As Long As the Lemon Trees Grow / by Katouh, Zoulfa, 1994-, author 656134, Hachette Books Group (Online service) 647103

“…But even with Khawf pressing her to leave, Salama is torn between her loyalty to her country and her conviction to survive. …”
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SCHOOL OF THIEVES / by Sabrina Ismail, author 655830, Naadhira Zahari, editor 655828

“…One day, a new family moves into town. It’s her father, who had long abandoned Amra and her family. …”

The Nightingale / by Hannah, Kristin, author 369246, Macmillan Books (Online service) 655983

“…The Nightingale tells the stories of two sisters, separated by years and experience, by ideals, passion and circumstance, each embarking on her own dangerous path toward survival, love, and freedom in German-occupied, war-torn France–a heartbreakingly beautiful novel that celebrates the resilience of the human spirit and the durability of women. …”
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Sentinels of Afghan democracy : the Afghan national army by Chan, Samuel

“…Since the fall of the Taliban regime in 2001, the international community has contributed much in terms of manpower, monetary aid, essential equipment and expertise in rehabilitaring this war-torn Central Asia country. The Afghan National Army (ANA) has arguably been one of the leading success stories. …”
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Off-farm employment and spatial distribution of paddy farmers in integrated agricultural development area in north-west Selangor determined using GIS by Lokman, Eleanor Daniella

“…The objective of this study is to investigate the involvement and location distribution of 250 paddy farmers and farm households in off-farm employment in IADA NWS using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to capture a farm location effect on mobility with regional condition, such as to work or to the nearest town. The descriptive analysis was used to describe the respondent’s socio-economic profile. …”
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TechX challenge by Yuan, Shenghai.

“…The concept of this competition is making future unman combat robot to replace human soldier in the future war-torn urban landscape. Robot has to function effectively in hazards situation. …”
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“It’s complicated” : cognitive dissonance and the evolving relationship between editorial and advertising in US newsrooms by Duffy, Andrew, Cheng, Lydia

“…It finds reluctance to embrace this evolving relationship, revealed in the fragmented and contradictory syntax editors use to talk about it as they are torn between the old (ethically driven) norm of how things should be, and the emerging (economically driven) norm of how things are. …”
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The Kwatha dialect of Meitei by Singh, Waribam Raghumani

“…The Kwatha dialect of Manipuri (Meitei) is spoken in a small village called Kwatha, situated at the Indo-Burma border near Moreh, which is 109 kilometers to the south of Imphal town. It is the only hill village in Manipur in which the Manipuri language is spoken. …”
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Ending the Syrian conflict : foreign intervention or renewed political process? by Zulkifli Mohamed Sultan

“…The massacre of more than 100 people in the west-central town of Houla last month brought condemnation of the brutal regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad by the U.N. …”
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Paternalism, petitions and the politics of church construction in Alsace, c. 1850–1885 by Clement, W

“…Over a period of 30 years, Catholic parishioners and clergy repeatedly petitioned the town’s Calvinist industrial and municipal elite for a church to be built in the paternalist cités ouvrières housing district, culminating in the eventual construction of the church of Saint-Joseph by 1883. …”

Turning back time: an exploration of nostalgia in Shinto Japan through studio Ghibli films by Lim, Jia Hui

“…This is due to the changes and defamiliarization of the environment in both films, from destruction caused by war shown in Grave, and the move to a new town in Totoro. This essay aims to compare the ways both films depict that process of cultural adaptation and learning by examining the presence of Japanese cultural beliefs that originated from the Shinto religion in both films. …”
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The post-modern Japanese identity of Haruki Murakami's literature. by Ling, Shannon.

“…Japan, in particular, had undergone massive changes since the end of the Meiji era and the Second World War, giving birth to a new generation of Japanese torn between respecting the traditional and embracing the modern. …”
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Online and offline social contact survey data analysis by Foo, Amanda Kar Wee.

“…The weekend activities varies according to each individual preference but the locations that have the highest average number throughout the entire day are places of worship, shopping in town and nearby, market and in the swimming pool. …”
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Rotator cuff tendons of the shoulder joint : anatomy and investigation of strain profile by Sheng, Jia-Min

“…The knowledge of the average footprint area of each tendon helps the surgeon to restore torn tendons to their functional anatomic positions. …”
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Land reclamation - from conventional vertical drain methods to a combined vacuum preloading and electro-osmosis with horizontal drainage enhanced geotextile sheets by Wong, Lung Anthony

“…Field data from a recent land reclamation project, namely Tung Chung New Town Extension, in Hong Kong have been comprehensively reviewed, which covers the assessment of the consolidation behavior of soft marine clay with prefabricated vertical drains. …”
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Avoiding Dense and Dynamic Obstacles in Enclosed Spaces: Application to Moving in Crowds by Huber, Lukas, Slotine, Jean-Jacques, Billard, Aude

“…The QOLO-robot successfully traversed a marketplace in the center of town in the presence of a diverse crowd with a nonuniform motion pattern.…”
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The tower : transformation of a precedent by Cross, Elizabeth Ann.

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Protection of cyclists by Xiao, Shunyu

“…According to LTA, every HDB town will have its own cycling network by the year 2030. …”
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Post-truth blame games in public diplomacy and media by Raspopina, Aleksandra

“…This chapter examines blame attribution mechanisms and themes in Russian public diplomacy through media by looking at the coverage by the Russian state-funded international broadcaster RT (formerly Russia Today) of the downing of Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 in eastern Ukraine in 2014 and the chemical attack in the Syrian town of Douma in 2018. By focusing on these events, this chapter takes a new look at the role of crises in blame attribution and avoidance, looking at the international rather than the domestic level. …”
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Canvas of culture: public art’s role in reinvigorating Pekan Parit by Muhamad Ferdhaus Sazali, Nur Ayunni Che Ahmad, Hasnizam Ab’dul Hamid, Mohamad Azal Fikri Ali

“…This underscores the critical role of public art in reflecting and preserving the town's cultural identity while involving the community in the planning and execution of these projects. …”
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