"This may well become the definitive biography of Carpenter.... Pop music fans will appreciate this strong biography." --Library Journal, Starred Review. Lucy O'Brien reevaluates Karen Carpenter's life and legacy, honoring…

This title was first published in 2003. Recent food shortages in Southern Africa, induced by rainfall variability but compounded by problems of governance and rising food prices, have resulted in…

A reappraisal of the work of five narrative historians of the eighteenth century - Voltaire, David Hume, William Robertson, Edward Gibbon, and the historian of the American Revolution, David Ramsay…

The ideology of patriarchy has affected the ways in which historians view and approach the past and it has been influential in shaping women’s history. It is little more than…

This bold and important new book presents current and emerging thinking on the social dimensions of climate change. Using clear language and powerful examples, it introduces key concepts and frameworks…

It's wit meets murder in a sub-tropical paradise with a cavalcade of colorful characters replete with life lessons.

Will the wily Swan Queen outsmart her deadly foe?

Climate change poses multiple challenges to development. It affects lives and livelihoods, infrastructure and institutions, as well as beliefs, cultures and identities. There is a growing recognition that the social…

Double Exposure presents a new framework for exploring the interactions between global environmental change and globalization. Drawing upon a range of case studies, the book reveals how these interactions may…