This new reference book is for all those professionals, agents, owners, designers and managers concerned with the many aspects of managing historic gardens, parks and design landscapes. The comprehensive scope emphasizes the importance of the principles of management, and the historic, scientific, b[...]

John C. Wright burst upon the science fiction scene a decade ago with the "Golden Age" trilogy, an innovative space opera. He went on to write fantasy novels, including the popular "Orphans of Chaos" trilogy. Now he returns to space opera in "Count to a Trillion". After the collapse of the world eco[...]

The year is 10,515 AD. The Hyades Armada, travelling at near light speed, will reach Earth in just four centuries to assess humanity's value as slaves. For the last 8,000 years, two opposing factions have laboured to meet the alien threat in very different ways. One of them is Ximen del Azarchel, im[...]

Raised in a strict British boarding school, five orphans discover that they possess unusual powers, from psychic premonitions to the ability to rearrange matter, and when they learn that they have been kidnapped from their parents and are not aging at the same rate as other people, they formulate a [...]

If popularity is based on how many bad guys you've got gunning for you, then Spidey wins hands down over any other hero, bar none This third volume of Spidey's late-'90s relaunch is proof of that, as is evidenced by blazing battles against Electro, Mysterio, Kraven, Venom, the Green Goblin, Carnage[...]

Represents the first comprehensive and accessible introduction to Foot's work, offering a complete chronological and thematic overview, emphasising the role Foot played in the development of contemporary virtue ethics. This is the ideal introduction for students seeking a synthetic grasp of Foot[...]

Why do individuals exposed to the same environment turn out so differently, with some engaging in crime and others abiding by societal rules and norms? Why are males involved in violent crime more often than females? And why do the precursors of serious pathological behaviour typically emerge in chi[...]

Henry Dumas's fiction is a masterful synthesis of myth and religion, culture and nature, mask and identity. From the Deep South to the simmering streets of Harlem, his characters embark on surreal and mythic quests armed only with wit, words, and wisdom. Championed by Toni Morrison, Walter Mosley, a[...]

Landscapes are frequently seen as fragments of natural habitat surrounded by a 'sea' of agriculture. But recent ecological theory shows that the nature of these fragments is not nearly as important for conservation as is the nature of the matrix of agriculture that surrounds them. Local extinctions [...]

Will the twenty-first century be the Asian century? Will the People s Republic of China overtake the United States as the leading global superpower? Will an armed conflict break out on the Korean peninsula, and can it be contained? While opinions differ strongly, there seems to be a certain consensu[...]