Product Description: This little book has big ideas from research on countries around the world. There’s nothing more important than figuring out which country is right for a New Expat. Go beyond the stories of tourists on well beaten paths. Learn from the numbers and popular research which countries are most fulfilling and consistent with your interests and goals...read more

Product Description: An illuminating view of the world as seen through the tinted lens of Hollywood’s most important chronicler of entertainment newsand show business. Variety is not only a fascinating look at the history of entertainment as reported by the world’s most highly regarded commentator of show business news, it is also a history of American popular culture and a record of the influence and confluence of art, life, and Hollywood...read more

Product Description: In this book, the authors examine the governance of marine protected areas (MPA), and in particular they compare two different forms of governance – co-management (CM) and adaptive co-management (ACM). CM is characterized by the decentralization of the decision-making process, incorporating the governed as well as the government...read more

Product Description: R.H. Tawney is an iconic thinker in British left-wing circles, whose writings during the early-mid 20th century helped to forge the direction of democratic socialist thinking and Labour Party policies.This book provides a fresh and accessible guide to the ideas of Tawney for new readers and to set straight the record of what Tawney’s political thought really is, warts and all, in place of the rather over-simplified picture painted by the major commentators...read more

Product Description: Mission of the Messiah is a compelling study of the Gospel of Luke that presents the messianic mission of Jesus as the fulfillment of Old Testament prophecy. The review questions at the end of each chapter provide fresh material for individual reflection or group discussion...read more

Product Description: This book is a comprehensive, topical and authoritative examination of the current crisis in the fishing industry, offering a political analysis of the reasons for the crisis and apparent failure of current policies and suggesting ways in which the crisis might be overcome...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: This book draws on recent research to offer an account of the concept of freedom. It explores four issues: meaning, arguing that there is only one concept but seven conceptions of freedom; justification, examining six arguments defending freedom; judgements about freedom; and aggregation and distribution, discussing variable and zero sum analyses of freedom...read more