"A stunning guide, packed with history, that no visitor to Iran should be without."--Christina Lamb, foreign affairs correspondent, Sunday Times, London.

Originally tapped as a potential successor to Bruce Lee, Hong Kong martial-arts phenom Jackie Chan soon established his own unique screen persona, blending goofball slapstick and bone-crunching kung fu into intricate feats of supercharged athleticism. Tracing his rise from breakout star to full-fledged auteur, these six unabashedly silly, unstoppably entertaining early-career highlights find Chan refining the lovably mischievous image that would make...

The term, Minimalism, was coined to describe the work of a group of American artists who developed a new kind of whole or serial geometric abstraction during the 1960s. This book documents the careers of the leading figures associated with Minimalism--Carl Andre, Dan Flavin, Donald Judd, Sol LeWitt and Robert Morris--as well as the practices of artists who were associated with the movement, among them the sculptors, Larry Bell, Eva Hesse, John McCracken,...

"This captivating volume dives into the complexities of racism and White Saviorism in North/South relations. With contributions from 19 experts across the Global South, this book examines its prevalence within Western initiatives for international development. Through a blend of theoretical topics, testimonies, stories and personal experiences these contributors shed light on implicit as well as explicit forms of White Saviorism - all with sensitivity...

St. Louis is undoubtedly fragmented, physically so in that the city is dissected by rivers, highways, walls, and fences; but also in a more insidious way. It?s a city (like many) where race, class, religion, and zip code might as well be cards in a rigged poker game, where the winners? prize is the ability to ignore that the losers have drastically shorter life expectancies. But it's also a city of warmth, love, and beauty?especially in its contrasts....

Collection consists of photographs in protective sheets as archival album.

Kids will explore the world and beyond while using creativity and critical thinking abilities to solve puzzles, learn geography, improve math skills, and much more. This SuperPack contains 2X as many apps as the standard Launchpad. Awesome puzzles of the world's most amazing landmarks! The puzzles are created by slicing the images into strips and scrambling them. To solve the puzzles simply slide the slices into the desired position with as few moves...

"In this, his final book, economist Anthony Atkinson, one of the world's great social scientists and a pioneer in the study of poverty and inequality, offers an inspiring analysis of a central question: What is poverty and how much of it is there around the globe? The persistence of poverty--in rich and poor countries alike--is one of the most serious problems facing humanity. Better measurement of poverty is essential for raising awareness, motivating...

Covers all major areas of science, engineering, technology, as well as mathematics and the medical and health sciences, while providing a comprehensive overview of current scientific knowledge and technology. Entries typically describe scientific concepts, provide overviews of scientific areas and, in some cases, define terms.