In this daring experiment in ethnographic place-writing, cultural geographer James Riding aims to get at the heart of post-conflict Bosnia showing ...

In this concise volume, Michael Loewe provides an engaging overview of the government of the early empires of China. Topics discussed are: the seat...

In this concise volume, Michael Loewe provides an engaging overview of the government of the early empires of China. Topics discussed are: the seat...

The Handbook of New Zealand Mammals is the only definitive reference on all the land-breeding mammals recorded in the New Zealand region (including...

"This catalogue presents examples of first editions of all the English-language titles that have won Canada's prestigious Governor General's Litera...

This is the inspiring story of a Canadian woman who transformed a simple afternoon of reading to a group of children in her backyard in Ghana, Afri...

This rich collection of quotations, spanning multiple millennia from the ancient epochs to the contemporary era, is comprised of over five hundred ...

Few Israelis are as deserving of the title Mr. Security as Moshe Bogie Ya’alon. His history of military and political leadership speaks for itself....

Urban planners today are biased towards a model of neighborhood planning that may be leading them down the wrong path in the design and approval of...

The University of Cologne has an unusual history: It was founded - for the second time - by the city council in 1919, more than 100 years after its...

New Zealand depends on what our farmers, foresters and horticulturalists grow. When agriculture catches a cold, the entire economy sneezes. Right n...

In the early 2000s, Liberian women wearing wrap skirts, white T-shirts, and shouting: ‘We want peace, no more war', attracted international attenti...

The Screenwriter’s Bible‘s 7th edition marks the 25th anniversary of one of the most popular, authoritative, and useful books on screenwriting. A s...

As we enter 2014, an accelerating interest in abuse has arisen due to the implementation of community care policies relying upon informal care and ...

What was the real significance of "war paint", of the rituals of shamans, of the mysterious communion with animals, plants, mountains, and wild wat...

This book gives a glimpse of Saint Dominic and fteen other blessed or canonized Dominicans who lived over the period until the twentieth century. W...

This book gives a glimpse of Saint Dominic and fteen other blessed or canonized Dominicans who lived over the period until the twentieth century. W...

The field of communication and media has never been more exciting, and the vigorous activity in this area over the past three decades bears testimo...

Topological Homology

This innovative book offers a fresh perspective on the national work culture of Russia and the substantial role foreign institutional and cultural ...

This new book deals with the complex issue of Europe's inevitable yet extremely controversial expansion process.

Across the Nordic countries movements are taking place towards new political and administrative government structures at the regional level. The bo...

The transfer of knowledge is a key issue in the North as Indigenous Peoples meet the ongoing need to adapt to cultural and environmental change. In...

This book presents a rigorous inquiry into one of the most striking transformation which has occurred in Africa's education today -- the University...

This is an interdisciplinary analysis of the interaction between today's globalisation and Americanisation. Transnationalism involves a loosening o...

"The Treaty of Waitangi" is the founding document of New Zealand, a subject of endless discussion and controversy, and is at the centre of many of ...

The city of Trondheim can look back on one thousand years of history. In the course of this time it has been an ecclesiastical centre, a regional c...

From Lucy to Bethany all of TV's greatest and most notorious mums are represented in this collection sure to fascinate. Most of the book is taken f...

Social media have formed part and parcel of our everyday life. Defined by many as a public sphere, Twitter has indeed enabled social and political ...

This book is like a time capsule containing a selection of interviews that aired on Hromadske Radio’s Ukraine Calling show. They capture what peopl...

"This book draws on the author’s experience from 26 years of Ukrainian diplomatic service in, among others, Bonn, Berlin, Washington, and Vienna, a...

The Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies' hallmark event for its fortieth anniversary in 2016 was a two-day conference held at the University of...

This book puts Hong Kong on the world map and elevated this docile, money-minded Asian island to a model for pro-democracy campaigns across the glo...

Members of Congress continue to demonstrate an ongoing interest in the efficiency and effectiveness of United Nations (U.N.) development activities...

Created in 1787, the United States Senate is one of the two chambers of the Congress of the United States, the other being the House of Representat...

The book takes off with a general overview which is an introduction to urban studies and urbanisation. The next chapter is an analysis of the patte...

Love vampires? Test your knowledge and have some fun with this collection of crossword puzzles and trivia questions about the children of the night...

Keeping a ship safe and secure occurs through the investment of time and effort by both the Vessel Security Officer and the crew. Some of the topic...

After communist North Vietnam's victory over U.S.-backed South Vietnam in 1975, U.S.-Vietnam relations remained essentially frozen until the mid-19...

Clustered yet scattered, we New Zealanders live across the country’s physical landscapes, experiencing its varied weather and environments. We co-c...

"When you educate a girl, you educate a nation." --Malawian saying The women of Malawi, like many other women in developing countries, struggle to ...

Just around the next mountain switchback or on the next sunny beach, you can find some fairly unusual sites in British Columbia: a nude beach, a ho...

From strange behaviour to interesting prey-vs.-predator relationships to fantastical creatures, the animal world is full of fascinating facts about...

Don't walk under ladders! Place a star on the top of your Christmas tree. Superstitions and traditions often govern how we participate in life. But...

Don't like the weather; just wait five minutes. Real Canadian culture is complaining about the weather: * The ice storm of January 1998 in Eastern ...

Ben Granby, frustrated American food service worker, takes a multifarious, back roads ramble through the combat zone of Israel/Palestine, circa 200...

The American presidency has become one of the most powerful offices in the world with the ascendancy of American power in the 20th century. 'White ...

The American presidency has become one of the most powerful offices in the world with the ascendancy of American power in the 20th century. "White ...