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Why has India's astonishing economic growth not reached the people at the bottom of its social and economic hierarchy? Travelling the length and breadth of the subcontinent, this book shows how India's 'untouchables' and 'tribals' fit into the global economy.
India's Dalit and Adivasi communities make up a staggering one in twenty-five people across the globe and yet they remain amongst the most oppressed. Conceived in dialogue with economists,...
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Forex Trading Secrets: Woman's Guide to Passive Income and Financial Freedom Hello, fellow aspiring traders! As someone deeply entrenched in the world of forex trading, I've penned down "FOREX TRADING SECRETS" to unveil the pathways to passive income and unparalleled financial freedom, especially tailored for women. Embark on a transformative journey as we delve into pivotal aspects like forex trading courses that lay the groundwork, exploring platforms...
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A history of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission's need for uranium ore in the 1950s, the frenzied search, and the aftermath.
Now expanded to include the story of nuclear testing and its consequences, UraniumFrenzy has become the classic account of the uranium rush that gripped the Colorado Plateau region in the 1950s. Instigated by the U.S. government's need for uranium to fuel its growing atomic weapons program, stimulated by Charlie Steen's lucrative...
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"One of Tyler Cowen's Best Non-Fiction Books of 2020" Anton Howes is historian in residence at the Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce.
A history of the extraordinary society that has touched all aspects of British life
From its beginnings in a coffee house in the mid-eighteenth century, the Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce has tried to improve British life in every way imaginable....
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***Evening Standard's best non-fiction 2021***
'A brilliant, searing exposé of the lies underpinning work' - Owen Jones
'Work hard, get paid.' It's simple. Self-evident. But it's also a lie-at least for most of us. For people today, the old assumptions are crumbling; hard work in school no longer guarantees a secure, well-paying job in the future. Far from a gateway to riches and fulfilment, 'work' means precarity, anxiety and alienation.
Amelia...
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For the past decade, tech giants like Amazon, Microsoft and Google have dominated enterprise computing with their centralized cloud platforms. But a revolution is brewing. Emerging blockchain-based networks promise to unseat these incumbents by decentralizing cloud infrastructure.In this groundbreaking book, author John Smith chronicles the rise of centralized computing, then reveals why decentralized blockchains now pose an existential threat to...
10607) Manifestación La Ley de la Atracción: Libera el poder de la Ley de Atracción, manifiesta la vida de
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¡DESCUBRE LOS SECRETOS PARA HACER REALIDAD TUS SUEÑOS Y ATRAER LA ABUNDANCIA A TODOS LOS ÁMBITOS DE TU VIDA CON ESTE PODEROSO LIBRO! ¿Estás cansado de sentirte estancado e insatisfecho?¿Deseas más éxito, amor, dinero y felicidad en tu vida?¿Has intentado recurrir al pensamiento positivo y a la Ley de Atracción sin ver resultados significativos? Imagina una vida en la que atraes sin esfuerzo tus deseos más profundos y manifiestas una realidad...
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Didier Sornette is professor of entrepreneurial risks at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich, professor of finance at the Swiss Finance Institute in Geneva, and the director of the Financial Crisis Observatory at ETH Zurich.
The scientific study of complex systems has transformed a wide range of disciplines in recent years, enabling researchers in both the natural and social sciences to model and predict phenomena as diverse as earthquakes,...
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Colonialism persists in many African countries due to the continuation of imperial monetary policy. This is the little-known account of the CFA Franc and economic imperialism.
The CFA Franc was created in 1945, binding fourteen African states and split into two monetary zones. Why did French colonial authorities create it and how does it work? Why was independence not extended to monetary sovereignty for former French colonies? Through an exploration...
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The eminent historian and author of The Rise of King Cotton uncovers the centuries-old story of tin mining in Southern England.
Tin mining has existed in Cornwall and parts of Devon, since before the Romans arrived in Britain. In this book, historian Anthony Burton explores the region's tin mining industry from its earliest period through to the present day.
