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Book SynopsisCharles Maier offers a new narrative of the long twentieth century, focused on institutions that shaped politics and societies: project-states, driven by democratic or authoritarian ideologies; capital; and advocates of apolitical values, such as health, human rights, and international law. In this we discern the unfolding of our own troubled time.Trade ReviewMaier offers an alternative account of the last century, looking at how a wide range of actors tried to harness industrial modernity in the pursuit of power and material interests…[He] weaves a narrative about the explosive interplay of economic privilege and political grievance. -- G. John Ikenberry * Foreign Affairs *Ambitious…It is Maier’s open worry about the fragility of our democratic order and about the considerable strength of the antidemocratic impulses in this third decade of the 21st century that makes The Project-State and Its Rivals a book that will last. -- Paul Kennedy * Wall Street Journal *Extraordinarily erudite and brimming with insight…[Maier] leaves open the question of whether the project-state will escape the dustbin of history and be revivified and redeployed, democratically, for the common good. -- Jonathan Ira Levy * Project Syndicate *Through his decades of scholarship and teaching on both sides of the Atlantic, Charles S. Maier has focused on one basic question, formulating and refining his answers with each successive book and monograph. His goal has been to understand and explain the ways in which advanced capitalist states evolved over the past century in response to world war, colonial war, cold war and economic globalisation. This…fascinating book provides a summation and updating of Maier’s lifelong work. -- David C. Unger * Survival *A very refreshing take on a history I thought I knew well. -- J. Bradford Delong * Harvard Magazine *[The] story of the exhaustion of the postwar political-economic order has now been told many times; what sets Maier’s account apart is the way he weaves together the work of capitalist activists and their allies in politics and think tanks with the work of governance activists in the same years. His wide-angle lens shows how the political and economic turbulence of that period led not only to the Volcker shock but to the rising prominence of NGOs and foundations seeking to restore order and stability at home and abroad. -- Jonathan S. Blake * Boston Review *An intriguing, sophisticated book about the relationships between the evolution of the modern nation-state and the concurrent forces of capitalism, popular politics, socialist responses, and bureaucratic governance. This is a deep and clever work, the culmination of an erudite historian's long grappling with humankind's mixed record of progress and failure. -- Paul Kennedy, author of The Rise and Fall of the Great PowersCharles Maier has produced a brilliantly innovative reconceptualization of twentieth-century history in terms of the interaction between states, resources, and markets. He sets a bold agenda for future thinking about the shape of the past one hundred years. -- Harold James, author of The War of Words: A Glossary of GlobalizationA true history of the present. The Project-State and Its Rivals is a powerful, insightful, and penetrating analysis of the major shifts in global order and social dynamics across the past century. There are few historians today who can venture to undertake such a tour d'horizon with equal confidence and expertise as Maier. -- Sebastian Conrad, author of What Is Global History?

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Book SynopsisExploring Physical Geography promotes inquiry and science as an active process. It encourages student curiosity and aims to activate existing student knowledge. One way this is done is by employing a learning-cycle approach where students' exploration precedes the introduction of geographic terms and the application of knowledge to a new situation. Another method used is to ensure every concept is covered within two pages allowing students to complete a topic in a short interval of time. This text also contains a wealth of figures to take advantage of the visual and spatial nature of geography and the efficiency of conveying geographic concepts.

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Book SynopsisCovering around 70 per cent of our planet’s surface and home to more than 200,000 known species, the world’s oceans are vital to life on Earth. However, despite producing around half the world’s oxygen and helping to regulate our climate and weather patterns, human behaviour has put our incredible oceans and the amazing animals within them at risk. In The Big Book of the Ocean, we go beneath the surface to explore the fascinating secrets of the sea and take an in-depth look at some of the planet’s magnificent marine creatures, from killer whales and sea turtles to seahorses and starfish. We also explore what we can do to help protect these vital environments and discover ten of the most endangered ocean species.

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Book Synopsis"An excellent world atlas. Very illuminating, good colours, clear texts...good glossary and, last but not least, up-to-date". Amazon customer review· The perfect world atlas for work, study or leisure· Great value for money· 96 pages of authoritative world maps, physical and political· 70 city maps in the fascinating World Cities section, with full-page satellite images for 10 great cities· Over 35,000 place name indexAll this and a special 32-page introductory section - 'The World in Focus' - covers key geographical themes such as the Earth's position in the Solar System, the structure of the Earth, climate and weather, the environment, population, resources, economics and international organizations. Vital information on topics covered in geography, humanities and economics courses.The information-packed World Atlas from Philip's, published in association with the Royal Geographical Society has been fully updated for this new, 2021 edition

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Book SynopsisSeth Jacobowitz rethinks the origins of modern Japanese language, literature, and visual culture, presenting the first systematic study of the ways that media and inscriptive technologies available in Japan at its threshold of modernization in the late nineteenth to early twentieth century shaped and brought into being modern Japanese literature.

