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North America’s Lost Decade?

de Paul Krugman, David Rosenberg, Lawrence Summers, Ian Bremmer ...

Series series The Munk Debates
As stock markets gyrate, Europe lurches from crisis to crisis, and recovery in the United States slows, the future of the North American economy is more uncertain than ever. Can individual entrepreneurship, corporate innovation, and governments create a new era of sustained economic growth? Or, will the ongoing financial crisis, political dysfunction in the United States, and the rise of emerging ... Leer más

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As stock markets gyrate, Europe lurches from crisis to crisis, and recovery in the United States slows, the future of the North American economy is more uncertain than ever. Can individual entrepreneurship, corporate innovation, and governments create a new era of sustained economic growth? Or, will the ongoing financial crisis, political dysfunction in the United States, and the rise of emerging
... Leer más
Harvard Rules

Lawrence Summers and the Battle for the World's Most Powerful University

de Richard Bradley ...

It is the richest, most influential, most powerful university in the world, but at the beginning of 2001, Harvard was in crisis. Students complained that a Harvard education had grown mediocre. Professors charged that the university cared more about money than about learning. Harvard may have possessed a $19 billion endowment, but had it lost its soul?The members of Harvard's governing board knew ... Leer más

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It is the richest, most influential, most powerful university in the world, but at the beginning of 2001, Harvard was in crisis. Students complained that a Harvard education had grown mediocre. Professors charged that the university cared more about money than about learning. Harvard may have possessed a $19 billion endowment, but had it lost its soul?The members of Harvard's governing board knew
... Leer más
Power Hungry

Women of the Black Panther Party and Freedom Summer and Their Fight to Feed a Movement

de Suzanne Cope ...

In early 1969 Cleo Silvers and a few Black Panther Party members met at a community center laden with boxes of donated food to cook for the neighborhood children. By the end of the year, the Black Panthers would be feeding more children daily in all of their breakfast programs than the state of California was at that time.More than a thousand miles away, Aylene Quin had spent the decade using her ... Leer más

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In early 1969 Cleo Silvers and a few Black Panther Party members met at a community center laden with boxes of donated food to cook for the neighborhood children. By the end of the year, the Black Panthers would be feeding more children daily in all of their breakfast programs than the state of California was at that time.More than a thousand miles away, Aylene Quin had spent the decade using her
... Leer más
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Summer's Edge

de Dana Mele ...

Narrado por Chelsea Stephens, Lindsey Dorcus, Emily Lawrence ...

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9 hora 46 minutos

I Know What You Did Last Summer meets The Haunting of Hill House in this atmospheric, eerie teen thriller following an estranged group of friends being haunted by their friend who died last summer.Emily Joiner was once part of an inseparable group—she was a sister, a best friend, a lover, and a rival. Summers without Emily were unthinkable. Until the fire burned the lake house to ashes with her ... Leer más

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I Know What You Did Last Summer meets The Haunting of Hill House in this atmospheric, eerie teen thriller following an estranged group of friends being haunted by their friend who died last summer.Emily Joiner was once part of an inseparable group—she was a sister, a best friend, a lover, and a rival. Summers without Emily were unthinkable. Until the fire burned the lake house to ashes with her
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Reconceiving the Gene

Seymour Benzer's Adventures in Phage Genetics

de Professor Frederic Lawrence Holmes ...

This book relates how, between 1954 and 1961, the biologist Seymour Benzer mapped the fine structure of the rII region of the genome of the bacterial virus known as phage T4. Benzer’s accomplishments are widely recognized as a tipping point in mid-twentieth-century molecular biology when the nature of the gene was recast in molecular terms. More often than any other individual, he is considered to ... Leer más

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This book relates how, between 1954 and 1961, the biologist Seymour Benzer mapped the fine structure of the rII region of the genome of the bacterial virus known as phage T4. Benzer’s accomplishments are widely recognized as a tipping point in mid-twentieth-century molecular biology when the nature of the gene was recast in molecular terms. More often than any other individual, he is considered to
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Beyond Homeless

Good Intentions, Bad Outcomes, Transformative Solutions

Edición de Mary L. G. Theroux, Lawrence J. McQuillan, Adam B. Summers ...

Entire neighborhoods in cities across the United States have become open-air asylums, drug markets, and impoverished wastelands—where death, misery, crime, addiction, encampments, fires, disease, and even human waste aren't just tolerated but normalized. How is this possible when billions of taxpayer dollars have been funneled into homelessness initiatives such as "Housing First"?The truth is that ... Leer más

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Entire neighborhoods in cities across the United States have become open-air asylums, drug markets, and impoverished wastelands—where death, misery, crime, addiction, encampments, fires, disease, and even human waste aren't just tolerated but normalized. How is this possible when billions of taxpayer dollars have been funneled into homelessness initiatives such as "Housing First"?The truth is that
... Leer más
The Summer Palace

de Lawrence Watt-Evans ...

