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The Age of Participation: New Governance for the Workplace and the Worldby Patricia McLagan, Christo NelISBN 1881052567 (1-881052-56-7)
Hardcover, Ingram Pub Services
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All over Creationby Ruth L. OzekiISBN 0142003891 (0-14-200389-1)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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Armed Madhouse: Who's Afraid of Osama Wolf? China Floats, Bush Sinks, the Scheme to Steal '08, No Child's Behind Left, and Other Dispatches from the Front Lines of the Class Warby Greg PalastISBN 0525949682 (0-525-94968-2)
Hardcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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You won't find Palast in The New York Times (except its bestseller list), but you will read his reports on the hottest Web sites worldwide, hear him regularly on Air America and the Pacifica radio networks, and see his stories reappearing as the basis for Eminem's hit video "Mosh," Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11, and sampled by a dozen of today's top platinum rock artists. [via]
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The Baffler: Number 10by Matt Weiland, Diamonds MulcaheyISBN 1888984090 (1-888984-09-0)
Softcover, Distributed Art Pub Inc
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Barbarians at the Gate: The Fall of Rjr Nabiscoby John Helyar, Bryan BurroughISBN 0060536357 (0-06-053635-7)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Barbarians at the Gate: The Fall of Rjr Nabisco'Book summary:Over six months on the New York Times bestseller list, Barbarians at the Gate is the definitive account of the largest takeover in Wall Street history. Bryan Burrough and John Helyar's gripping record of the frenzy that overtook Wall Street in October and November of 1988 is the story of deal makers and pulicity flaks, of strategy meetings and society dinners, of boardrooms and bedrooms, giving us not only an unprecedentedly detailed look at how financial operations at the highest levels are conducted but also a richly textured social history of wealth at the twilight of the Reagan era. As compelling as a novel, Barbarians at the Gate is must reading for everyone interested in the way today's world really works.
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Becoming Native to This Placeby Wes JacksonISBN 1887178112 (1-887178-11-2)
Softcover, Counterpoint
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The Best Democracy Money Can Buy: An Investigative Reporter Exposes the Truth About Globalization, Corporate Cons, and High Finance Fraudstersby Greg PalastISBN 0452285674 (0-452-28567-4)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Best Democracy Money Can Buy: An Investigative Reporter Exposes the Truth About Globalization, Corporate Cons, and High Finance Fraudsters'Book summary:Greg Palast digs deep to unearth the ugly facts that few reporters working anywhere in the world today have the courage or ability to cover. From East Timor to Waco, Karachi to Santiago, he has exposed some of the most egregious cases of political corruption, corporate fraud, and financial manipulation, globally. His uncanny investigative skills as well as his acerbic wit and no-holds-barred style have made him an anathema among magnates on four continents and a living legend among his colleagues and his devoted readership, worldwide. This exciting new collection brings together some of Palast's most powerful and influential writing of the past decade. His columns in the Observer have a cult following and he made headline news when he went undercover for the Observer to break open the 'Lobbygate' scandal of corruption inside the Blair Cabinet. Included here are his reports on that story, which earned him the distinction of being the first journalist ever to be personally attacked on the floor of Parliament by a prime minister; his celebrated Washington Post exposé on Jeb Bush and Katherine Harris's stealing of the presidential election in Florida, which made him "a legend and a hero on the Internet" (Alan Colmes / Fox Radio) when it ran in Salon.com; and recent stories on George W. Bush's pay-offs to corporate cronies, and the business-created 'energy crisis.' Also included in this volume are new and previously unpublished material, television transcripts, photographs, and letters.[via]More editions of The Best Democracy Money Can Buy: An Investigative Reporter Exposes the Truth About Globalization, Corporate Cons, and High Finance Fraudsters:
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Birth of the Multinational: 2000 Years of Ancient Business History - from Ashur to Augustusby David Lewis, Karl MooreISBN 8763000555 (87-630-0055-5)
Hardcover, Copenhagen Business School Pr
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The book starts with the story of the first known multinational enterprise in the times of the Assyrian Empire and traces the history of the rise and fall of the multinational enterprise through the four great empires of the ancient world.
The authors, professors at Oxford University, use the lens of the eclectic paradigm, the leading theory of international business researchers, which renders varied and highly interesting analyses and insights. [via]
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Business Associations: Cases And Materials on Agency, Partnerships...by William A KleinISBN 1587789531 (1-58778-953-1)
Softcover, West Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Business Associations: Cases And Materials on Agency, Partnerships...'Book summary:This casebook supplement adds discussions of several recent cases, including In re Oracle Corp. Derivative Litigation, In re eBay, Inc. Shareholders Litigation, and Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, Inc. v. Stewart. [via]
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Business at the Speed of Thought: Succeeding in the Digital Economyby Bill GatesISBN 0446675962 (0-446-67596-2)
Softcover, Grand Central Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Business at the Speed of Thought: Succeeding in the Digital Economy'Book summary:So where do you want to go tomorrow? That's the question Bill Gates tries to answer in Business @ the Speed of Thought. Gates offers a 12-step program for companies wanting to do business in the next millennium. The book's premise: Thanks to technology, the speed of business is accelerating at an ever-increasing rate, and to survive, it must develop an infrastructure--a "digital nervous system"--that allows for the unfettered movement of information inside a company. Gates writes that "The most meaningful way to differentiate your company from your competition ... is to do an outstanding job with information. How you gather, manage, and use information will determine whether you win or lose."
The book is peppered with examples of companies that have already successfully engineered information networks to manage inventory, sales, and customer relationships better. The examples run from Coca-Cola's ability to download sales data from vending machines to Microsoft's own internal practices, such as its reliance on e-mail for company-wide communication and the conversion of most paper processes to digital ones (an assertion that seems somewhat at odds with the now-infamous "by hand on sheets of paper" method of tracking profits that was revealed during Microsoft's antitrust trial).
