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BLOODLANDS: EUROPE BETWEEN HITLER AND STALIN
Timothy Snyder
- Basic books inc.
- 2 October 2012
- 9780465031474
A book with 32 maps offers an eye-opening history of the combined mass murder of 14 million people committed by Hitler's and Stalin's regimes in the area between Germany and Russia during the time when both men were in power. By the author of The Reconstruction of Nations . ...
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Games primates play - an undercover investigation of the evolution and economics of human r
Dario Maestripieri
- Basic books inc.
- 28 February 2012
- 9780465020782
The primatologist author of Machiavellian Intelligence examines unspoken social customs, from jilting a lover to being competitive on the job, to explain how behavioral complexities are linked to our primate heritage. 16,000 first printing. ...
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Strategic vision - america and the crisis of global power
Zbigniew Brzezinski
- Basic books inc.
- 28 February 2012
- 9780465029549
Explains America's vital role in achieving global stability, addressing four major areas of concern while outlining recommendations for a long-term plan to help America to reclaim and maintain global power and support. ...
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THE RISE OF THE CREATIVE CLASS REVISITED - 10TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION REVISED AND EXPANDED
Richard Florida
- Basic books inc.
- 15 May 2012
- 9780465029938
Argues that the social changes of the past few decades have occurred by choice rather than involuntarily, citing the rise of a new creative social class that derives its identity and values from its roles as purveyors of creativity and finds its basis inthe economy. ...
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Poor economics - a radical rethinking of the way to fight global poverty
Abhijit V. Banerjee, Esther Duflo
- Basic books inc.
- 15 April 2012
- 9781610390934
Documents how the world's poor are driven by the stress of their condition to make poor decisions about their lives and offers practical advice to the world's relief organizations about adopting new strategies to end the cycle of poverty. ...
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Math on trial - how numbers get used and abused in the courtroom
Leila/ Colmez Schneps
- Basic books inc.
- 28 March 2013
- 9780465032921
Describes the issues that can result when mathematical arguments are improperly used and discusses ten trials where this was the case, including the Dreyfus Affair, the case of Diana Sylvester, and Charles Ponzi's original scheme. ...
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Argues that the leaders of today actually have less power than ever before, discussing the changing nature of leadership and the modern dynamics of power. ...
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Explains the principles of relativity, profiling leading minds such as Albert Einstein, Brian Greene, and Stephen Hawking to simplify their theories on time dilation, extra dimensions, and relative motion. ...
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Examines the significance of place in terms of the global economy and our individual lives, careers, and social networks and includes city rankings by life stage that reveal the best places for singles, families, and empty-nesters to live. ...
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Explores how one's private spaces--both at home and on the job--offer unexpected keys to one's personality, explaining how the things we own and how we arrange them can showcase personality traits and reveal how we interpret the world around us. ...
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Russia and the Arabs ; Behind the Scenes in the Middle East from the Cold War to the Present
Yevgeny Primakov
- Basic books inc.
- 23 October 2009
- 9780465004751
Tells the inside story of the break up of the United Arab Republic in the early 1960s, as well as his secret attempts to patch it back together as late as 1983. This work explains why the 1967 Arab-Israeli War was the result of a miscalculation by Nasser, but the 1973 war was a miscalculation by Hen...
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The Choice : Domination or Leadership
Zbigniew Brzezinski
- Basic books inc.
- 12 March 2004
- 9780465008001
The foreign policy expert offers an assessment of recent American foreign policy, arguing for a more sophisticated posture in the world that positions America as a supporter of reform and justice in the world. ...
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An astrophysicist theorizes that the human race may not survive the twenty-first century, citing the ways in which technology could destroy the human species and the universe itself with engineered viruses, nano-machines, and other threats. ...
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A capitalism for the people - recapturing the lost genius of american prosperity
Luigi Zingales
- Basic books inc.
- 21 June 2012
- 9780465029471
Draws on the author's experience with corrupt economic forces in his native Italy to present an impassioned call for strategic reforms in American economics that will foster free-market practices, adjust focus away from big business and enable more balanced distributions of wealth. ...
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