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Book SynopsisThe Anthropocene has emerged as perhaps the scientific concept of the new millennium. Going further than earlier conceptions of the human–environment relationship, Anthropocene science proposes that human activity is tipping the whole Earth system into a new state, with unpredictable consequences. Social life has become a central ingredient in the dynamics of the planet itself. How should the social sciences respond to the opportunities and challenges posed by this development? In this innovative book, Clark and Szerszynski argue that social thinkers need to revise their own presuppositions about the social: to understand it as the product of a dynamic planet, self-organizing over deep time. They outline ‘planetary social thought’: a transdisciplinary way of thinking social life with and through the Earth. Using a range of case studies, they show how familiar social processes can be radically recast when looked at through a planetary lens, revealing how the world-transforming powers of human social life have always depended on the forging of relations with the inhuman potentialities of our home planet. Presenting a social theory of the planetary, this book will be essential reading for students and scholars interested in humanity’s relation to the changing Earth.Trade Review“We hear a lot about the global environmental crisis, but do we have the ideas to get us out of the problems we have collectively created? Planetary Social Thought challenges social scientists and humanists to rebuild their intellectual house so as to help humanity think anew about a world to come.”Noel Castree, University of Manchester “Planetary Social Thought is a wide-ranging exploration of how closely intertwined, and how mutually sensitive, are the human and geological realms. This vivid and passionately argued book can help illuminate these new, emergent landscapes, and chart a path through them.”Jan Zalasiewicz, University of Leicester “This book offers a terra-forming analysis, strongly willed to make us think. Using more than one analytic perspective at once--geos and bios and what exceeds both--its scope ranges topologically from the planet to the microbe. Planetary Social Thought is a feat of writing—and it is not afraid of animisms!”Marisol de la Cadena, University of California, Davis “Planetary Social Thought takes the challenge of the Anthropocene to a new level. Rather than simply adopting a social science view of the planet, the authors allow planetary forces to redefine the very sense of the social, and allow the planet to take its place in the contested space of social entities. Clark and Szerszynski have redefined what “thought” will be for the twenty-first century.”Claire Colebrook, Pennsylvania State University“A deeply interdisciplinary text that should spark a wide range of interpretive analytical possibilities. […] For the proliferating courses and lectures on the Anthropocene specifically, one sees this as becoming standard reading.”New Global StudiesTable of ContentsIntroduction: What Planet Are You On? Chapter 1: Earth at the Threshold Chapter 2: Who Speaks through the Earth? Chapter 3: Planetary Social Life in the Making Chapter 4: What is Planetary Social Thought? Chapter 5: Inhuman Modernity, Earthly Violence Chapter 6: Terra Mobilis Chapter 7: Unearthing Worlds, Decolonizing the Planet Chapter 8: Conclusion

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Book SynopsisChallenge yourself at home with word and number puzzles Give your memory a workout and hone your general knowledge with 80 definition-style puzzles from The Times2 section.

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Book SynopsisCollins Big Cat Phonics for Letters and Sounds features exciting fiction and non-fiction decodable readers to enthuse and inspire children. They are fully aligned to Letters and Sounds Phases 16 and contain notes in the back. The Handbooks provide support in demonstration and modelling, monitoring comprehension and expanding vocabulary.What is the equator, where is it and how does it affect the people who live near it? Filled with fascinating photographs, this non-fiction information book by Angie Belcher explores the impact this invisible line' has on the people who live closest to it.Orange/Band 6 books offer varied text and characters, with action sustained over several pages.The focus sounds in this book are: /ai/ a, eigh /ee/ y, e-e e, ey /igh/ y /j/ ge, g /l/ le /z/ se /ch/ tch, t /w/ wh /v/ ve /c/ ch, t /s/ se /f/ phPages 22 and 23 allow children to re-visit the content of the book, supporting comprehension skills, vocabulary development and recall.Reading notes within the book

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Book SynopsisExam Board: AQALevel: GCSE Grade 9-1Subject: GeographySuitable for the 2025 examsIdeal GCSE grade 9-1 practice in handy revision cardsWhat can you remember? Test your AQA GCSE 9-1 Geography knowledge!Revise, practise and test yourself on every topic. Mix them up to revise and test yourself on the go. 100 topic-based GCSE revision cards How to Use cards include revision tips and games Revise cards: recap key facts Memorise cards: learn important terms and definitions Test cards: quick-fire questionsTrade Review“Generally excellent. Attractive layout, clear and easy to access. There is necessary focus on exam skills, but presented in an interesting, step-by-step format.” Susan Stirrup, King’s Ely “I like the clear layout, especially the spacing of the questions – it is very accessible.” Fiona Hall, Sheringham High School “Colourful and informative.” Jane Hamilton, Alsager School

