An encyclopedia designed especially to meet the needs of elementary, junior high, and senior high school students.

"No area of the world has been viewed by Americans with greater moral disapproval and yet less attention than southern Africa," writes Anthony Lake in the intro

This annually updated reference work reviews a range of environmental issues, such as population, human settlements, food and agriculture, forests and rangeland

The modern world is built on commodities - from the oil that fuels our cars to the metals that power our smartphones. We rarely stop to consider where they have

Klare argues that wars in the near future will be fought over the control of dwindling natural resources like oil and water.