For sale in CIS only! An outstanding legal scholar, an Islamist activist and a renowned host of al-Jazeera's most popular religious programme, "Sharia and Life", Yusuf al-Qaradawi is one of the best-known and most controversial figures of contempora...

For sale in CIS only! Vigilantes and organised vigilantism are a growing phenomenon, as this book amply demonstrates. From Northern Ireland to West Africa, from Bombay or Moscow, vigilante movements and ideologies have widespread appeal. Whether as...

For sale in CIS only! It is ten years since the original publication of "Breaking the Silence: A Report on the Disturbances in Matebeleland and the Midlands". In conjunction with the Catholic Commission for Justice and Peace and the Legal Resources...

For sale in CIS only! In December 2005, Condoleezza Rice, the US Secretary of State, assured the world that the flights of CIA private jets that have criss-crossed Europe since 9/11 had no role in the sending of prisoners to be tortured. 'The United...

For sale in CIS only! The spread of Islam around the globe has blurred the connection between a religion, a specific society, and a territory. One-third of the world's Muslims now live as members of a minority. At the heart of this development are t...

For sale in CIS only! This historical essay explores Greece in the 1990s. It seeks to illuminate vital aspects of the Greek phenomenon using themes such as politics, institutions, society, ideology, foreign policy, geography and culture. Founding pr...

For sale in CIS only! An insider's account of life in Gao village in Jiangxi province in China, the author of this text was born and brought up in the village, before leaving at the age of twenty one to study English at Xiamen University. He still r...