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54by Shaun Whiteside, Ming WuISBN 0434012947 (0-434-01294-7)
Softcover, William Heinemann
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› Find signed collectible books: '54'Book summary:1954, the height of the Cold War. In Hollywood memebers of Her Majesty's Secret service have a dangerous mission for the elegant Cary Grant. And in Bologna, Pierre Capponi, a lovelorn young barman, is about to embark on a painful odyssey in search of his missing father. [via]
Africa Now: People, Policies, & Institutionsby Stephen EllisISBN 0435089870 (0-435-08987-0)
Hardcover, Heinemann
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The Bankers: The Next Generationby Martin MayerISBN 0452272645 (0-452-27264-5)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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Big Deal: The Battle for Control of America's Leading Corporationsby Bruce WassersteinISBN 0446522686 (0-446-52268-6)
Hardcover, Grand Central Pub
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Border Matters: Remapping American Cultural Studiesby Jose David SaldivarISBN 0520206827 (0-520-20682-7)
Softcover, Univ of California Pr
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Brave New War: The Next Stage of Terrorism and the End of Globalizationby John RobbISBN 0471780790 (0-471-78079-0)
Hardcover, John Wiley & Sons Inc
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Business Without Borders: A Strategic Guide to Global Marketingby Donald A. DepalmaISBN 0471204692 (0-471-20469-2)
Hardcover, John Wiley & Sons Inc
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The Choice: Global Domination or Global Leadershipby Zbigniew BrzezinskiISBN 0465008011 (0-465-00801-1)
Softcover, Perseus Books Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Choice: Global Domination or Global Leadership'Book summary:The overwhelming reality of our time is this: In the opening years of the 21st century, the United States finds itself not only the most powerful nation on earth but the most powerful nation that has ever existed. Given the contradictory roles America plays in the world, we are fated to be the catalyst for either a new global community or for global chaos. If we don't lead, Zbigniew Brzezinski contends, rather than merely dominate by force, we could face worldwide hostility much like the regional hostility now confronting Israel.Brzezinski argues for a more complex and sophisticated view of our global role than much of our media and political leadership are willing to entertain. We are the world's policeman, but we have to be seen as a fair one. We are entitled to a higher level of security than other nations (because we assume greater risks), but we are also the proponent of essential freedoms. We are uniquely powerful, but our homeland is uniquely -and chronically-vulnerable. "Globalization" precludes immunity for even the most powerful. This is an impressively lucid assessment, informed by decades of experience on the front lines of foreign policy, of where we stand in the world and where we should go from here.[via]More editions of The Choice: Global Domination or Global Leadership:
Comparative Politics: Interests, Identities, and Institutions in a Changing Global Orderby Jeffrey Kopstein, Mark LichbachISBN 0521633567 (0-521-63356-7)
Softcover, Cambridge Univ Pr
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Contesting Global Governance: Multilateral Economic Institutions and Global Social Movementsby Marc Williams, Robert O'Brien, Anne Marie Goetz, Jan Aart ScholteISBN 0521774403 (0-521-77440-3)
Softcover, Cambridge Univ Pr
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Contesting Global Governance : Multilateral Economic Institutions and Global Social Movementsby Robert O'Brien, Anne Marie Goetz, Jan Aart Scholte, Marc Williams, Thomas BierstekerISBN 0521773156 (0-521-77315-6)
Hardcover, Cambridge University Press
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Cross-Cultural Trade in World Historyby Philip D. CurtinISBN 0521269318 (0-521-26931-8)
Softcover, Cambridge Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Cross-Cultural Trade in World History'Book summary:A single theme is pursued in this book - the trade between peoples of differing cultures through world history. Extending from the ancient world to the coming of the commercial revolution, Professor Curtin's discussion encompasses a broad and diverse group of trading relationships. Drawing on insights from economic history and anthropology, Professor Curtin has attempted to move beyond a Europe-centred view of history, to one that can help us understand the entire range of societies in the human past. Examples have been chosen that illustrate the greatest variety of trading relationships between cultures. The opening chapters look at Africa, while subsequent chapters treat the ancient world, the Mediterranean trade with China, the Asian trade in the east, and European entry into the trade with maritime Asia, the Armenian trade carriers of the seventeenth century, and the North American fur trade. Wide-ranging in its concern and the fruit of exhaustive research, the book is nevertheless written so as to be accessible and stimulating to the specialist and the student alike. [via]
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Democracy and Capitalism: Property, Community, and the Contradictions of Modern Social Thoughtby Samuel Bowles, Herbert GintisISBN 0465016014 (0-465-01601-4)
Softcover, Basic Books
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Democratic Experiments in Africa : Regime Transitions in Comparative Perspectiveby Michael Bratton, Nicholas van de Walle, Robert H. Bates, Ellen Comisso, Peter HallISBN 0521556120 (0-521-55612-0)
Softcover, Cambridge University Press
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Democratic Experiments in Africa: Regime Transitions in Comparative Perspectiveby Nicolas Vandewalle, Nicolas Van De Walle, Michael BrattonISBN 0521554292 (0-521-55429-2)
Hardcover, Cambridge Univ Pr
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Disposable People: New Slavery in the Global Economyby Kevin BalesISBN 0520243846 (0-520-24384-6)
Softcover, Univ of California Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Disposable People: New Slavery in the Global Economy'Book summary:The horror of slavery, says Kevin Bales, is "not confined to history." It is not only possible that slave labor is responsible for the shoes on your feet or your daily consumption of sugar, he writes, the products of forced labor filter even more quietly into a broad portion of daily Western life. "They made the bricks for the factory that made the TV you watch. In Brazil slaves made the charcoal that tempered the steel that made the springs in your car and the blade on your lawnmower.... Slaves keep your costs low and returns on your investments high."
