This is a critical analysis of the reasons underlying the emergence of the Asia Pacific as an economic superpower and the need for judicious evaluation of the likely shape and character of the region's future development. The aim of this collection is to illuminate key areas of debate concerning the People's Republic of China, Hong Kong and Taiwan - here collectively referred to as Greater China - in the belief that the destiny of the Pacific Rim as a whole will be decisively influenced by eonomic and political developments in this particular region.

During the past two decades, a secondary movement has been sweeping across Europe and Australia, and is now taking root in East Asian countries, such as Japan and China. The source of this phenomenon is African-American, or Black gospel music. While churches, which otherwise are sparsely attended during worship services fill up when gospel music is on the agenda, larger events, such as gospel festivals, are packing concert halls with couple thousand. This places gospel music among one of the more marketable and popular music genres in all of Denmark. In a country with a population of only...

Justin Case, the most brilliant student Dridlington College has ever had, and the 'Effective Detective', gets shockingly and brutally suspended (from school, not a wooden beam or anything - so it's not that bad) and the only way to clear his name is to fi

Dispersal of plants and animals is one of the most fascinating subjects in ecology. This title gives an overview of dispersal studies across different spatial scales, such as the scale of individual movement, the population scale and the scale of communities and ecosystems.