interpretation of field orientation data. Links to useful web resources and software programs are also provided. First Edition published by Butterworth-Heinemann (1996): 0-750-62450-7
Book Description A straightforward introduction to stereographic projection techniques for students of geology and civil engineering.

ISBN: 9781868144495
Wits University Press | 01 January 2007
Paperback | 232 pages
A full color book featuring Tsonga and Shangaan art and culture. Dunga Manzi / Stirring Waters features Tsonga and Shangaan art, culture and heritage, and accompanies an exhibition of the same name at the Johannesburg Art Gallery. It tracks the history of these cultural groups through essays and a wealth of images of material culture and art. Divided into four sections, the catalogue first highlights the histories of the Tsonga and Shangaan, including a personal narrative of the Makhubele family. The second section explores the magnificent beading tradition and the third, the complex legacy of woodcarving from the late nineteenth century to contemporary times. The historical trajectory as well as the spectacular attire and equipment of sangomas, also known as traditional healers and diviners, form the subject of the fourth and last section. This full-colour book showcases some of South Africa's most treasured heritage,… Read More

ISBN: "9781316627280
Cambridge University Press 02, October 2017
Paperback 178 pages
What did Roman children do first when they arrived at school in the morning? What excuse for missing school could be counted on to stave off a whipping from the teacher? What did a Roman banker do when someone came to borrow money? What did a Roman wife say when her husband came home drunk? The answers to such questions can be found not in mainstream ancient literature (whose writers had their minds on higher things) but in language textbooks for ancient Latin learners. These 'colloquia' offer an ancient introduction to Roman culture, covering such areas as shopping, banking, bathing, dining, arguing, and going to school; recently rediscovered, they are here presented for the first time in a format aimed at readers with no prior knowledge of Latin, Greek, or the ancient world. They come complete with introductory material, extensive illustrations, and a full explanation of their fascinating history.
Editorial Reviews… Read More

ISBN: "9781107057647
Cambridge University Press,  01 January 2016
Hardback, 510 pages
This market-leading textbook has been fully updated in response to extensive user feedback. It includes a new chapter on joints and veins, additional examples from around the world, stunning new field photos, and extended online resources with new animations and exercises. The book's practical emphasis, hugely popular in the first edition, features applications in the upper crust, including petroleum and groundwater geology, highlighting the importance of structural geology in exploration and exploitation of petroleum and water resources. Carefully designed full-colour illustrations work closely with the text to support student learning, and are supplemented with high-quality photos from around the world. Examples and parallels drawn from practical everyday situations engage students, and end-of chapter review questions help them to check their understanding. Updated e-learning modules are available online… Read More

ISBN: "9780521183772
Cambridge University Press,  01 January 2011
Paperback, 296 pages
The advent of accessible student computing packages has meant that geophysics students can now easily manipulate datasets and gain first-hand modeling experience - essential in developing an intuitive understanding of the physics of the Earth. Yet to gain a more in-depth understanding of physical theory, and to develop new models and solutions, it is necessary to be able to derive the relevant equations from first principles. This compact, handy book fills a gap left by most modern geophysics textbooks, which generally do not have space to derive all of the important formulae, showing the intermediate steps. This guide presents full derivations for the classical equations of gravitation, gravity, tides, earth rotation, heat, geomagnetism and foundational seismology, illustrated with simple schematic diagrams. It supports students through the successive steps and explains the logical sequence of a derivation -… Read More

ISBN: "9781108456531
Cambridge University Press,  26 April 2018
Paperback 442 pages
By engaging with recent developments in the study of empires, this book examines how inhabitants of Roman imperial Syria reinvented expressions and experiences of Greek, Roman and Syrian identification. It demonstrates how the organization of Greek communities and a peer polity network extending citizenship to ethnic Syrians generated new semiotic frameworks for the performance of Greekness and Syrianness. Within these, Syria's inhabitants reoriented and interwove idioms of diverse cultural origins, including those from the Near East, to express Greek, Roman and Syrian identifications in innovative and complex ways. While exploring a vast array of written and material sources, the book thus posits that Greekness and Syrianness were constantly shifting and transforming categories, and it critiques many assumptions that govern how scholars of antiquity often conceive of Roman imperial Greek identity, ethnicity and… Read More

ISBN 9780140424294
Publisher: Penguin 2003
357 pages
Soft cover
The most revolutionary of the Romantic poets, Coleridge is best known for a small number of dazzling visionary poems, such as ‘Kubla Khan’ and ‘The Ancient Mariner’, which seem to stand out as isolated displays of poetic genius. But the variety of his poetry is far greater than is sometimes recognized. This collection shows him experimenting with a range of verse forms, from the sonnet and ballad to the beautifully crafted sequence of Conversation poems, and encompassing subjects as diverse as love, childhood, memory, politics and mythology.