As smallholder farmers switch to producing for the commercial market, they face a steep learning curve. To select a product and to market it effect...

Lebanon - Current Issues & Background

Lebanon is a religiously diverse, democratic state transitioning toward independence after a ruinous civil war and the subsequent Syrian and Israel...

The year was 1971. No one had ever heard of Afghanistan and no one cared. The Russians hadn't invaded and the Taliban didn't exist. Eloise Hanner n...

The United Nations Security Council passed three resolutions that placed sanctions on Libya until Libya surrendered for trial two men suspected of ...

Literacy is defined as the ability to read and write. One would expect that as the world enters the 21st century of the Third Millennium, we wouldn...

This book is a bird´s eye view of the livelihood and geographical conditions of backward rural areas in the central and northern Andes in Perú and ...

Text in Danish. This publication deals with the encounter between the common Danish population of the 17th century and the printed word -- and not ...

This book documents experiences by those at the forefront of technical support and capacity development. The experiences and lessons learned all or...

Dive into a luscious feast of language and imagery, laced with Maori proverbs. Cowrie boards a ship bound for Mururoa Atoll during the French nucle...

Meaning "provided with marginal annotations," marginated neatly describes the items featured in this extensively researched catalogue. From present...

Learn the essentials of marine diesel propulsion engines ranging from 1,000 to 80,000 horsepower. This excellent handbook for marine engineers emph...

Since the Titanic disaster of 1912, the horrors of major maritime casualties have prompted international conventions and domestic legislation, but ...

This book provides the most current and comprehensive review available of the natural and human history of the Catoctin Mountain region of Maryland...

Presenting an exhaustive bibliography and filmography, this encyclopaedic reference offers the most comprehensive review of the members of the Scie...

This book is devoted to new advances in all branches of mathematics, game theory and applications, and pure and applied algebra and geometry includ...

Book and CD. The complete history -- starting where it all began. A comprehensive discography with listings of several hundred official albums, CDs...

This collection represents a complex material with respect to the cities, urban places, and metropolitan areas. This book may be considered as a co...

As American demographics continue their stunning shift, Mexico's position as the homeland of so many immigrants will give it a powerful voice in wo...

This reference book presents the important issues of contemporary Mexico within the backdrop of its historical background and augments it with an i...

America and Mexico share a continent with Canada and as the world continues to grow smaller find more and more issues which both bind and separate ...

The United States and Mexico have a close and complex bilateral relationship, with extensive economic linkages as neighbours and partners under the...

In 1998 the Middle East Conflict celebrated its 50th anniversary and now, eight years later, no final general settlement is in sight. Despite peace...