Produced biennially, The World's Water provides a timely examination of the key issues surrounding freshwater resources and their use. Each new volume identifies and explains the most significant current trends worldwide, and offers the best data available on a variety of water-related topics. The 2006-2007 volume features overview chapters on: Water and terrorism Business risks of water Water and ecosystems Floods and droughts Desalination Environmental justice and water The book contains an updated chronology of global conflicts associated with water as well as an assessment of recent water conferences, including the 4th World Water Forum. It also offers a brief review of issues surrounding the use of bottled water and the possible existence of water on Mars. From one of the world's leading authorities on water issues, The World's Water is the most comprehensive and up-to-date source of information and analysis on freshwater resources and the political, economic, scientific, and technological issues associated with them.

Il volume si occupa essenzialmente delle ricerche svolte in una specifica area dell'antica città abbandonata di Bar, all'interno della città medievale, ma fuori dell'area bizantina. Lo scopo è quello di analizzare l'evoluzione di un'area urbana attraverso le fasi Ottomane (mai pubblicate prima) a aprtire dal periodo iniziale dell'insediamento. Il volume completa ilrapporto preliminare pubblicato nel 2006 mediante lo studio di tutti i reperti provenienti dallo scavo dell'area (inclusa la ceramica), dei resti faunistici e dell'evidenze architettoniche (comprendenti anche la chiesa); riporta inoltre una prima valutazione delle potenzialità di indagine archeologica presenti nelle aree circostanti all'insediamento e un contributo sulla produzione dell'olio di oliva nel periodo Ottomano.

Dated June 2007. Supplied via TSO's On-Demand Publishing Service

Collecting first edition children's picturebooks is one of the hottest areas of book collecting. Many books published in the past decade sell for hundreds of dollars, and a first edition Jumanji or Polar Express can reach over $1000 in today's market. The Children's Picturebook Price Guide provides values for nearly 23,000 books, covering over 700 children's book illustrators dating from 1929 to 2006. The Children's Picturebook Price Guide provides a brief history of the development of the children's picturebook, covering Little Golden Books, Beginner Books, early readers, and today's involved parent. It explains why today is the golden era of picturebooks, with more quality illustrators, writers, and picturebooks than anytime in the past. The Children's Picturebook Price Guide explains how to easily identify first edition picturebooks, and how to assess the six key factors that affect a book's collectibility and value.

How often in today's environmental debates have you read that "the science is in dispute"-even when there is overwhelming consensus among scientists? Too often, the voice of science is diminished or diluted for the sake of politics, and the public is misled. Now, the most authoritative voice in U.S. science, Science magazine, brings you current scientific knowledge on today's most pressing environmental challenges, from population growth to climate change to biodiversity loss. Science Magazine's State of the Planet 2006-2007 is a unique contribution that brings together leading environmental scientists and researchers to give readers a comprehensive yet accessible overview of current issues. Included are explanatory essays from Science magazine editor-in-chief Donald Kennedy that tie together the issues and explore the relationships among them. Each of the book's 18 chapters is written by the world's leading experts, such as: Joel Cohen on population Peter Gleick on water Daniel Pauly on fisheries Thomas Karl on climate change science Paul Portney on energy and development Elinor Ostrom and Thomas Dietz on commons management Interspersed throughout are Science news pieces that highlight particular issues and cases relevant to the main scientific findings. An added feature is the inclusion of definitions of key terms and concepts that help students and nonspecialists understand the issues. Published biennially, State of the Planet is a clear, accessible guide for readers of all levels-from students to professionals.

This edition of the OECD Business and Finance Outlook focuses on fragmentation: the inconsistent structures, policies, rules, laws and industry practices that appear to be blocking business efficiency and productivity growth.