Heroes of Africa

TRUE STORIES OF THE INTREPID BRAVERY AND STIRRING ADVENTURES OF THE PIONEERS, EXPLORERS, AND FOUNDERS OF MODERN AFRICA. The exploration of Heroes of Africa, begun by Greece and Rome, has been carried on also by Moslem Arabs, by the Portuguese, the Dutch, and later by the French and Germans, as well as by ourselves. 

It seems as if unknown Africa would shortly be reduced to a small area, and the long list of explorers and discoverers must soon be completed ; but there is yet room in the world for men of enterprise who will go forth to keep order among men and the lower animals, to organise a higher civilisation, to combat diseases, and teach the natives the truths of science and religion.

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2007 World Cup - A Catalyst Toward Caribbean Identity Construction

It was paramount for the English-speaking Caribbean to host a successful Cricket 2007 World Cup and field an outstanding West Indian cricket team for the international sporting mega-event. For CARICOM and the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB), there were two principle goals – first, to exhibit regional Caribbean identity, and second, to be triumphant under the leadership of the West Indian cricket team’s captain, Trinidadian Brian Lara.

Identities are multifaceted and intricate, negotiated and renegotiated, based on a history of economic, political and cultural forces. This thesis interrogates Caribbean identity through textual analysis of the broadcast of the opening ceremony and regional newspaper coverage of the spectacle as well as ensuing events that were held in eight of the Caribbean countries from 11 March to 28 April 2007. The thesis questions whether this mega-event served as a catalyst toward Caribbean identity construction.

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Read More – Subhash Gupte – India’s Greatest Spin Bowler of 1950’s / Nayan Mongia – Most Competent Indian Wicket Keeper / 50,000 Runs in All Forms of Cricket

Cognitive Psychology

Book structure of Cognitive Psychology: The chapters in this book are organized in five parts. The first four parts focus on broad and well-established topic areas within cognitive psychology, such as perceptual processes and memory. The fifth considers a range of challenges, themes and issues – topics that have been thought to present challenges to the cognitive approach, such as emotion and consciousness; themes such as cognitive modelling and modularity; and issues such as the relation of cognition to biology. The first chapter is not located in one of these parts. 

It attempts to give a historical and conceptual introduction to cognitive psychology, laying out the foundations of the subject, and raising some of the important themes and issues that are revisited in later chapters. Some of these themes are developed also in the introductions to each of the subsequent parts; we recommend that students read these introductions prior to reading their associated parts, and re-read them afterwards. 

This book has been produced as the core text for the Open University’s level 3 course in Cognitive Psychology (DD303). However, it has been designed to serve students taking other courses in cognitive psychology as well, either as essential or recommended reading. There are a number of features of the design of this text that we hope will serve well both students learning about cognitive psychology and educators teaching the subject.

Edited by Nick Braisby and Angus Gellatly

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How To Win Every Argument

In this witty and infectious book How To Win Every Argument by Madsen Pirie provides a complete guide to using and indeed abusing - logic in order to win arguments. We all love to think ourselves as clear headed and logical but all readers will find in this book fallacies of which they themselves are guilty. The author shows you to simultaneously  to strengthen your own thinking and identify the weakness in other people arguments. 

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Yuvraj Singh - Test of My Life

Timeline for the Sequence of Events April 2011: ICC Cricket World Cup Final, April 2. India wins against Sri Lanka at the Wankhede stadium, Mumbai.

May 2011: Yuvraj’s chest X-rayed in the last week of May. Yuvraj advised further testing. FNAC test carried out. A tumour is found in the cavity between the lungs. It is possible that the tumour might be malignant.
July–August 2011: Travels to England with the Indian team for a four-Test tour. During the second Test at Nottingham, fractures his finger and is ruled out for the series. Returns to India in the first week of August 2011. August–September 2011: Alternative therapy for tumour undertaken in Jatin Chaudhry’s care.
October 2011: Confusion over the exact nature of the tumour. Biopsy report conducted in end-October suggests that this could be a rarest of rare germ cell tumour called a seminoma. Unconfirmed.
November 2011: India play West Indies at home, Yuvraj plays two Tests and is dropped from the third and final Test.
December 2011: Yuvraj trains at the National Cricket Academy (NCA), Bangalore to be ready for the ODI series in Australia.
January 2012: Scans in Bangalore and an oncologist in Delhi confirm that Yuvraj has mediastinal seminoma, a germ cell cancer. Yuvraj pulls out of ODI matches in Australia. Meets Dr Peter Harper in London in the third week of January and is advised immediate chemotherapy. Travels to Indianapolis to begin his treatment under Dr Lawrence Einhorn at
the IU Simon Cancer Centre, in the University of Indiana. Therapy begins on January 25.
March 2012: Chemotherapy ends on March 18.
April 2012: Arrives back in India on April 9.
May 2012: Begins training on May 20 at the NCA, Bangalore, in order to return to the game July 2012: Yuvraj launches cancer charity YOUWECAN.
August 2012: Is named in the India T20 squad to play against New Zealand at home and the World T20 tournament in Sri Lanka. 
September 2012: Plays his first match for India after his recovery from cancer on
September 11 versus New Zealand in Chennai.

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