An accessible introduction to climate change that outlines key scientific, economic, and political issues, reviews how the global community has addressed the issue to date, and discusses the options being explored for further action. Climate Change: A Reference Handbook offers readers a way to separate science from politics on this crucial and often contentious issue. It provides a comprehensive introduction to the science and public policy of climate change, including discussion of historical developments, today's key concepts, and the future of climate science and policy. Climate Change begins by explaining the science behind global climate change, including the growing consensus that human activity is a major contributing factor. It then takes an objective look at the key conflicts in climate science and policy, describes those that have been resolved, and offers a balanced review of proposals for those that have not. A separate chapter focuses on the scientific, economic, and political aspects of climate change as they are playing out specifically in the United States.

Paris a Table: 1846 is the first English translation of a seminal book in the literature of nineteenth-century gastronomy, a work described by Le Monde as "the richest view of Balzac's time seen from the table." It was written by the journalist Eugene Briffault, well-known in his day as a theater critic and chronicler of contemporary Paris, but also as a bon-vivant, celebrated for his ability to quaff a magnum of champagne from a bell jar in a single draft and well-qualified to write authoritatively about the culinary culture of Paris. Focusing on the manners, customs, and "moeurs" of the dining scene, the author takes the reader from the opulence of a dinner at the Rothschilds through every social stratum down to the laborer eating on the streets. He surveys the restaurants of the previous generation and his own-from the most elegant to the lowest dive-along with the eating habits of the bourgeoisie, the importance and variety of banquets, the institutional meal, and even the plight of "people who do not dine." Briffault was also a fine storyteller, and the book is a compendium of culinary anecdotes, from the tantrums of a king deprived of his spinach to the tragedy of "the friendliest pig that was ever seen." The edition also includes the humorous drawings of the caricaturist Bertall, artwork that cleverly reinforces the witty and ironic tone that pervades the text. Along with an introduction -which provides the first modern biography of the author and analyses the place of Paris a Table in the literary culture of the time-the text is copiously annotated, acquainting readers with the events and characters that appear in the narrative and providing an entryway to the author's Paris, the city Walter Benjamin characterized as "the capital of the nineteenth century."

"Beautifully written and refreshingly original... makes us see Paris] in a different light." -- "San Francisco Chronicle""Book Review"
Swapping his native San Francisco for the City of Light, travel writer David Downie arrived in Paris in 1986 on a one-way ticket, his head full of romantic notions. Curiosity and the legs of a cross-country runner propelled him daily from an unheated, seventh-floor walk-up garret near the Champs-Elysees to the old Montmartre haunts of the doomed painter Modigliani, the tombs of Pere-Lachaise cemetery, the luxuriant alleys of the Luxembourg Gardens and the aristocratic ile Saint-Louis midstream in the Seine.
Downie wound up living in the chic Marais district, married to the Paris-born American photographer Alison Harris, an equally incurable walker and chronicler. Ten books and a quarter-century later, he still spends several hours every day rambling through Paris, and writing about the city he loves. An irreverent, witty romp featuring thirty-one short prose sketches of people, places and daily life, "Paris, "Paris" Journey into the City of Light" ranges from the glamorous to the least-known corners and characters of the world's favorite city.
Photographs by Alison Harris.
"I loved his collection of essays and anyone who's visited Paris in the past, or plans to visit in the future, will be equally charmed as well." --David Lebovitz, author of" The Sweet Life in Paris"
" A] quirky, personal, independent view of the city, its history and its people"--Mavis Gallant
"Gives fresh poetic insight into the city... a voyage into 'the bends and recesses, the jagged edges, the secret interiors' of Paris]."-- Departures

"A whole new perspective on drinking. Highly recommended" - Dr Rafal Zakrzewski, Cambridge University

TAKE A BREAK FROM DRINKING TO IMPROVE YOUR LIFE

Drinking is awesome, but if the grog monster has you by the tail then it is easy to get into a rut and waste your life away, especially if you are in a soul destroying job. Whether you are curious about improving your health, relationships or simply creating a better version of you, this book will show you how giving up alcohol for a period can let you do this.

