C. Brown

Author Cindi Brown sold everything to volunteer in Africa. With only her skills and desire to assist others, Brown hit Kenya hard... and then Kenya hit back. Follow Brown's setbacks and victories while getting an insider's view of Barack Obama's Luo homeland, polygamy, cycling past Cape Buffalo, floating past hippos, Sikh weddings, and Luo buria...

You'll never trust your girlfriends around your man after you read this story!  Three beautiful, educated and successful African American women become insanely jealous when one of their girlfriends hits the jackpot and marries what they all want: a handsome, educated, and successful black man whose a millionaire to boot. On top of that she's pre...

First published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

How did we get from 20-foot-long maps to GPS devices small enough to fit in the palm of our hands? How does GPS work and what can it tell us? How do ancient mapmaking techniques used by the Romans and Greeks influence the satellite technologies we use today? The history of mapmaking is full of remarkable characters who charted the unknown with a...

Explore Rocks and Minerals! offers kids ages 6?9 a fascinating introduction to geology. It investigates the geological forces that create and transform rocks, outlining the life cycle of igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks, and what they can tell us about the earth. It also explores fossils, and how they come to exist and are discovered....

In the second edition of this fascinating book an international team of experts have been brought together to explore all major areas of fish learning, including: Foraging skills Predator recognition Social organisation and learning Welfare and pain Three new chapters covering fish personality, lateralisation, and fish cognition and fish welfare...

Everyone has heard of Wimbledon, but how many people know that tennis was invented in the 18th century? This elegant little book is packed with facts, figures, records, statistics and fun! it covers the history of the game and the development of modern championships. There are anecdotes and information about many of the great names since the cha...

Men and women exhibit distinct, innate, and acculturated sex differences in their verbal and nonverbal communication styles. In the work environment, the difficulties and misunderstandings generated by these differences not only reduce productivity and efficiency but also lower morale. In this book, the authors show through empirical research an...