A 1796 collection of documents, with extended introduction, relating to recent conflict in Jamaica between the British and runaway slaves.[...]
The Warren Commission Report is the official government report released by the President's committee to investigate the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. This report looks into President Kennedy's assassination, the murder of the President's killer Lee Harvey Oswald by Jack Ruby, and other[...]
A title on the global status of land and water resources. It focuses on these key dimensions of analysis: quantity, quality of land and water resources, and the rate of use and sustainable management of these resources in the context of relevant socio-economic driving factors and concerns, including[...]
A new edition of the world's most prestigious and authoritative reference atlas. Since its first edition in 1967 it has sold well over 1 million copies and its detailed and beautifully created mapping represents the perfect blend of tradition, authority and style which set it apart. Reprinted with u[...]
Complete with a slipcase, a revised and updated edition of the world's most prestigious and authoritative world atlas
Now in its 13th edition, this atlas is relied on and trusted by governments around the world and international organizations, including the UN, the European Commission, and media[...]
This is the seventh title in the Fiendish series - the latest volume of quality previously unpublished puzzles from the puzzle providers to the Times. You don't need to be a mathematical genius to solve the puzzles in this, the seventh collection of Fiendishly difficult puzzles, it is simply a quest[...]
A revealing exploration, from a libertarian perspective, of repression and censorship in the name of political correctness in America's universities offers case histories and thorough research demonstrating this disturbing trend. Reprint. NYT.[...]
In 26 never-before-published short and wonderfully clever poems, Langston Hughes takes children through both the alphabet and the animal world. From Ape to Zebra--with bees, camels, fish, and even a unicorn in between--he paints a picture of each animal with just a few simple, but telling, words.[...]
For years, the librarians at the New-York Historical Society have kept a record of the questions posed to them by curious New Yorkers and visitors to the city. Who was the first woman to run for mayor of New York? Why are beavers featured on the city's official seal? Is it true that a nineteenth-cen[...]
For years, the librarians at the New-York Historical Society have kept a record of the questions posed to them by curious New Yorkers and visitors to the city. Who was the first woman to run for mayor of New York? Why are beavers featured on the city's official seal? Is it true that a nineteenth-cen[...]
The Sword of the Lord is the first book to examine military chaplains and the development of the military chaplaincy across history and geography - from the first to the twenty-first century, from Europe to North America. The scope of this work reveals the astonishing fact that the military chaplain[...]
The "tragedy of the commons" is a central concept in human ecology and the study of the environment. It has had tremendous value for stimulating research, but it only describes the reality of human-environment interactions in special situations. Research over the past thirty years has helped clarify[...]
Over the course of several decades, copyright protection has been expanded and extended through legislative changes occasioned by national and international developments. The content and technology industries affected by copyright and its exceptions, and in some cases balancing the two, have become [...]
Continued advancement in high-magnetic field science requires substantial investments in magnets with enhanced capabilities. This book contains recommendations for the further development of various - superconducting, hybrid, and higher field pulsed magnets that meet ambitious but achievable goals.[...]