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Book SynopsisEssentials of World Regional Geography, 3e gives readers an approach that combines fundamental geographical elements, internal regional diversity, and contemporary issues. This approach allows serious discussion of cultural and environmental issues, as well as political and economic issues. White Essentials of World Regional Geography, 3e encourages students to consider what it means to be part of a global community and to develop their geographical understandings of world events. Essentials of World Regional Geography has chapter openings with a physical features map of the region, which includes short accounts of people or events to provide a personal flavor of the region, an outline of the chapter contents, and a short section placing the region in its wider global context. Each regional chapter is consistently organized by three sections. The first section summarizes the distinctive physical and human geographies of the region; the second section exploresTable of Contents1 Essentials of World Regional Geography2 Europe3 Russia and Neighboring Countries4 East Asia5 Southeast Asia6 South Asia7 Northern Africa and Southwestern Asia8 Sub-Saharan Africa9 Australia, Oceania and Antarctica10 Latin America11 North America

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Book SynopsisLemke et al: Physical Geography Laboratory Manual is a comprehensive introductory manual for students without a previous science background. An abundant set of 21 exercises assures that every professor will find a complete set of preferred labs for a semester-long course. Lemke/Ritter/Heywood wrote this lab manual in order to provide equal coverage of the four spheres of the environmentâthe atmosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, and lithosphere. The lab manual was written independent of any specific textbook and will work with available physical geography texts.Table of ContentsEXERCISES1. Earth-Sun Geometry and Insolation2. Radiation and Energy Balance at the Earth's Surface3. Atmospheric Temperature4. Atmospheric Pressure, Circulation and Wind5. Water in the Atmosphere6. Lapse Rates, Adiabatic Processes, and Cloud Development7. Midlatitude Weather and Weather Map Interpretation8. Climate Classification and Regional Climates9. Soil Moisture Budgets10. Analysis of Soil Moisture Properties11. Climate, Net Primary Production, and Decomposition12. Vegetation Form and Range13. Bioclimatic Transects14. Coincident Climates, Vegetation, and Soils15. Hawai'i Rainforest Regeneration16. Introduction to Topographic Maps17. Igneous Landforms18. Drainage Basin Analysis19. Fluvial Landforms20. Glacial Landforms21. Coastal LandformsAppendix A. Units of Measure and ConversionsAppendix B. Drawing IsolinesAppendix C. Constructing ProfilesAppendix D. Using Pocket StereoscopesAppendix E. Exercise Maps and PhotosAppendix F. Thematic World Maps

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Book SynopsisGranite, a tough composite of quartz, feldspar and mica, is the stuff of Dartmoor, the most formidable of the five granite bosses punctuating Britain's southwest peninsula. A miserable place of rain and bog or a sunny upland of exquisite natural beauty, here the elements are raw, the sky huge and nature seems ascendant.But it is no less a place made by human beings. Stone circles, crosses, dwellings and boundaries speak of the ancient, medieval and modern people that extracted a living from the moorscape and created what it is today. Where convicts are incarcerated, backpackers roam freely; where commoners graze livestock, the army is trained; where the National Park Authority exercises control, the Duchy of Cornwall claims ownership. And Dartmoor remains a place that provides. Reservoirs hold the water drunk by local people. China clay is extracted from its mineral reserves. Not long ago granite was quarried from its hillsides. What is modern Dartmoor and what shoulTrade ReviewKelly’s fine book, with its rigorous deconstructionist approach, acts as a better guide to the moor than any hikers’ map. -- Philip Marsden * Spectator *Will give you plenty to think about...covers subjects including biodiversity and social history, [and] conveys this mysterious moorscape's story from ancient rights to rewilding. -- Max Liu * Independent *Impressively researched, and passionate… A valuable, heartfelt, well-written work. -- Joanna Briscoe * Guardian *Elegantly written, shrewdly observed, and a perfect read for those “staycationing” [at Devon and Cornwall] in particular. -- Neil Gregor * Times Higher Education *An imaginative cultural history, exploring with élan geological, literary and historical associations. -- Roy Foster * Times Literary Supplement *

