Product Description: Infinite Bowman tracks the story of a lost astronaut wandering through the wastedlands, making his way through the infinite city, battling demons, and calling his buddies jerks. Pat Aulisio’s manic spattery squiggly style pairs magnificently with his unique breed of inter-galactic toilet humor...read more

Product Description: Crisis and Control explains how neoliberal transformations of political and economic systems are militarising the policing of protest, based on a compelling empirical study of police agencies and practices from 1995 until the present...read more

Product Description: The objective of this book is to present an integrated set of original papers from leading authorities in the field related to optimal balance between arms reduction and regional and international security. The emphasis is on economics and management rather than politics and diplomacy...read more

Product Description: Fortifying China explores the titanic struggle to turn China into an aspiring world-class military technological power. The defense economy is leveraging the country's vibrant civilian economy and gaining access to foreign sources of technology and know-how...read more

New geopolitical realities -- including terrorism, pandemics, rogue nuclear states, resource conflicts, insurgencies, mass migration, economic collapse, and cyber attacks -- have created a dramatically different national-security environment for America. Twentieth-century defense strategies, technologies, and industrial practices will not meet the security requirements of a post-9/11 world. In Democracy's Arsenal, Jacques Gansler describes the transformations needed in government and industry to achieve a new, more effective system of national defense. Drawing on his decades of experience in industry, government, and academia, Gansler argues that the old model of ever-increasing defense expenditures on largely outmoded weapons systems must be replaced by a strategy that combines a healthy economy, effective international relations, and a strong (but affordable) national security posture. The defense industry must remake itself to become responsive and relevant to the needs of twenty-first-century security.

Product Description: A fantastic selection of knitting patterns for hats and scarves from established designer and bestselling author Claire Crompton, author of The Knitter's Bible and Knitter's Bible project books. Featuring strong designs across a range of styles for the new-to-knitting market, all the knitted hat and scarf projects included are either Beginner, Easy or Intermediate skill level, and the majority are Easy...read more

Product Description: With a few strokes of your pencil, connect the dots to bring girls, guys and good times to life. Based on drawings by some of the best manga artists around, these scenes rock with fashion, frolics and friends. With easy-to-follow instructions and a solutions key to help if you get stuck, the images transform into a boredom-busting coloring book when complete, providing hours of creative activities...read more

Product Description: Countries that spend scarce resources to import arms from abroad often require arms sellers to 'reinvest' part or all of the proceeds back into the arms-importing country. These so-called 'arms trade offsets' are therefore thought to enhance domestic economic development...read more

Product Description: Pulling back the curtain on the secretive world of the global arms trade, Andrew Feinstein reveals the corruption and the cover-ups behind a range of weapons deals, from the largest in history—between the British and Saudi governments—to the guns-for-diamonds deals in Africa and the imminent $60 billion U...read more

Product Description: Pulling back the curtain on the secretive world of the global arms trade, Andrew Feinstein reveals the corruption and the cover-ups behind a range of weapons deals, from the largest in history—between the British and Saudi governments—to the guns-for-diamonds deals in Africa and the imminent $60 billion U...read more

Defence spending raises issues of life and death, protection and security; it is a major issue for every nation, yet surprisingly little has been written about it. This comparative study of the economics of defence spending in countries throughout the world is an interesting contribution to the economics of defence, disarmament and peace at a time when relations between the superpowers are changing dramatically. Ten experts report and analyze a variety of international experiences, covering the major western powers, the Soviet Union, Israel, Japan and two key areas of the developing world, the Indian sub-continent and South America. They discuss the various factors and variables that influence a nation's defence spending, showing that since different nations do not face the same threats they differ in their willingness and ability to pay for protection. Some prefer independence of neutrality, while others have joined military alliances, some possess nuclear weapons, while others rely on all-volunteer forces.

Product Description: Whether it's guns and ammunition or multidimensional anti-terrorism systems, the defense industry is dynamic, complex, and ubiquitous. It is also mysterious, powerful, and controversial, involving thousands of players worldwide―from suppliers and producers to government and military procurers to shadowy figures that trade in the black market...read more

Product Description: Book by Merino, Noël