The exhaustive research in Disposable People shows that at least 27 million people are currently enslaved around the world. Bales, considered the world's leading expert on contemporary slavery, reveals the historical and economic conditions behind this resurgence. From Thailand, Mauritania, Brazil, Pakistan, and India, Bales has gathered stories of people in unthinkable conditions, kept in bondage to support their owners' lives. Bales insists that even a small effort from a large number of people could end slavery, and devotes a large chapter to explaining the practical means by which this might be accomplished. "Are we willing to live in a world with slaves?" he asks. As a sign of his commitment, all his royalties from Disposable People will go toward the fight against slavery. --Maria Dolan [via]
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Distant Mirrors: America As a Foreign Cultureby Philip R. Devita, James D. ArmstrongISBN 0534176763 (0-534-17676-3)
Softcover, Thomson Learning
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Distant Mirrors; American As a Foreign Culture: America As a Foreign Cultureby Philip R. Devita, James D. ArmstrongISBN 0534556485 (0-534-55648-5)
Softcover, Wadsworth Pub Co
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Dude, Where's My Country?by Michael MooreISBN 0446693790 (0-446-69379-0)
Softcover, Grand Central Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Dude, Where's My Country?'Book summary:The people of the United States, according to author and filmmaker Michael Moore (Bowling for Columbine, Stupid White Men), have been hoodwinked. Tricked, he says, by Republican lawmakers and their wealthy corporate pals who use a combination of concocted bogeymen and lies to stay rich and in control. But while plenty of liberal scholars, entertainers, and pundits have made similar arguments in book form, Moore's Dude, Where's My Country? stands out for its thoroughly positive perspective. Granted, Moore is angry and has harsh words for George W. Bush and his fellow conservatives concerning the reasoning behind going to war in Iraq, the collapse of Enron and other companies, and the relationship between the Bushes, the Saudi Arabian government, and Osama bin Laden. But his book is intended to serve as a handbook for how people with liberal opinions (which is most of America, Moore contends, whether they call themselves "liberals" or not) can take back their country from the conservative forces in power. Moore uses his trademark brand of confrontational, exasperated humor skillfully as he offers a primer on how to change the worldview of one's annoying conservative blowhard brother-in-law, and he crafts a surprisingly thorough "Draft Oprah for President" movement. Refreshingly, Dude, Where's My Country? avoids being completely one-sided, offering up areas where Moore believes Republicans get it right as well as some cutting criticisms of his fellow lefties. Such allowances, brief though they may be, make one long for a political climate where the shouting polemicists on both sides would see a few more shades of gray. Dude, Where's My Country? is a little bit scattered, as Moore tries to cram opinions on Iraq, tax cuts, corporate welfare, Wesley Clark, and the Patriot Act into one slim volume--and the penchant to go for a laugh sometimes gets in the way of clear arguments. But such variety also gives the reader more Moore, providing a broader range of his bewildered, enraged, yet stalwartly upbeat point of view. --John Moe [via]
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Earth in the Balance : Ecology and the Human Spiritby Al GoreISBN 0452269350 (0-452-26935-0)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Earth in the Balance : Ecology and the Human Spirit'Book summary:What's most inspiring about Earth in the Balance is who wrote it. It's a big deal, after all, that a sitting senator was willing to write, "We must make the rescue of the environment the central organizing principle for civilization." And that's not all. In his 1992 book, Al Gore also wrote:
I have become very impatient with my own tendency to put a finger to the political winds and proceed cautiously.... [E]very time I pause to consider whether I have gone too far out on a limb, I look at the new facts [on the environment crisis] that continue to pour in from around the world and conclude that I have not gone far enough.... [T]he time has long since come to take more political risks--and endure more political criticism--by proposing tougher, more effective solutions and fighting hard for their enactments.
And the buzz on the street is that Gore actually wrote those words himself.
When Earth in the Balance first came out, it caused quite a stir--and for good reason. It convincingly makes the case that a crisis of epidemic proportions is nearly upon us and that if the world doesn't get its act together soon and agree to some kind of "Global Marshall Plan" to protect the environment, we're all up a polluted creek without a paddle. Myriad plagues are upon us, but the worst include the loss of biodiversity, the depletion of the ozone layer, the slash-and-burn destruction of rainforests, and the onset of global warming. None of this is new, of course, nor was it new in 1992. But most environmentalists will still get a giddy feeling reading such a call to action as written by a prominent politician.