While Gates breaks no new ground--dozens of authors have been writing about competing on a digital playing field for some time, among them Carl Shapiro and Hal Varian in Information Rules and Patricia Seybold in Customers.com--businesses that want a wakeup call may find this book a ringer. With excerpts in Time magazine, a dedicated Web site, and an all-out media assault, Microsoft is working hard to push Business @ the Speed of Thought into the national dialogue, and for many it will be difficult to see the book as anything but a finely tuned marketing campaign for the forthcoming versions of Windows NT and MS Office. Nevertheless, as Gates has shown time and time again, him, Microsoft, and perhaps even this book you may ignore at your own peril. --Harry C. Edwards [via]
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Business Organization and Finance: Legal and Economic Principlesby William A Klein, John C. CoffeeISBN 158778713X (1-58778-713-X)
Softcover, West Group
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Business the Bill Gates Way: 10 Secrets of the World's Richest Business Leaderby Des DearloveISBN 1841121487 (1-84112-148-7)
Softcover, John Wiley & Sons Inc
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Business the Speed of Thought: Using a Digital Nervous Systemby Bill Gates, Collins HemingwayISBN 0446525685 (0-446-52568-5)
Hardcover, Time Warner on Demand
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Business the Speed of Thought: Using a Digital Nervous System'Book summary:So where do you want to go tomorrow? That's the question Bill Gates tries to answer in Business @ the Speed of Thought. Gates offers a 12-step program for companies wanting to do business in the next millennium. The book's premise: Thanks to technology, the speed of business is accelerating at an ever-increasing rate, and to survive, it must develop an infrastructure--a "digital nervous system"--that allows for the unfettered movement of information inside a company. Gates writes that "The most meaningful way to differentiate your company from your competition ... is to do an outstanding job with information. How you gather, manage, and use information will determine whether you win or lose."
The book is peppered with examples of companies that have already successfully engineered information networks to manage inventory, sales, and customer relationships better. The examples run from Coca-Cola's ability to download sales data from vending machines to Microsoft's own internal practices, such as its reliance on e-mail for company-wide communication and the conversion of most paper processes to digital ones (an assertion that seems somewhat at odds with the now-infamous "by hand on sheets of paper" method of tracking profits that was revealed during Microsoft's antitrust trial).
While Gates breaks no new ground--dozens of authors have been writing about competing on a digital playing field for some time, among them Carl Shapiro and Hal Varian in Information Rules and Patricia Seybold in Customers.com--businesses that want a wakeup call may find this book a ringer. With excerpts in Time magazine, a dedicated Web site, and an all-out media assault, Microsoft is working hard to push Business @ the Speed of Thought into the national dialogue, and for many it will be difficult to see the book as anything but a finely tuned marketing campaign for the forthcoming versions of Windows NT and MS Office. Nevertheless, as Gates has shown time and time again, him, Microsoft, and perhaps even this book you may ignore at your own peril. --Harry C. Edwards [via]
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Cases and Materials on Corporations Including Partnerships and Limited Partnershipsby Robert W. HamiltonISBN 0314250395 (0-314-25039-5)
Hardcover, West Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Cases and Materials on Corporations-Including Partnerships and Limited Liability Companies'Book summary:Offering the traditional, solid approach of previous editions and now streamlined to include more topics for a one-semester course, Hamilton and Macey's Cases and Materials on Corporations covers the law of business associations and corporations for introductory courses. The book discusses all forms of business organization, including limited-liability companies, partnerships, closely held corporations, publicly held corporations, and novel business forms. It also covers transactions in shares by directors and others; indemnification and insurance; and federal securities law, including insider trading, corporate governance, and the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act. Updated to include new developments, the book covers topics such as Sarbanes-Oxley and more aggressive posturing of the Delaware judiciary, which was revealed for being just that after the important Disney decision; recent developments in asset protection for investors in limited liability companies; the Securities Litigation Uniform Securities Act; new regulations about full disclosure by registered publicly held companies; and the independence of auditors, dirctors and special litigation committees. [via]
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Cases and Materials on Corporations Including Partnerships and Limited Liability Companies: Including Partnerships and Limited Liability Companiesby Jonathan R. MacEy, Robert W. HamiltonISBN 0314143645 (0-314-14364-5)
Hardcover, West Group
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Challenging Corporate Rule: The Petition to Revoke Unocal's Charter As a Guide to Citizen Actionby Robert BensonISBN 1891843044 (1-891843-04-4)
Softcover, Apex Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Challenging Corporate Rule: The Petition to Revoke Unocal's Charter As a Guide to Citizen Action'Book summary:The complete text of the historic complaint by a coalition of some 25 local, state and national women's environmental and other civil society organizations to the California Attorney General to revoke the corporate charter of Union Oil Company of California (UNOCAL). The foreword by Ronnie Dugger, Chair of the Alliance for Democracy, and introduction by author Robert W. Benson, Professor of Law at the Loyola Law School in Los Angeles, seek to place charter revocation in the broader context of the struggle for democratic control of giant corporations. The introduction also provides concrete suggestions on challenging corporate rule in other states. A practical guide to citizen action against corporations, and must reading for all who cherish the democratic ideals on which this country was founded and who are prepared to join the struggle for their realization.
