Product Description: Though more than 150,000 AIDS-related deaths have been reported worldwide and between 5 and 10 million people are now infected with its precursor, HIV-1, the deadly and relatively new AIDS virus is still a mystery. AIDS and the Social Sciences: Common Threads, an enlightening examination of the AIDS epidemic from the viewpoints of various social sciences, provides us with clues to that mystery...read more

Product Description: This comprehensive survey of Southeast Asia addresses the specific problems related to the uneven economic development of the region versus the rest of the world and within the context of the geography, history, culture, society, and economics of that region...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

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Product Description: Fiji presents a clear, well-organized view of a distant, intriguing, beautiful country undergoing significant change in a part of the world that is often overlooked. Dr. Richard Ulack introduces the reader to the Pacific Island region, then to the location and natural landscape of Fiji...read more

Product Description: Fiji presents a clear, well-organized view of a distant, intriguing, beautiful country undergoing significant change in a part of the world that is often overlooked. Dr. Richard Ulack introduces the reader to the Pacific Island region, then to the location and natural landscape of Fiji...read more

Product Description: Authors present an extensive, well-organized compilation of geographic facts and statistics on many topics, including climate, geology, population characteristics, culture, manufacturing, transportation and agricultural resources of this unique region of America.