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Please be Upstanding. In Ghana, West Africa, this means please stand up. Like many instances when crossing cultures, there are double meanings to what is being said or done. Trying to figure them out is half the fun Author and interculturalist Heather Johnston invites you along on her three year posting to Ghana. Heather shares the high and lows of life abroad. Written as a series of letters home, the author takes you from the initial posting offer to the farewells after three amazing years in Ghana. Funny and insightful, enjoy the journey from wherever you are.

The problem of hunger is increasing. in general, we agree on that -- but our agreement ceases when we consider appropriate definitions, approaches, and solutions to global scarcity of food. This book emphasizes that the world's food problems are technically, biologically, socially, politically, economically, and morally complex. Early chapters set out alternative conceptions of the world food problem and explore the major variables and assumptions of each. Subsequent chapters compare and contrast modern agriculture with traditional and subsistence forms of agriculture as biological systems. A...

From Colin Powell, the first African American to be appointed U.S. secretary of state, to former NBA star Patrick Ewing and Grammy Award winner Harry Belafonte, Jamaican Americans have made important contributions to American society. Drawing on personal stories and historical fact, this fresh, full-color book focuses on this dynamic people and assesses their lasting impact.