The book is arranged into three sections: the first describes the plagues; the second looks at how we got ourselves into this mess; and the final chapters present ways out. Gore gets his points across in a serviceable way, though he could have benefited from a firmer editor's hand; at times the analogies are arcane and the pacing is odd--kind of like a Gore speech that climaxes at weird points and then sinks just as the audience is about to clap. Still, at the end you understand what's been said. Gore believes that if we apply some American ingenuity, the twin engines of democracy and capitalism can be rigged to help us stabilize world population growth, spread social justice, boost education levels, create environmentally appropriate technologies, and negotiate international agreements to bring us back from the brink. For example, a worldwide shift to clean, renewable energy sources would create huge economic opportunities for companies large and small to design, build, and maintain solar panels, wind turbines, fuel cells, and other ecofriendly innovations.
Gore doesn't mince words when describing just how hard it will be to get out of this jam. Real hope is contingent on a swelling up of concern among the public--and fast. A year into the vice presidency, in an interview with writer Bill McKibben, Gore paraphrased a key passage in his book, "The minimum that is scientifically necessary far exceeds the maximum that is politically feasible." Ah, a political out. Some readers will ask of Gore: what has he done since publishing his book to advance the political feasibility of decisive environmental action? --Chip Giller [via]
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Empire's New Clothes: Reading Hardt and Negriby Jodi Dean, Paul A. PassavantISBN 0415935555 (0-415-93555-5)
Softcover, Routledge
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The Endgame Of Globalizationby Neil SmithISBN 0415950120 (0-415-95012-0)
Hardcover, Routledge
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English As a Global Languageby David CrystalISBN 0521530326 (0-521-53032-6)
Softcover, Cambridge Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'English As a Global Language'Book summary:David Crystal's informative account of the rise of English as a global language explores the history, current status and potential of English as the international language of communication. This new edition of his classic work includes additional sections on the future of English as a world language, English on the Internet, and the possibility of an English "family" of languages. Footnotes, new tables, and a comprehensive bibliography reflect the expanded scope of the revised edition. An internationally renowned scholar in the field of language and linguistics, David Crystal received an Order of the British Empire in 1995 for his services to the English language. He is the author of several books with Cambridge, including Language and the Internet (2001), Language Death (2000), English as a Global Language (1997), Cambridge Encyclopedia of Language (1997), and Cambridge Encyclopedia of the English Language (1995) as well as Words on Words (University of Chicago, 2000). First edition Hb (1997): 0-521-59247-X First edition Pb (1998): 0-521-62994-2 [via]
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Expectations of Modernity: Myths and Meanings of Urban Life on the Zambian Copperbeltby James FergusonISBN 0520217020 (0-520-21702-0)
Softcover, Univ of California Pr
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Forces of Labor : Workers' Movements and Globalization since 1870by Beverly J. Silver, Robert H. Bates, Ellen Comisso, Peter Hall, Peter LangeISBN 0521520770 (0-521-52077-0)
Softcover, Cambridge University Press
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Framing the Bride: Globalizing Beauty and Romance in Taiwan's Bridal Industryby Bonnie AdrianISBN 0520238346 (0-520-23834-6)
Softcover, Univ of California Pr
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The Global Class War: How America's Bipartisan Elite Lost Our Future - And What It Will Take to Win It Backby Geoffrey P. FauxISBN 0471697613 (0-471-69761-3)
Hardcover, John Wiley & Sons Inc
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The Global Class War: How America's Bipartisan Elite Lost Our Future - And What It Will Take to Win It Backby Jeff FauxISBN 0470098287 (0-470-09828-7)
Softcover, John Wiley & Sons Inc
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Global Crises, Global Solutionsby Bjorn Lomborg, Bjrn LomborgISBN 0521606144 (0-521-60614-4)
Softcover, Cambridge Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Global Crises, Global Solutions'Book summary:This volume provides a uniquely rich set of arguments and data for prioritizing our responses to some of the most serious problems facing the world today, such as climate change, communicable diseases, conflicts, education, financial instability, corruption, migration, malnutrition and hunger, trade barriers, and water access. Leading economists evaluate the evidence for costs and benefits of various programs to help gauge how we can achieve the most good with our money. Each problem is introduced by a world-renowned expert analyzing the scale of the problem and describing the costs and benefits of a range of policy options to improve the situation. Shorter pieces from experts offering alternative positions are also included; all ten challenges are evaluated by a panel of economists from North America, Europe, and China who rank the most promising policy options. Global Crises, Global Solutions provides a serious, yet accessible, springboard for debate and discussion and will be required reading for government employees, NGOs, scholars and students of public policy and applied economics, and anyone with a serious professional or personal interest in global development issues. Bjørn Lomborg is Associate Professor of Statistics at the University of Aarhus and the director of the Danish Environmental Assessment Institute. He is also the author of the controversial bestseller, The Skeptical Environmentalist (Cambridge, 2001). [via]
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Global Ethnography: Forces, Connections, and Imaginations in a Postmodern Worldby Michael BurawoyISBN 0520222164 (0-520-22216-4)
