Digital Dreams Have Become Nightmares

A comprehensive study of the many ways to interact with computers and computerized devices. Beginning with a history of the invention and development of interaction techniques, the author then describes the various approaches in use, continuing with a discussion of the research that is driving the development of novel approaches for the future.

Published by ACM Books

Deterrence in the 21st Century

Asks how, and if it is indeed possible, to deter an enemy in the realm of information warfare. Setting the stage with an overview of key concepts of deterrence in the information age, the book presents new conceptual approaches and their possible applications.

Published by University of Calgary Press

Australian Jewel Beetles

Provides a comprehensive overview of Australia’s buprestid fauna. The book presents taxonomic, ecological and biogeographic information for all Australian genera, and their association with the world’s Buprestidae more widely. It explores plant-evolution dependencies, as well as threats and conservation for this diverse fauna.

Published by CSIRO Publishing

Millets Recipe Book

Celebrating International Year of Millets 2023, this recipe book aims to raise awareness of the diversity of millets and to promote their consumption by sharing enticing recipes - collected through the Global Chefs' Challenge - embracing different regions, tastes, cuisines, cooking skills and the versatility of millets.

Published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations - FAO

The State of Food and Agriculture 2023

Introducing the concept of hidden environmental, health and social costs and benefits of agrifood systems, The State of Food and Agriculture 2023 looks into the true cost of food for sustainable agrifood systems and proposes true cost accounting (TCA) as an approach to assess them.

Published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations - FAO

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Japanese America on the Eve of the Pacific War

Offers the first English translation of Yasuo Sakata’s seminal essay arguing that the 1930s constitutes a chronological and conceptual ‘missing link’ between two predominant research interests: the pre-1924 immigration exclusion and the mass incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II.

Published by Hoover Institution Press

Reading Hemingway's For Whom the Bell Tolls

Published in 1940, Ernest Hemingway’s For Whom the Bell Tolls is widely considered a masterpiece of war literature. This volume offers a line-by-line analysis of one of Hemingway’s greatest novels.

Published by The Kent State University Press

We Shook Up the World

Tells the story of two larger-than-life figures - George Harrison met Muhammad Ali - at a momentous time. A unique blend of biography and cultural history, this book goes to the very heart of the zeitgeist that each man inhabited and reinvented in profound and enduring ways.

Published by University of Oklahoma Press

The Alarmist

His research was urgent fifty years ago. Now, it’s critical. In the early 1970s, budding Kiwi scientist Dave Lowe was posted at an atmospheric monitoring station on the wind-blasted southern coast of New Zealand’s North Island. What followed was a lifetime’s career marked by hope and despair.

Published by Te Herenga Waka University Press

World AIDS Day Report 2023

Shows how community-led interventions are central to achieving the end of AIDS and to sustaining the gains into the future. Letting communities lead builds healthier and stronger societies. Shines a light on the underreported story of the everyday heroes of the HIV response while urging governments and international partners to support communities.

Published by United Nations Publications