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Circle of Innovation: You Can't Shrink Your Way to Greatnessby Thomas J. PetersISBN 0679757651 (0-679-75765-1)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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A Civil Actionby Jonathan Harr, Marty AsherISBN 0679772677 (0-679-77267-7)
Softcover, Vintage Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Civil Action'Book summary:In America, when somebody does you wrong, you take 'em to court. W. R. Grace and Beatrice Foods had been dumping a cancer-causing industrial solvent into the water table of Woburn, Massachusetts, for years; in 1981, the families of eight leukemia victims sued. However, A Civil Action demonstrates powerfully that--even with the families' hotshot lawyers and the evidence on their side--justice is elusive, particularly when it involves malfeasance by megacorporations. Much of the legal infighting can cause the eyes to glaze. But the story is saved by great characters: the flawed, flamboyant Jan Schlichtmann and his group of bulldogs for the prosecution; Jerome Facher, the enigmatic lawyer for Beatrice, who proves to be more than a match; John J. Riley, the duplicitous, porcine tannery owner; and a host of others. It's impossible not to feel the drama of this methodical book, impossible not to grieve for the parents who lost children, and impossible not to share Schlichtmann's desperation as he runs out of money. A Civil Action reads like one long advertisement for a few well-placed Molotov cocktails. (But that wouldn't make for a very long book, now would it?) [via]
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The Communist Manifestoby E. J. Hobsbawm, Friedrich Engels, K. MarxISBN 1859848982 (1-85984-898-2)
Hardcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Communist Manifesto'Book summary:"A spectre is haunting Europe," Karl Marx and Frederic Engels wrote in 1848, "the spectre of Communism." This new edition of The Communist Manifesto, commemorating the 150th anniversary of its publication, includes an introduction by renowned historian Eric Hobsbawm which reminds us of the document's continued relevance. Marx and Engels's critique of capitalism and its deleterious effect on all aspects of life, from the increasing rift between the classes to the destruction of the nuclear family, has proven remarkably prescient. Their spectre, manifested in the Manifesto's vivid prose, continues to haunt the capitalist world, lingering as a ghostly apparition even after the collapse of those governments which claimed to be enacting its principles. [via]
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The Communist Manifestoby Friedrich Engels, K. MarxISBN 1599869950 (1-59986-995-0)
Softcover, Filiquarian Pub Llc
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The Communist Manifesto: A Road Map to History's Most Important Political Documentby Friedrich Engels, Philip Gasper, Phil GasperISBN 1931859256 (1-931859-25-6)
Softcover, Haymarket Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Communist Manifesto: A Road Map to History's Most Important Political Document'Book summary:[via]What is globalization? Here is one of the best answers. It is the constant revolutionizing of production and the endless disturbance of all social conditions. It is everlasting uncertainty. Everything fixed and frozen is swept away, and all that is solid melts into air. Yes, you have read this before. It is from The Communist Manifesto, by Messrs. Marx and Engels. The New York Times
Here, at last, is an authoritative introduction to historys most important political document, with the full text of The Communist Manifesto by Marx and Engels.
This beautifully organized and presented edition of The Communist Manifesto is fully annotated, with clear historical references and explication, additional related texts, and a glossary that will bring the text to life for students, as well as the general reader.
Since it was first written in 1848, the Manifesto has been translated into more languages than any other modern text. It has been banned, censored, burned, and declared dead. But year after year, the text only grows more influential, remaining required reading in courses on philosophy, politics, economics, and history.
Apart from Charles Darwins Origin of Species, notes the Los Angeles Times, the Manifesto is arguably the most important work of nonfiction written in the 19th century. The Washington Post calls Marx an astute critic of capitalism. Writing in The New York Times, Columbia University Professor Steven Marcus describes the Manifesto as a masterpiece with enduring insights into social existence.
The New Yorker recently described Karl Marx as The Next Thinker for our era. This book will show readers why.
Phil Gasper is a professor of philosophy at Notre Dame de Namur University in northern California. He writes extensively on politics and the philosophy of science and is a frequent contributor to CounterPunch.
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Companyby Max BarryISBN 1400079373 (1-4000-7937-3)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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Concept of the Corporationby Peter Ferdinand DruckerISBN 1560006250 (1-56000-625-0)
Softcover, Transaction Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Concept of the Corporation'Book summary:Concept of the Corporation was the first study ever of the constitution, structure, and internal dynamics of a major business enterprise. Basing his work on a two-year analysis of the company done during the closing years of World War II, Drucker looks at the General Motors managerial organization from within. He tries to understand what makes the company work so effectively, what its core principles are, and how they contribute to its successes. The themes this volume addresses go far beyond the business corporation, into a consideration of the dynamics of the so-called corporate state itself.
When the book initially appeared, General Motors managers rejected it as unfairly critical and antibusiness. Yet, the GM concept of the corporation and its principles of organization later became models for organizations worldwide. Not only businesses, but also government agencies, research laboratories, hospitals, and universities have found in Concept of the Corporation a basis for effective organization and management.
Because it offers a fundamental theory of corporate goals, this book is a valuable resource for business professionals and organization analysts. It will also be of interest to students and professionals in economics, public administration, and political science. Professional and technical readers who admire Peter Druckers work will want to be certain this volume is in their personal library. At a time when everything from the size to the structure of corporations is being questioned, this classic should prove a valuable guide.
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Concepts And Case Analysis in the Law of Contractsby Marvin A. ChirelsteinISBN 1599410273 (1-59941-027-3)
Softcover, West Group
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Confessions Of An Economic Hit Manby John PerkinsISBN 1576753018 (1-57675-301-8)
Hardcover, Ingram Pub Services
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Confessions Of An Economic Hit Man'Book summary:John Perkins started and stopped writing Confessions of an Economic Hit Man four times over 20 years. He says he was threatened and bribed in an effort to kill the project, but after 9/11 he finally decided to go through with this expose of his former professional life. Perkins, a former chief economist at Boston strategic-consulting firm Chas. T. Main, says he was an "economic hit man" for 10 years, helping U.S. intelligence agencies and multinationals cajole and blackmail foreign leaders into serving U.S. foreign policy and awarding lucrative contracts to American business. "Economic hit men (EHMs) are highly paid professionals who cheat countries around the globe out of trillions of dollars," Perkins writes. Confessions of an Economic Hit Man is an extraordinary and gripping tale of intrigue and dark machinations. Think John Le Carré, except it's a true story.
