In this updated, second edition of the highly acclaimed international best seller, "The Dollar Crisis: Causes, Consequences, Cures," Richard Duncan describes the flaws in the international monetary system that have destabilized the global economy and that may soon culminate in a deflation-induced wo[...]

This book by the author of The Economy of the Roman Empire: Quantitative Studies considers important interlocking themes. Did the Roman Empire have a single ?national? economy, or was its economy localised and fragmented? Can coin and pottery survivals demonstrate the importance of long-distance tra[...]

Abstract Expressionist painter Richard Pousette-Dart (1916-92) pursued photography throughout his long and distinguished career, creating brilliant nature studies and portraits, including of New York School colleagues Mark Rothko, Betty Parsons, John Graham, Barnett Newman and Theodoros Stamos. In 1[...]

Porous Materials focuses on the exciting field of porous materials, in which there have been a number of significant breakthroughs in the design and processing of novel porous materials.[...]

With physical properties that often may not be described by the transposition of physical laws from 3D space across to 2D or even 1D space, low-dimensional solids exhibit a high degree of anisotropy in the spatial distribution of their chemical bonds. This means that they can demonstrate new phenome[...]

The World Health Organization in 2004 estimated approximately 1.1 billion people did not have access to clean water and that 35 per cent of Third World residents died from water-borne illnesses. This work highlights both the challenges and the opportunities for nanotechnology to positively influence[...]

"The Rough Guide to West Africa" is the most comprehensive and user-friendly guide to one of the world's hardest - and most rewarding - regions for travel, covering the 15 visitable countries from Mauritania to Cameroon in fifty percent more detail than its only competitor. Each chapter of the "Roug[...]