The Amazon: What Everyone Needs to Know(r) (Plotkin Mark J.)(Paperback)

The Amazon: What Everyone Needs to Know(r) (Plotkin Mark J.)(Paperback)

The Amazon is a land of superlatives. The complex ecosystem covers an area about the size of the continental U.S. The Amazon River discharges 57 million gallons of water per second--in two hours, this would be enough to supply all of New York City's 7.5 million residents with water for a year. Its

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 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

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

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,

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

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

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

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

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,

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,

Ukraine: What Everyone Needs to Know(r) (Yekelchyk Serhy)(Paperback)

Conventional wisdom dictates that Ukraine's political crises can be traced to the linguistic differences and divided political loyalties that have long fractured the country. However, this theory obscures the true significance of Ukraine's recent civic revolution and the conflict's crucial

Kosovo: What Everyone Needs to Know(r) (Judah Tim)(Paperback)

On February 17, 2008, Kosovo declared its independence, becoming the seventh state to emerge from the break-up of the former Yugoslavia. A tiny country of just two million people, 90% of whom are ethnic Albanians, Kosovo is central-geographically, historically, and politically-to the future of the

Inequality: What Everyone Needs to Know(r) (Galbraith James K.)(Paperback)

Over the past thirty years, the issue of economic inequality has emerged from the backwaters of economics to claim center stage in the political discourse of America and beyond---a change prompted by a troubling fact: numerous measures of income inequality, especially in the United States in the

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

China's Economy: What Everyone Needs to Know(r) (Kroeber Arthur R.)(Paperback)

China's economic growth has been revolutionary, and is the foundation of its increasingly prominent role in world affairs. It is the world's second biggest economy, the largest manufacturing and trading nation, the consumer of half the world's steel and coal, the biggest source of international

Measuring Research: What Everyone Needs to Know(r) (Sugimoto Cassidy R.)(Paperback)

Policy makers, academic administrators, scholars, and members of the public are clamoring for indicators of the value and reach of research. The question of how to quantify the impact and importance of research and scholarly output, from the publication of books and journal articles to the indexing

Hoarding: What Everyone Needs to Know(r) (Steketee Gail)(Paperback)

Hoarding disorder is the excessive saving of objects and difficulty parting with them to a point that interferes with one's ability to properly use rooms and furnishings in the home. Hoarding can become dangerous, sometimes resulting in structural problems and fires, or in hazardous sanitary

Copyright: What Everyone Needs to Know(r) (Netanel Neil Weinstock)(Paperback)

Copyright law was once an esoteric backwater, the special province of professional authors, publishers, and media companies. This is no longer the case. In the age of social media and cloud storage, we have become a copying and sharing culture. Much of our everyday communication, work, and

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

Iran: What Everyone Needs to Know(r) (Axworthy Michael)(Paperback)

Since the beginning of recorded history, Iran/Persia has been one of the most important world civilizations. Iran remains a distinct civilization today despite its status as a major Islamic state with broad regional influence and its deep integration into the global economy through its vast energy

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