Softcover, Univ of California Pr
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Global Future: The Next Challenge for Asian Businessby Peter Williamson, Frank-Jurgen Richter, Pamela C. M. Mar, Arnoud De MeyerISBN 0470821302 (0-470-82130-2)
Hardcover, John Wiley & Sons Inc
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Global Solutions for Multilingual Applications: Real-World Techniques for Developers and Designersby Chris OttISBN 0471348279 (0-471-34827-9)
Softcover, John Wiley & Sons Inc
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Globalization and Progressive Economic Policyby Dean Baker, Gerald Epstein, Robert PollinISBN 0521643767 (0-521-64376-7)
Softcover, Cambridge University Press
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Globalization: Culture and Education for a New Millenniumby Marcelo M. Suarez-Orozco, Desiree Baolian Qin-HilliardISBN 0520241258 (0-520-24125-8)
Softcover, Univ of California Pr
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Globalization: The Readerby John Benyon, David DunkerleyISBN 0415929229 (0-415-92922-9)
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Growth, Inequality, and Globalization : Theory, History, and Policyby Philippe Aghion, Jeffrey G. WilliamsonISBN 0521650704 (0-521-65070-4)
Hardcover, Cambridge University Press
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The Intimate Economies of Bangkok: Tomboys, Tycoons, and Avon Ladies in the Global Cityby Ara WilsonISBN 0520239687 (0-520-23968-7)
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The Intimate Economies of Bangkok is a multifaceted portrait of the intertwining of identities, relationships, and economics during Bangkok's boom years. Using innovative case studies of women's and men's participation in a range of modern markets--department stores, go-go bars, a popular downtown mall, a telecommunications company, and the direct sales corporations Amway and Avon--Wilson chronicles the powerful expansion of capitalist exchange into further reaches of Thai society. She shows how global economies have interacted with local systems to create new kinds of lifestyles, ranging from "tomboys" to corporate tycoons to sex workers.
Combining feminist theory with classic anthropological understandings of exchange, this historically grounded ethnography maps the reverberations of gender, sexuality, and ethnicity at the hub of Bangkok's modern economy.More editions of The Intimate Economies of Bangkok: Tomboys, Tycoons, and Avon Ladies in the Global City:
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Islands in the Netby Bruce SterlingISBN 0441374239 (0-441-37423-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Islands in the Net'Book summary:Slightly dated science fiction about the near future can be fun, especially when it evokes a strange, chaotic, and dangerous world that's uncomfortably close to our present one. Bruce Sterling's 1988 book, Islands in the Net, is a thrilling blend of high tech and low humanity. The glue that binds together this world of data pirates, mercenaries, nanotechnology, weaponry, and post-millennial voodoo is the global electronic net. You'll find jarring references to pre-Microsoft Windows computer technology, the Soviet Union, and that fancy new wonder machine--the fax. But this book has enough cool stuff to keep even a jaded cyberpunk interested. The characters are far more than mere constructs used to show off the technology, and the plot is fast, complicated, and mysterious. Veteran Sterling fans will enjoy this taste of his pre-fame style. [via]
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Learning from the Future: Competitive Foresight Scenariosby Liam Fahey, Robert M. RandallISBN 0471303526 (0-471-30352-6)
Hardcover, John Wiley & Sons Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Learning from the Future: Competitive Foresight Scenarios'Book summary:"Scenarios are now a part of every successful manager's toolkit. This book is the first comprehensive guide to the latest developments in scenario thinking written by today's leading practitioners in the field." -Napier Collyns, a pioneer of scenario planning at Dutch/Shell now Managing Director, Gloal Business Network (GBN) "In twenty years of helping companies create and plan for their futures, I have never come across a book that dealt with the use of scenario-based planning as comprehensively as this one." -David Kelley CEO, IDEO Product Development the creators of the Apple Mouse "This book is the greatest reference today on scenario planning-the preeminent tool for those who believe that the future belongs to those with the imagination to create it. The combination of scenario planning and strategy formulation can be a wondrous right brain process that galvanizes teams with a compelling vision and common purpose." -David E. Schnedler Director, Corporate Planning Sun Microsystems, Inc. "Organizations must create intellectual and organizational tension around distinctly different views of the future. Learning from the Future demonstrates why scenarios are ideally suited to generate such tension and how to use scenario learning as a steppingstone to superior strategies." -Richard Pascale, Associate Fellow of Oxford University and author of Managing on the Edge: How the Smartest Companies Use Conflict to Stay Ahead "An invaluable guide to the mind-stretching benefits of scenarios that are fully embedded in the strategic thinking process. It should be required reading for any management team embarking on scenario development so they can realize the benefits and evade the pitfalls." -George Day, Geoffrey T. Boisi Professor and Director of the Huntsman Center for Global Competition and Innovation Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania [via]
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Leviathans: Multinational Corporations And The New Global Historyby Bruce Mazlish, Alfred ChandlerISBN 0521549930 (0-521-54993-0)
Softcover, Cambridge Univ Pr
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Linked: How Everything Is Connected to Everything Else and What It Means for Business, Science, and Everyday Lifeby Albert-Laszlo BarabasiISBN 0452284392 (0-452-28439-2)
