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Country of Exiles
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2011; US$ 14.00In Country of Exiles , William Leach, whose Land of Desire was a finalist for the National Book Award, explores the troubling effects of our national love affair with mobility. He shows us how the impulse to pull up stakes and find a new frontier has always battled with the need to put down roots, and how a new cosmopolitanism has seized our national... more...
Child Soldiers
ABC-CLIO 2012; US$ 58.00This book exposes the role of children in war, describing where, why, and how children are deployed, the attempts made by international organizations to protect children, and the underlying political and cultural issues that make this such a thorny issue. more...
A Regional Geography of the United States and Canada
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers 2012; US$ 124.99In this comprehensive new text, Chris Mayda offers an exciting alternative to conventional North American geographies. Throughout her thorough discussion of the physical and human geography of the United States and Canada, the author weaves in the key themes of environment and sustainability. Her inclusive and cohesive narrative highlights not only... more...
The Geography of Southeast Asia
University Press of America 2010; US$ 64.99This book discusses the varied geographical aspects of Southeast Asia, an area that has long been of interest to geographers and other academics. This collection identifies, organizes, and presents various scholarly publications on subjects ranging from cultural-social geography, economic geography, historical geography, physical geography, political... more...
Landscape and the Ideology of Nature in Exurbia
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 125.00This book explores the role of the ideology of nature in producing urban and exurban sprawl. It examines the ironies of residential development on the metropolitan fringe, where the search for ?nature? brings residents deeper into the world from which they are imagining their escape?of Federal Express, technologically mediated communications, global... more...
Introduction to Environmental Remote Sensing
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 90.95Taking a detailed, non-mathematical approach to the principles on which remote sensing is based, this book progresses from the physical principles to the application of remote sensing. more...
Process and Form in Geomorphology
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 378.00Process and Form in Geomorphology marks a turning point in geomorphological research. Stoddart has brought together a team of the leading international experts to offer important new studies into the processes, theory and history of landforms, and to present a framework for taking research forward into the new millenium. Illustrated throughout,... more...
Personal Relationships Across Cultures
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 49.95Is falling in love the same the world over? What makes a 'happy marriage' in different cultures? How does our society influence us in the way we raise our children? Is modern life incompatible with intimacy? In this innovative new text, Robin Goodwin challenges many of the established views on relationships by considering how different cultures... more...
Infrastructure and Trade in Asia
Edward Elgar Publishing 2008; US$ 40.00Analysis of infrastructure's role in facilitating international trade and consequently regional economic integration is still rudimentary. This book explores relevant concepts, measurement issues, aspects of the implementation of trade-related infrastructure facilities and their impacts on poverty, trade, investment and macroeconomic balances. more...
The Geography of Developing Areas
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 64.95This significant new textbook questions traditional conceptions of Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Caribbean to provide a new understanding of the ?Global South?, highlighting the rich diversity of regions that are usually only viewed in terms of their ?problems?. Providing a positive but critical approach to a number of key issues affecting... more...









