Jobs for Development: Challenges and Solutions in Different Country Settings
Gordon Betcherman and Martin Rama
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This book is a sequel to the World Bank's World Development Report 2013: Jobs. The central message...
Building the Skyline: The Birth and Growth of Manhattan's Skyscrapers
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The Manhattan skyline is one of the great wonders of the modern world. But how and why did it form?...
Hercules the Bear: A Gentle Giant in the Family: the Moving Biography of the 'Untameable' Grizzly Bear Who Became a National Hero
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When Scottish Ladies Show-Jumping Champion Maggie Nimmo married British Commonwealth Wrestling...
Ice Journey: A Story of Adventure, Escape and Salvation
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Ice Journey is the biography of Vietnam veteran Dave Morgan, a self confessed ordinary bloke who has...
Ireland: The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture
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The island of Ireland is famous for its timeless beauty, the variety of its landscape, its quiet...
Prospects for Resilience: Insight from New York City's Jamaica Bay
Eric W. Sanderson, William D. Solecki, John R. Waldman and Adam S. Parris
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Given the realities of climate change and sea level rise, coastal cities around the world are...
Resilient Cities: Overcoming Fossil-Fuel Dependence
Timothy Beatley, Peter Newman and Heather Boyer
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What does it mean to be a resilient city in the age of a changing climate and growing inequity? As...
Bike Boom: The Unexpected Resurgence of Cycling
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Cycling advocates envisage a future in which bikes are a widespread daily form of transportation....
Land Rover: The Story of the Car That Conquered the World
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As quintessentially British as a plate of fish and chips or a British Bulldog, the boxy, utilitarian...
Cape Verde Marco Polo Guide
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Marco Polo Cape Verde: The Travel Guide with Insider Tips Explore the Cape Verde Islands with Marco...