Product Description: Through the experiments in this first semester of general chemistry laboratory manual, you will learn about gravity filtration, calculating density, chemical reactions and titrations. The lab manual includes explanations, instructions for experiments and report pages to be turned in for grading...read more

Who was the first black queen? How much do you know about China’s history? Most people’s knowledge of world history is hazy and incomplete at best. This No-Nonsense Guide to World History gives a full picture, revealing the hidden histories and communities left out of conventional textbooks—from the civilizations of Africa, Asia, and Latin America to the history of women.It includes a final chapter on how climate change, 9/11, the Iraq war, corporate power, and China’s headlong growth fit into the broader patterns of world history.

Product Description: Here are fifty concise, entertaining histories on a broad, eclectic range of ideas (borders, feminism), global issues (migration, world trade), commodities (bananas, jeans), regions (Africa, Ireland), and institutions (corporations, the World Bank)...read more

Product Description: Letters from the Edge is a powerful collection in which women home in on the nuances and resonances of everyday life and culture in twelve remote locations. Each author’s collected letters provide unique insight into what life is like in places we can often only dream about visiting, such as the frozen steppes of Mongolia; the sprawling, hot hustle of Lagos, Nigeria; and the rainforested mountain slopes of Colombia...read more

A small book with a big message. Quotations, illustrations and photographs combine to poke fun at our so-called leaders through animal metaphors, but also raise awareness of the plight of mistreated and endangered animals.

A small book with a big message. Its visionary words grapple squarely with the problems of violence and division that must be resolved before the banner of peace can fly free. Quotations, illustrations and photographs make this an inspiring giftbook.

Sweatshops and economic distortion mean that in 2004, Vietnam exported more Nike goods than coffee, while accountants Deloitte Touche estimated the European football market is worth around 10 billion. This book covers the related everyday objects in a fresh light.

Product Description: Published to celebrate thirty years of the New Internationalist magazine. With a broad, international circulation, the magazine is as popular as ever with readers who value its independent coverage of world affairs, evocative first-person essays, and hard-hitting exposés...read more