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The Water Defenders

How Ordinary People Saved a Country from Corporate Greed

by Robin Broad, John Cavanagh ...

Series series Latinographix
In their acclaimed book The Water Defenders, Robin Broad and John Cavanagh told the story of activists in San Isidro, El Salvador, who fought multinational mining corporation OceanaGold and won—protecting their drinking water and environment from irreparable harm—despite great personal danger. Now, Jon Sack’s captivating graphic adaptation brings the story to new audiences and with new urgency, as ... Read more

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In their acclaimed book The Water Defenders, Robin Broad and John Cavanagh told the story of activists in San Isidro, El Salvador, who fought multinational mining corporation OceanaGold and won—protecting their drinking water and environment from irreparable harm—despite great personal danger. Now, Jon Sack’s captivating graphic adaptation brings the story to new audiences and with new urgency, as
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The Dawn of Aeronautics: 10 Outstanding Aeronautical Books

Jane's All the World's Aircraft. 1913, Aeroplane Construction and Operation, Flying Machines: Construction and Operation, etc.

by Robert B. Meyer, V. E. Johnson, Fred T. Jane, John B. Rathbun, Thomas Herbert Russell, William J. Jackman, Octave Chanute, William D. Ennis, Charles B. Hayward, William G. Krueger, George Anthony Cavanagh, Alfred Powell Morgan ...

The Dawn of Aeronautics: 10 Outstanding Aeronautical Books is a captivating collection that provides a panoramic view of the nascent field of aeronautics. This anthology unveils the pivotal moments and innovative ideas that laid the groundwork for modern aviation. From technical manuals to visionary essays, the works showcase an impressive variety of literary styles, each contributing to the rich ... Read more

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The Dawn of Aeronautics: 10 Outstanding Aeronautical Books is a captivating collection that provides a panoramic view of the nascent field of aeronautics. This anthology unveils the pivotal moments and innovative ideas that laid the groundwork for modern aviation. From technical manuals to visionary essays, the works showcase an impressive variety of literary styles, each contributing to the rich
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Aviation Enthusiast's Library: 37 Books on Airplanes

The First Airplane Diesel Engine, Learning to Fly, Flying Machines Today, Gypsy Flight, etc.

by Robert B. Meyer, V. E. Johnson, Claude Grahame-White, Harry Harper, John B. Rathbun, Harry E. Maule, William D. Ennis, Charles B. Hayward, George Anthony Cavanagh, Alfred Powell Morgan, Stuart Walcott, W. LeMaitre, Jim Ray, C. B. Galbreath, Margaret Burnham, Herbert Strang, Edward Sylvester Ellis, Percy F. Westerman, L. Frank Baum, Gordon Stuart, Graham M. Dean, Roy J. Snell, James R. Driscoll, Roy Rockwood, E. J. Craine, Noel Sainsbury, Stanley R. Matthews, Robert Shaler, Herbert Eugene Ives ...

Aviation Enthusiast's Library: 37 Books on Airplanes is a comprehensive anthology that captures the awe-inspiring breadth of aviation's literary tapestry. Encompassing an array of themes, this collection chronicles the evolution of flight through diverse literary styles, from technical expositions and daring adventure tales to visionary reflections on the role of aviation in shaping modernity. The ... Read more

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Aviation Enthusiast's Library: 37 Books on Airplanes is a comprehensive anthology that captures the awe-inspiring breadth of aviation's literary tapestry. Encompassing an array of themes, this collection chronicles the evolution of flight through diverse literary styles, from technical expositions and daring adventure tales to visionary reflections on the role of aviation in shaping modernity. The
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Alternatives to Economic Globalization

by John Cavanagh, Jerry Manders ...

Written by a premier group of 21 thinkers from around the world, the second edition of Alternatives to Economic Globalization lays out democratic, ecologically sound, socially just alternatives to corporate globalization more fully, specifically, and thoughtfully than has ever been done before. Focusing on constructive, achievable goals, the authors present ten governing principles for ... Read more

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Written by a premier group of 21 thinkers from around the world, the second edition of Alternatives to Economic Globalization lays out democratic, ecologically sound, socially just alternatives to corporate globalization more fully, specifically, and thoughtfully than has ever been done before. Focusing on constructive, achievable goals, the authors present ten governing principles for
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Alcoholic Beverages

by John Cavanagh, Frederick F. Clairmonte ...

