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This book presents the first comprehensive study of Iran's complex relationship with Africa during the late Pahlavi era. While many studies of Iran's foreign relations during the Cold War present Iranian policy as fully aligned with the United States, Robert Steele reveals Iran as an independent actor capable of forging its own path, and shows that Africa was central to Iran's economic policy and security strategy during the reign of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. Africa was where the shah sought allies to balance the radicalism of Nasser, often through Iranian aid, customers for Iranian oil and potential sources of uranium. Bolstered by the British withdrawal from the Persian Gulf in 1971 and the oil price hike of 1973, Steele also shows how the shah saw an opportunity for his Iran to play a leading role in the Indian Ocean, revealing the central place of Africa in Iran's global strategy.

1. What this book is about -- 2. What has the Rational Choice Perspective told us about crime -- 3. Critique and Methodological issues -- 4. The importance of understanding thinking -- 5. Other Challenges to Consider -- 6. Exploring experiences of crime -- 7. The lived experience of crime- In their own words -- 8. Rewards, Benefits and goals -- 9. Violent and emotional offending -- 10. Mixed up rationalities -- 11. Confounding factors and decision enhancers -- 12. Putting it all together -- 13. Developing a model to fit the data -- 14. Reflections and thought.

It's been over a year since that night and Amani hopes that starting all over again will help her move on from the past. So, when she moves to a new city, Amani wants to focus on her new life, her best friends and the boy she's been crushing on but everything is falling apart and Amani finds herself looking for happiness in all the wrong places. Can Amani confront the ghosts of her pasts so she can become the girl she's always wanted to be?_x000D_*Contains sensitive issues that some may find triggering. _x000D__x000D_Being Amani by Annabelle Steele is the first book to be published by Hashtag BLAK, a new imprint, supported by an Arts Council National Lottery Project Grant, publishing diverse & inclusive books. Hashtag BLAK committed to first publishing two Black British authors and has signed three books for release in 2021. For more information: www.hashtagblak.co.uk.

"For urban and environmental planners seeking to support sustainability-led change charting the task ahead remains complex, turbulent and unclear. Is it possible for planning to better serve, protect and nurture our human and non-human worlds? Many have serious doubts about the prospects for planning but there is a real opportunity for planning to better engage with how real places and spaces are produced and change. This book critically engages with the contemporary challenges of planning wild cities in a climate of change. Drawing on the international literature and case-study examples from the developed and developing country contexts, key issues around urban (in)security, critical infrastructure and the rights to the city for both humans and nature are highlighted. It is within this context that this book focuses on the need to better understand how contemporary cities have changed and the relational role of planning within it. Planning Wild Cities will be of particular interest to students and scholars of planning, urban studies and sustainable development"--

"This book describes how Rome conquered the world with citizen-soldiers. Like many expansionist states throughout history, Rome instilled something violent and vicious in its soldiers, making them more effective than their opponents. But unlike other civilizations, it did so with part-timers. The Romans perfected civic militarism in a way no other civilization has. It transformed average farmers into ambitious killers capable of conquering the Mediterranean"--

Cover -- Title -- Contents -- IT'S TIME TO TALK ABOUT OIL AND GAS -- WHAT ARE OIL AND GAS -- SO MANY USES -- FROM ROCK TO PUMP -- FLARES AND FRACKERS -- SHIFTING THE PRODUCT -- POLAR DRILLING -- TRAFFIC JAM! -- THE POWER GENERATORS -- FANTASTIC PLASTIC? -- CHANGING THE PLANET -- BLACK GOLD -- POLITICS AND POWER -- SERVING THE PUBLIC? -- CARBON AND CLIMATE -- GLOBAL BAKE-OFF -- CLIMATE ACTION -- ARE WE RESPONSIBLE? -- CLEANER OPTIONS -- OIL FREE? -- THE FUTURE OF OIL AND GAS -- GLOSSARY -- INDEX -- Back Cover.