A specialist in the history of technology, Burton examines the evolution of extraction methods...
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This book is based on an in-depth filmed conversation between Howard Burton and Andy Hoffman, Holcilm Professor of Sustainable Enterprise at the University of Michigan's Ross School of Business and School of Environment and Sustainability. This extensive conversation starts with inspiring insights into how Andy Hoffman became interested in environmental issues when he declined acceptances from graduate school at Harvard and Berkeley and instead worked...
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Apple iPhone iOS 16 New Features –A Comprehensive Analysis and How to Use in Your PhonesThis book has an in-depth coverage of Apple's newly released iOS 16 Features. Here we covered everything you may wish to know about iPhone 16 updates and features. In addition to the numerous features of the iPhone 15 series updates, the iOS 16 came with more amazing and robust Features. We have not only included these Features but also outlined how to effectively...
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A beautifully illustrated full-color cookbook with inspiring stories from Luminary Bakery, a social enterprise in London founded to support disadvantaged women by teaching them how to bake.
Rising Hope is the cookbook from Luminary Bakery, a social enterprise founded in London to support disadvantaged women, including those who were homeless, imprisoned, or sex trafficking victims, by teaching them how to bake.
The six-month training course...
10614) Revenge Capitalism: The Ghosts of Empire, the Demons of Capital, and the Settling of Unpayable Debts
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Capitalism is in a profound state of crisis. Beyond the mere dispassionate cruelty of 'ordinary' structural violence, it appears today as a global system bent on reckless economic revenge; its expression found in mass incarceration, climate chaos, unpayable debt, pharmaceutical violence and the relentless degradation of common life.
In Revenge Capitalism, Max Haiven argues that this economic vengeance helps us explain the culture and politics of...
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It all starts with you and your willingness to claim your true power.
What brought you here to this moment in which you find yourself on this very page considering how you can step into your power?
Perhaps you've been through a series of small changes that have left you standing somewhere you no longer recognize, or maybe you had one of those pivotal moments of astounding clarity where you realized that nothing has changed-but something...
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Adam Smith's The Wealth of Nations provided the first explanation of the workings of modern economics. But with his focus on "the market" as the best mechanism for producing and distributing the necessities of life, Smith's concepts only told part of the story, leading to flawed economic models that devalue activities that fall outside of the market's parameters of buying and selling. The real wealth of nations, Riane Eisler argues, is not merely...
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From a famous actor and an experienced journalist, a wildly entertaining debunking of cryptocurrency, one of the greatest frauds in history and on course for a spectacular crash
At the height of the pandemic, TV star Ben McKenzie (The O.C., Gotham) was the perfect mark for cryptocurrency: a dad stuck at home with some cash in his pocket, worried about his family, armed with only the vague notion that people were making heaps of money on something...
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Professional Projectionist, Clem Harrod, brings over 30 years of knowledge and experience to his company CLEMCO.AV. Clem established the organization with the mission to Coach, Lead, Educate and Mentor those studying Audio-Visual Technology and working in the Live Event Production Industry. With this Video Projection 101 textbook, Clem shares some of his pre-production strategies and those of other industry leading Video Projectionists from around...
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In The Slow Fix, bestselling author Carl Honoré delivers an exhilarating model for effective problem-solving, and provides brilliant insights on how you can solve problems, work smarter, and live better. Honoré decodes how we approach problems and paves the way to better decision-making and generating long-term solutions to life's inevitable challenges. Engaging and thought-provoking, The Slow Fix revolutionizes the way we live, work, consume, and...
10620) The Law of Vibration
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While it is in the words of Napoleon Hill that, "Behind every fall, there is always an equal or a greater opportunity to rise," the harsh, hard-to-stomach, depressing, and even very painful reality to grapple with, is that, quite a number of people or humanity who know this truth and even claim to understand it, often fail to be patient enough to endure their own trials and tribulations whenever they knock at their door, or come their way; And, sadly...
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