India in the 21st Century: What Everyone Needs to Know (Kamdar Mira)(Paperback)

India in the 21st Century: What Everyone Needs to Know (Kamdar Mira)(Paperback)

According to current projections, India will overtake China to become the most populous country on Earth by 2050. Its 1.6 billion people will live in the world's second-largest economy, after China but ahead of the United States and the European Union. A democracy and an open society compared to

China in the 21st Century (Wasserstrom Jeffrey N.)(Paperback)

In this fully revised and updated third edition of China in the 21st Century: What Everyone Needs to Know�, Jeffrey N. Wasserstrom and Maura Elizabeth Cunningham provide cogent answers to urgent questions regarding the world's newest superpower and offer a framework for understanding China's

The Philippines: What Everyone Needs to Know (Rood Steven)(Paperback)

Since the colonization of the Philippines by Spain in the sixteenth century, the island archipelago has been at the center of global trade flows. And from its status as the main base of Spain's Pacific galleon trade to its conquest centuries later by late-arriving imperial powers like the United

Authoritarianism: What Everyone Needs to Know(r) (Frantz Erica)(Paperback)

In Authoritarianism: What Everyone Needs to Know(R), Erica Frantz guides us through today's authoritarian wave, explaining how it came to be and what its features are. She also looks at authoritarians themselves, focusing in particular on the techniques they use to take power, the strategies they

Buddhism: What Everyone Needs to Know(r) (Wright Dale S.)(Paperback)

Buddhism: What Everyone Needs to Know offers readers a brief, authoritative guide to one of the world's largest and most diverse religious traditions in a reader-friendly question-and-answer format. Dale Wright covers the origins and early history of Buddhism, the diversity of types of Buddhism

The Arctic: What Everyone Needs to Know (Dodds Klaus)(Paperback)

The Arctic: What Everyone Needs to Know is an essential primer for those seeking information about one of the most important regions in the world

The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: What Everyone Needs to Know (Waxman Dov)(Paperback)

The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: What Everyone Needs To Know(R) offers an accessible and balanced guide to the world's most intractable conflict. Covering the conflict from its origins through to the present day, Dov Waxman provides clear and concise answers to common questions, from the most

Polarization: What Everyone Needs to Know (McCarty Nolan)(Paperback)

Nolan McCarty's Polarization: What Everyone Needs to Know (R) is an accessible introduction to polarization in America. McCarty takes readers through what scholars know and don't know about the origins, development, and implications of our rising political conflicts, delving into social, economic,

Nigeria: What Everyone Needs to Know (Campbell John)(Paperback)

Behavioral Finance: What Everyone Needs to Know(r) (Baker H. Kent)(Paperback)

Behavioral Finance: What Everyone Needs to Know(R) provides an overview of common shortcuts and mistakes people make in managing their

Antibiotics: What Everyone Needs to Know(r) (Wilson Mary E.)(Paperback)

Virtually everyone has taken antibiotics. They can be lifesavers -- or they can be useless. But what are they? How are they used? And what happens as the effectiveness of antibiotics begins to

Modern Greece: What Everyone Needs to Know(r) (Kalyvas Stathis)(Paperback)

When Greece's economic troubles began to threaten the stability of the European Union in 2010, the nation found itself in the center of a whirlwind of international finger-pointing. In the years prior, Greece appeared to be politically secure and economically healthy. Upon its emergence in

Cuba: What Everyone Needs to Know (Sweig Julia E.)(Paperback)

Ever since Fidel Castro assumed power in Cuba in 1959, Americans have obsessed about the nation ninety miles south of the Florida Keys. America's fixation on the tropical socialist republic has only grown over the years, fueled in part by successive waves of Cuban immigration and Castro's

Genomics and Personalized Medicine: What Everyone Needs to Know(r) (Snyder Michael)(Paperback)

In 2001 the Human Genome Project succeeded in mapping the DNA of humans. This landmark accomplishment launched the field of genomics, the integrated study of all the genes in the human body and the related biomedical interventions that can be tailored to benefit a person's health. Today genomics,

The Qur'an: What Everyone Needs to Know(r) (McAuliffe Jane)(Paperback)

This book provides a brief, accessible overview of the Qur'an in question-and-answer format. Jane McAuliffe, one of the world's foremost scholars of the Qur'an, introduces readers to this important text by discussing its origins, structure, themes, interpretations, and what it has to say about a

Gender: What Everyone Needs to Know(r) (Erickson-Schroth Laura)(Paperback)

The term 'gender' was first distinguished from 'sex' in the 1950s, when psychologists began to discuss the idea of 'gender roles'--behaviors and responsibilities given to people by a society rather than flowing from their biology. Over the last two decades, transgender people have expanded our

Marine Pollution: What Everyone Needs to Know(r) (Weis Judith S.)(Paperback)

Marine pollution occurs today in varied forms--chemical, industrial, and agricultural-and the sources of pollution are endless. In recent history, we've seen oil spills, untreated sewage, eutrophication, invasive species, heavy metals, acidification, radioactive substances, marine litter, and

The Bible: What Everyone Needs to Know(r) (Coogan Michael)(Paperback)

The Bible is the most influential book in Western history. As the foundational text of Judaism and Christianity, the Bible has been interpreted and reinterpreted over millennia, utilized to promote a seemingly endless run of theological and political positions. Adherents and detractors alike point

Evolution: What Everyone Needs to Know(r) (Dunbar Robin)(Paperback)

Evolution is one of the most important processes in life. It not only explains the detailed history of life on earth, but its scope also extends into many aspects of our own contemporary behavior-who we are and how we got to be here, our psychology, our cultures-and greatly impacts modern

North Korea: What Everyone Needs to Know (McEachern Patrick)(Paperback)

Diplomatic expert Patrick McEachern unpacks the contentious and tangled relationship between the two Koreas in an approachable question-and-answer

Civil Resistance: What Everyone Needs to Know(r) (Chenoweth Erica)(Paperback)

A sweeping overview of civil resistance movements around the world that explains what they are, how they work, why they are often effective, and why they can fail. Civil resistance is a method of conflict through which unarmed civilians use a variety of coordinated methods (strikes, protests,

Colombia: What Everyone Needs to Know(r) (Mahoney Richard D.)(Paperback)

In an accessible question-and-answer format, Richard D. Mahoney explores the many key issues running through Colombia's history, distinguishing its national experience, and fueling its unquenchable

The Brain: What Everyone Needs to Know(r) (Wenk Gary L.)(Paperback)

What is the principle purpose of a brain? A simple question, but the answer has taken millennia for us to begin to understand. So critical for our everyday existence, the brain still remains somewhat of a mystery. Gary L. Wenk takes us on a tour of what we do know about this enigmatic organ,

Food Politics: What Everyone Needs to Know(r) (Paarlberg Robert)(Paperback)

The politics of food is changing fast. In rich countries, obesity is now a more serious problem than hunger. Consumers once satisfied with cheap and convenient food now want food that is also safe, nutritious, fresh, and grown by local farmers using fewer chemicals. Heavily subsidized