New Releases by Ian Livingstone

The reader''s choices determine the course of a pirate''s battle with Abdul the Butcher to become King of the Pirates.

Source: Copyright deposit, Jan. 13, 1987.

FAO pub. Research report on nomadic and sedentary livestock herding in developing countries - defines pastoralism and its importance; analyses the alleged inefficiency of this farming system; reports on social change processes in Africa, China, Mongolia, the USSR, and Western Asia; analyses government policies for sedentarisation human settlement, (esp. The establishment of grazing reserves in Nigeria) for water supply, ranching development, marketing, etc.; discusses future trends. References, statistical tables.

Science fiction.

The calculation of irrigation potential; The demand for water; The supply of water; The economics of water storage; Analysing the economic structure of a river basin; Assessing production potential and social returns; The economics of smallholder irrigation; Irrigation and integrated rural development; Economics and technology.

Introductory textbook on agricultural economics in tropical zones in Africa - covers macroeconomics and microeconomics incl. National income, human resources, natural resources, supply and demand, agricultural price, trade, business economics (choice of technology, investment, costs, pricing, etc.), and economic structures in Africa; discusses agricultural development issues incl. Agricultural cooperatives, agricultural marketing, marketing boards, etc., and development planning. Graphs, references, statistical tables.

Economics textbook on the economy of the new states of West Africa - covers the economic structure of West African developing countries, national income, agriculture, industry (industrial economics), private enterprise, the balance of payments, monetary policy, trade, taxation, aspects of economic planning for economic development, labour force, wages, income distribution, public administration, public enterprise, etc., and includes relevant economic theory. Statistical tables.