There is increasing understanding that climate change will have profound, mostly harmful effects on human health. In this authoritative book, international experts examine long-recognized areas of health concern for populations vulnerable to climate change, describing effects that are both direct, such as heat waves, and indirect, such as via vector-borne diseases. Set in a broad international, economic, political and environmental context, this unique book expands these issues by reviving...

Science for Geography and Environment introduces students (and academics who need to brush up their knowledge!) to scientific principles in a lively and accessible way, allowing them to proceed through the text at their own pace. The book is structured thematically with a logical development of key topics, all linked by a comprehensive cross-referencing system. Concepts and principles will be grounded in everyday experience and exemplified by reference to geographical/environmental process...

Alan Bancroft, ein erfolgreicher Journalist und inoffizieller Informant des MI6 und der ESI, verschwindet spurlos während seiner Recherchen über Grigori Rasputin in Sibirien. Mit der Hilfe von Larissa Chamova, einer russischen FSB-Agentin, soll Don Harris aufklären, was mit dem Verschollenen geschehen ist. Das letzte Lebenszeichen Bancrofts liefert Harris nur wenige Hinweise: Rasputin und die Höllensöhne. Die Suche führt sie in ein entlegenes Kloster nahe dem sibirischen Bergdorf Mutow. Es...