THIS GUIDE TO TAKING A BREAK FROM THE DRINK TEACHES:

- How David went from one of Australia's leading beer experts and writers to going off the drink for a year and giving up his job as a partner in a major law firm to become a children's book writer

- How to justify taking a break from drinking to yourself and to your peers

- How to cope with risk of boredom

- How to gain zen like clarity after breaking the drinking cycle

- How to redesign your life to become a better, more joyous version of you

- How to make a decision about your future after your time off the drink.

Abounding in secluded, atmospheric parks, artists' studios, cafes, restaurants and streets little changed since the 1800s, Paris exudes romance. The art and architecture, the cityscape, riverbanks, and the unparalleled quality of daily life are part of the equation. But the city's allure derives equally from hidden sources: querulous inhabitants, a bizarre culture of heroic negativity, and a rich historical past supplying enigmas, pleasures and challenges. Rarely do visitors suspect the glamour and chic and the carefree atmosphere of the City of Light grew from and still feed off the dark fountainheads of riot, rebellion, mayhem and melancholy-and the subversive literature, art and music of the Romantic Age. Weaving together his own with the lives and loves of Victor Hugo, Georges Sand, Charles Baudelaire, Balzac, Nadar and other great Romantics Downie delights in the city's secular romantic pilgrimage sites asking, Why Paris, not Venice or Rome-the tap root of "romance"-or Berlin, Vienna and London-where the earliest Romantics built castles-in-the-air and sang odes to nightingales? Read A Passion for Paris: Romanticism and Romance in the City of Light and find out.

AFRIKAANS EDITION

David en Jacko vrees die ergste wanneer 'n klasmaat vreemde woorde opdreun wat veroorsaak dat hul skoolhoof aan breinskade ly. Hul nuuskierigheid lei gou tot 'n ramp en Dawid het geen ander keuse as om die bome in te sluip om sy klasmaat se geheime boek te bestudeer voordat hul albei tot 'n ontydige einde kom.

David and Jacko fear the worst when a classmate chants strange words and brain damages their headmaster. Their curiosity soon leads to disaster and David has no choice but to sneak into the trees to study his classmate's secret book before they both meet their untimely end.

Suitable for ages 8 and up.

A whole new perspective on drinking. Highly recommended - Dr Rafal Zakrzewski, Cambridge University TAKE A BREAK FROM DRINKING TO IMPROVE YOUR LIFE Drinking is awesome, but if the grog monster has you by the tail then it is easy to get into a rut and waste your life away, especially if you are in a soul destroying job. Whether you are curious about improving your health, relationships or simply creating a better version of you, this book will show you how giving up alcohol for a period can let you do this. THIS GUIDE TO TAKING A BREAK FROM THE DRINK TEACHES: - How David went from one of Australia's leading beer experts and writers to going off the drink for a year and giving up his job as a partner in a major law firm to become a children's book writer - How to justify taking a break from drinking to yourself and to your peers - How to cope with risk of boredom - How to gain zen like clarity after breaking the drinking cycle - How to redesign your life to become a better, more joyous version of you - How to make a decision about your future after your time off the drink.

David and Jacko fear the worst when a classmate chants strange words and brain damages their headmaster. Their curiosity soon leads to disaster and David has no choice but to sneak into the trees to study his classmate's secret book before they both meet their untimely end. Suitable for ages 8 and up.

AFRIKAANS EDITION

Gewoonlik kom David en Jacko goed oor die weg met die wereld se hardwerkende miere. Maar toe David een oggend wakkerskrik en besef sy nagmerrie 'n aaklige waarheid geword het, het hy en Jacko geen ander keuse as om van die dier wat miere die meeste vrees hulp te soek voordat miljoene klein tande hul vlees van hul bene afstroop.

David and Jacko normally get on just fine with the hard-working ants of the world. But when David wakes one morning to discover his nightmare is turning into a horrible reality, he and Jacko have no choice but to seek help from the animal the ants fear the most before millions of tiny teeth strip them to the bone.

Driven by curiosity, wanderlust, and health crises, David Downie and his wife set out from Paris to walk across France to the Pyrenees. Starting on the Rue Saint-Jacques and trekking 750 miles south to Roncesvalles, Spain, their eccentric route takes seventy-two days on Roman roads and pilgrimage paths a 1,100-year-old network of trails leading to the sanctuary of Saint James the Greater. For Downie, the inward journey met the outer one: a combination of self-discovery and physical regeneration. More than 200,000 pilgrims take the highly commercialized Spanish route annually, but few cross France. Downie had a goal: to go from paris to the pyrenees on age-old trails, making the pilgrimage in his own maverick way."

