Provincetown, one of the most idiosyncratic and extraordinary towns in the United States, perched on the sandy tip at the end of Cape Cod, has been amenable and intriguing to outsiders for as long as it has existed. 'It is one of the places in the world you can disappear into. It is the Morocco of N[...]

Includes case studies examining urban geography.

Land reforms are laws that are intended, and likely, to cut poverty by raising the poor's share of land rights. That raises questions about property rights as old as moral philosophy, and issues of efficiency and fairness that dominate policy from Bolivia to Nepal. This book builds on some findings [...]

An innovative approach to winning more profitable sales in the growing professional services industry In recent years, professional services providers have had to rethink their sales methods and adapt to profound changes in the way clients buy services. In response, Winning the Professional Servic[...]

A novel of North America's Forgotten Past Twelve summers after the events of "The People of the Longhouse "and "The Dawn Country," the Iroquois nations remain locked in bitter warfare. Atotarho, the cannibal-sorcerer who leads the People of the Hills, schemes to set into motion a cataclysmic battle [...]

IPPY Award Gold Medalist for Great Lakes: Best Regional Non-Fiction With more than 150 never-before-published duotone images, taken between 1892 and 1930, this collection explores the history of the Chicago River and the impact its reversal had on the watershed all the way to the Mississippi River. [...]

"Cunningham's short book is a haunting, beautiful piece of work. . . . A magnificent work of art." --"The Washington Post""Easily read on a plane-and-ferry journey from here to the sandy, tide-washed tip of Cape Cod, Massachusetts, "Land's End" is that most perfect of companions: slender, eloquent, [...]

"Ein begnadeter Stilist." (Jürgen von der Lippe) Wie mies das Leben in der DDR sein kann, weiß kaum einer so gut wie der relegierter Philologie-Student und Miniatur-Casanova Johannes Schönbach. Platz findet er im morschen SED-Staat nur als trinkfreudiger Hilfsarbeiter in einem Schnapslager. Na[...]

The earth as canvas In the mid-60s, artists in the USA and Europe began planning works for sites outside the narrow boundaries of galleries and museums. It began with ephemeral enhancements or traces left in deserted landscapes, in the deserts of America, or in the moors of Scotland. Following this [...]

Danskerne er blevet kåret til verdens lykkeligste folk flere gange - og når vi for en sjælden gangs skyld ikke vinder førstepræmien, er det som regel fordi vi er blevet overgået af svenskere, islændinge, finner eller nordmænd. Man skulle tro at skandinaverne var en gruppe jublende festaber, [...]

Sträng klimatpolitik kan få oönskade effekter!

Bör ett litet land föra en mer ambitiös klimatpolitik än internationella avtal kräver? Är det så att små, rika länder som t.ex. Norge och Sverige har en moralisk plikt att föra sådan politik?
Författaren diskuterar dessa fr�[...]