With beautiful photography throughout, this book features modern recipes of classic dishes long enjoyed by British Columbians, plus folklore and hi...

Genesis Beyond Sources is a radical and groundbreaking book with a new approach to understanding the book of Genesis and the Pentateuch. It has two...

This book looks at Georgia, which since its independence, has been the most vocally independent-minded country in the former Soviet Union. Russia c...

For this book, Willem Floor has selected and translated into English thirteen German sources reporting on events in Iran from 1580 to 1722. One of ...

Over the last two decades, China's extraordinary rate of economic growth has been driven by the 120-150 million people who have flocked into China'...

The voice of Francis J. Moloney, SDB, has been heard in New Testament studies for many decades. Internationally famous for his work on the Gospel o...

This book attends to the major concern of the Asia Pacific Region which is developing, energising and managing the human capital. In the early 60s ...

Public access to government information forms the foundation of a healthy liberal democracy. Because this information can be precarious, it needs s...

The Greek city-state of Athens is believed to have developed the first known democracy around 500 B.C. Modern Greece has been a democracy since the...

This guide covers cumulative indexes to journals, proceedings, transactions and other serials and periodicals for the 260 years since the publicati...

This book presents 2322 full citations of books from 1990-1993 including subject headings of books dealing with Black Americans. Full author and su...

Noise Free America: A Coalition to Promote Quiet is the nation’s most prominent anti-noise organization, focusing on excessive noise from motorcycl...

The purpose of this book is to examine the performance of Guyana's economy during the era of dirigisme and the period of economic liberalisation wi...

The authors of this handbook provide new research on the challenges and issues of the 21st century in Africa. Some of the topics discussed include ...

Currently, developing countries seeking to maintain a sustained long-term growth is a key factor in increasing the welfare of their populations. To...

Richard Popkin's meticulous translation--the most complete since the eighteenth century--contains selections from thirty-nine articles, as well as ...

Richard Popkin's meticulous translation--the most complete since the eighteenth century--contains selections from thirty-nine articles, as well as ...

This book is an introduction to the topic of bridges and is an unpretentious, popular contribution to the history of technology, where such aspects...

In April 2010, Southern Africa HIV/AIDS Information Dissemination Service (SAfAIDS) organised a forum to share experiences on implementing interven...

This book offers a comprehensive listing of resources on Jerusalem's history, politics and government, ethnic relations, social conditions, and int...

Hong Kong has an urbanisation history of an interesting course -- from fishing village of the Qing dynasty under the Manchu rule, to British colony...

Hong Kong in Focus - Political & Economic Issues

In 1954 Hurricane Hazel caused such destruction around Lake Ontario that it's a vivid memory half a century later. In 2003 Hurricane Juan so devast...

In a globalised and post-antibiotic world, it will be difficult to prevent the spread of infections and pathogens that have historically been large...

Luxdorph's collection has a triple source value in terms of the history of art, the history of civilisation and the history of science. On this bac...

Zimbabwe is a newly independent southern African country having gained political independence from Great Britain almost three decades ago. The coun...

Beginning with the concept that the way we think of social justice will depend on our understanding of who we are, Equity, Identity and Social Just...

The recent history of post-Soviet societies is often described in terms of the transition metaphor. Images of movement as well as changing places a...