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Respacing Africa
BRILL 2009; US$ 87.00Drawing on the rich contributions from various disciplines to the so-called spatial turn this edited volume offers insights into the way Africa is changing in terms of contested sovereignities and new regimes of territoriality. more...
Honour Is in Contentment
De Gruyter 2011; US$ 196.00Based on interviews and field research,the authors explore the sets of ideas Arab tribespeople from Ras Al-Khaimah had about tribe and community; social and economic networks, and jural contracts for livelihoods and profits; their uses of their environments; the moral relations of credit, debt andlabour; ruling; economic and political transformations;... more...
The Man Who Loved Crocodiles and Stories of Other Adventurous Australians
Allen & Unwin 2011; US$ 29.99The lives of twelve extraordinary Australians provide a fascinating glimpse of a 'vanished and vanishing land' - revealing a mosaic of Australia over the past century. more...
Imperfect Balance
Columbia University Press 2000; US$ 39.99We often envision the New World before the arrival of the Europeans as a land of pristine natural beauty and undisturbed environments. However, David Lentz offers an alternative view by detailing the impact of native cultures on these ecosystems prior to their contact with Europeans. Drawing on a wide range of experts from the fields of paleoclimatology,... more...
Wisdom of the Elders
Greystone Books 2008; US$ 24.95First Published in 1992, this classic David Suzuki title is now available with a new introduction. A meticulous gathering of both scientific insight and Native knowledge, Wisdom of the Elders offers a way to reconcile our place in nature, by listening to our elders. From the foundations of time, the big bang, and the creation of the cosmos,... more...
Von der "Weltfremdheit" zur "Antiquiertheit"
Tectum Verlag 2012; US$ 21.73Hauptbeschreibung Günther Anders (1902-1992) ist vor allem für seine 'Antiquiertheit des Menschen' (Band I: 1956, Band II: 1980) bekannt. Hier hat er sich als philosophierender Technikkritiker dargestellt. Nach dem Studium der Philosophie (u.a. bei Heidegger) und Promotion (bei Husserl) wandte er sich in den zwanziger Jahren jedoch zunächst der Philosophischen... more...
Global Change and the Function and Distribution of Wetlands
Springer 2012; US$ 149.99Quellen zur Umweltgeschichte in Niedersachsen vom 18. bis zum 20. Jahrhundert
Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht 2012; US$ 163.06Modern Survival
Constable & Robinson 2012; US$ 24.72The most current survival guide for the twenty-first century.<br><br>Tornadoes, floods, and terrorism?frightening events like these are in the news every day, and it?s likely you already know someone who?s been affected by such a terrifying ordeal. Modern Survival is the ultimate guide for all you need to know about surviving in the modern... more...









