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Leading the way to development This book is a practical and accessible guide to understanding the role and mission of the United Nations Development Programme, providing you with the essential information and saving time. In 50 minutes you will be able to:    • Understand...

Understand the Great Recession in no time! Find out everything you need to know about this key moment in contemporary economic history with this practical and accessible guide. The burst of the property bubble in the USA in 2008 saw millions of families evicted from their homes and soon led...

Understand Black Monday in no time! Find out everything you need to know about this major financial crisis with this practical and accessible guide. On 19 October 1987, a number of factors came together to cause an unexpected drop in share prices on the New York Stock Exchange, with the Dow...

Anticipate crises and adapt to a changing business world This book is a practical and accessible guide to understanding and implementing the Greiner growth model, providing you with the essential information and saving time. ** ***In 50 minutes you will be able to: *    • Identify...

Find out how Amazon conquered the world in just 50 minutes!In less than two decades, Amazon grew from a startup to become the world leader in online shopping, with hundreds of millions of customers around the world. However, the future did not always look so bright for the internet giant: its unconventional...

Understand the workings of the OECD in no time! Find out everything you need to know about this important global organisation with this practical and accessible guide.When the Second World War came to an end in 1945, the European economy was in ruins. It was decided that a plan of economic revival was...

Keen to learn but short on time? Get to grips with the events of the Battle of Stalingrad in next to no time with this concise guide.50Minutes.com provides a clear and engaging analysis of the Battle of Stalingrad. In August 1942, three years after the start of the Second World War, Nazi Germany and...

Keen to learn but short on time? Get to grips with the events of the 1948 Palestine War in next to no time with this concise guide. 50Minutes.com provides a clear and engaging analysis of the 1948 Palestine War. On 15 May 1948, David Ben-Gurion formally proclaimed the establishment of the State...

Keen to learn but short on time? Find out everything you need to know about the life and work of Gustav Klimt in just 50 minutes with this straightforward and engaging guide! Gustav Klimt was one of the most influential artists of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and helped to revolutionise...

Keen to learn but short on time? Find out everything you need to know about the life and work of Jane Austen in just 50 minutes with this straightforward and engaging guide! During her lifetime, Jane Austen lived in relative obscurity; she was the daughter of a clergyman and rarely ventured...

Keen to learn but short on time? Find out everything you need to know about the life and work of Émile Zola in just 50 minutes with this straightforward and engaging guide! Émile Zola was the leading figure of the 19th-century literary movement of naturalism and remains one of France’s...

Keen to learn but short on time? Find out everything you need to know about the life and work of Agatha Christie in just 50 minutes with this straightforward and engaging guide! Few writers have ever shaped a genre to the extent that Agatha Christie influenced crime fiction. The prolific British...

Keen to learn but short on time? Find out everything you need to know about the life and work of Leonardo da Vinci in just 50 minutes with this straightforward and engaging guide! Leonardo da Vinci was an artist, inventor and engineer who was renowned as one of the leading figures of the Italian...

Keen to learn but short on time? Find out everything you need to know about the life and work of Michelangelo in just 50 minutes with this straightforward and engaging guide! Michelangelo is one of the most influential artists in Western art history, and his works, including his famed sculpture...