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  • Beyond Malthus

    The Nineteen Dimensions of the Population Challenge

    by Lester R. Brown, Gary Gardner, Brian Halweil ...
    Series series The Worldwatch Environmental Alert Series
    On the bicentennial of Malthus' legendary essay on the tendency of population to grow more rapidly than the food supply, this book examines the impacts of population growth on 19 global resources and services, including food, fresh water, fisheries, jobs, education, income and health. Despite current hype of a 'birth dearth' in parts of Europe and Japan, the fact remains that human numbers are ... Read more

    $57.99 USD

  • Vital Signs 2000-2001

    The Environmental Trends That Are Shaping Our Future

    by Lester R. Brown, Michael Renner, Brian Halweil ...
    This ninth annual edition of Vital Signs takes the world's pulse by compiling a wide-ranging collection of trends that identify both problems and progress in the quest for a sustainable society. It highlights both alarming situations and encouraging developments. Part One is a comprehensive presentation of the key indicators in areas such as food, agriculture, energy, atmosphere, economics, ... Read more

    $36.99 USD

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  • Science and Technology for Development

    by James Smith ...
    Series series Development Matters
    How can science realize its potential and help us tackle global inequality, environmental change and crippling poverty? How can more appropriate technologies be developed for those most in need? Science has long promised much -- new crops, new medicines, new sources of energy, new means of communication -- but the potential of new technologies has frequently bypassed the poorest people and the ... Read more

    $26.99 USD

  • Deep Down Dark

    The Untold Stories of 33 Men Buried in a Chilean Mine, and the Miracle That Set Them Free

    by Héctor Tobar ...
    Deep Down Dark is the novel that inspired the film The 33 starring Lou Diamond Phillips, Cote de Pablo and Antonio Banderas.When the San José mine collapsed outside of Copiapó, Chile, in August 2010, it trapped thirty-three miners beneath thousands of feet of rock for a record-breaking sixty-nine days. After the disaster, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Héctor Tobar received exclusive access to ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

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  • Ecological Imperialism

    The Biological Expansion of Europe, 900–1900

    by Alfred W. Crosby ...
    Series series Studies in Environment and History
    People of European descent form the bulk of the population in most of the temperate zones of the world - North America, Australia and New Zealand. The military successes of European imperialism are easy to explain; in many cases they were a matter of firearms against spears. But, as Alfred Crosby maintains in this highly original and fascinating book, the Europeans' displacement and replacement of ... Read more

    $28.69 USD

  • South Sudan

    The Untold Story from Independence to Civil War

    by Hilde F. Johnson ...
    In July 2011, South Sudan was granted independence and became the world's newest country. Yet just two-and-a-half years after this momentous decision, the country was in the grips of renewed civil war and political strife. Hilde F. Johnson served as Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Mission in the Republic of South Sudan from July 2011 until July 2014 ... Read more

    $23.99 USD

  • Transforming India

    by Sumantra Bose ...
    A nation of 1.25 billion, India is the world's most diverse democracy. Drawing on his extensive fieldwork and experience of Indian politics, Sumantra Bose tells the story of democracy's evolution in India since the 1950s and describes the challenges it faces today: from poverty and inequality to Maoist revolutionaries and Kashmir secessionists. ... Read more

    $28.69 USD

  • The Global Food Economy

    The Battle for the Future of Farming

    by Tony Weis ...
    The Global Food Economy examines the human and ecological cost of what we eat.The current food economy is characterized by immense contradictions. Surplus 'food mountains', bountiful supermarkets, and rising levels of obesity stand in stark contrast to widespread hunger and malnutrition. Transnational companies dominate the market in food and benefit from subsidies, whilst farmers in developing ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

  • Heart

    The Inside Story of Our Body's Most Heroic Organ

    by Johannes Hinrich von Borstel ...
    "Describes the physiology behind the normal function of the heart with gusto and humor . . . well informed and accessible . . . a necessary book." — ReadingsIn this lively and informative exploration of all aspects of the heart, Johannes Hinrich von Borstel offers a perfect mix of medical fact and amusing anecdote. A doctor, prospective cardiologist, and former paramedic—as well as a successful ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Advanced Introduction to Law and Development

    by Trebilcock, M.J., Prado, M.M. ...
    Series series Elgar Advanced Introductions series
    Elgar Advanced Introductions are stimulating and thoughtful introductions to major fields in the social sciences and law, expertly written by some of the world’s leading scholars. Designed to be accessible yet rigorous, they offer concise and lucid surveys of the substantive and policy issues associated with discrete subject areas.This book offers a concise and accessible introduction to the main ... Read more

    $26.59 USD

  • Globalization and the Decolonial Option

    Edited by Walter D. Mignolo, Arturo Escobar ...
    This is the first book in English profiling the work of a research collective that evolved around the notion of "coloniality", understood as the hidden agenda and the darker side of modernity and whose members are based in South America and the United States. The project called for an understanding of modernity not from modernity itself but from its darker side, coloniality, and proposes the de ... Read more

    $75.99 USD

  • Ethics of Global Development

    Agency, Capability, and Deliberative Democracy

    by David A. Crocker ...
    Poverty, inequality, violence, environmental degradation, and tyranny continue to afflict the world. Ethics of Global Development offers a moral reflection on the ends and means of local, national, and global efforts to overcome these five scourges. After emphasizing the role of ethics in development studies, policy-making, and practice, David A. Crocker analyzes and evaluates Amartya Sen's ... Read more

    $57.39 USD