HOME BOOKS JOURNALS SUBMIT YOUR MANUSCRIPT SALES EDITORIAL SERVICES CURRENCY CONVERTER LATEST NEWS LINKS MEMBER LOGIN Enter Search Keyword Title Author ISBN Adonis-Abbey's Online Book Store Showing (1 to 10) of 75 Why Industrial Revolution By-Passes Africa Why Industrial Revolution By-Passes Africa is a compelling analysis of the complex dimensions of development in Africa. It identifies and explains the failure of innovations and knowledge in Africa to generate industrial revolution in the continent using two main models: the motivation and growth-ladder models. Focusing on the indifference and secrecy among innovators............ Buy This Book | View Book Details Writers, Writing on Conflicts and Wars in Africa Many African countries are caught up in perennial or recurrent political conflicts that often culminate in devastating wars. These flaring conflicts and wars create harrowing economic hardships, dire refugee problems, and sustain a sense of despair in such countries.   By their nature, these conflicts and wars affect writers in profound and sometimes paradoxica............ Buy This Book | View Book Details Egypt, Energy and the Environment: Critical Sustainability Perspectives Pure environmentalism and pure resource exploitation can be integrated together to form an encompassing sustainability solution. This is the main message of this book based on an innovative “structure-concentration-incentives” methodology applied to Egypt. This methodology provides a basis for achieving environmental sustainability based on endogenous sour............ Buy This Book | View Book Details Understanding Organizational Leadership through Ubuntu Understanding Organizational Leadership through Ubuntu offers a creative, innovative and holistic approach to understanding organizational leadership using the principles embodied in the African philosophy of personhood known as ubuntu – or the essence of being human. Using African proverbs, folktales and indigenous concepts, the book discusses the organizationa............ Buy This Book | View Book Details Fragmented Families, Poverty, and Women’s Reproductive Narratives in Post Apartheid South Africa Fragmented Families  addresses a central question in the demographic debates on poverty and fertility transition in southern Africa:. In what ways do women’s recurrent encounters with poverty serve to shape their sexual unions, social relationships and reproductive practices? The book focuses on the lives of a group of mothers and daughters from fifteen fam............ Buy This Book | View Book Details Women in Business: Theory, Practice and Flexible Approaches In recent years, a record number of women have been breaking out of corporate life and embracing entrepreneurial careers  partly as a redress to the discriminations they experience in paid employments. Female entrepreneurship is emerging as a potent force as more women emerge as business owners even in economic sectors that were previously thought to be the prese............ Buy This Book | View Book Details Post-Cold War Conflicts in Africa: Case studies of Liberia and Somalia During the Cold War ideological and politico-military rivalries mostly dictated the actions of the competing blocs, including their involvement in foreign conflicts. In Africa for instance, the East-West rivalry of the time not only fuelled conflicts but also appeared to undermine the use of diplomacy as a tool for peacemaking and conflict resolution. With the fall of............ Buy This Book | View Book Details Cohesion, Growth and Social Development: Essays on Community Engagement Cohesion, Growth and Social Development is a collection of philosophical essays, focusing on compassion and the respect for human dignity. The essays discuss a number of contemporary issues - the human carnage in Darfur, the politics in the United Nations, and the epidemic of poverty in some countries. It also discusses how and why people and communities develop certa............ Buy This Book | View Book Details State-Building In Post-Liberation Eritrea: Challenges, Achievements and Potentials State-Building In Post-Liberation Eritrea explores the potentials, achievements and challenges facing Eritrea in its efforts to construct a viable state after it became independent in 1991(de facto) and 1993 (de jure). It also examines the post-liberation experience of state building focusing on the institutionalisation, bureaucratisation and democratisation of state ............ Buy This Book | View Book Details Language Pedagogy and Language Use in Africa The study of African language pedagogy and use in the Diaspora was initiated in the 1960s as African countries attained independence from colonial powers. In the continent, the enthusiasm for the use of indigenous languages and scholarship has remained relatively moderate as scholars are conflicted in their loyalty to imperial languages. The attitude towards the use o............ Buy This Book | View Book Details    Next Page      Mailing List Click here to unsubscribe © Adonis & Abbey Publishers Ltd. All rights reserved 2003. Please visit Holler Africa our free online magazine at: www.hollerafrica.com