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![]() Free Download C. T. Rwizi, "House of Gold" English | 2023 | ISBN: 1542037123 | 399 pages | AZW3 / EPUB / MOBI | 2.3 MB From visionary author C. T. Rwizi comes the epic journey of four people on a distant planet who face the ultimate test of loyalty, friendship, and duty in the rising tide of war. ![]() Free Download History of Policing, Crime, Disorder, Punishment English | 2023 | ISBN: 3031368916 | 569 Pages | PDF EPUB (True) | 10 MB This engaging textbook provides a broad and unique coverage of the key historical events that shaped ideas in criminology, criminal justice and policing from the late seventeenth century to the early twenty-first century in England and Wales. It vividly illustrates the multi-disciplinary nature of criminology and penology by providing important insights into the social and political issues that shaped the development and operations of the criminal justice system and its responses to both crime and disorder. ![]() Free Download Richard A. Lobban Jr., Carolyn Fluehr-Lobban, "Historical Dictionary of the Sudan" English | 2013 | ISBN: 0810861801 | EPUB | pages: 620 | 6.2 mb The Republic of the Sudan was long the largest country in Africa and, according to the general consensus, also one of the least successful in many ways. This was not entirely its fault since it lay along the fault line between Muslim and Christian Africa and between the Nile Valley civilizations and African Sudanic cultures. This partly explains the long and bloody warfare waged by the Southerners to achieve independence, which they did in July 2011. So this hefty book actually covers not one but two states. ![]() Free Download Charles Schmitz, Robert D. Burrowes, "Historical Dictionary of Yemen" English | 2017 | ISBN: 1538102323 | EPUB | pages: 664 | 1.0 mb Yemen has experienced wrenching changes that have transformed the country in yet unknown ways. The country exploded in a popular revolution against the long-time rule of Ali Abdallah Saleh. 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