Richard A. Proctor 
The Orbs Around Us [PDF ebook] 
A Series of Familiar Essays on the Moon and Planets, Meteors and Comets, the Sun and Coloured Pairs of Suns

This book is an examination of American army legal proceedings that resulted from a series of moments when soldiers in a war zone crossed a line between performing their legitimate functions and comm …

Despite Beijing’s repeated assurance that China’s rise will be ‘peaceful’, the United States, Japan and the European Union as well as many of China”s Asian neighbours feel uneasy about the rise of C …

Urban segregation is one of the main challenges facing urban development around the globe. The usual outcome of many urban development patterns is an unequal social geography, with the urban poor liv …

This book provides an analysis of the country”s political economy in transition. It documents the history of the gold mining industry”s involvement in shaping the political landscape of South Afric …

Comparative Perspectives on Communal Lands and Individual Ownership: Sustainable Futures addresses property and land title as central mechanisms governing access to communally-held land and resources …

The 21st century has been dominated by an almost compulsive race to find new pathways for city development. As cities seek to regenerate via the knowledge-based economy, now more than ever dynamic le …

Creative industries have become fundamental in signalling the economic wellbeing of cities and urban regions. Workers who are attracted to the sector tend to have strong preferences when it comes to …

Part 1 is a comprehensive study of the Qur”anic data about each prophet, with a full portrait of every figure and dealing also with all the major scholarly literature on the subject and with the Qur …

This volume is a collection of papers written by nationals or former nationals of the respective country in ASEAN and Northeast Asia. Unlike other works written by scholars outside ASEAN or East Asia …

Over the past two decades, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) have exploded in number and emerged as a new force in international and transnational politics. Why, however, do some countries noneth …