Series series Routledge Library Editions: Alcohol and Alcoholism
For most of the post-war period, alcohol problems had been viewed primarily as individual problems. During the 1970s and 1980s, research highlighted the importance of larger socio-economic factors in shaping drinking levels, patterns and problems. However, it largely ignored a paramount force which shaped this larger socio-economic environment: the modern multinational corporation.The aim of this ... Read more

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For most of the post-war period, alcohol problems had been viewed primarily as individual problems. During the 1970s and 1980s, research highlighted the importance of larger socio-economic factors in shaping drinking levels, patterns and problems. However, it largely ignored a paramount force which shaped this larger socio-economic environment: the modern multinational corporation.The aim of this
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The Water Defenders

How Ordinary People Saved a Country from Corporate Greed

by Robin Broad, John Cavanagh ...

**Winner of the 2021 Duke University Juan Mendez AwardNamed one of The Progressive’s “Favorite Books of 2021” and one of the “Best of Books 2021” by Foreign Affairs**The David and Goliath story of ordinary people in El Salvador who rallied together with international allies to prevent a global mining corporation from poisoning the country’s main water sourceAt a time when countless communities are ... Read more

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**Winner of the 2021 Duke University Juan Mendez AwardNamed one of The Progressive’s “Favorite Books of 2021” and one of the “Best of Books 2021” by Foreign Affairs**The David and Goliath story of ordinary people in El Salvador who rallied together with international allies to prevent a global mining corporation from poisoning the country’s main water sourceAt a time when countless communities are
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Pink Floyd's The Piper at the Gates of Dawn

by John Cavanagh ...

Series series 33 1/3
Through a series of interviews with a wide range of people connected to Pink Floyd in their earliest days (including Nick Mason, Peter Jenner, Jenny Fabian, Storm Thorgerson, Duggie Fields and Peter Whitehead), John Cavanagh paints a vivid picture of how this remarkable debut album was created. He brings to life the stories behind each track, as well as Pink Floyd's groundbreaking live ... Read more

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Through a series of interviews with a wide range of people connected to Pink Floyd in their earliest days (including Nick Mason, Peter Jenner, Jenny Fabian, Storm Thorgerson, Duggie Fields and Peter Whitehead), John Cavanagh paints a vivid picture of how this remarkable debut album was created. He brings to life the stories behind each track, as well as Pink Floyd's groundbreaking live
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Pink Floyd's The Piper at the Gates of Dawn

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Through a series of interviews with a wide range of people connected to Pink Floyd in their earliest days (including Nick Mason, Peter Jenner, Jenny Fabian, Storm Thorgerson, Duggie Fields and Peter Whitehead), John Cavanagh paints a vivid picture of how this remarkable debut album was created. He brings to life the stories behind each track, as well as Pink Floyd's groundbreaking live ... Read more

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Through a series of interviews with a wide range of people connected to Pink Floyd in their earliest days (including Nick Mason, Peter Jenner, Jenny Fabian, Storm Thorgerson, Duggie Fields and Peter Whitehead), John Cavanagh paints a vivid picture of how this remarkable debut album was created. He brings to life the stories behind each track, as well as Pink Floyd's groundbreaking live
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Global Backlash

