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Congo Style presents a postcolonial approach to discussing the visual culture of two now-notorious regimes: King Leopold II's Congo Colony and the state sites of Mobutu Sese Seko's totalitarian Zaïre. Readers are brought into the living remains of sites once made up of ambitious modernist architecture and art in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo. From the total artworks of Art Nouveau to the aggrandizing sites of post-independence Kinshasa, Congo Style investigates the experiential qualities of man-made environments intended to entertain, delight, seduce, and impress.
In her study of visual culture, Ruth Sacks sets out to reinstate the compelling wonder of nationalist architecture from Kinshasa's post-independence era, such as the Tower of the Exchange (1974), Gécamines Tower (1977), and the artworks and exhibitions that accompanied them. While exploring post-independence nation-building, this book examines how the underlying ideology of Belgian Art Nouveau, a celebrated movement in Belgium, led to the dominating early colonial settler buildings of the ABC Hotels (circa 1908–13). Congo Style combines Sacks's practice as a visual artist and her academic scholarship to provide an original study of early colonial and independence-era modernist sites in their African context.

"In Morality, the distinguished religious leader and philosopher Rabbi Jonathan Sacks diagnoses our troubled times as a period of "cultural climate change." Delivering an insightful critique of our modern condition, and assessing its roots and causes from the ancient Greeks through the Reformation and Enlightenment to the present day, Sacks argues that there is no liberty without morality, and no freedom without responsibility"--

1. Introduction: an English game, a Samoan contest -- 2. Transcultural adoption in Samoa (and in sport) -- 3. From cricket to kirikiti -- 4. Colonial officials: play halted "in the interests of industry and progress" -- 5. Christian missionaries: "much that was distinctly heathenish" -- 6. Colonists, 'afakasi and military men: sundries on 'the Beach' -- 7. Navigating colonialism in three contexts: "cricket assumed a political importance" -- 8. Navigating New Zealand colonialism: "more interested in cricket than in Samoan politics" -- 9. Conclusion: sporting contest at the edges of empire

Moses Mendelssohn (1729'1786) is often described as the founder of modern Jewish thought and as a leading philosopher of the late Enlightenment. One of Mendelssohn's main concerns was how to conceive of the relationship between Judaism, philosophy, and the civic life of a modern state. Elias Sacks explores Mendelssohn's landmark account of Jewish practice--Judaism's "living script," to use his famous phrase--to present a broader reading of Mendelssohn's writings and extend inquiry into conversations about modernity and religion. By studying Mendelssohn's thought in these dimensions, Sacks suggests that he shows a deep concern with history. Sacks affords a view of a foundational moment in Jewish modernity and forwards new ways of thinking about ritual practice, the development of traditions, and the role of religion in society

"This book written to be an easy-to-understand introductory textbook featuring hands-on application of presented theoretical concepts. The intention of the book is introducing the subject of financial derivatives in an accessible and an appealing way. The readers will be learning by doing. In the academic environment the book is intended to be a textbook for an introductory course in financial derivatives. The purpose of this book is essentially its focus on simplicity. Financial derivatives are often regarded as financial instruments that are just too complex to comprehend and individual investors tend to shy away. At the same time market professionals state that financial derivatives trades now constitute about 40% of the overall alternative asset markets. My manuscript offers explanations of complex concepts in the simplest possible form with hands-on applications through problems, case studies, and Excel-based modules for valuation"--

We often hear about the growing divide between rich and poor in America. This compelling exposé, backed by up-to-date research, locates the source of this trend where we might least expect to find it-in our schools. Written for a wide audience, Tearing Down the Gates is a powerful indictment of American education that shows how schools, colleges, and universities exacerbate inequality by providing ample opportunities for advantaged students while shutting the gates on the poor-and even the middle class. Peter Sacks tells the stories of young people and families as they struggle to negotiate th