Softcover, Plume
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Barabási's gift for concrete, nonmathematical explanations and penchant for eccentric humor would make the book thoroughly enjoyable even if the content weren't engaging. But the results of Barabási's research into the behavior of networks are deeply compelling. Not all networks are created equal, he says, and he shows how even fairly robust systems like the Internet could be crippled by taking out a few super-connected nodes, or hubs. His mathematical descriptions of this behavior are helping doctors, programmers, and security professionals design systems better suited to their needs. Linked presents the next step in complexity theory--from understanding chaos to practical applications. --Rob Lightner [via]
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Maneuvers: The International Politics of Militarizing Women's Livesby Cynthia EnloeISBN 0520220714 (0-520-22071-4)
Softcover, Univ of California Pr
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Mexicana Encounters: The Making of Social Identities on the Borderlandsby Rosa Linda FregosoISBN 0520238907 (0-520-23890-7)
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The New Chinese Empire: And What It Means for the United Statesby Ross TerrillISBN 0465084133 (0-465-08413-3)
Softcover, Perseus Books Group
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The New Transnational Activismby Sidney G. TarrowISBN 0521616778 (0-521-61677-8)
Softcover, Cambridge Univ Pr
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Not Like Us: How Europeans Have Loved, Hated and Transformed American Culture Since World War IIby Richard H. PellsISBN 0465001637 (0-465-00163-7)
Softcover, Basic Books
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The Origins of Indigenism: Human Rights and the Politics of Identityby Ronald NiezenISBN 0520235568 (0-520-23556-8)
Softcover, Univ of California Pr
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The Other Path: The Economic Answer to Terrorismby Hernando DesotoISBN 0465016103 (0-465-01610-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Other Path: The Economic Answer to Terrorism'Book summary:In this, his classic book on the informal economy of Peru and the reasons why poverty can be a breeding ground for terrorists, Hernando De Soto describes the forces that keep people dependent on underground economies: the bureaucratic barriers to legal property ownership and the lack of legal structures that recognize and encourage ownership of assets. It is exactly these forces, de Soto argues, that prevent houses, land, and machines from functioning as capital does in the West--as assets that can be leveraged to create more capital. Under the Fujimori government, de Soto's Institute for Liberty and Democracy wrote dozens of laws to promote property rights and bring people out of the informal economy and into the legitimate one. The result was not only an economic boon for Peru but also the defeat of the Shining Path, the terrorist movement and black-market force that was then threatening to take over the Peruvian government. In a new preface, de Soto relates his work to the present moment, making the connection between the Shining Path in the 1980's and the Taliban today.[via]More editions of The Other Path: The Economic Answer to Terrorism:
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OUR FINAL HOUR: A Scientist's warning How Terror, Error, and Environmental Disaster Threaten Humankind's Future in This Century--On Earth and Beyondby Martin ReesISBN 0465068634 (0-465-06863-4)
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Pathologies of Power: Health, Human Rights, and the New War on the Poorby Paul Farmer, Martha SenISBN 0520243269 (0-520-24326-9)
Softcover, Univ of California Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Pathologies of Power: Health, Human Rights, and the New War on the Poor'Book summary:Pathologies of Power uses harrowing stories of life--and death--in extreme situations to interrogate our understanding of human rights. Paul Farmer, a physician and anthropologist with twenty years of experience working in Haiti, Peru, and Russia, argues that promoting the social and economic rights of the world's poor is the most important human rights struggle of our times. With passionate eyewitness accounts from the prisons of Russia and the beleaguered villages of Haiti and Chiapas, this book links the lived experiences of individual victims to a broader analysis of structural violence. Farmer challenges conventional thinking within human rights circles and exposes the relationships between political and economic injustice, on one hand, and the suffering and illness of the powerless, on the other.[via]
Farmer shows that the same social forces that give rise to epidemic diseases such as HIV and tuberculosis also sculpt risk for human rights violations. He illustrates the ways that racism and gender inequality in the United States are embodied as disease and death. Yet this book is far from a hopeless inventory of abuse. Farmer's disturbing examples are linked to a guarded optimism that new medical and social technologies will develop in tandem with a more informed sense of social justice. Otherwise, he concludes, we will be guilty of managing social inequality rather than addressing structural violence. Farmer's urgent plea to think about human rights in the context of global public health and to consider critical issues of quality and access for the world's poor should be of fundamental concern to a world characterized by the bizarre proximity of surfeit and suffering.More editions of Pathologies of Power: Health, Human Rights, and the New War on the Poor:
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Pattern Recognitionby William GibsonISBN 0425192938 (0-425-19293-8)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Pattern Recognition'Book summary:With Pattern Recognition, William Gibson, the man who introduced cyberpunk to the world, gives us his first novel set in the present. But as Gibson's imagination makes clear, our corporation-dominated, technologically advanced reality doesn't need much tweaking to take on the aura of science fiction.
