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The Future of Africa: Challenges and Opportunities

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Report copyright infringementby Jakkie Cilliers (Author)This open access textbook offers a critical introduction to human and economic development prospects in Africa revolving around three questions: where is Africa today, what explains the current state, and, given historical trends and what we know about the world, where do we think the continent will be in 2040? And, a final question: what can we do to create a better tomorrow? It models ambitious progress in health, demographics, agricul...

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Report copyright infringementby David Luke (Editor)Why do images and reports of starving and malnourished Africans appear so often in the media? What are the actual dimensions of the problem? What has trade and climate got to do with it? In How Africa Eats: Trade, Food Security and Climate Risks, award-winning author David Luke and a team of researchers seek to answer these questions, to explain why Africa struggles with food security and what can be done about it. The intersection between tr...

How to Make Money as a Mediator (and Create Value for Everyone): 30 Top Mediators Share Secrets to Building a Successful Practice

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Report copyright infringementby Jeffrey Krivis (Author), Naomi Lucks (Author)How to Make Money as a Mediator (and Create Value for Everyone) is an invaluable and inspirational resource filled with practical, proven, and down-to-earth information on how you can develop a satisfying and lucrative career as a mediator, no matter what your area of interest--labor and employment mediation, intellectual property, environment, personal injury, family and divorce, contract, securities, or internation...

Growth, Inequality, and Poverty: Prospects for Pro-Poor Economic Development

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Report copyright infringementby Anthony Shorrocks (Editor), Rolph Van Der Hoeven (Editor)The relationship between growth, inequality, and poverty lies at the heart of development economics. This volume draws together many of the most important recent contributions to the controversies surrounding this topic.Author BiographyAnthony Shorrocks is Director of WIDER, having previously held positions at the London School of Economics and the University of Essex. He has published extensively on topi...

The Truth About Equity: What It Really Is, What It Isn't, And Why Everyone Wins When We Get It Right

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Report copyright infringementby Celeste Warren (Author)What if we all began at the same starting line? This thought-provoking book from author Celeste Warren takes readers on a deeply personal and profoundly educational journey through the lens of one woman's experiences, exposing the barriers and systemic inequities that permeate our schools, workplaces, and societies. Blending memoir, analysis, and practical guidance, the book serves as both a call to action and a beacon of hope for those c...

Offshore: Stealth Wealth and the New Colonialism

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Report copyright infringementby Brooke Harrington (Author)How do the rich keep getting richer, while dodging the long arm of the law? From playboy billionaires avoiding taxes on private islands to Russian oligarchs sailing away from sanctions on their superyachts, the ultra-rich seem to live in a different world from the rest of us. That world is called offshore. Hidden from view, the world's ultra-rich can use offshore finance to escape tax obligations, labor and environmental safety regulat...

Bullies, Parasites and Slaves: Replacing EXPLOITATION with MUTUAL CARE

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Report copyright infringementby George Byron Koch (Author)Human exploitation is a cruel legacy of our past, a present reality, and a threat to our commonfuture. If we allow it for any one of us, we authorize it for all of us.MUTUAL CARE will change the future. It is the golden rule of every great religion and moralphilosophy. When we protect each other, and help each other to thrive, we ensure our ownsafety, and create abundance for all of us.But bullies steal from us, with threat and harm; p...

Choosing to Lead Against the Current: The Courageous Operating System for Changemakers--Empowering Leaders to Transform the World with Integrity, Impa

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Report copyright infringementby Eveline Shen (Author)This is the blueprint we need to lead with audacity, transform oppression into power, and ignite a future rooted in collective liberation. --Lateefah Simon, US Congress member and MacArthur "Genius" Fellow Heart-centered tools for social change leaders to foster courage, keep momentum, and manage burnout In the face of complex challenges, capable leaders need more than a simple box of leadership tools. They need an internal system of leader...

Culture on Tour: Ethnographies of Travel

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Report copyright infringementby Edward M. Bruner (Author)Recruited to be a lecturer on a group tour of Indonesia, Edward M. Bruner decided to make the tourists aware of tourism itself. He photographed tourists photographing Indonesians, asking the group how they felt having their pictures taken without their permission. After a dance performance, Bruner explained to the group that the exhibition was not traditional, but instead had been set up specifically for tourists. His efforts to induce ...

The Whiteness of Wealth: How the Tax System Impoverishes Black Americans--And How We Can Fix It - Paperback

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by Dorothy A. Brown (Author)A groundbreaking exposé of racism in the American taxation system from a law professor and expert on tax policy NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NPR AND FORTUNE - "Important reading for those who want to understand how inequality is built into the bedrock of American society, and what a more equitable future might look like."--Ibram X. Kendi, #1 New York Times bestselling author of How to Be an Antiracist Dorothy A. Brown became a tax lawyer to get away f...

