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Daron Acemoglu

Why Nations Fail

Why are some nations more prosperous than others? Why Nations Fail sets out to answer this question, with a compelling and elegantly argued new theory: that it is not down to climate, geography or culture…

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Rudy B. Andeweg

Governance and Politics of the Netherlands

A substantially revised new edition of a leading text in the field, with broad coverage of the distinctive Dutch political system as well as an assessment of recent events and developments1. The Country, …

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Katherine Boo

Behind the Beautiful Forevers

A landmark debut from a Pulitzer-winning New Yorker journalist: if Dickens were alive today, this is the book he might write about India.Annawadi is a slum at the edge of Mumbai Airport. Its residents are…

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Paul Collier

Exodus

Looks at how people from the world's poorest societies struggle to migrate to the rich West: the effects on those left behind and on the host societies, and explores the impulses and thinking that inform …

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Richard Florida

Rise of the Creative Class--Revisited

Initially published in 2002,'The Rise of the Creative Class' was instantly described as a classic work on the forces that were reshaping our economy, our geography, our work, and our whole way of life. We…

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Malcolm Gladwell

David and Goliath

Why do underdogs succeed so much more than they should? How do the weak outsmart the strong? In David and Goliath Malcolm Gladwell takes us on a scintillating and surprising journey to uncover the hidden …

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Erin Gruwell

The Freedom Writers Diary. 10th Anniversary Edition

Straight from the front line of urban America, the inspiring story of one fiercely determined teacher and her remarkable students. As an idealistic twenty-three-year-old English teacher at Wilson High Sch…

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Christopher Hitchens

God is not Great

Christopher Hitchens makes the ultimate case against religion. With a close and erudite reading of the major religious texts, he documents the ways in which religion is a man-made wish, a cause of dangero…

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Robert D. Kaplan

The Revenge of Geography

The bestselling author of Balkan Ghosts offers a revelatory paradigm through which to view the latest global upheavals, a timely and important response to The World is Flat.In this provocative, startling …

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Henry Kissinger

World Order

Henry Kissinger has traveled the world, advisedpresidents, and been a close observer andparticipant in the central foreign policy events ofour era. Now he offers his analysis of the twentyfirstcenturys ul…

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Nicholas D. Kristof

Half the Sky

In den letzten fünfzig Jahren wurden weltweit mehr Mädchen aus dem einfachen Grund getötet, dass sie das falsche Geschlecht haben, als Männer in allen Kriegen des 20. Jahrhunderts zusammen. Dieses routini…

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Jaron Lanier

Who Owns The Future?

As you read this, thousands of remote computers are refining secret models of who you are, using the information to make huge fortunes for a few people. Does the future have to be this way? How can we cha…

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Niccolo Machiavelli

The Prince

A new non-fiction series combining the collectability of "Clothbound Classics" with the popular spirit of "Great Ideas". Timeless works of philosophical thought in tactile, pocket-sized editions.

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Robert Nozick

Anarchy, State, and Utopia

In a vigorous defense of minarchist right-libertarianism, 'Anarchy, State, and Utopia' maintains that the state is necessary but distinct draconian boundaries must exist. When a state takes on more respon…

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Richard Sennett

Together

A highly original exploration of the crucial nature of cooperation, from one of the world's leading thinkersA highly original exploration of the crucial nature of co-operation, from one of the world's lea…

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