AFRIKAANS EDITION

Geinspireer deur Roald Dahl en die Twits, skryf David Downie 'n opwindende verhaal van die avonture van Dawid en sy hond Jacko en hulle ontmoetings met die groteske Mnr Sniggles en sy dodelike troeteldier slang.

Die stories is pragtig geillustreer deur Tea Seroya.

Inspired by Roald Dahl and the Twits, David Downie writes a thrilling tale of the adventures of David and his dog Jacko and their encounters with the grotesque Mr Sniggles and his deadly pet snake. The stories are beautifully illustrated by Tea Seroya.

David and Jacko normally get on just fine with the hard-working ants of the world. But when David wakes one morning to discover his nightmare is turning into a horrible reality, he and Jacko have no choice but to seek help from the animal the ants fear the most before millions of tiny teeth strip them to the bone.

Inspired by Roald Dahl and Stephen King, David Downie writes a spine chilling tale of the adventures of David and his dog Jacko and their encounters with the local undead. The book is beautifully illustrated by Tea Seroya.

Suitable for ages 8 and up.

Inspired by Roald Dahl and the Twits, David Downie writes an engaging account of the horrible stories his dad told him as a boy.

The stories are beautifully illustrated by Tea Seroya.

Suitable for ages 8 and up.

Inspired by Roald Dahl and the Twits, David Downie writes a thrilling tale of the adventures of David and his dog Jacko and their encounters with the grotesque Mr Sniggles and his deadly pet snake. The stories are beautifully illustrated by Tea Seroya.

Suitable for ages 8 and up.

Most commercial contracts contain exclusion clauses and indemnities. Much effort is spent negotiating them, and yet they are often poorly understood. This book provides a practical guide to approaching these clauses so as to ensure your interests are best protected. The importance of each clause is highlighted along with helpful tips drawn from the long experience of the authors in drafting, negotiating and interpreting commercial contracts in their everyday practice.

Every commercial transaction involves risk. Negotiating the terms of a contract that gives effect to a transaction provides an opportunity to transfer that risk to someone else through the use of common drafting mechanisms including warranties, indemnities, exclusion clauses and insurance clauses. This book provides a practical guide to approaching these clauses so as to ensure your interests are best protected. The importance of each clause is highlighted along with helpful tips drawn from the long experience of the authors in drafting, negotiating and interpreting commercial contracts in their everyday practice.

LUO EDITION

Kogolo paro kuom Rold Dal gi Twits Daudi Doni ndiko sigendni mamit koloso e wach mar sigendni maricho mane wuongi okone kapod en wuoyi matin.

Sigendni ogor maber gi Ti Seroya.

Inspired by Roald Dahl and the Twits, David Downie writes an engaging account of the horrible stories his dad told him as a boy.

The stories are beautifully illustrated by Tea Seroya.

Suitable for ages 8 and up.

LUO EDITION

Inspired by Roald Dahl and the Twits, David Downie writes a thrilling tale of the adventures of David and his dog Jacko and their encounters with the grotesque Mr Sniggles and his deadly pet snake. The stories are beautifully illustrated by Tea Seroya.

THAI EDITION

Inspired by Roald Dahl and Stephen King, David Downie writes a spine chilling tale of the adventures of David and his dog Jacko and their encounters with the local undead. The book is beautifully illustrated by Tea Seroya.

Suitable for ages 8 and up.

DUTCH EDITION

David Downie, geinspireerd door Roald Dahl en Stephen King, schrijft een angstaanjagend verhaal over de avonturen van David en zijn hond Jacko en hun ontmoetingen met de lokale ondode. De verhalen zijn prachtig geillustreerd door Tea Seroya.

Inspired by Roald Dahl and Stephen King, David Downie writes a spine chilling tale of the adventures of David and his dog Jacko and their encounters with the local undead. The book is beautifully illustrated by Tea Seroya.

Suitable for ages 8 and up.