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The Time Has Come: Why Men Must Join the Gender Equality Revolution
Michael Kaufman - Counterpoint
Format: Hardcover
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"For too long the struggle for the rights of women and girls was seen as women's business. Of course, it's equally men's business and stops being such a struggle when it's seen that way. This reframing gives us a chance to understand violence against women as deeply toxic for us all."... |
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Money, Power, and the People: The American Struggle to Make Banking Democratic
Christopher W. Shaw - University of Chicago Press; First edition
Format: Hardcover
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Banks and bankers are hardly the most beloved institutions and people in this country. With its corruptive influence on politics and stranglehold on the American economy, Wall Street is held in high regard by few outside the financial sector. But the pitchforks raised against this behemoth... |
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The New China Playbook: Beyond Socialism and Capitalism
KEYU JIN - Penguin Audio
Format: Audiobook
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From prominent economist Keyu Jin comes a myth-dispelling, comprehensive guide to the burgeoning Chinese economy, and her clear-eyed views on its path to ascendancy as the world's leading financial powerChina's economy has been booming for decades now. A formidable and emerging... |
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The Fight to Save the Town: Reimagining Discarded America
Michelle Wilde Anderson
Format: Hardcover
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A sweeping and authoritative study of wealth inequality and the dismantling of local government in four working-class cities across the US that passionately argues for reinvestment in people-centered leadership. Decades of cuts to local government amidst rising concentrations of poverty... |
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Renters' Rights
Janet Portman Attorney
Format: Paperback(Tenth Edition)
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The landlord ignores your repair requests. Your roommates are once again late with their share of the rent. Your upstairs neighbors party all the time. The landlord won't return your security deposit. How can you deal with these problems -- and others -- or prevent them from happening... |
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Rebel Ideas: The Power of Diverse Thinking
Matthew Syed - Flatiron Books
Format: Hardcover
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Ideas are everywhere, but those with the greatest problem-solving, business-transforming, and life-changing potential are often hard to identify. Even when we recognize good ideas, applying them to everyday obstacles -- whether in the workplace, our homes, or our civic institutions -- can seem... |
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The Future Is Asian
Parag Khanna - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover
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In the 19th century, the world was Europeanized. In the 20th century, it was Americanized. Now, in the 21st century, the world is being Asianized.The "Asian Century" is even bigger than you think. Far greater than just China, the new Asian system taking shape is a multi-civilizational... |
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The Genius of Israel: The Surprising Resilience of a Divided Nation in a Turbulent World
Dan Senor - Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover
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How has a small nation of 9 million people, forced to fight for its existence and security since its founding and riven by ethnic, religious, and economic divides, proven resistant to so many of the societal ills plaguing other wealthy democracies?. Why do Israelis have among the world's... |
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