This book answers the most obvious, the most important, yet the most difficult question about human history: why history unfolded so differently on different continents.

This text covers the most popular types of landscapes designed today, from garden and park design, historic preservation and restoration, to community and regional planning.

Crandell (landscape architecture, Iowa State U.) demonstrates how the principles of her field have drawn extensively from the basic concepts of art and literature, so that a "beautiful" landscape is one that most closely resembles a ...

What makes the modern world work? The answer to this deceptively simple question lies in four "grand transitions" of civilization--in populations, agriculture, energy, and economics--which have transformed the way we live.

Exploring the senses in thought-provoking scientific experiments and artistic projects, this fascinating book offers new insights into memory - drawn from neuroscience, the arts, and professions such as education, elderly care, health care ...

The orphan boy Nello, who lives with his grandfather, finds a dog who has been badly beaten and nurses it back to health.

Our appreciation of the significance of these processes is essential to a fuller understanding of world history. Vaclav Smil offers a comprehensive look at the role