If there's a fantastical element to this, the author's eighth book, it's in protagonist Cayce Pollard's special talent. Here, Gibson takes some of No Logo author Naomi Klein's ideas about branding to a logical extreme: Pollard has an instinctual, often violently intense reaction to logos, a condition that makes her valuable to advertising agencies looking for the most effective way to brand a product. This talent, however, makes a trip to a department store potentially lethal, as when she visits a London shopping emporium and is inundated by "a mountainside of Tommy [Hilfiger] coming down in her head." "Some people ingest a single peanut and their head swells like a basketball," writes Gibson. "When it happens to Cayce, it's her psyche.... When it starts, it's pure reaction, like biting down hard on a piece of foil." Pollard is also a "coolhunter" of the first order, which means she can sniff out a trend before it's even begun to be commodified. She's so good, in fact, that "she's met the very Mexican who first wore his baseball cap backwards."
With such sensitivity to our over-branded world, it's completely natural that our heroine would become fascinated by Internet footage of a film in which characters, setting, and time are completely generic--unbranded, unfixed, free. But Pollard isn't the only one obsessed by "the footage," as it's referred to, and this is where Gibson's masterful storytelling comes to the fore. Who will be the first to solve the mystery of the film's origin? Who else is trying, and for what potentially nefarious purpose? As usual the author proves adept at weaving a suspenseful narrative out of humdrum elements, such as e-mail exchanges. If there's a caveat, it's that, as with literary forefather Philip K. Dick, the Vancouver-based author's prose veers wildly from the poetic to the clunky. And his supporting characters often amount to nothing more than a combination of an unusual name and shadowy motive. But the continual barrage of ideas, and the way Gibson arranges them for maximum impact, make for a gripping and insightful glimpse into our hyperdriven consumer culture. --Shawn Conner [via]
Promoting Polyarchy: Globalization, Us Intervention, and Hegemonyby William I. RobinsonISBN 0521566916 (0-521-56691-6)
Softcover, Cambridge Univ Pr
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The Rise of the Creative Class: And How It's Transforming Work, Leisure, Community and Everyday Lifeby Richard L. FloridaISBN 0465024777 (0-465-02477-7)
Softcover, Perseus Books Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Rise of the Creative Class: And How It's Transforming Work, Leisure, Community and Everyday Life'Book summary:Many writers have commented on the massive social changes of the past few decades, but most of them have treated these shifts as something imposed on us, by technology or the marketplace. This is wrong, says Richard Florida: we've chosen to alter our values, work, and lifestyle, and for good economic reasons. Why have we done this?Florida finds the answer in the rise of a new social class. Like other classes, its basis is economic. Just as the feudal aristocracy derived its identity and values from its hereditary control of land and people, and the bourgeoisie derived its identity and values from its role as merchants of goods, the Creative Class derives its identity and values from its role as purveyors of creativity. When we see ourselves as "creative," our self-image affects the choices we make in every area of our lives.Based on a massive body of research, The Rise of the Creative Class chronicles the ongoing sea-change in people's choices and attitudes, and shows not only what's happening but also how it stems from a fundamental economic change. The Creative Class now comprises nearly forty million Americans, or more than 25% of all employed people. The choices these people make have already had a huge economic impact, and in the future they will determine how the workplace is organized, what companies will prosper or go bankrupt, and even which cities will thrive or wither.[via]More editions of The Rise of the Creative Class: And How It's Transforming Work, Leisure, Community and Everyday Life:
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The Rise of the Virtual State: Wealth and Power in the Coming Centuryby Richard RosecranceISBN 0465071422 (0-465-07142-2)
Softcover, Basic Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Rise of the Virtual State: Wealth and Power in the Coming Century'Book summary:What will power look like in the century to come? Imperial Great Britain may have been the model for the nineteenth century, Richard Rosecrance writes, but Hong Kong will be the model for the twenty-first. We are entering the Age of the Virtual State - when land and its products are no longer the primary source of power, when managing flows is more important than maintaining stockpiles, when service industries are the greatest source of wealth and expertise and creativity are the greatest natural resources.Rosecrances brilliant new book combines international relations theory with economics and the business model of the virtual corporation to describe how virtual states arise and operate, and how traditional powers will relate to them. In specific detail, he shows why Japans kereitsu system, which brought it industrial dominance, is doomed; why Hong Kong and Taiwan will influence China more than vice-versa; and why the European Union will command the most international prestige even though the U.S. may produce more wealth.[via]More editions of The Rise of the Virtual State: Wealth and Power in the Coming Century:
Roosevelt & Hitler: Prelude to Warby Robert Edwin HerzsteinISBN 0471033413 (0-471-03341-3)
Softcover, John Wiley & Sons Inc
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Second Chance: Three Presidents and the Crisis of American Superpowerby Zbigniew BrzezinskiISBN 0465002528 (0-465-00252-8)
Hardcover, Perseus Books Group
