Alfred W. McCoy

In a tempestuous narrative that sweeps across five continents and seven centuries, this book explains how a succession of catastrophes—from the devast

Since George Bush declared his war on drugs in 1989, cocaine addiction in America has increased 15%, and narcotics have emerged as major commodities f

This book examines the lives of the men and women who emerged from the margins of Philippine society to mobilize a mass following.

For a decade America's share of the global economy has been in decline. Its diplomatic alliances are under immense strain, and any claim of moral lead

Deze reeks omvat twaalf maanden, twaalf boekjes, twaalf schrijvers. Ieder boekje nodigt je uit om anders naar de tijd van het jaar te kijken. De

Drie rivieren spelen een belangrijke rol in het leven van meneer B., die in schitterende vertellingen in dit drieluik stromen. De Lossie in Schotland

Voor een Helmondse schoenmakersdochter, een Indische voormalige oorlogstolk en hun zoon – de verteller – bestaat er geen heden. Er is alleen een belas

‘De nacht is mijn vijand als ik slaap, mijn vriend als ik waak.’ In 2005 wordt de wereld van Meneer B. kleiner als hij het na een hartinfarct rustig a

Boyce's Elementary Differential Equations and Boundary Value Problems is written from the viewpoint of the applied mathematician, with diverse interes

Muslim Identities: An Introduction to Islam (Second Edition) presents a fully updated introduction to the religion of Islam and the various social gro

Surveys the history and nature of Western attitudes towards the East, considering orientalism as a powerful European ideological creation - a way for

Quine's efforts to get beyond the confusion begin by rejecting the very idea of binding together word and thing, rejecting the focus on the isolated w

The "New Papyrological Primer is a fully revised and expanded edition of David and Groningen's 1964 standard introduction to Greek papyrological texts

"An eye-opening and engaging look at the science and technology of modern archaeology that will be of interest to any time traveler—and since we are a

Campaigning for the presidency in 2008, Barack Obama offered an impassioned denunciation of the 'enhanced' interrogation techniques used by the Bush a

“History on an epic scale—sweeping, provocative, and unsparing in its judgment." —Andrew Bacevich, author of After the Apocalypse: America's Role in a

At the dawn of the 20th century, the US Army swiftly occupied Manila and then plunged into a decade-long pacification campaign with striking parallels

Reveals how the power of Filipino family-based oligarchies both derives from and contributes to a weak, corrupt state. This book explores the pervasiv