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[...]

Olivier Roy, world-renowned authority on Islam and politics, finds in the modern disconnection between faith communities and socio-cultural identities a fertile space for fundamentalism to grow. Instead of freeing the world from religion, secularization has encouraged a kind of holy ignorance to tak[...]

This text provides an international perspective on rural planning, focused on developing countries. It examines conventional development planning and innovative local planning approaches, drawing together lessons from recent experience of rural planning and land use.[...]

This novel from the great Austrian poet, dramatist, essayist and librettist, Hugo von Hoffmansthal Andreas is a fascinating insight into the work of this renowned author. Andreas is an unfinished and posthumously-published novel of violence and naivety, pathos and melancholy. Set in the eighteenth c[...]

Contains up-to-date NHS issues and extensive information on the MMI process. Presents a look at over 150 medical school interview questions. This book provides with techniques to address various types of questions, analyses good and bad examples of answers, teaches you how to add depth to your answe[...]

Practice and revision for the UKCAT exam for entry into medical school in the UK. The book contains 600 questions and includes a full mock exam and comprehensive explanations.[...]

From the subway to the skyscraper, from Manhattan's financial district to the Long Island suburbs, every inch of New York tells the story of one man's mind: Robert Moses, the architect who designed it all. Now, in Pierre Christin and Olivier Balez's new graphic biography, the rest of Robert's story [...]

The scandalous love affair of The Royal Family of the British Stage was second in fame and notoriety only to that of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor. Co-authors Roy Moseley (the couple s "honorary" godson and long-standing friend and personal assistant) and Darwin Porter tear away the velvet curtain[...]