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Why Deals Fail
And How to Rescue Them
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2016
The combined value of all M&A deals from 1980 to the end of 2015 was almost 65 trillion—bigger than the current annual world economy value outside the US. In that same period, almost 900,000 deals were announced. Many were questionable, as Why Deals Fail shows. With companies expected to continue...
Economics
Making sense of the modern economy
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2015
The world of economics is changing. Years of turmoil in the global economy mean that nothing will ever be quite the same again.
This is the starting point and theme of this radically revised Economist books classic, now available for the first time in America.
Richard Davies, economics...
Guide to Hedge Funds
What they are, what they do, their risks, their advantages
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2014
In 1990 hedge funds managed some 39 billion of assets and were almost unknown. By 2008 that figure had grown to almost 2 trillion and hedge funds were being blamed by some for contributing to the credit crunch and demonised by others for their greed. The rise of the industry has created a new bunch...
The Great Disruption
How business is coping with turbulent times
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2015
The Great Disruption is a collection drawn from Adrian Wooldridge's influential Schumpeter columns in The Economist addressing the causes and profound consequences of the unprecedented disruption of business over the past five years.
The Great Disruption has many causes. The internet is spreading...
In Days to Come
A New Hope for Israel
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2018
"The first childhood memory I have of my father is linked to the destruction of empires--the collapse of a world order that had once seemed eternal."
So begins Avraham Burg's authoritative and deeply personal inquiry into the ambitions and failures of Israel and Judaism worldwide.
Born...
Let Fury Have the Hour
Joe Strummer, Punk, and the Movement that Shook the World
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2012
Joe Strummer's untimely death at the age of fifty in December 2002 took from us one of the truly unique voices of modern music. The quintessential Rude Boy, punker, rebel musician, artist and activist, Strummer wrote some of the most important and influential music of the last century including "Guns...
by Gary Younge
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2011
From those who insist that Barack Obama is Muslim to the European legislators who go to extraordinary lengths to ban items of clothing worn by a tiny percentage of their populations, Gary Younge shows, in this fascinating, witty, and provocative examination of the enduring legacy and obsession with...
A Heartbeat and a Guitar
Johnny Cash and the Making of Bitter Tears
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2009
A Heartbeat and a Guitar tells of the collaboration of two distinct yet connected musicians-iconoclast Johnny Cash and pioneering folk artist Peter La Farge-and the album they created, Bitter Tears: Ballads of the American Indian. It also tells of the unique personal, political, and cultural struggles...
Invisible Man, Got the Whole World Watching
A Young Black Man's Education
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2016
New York Times Book Review Editor's Choice
How do you learn to be a black man in America? For young black men today, it means coming of age during the presidency of Barack Obama. It means witnessing the deaths of Oscar Grant, Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown, Akai Gurley, and too many more. It...
Ask Me About My Uterus
A Quest to Make Doctors Believe in Women's Pain
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2018
For any woman who has experienced illness, chronic pain, or endometriosis comes an inspiring memoir advocating for recognition of women's health issues
In the fall of 2010, Abby Norman's strong dancer's body dropped forty pounds and gray hairs began to sprout from her temples. She was repeatedly...
Perpetual War for Perpetual Peace
How We Got to Be So Hated
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2002
The United States has been engaged in what the great historian Charles A. Beard called "perpetual war for perpetual peace." The Federation of American Scientists has cataloged nearly 200 military incursions since 1945 in which the United States has been the aggressor. In a series of penetrating...
Empire of Illusion
The End of Literacy and the Triumph of Spectacle
Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2009
A prescient book that forecast the culture that gave rise to Trump -- a society beholden to empty spectacle and obsession with image at the expense of reality, reason, and truth.
An instant bestseller, Empire of Illusion is a striking and unsettling exploration of illusion and fantasy in contemporary...
The Rebel of Rangoon
A Tale of Defiance and Deliverance in Burma
Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2015
One of Kirkus Reviews Best Books of 2015
An epic, multigenerational story of courage and sacrifice set in a tropical dictatorship, The Rebel of Rangoon captures a gripping moment of possibility in Burma (Myanmar)
Once the shining promise of Southeast Asia, Burma in May 2009 ranks among...
Stripping Bare the Body
Politics Violence War
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2009
For the past two decades, Mark Danner has reported from Latin America, Haiti, the Balkans, and the Middle East. His perceptive, award-winning dispatches have not only explored the real consequences of American engagement with the world, but also the relationship between political violence and power....