BOOKS

Jabra's highly acclaimed novel is a masterful exploration of the post-1948 Arab world, with its frustrations, yearnings for homeland, and struggle for survival. As his characters    More >

A richly detailed chronicle of a cross-cultural odyssey in the Philippines under U.S. colonial rule. The son of a Filipino father and a North American (Brooklyn-born) mother, Norman Reyes    More >

The multilateral banks are powerful forces in the international community, providing loans of more than $250 billion to developing countries over the last half-century. The best-known of    More >

Thoroughly researched and well documented, this accessible book looks at the past, present, and future of Hong Kong. Wang examines China's policy toward the Hong Kong transition in    More >

The collapse of states—a phenomenon that goes far beyond rebellion or the change of regimes to involve the literal implosion of structures of authority and legitimacy—has until    More >

Is there a relationship between economic interdependence and the cohesion of an Asia Pacific security community? Ming Zhang addresses this controversial question, exploring the potential for    More >

Poet, activist, teacher, and scholar, Dennis Brutus is one of the foremost names in African literature—as a creative force, a cultural influence, and a personality. Exploring Brutus's    More >

This anthology includes ten previously unpublished studies and reviews of contemporary organized crime, including its connection to legitimate business, how groups become organized, the    More >

The key role of "places"—very small areas such as a street corner, an address, a building or street segment—in the study of crime is explored in 15 papers by    More >

The violence of war leads to the euphoria of Algeria's newly won independence from France—and then quickly deteriorates into a harsh and cynical reality in this brutal yet lyrical    More >