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Floods, famines, and emperors Floods, famines, and emperors Brian M. Fagan Civilisations have long been dictated by cycles of rise and fall. The author shows beautifully how El Nino gave rise to human civilisation and continually shape and alter their fates, and how human a… OL103265W
The Subjection of Women The Subjection of Women John Stuart Mill On equality and women's rights. OL1068105W
Heavy metal Islam Heavy metal Islam Mark LeVine "We play heavy metal because our lives are heavy metal."--Reda Zine, one of the founders of the Moroccan heavy-metal scene"Music is the weapon of the future."--Fela KutiAn eighteen-year-old Moroccan … OL12376852W
Damage incorporated Damage incorporated Glenn T. Pillsbury Damage Incorporated: Metallica and the Production of Musical Identity offers an interdisciplinary study investigating a range of topics that intersect in the music and cultural influence of Metallica… OL13664821W
Food Food Milton Meltzer Discusses the social, political, economic, and gastronomic aspects of food in its many forms. OL14941642W
Artistic Citizenship Artistic Citizenship Mary Schmidt Campbell How do people in the creative arts prepare for, and participate in, civic life? This question is central to anyone involved in arts education and in the creation of public policy for the arts. Celebr… OL15177598W
There is No Such Thing as a Natural Disaster There is No Such Thing as a Natural Disaster Chester Hartman There is No Such Thing as a Natural Disaster is the first critical scholarly book on the catastrophic impact of Hurricane Katrina on New Orleans. The disaster will go down in record as one of the wor… OL15178580W
Webs of power Webs of power Starhawk "Since her arrest and five-day jail stay during the Seattle anti-WTO protests in November 1999, Starhawk has poured her energy into the global justice movement, participating in direct actions, leadi… OL15801843W
Can't stop, won't stop Can't stop, won't stop Jeff Chang,D.J. Kool Herc Forged in the fires of the Bronx and Kingston, Jamaica, hip-hop has been a generation-defining global movement. In a post-civil rights era rapidly transformed by deindustrialization and globalization… OL15835141W
Among the truthers Among the truthers Jonathan Kay "America is awash with conspiracy theories, and the shared view of reality we once took for granted has been permanently shattered. Jonathan Kay uses the 9/11 Truth movement as a springboard to exami… OL15902078W
Everyone loves a good train wreck Everyone loves a good train wreck Eric G. Wilson Why can't we look away? Whether we admit it or not, we're fascinated by evil. Dark fantasies, morbid curiosities, Schadenfreude: as conventional wisdom has it, these are the symptoms of our wicked… OL16152187W
Ageing and development Ageing and development José Antonio Ocampo,Rob Vos,Ana Luiza Cortez That we all live longer is perhaps one of the greatest achievements of human progress. This book looks at how increasing numbers of older people across the globe are having a huge impact on the struc… OL16216488W
Energy, sustainability, and the environment Energy, sustainability, and the environment Fereidoon P. Sioshansi "The complexity of carbon reduction and economic sustainability is significantly complicated by competing aspects of socioeconomic practices as well as legislative, regulatory, and scientific require… OL16296442W
Impact investing Impact investing Jed Emerson,Antony Bugg-Levine "A ground-breaking book on the transformative power of impact investingThis is the first book to chart the catalytic path of this new industry, explaining how it is and can be a positive disruptive f… OL16414809W
The table comes first The table comes first Adam Gopnik "From the author of Paris to the Moon--one man's quest for the meaning of food in a time obsessed with what to eat. Never before have we cared so much about food. It preoccupies our popular culture, … OL16470937W
Weather architecture Weather architecture Hill, Jonathan "This book considers climate as well as weather but its principal focus is everyday experience. Weather and climate differ in duration and scale. Unlike the weather, which we can see and feel at a sp… OL16624535W
Health transitions and the double disease burden in Asia and the Pacific Health transitions and the double disease burden in Asia and the Pacific Kerrie L. Macpherson,Milton James Lewis "Chronic diseases--cardiovascular disease, cancer, chronic respiratory disease and diabetes--are not only the principal cause of world-wide mortality but also are now responsible for a striking incre… OL16653983W
Fifty Minerals That Changed The Course Of History Fifty Minerals That Changed The Course Of History Eric Chaline "Using the word 'minerals' in its broadest sense, Fifty Minerals that Changed the Course of History features the metals, alloys, rocks, and organic minerals and gemstones that humans have used as the… OL17512946W
ההיסטוריה של המחר ההיסטוריה של המחר Yuval Noah Harari Tras el éxito de Sapiens, Yuval Noah Harari vuelve su mirada al futuro para ver hacia dónde nos dirigimos. Bestseller del New York Times con 1 millón de ejemplares vendidos Yuval Noah Harari, autor d… OL17641518W
Crossroads Crossroads Glenn Wallach "In the first book to examine the relationship between these two sometimes complementary, sometimes competing major forces, Crossroads brings together a diverse collection of artists, religious leade… OL18460748W
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