Globalization is not flattening the world; in fact, place is increasingly relevant to the global economy and our individual lives. Who's Your City? offers the first available city rankings by life-stage, rating the best places for singles, families, and empty-nesters to reside.--From amazon.com.

Comparing the world population to a village of 100 persons, the author reveals such facts as the languages of the village, how much each earns, if the person is literate, has a television and has enough to eat.

Presents color photos of children from twenty-five countries around the world, describes aspects of daily life and culture in each country, and lists facts about each country including the capital city, languages, total population, number of children, favorite sport, and environmental facts.

Desert environment leaves its stark impress upon plants, animals, and men. And Ross Calvin tells the beautifully strange story of New Mexico-its ancient culture, the coming of the Spanish friars, the Spanish occupation, pueblo life, the Apaches and their long warfare with the whites, cattle and sheep raising and cowboys and outlaws, and the old trails, and the coming of the railroads-treating all these in the light of the physical features and physical...

It is perhaps the eighth wonder of our world that despite modern mapping and satellite photography our planet continues to surprise us. Hidden lairs beneath layers of rock, forgotten cities rising out of deserted lands and even mankind's own feats of engineering eccentricity lie in the most unusual of destinations.Travis Elborough goes in search of the obscure and bizarre, the beautiful and estranged. Taking in the defiant relics of ancient cities...

Esta edición recopila las actas del Congreso Internacional Guerra y Viaje. Una constante Histórico-literaria entre España y Alemania, celebrado en el MuVIM en 2008. Se trata de catorce trabajos centrados en las relaciones culturales hispano-alemanas, desde la Edad Media hasta el siglo XX. Literatura de viajes y viajes en la literatura vistos desde la óptica alemana.

Vaya the film is based on the lives of four young men from the Homeless Writer's Project: David Majoka, Anthony Mafela, Madoda Ntuli and Tshabalira Lebakeng, and rooted in their experiences of coming to Johannesburg, South Africa. Vaya the book brings you the people and stories that inspired the award-winning film. Through personal stories that are intimate and hard hitting, Vaya will both surprise and shock you. It offers a rare lens into life in...

Les métropoles des Amériques sont-elles en train de suivre de plus en plus leurs propres voies ou sont-elles en train de converger? Regroupant des contributions de chercheurs internationaux, ce livre porte sur onze métropoles d'Amérique. Il amène le lecteur à réévaluer les clivages radicaux qu'il pensait trouver entre le Nord et le Sud.

Ce livre présente le «modèle» de gestion par bassin versant, qui est le pivot des politiques de l'eau développées, et offre un aperçu de la complexité de l'architecture institutionnelle des politiques de l'eau aux États-Unis, au Canada, en France et, plus largement, dans l'Union européenne.

Welcome to the Republic of Costa Rica. My name is Joaquin and this is my sister Yocsary! Let us take you on a trip through our wonderful country. It's a very special place in the world and there are lots to share with you. So get excited to use your imagination while learning more about our home. Let's go!