This book provides an arresting interpretation of the history of Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific from the earliest settlements to the present. Usually viewed in isolation, these societies are covered here in a single account, in which the authors show how the peoples of the region constructed[...]

E-mails proposing an "urgent business relationship" help make fraud Nigeria's largest source of foreign revenue after oil. But scams are also a central part of Nigeria's domestic cultural landscape. Corruption is so widespread in Nigeria that its citizens call it simply "the Nigerian factor." Willin[...]

Aiming to provoke thought and elicit questions, this book explains facts about the world's population simply. Instead of unimaginable billions, it presents the whole world as a village of just 100 people. We find out that 22 speak a Chinese dialect and that 17 can't read or write.[...]

Celebrate with a Cake Learn how to make 15 amazing celebration cakes with step-by-step instruction from Lindy Smith, author of the bestselling The Contemporary Cake Decorating Bible. From eye-catching stacked, tiered and column cakes, to romantic hearts and novelty ideas, Celebrate with a Cake has a[...]

When Mrs Paxton, related to the aristocratic Leigh family of Sussex, is found poisoned in her bedroom one morning, fingers point towards her artist nephew Terence Napier, seen leaving the house earlier that previous evening after a row over her will. Months later and Napier has never been found, but[...]

The revolution of modernity has stirred up ethnic memories and communities, as people look for stability and meaning in an age of unprecedented change. This book argues that the nation and its nationalism is likely to remain the only realistic and widespread popular ideal of community.[...]

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