Subject(s): Globalization -- Environmental aspects | Human ecology | Nature -- Effect of human beings on | Human beings -- Effect of environment on | Sustainable development Summary: Globalization and the Environment critically explores the actors, politics and processes that govern the relationship between globalization and the environment. Ta

Subject(s): International relations | International relations -- History | International relations -- Case studies | International relations -- Research Summary: Nuevo en esta edicion: Un nuevo capítulo escrito por Caitlin Bryne sobre "La diplomacia publica"; Nueva cobertura de las redes sociales en el capitulo 10 sobre "El papel d

Subject(s): Finance, Personal | Retirement -- Planning Summary: "Increase the odds you won't run out of money in retirement - using debt!Conventional wisdom is wrong - being debt free in retirement may actually increase your risk. The Value of Debt in Retirement teaches you how incorporating debt into your retirement strategy may incr

Subject(s): World politics -- 21st century | United States -- Foreign relations -- India | India -- Foreign relations -- United States | United States -- Foreign relations -- China | China -- Foreign relations -- United States Summary: "In the next decade and a half, China and India will be indispensable powers--whether they rise peacefully

Subject(s): Venture capital -- Case studies Summary: "Global Best Practice in Private Equity Investing Private Equity in Action takes you on a tour of the private equity investment world through a series of case studies written by INSEAD faculty and taught at the world's leading business schools. The book is an ideal complemen

Subject(s): Nonprofit organizations -- Accounting -- United States | Financial statements -- United States Summary: "Clear guidance with coverage of the new changes to the FASB standards How to Read Nonprofit Financial Statements clarifies FASB standards to help you quickly and easily understand the nonprofit's most important document.

Subject(s): Muslim women -- Political activity -- Indonesia Jakarta | Muslim women -- Societies and clubs -- Indonesia Jakarta | Women in Islam -- Indonesia Jakarta | Feminism -- Indonesia Jakarta | Feminism -- Religious aspects -- Islam Summary: "Investigates how different approaches to religious interpretation influence Indonesian women&#

Subject(s): Litvinenko, Alexander, 1962-2006 -- Assassination | Dissenters -- Crimes against -- Russia (Federation) | Spies -- Biography -- Russia (Federation) | Poisoning -- Political aspects -- Russia (Federation) | Political crimes and offenses -- Russia (Federation) | Murder -- Investigation History -- 21st century -- England London | Intellige

Subject(s): Mass extinctions | Extinction (Biology) | Environmental disasters Summary: Over the last half billion years, there have been five major mass extinctions, when the diversity of life on Earth suddenly and dramatically contracted. Scientists are currently monitoring the sixth extinction, predicted to be the most devastating since the a

Subject(s): Gross domestic product | Economic policy | Sustainable development | International relations Summary: "GDP is much more than a simple statistic. It has become the overarching benchmark of success and a powerful ordering principle at the heart of the global economy. But the convergence of major economic, social and environmental