Perkins writes that his economic projections cooked the books Enron-style to convince foreign governments to accept billions of dollars of loans from the World Bank and other institutions to build dams, airports, electric grids, and other infrastructure he knew they couldn't afford. The loans were given on condition that construction and engineering contracts went to U.S. companies. Often, the money would simply be transferred from one bank account in Washington, D.C., to another one in New York or San Francisco. The deals were smoothed over with bribes for foreign officials, but it was the taxpayers in the foreign countries who had to pay back the loans. When their governments couldn't do so, as was often the case, the U.S. or its henchmen at the World Bank or International Monetary Fund would step in and essentially place the country in trusteeship, dictating everything from its spending budget to security agreements and even its United Nations votes. It was, Perkins writes, a clever way for the U.S. to expand its "empire" at the expense of Third World citizens. While at times he seems a little overly focused on conspiracies, perhaps that's not surprising considering the life he's led. --Alex Roslin [via]
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Corporate Tides: The Inescapable Laws of Organizational Structureby Robert FritzISBN 1881052885 (1-881052-88-5)
Hardcover, Raincoast Book Distribution
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The Corporation: Growth, Diversification and Mergersby Dennis C. MuellerISBN 3718603578 (3-7186-0357-8)
Softcover, Gordon & Breach Publishing Group
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Corporation Law and Economicsby Stephen M. BainbridgeISBN 1587781409 (1-58778-140-9)
Softcover, West Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Corporation Law and Economics'Book summary:Law students taking the basic course in corporations or business associations are the target audience for this text, although the author hopes the analysis will also prove useful to lawyers and judges seeking a fresh perspective on corporate law problems. For many law students, the prospect of studying corporate law is a daunting one. They may lack training in economics, business and accounting. This publication helps to bring aspects of those subjects into an introductory course book on corporations law. [via]
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The Corporation: The Pathological Pursuit of Profit and Powerby Joel BakanISBN 0743247469 (0-7432-4746-9)
Softcover, Free Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Corporation: The Pathological Pursuit of Profit and Power'Book summary:Over the last 150 years the corporation has risen from relative obscurity to become the world's dominant economic institution. Eminent Canadian law professor and legal theorist Joel Bakan contends that today's corporation is a pathological institution, a dangerous possessor of the great power it wields over people and societies.
In this revolutionary assessment of the history, character, and globalization of the modern business corporation, Bakan backs his premise with the following observations:
- The corporation's legally defined mandate is to pursue relentlessly and without exception its own economic self-interest, regardless of the harmful consequences it might cause to others.
- The corporation's unbridled self-interest victimizes individuals, society, and, when it goes awry, even shareholders and can cause corporations to self-destruct, as recent Wall Street scandals reveal.
- Governments have freed the corporation, despite its flawed character, from legal constraints through deregulation and granted it ever greater authority over society through privatization.
But Bakan believes change is possible and he outlines a far-reaching program of achievable reforms through legal regulation and democratic control.
Featuring in-depth interviews with such wide-ranging figures as Nobel Prize winner Milton Friedman, business guru Peter Drucker, and cultural critic Noam Chomsky, The Corporation is an extraordinary work that will educate and enlighten students, CEOs, whistle-blowers, power brokers, pawns, pundits, and politicians alike. [via]
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Count Zeroby William GibsonISBN 0441013678 (0-441-01367-8)
Softcover, Ace Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Count Zero'Book summary:Turner, corporate mercenary, wakes in a reconstructed body, a beautiful woman by his side. Then Hosaka Corporation reactivates him for a mission more dangerous than the one he's recovering from: Maas-Neotek's chief of R&D is defecting. Turner is the one assigned to get him out intact, along with the biochip he's perfected. But this proves to be of supreme interest to certain other parties--some of whom aren't remotely human.
Bobby Newmark is entirely human: a rustbelt data-hustler totally unprepared for what comes his way when the defection triggers war in cyberspace. With voodoo on the Net and a price on his head, Newmark thinks he's only trying to get out alive. A stylish, streetsmart, frighteningly probable parable of the future and sequel to Neuromancer [via]
Customer Intimacy: Pick Your Partners, Shape Your Culture, Win Togetherby Fred WiersemaISBN 1888232005 (1-888232-00-5)
Hardcover, Knowledge Exchange
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The Decline Of Capitalism: Can The Self-regulated Profits System Survive?by Harry ShuttISBN 1842774018 (1-84277-401-8)
Softcover, Zed Books
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The Elite Consensus: When Corporations Wield the Constitutionby George Draffan, Richard L. Grossman, Ward MorehouseISBN 1891843141 (1-891843-14-1)
Softcover, Apex Pr
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Fast Food Nationby Eric SchlosserISBN 0618130977 (0-618-13097-7)
Hardcover, Houghton Mifflin College Div
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Fast Food Nation'Book summary:On any given day, one out of four Americans opts for a quick and cheap meal at a fast-food restaurant, without giving either its speed or its thriftiness a second thought. Fast food is so ubiquitous that it now seems as American, and harmless, as apple pie. But the industry's drive for consolidation, homogenization, and speed has radically transformed America's diet, landscape, economy, and workforce, often in insidiously destructive ways. Eric Schlosser, an award-winning journalist, opens his ambitious and ultimately devastating exposé with an introduction to the iconoclasts and high school dropouts, such as Harlan Sanders and the McDonald brothers, who first applied the principles of a factory assembly line to a commercial kitchen. Quickly, however, he moves behind the counter with the overworked and underpaid teenage workers, onto the factory farms where the potatoes and beef are grown, and into the slaughterhouses run by giant meatpacking corporations. Schlosser wants you to know why those French fries taste so good (with a visit to the world's largest flavor company) and "what really lurks between those sesame-seed buns." Eater beware: forget your concerns about cholesterol, there is--literally--feces in your meat.