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The Skeptical Environmentalist: Measuring the Real State of the Worldby Bjrn LomborgISBN 0521010683 (0-521-01068-3)
Softcover, Cambridge Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Skeptical Environmentalist: Measuring the Real State of the World'Book summary:According to The Skeptical Environmentalist the hole in the Ozone Layer is healing. The Amazon has shrunk by only 14 per cent since the arrival of Man. Only 0.7 per cent of species will be driven to extinction over the next 50 years. Even the poorest humans are getting richer by the year. Things are not good enough; but they are far, far better than we have been taught to believe. Lomborg, a professor of statistics and a former Greenpeace member, reveals the complexity, confusion, and (rarely) misuse of data behind the current Litany of approaching environmental Armageddon. But this is not a comforting or reassuring read. Nor is it a bible for lackeys and do-nothings. Lomborg uses the same figures everyone else uses, from national governments to the Kyoto summit to Greenpeace. Rarely have the raw data been discussed in such detail: their history, how they are calculated, their strengths, and their weaknesses. Lomborg argues persuasively that our sense of approaching human and environmental disaster is an artefact of the valid work of modern scientific, environmental and media institutions. There is, he asserts, no one to blame for our growing sense of despair, but everything to learn. We must learn what real risks are, and what we can do about them. (Kyoto? A very bad idea...) We must prioritise. (30p on the organic basil? Or 30p to buy a child clean water in Sierra Leone?) There is, after all, room for manoeuvre; panic achieves nothing. This is our generation's Silent Spring: a book to rewrite the environmental agenda, and a must-buy for any parent who wonders what kind of world we are leaving for our children.--Simon Ings [via]
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A Small Placeby Jamaica KincaidISBN 0452262356 (0-452-26235-6)
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States in the Global Economy: Bringing Domestic Institutions Back inby Linda WeissISBN 0521525381 (0-521-52538-1)
Softcover, Cambridge Univ Pr
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Terror in the Mind of God: The Global Rise of Religious Violenceby Mark JuergensmeyerISBN 0520232062 (0-520-23206-2)
Softcover, Univ of California Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Terror in the Mind of God: The Global Rise of Religious Violence'Book summary:Completely revised and updated, this new edition of Terror in the Mind of God incorporates the events of September 11, 2001 into Mark Juergensmeyer's landmark study of religious terrorism. Juergensmeyer explores the 1993 World Trade Center explosion, Hamas suicide bombings, the Tokyo subway nerve gas attack, and the killing of abortion clinic doctors in the United States. His personal interviews with 1993 World Trade Center bomber Mahmud Abouhalima, Christian Right activist Mike Bray, Hamas leaders Sheik Yassin and Abdul Azis Rantisi, and Sikh political leader Simranjit Singh Mann, among others, take us into the mindset of those who perpetrate and support violence in the name of religion.[via]More editions of Terror in the Mind of God: The Global Rise of Religious Violence:
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Thunderbird: On Global Business Strategyby American Graduate School of International Management Thunderbird, Robert E. GrosseISBN 0471326062 (0-471-32606-2)
Hardcover, John Wiley & Sons Inc
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Transforming Gender and Development in East Asiaby Esther Ngan-Ling ChowISBN 0415924928 (0-415-92492-8)
Softcover, Routledge
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The Two-Income Trap: Why Middle-Class Mothers and Fathers Are Going Brokeby Eliz Warren, Amelia Warren TyagiISBN 0465090826 (0-465-09082-6)
Hardcover, Perseus Books Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Two-Income Trap: Why Middle-Class Mothers and Fathers Are Going Broke'Book summary:More than two decades ago, the women's movement flung open the doors of the workplace. Although this social revolution created a firestorm of controversy, no one questioned the idea that women's involvement in the workforce was certain to improve families' financial lot. Until now.In this brilliantly argued book, Harvard Law School bankruptcy expert Elizabeth Warren and business consultant Amelia Tyagi show that today's middle-class parents are suffering from an unprecedented and totally unexpected economic meltdown. Astonishingly, sending mothers to work has made families more vulnerable than ever before. Today's two-income family earns 75% more money than its single-income counterpart of a generation ago, but actually has less discretionary income once their fixed monthly bills are paid.How did this happen? Warren and Tyagi provide convincing evidence that the culprit is not "overconsumption," as many critics have charged. Instead, they point to the ferocious bidding war for housing and education that has quietly engulfed America's suburbs. Stay-at-home mothers once provided a financial safety net if disaster struck; their move into the workforce has left today's families chillingly at risk. The authors show why the usual remedies--child-support enforcement, subsidized daycare, and higher salaries for women--won't solve the problem, and propose a set of innovative solutions, from rate caps on credit cards to open-access public schools, to restore security to the middle class. [via]
