This Is Our World, written by Tracey Turner, is a colorful celebration of our planet's cultural and environmental diversity--an unforgettable journey that brings the people, customs, and wildlife of 20 places around the world vividly to life for young readers. Our guides are children who tell us about the animals, plants, and weather that they encounter; the feasts and festivals they enjoy; and the clothes they wear, the way they learn, the languages...

"This bestseller is newly revised with updated statistics, new activities and completely new material on food security, energy and health. By shrinking the planet down to a village of just 100 people, children will discover how to grow up global and establish their own place in the world village."--

This important book teaches children all about the large, diverse country of America - past, present and future - using a simple metaphor of a village of just 100 people.

El viaje es un espacio emblemático de encuentro, diálogo y apertura de horizontes. Aquí presentamos un viaje literario, híbrido entre ficción y realidad, un recorrido con variadas e interesantes paradas que evocan mentalidades, lugares, miradas, percepciones, en definitiva, a través de los textos preparados por investigadores del Grupo Oswald de la Universitat de València.

Este libro aborda la representación actual de Patagonia como "reserva de vida" y su relación con la nueva racionalidad verde o conservacionista en el marco del capitalismo tardío.

Es invitación a reflexionar sobre la promesa de un futuro esplendor que ha proyectado el discurso del desarrollo en el Chile de las últimas décadas. Tras esa imagen se observan y constatan importantes desigualdades.

For the past half-century, the planning system has operated on the basis of a growth-dependence paradigm. It has been based on market-led urban development and has sought to provide community benefits from a share of development profits. However, we do not live in a world where growth can be taken for granted and we are more aware than previously of the implications for well-being and sustainability. This timely book provides a fresh analysis of the...

Pavlo Prokopovich Glazoviy (1922-2004) - the legendary Ukrainian poet-humorist and satirist. It happened that our life paths crossed, and our close ommunication continued for twenty years of the active creative period of the poet's life (1974-1993). Published in Ukraine on the centenary of his birth, the book of our memoirs and selected works of the poet "Unforgettable Pavlo Glazoviy" ( FOP Stebelyak, Kyiv 2022) attracted the attention of readers,...

Some 30 years after Glasgow turned towards regeneration, indicators of its built environment, its health, its economic performance and its quality of life remain below UK averages. This interdisciplinary study examines the ongoing transformation of Glasgow as it transitioned from a de-industrial to a post-industrial city during the 20th and 21st centuries. Looking at the diverse issues of urban policy, regeneration and economic and social change,...

This radical and experimental book advances a new approach to understanding spectacle, one that helps us better understand how consumer culture paved the way for the post-truth politics of Donald Trump. Miller innovatively blends social and political theory, newspaper articles and contemporary commentary on Trump and Trumpism to provide a unique perspective on how capitalism intersects with and enables fascistic forms of power. His analysis contributes...