Originally published in 1987. This important and provocative book explains the persistence of hunger, poverty, and the lack of balanced development in many countries and the central role of agriculture in economic development. Most theories of agricultural development are based on the experiences of western Europe and the United States while the two models for successful "late development" have been Japan and the Soviet Union. This book surveys the evolution of agriculture under colonialism in Latin America, Africa, and Asia and concludes that this long period distorted the development prospects for these areas and retarded the production of food. Under strong state capitalist governments, a few underdeveloped countries have broken the colonial patterns of development. However, other post-revolutionary societies are having far less success because of economic blockades and outside military intervention. While the primary focus of the book is on the short-run problems of inequality, the author examines the long-run ecological and resource constraints to a sustainable food system and raising the standard of living in the underdeveloped world.

Originally published in 1987. This important and provocative book explains the persistence of hunger, poverty, and the lack of balanced development in many countries and the central role of agriculture in economic development. Most theories of agricultural development are based on the experiences of western Europe and the United States while the two models for successful "late development" have been Japan and the Soviet Union. This book surveys the evolution of agriculture under colonialism in Latin America, Africa, and Asia and concludes that this long period distorted the development prospects for these areas and retarded the production of food. Under strong state capitalist governments, a few underdeveloped countries have broken the colonial patterns of development. However, other post-revolutionary societies are having far less success because of economic blockades and outside military intervention. While the primary focus of the book is on the short-run problems of inequality, the author examines the long-run ecological and resource constraints to a sustainable food system and raising the standard of living in the underdeveloped world.

Taking the stance that the mainstream media sugarcoats Canada's involvement in the U.S.'s war in Afghanistan--and equates "supporting the troops" with supporting the war--this analysis looks at Canada's role in light of the politics of oil and U.S. imperialism, making heated calls for Canada's withdrawal. It is argued that the intent of capturing Osama bin Laden was merely a guise for the U.S.'s desire to dominate internationally, and that Canada's historical role of essentially following U.S. foreign policy makes it impossible to justify their continued presence and should be questioned more fervently as an imperialist quest for oil and gas resources.

Nineteen short stories cover the gamut from humor to horror. Meet ghosts, ghouls and goofballs in this expansive collection of tales ranging from religious to ridiculous. - An event from Colonial history haunts contemporary citizens of a small American town. - The family cat reports on life and death with humans. - A man comes to terms with his wife's death with the help of his guardian angel. - There is more going on in one small town than many people realize. - A family's annual ritual of grave decoration takes an unexpected twist. - A ghost's life is not all haunting and howling. Sometimes, it's just boring. '- Nothing will stop one man's wife from cleaning their house. Nothing - A "simple" card game puts the head of the house into an uproar. - Can a Sam Spade wannabe find his wife's car keys? - A spoiled teen visits a 'fat camp' where eating is encouraged.

What if you awoke one day and discovered you had ESP? Would you feel blessed? Or would you feel cursed? Joe Fitzsimons isn't feeling very blessed. He just wants to get over his divorce and on with his life. The accident that put him in the hospital wasn't that serious. But the blackouts and visions that kept happening afterward sent him to a neurologist. He shouldn't have fallen in love with his doctor. He can see things about her past that affect their present and future. Worse, however, are the visions he has of a serial killer's crimes; visions that haunt him and lead the police to suspect him of the killings, visions that put his own life in jeopardy. Psychic will keep you on edge, wondering how things will turn out-a real page-turner

Tom Skolstad has become a pawn in a high-stakes game of espionage and murder. The problem is: he doesn't know he is playing. As the lead programmer of the next-generation Patriot missile system, Tom has been compromised by North Korean agents using psychotropic drugs. Alerted to the breech, U.S. Army counterintelligence agents work to reprogram him to lead the Koreans astray. Unfortunately, a murderous Korean agent discovers the plot and plans to literally terminate the mission, putting Tom, his wife, and the counterintelligence agents in a race to save their lives.