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Report copyright infringementby Tim Coates (Author)The Freckle Report, 2025, covers public libraries in the United States. It reports the Freckle consumer survey of April 2025 and analyses books that respondents have reported that they have read. It addresses questions about public library collection management Number of Pages: 34 Dimensions: 0.09 x 11.69 x 8.27 IN Publication Date: June 09, 2025

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Report copyright infringementby Debra A. Reid (Author), David D. Vail (Author)Interpreting the Environment at Museums and Historic Sites is for anyone wants to become a better steward of the environment and share lessons learned with others. The book provides a primer on "major problems" in researching about the environment and re-focuses thinking about the environment to thinking from the perspective of place and time.Author BiographyDebra A. Reid, PhD, is curator of agriculture and the envi...

Getting Better: The Policy and Politics of Reducing Health Inequalities

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Report copyright infringementby Clare Bambra (Author), Julia Lynch (Author), Katherine E. Smith (Author)Available open access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. Health inequality has reached a crisis point. Your income or hometown can have a devastating impact on how well and how long you live. This injustice, exacerbated during the COVID-19 pandemic, continues as the cost of living rises and other sources of inequity grow. What can be done to make things better? This book, written by the ...

Show and Biz: The Market Economy in TV Series and Popular Culture (2000-2020)

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Report copyright infringementby María Blanco (Editor), Alberto Mingardi (Editor)How is capitalism represented in popular culture today? Are profits seen as a legitimate reward of entrepreneurship? Are thrift and effort still considered a cornerstone of a healthy society? Or is it that inequalities are eliciting scandal and reproach? How is the ecosystem portrayed, vis-à-vis profit seeking companies? Are they irreconcilable, or maybe not? Are there any established trends with respect to the pr...

When Darkness Falls: Tales of San Antonio Ghosts and Hauntings

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Report copyright infringementby Docia Shultz Williams (Author)San Antonio is such an interesting and fascinating place to live, it seems a lot of folks just don't want to leave when it's their time to go. So, those Spirits of San Antonio just keep on returning-most often "When Darkness Falls". Once again, well-known ghost story writer Docia Williams brings us a new book about recent ghost sightings and mysterious happenings in the Alamo City. A chilling book for those wanting a guide to place...

Cool Tokyo Guide: Adventures in the City of Kawaii Fashion, Train Sushi and Godzilla - Paperback

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by Abby Denson (Author)**Independent Publisher Book Award (IPPY) Winner** Discover the city of temples, video games, manga, and cosplay with this graphic Tokyo travel guide Tokyo is an astonishing world unto itself--a city for lovers of Japanese culture, fashion and great food that mixes the best of old and new. In Cool Tokyo Guide, Abby Denson, author of the popular Cool Japan Guide, turns her focus to Tokyo's exciting streets and a little bit beyond. Abby, her husband Matt, friend Yuuko an...

Brit-Think, Ameri-Think: A Transatlantic Survival Guide, Revised Edition

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Report copyright infringementby Jane Walmsley (Author)When it comes to understanding the great cultural ocean that divides Brits and Yanks, it's not just our vocabulary but also our attitudes that differ. This irreverent guide surveys a whole gamut of British-American divergences, from sex to food, from pets to religion, from sports to money, and from war to-most divergent of all-humor. Entertaining and invaluable, Brit-Think, Ameri-Think has been updated to reflect changes in political, cult...

What would Adam Smith Make of Modern Australia?

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Report copyright infringementby Joseph Healy (Author)You would think that Scottish 18th-Century writer, intellectual, 'Father of Economics', Adam Smith would have lost relevance in our modern society. Quite the opposite, according to Joseph Healy, who believes there is much to learn from Adam Smith, if we are to strive for a more equitable, productive and happier society.Australia today is prosperous by many traditional economic measures yet getting progressively poorer by other measures of w...

Hell's Angels: A Strange and Terrible Saga - Hardcover

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by Hunter S. Thompson (Author), Douglas Brinkley (Introduction by)Gonzo journalist and literary roustabout Hunter S. Thompson flies with the angels--Hell's Angels, that is--in this short work of nonfiction. "California, Labor Day weekend . . . early, with ocean fog still in the streets, outlaw motorcyclists wearing chains, shades and greasy Levis roll out from damp garages, all-night diners and cast-off one-night pads in Frisco, Hollywood, Berdoo and East Oakland, heading for the Monterey pe...

The Inner Work of Racial Justice: Healing Ourselves and Transforming Our Communities Through Mindfulness - Paperback

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by Rhonda V. Magee (Author)"Illuminates the very heart of social justice and how it might be approached and nurtured through mindfulness practices in community and through the discernment and new degrees of freedom these practices entrain." --from the foreword by Jon Kabat-Zinn In a society where unconscious bias, microaggressions, institutionalized racism, and systemic injustices are so deeply ingrained, healing is an ongoing process. When conflict and division are everyday realities, our in...

Counterfeited in China: The Operations of Illicit Businesses

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Report copyright infringementby Ko-Lin Chin (Author)Counterfeiting tops the list of organized crimes committed worldwide, raking in nearly half a trillion dollars in 2019. The impact of this illicit business is felt by consumers, brand owners, state authorities, and workers, and it impacts the economy. Moreover, its proliferation has fueled the advancement of organized crime groups. In his illuminating study, Counterfeited in China, Ko-lin Chin investigates this lucrative industry and its em...

