Authors:Alan S. Alexandroff, Andrew F. Cooper,
Publisher: Brookings Institution Pre
Keywords: rising, governance, global, institutions, states, challenges
Number of Pages: 318
Published: 1970-01-01
List price: $34.95
ISBN-10: 0815704224
ISBN-13: 9780815704225

The global order is shifting in an unprecedented fashion. No major war has intervened to reshape the balance of power; nor has the world seen events as dramatic as the collapse of communism and the end of bipolarity in 1989. Yet it is increasingly clear that change is afoot. While the United States remains the world’s leading power - thanks to its combination of military and economic strength, technological prowess, and cultural appeal - Washington cannot simply impose its will on others. The European Union remains an independent force in global politics, and a host of rising states-incl

Author: Gary C. Hufbauer
Publisher: Institute for International Economics
Keywords: rising, analyses, international, economics, policy, tide, trade, disputes, china, stakes
Number of Pages: 122
Published: 2006-08-25
List price: $21.95
ISBN-10: 0881323942
ISBN-13: 9780881323948

Since its accession to the WTO, China has become the United States third-largest trading partner and the sixth-largest market for US exports. Between 2000 and 2005, US imports from China rose from $100 billion to $243 billion, while US exports to China climbed from $16 billion to $42 billion. As China continues its rise as a great power, The United States Congress and the administration wrestle with one another over the proper tactics and strategies to shape US-China economic relations. What major disputes now, and looming on the horizon, will shape future US-China relations; and what can be

Author: Susan Cooper
Publisher: McElderry
Keywords: rising, pulse, sequence, simon
Number of Pages: 244
Published: 2007-05-08
List price: $8.99
ISBN-10: 1416949658
ISBN-13: 9781416949657

"WHEN THE DARK COMES RISING, SIX SHALL TURN THEM BACK...." When Will Stanton wakes up on the morning of his birthday, he discovers an unbelievable gift -- he is immortal. Bemused and terrified, he finds he is the last of the Old Ones, magical men and women sworn to protect the world from the source of evil, the Dark. At once Will is plunged into a quest to find six magical Signs to aid the powers of the Light. Six medallions -- iron, bronze, wood, water, fire, and stone -- created and hidden by the Old Ones centuries ago. But the Dark has sent out the Rider: evil cloaked in black, mounted

Author: Susan Cooper
Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry
Keywords: rising, book
Number of Pages: 232
Published: 1973-04-01
List price: $19.99
ISBN-10: 0689303173
ISBN-13: 9780689303173

On the Midwinter Day that is his eleventh birthday, Will Stanton discovers a special gift-- that he is the last of the Old Ones, immortals dedicated to keeping the world from domination by the forces of evil, the Dark. At once, he is plunged into a quest for the six magical Signs that will one day aid the Old Ones in the final battle between the Dark and the Light. And for the twelve days of Christmas, while the Dark is rising, life for Will is full of wonder, terror, and delight.

Author:
Publisher:
Keywords: rising
Published: 1970-01-01
List price: $14.99
ISBN-10: 6305090564
ISBN-13: 9786305090564

HIJACKERS BATTLE A DEADLY FORCE ON A CRUISE SHIP IN THIS HIGH-SEAS THRILLER. NAIL-BITING ACTION AT ITS BEST.Amazon.comFollowing in the reptilian slime trail of Anaconda, this derivative monster movie from early 1998 plays like a cross between Titanic and Tremors, with parts of Aliens tossed in for good measure. Director Stephen Sommers couldn’t recognize an original idea if it swallowed him whole--which, by the way, is exactly what happens to a lot of passengers on a luxury ship that is attacked by a giant serpent-like sea creature with a voracious appetite for human flesh. Treat William

Author: Tom Clancy
Publisher: Berkley
Keywords: rising, storm, red
Number of Pages: 736
Published: 1987-07-01
List price: $7.99
ISBN-10: 042510107X
ISBN-13: 9780425101070

From the author of The Hunt For Red October, a New York Times bestseller for over 40 weeks, comes his greatest performance yet. Red Storm Rising is an alarmingly authentic portrait of escalating aggression between superpowers on all fronts--land, sea, air and space.

Author: Christine Lincoln
Publisher: Vintage
Keywords: rising, sap
Number of Pages: 176
Published: 2002-08-27
List price: $11.00
ISBN-10: 0375727779
ISBN-13: 9780375727771

In this spare and mesmerizing debut, Christine Lincoln takes us inside the hearts and minds of African Americans whose lives unfold against a vividly evoked rural community. As they navigate between old and new, between youth and responsibility, they find themselves choosing between the comforts of what they trust without question and the fearsome excitements of what they might come to know. One young man’s world is both expanded and contracted by stories he hears from a beautiful stranger. Another stumbles across his mother having an affair with his uncle. An intense friendship forms betwee