Citizen Initiatives for a Just World Economy

by Academic Consortium on International Trade, Dean Acheson, Action Canada Network, Alliance for Responsible Trade, Kofi Annan, Bama Athreya, Maude Barlow, Walden Bello, Patrick J. Buchanan, Gary Burtless, John Cavanagh, Suzanne Charle, Frank Church, Citizens Trade Campaign, Terry Collingsworth, Joseph Collins, Lance Compa, Michael Conroy, Maria Lorena Cook, Coordinadora de Defensa del Agua y de la Vida, Alan Durning, Rose Benz Ericson, Forest Stewardship Council, Homero Fuentes, Jacques B. Gelinas, Steven Gorelick, Angela Hale, Pharis Harvey, Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, Zahara Heckscher, Hemispheric Social Alliance, Rohini Hensman, International Confederation of Free Trade Unions, International Forum on Globalization, Jubilee South, Martin Khor, Francis Moore Lappe, Robert Z. Lawrence, Levi Strauss & Co, Jerome Levinson, Robert E. Litan, Subcomandante Marcos, Iqbal Masih, Allan H. Meltzer, Todd Merrifield, Mexican Action Network on Free Trade, Helena Norberg-Hodge, Research Foundation for Science, Technology and Ecology, Jeremy Rifkin, Walter Rodney, Robin Round, Scholars Against Sweatshop Labor, Robert J. Shapiro, Dennis Smith, John J. Sweeney, Wada Taw-il, Blair Underwood, United Nations General Assembly, United States of America, Mark Weisbrot ...

Series series New Millennium Books in International Studies
Global Backlash is the first book to move beyond the monolithic portrayal of the globalization protests that have escalated since Seattle and are not likely to abate soon. With trenchant analysis and dozens of primary documents from a variety of popular and uncommon sources, Robin Broad explores proposals and initiatives coming from the backlash to answer the question, 'But what do they want?' A ... Read more

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Global Backlash is the first book to move beyond the monolithic portrayal of the globalization protests that have escalated since Seattle and are not likely to abate soon. With trenchant analysis and dozens of primary documents from a variety of popular and uncommon sources, Robin Broad explores proposals and initiatives coming from the backlash to answer the question, 'But what do they want?' A
... Read more
State Of The Union 1994

The Clinton Administration And The Nation In Profile

by Richard Caplan, John Feffer, Gerald Horne, John Cavanagh ...

Clinton rode into office on the promise of "change." It was a safe, content- free slogan. After all, in recent years, the most radical proposals for change have come not from the Democrats but from the Republican right. "Change" could mean the further downsizing of government and neglect of social problems, or, of course, the reversal of these trends. When they went to the polls in 1992, however, ... Read more

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Clinton rode into office on the promise of "change." It was a safe, content- free slogan. After all, in recent years, the most radical proposals for change have come not from the Democrats but from the Republican right. "Change" could mean the further downsizing of government and neglect of social problems, or, of course, the reversal of these trends. When they went to the polls in 1992, however,
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A Selection of Satirical and Licentious Verse of John Wilmot 2nd Earl of Rochester

by John Wilmot 2nd Earl of Rochester, Neil Azevedo ...

Series Book 7 - The Reader's Library
A thoroughly representative selection of the poetry of John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester. Rochester (1647–1680) was among the worst (best?) of the Restoration rakes, and also one of the period’s best satirists employing a direct language rife with plenty of four-letter words and an obsessive indulgence of the most vulgar vernacular used on behalf of satirical shredding, scatological humor, and ... Read more

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A thoroughly representative selection of the poetry of John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester. Rochester (1647–1680) was among the worst (best?) of the Restoration rakes, and also one of the period’s best satirists employing a direct language rife with plenty of four-letter words and an obsessive indulgence of the most vulgar vernacular used on behalf of satirical shredding, scatological humor, and
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Development Redefined

How the Market Met Its Match

by Robin Broad, John Cavanagh ...

Series series International Studies Intensives
Rejecting the "flat worldism" of the globalists as well as the peaks and valleys of trade and aid policies over the years, Robin Broad and John Cavanagh guide us through the raging debate over the best route to development for the poorer nations of Africa, Asia, and Latin America. This book takes readers on a journey through the rise and fall of the one-size-fits-all model of development that ... Read more

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Rejecting the "flat worldism" of the globalists as well as the peaks and valleys of trade and aid policies over the years, Robin Broad and John Cavanagh guide us through the raging debate over the best route to development for the poorer nations of Africa, Asia, and Latin America. This book takes readers on a journey through the rise and fall of the one-size-fits-all model of development that
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