How to do Business Like a F*CK BOY: A Strategy Guide to Getting What You Want

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Report copyright infringementby Erika Mand (Author)It's obvious that business relationships and personal relationships run on similar psychological principles. Success in business is a lot like dating. There are smooth talkers, manipulators, and the ones who disappear when it's time to commit. If you've ever said to yourself "I should have seen this coming - the signs were all there" - whether in business or relationships - this book is for you.This isn't about avoiding the bad ones. It's abo...

The Power Lane: Why Keeping Moms in the Workforce REVS the Economy

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Report copyright infringementby Heather Lane Powers (Author)The Power Lane: Why Keeping Moms in the Workplace REVS the Economy is a compelling business case for why leaders should take a hard look at their organization's systems and structures to solve one of today's most perplexing problems-understanding why moms aren't leaving the workforce, they are leaving your workplace.With record-high labor participation rates, moms have been a driving force in the US economic recovery post-pandemic bu...

The Vagina Monologues: 20th Anniversary Edition - Paperback

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by Eve Ensler (Author), Jacqueline Woodson (Foreword by)A landmark in women's empowerment--as relevant as ever in the age of #MeToo--that honors female sexuality in all its complexity It's been more than twenty years since Eve Ensler's international sensation The Vagina Monologues gave birth to V-Day, the radical, global grassroots movement to end violence against women and girls. This special edition features six never-before-published monologues, a new foreword by National Book Award winner...

The Art of Sportscasting: How to Build a Successful Career

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Report copyright infringementby Tom Hedrick (Author)This no-holds-barred, play-by-play manual on professional sportscasting gives you an inside course at the sportscaster's challenges and victories. Number of Pages: 338 Dimensions: 0.92 x 9.03 x 6.09 IN Publication Date: October 23, 2001

The Wandering Womb: A Cultural History of Outrageous Beliefs About Women - Hardcover

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by Lana Thompson (Author)Female anatomy, especially the womb, has for centuries been shrouded in mystery and misunderstanding, defining the social place of women in male dominated cultures. Even with advances in medicine, some in today's society believe they can control women's sexual identity.The Wandering Womb is a provocative tour through religious, medical, and social histories, pinpointing humorous, outrageous, and hair-raising beliefs, practices, and longstanding falsehoods that permeat...

Extraordinary Popular Delusions: And the Madness of Crowds - Paperback

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by Charles MacKay (Author)More than a century before Alan Greenspan coined the phrase "irrational exuberance" to describe the speculative bubble inflating technology stocks, Charles Mackay was recording the history of "tulipomania," a speculative madness surrounding the value of tulips in the 18th century that was the ruin of many Dutch and English investors. This is only one of the "extraordinary popular delusions" documented by Mackay in a fascinating study of group psychology. He also desc...

Holy Horrors: An Illustrated History of Religious Murder and Madness - Paperback

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by James a. Haught (Author)When you think of saints, you envision stained-glass pictures of piety. But the truth can be horribly different. Consider Saint Pius V: As Grand Inquisitor, he sent Catholic troops to kill 2,000 Waldensian Protestants in southern Italy. After becoming pope, he sent Catholic troops to kill Huguenot Protestants in France. Pius also launched the final crusade against Muslims, sending a Christian naval armada to slaughter thousands in the Battle of Lepanto in 1571. And,...

Gender Inclusion at Work: A Guide to Supporting Transgender & Nonbinary Employees, Clients & Colleagues

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Report copyright infringementby Amelia J. Michael (Author)It's Never the Wrong Time to Do the Right ThingGender inclusion is under attack. DEI is being rolled back. Trans rights are being erased. Silence is no longer an option, but many allies feel unsure about where to start. This book is here to help.Gender Inclusion at Work is a choose-your-own-adventure guide for leaders, HR professionals, and employees across industries who want to take meaningful action. The book starts with the essenti...

The Silenced Voice: There Is Purpose in Pain

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Report copyright infringementby Marcia Morgan (Author)JUSTICE. PEACE. POETRY. Black women face challenges because of the intersectionality of gender and race, but yet many of them are able to achieve academic success and career progression. Marcia Morgan captures the emotional turmoil, as well as what it 'feels' like to be an intersectional subject in two white male dominated institutions: Her Majesty's Prison and Probation Service, UK and Higher Education. She uses the rich texture of words ...

Hope for Life on Our Planet: Inspiration for Seven Generations

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Report copyright infringementby Osvald Bjelland (Author), Óscar Arias Sánchez (Foreword by), Ajaypal Ajay Singh Banga (Author) Number of Pages: 374 Dimensions: 0.77 x 9.25 x 7.5 IN Publication Date: May 30, 2025

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Report copyright infringementby Jim Garcia (Author), Janet Houser (Author)Building a Nonprofit Organization: A Case-Based Approach offers an evidence-based guide through the nuanced and complex terrain of establishing, leading, and growing nonprofit organizations. The book addresses the necessity for a holistic and dynamic understanding of community needs, integrating management processes, investment, human development, and thorough community assessments. Through the lens of systems theory, t...