Schlosser's investigation reaches its frightening peak in the meatpacking plants as he reveals the almost complete lack of federal oversight of a seemingly lawless industry. His searing portrayal of the industry is disturbingly similar to Upton Sinclair's The Jungle, written in 1906: nightmare working conditions, union busting, and unsanitary practices that introduce E. coli and other pathogens into restaurants, public schools, and homes. Almost as disturbing is his description of how the industry "both feeds and feeds off the young," insinuating itself into all aspects of children's lives, even the pages of their school books, while leaving them prone to obesity and disease. Fortunately, Schlosser offers some eminently practical remedies. "Eating in the United States should no longer be a form of high-risk behavior," he writes. Where to begin? Ask yourself, is the true cost of having it "your way" really worth it? --Lesley Reed [via]
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Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Mealby Eric SchlosserISBN 0060838582 (0-06-083858-2)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal'Book summary:On any given day, one out of four Americans opts for a quick and cheap meal at a fast-food restaurant, without giving either its speed or its thriftiness a second thought. Fast food is so ubiquitous that it now seems as American, and harmless, as apple pie. But the industry's drive for consolidation, homogenization, and speed has radically transformed America's diet, landscape, economy, and workforce, often in insidiously destructive ways. Eric Schlosser, an award-winning journalist, opens his ambitious and ultimately devastating exposé with an introduction to the iconoclasts and high school dropouts, such as Harlan Sanders and the McDonald brothers, who first applied the principles of a factory assembly line to a commercial kitchen. Quickly, however, he moves behind the counter with the overworked and underpaid teenage workers, onto the factory farms where the potatoes and beef are grown, and into the slaughterhouses run by giant meatpacking corporations. Schlosser wants you to know why those French fries taste so good (with a visit to the world's largest flavor company) and "what really lurks between those sesame-seed buns." Eater beware: forget your concerns about cholesterol, there is--literally--feces in your meat.
Schlosser's investigation reaches its frightening peak in the meatpacking plants as he reveals the almost complete lack of federal oversight of a seemingly lawless industry. His searing portrayal of the industry is disturbingly similar to Upton Sinclair's The Jungle, written in 1906: nightmare working conditions, union busting, and unsanitary practices that introduce E. coli and other pathogens into restaurants, public schools, and homes. Almost as disturbing is his description of how the industry "both feeds and feeds off the young," insinuating itself into all aspects of children's lives, even the pages of their school books, while leaving them prone to obesity and disease. Fortunately, Schlosser offers some eminently practical remedies. "Eating in the United States should no longer be a form of high-risk behavior," he writes. Where to begin? Ask yourself, is the true cost of having it "your way" really worth it? --Lesley Reed [via]
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Global Spin: The Corporate Assault on Environmentalismby Sharon BederISBN 1890132128 (1-890132-12-8)
Softcover, Chelsea Green Pub Co
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Goetiaby Aleister CrowleyISBN 187273636X (1-872736-36-X)
Hardcover, Holmes Pub Group Llc
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Gone Tomorrow: The Hidden Life of Garbageby Heather RogersISBN 1595581200 (1-59558-120-0)
Softcover, New Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Gone Tomorrow: The Hidden Life of Garbage'Book summary:From waste basket to landfill, a vertiginous descent into the mysteriously hellish world of trash.
" The average American discards almost seven pounds of trash per day.
" With only 5 percent of the global population, the U.S. consumes 30 percent of the planet's resources and churns out 30 percent of its wastes.
" Garbage production in the United States has doubled in the last thirty years.
" About 80 percent of U.S. products are used once, then thrown away.
" 95 percent of all plastic, two-thirds of all glass containers, and 50 percent of all aluminum beverage cans are never recycled; instead they just get burned or buried.
Every day a phantasmagoric rush of spent, used, and broken riches flows through our homes, offices, and cars. The United States is the planet's number-one producer of trash; each American discards over 2,600 pounds annually. But where does all that garbage go?
In Gone Tomorrow, journalist Heather Rogers guides us through the grisly, oddly fascinating world of trash. Excavating the history of rubbish handling from the 1800san era of garbage-grazing urban hogs and dump-dwelling rag pickersto the present, with its brutally violent mob-controlled cartels and high-tech rural "mega-fills" operated by billion-dollar garbage corporations, Rogers investigates the roots of America's waste-addicted culture. Gone Tomorrow also explores the politics of recycling, a popular but limited solution that, as Rogers points out, should only be seen as a first step toward much greater reform.
Part exposé, part social commentary, this work traces the connections between modern industrial production, consumer culture, and our disposable lifestyle. [via]More editions of Gone Tomorrow: The Hidden Life of Garbage:
Hungry for Trade: How the Poor Pay for Free Tradeby John MadeleyISBN 1864031301 (1-86403-130-1)
Hardcover, Pluto Pr Australia
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Hungry for Trade: How the Poor Pay for Free Trade'Book summary:John Madeley shows that the food imports of many developing countries are rising sharply while their food exports are not. He argues there is a contradiction between Western governments' rhetoric on reducing world poverty and their pursuit of more trade liberalization--against the wishes of most of the world. Food security affects us all. There is no more important issue.[via]More editions of Hungry for Trade: How the Poor Pay for Free Trade:
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Jennifer Governmentby Max BarryISBN 1400030927 (1-4000-3092-7)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Jennifer Government'Book summary:In the horrifying, satirical near future of Max Barry's Jennifer Government, American corporations literally rule the world. Everyone takes his employer's name as his last name; once-autonomous nations as far-flung as Australia belong to the USA; and the National Rifle Association is not just a worldwide corporation, it's a hot, publicly traded stock. Hack Nike, a hapless employee seeking advancement, signs a multipage contract and then reads it. He discovers he's agreed to assassinate kids purchasing Nike's new line of athletic shoes, a stealth marketing maneuver designed to increase sales. And the dreaded government agent Jennifer Government is after him.
