Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity and Poverty
Daron Acemoglu and James A. Robinson
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Shortlisted for the Financial Times and Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award 2012. Why are...
Why the Beach Boys Matter
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via Edelweiss "The musical, historical, and cultural argument for the centrality of the Beach...
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Fear and Loathing in La Liga: Barcelona vs Real Madrid
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It's Messi vs Ronaldo, it's Catalonia vs Castilla. It's the nation against the state, freedom...
Economic Struggle for Power in Tito's Yugoslavia: From World War II to Non-Alignment
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Here, Vladimir Unkovski-Korica re-assesses the key episodes of Tito's rule - from the joint...
A Lady of Cotton: Hannah Greg, Mistress of Quarry Bank Mill
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In 1789 Hannah Lightbody, a well-educated and intelligent young woman of means, married Samuel Greg...
The Blood of Emmett Till
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This extraordinary New York Times bestseller reexamines a pivotal event of the civil rights...
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Trade and Empire in Early Nineteenth-Century Southeast Asia: Gillian Maclaine and His Business Network
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This book explores European mercantile activity in Southeast Asia at a time when trade in this part...
The Politics and Philosophy of Chinese Power: The Timeless and the Timely
R. James Ferguson and Rosita Dellios
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This book provides a timely analysis of the politics, philosophy, and history of Chinese power,...
On Friendship
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Friends are a constant feature of our lives, yet friendship itself is difficult to define. Even...
And the Band Played On: Politics, People, and the AIDS Epidemic
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A masterpiece of investigative reporting, And the Band Played On is the definitive history of the...