Now entering its second incarnation after a highly successful first release, Magabala Books’ distinctive Australian diary celebrates Indigenous culture and creativity through exquisite photographic portraits, full colour reproductions of artwork, book excerpts and profiles. This cross-cultural diary features a selection of material each month, including a different writer or illustrator with an excerpt of their work, as well as intriguing information about Indigenous seasons and calendars.

The landlocked Caspian states of Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, and Turkmenistan lie at the heart of the 21st century’s great energy dilemma: how to satisfy the industrialized world’s huge appetite while slaking the tremendous thirst of the new industrial giants China, India, and Russia. John Roberts sets the ongoing saga of Caspian pipeline politics against the background of global energy security, including security of demand and transit as well as of supply.

This full-colour field guide complements a similar book on the economically important sharks and rays of Indonesia. The first comprehensive reference on the sharks and rays of Borneo, it contains everything you need to know about recognising and identifying the sharks, rays and chimaeras caught and marketed in Indonesia. Its user-friendly layout contains information on identifying features, size, distribution, local common names, habitat, biology and conservation status of 118 species.

Bangladesh, a Muslim majority nation with a population of some 154 million people, receives little notice in the West, other than when political upheaval or natural disasters bring it to our attention. In Understanding Bangladesh, an account of the political and economic experiences of the Bangladeshi state and its people, S. Mahmud Ali seeks to redress that imbalance.