Essential guide for international development issues and background travel reading. The World Guide includes all the facts, history, political and economic analysis found in a conventional reference work, but it also offers information on the issues central to the lives of people in Africa, Asia, the Middle East, Latin America and the Caribbean. Also includes Amnesty International and Social Watch reports, an interactive world map and slide shows and national anthems for each country. |An impressive reference book.| - The Times
The encyclopedia of the World Hockey Association, with complete statistics for all players, all teams, all seasons. includes history of the league and each of its teams, game-by-game line scores, standings, game summaries to important games, international competition, draft lists, all-star games, hat tricks, and many anecdotal stories.
Cruise the Scandinavian fjords and rivers - and visit a Viking settlement in North America - in this historical travel guide to the Norse civilization of northern Europe.
Updated in its 10th edition, International Relations is praised for being the most current and comprehensive introduction to international relations theory as well as security, economic, and global issues. Thoroughly updated to cover world affairs through 2012, this survey text explores relations among states and the influence of transnational actors and events. Applying a broad range of theoretical perspectives to show readers how to analyze current events, International Relations offers the best tools for understanding what is happening in the world today.
The Definitive Java Programming GuideFully updated for Java SE 11, Java: The Complete Reference, Eleventh Edition explains how to develop, compile, debug, and run Java programs. Best-selling programming author Herb Schildt covers the entire Java language, including its syntax, keywords, and fundamental programming principles. You’ll also find information on key portions of the Java API library, such as I/O, the Collections Framework, the stream library, and the concurrency utilities. Swing, JavaBeans, and servlets are examined and numerous examples demonstrate Java in action. Of course, the very important module system is discussed in detail. This Oracle Press resource also offers an introduction to JShell, Java’s interactive programming tool. Best of all, the book is written in the clear, crisp, uncompromising style that has made Schildt the choice of millions worldwide.Coverage includes:•Data types, variables, arrays, and operators•Control statements•Classes, objects, and methods•Method overloading and overriding•Inheritance•Local variable type inference•Interfaces and packages•Exception handling•Multithreaded programming•Enumerations, autoboxing, and annotations•The I/O classes•Generics•Lambda expressions•Modules•String handling•The Collections Framework•Networking•Event handling•AWT•Swing •The Concurrent API•The Stream API•Regular expressions•JavaBeans•Servlets•Much, much moreCode examples in the book are available for download at www.OraclePressBooks.com.
The oral, pictorial and statistical history of the World Hockey Association. Interviews with Bobby Hull, Gordie Howe, Wayne Gretzky, Mark Messier, Dave Keon, Harry Neale, Mike Gartner, Mike Liut, John Garrett, Jacques Demers and many, many more. Includes over 300 photographs and an encyclopedia with entries of every player, goaltender and coach to completely document pro hockey's maverick league of the 1970's.
The Caine prize is Africa's leading literary prize and is awarded to a short story by an African writer published in English. Each year, the winning story (Jungfrau by Mary Watson from South Africa is the 2007 winner) and the short listed entries are collected and published in one volume. This is a diverse and stimulating collection from some of Africa's best writers.
