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Hims Ancient and Modern

The Children of Andaalwaald

The year is 2111, and the world is in turmoil. After the collapse of Imperial China ten years before, the world has been left fighting for survival as wars, famine, and disease ravage humanity. Commander Nathan Blake and his family are living an idyllic life at their island hideaway in Zanzibar - but there are storm clouds appearing on the horizon that will shatter their peaceful, happy, and isolated existence. Many lightyears away - across the Milky Way a secret plan has been hatched by the Grand Duke and the Duchess to bring their runaway daughter, Lady Alaa of Andaalwaald, home and to marry the Earl she was betrothed to and to calm uprisings against the Grand Duke's rule. Lady Alaa's brother is dispatched with his cousin to find Lady Alaa and return her to Andaalwaald. But there are secret plans within secret plans. The Children of Andaalwaald is also the story of America - and the fight between the freed slaves who worship Nathan as a God, and General Wright and the Free America Corp who want to ethnically cleanse America of all non-whites. The Children of Andaalwaald is an exciting adventure across the enormity of space that introduces new characters and brings back a favorite from the past.

Handbook of Research on Developing Circular, Digital, and Green Economies in Asia

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused extraordinary disruptions in societies, companies, and nations across the globe. In response to this global devastation, companies need to develop business and management practices to answer new and emerging challenges and speed the recovery of economies, the creation of new jobs and prosperity, and achieve sustainable growth. The transition to digital and greener economies offers important challenges and opportunities for people, companies, cities, and governments. The Handbook of Research on Developing Circular, Digital, and Green Economies in Asia explores new and emerging business and management practices to support companies and economies in the digital transformation in Asia with special emphasis on success and failure experiences. This book will analyze the role of digital skills and competences, green issues, and technological disruptors in these emerging practices in Asia and how they can contribute to the creation of new business opportunities, more jobs, and growth for the recovery of Asian economies after the pandemic. Covering topics including consumption values, psychological capital, and tourist culture, this book is essential for academicians, economists, managers, students, politicians, policymakers, corporate heads of firms, senior general managers, managing directors, information technology directors and managers, libraries, and researchers.