Series Libro 3 - The Annals of the Chosen
"The final segment of the Annals of the Chosen trilogy successfully mixes intrigue and adventure with ruminations on the nature of power and heroes." — Publishers WeeklyAll of the world is kept in a delicate balance under the supervision of the Wizard Lord. It is his duty to govern lightly and protect his domain . . . but if he should stray from the way of the just then it is up to the Chosen to ... Leer más

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"The final segment of the Annals of the Chosen trilogy successfully mixes intrigue and adventure with ruminations on the nature of power and heroes." — Publishers WeeklyAll of the world is kept in a delicate balance under the supervision of the Wizard Lord. It is his duty to govern lightly and protect his domain . . . but if he should stray from the way of the just then it is up to the Chosen to
... Leer más
Innovation + Equality

How to Create a Future That Is More Star Trek Than Terminator

de Joshua Gans, Andrew Leigh ...

How to get more innovation and more equality.Is economic inequality the price we pay for innovation? The amazing technological advances of the last two decades—in such areas as artificial intelligence, genetics, and materials—have benefited society collectively and rewarded innovators handsomely: we get cool smartphones and technology moguls become billionaires. This contributes to a growing ... Leer más

$15.99 USD

How to get more innovation and more equality.Is economic inequality the price we pay for innovation? The amazing technological advances of the last two decades—in such areas as artificial intelligence, genetics, and materials—have benefited society collectively and rewarded innovators handsomely: we get cool smartphones and technology moguls become billionaires. This contributes to a growing
... Leer más
Audiolibro

The Summer Girlfriend

de Kristina Forest ...

Narrado por J.Y. Kora, Lawrence Baldwin ...

Series Audiolibro 1 - Heart Beach
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11 hora 14 minutos

A fake summer fling between a stand-in girlfriend and a handsome business heir becomes way too real in this glittering new romance by USA Today bestselling author Kristina Forest.Noelle Lewis doesn’t have time for long walks on the beach, brunch with the girls, or summer vacations. She’s too busy saving up to go back to college. After recently getting laid off from her bookseller job, her main gig ... Leer más

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A fake summer fling between a stand-in girlfriend and a handsome business heir becomes way too real in this glittering new romance by USA Today bestselling author Kristina Forest.Noelle Lewis doesn’t have time for long walks on the beach, brunch with the girls, or summer vacations. She’s too busy saving up to go back to college. After recently getting laid off from her bookseller job, her main gig
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Evolution or Revolution?

Rethinking Macroeconomic Policy after the Great Recession

Edición de Olivier Blanchard, Lawrence H. Summers ...

Leading economists discuss post–financial crisis policy dilemmas, including the dangers of complacency in a period of relative stability.The Great Depression led to the Keynesian revolution and dramatic shifts in macroeconomic theory and macroeconomic policy. Similarly, the stagflation of the 1970s led to the adoption of the natural rate hypothesis and to a major reassessment of the role of ... Leer más

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Leading economists discuss post–financial crisis policy dilemmas, including the dangers of complacency in a period of relative stability.The Great Depression led to the Keynesian revolution and dramatic shifts in macroeconomic theory and macroeconomic policy. Similarly, the stagflation of the 1970s led to the adoption of the natural rate hypothesis and to a major reassessment of the role of
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The Ultimate Summer Read Collection

150 Everlasting Masterpieces of the World Literature

de Jane Austen, C. S. Lewis, H. G. Wells, Herman Melville, William Shakespeare, John Milton, Jonathan Swift, Daniel Defoe, Henry Fielding, Laurence Sterne, William Makepeace Thackeray, P. B. Shelley, Mary Shelley, John Keats, Charlotte Brontë, Emily Brontë, Anne Brontë, George Eliot, Charles Dickens, Thomas Hardy, Elizabeth von Arnim, D. H. Lawrence, Ann Ward Radcliffe, Bram Stoker, Arthur Conan Doyle, Joseph Conrad, Oscar Wilde, Lewis Carroll, Frances Hodgson Burnett, George Weedon Grossmith, Willkie Collins, G. K. Chesterton, E. M. Forster, T. S. Eliot, James Joyce, George Bernard Shaw, W. B. Yeats, Sir Walter Scott, Robert Louis Stevenson, Kenneth Grahame, George MacDonald, J. M. Barrie, Mark Twain, Jack London, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Louisa May Alcott, Willa Cather, Edith Wharton, Kate Chopin, Henry David Thoreau, Walt Whitman, Kahlil Gibran, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Frederick Douglass, James Fenimore Cooper, Henry James, Edgar Allan Poe, H. P. Lovecraft, Lewis Wallace, L. M. Montgomery, Homer, Plato, Apuleius, Marcus Aurelius, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Herman Hesse, Friedrich Nietzsche, Jules Verne, Marcel Proust, Victor Hugo, Gustave Flaubert, Gaston Leroux, Honoré de Balzac, Stendhal, Voltaire, Charles Baudelaire, Alexandre Dumas, Emile Zola, Henrik Ibsen, Leo Tolstoy, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Ivan Turgenev, Anton Chekhov, Nikolai Gogol, Miguel de Cervantes, Benito Pérez Galdós, Pedro Calderon de la Barca, Dante, Giovanni Boccaccio, Niccolò Machiavelli, Rabindranath Tagore, Bankim Chandra Chatterjee, Kalidasa, Válmíki, Laozi, Sun Tzu, Confucius, Cao Xueqin, Princess Der Ling, Inazo Nitobé, Kakuzo Okakura, Soseki Natsume, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, F. Scott Fitzgerald, William Dean Howells, Washington Irving, L. Frank Baum, Theodor Storm, Juan Valera, Rudyard Kipling ...

