Rethinking Readiness: A Brief Guide to Twenty-First-Century Megadisasters, Paperback - Jeffrey Schlegelmilch

As human society continues to develop, we have increased the risk of large-scale disasters. From health care to infrastructure to national security...

A significant and central intervention into the field of Contemporary Literature, this volume focuses on fiction from the year 2000 and forward.Pub...

A Brief History of Archaeology details early digs and covers the development of archaeology as a multidisciplinary science, the modernization of me...

This is one of the first volumes to systematically analyse the key trends, contexts, and developments of 21st century US fiction. 14 leading schola...

This edited collection offers undergraduate Literature instructors a guide to the pedagogy and teaching of Victorian literature in liberal arts cla...

China's Grandmothers explores the status and lives of grandmothers in China from the late Qing to the present. Using a wide range of historical and...

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Reducere. Exploring a new century of architecture in the Windy City Chicago's wealth of architectural treasures makes it one of the world's majestic cityscap...

This is the fourth, revised and updated, edition of Geoffrey Till's Seapower: A Guide for the Twenty-first Century. The rise of the Chinese and oth...

DescriptionArchitecture reflects not only a nation's history, but also how its people lived, worked, prayed and fought over the centuries. Since th...

Reducere. An indispensable guide to how wars are fought, James F. Dunnigan's classic text has been enormously popular with citizens, professional soldiers, a...

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Reducere. Artificial intelligence (AI) has now mastered tasks which could, until recently, be performed only by humans. These tasks include cancer diagnosis,...

Reducere. A revised and updated guide to the essentials of a writer s craft, presented by a brilliant practitioner of the art Completely revised and rewritte...

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"It is increasingly evident that the dramatic consequences of the Earth's changing process cannot be avoided, that our civilization today is not wi...

A celebration of the vital role of geography in our understanding of the big issues facing humanity and the planet today

Reducere. DescriptionDescription: It is not simply for rhetorical flourish that politicians so regularly invoke God's blessings on the country. It is because...

An accessible and comprehensive introduction to Classical history, myth and the ancient world.Publisher: Little, Brown Book GroupAuthor(s): Dr Step...

Publisher: Polity PressAuthor(s): David A. SpencerNumber of pages: 200Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 138 x 216 x 27Cover type: Paperback / softb...

Reducere. A wide-ranging and enthralling introduction to Celtic mythology.Publisher: Little, Brown Book GroupAuthor(s): Martyn WhittockNumber of pages: 352Co...

Reducere. Description"The Paper Computer Unfolded" reveals the untold true story of three fully programmable computers that were made of nothing more than pa...

Keith A. Jenkinson looks at the story of Stagecoach in the twenty-first century, with a array of rare and previously unpublished images.

Reducere. As concise and enlightening as Seven Brief Lessons on Physics and Astrophysics for People in a Hurry, this mind-expanding dive into the mystery of ...

Reducere. Jainism arose as a systematic response to human and animal violence by positing a radical alternative-the path of ahimsa or non-violence. Their arg...

Reducere. An Introduction to the Nonprofit Sector: A Practical Approach for the 21st Century is an introductory text on the nonprofit sector and nonprofit or...

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Publisher: Rutgers University PressAuthor(s): Dorothea SchulzNumber of pages: 236Collection: Politics of Marriage and Gender: Global Issues in Loca...

This short book makes a connection between recent 'tectonic shifts' in the world economy and the political problems currently confronted by western...

This book is for anyone interested in the history of encyclopedias, including academics in the humanities and non-academic readers with an interest...

What is wrong with capitalism, and how can we change it? Capitalism has transformed the world and increased our productivity, but at the cost of en...

Accuracy carefully and clearly describes the principles of precision marksmanship that are not visible to an observer. It teaches the reader how to...

Focusing on the practical tools required to making your first student film, this book is a concise and accessible guide to film production. Kelly c...

The New York Times bestselling author's newest book is a guide to art, science, sex and death.Publisher: Hodder & StoughtonAuthor(s): Rob BellNumbe...

Reducere. This book is about an idea--namely, that Scripture mandates a Jewish return to the historical region of Palestine--which in turn morphed into a pol...

Distilled into a single volume, here is the essence of Marcus Borg: the world's leading spokesman for progressive Christianity until his death in 2...

The Economy of Modern India: From 1860 to the Twenty-First Century - B. R. Tomlinson

Anne: the boring Bronte? Or talented author, feminist, pioneer? Who, then, was the real Anne, how was her reputation destroyed, and why has she bee...