Like Steve Aylett, Alexander Besher, Douglas Coupland, Paul Di Filippo, Jim Munroe, Jeff Noon, and Chuck Palahniuk, Max Barry is an author of smartass, punky satire for the late capitalist era. It's a hip and happening field; before publication, Jennifer Government (Barry's second novel) was optioned by Stephen Soderbergh and George Clooney's Section 8 Films for a major motion picture. However, the level of literary accomplishment varies wildly among practitioners, from brilliant (Di Filippo and Palahniuk) to amateurish (Besher). This field is so hot, its writers needn't be nearly as accomplished as they'd have to become to break into any other form of fiction.
That said, like many of his fellow turn-of-the-millennium satirists, Barry is uneven. He has a lively imagination and a sharp eye for the absurdities and offenses of hypercorporate capitalism. But, with its sketchy characters and slow dialogue, Jennifer Government will disappoint anyone who believes the cover copy's grandiose claim that this is "a Catch-22 for the New World Order." --Cynthia Ward [via]
Making a Killing: How and Why Corporations Use Armed Force to Do Businessby Madelaine DrohanISBN 1592285775 (1-59228-577-5)
Hardcover, Globe Pequot Press, The
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Manifesto of the Communist Partyby Karl Marx, Friedrich EngelsISBN 1596057882 (1-59605-788-2)
Softcover, Cosimo Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Manifesto of the Communist Party'Book summary:"A spectre is haunting Europe," Karl Marx and Frederic Engels wrote in 1848, "the spectre of Communism." This new edition of The Communist Manifesto, commemorating the 150th anniversary of its publication, includes an introduction by renowned historian Eric Hobsbawm which reminds us of the document's continued relevance. Marx and Engels's critique of capitalism and its deleterious effect on all aspects of life, from the increasing rift between the classes to the destruction of the nuclear family, has proven remarkably prescient. Their spectre, manifested in the Manifesto's vivid prose, continues to haunt the capitalist world, lingering as a ghostly apparition even after the collapse of those governments which claimed to be enacting its principles. [via]
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Manifiesto Del Partido Comunistaby Carlos Marx, Marx EngelsISBN 9875503843 (987-550-384-3)
Softcover, Longseller S.A.
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No Logo: El Poder De Las Marcasby Naomi KleinISBN 8449312485 (84-493-1248-5)
Softcover, Paidos Iberica Ediciones S A
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No Logo: No Space No Choice No Jobsby Naomi KleinISBN 0312421435 (0-312-42143-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'No Logo: No Space No Choice No Jobs'Book summary:With a new Afterword to the 2002 edition, No Logo employs journalistic savvy and personal testament to detail the insidious practices and far-reaching effects of corporate marketing-and the powerful potential of a growing activist sect that will surely alter the course of the 21st century. First published before the World Trade Organization protests in Seattle, this is an infuriating, inspiring, and altogether pioneering work of cultural criticism that investigates money, marketing, and the anti-corporate movement. As global corporations compete for the hearts and wallets of consumers who not only buy their products but willingly advertise them from head to toe-witness today's schoolbooks, superstores, sporting arenas, and brand-name synergy-a new generation has begun to battle consumerism with its own best weapons. In this provocative, well-written study, a front-line report on that battle, we learn how the Nike swoosh has changed from an athletic status-symbol to a metaphor for sweatshop labor, how teenaged McDonald's workers are risking their jobs to join the Teamsters, and how "culture jammers" utilize spray paint, computer-hacking acumen, and anti-propagandist wordplay to undercut the slogans and meanings of billboard ads (as in "Joe Chemo" for "Joe Camel"). No Logo will challenge and enlighten students of sociology, economics, popular culture, international affairs, and marketing. "This book is not another account of the power of the select group of corporate Goliaths that have gathered to form our de facto global government. Rather, it is an attempt to analyze and document the forces opposing corporate rule, and to lay out the particular set of cultural and economic conditions that made the emergence of that opposition inevitable."-Naomi Klein, from her Introduction [via]
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No Logo: Taking Aim at the Brand Bulliesby Naomi KleinISBN 0312271921 (0-312-27192-1)
Softcover, Picador
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› Find signed collectible books: 'No Logo: Taking Aim at the Brand Bullies'Book summary:We live in an era where image is nearly everything, where the proliferation of brand-name culture has created, to take one hyperbolic example from Naomi Klein's No Logo, "walking, talking, life-sized Tommy [Hilfiger] dolls, mummified in fully branded Tommy worlds." Brand identities are even flourishing online, she notes--and for some retailers, perhaps best of all online: "Liberated from the real-world burdens of stores and product manufacturing, these brands are free to soar, less as the disseminators of goods or services than as collective hallucinations."
In No Logo, Klein patiently demonstrates, step by step, how brands have become ubiquitous, not just in media and on the street but increasingly in the schools as well. (The controversy over advertiser-sponsored Channel One may be old hat, but many readers will be surprised to learn about ads in school lavatories and exclusive concessions in school cafeterias.) The global companies claim to support diversity, but their version of "corporate multiculturalism" is merely intended to create more buying options for consumers. When Klein talks about how easy it is for retailers like Wal-Mart and Blockbuster to "censor" the contents of videotapes and albums, she also considers the role corporate conglomeration plays in the process. How much would one expect Paramount Pictures, for example, to protest against Blockbuster's policies, given that they're both divisions of Viacom?
Klein also looks at the workers who keep these companies running, most of whom never share in any of the great rewards. The president of Borders, when asked whether the bookstore chain could pay its clerks a "living wage," wrote that "while the concept is romantically appealing, it ignores the practicalities and realities of our business environment." Those clerks should probably just be grateful they're not stuck in an Asian sweatshop, making pennies an hour to produce Nike sneakers or other must-have fashion items. Klein also discusses at some length the tactic of hiring "permatemps" who can do most of the work and receive few, if any, benefits like health care, paid vacations, or stock options. While many workers are glad to be part of the "Free Agent Nation," observers note that, particularly in the high-tech industry, such policies make it increasingly difficult to organize workers and advocate for change.
