As temperatures rise, climate change is increasingly expressing itself in human politics through greater violence, social breakdown and spreading state failure. From Africa to Asia and Latin America, the new era of climate war has begun. The author locates the geography of this crisis as running along the old north-south axis of empire.

'Every Scot should read it. Scotland now has the lively, provocative and positive history it deserves.' Irvine Welsh, Guardian A dramatic and intriguing history of how Scotland produced the institutions, beliefs and human character that have made the West into the most powerful culture in the world.

This collection offers students the essential Lincoln in a brief and accessible format. From famous documents like the Lincoln-Douglas debates and the second inaugural address to crucial memoranda and letters, it reveals the development of Lincoln's views on all the critical issues of the day.

Tells the behind-the-scenes story of the ill-fated merger of Tribune Media Company with the Times Mirror Company - and through it, the story of the people and business decisions behind the epic collapse of American journalism.