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China's Second Continent: How a Million Migrants Are Building a New Empire in Africa
Howard W French · Alfred A. Knopf, 2014.
Pages: 285
Format: Paperback |
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A New York Times Notable Book One of the Best Books of the Year at * The Economist * The Guardian * Foreign AffairsChinese immigrants of the recent past and unfolding twenty-first century are in search of the African dream. So explains indefatigable traveler Howard W. French, prize-winning... |
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The Party's Over: How the Extreme Right Hijacked the GOP and I Became a Democrat
Charlie Crist · Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
Pages: 352 |
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Charlie Crist, the former Republican governor of Florida, spent years in the party's inner circle. In this no-holds-barred memoir, he shows why he switched sides and became a Democrat.After serving as a Republican governor - one who was on the short list for the vice presidency in 2008... |
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Finerman's Rules: Secrets I'd Only Tell My Daughters About Business and Life
Karen Finerman · Business Plus
Format: Hardcover |
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Karen Finerman likes to tell people she was raised Calvinist. Or as her mother used to say, I buy my girls Calvin Klein clothes... Then when they graduate from college, they have to figure out how to pay for them themselves. In order to keep herself in Calvin, Karen went to work on Wall... |
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Promises Kept: Raising Black Boys to Succeed in School and in Life
Michele Stephenson · Speigel & Grau
Pages: 346
Format: Paperback |
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As seen on PBS's POVAn unprecedented guide to helping black boys achieve success at every stage of their lives - at home, at school, and in the world Regardless of how wealthy or poor their parents are, all black boys must confront and surmount the "achievement gap": a divide... |
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Life after College: Ten Steps to Build a Life You Love
Tori Randolph Terhune · Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Format: Hardcover |
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Whether employed or not upon completing their college degree, most people experience a significant “culture shock” while transitioning from student to professional life. In Life After College: Ten Steps to Build a Life You Love, authors Tori Randolph Terhune and Betsy A. Hays... |
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What Works: Common Sense Solutions for a Stronger America
Cal Thomas · Zondervan,
Pages: 224
Format: Print book |
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Cal Thomas asks, Why must we constantly refight the same battles over and over? Why don't we consult the past and use common sense in order to see that what others have discovered can still work today? Our politics and even our spiritual lives too often resemble the film "Groundhog... |
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