But resistance is growing, and the backlash against the brands has set in. Street-level education programs have taught kids in the inner cities, for example, not only about Nike's abusive labor practices but about the astronomical markup in their prices. Boycotts have commenced: as one urban teen put it, "Nike, we made you. We can break you." But there's more to the revolution, as Klein optimistically recounts: "Ethical shareholders, culture jammers, street reclaimers, McUnion organizers, human-rights hacktivists, school-logo fighters and Internet corporate watchdogs are at the early stages of demanding a citizen-centered alternative to the international rule of the brands ... as global, and as capable of coordinated action, as the multinational corporations it seeks to subvert." No Logo is a comprehensive account of what the global economy has wrought and the actions taking place to thwart it. --Ron Hogan [via]
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The Outlaw Bank: A Wild Ride into the Secret Heart of Bcciby Jonathan Beaty, S.C. GwynneISBN 1587981467 (1-58798-146-7)
Softcover, Beard Books Inc
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The Post-Corporate World: Life After Capitalismby David C. KortenISBN 1887208038 (1-887208-03-8)
Softcover, Berrett-Koehler Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Post-Corporate World: Life After Capitalism'Book summary:In his bestselling 1995 call to arms, When Corporations Rule the World, David C. Korten first attempted to raise public consciousness about the potentially disastrous consequences of economic globalization and the expansion of corporate power. Now, in his provocative new work, The Post-Corporate World: Life After Capitalism, he goes further by defining these dual ills as a collective cancer that will ultimately destroy the larger society upon which they actually depend for survival.
Containment of this cancer, Korten suggests, is a wholly inadequate remedy. Rather, a "curative regime"--consisting of measures aimed at "virtually eliminating the institution of the limited liability for-profit public corporation as we know it"--is necessary to save us from an otherwise inevitable fate. The book opens with Korten's downbeat view of capitalism infecting "democracy, markets and life itself." Its following three sections are much more optimistic, however, as he focuses on ways both individuals and the community can reorganize their institutional and policy choices to "eliminate the economic pathology that plagues us and create truly democratic, market-based, life-centered societies." Only by intentionally building this radical new post-corporate world, he boldly proposes, will a sustainable community be created that truly meets our future needs. --Howard Rothman [via]
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Products of Our Timeby David RedheadISBN 3764362340 (3-7643-6234-0)
Softcover, Birkhauser Boston
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Products of Our Time'Book summary:Die neonfarbenen iMacs von Apple, der dem Käfer nachempfundene Beetle, das Nokia-Handy und Kosmetik von Philosophy gehören genauso zu den typischen Produkten der 90er-Jahre wie eine neue Generation von Landminen und die Potenzpille Viagra. David Redhead, Kurator am Designmuseum "The Lighthouse" in Glasgow, hat sie gesammelt und für die Ausstellung Products of our Time eine repräsentative Auswahl zusammengestellt. Die Fülle der Objekte von Caterpillar-Schuhen bis zur virtuellen Heldin Lara Croft, von den Lavalampen bis zu den Tamagotchis präsentierte Redhead in fünf Gruppen: "Basics", "More", "Controll", "Identity" und "Crises". So lauten auch die Kapitel, in dem begleitend zur Ausstellung erschienen Band.
In diesem innovativ gestalteten Katalog gelingt es Redhead, in knappem, pointiertem Stil eine überaus treffende Kulturgeschichte der 90er-Jahre zu schreiben. Ein Porträt, das die Trends von der "Neuen Bescheidenheit" über den Technologie-Hype bis zur Vorbereitung auf die "finale Krise" beschreibt und mit subtiler britischer Ironie kommentiert. Dass es nicht besonders schmeichelhaft ausfällt, liegt daran, dass Redhead unsere postmodernen Paradoxien nicht übersieht, sondern genau benennt. Zum Beispiel die Widersprüchlichkeit zwischen der Faszination für futuristisches Designs und nostalgischen Sehnsüchten oder das typisch moderne Dilemma der Unvereinbarkeit von Individualimus und Massenkonsum. Die Designer spielen mit. Sie entwerfen Modelle wie den Audi TT und ihre Werbeslogans lauten "Don't imitate, innovate". Damit, und Redhead demonstriert das geschickt an vielen Beispielen, spiegelt die Art und Weise, wie die Dinge gestaltet sind, den Zeitgeist wider: unsere Wünsche, Hoffnungen, Sehnsüchte und Ängste. Products of our Time bietet deshalb viel mehr als einen Überblick über die Entwicklung des Designs in den letzten zehn Jahren. Dieser handliche Band, der Abbildungen und Text vorbildlich integriert, ist ein intelligenter und spritziger Essay über die vielfältigen Fassetten unserer Waren- und Gefühlswelt. Nicht nur ein visuelles Vergnügen, sondern auch höchster Lesegenuss! --Doris Lösch [via]
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Propaganda, Inc. : Selling America's Culture to the Worldby Nancy SnowISBN 1583225390 (1-58322-539-0)
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The Silent Takeover: Global Capitalism and the Death of Democracyby Noreena HertzISBN 006055973X (0-06-055973-X)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Silent Takeover: Global Capitalism and the Death of Democracy'Book summary:Named one of the best books of the year by "The Sunday Times" of London, and already a bestseller in England, Noreena Hertz's "The Silent Takeover" explains how corporations in the age of globalization are changing our lives, our society, and our future -- and are threatening the very basis of our democracy.
Of the world's 100 largest economies, fifty-one are now corporations, only forty-nine are nation-states. The sales of General Motors and Ford are greater than the GDP (gross domestic product) of the whole of sub-Saharan Africa, and Wal-Mart now has a turnover higher than the revenues of most of the states of Eastern Europe. Yet few of us are fully aware of the growing dominance of big business: newspapers continue to place news of the actions of governments on the front page, with business news relegated to the inside pages. But do governments really have more influence over our lives than businesses? Do the parties for which we vote have any real freedom of choice in their actions?
