This book provides comprehensive biographical portraits of history's greatest seafarers, astronauts, and adventurers. Author Fernand Salentiny pairs detailed overviews of legendary journeys with a color illustration on every page, complete with route maps and precise chronological timelines of human discovery.

Uploaded October 2026

This book examines the unique digital vulnerabilities and security challenges facing the travel and hospitality industries in the era of Industry 4.0. The text brings together theoretical and empirical research to provide practical strategies for data breach prevention, risk management, and strengthening corporate digital responsibility.

Uploaded October 2026

Cities in Action explains why some cities launch bold climate plans while others lag behind. Sociologist Christof Brandtner shows that successful urban climate action depends on how local organizations and global networks work together.

Uploaded October 2026

A Slumless America is the first full-length biography of Mary Kingsbury Simkhovitch, a pioneering leader in the settlement house movement and a passionate urban reformer. The book details how she dedicated her life to countering urban squalor, co-writing the groundbreaking National Housing Act of 1937 to establish the federal government's responsibility for providing affordable housing to low-income families.

Uploaded October 2026

A Brief History of the World in 47 Borders explains how forty-seven major borders were drawn through war, politics, and historical accidents. It shows how these invisible lines on maps still shape our modern world, culture, and daily lives today.

Uploaded October 2026

Wavewalker is Suzanne Heywood's memoir of spending a decade sailing the world with her family after a planned three-year voyage turned into an isolated childhood at sea. Deprived of formal education and stability, she ultimately returned to the UK, earned a place at Oxford, and tells the story of resilience, self-education, and escape from a difficult upbringing.

Uploaded July 2026

Toxic Demography examines how population issues such as fertility, aging, and migration become politicized and shaped by ideologies of nationalism, identity, and populism. Focusing on the United States, Europe, and Asia, the book explores how demographic trends are used to advance political agendas and influence debates about society, reproduction, and the future of nations.

Uploaded July 2026

In 1763 British America stretched from Hudson Bay to the Keys, from the Atlantic to the Mississippi. Using maps that Britain created to control its new lands, Max Edelson pictures the contested geography of the British Atlantic world and offers new explanations of the causes and consequences of Britain's imperial ambitions before the Revolution.

Uploaded July 2026

The Invention of the Future traces the history of urban planning and development over the past three centuries, exploring how visions of future cities have shaped places from Lisbon and Paris to New York, Brasília, and Lagos. Blending historical case studies with global perspectives, the book examines how urban planning, technology, and social change have transformed cities while considering how sustainable, transit-oriented urbanization can help address today's environmental and social challenges.

Uploaded July 2026

The Death and Life of Gentrification explores how the term "gentrification" has evolved from describing neighborhood displacement to a broader metaphor for cultural change, inequality, and the loss of authenticity. Drawing on examples from media, art, and popular culture, the book examines how this expanded usage shapes public understanding of social change and raises questions about whether it obscures the realities of urban displacement.

Uploaded July 2026