A thrilling and in-depth look at the battle for Manila, the third-bloodiest battle of World War II and the culmination point of the war in the Pacific theater.

Lonely Planet’s Laos is your most up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Zipline in the Bokeo Nature Reserve, dine on French cuisine…

This strategic guide for business and IT executives focuses on how today’s most disruptive technologies can be applied in powerful combinations along with platform business models, mastery of digital services…

Tom Bedford has put his past behind him–until his son Danny is charged with murder. In the chaos of war, Danny has been caught in a violent skirmish gone bloodily…

The next century will see more than half of the world’s 6,000 languages become extinct, and most of these will disappear without being adequately recorded. Written by one of the…

A gripping and moving text which explores the wealth of human language diversity, how deeply it matters, and how we can best turn the tide of language endangerment

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An engaging and richly detailed production history of a critically acclaimed box office hit. Takes readers behind the scenes to recount the trials and tribulations that attended the epic efforts…

This work’s interdisciplinary approach discusses the cultural beliefs about jazz that inspired interracial contact, moralistic panic, bohemian slumming and visions of American democracy. The study includes detailed textual analysis of…