Books published by Rowman & Littlefield

For decades, the US military has been contaminating the Pacific region with toxic substances. Service members, their families, and residents have been exposed¿but the US has long hidden the damage and ignored victims. This explosive book reveals the extent of contamination in the Pacific and the lengths the Pentagon will go to conceal it.

In Being Muslim Today, author Dr. Saqib Qureshi silences the noise that obscures the message of Islam. He provides a compelling presentation of the faith¿s beginnings, its evolution throughout the last 1,400 years, and its relevance today. He simplifies complicated academic debates and reveals the heart and soul of a growing faith tradition.

The Glow Code is an entertaining and engaging lifestyle manual offering concrete, actionable advice from experts across many fields to help women aged 35 and beyond navigate midlife, feel great, and age well. Covering a wide range of magazine topics but with deeper insight and sound advice, this is the cheat sheet for women with minimum free time but maximum ambition to feel, look and live better now, in midlife and beyond.

Whether you suspect the origin of UFOs is one of the thousands of exoplanets that have been discovered or whether you believe it come from here on earth or are a myth, this book will fill you in not only on the phenomenon itself but on how we as individual human beings and as a society have reacted to the phenomenon.

Everything you need to know about the nation's fifteenth largest city! Whether you plan to pursue an education, start a business, or raise a family, this guide takes you through the rapidly growing Discovery City.

Diamond Duels: Baseball¿s Greatest Matchups takes a magnifying glass to some of the game¿s most entertaining and historic battles between hitters and pitchers.

Columbia Pictures will reach a major milestone in 2024 by celebrating the 100-year anniversary of Columbiäs incorporation. In the same vein of recent Hollywood movie studio titles such as Warner Bros.: Hollywood¿s Ultimate Backlot, Paramount: City of Dreams, and MGM: Hollywood¿s Greatest Backlot, this new book documents the studio history of Columbia Pictures Corporation in Hollywood, as well as Columbiäs back lot in Burbank, California. This book reveals how Columbia came to be founded by Joe Brandt, and Brothers Harry and Jack Cohn in 1924, and uses the ¿studio tour¿ concept to describe its history of filmmaking, which includes the making if such movies as Lost Horizon, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington,From Here to Eternity, The Bridge on River Kwai as well as many serials and television programs. The book has approximately 550 photos, including studio documents, vintage publicity stills and candid¿s, along with aerial views and maps. The majority of the photos have never been published before.

With colorful illustrations, activities, and anecdotes the strengthen the reader's understanding of the material, this is the perfect book to teach children how to cook safely outdoors with fun and delicious recipes.

Native Americans in the United States, similar to other indigenous people, created political, economic, and social movements to meet and adjust to major changes that impacted their cultures. For centuries, Native Americans dealt with the onslaught of non-Indian land claims, the appropriation of their homelands, and the destruction of their ways of life. Through various movements, Native Americans accepted, rejected, or accommodated themselves to the nontraditional worldviews of the colonizers and their policies. The Historical Dictionary of Native American Movements is designed to provide a useful reference for students and scholars to consult on topics dealing with key movements, organizations, leadership strategies, and the major issues these groups confronted.Historical Dictionary of Native American Movements, Third Edition contains a chronology, an introduction, appendixes, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 300 cross-referenced entries on Native Americans. This book is an excellent resource for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about Native Americans.

Hiking Central Florida describes 30 hikes designed to highlight some of the best natural areas throughout the region.

This book analyzes the social, economic, and political impact of Han Chinese migration into the borderlands that became Inner Mongolia during the Qing period. Linking local history to global movements, Yi Wang traces Inner Mongolia's integration into what would become the nation-state of China and from there into a global capitalist economy.

This updated comprehensive guide includes trail information, maps and more to Montana's Bob Marshall wilderness.

Information Issues for Older Americans brings together leading faculty from the leading Information Schools to examine information needs, behavior, and policy related to older Americans.

On January 6, 1986, Barry and Louise Berman set out for a stroll and never returned. Despite extensive investigations by local and federal authorities, the double homicide of the Kahlua heir and his wife remains unsolved.

This book tells the rousing story of the Double V campaign, started during World War II to encourage Black Americans to fight two wars for democracy at once: one overseas and the other at home. It reveals to young adults how the campaign gave voice to Black communities and helped spawn the civil rights movement of the following decades.