Already sparking intense debate in England and on the Continent, "The Silent Takeover" provides a new and startling take on the way we live now and who really governs us. The widely acclaimed young socio-economist Noreena Hertz brilliantly and passionately reveals how corporations across the world manipulate and pressure governments by means both legal and illegal; how protest, be it in the form of the protesters of Seattle and Genoa or the boycotting of genetically altered foods, is often becoming a more effective political weapon than the ballot-box; and how corporations in many parts of the world are taking over from the state responsibility for everything from providing technology forschools to healthcare for the community.
While the activities of business, frequently under pressure from the media and the consuming public, can range from the beneficial to the pernicious, neither public protest nor corporate power is in any way democratic. What is the fate of democracy in the world of the silent takeover?
"The Silent Takeover" asks us to recognize the growing contradictions of a world divided between haves and have-nots, of gated communities next to ghettos, of extreme poverty and unbelievable riches. In the face of these unacceptable extremes, Noreena Hertz outlines a new agenda to revitalize politics and renew democracy. [via]
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So Yesterdayby Scott WesterfeldISBN 1595140328 (1-59514-032-8)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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Tanglewreckby Jeanette WintersonISBN 1599900815 (1-59990-081-5)
Softcover, Bloomsbury USA
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Toxic Deception: How the Chemical Industry Manipulates Science, Bends the Law, and Endangers Your Healthby Marianne Lavelle, Dan Fagin, Center for Public IntegrityISBN 1567511627 (1-56751-162-7)
Softcover, Common Courage Pr
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Toxic Sludge Is Good for You: Lies, Damn Lies and the Public Relations Industryby Sheldon Rampton, John C. StauberISBN 1567510612 (1-56751-061-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Toxic Sludge Is Good for You: Lies, Damn Lies and the Public Relations Industry'Book summary:Sure, many of us in this modern world are cynical. The most cynical may even suspect that the news is manipulated and massaged by sponsors, that corporations act in their best interests, that political campaigns are determined not by votes, but by bucks, and that we don't get "all the news that's fit to print" but instead, "all the news that gets the ink". But even the most media-savvy amongst you will be awed by the behind-the-scenes descriptions of the Public Relations industry in action so masterfully described in this book. If you want your eyes to be opened, open them upon the pages of this book. (But remember: there are some very important people counting on you, and they really would prefer that you didn't ever hear about this book, much less buy it.) [via]
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Tyranny of the Bottom Line: Why Corporations Make Good People Do Bad Thingsby Ralph W. EstesISBN 1881052753 (1-881052-75-3)
Hardcover, Ingram Pub Services
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When Corporations Rule the Worldby David C. KortenISBN 1887208046 (1-887208-04-6)
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Why Do People Hate America?by Ziauddin Sardar, Merryl Wyn DaviesISBN 184046383X (1-84046-383-X)
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Blink Inteligencia Intuitiva?/blink.: Por Que Sabemos La Verdad En Dos Segundos/ the Power of Thinking Without Thinkingby Malcolm GladwellISBN 1598200879 (1-59820-087-9)
Softcover, Santillana USA Pub Co Inc
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Conde Ceroby William GibsonISBN 8445074024 (84-450-7402-4)
Softcover, Planeta Pub Corp
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No Logo: El Poder de Las Marcasby Naomi KleinISBN 8449310741 (84-493-1074-1)
Hardcover, Ediciones Paidos Iberica, S.A.
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Nuevas Reglas Para LA Nueva Economiaby Kevin KellyISBN 9685015058 (968-5015-05-8)
Softcover, Ediciones Granica
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El Principio De Dilbertby Scott AdamsISBN 8475775063 (84-7577-506-3)
Hardcover, Juan Granica S A
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Segundo Tratado Sobre El Gobierno Civil: Un Ensayo Acerca Del Verdadero Origen Y Fin Del Gobierno Civilby John LockeISBN 8420637882 (84-206-3788-2)
Softcover, Alianza Editorial Sa
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LA Constance Du Jardinierby John Le CarreISBN 2020557215 (2-02-055721-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'LA Constance Du Jardinier'Book summary:Le diplomate Justin Quayle est affecté à Nairobi, Kenya, au haut commissariat britannique qu'il représente au C.E.D.A.O., un organisme chargé de contrôler l'action humanitaire en Afrique. Sa séduisante épouse, la jeune avocate Tessa, scandalisée par la misère qu'elle découvre dans ce pays, milite aux côtés de membres d'O.N.G. et dénonce divers scandales dans une série de documents qu'elle adresse au ministère britannique. Alors qu'elle était partie en mission dans le nord du pays, on la retrouve assassinée dans sa Jeep près du lac Turkana. Le médecin africain Arnold Bluhm qui l'accompagnait, et que la rumeur considère comme son amant, est porté disparu. Deux policiers venus de Londres interrogent Justin Quayle. Ils le soupçonnent d'avoir fait exécuter sa femme par jalousie. Finalement disculpé, il rentre à Londres en ayant soustrait aux autorités une partie des documents de Tessa. Sous une fausse identité, il décide de se lancer à la recherche des assassins.
Parfaitement construit avec une série de retours en arrière judicieusement imbriqués, La Constance du jardinier raconte comment, par amour pour son épouse disparue, Justin va brusquement prendre conscience de la grande misère des Africains et de l'exploitation qu'ils continuent de subir à cause des multinationales et de la complicité des gouvernements de pays industrialisés. Un admirable récit à la John Le Carré. --Claude Mesplède [via]
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UN Homme, UN Vraiby Tom WolfeISBN 2266100114 (2-266-10011-4)
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