Population and Society is an undergraduate introduction to population that explains the latest shifts in population studies. The text provides a detailed and completely accessible overview that: - situates demographic aspects of population - births, deaths, migration, disease - within the context of[...]

French poet Paul Verlaine was a major representative of the symbolist movement during the latter half of the 19th century. Norman Shapiro's translations seek to display Verlaine's ability to transform into verse the essence of everyday life and make evident the reasons for his renown in France and t[...]

Cutting-edge research on health behavior The second edition of this popular book has been expanded and updated throughout to include the most up-to-date coverage of research on social cognition models and health behaviors.[...]

Presents an examination of the inter-relationship between the phenomena of terrorism and the contemporary response at the national, regional and global level. This topical study is divided into two main sections - the first considers the contemporary study of terrorism, and the second section provid[...]

In this groundbreaking book, prominent Western and Russian scholars examine the 'lost' transcripts of the Soviet Politburo, a set of verbatim accounts of meetings that took place from the 1920s to 1938 but remained hidden in secret archives until the late 1990s. Never intended for publication or wid[...]

First published in 1979, Airport Engineering by Ashford and Wright, has become a classic textbook in the education of airport engineers and transportation planners. Over the past twenty years, construction of new airports in the US has waned as construction abroad boomed. This trend resulted in the [...]

With the emergence of "cultural studies" and the blurring of once-clear academic boundaries, scholars are turning to subjects far outside their traditional disciplines and areas of expertise. In Higher Superstition scientists Paul Gross and Norman Levitt raise serious questions about the growing cr[...]

Uses three themes to show how the United States was transformed from hunter-gatherer and agricultural Native American societies into the powerful industrial nation on earth. This title includes an approach that helps students understand the impact of the notions of liberty and equality, which are of[...]

Jubileumsutgåva-Fantomen fyller 75 år! En samling med klassiska äventyr av Fantomens bästa berättare och tecknare. Dessutom hela Fantomens julalbum 1961 i nytryck.[...]