Illah Reza (Professor of Robotics, Carnegie Mellon University) Nourbakhsh 
Robot Futures [PDF ebook] 

Since the peak of school desegregation in the late 1980s, schools across the nation have been resegregating such that schools are now as segregated as they were during the late 1960s. Segregation is …

When Boris Johnson announced the creation of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office in June 2020, he signalled the dissolution of the UK’s Department for International Development (DFID) …

When a boy realises the grown-ups are killing animals and that he has been eating their bodies, he gives up meat. But should he share the truth and break another child’s heart? As a youth he wants to …

As Cold War battle lines are seemingly re-drawn, Russia »s various  »frozen » war zones (ongoing separatist conflicts) are often cited as particularly volatile and assumed by some Western …

This book provides basic information and analysis concerning how the forces of change during the Pacific Century will provide a base for the future of the Pacific Asia. It presents a general …

After being granted full independence in 1961, Kuwait began its tumultuous relationship with the US. This book sets out to investigate this alliance within the frameworks of a ‘small state’ and ‘infl …

In this ground-breaking authoritative study, a highly documented and incisive analysis is made of the galvanising changes wrought to the people and landscape of British Mandated Palestine (1929-1948) …

This book offers a realist critique of US foreign policy towards the Middle East in the past decade. It critically examines four core foundations of contemporary US Middle East policy: US relations …

This title was first published in 2003. An analysis of education and training issues from the perspective of a planner, this book is the culmination of three years » research stemming from a concern …

Bloomsbury Pocket Guides are essential photographic guides to the natural world. This book is as visually impressive as it is useful in the field, with many stunning full-page and double-page pho …