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Book SynopsisAustralia celebrated one hundred years as a nation in 2001. This book - part history, part travelogue, part memoir - tells the inspiring story of how a one-time British colony of convicts turned itself into a prosperous and confident country. Through the eyes of ordinary people, Phillip Knightley describes Australia''s journey, from federation and the trauma of the First World War, the desperate poverty of the Depression, with its attendant spectres of secret armies and near-civil war, the threat of invasion in the Second World War and the immigration that followed it, and the slow but steady decline in the relationship with Britain, the ''Mother Country'', as Australia forged its own unique identity.Trade ReviewCatches the feel of Australia brilliantly. His 350 pages tell you more of Australia's public history and secret life than any academic study ever could. Wonderful * The Times *Knightley deals skilfully and generously with all the great issues his country has faced * Independent *Gripping and comprehensive * Irish Times *A fine book...fascinating * Economist *

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Book SynopsisAbout our authors Fred Lutgens received his BS and MS from Illinois State University. Ed Tarbuck received his BS from the University of Minnesota Duluth, and his MA from Indiana University. Both are professors emeriti from Illinois Central College. They have been good friends and colleagues since 1970. Joining Lutgens and Tarbuck for the first time in the 14th edition is Redina Herman who received her PhD from University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Between them, they have more than 60 years of experience teaching geoscience to undergraduates, and both have been recognized with awards as excellent and inspiring professors. Lutgens and Tarbuck published their first college text, Earth Science, in 1976. That book, winner of the McGuffy Award from the Text and Academic Authors Association, is now in its 15th edition. In 1983, as the first edition of Earth was being prepared, renowned geoscience Table of Contents Introduction to the Atmosphere Heating Earth's Surface and Atmosphere Temperature Moisture and Atmospheric Stability Forms of Condensation and Precipitation Air Pressure and Winds Circulation of the Atmosphere Air Masses Midlatitude Cyclones Thunderstorms and Tornadoes Hurricanes Weather Analysis and Forecasting Air Pollution The Changing Climate World Climates Optical Phenomena of the Atmosphere APPENDICES Metric Units Explanation and Decoding of the Daily Weather Map Relative Humidity and Dew-Point Tables Laws Relating to Gases Newton's Laws, Pressure--Gradient Force, and Coriolis Force Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale Climate Data

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Book SynopsisTable of ContentsUNIT 1 Introducing Physical Geography PART ONE A Planetary Perspective UNIT 2 The Planet Earth UNIT 3 Mapping Earth's Surface UNIT 4 Earth-Sun Relationships UNIT 5 Radiation and the Heat Balance of Planet Earth PART TWO Atmospheric and Oceanic Processes UNIT 6 Composition and Structure of the Atmosphere UNIT 7 Temperatures of the Lower Atmosphere UNIT 8 Air Pressure and Winds UNIT 9 Circulation Patterns of the Atmosphere UNIT 10 Circulation of the World Ocean UNIT 11 Atmospheric Moisture and the Water Balance UNIT 12 Precipitation, Air Masses, and Fronts UNIT 13 Weather Systems PART THREE Climate and Climate Change UNIT 14 Climate Classification and Regionalization UNIT 15 Tropical (A) and Arid (B) Climate UNIT 16 Mild Midlatitude (C) Climates UNIT 17 Higher Latitude (D, E) and High-Altitude (H) Climates UNIT 18 Natural Climate Change UNIT 19 Human Impacts on Climate PART FOUR The Biosphere UNIT 20 Biogeochemical Cycles UNIT 21 Formation of Soils UNIT 22 Properties of Soil UNIT 23 Classification and Mapping of Soils UNIT 24 Biogeographic Processes UNIT 25 The Global Distribution of Plants UNIT 26 Zoogeography: Spatial Aspects of Animal Populations PART FIVE The Restless Crust UNIT 27 Minerals and Igneous Rocks UNIT 28 Sedimentary and Metamorphic Rocks UNIT 29 Planet Earth in Profile: The Layered Interior UNIT 30 Plates of the Lithosphere UNIT 31 Plate Movement: Causes and Effects UNIT 32 Volcanism and Its Landforms UNIT 33 Earthquakes and Landscapes UNIT 34 Faults, Folds, and Landscapes PART SIX Sculpting the Surface: Weathering, Mass Movements, and Flowing Water UNIT 35 The Formation of Landforms and Landscapes UNIT 36 Weathering Processes UNIT 37 Mass Movements UNIT 38 Water in the Lithosphere UNIT 39 Slopes and Streams UNIT 40 Landscapes Shaped by Stream Erosion UNIT 41 Landforms of the Fluvial System UNIT 42 Karst Processes and Landforms PART SEVEN Sculpting the Surface: Ice, Wind, and Coastal Processes UNIT 43 Glacial Erosion and Deposition UNIT 44 Landforms and Landscapes of Continental Glaciation UNIT 45 Landforms and Landscapes of Mountain Glaciers UNIT 46 Periglacial Environments and Landscapes UNIT 47 Wind as a Geomorphic Agent UNIT 48 Coastal Processes UNIT 49 Coastal Landforms and Landscapes

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