A comprehensive introduction to planning that covers history, theory and practice and shows how planning contributes to more sustainable, efficient and equitable urban areas. Suitable for planning courses around the world, it reflects the increasingly cosmopolitan nature of planning practice and the similarity of issues faced by planners globally.

In the century of the city when crisis has become the new normal, planners are trying to find ways to make cities less vulnerable and to build in resilience. Drawing on international examples and detailed case-studies, this book examines the theory and practice of urban resilience in response to a range of disruptions.

Gwynne Dyer's War, now in its first UK edition, is widely regarded as one of the most compelling analyses of the history and psychology of armed conflict.

Selected from the books Birdsong, A Possible Life and A Week in December by Sebastian FaulksVINTAGE MINIS: GREAT MINDS.A series of short books by the world's greatest writers on the experiences that make us humanAlso in the Vintage Minis series:Home by Salman RushdieFatherhood by Karl Ove KnausgaardWork by Joseph HellerDreams by Sigmund Freud

Brave, lucid, and beautifully written, this is a searing account of life in Palestine from an award-winning writer and journalist.

The essential anthology of writings by the world's leading Marxist thinker.

Don't believe what you've heard from the columnists and the critics: snowflakes won't end the world, they'll save it.

A prescient book that looks at how we have, over the centuries, inflicted oppression on others for our own advantage over history, right up to the present day.

A world-renowned economist offers cogent and powerful reflections on one of the great avoidable economic catastrophes of the modern era

Michael D. Higgins, President of Ireland, sets out his vision of 'an ethical Republic' in a collection of his speeches.

David Runciman grapples with how character defines and limits the holders of the highest offices in the UK and America.

Is it possible, Young aks, to write history that avoids the trap of Eurocentrism? Is history simply a Western myth? This edition of this reflection on these topics features a substantial essay reflecting on changes in the field and in the author's own position since its initial publication.

Rising temperatures and the rise of the far right. What disasters happen when they meet?

Americans have always put the past to political ends. The Union laid claim to the Revolution - so did the Confederacy. Civil rights leaders said they were the true sons of liberty - so did Southern segregationists. This book tells the story of the centuries-long struggle over the meaning of the nation's founding.

The powerful evidence-based analysis of current affairs led the author to question the basic myth of Western benevolence: from schoolroom experiments in democracy, exposure to radical ideas at home, and a mercy mission while at sea; to an unexpected encounter with former Foreign Secretary Robin Cook.

As Britain prepares to vote on its continued membership of the EU, this insightful and engaging book sets on the arguments in favour of Britain's continued place in the EU and shows how the EU, in spite of its problems, has made Europe a better, more peaceful, and more prosperous place.