e-artnow presents to you this unique collection of the greatest books ever written, perfect for the long summer days, the time for rejuvenation and brain revival! American: Huckleberry Finn Tom Sawyer The Call of the Wild White Fang Moby-Dick The Scarlet Letter Little Women My Antonia The Age of Innocence The Awakening The Portrait of a Lady The Wings of the Dove The Yellow Wallpaper Walden Leaves ... Leer más

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e-artnow presents to you this unique collection of the greatest books ever written, perfect for the long summer days, the time for rejuvenation and brain revival! American: Huckleberry Finn Tom Sawyer The Call of the Wild White Fang Moby-Dick The Scarlet Letter Little Women My Antonia The Age of Innocence The Awakening The Portrait of a Lady The Wings of the Dove The Yellow Wallpaper Walden Leaves
... Leer más
CLASSICS FOR SUMMERTIME

Enriched edition. 150 Books: Romeo and Juliet, Emma, Vanity Fair, Middlemarch, Tom Sawyer, Faust, Notre Dame de Paris, Dubliners, Odyssey

de Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Stendhal, Jules Verne, Gustave Flaubert, Lewis Carroll, Theodor Storm, Henrik Ibsen, Charles Dickens, Plato, Honoré de Balzac, Mark Twain0, Harriet Beecher Stowe1, Rabindranath Tagore2, Fyodor Dostoyevsky3, Walt Whitman4, Niccolò Machiavelli5, Oscar Wilde6, Robert Louis Stevenson7, James Fenimore Cooper8, Edgar Allan Poe9, William Shakespeare0, Giovanni Boccaccio1, Confucius2, George MacDonald3, Bram Stoker4, Charlotte Brontë5, Anne Brontë6, Emily Brontë7, Henry David Thoreau8, Jack London9, Henry James0, Louisa May Alcott1, Victor Hugo2, Arthur Conan Doyle3, Frances Hodgson Burnett4, Joseph Conrad5, Jane Austen6, Herman Melville7, George Eliot8, Laurence Sterne9, Thomas Hardy0, Jonathan Swift1, Edith Wharton2, Benito Pérez Galdós3, Daniel Defoe4, Henry Fielding5, Alexandre Dumas6, Rudyard Kipling7, William Dean Howells8, Kalidasa9, Kenneth Grahame0, Marcel Proust1, Washington Irving2, Juan Valera3, Willa Cather4, Nathaniel Hawthorne5, Homer6, Gaston Leroux7, Charles Baudelaire8, William Makepeace Thackeray9, Voltaire0, Kate Chopin1, Apuleius2, John Milton3, Charlotte Perkins Gilman4, Frederick Douglass5, Laozi6, John Keats7, James Joyce8, Ann Ward Radcliffe9, Kahlil Gibran0, Kakuzo Okakura1, Soseki Natsume2, Princess Der Ling3, L. Frank Baum4, H. G. Wells5, W. B. Yeats6, J. M. Barrie7, G. K. Chesterton8, T. S. Eliot9, L. M. Montgomery0, C. S. Lewis1, D. H. Lawrence2, E. M. Forster3, H. P. Lovecraft4, F. Scott Fitzgerald5, Marcus Aurelius6, Friedrich Nietzsche7, Lewis Wallace8, Ivan Turgenev9, Anton Chekhov0, Leo Tolstoy1, Nikolai Gogol2, Sir Walter Scott3, George Bernard Shaw4, Miguel de Cervantes5, Mary Shelley6, Cao Xueqin7, Emile Zola8, Válmíki9, Bankim Chandra Chatterjee00, P. B. Shelley01, Elizabeth von Arnim02, Herman Hesse03, Dante04, Pedro Calderon de la Barca05, Sun Tzu06, Inazo Nitobé07, George Weedon Grossmith08, Willkie Collins09, Gideon Ashbourne12 ...

CLASSICS FOR SUMMERTIME brings together a diverse array of timeless works from some of history's most esteemed writers, providing readers with a panoramic view of literary styles and themes. From philosophical musings to thrilling adventures, and from heartwarming tales to profound social commentary, this anthology captures the essence of classic literature as it traverses different eras and ... Leer más

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CLASSICS FOR SUMMERTIME brings together a diverse array of timeless works from some of history's most esteemed writers, providing readers with a panoramic view of literary styles and themes. From philosophical musings to thrilling adventures, and from heartwarming tales to profound social commentary, this anthology captures the essence of classic literature as it traverses different eras and
... Leer más

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