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The Two-Income Trap: Why Middle-Class Parents are Going Brokeby Eliz Warren, Amelia Warren TyagiISBN 0465090907 (0-465-09090-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Two-Income Trap: Why Middle-Class Parents are Going Broke'Book summary:In this revolutionary exposé, Harvard Law School bankruptcy expert Elizabeth Warren and financial consultant Amelia Tyagi show that today's middle-class parents are increasingly trapped by financial meltdowns. Astonishingly, sending mothers to work has made families more vulnerable to financial disaster than ever before. Today's two-income family earns 75% more money than its single-income counterpart of a generation ago, but has 25% less discretionary income to cover living costs. This is "the rare financial book that sidesteps accusations of individual wastefulness to focus on institutional changes," raved the Boston Globe. Warren and Tyagi reveal how the ferocious bidding war for housing and education has silently engulfed America's suburbs, driving up the cost of keeping families in the middle class. The authors show why the usual remedies-child-support enforcement, subsidized daycare, and higher salaries for women-won't solve the problem. But as the Wall Street Journal observed, "The book is brimming with proposed solutions to the nail-biting anxiety that the middle class finds itself in: subsidized day care, school vouchers, new bank regulation, among other measures." From Senator Edward M. Kennedy to Dr. Phil to Bill Moyers, The Two-Income Trap has created a sensation among economists, politicians, and families-all those who care about America's middle-class crisis.[via]More editions of The Two-Income Trap: Why Middle-Class Parents are Going Broke:
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Uncommon Groundsby Mark PendergrastISBN 0465054676 (0-465-05467-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Uncommon Grounds'Book summary:Since its discovery in an Ethiopian rainforest centuries ago, coffee has brewed up a rich and troubled history, according to Uncommon Grounds, a sweeping book by business writer Mark Pendergrast. Over the years, the beverage has fomented revolution, spurred deforestation, enriched a few while impoverishing the many, and addicted millions with its psychoactive caffeine. Coffee is now the world's second most valuable legal commodity, behind oil, according to Pendergrast, who is also author of For God, Country, and Coca-Cola.
"A good cup of coffee can turn the worst day tolerable, can provide an all-important moment of contemplation, can rekindle a romance," he writes. "And yet, poetic as its taste may be, coffee's history is rife with controversy and politics." For example, coffee bankrolled Idi Amin's genocidal regime in Uganda and the Sandinistas' revolution in Nicaragua. Uncommon Grounds provides some fascinating tidbits. Did you know that coffeehouses helped spawn the French and American revolutions? Or that coffee supplanted alcohol as a favorite breakfast drink in Britain in the late 1600s, and later became a patriotic American beverage after the Boston Tea Party? Pendergrast also details the rise and fall of regional coffee brands in the United States, the role of advertising in the industry, the global economic impact of coffee prices, and the recent emergence of specialty-coffee retailers--Starbucks, for example. Finally, he explores the social and environmental ramifications of coffee and highlights recent attempts to encourage a livable wage and environmental protection in coffee-producing nations such as Brazil. Pendergrast also includes an appendix on "how to brew the perfect cup." This wide-ranging book is a good read for those curious about the history and context behind that morning cup of coffee, as well as for those strictly interested in the business side of the industry. --Dan Ring [via]
Where the World Ended: Re-Unification and Identity in the German Borderlandby Daphne BerdahlISBN 0520214773 (0-520-21477-3)
Softcover, Univ of California Pr
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Women's Activism and Globalization: Linking Local Struggles and Transnational Politicsby Nancy A. Naples, Manisha DesaiISBN 0415931452 (0-415-93145-2)
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The World and the West: The European Challenge and the Overseas Response in the Age of Empireby Philip D. CurtinISBN 0521890543 (0-521-89054-3)
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World Inflation Since 1950: An International Comparative Studyby Arthur Joseph BrownISBN 0521303516 (0-521-30351-6)
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World Politics: Trend And Transformationby Charles W. KegleyISBN 0495187062 (0-495-18706-2)
Softcover, Cengage Learning
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World Politics With Infotrac: Trend and Transformationby Charles W. KegleyISBN 0534574424 (0-534-57442-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'World Politics With Infotrac: Trend and Transformation'Book summary:As the best selling text in International Relations, WORLD POLITICS: TREND AND TRANSFORMATION is a trusted balance in coverage and approach unmatched by any other text for the course. Analyzing both historical and contemporary trends and developments, utilizing theoretical concepts, and weaving in the interactions of global actors, WORLD POLITICS: TREND AND TRANSFORMATION resists the temptation to overly simplify world politics but presents the material in a thought-provoking yet accessible manner. The major theories of realism and liberalism frame the dynamics of international relations in this text; however, newly advanced theories such as constructivism are also explored. In addition, major actors and current issues such as global welfare, international economics, ecology, and the environment are covered, as well as issues of global conflict, including the changing face of terrorism, national security, warfare, and approaches to peace. Carefully and meticulously revised in this Ninth Edition to reflect global changes and developments and the emergence of new issues on the global agenda, WORLD POLITICS: TREND AND TRANSFORMATION prepares the student to discuss the unfolding topics in world affairs and sensitizes them to their need as world citizens to think more critically about the moral implications of global circumstances and policies designed to alleviate human suffering. [via]
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