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Title	Authors	Description	OpenBook ID
After Globalization	Eric M. Cazdyn	"In lively and unflinching prose, Eric Cazdyn and Imre Szeman argue that contemporary thought about the world is disabled by a fatal flaw: the inability to think "an after" to globalization. After es…	OL16011331W
The trouble with markets	R. P. Bootle	Examines the current financial crisis in an historical context, addressing the deficiencies of a free market and questioning the premise that markets can be left unregulated.	OL16140252W
Inside job	Charles H. Ferguson	The definitive big picture on the financial crisis from the man behind the film "Inside Job", one of the top 30 documentaries of all time and an Oscar-winning film. Based on explosive interviews cond…	OL16451730W
The Longoria affair	John J. Valadez	A documentary on the Mexican-American civil rights movement. The film tells the story of one key injustice, the refusal, by a small-town funeral home in Texas after World War II, to care for a dead s…	OL16938408W
Gestatten	Julia Friedrichs	"Es gibt Menschen, sagte er, die sind oben; das sind Gewinner. Und Menschen, die sind unten; die Verlierer." Und wenn man sich weigert, das zu akzeptieren? "Dann", sagte der Coach, "hei©t es ganz sch…	OL16978288W
An anthology of Beowulf criticism	Lewis E. Nicholson	Was the Beowulf poet a Christian? Or was he a noble pagan whose outlook had been only slightly colored by exposure to Christian thinking? This is but one of the fascinating topics discussed in this a…	OL17191900W
Farewell to reality	J. E. Baggott	Presenting portraits of many central figures in modern physics, including Stephen Hawking and Leonard Susskind, this critique of modern theoretical physics provides the latest ideas about the nature …	OL18169423W
Capitalism in the web of life	Jason W. Moore	"Both green and red analyses of capitalism's deepening contradictions have acknowledged the close relation of economic and environmental crises. But environmentalists have not yet fully integrated so…	OL20003928W
Against Democracy	Jason Brennan	"Most people believe democracy is a uniquely just form of government. They believe people have the right to an equal share of political power. And they believe that political participation is good fo…	OL20228215W
The end of homework	John Buell,Etta Kralovec	"Etta Kralovec and John Buell lead us through the history of the American classroom. They review the scant studies that have been conducted and cite historical documents on both sides of the debate, …	OL20544807W
Critique of religious thought	Ṣādiq Jalāl ʻAẓm	"With a new introduction by the author, translated by George Stergios, Sadik al-Azm's Critique of Religious Thought set off one of the the great Arab intellectual uproars of the twentieth century, le…	OL20974174W
Dismembered	Polly Toynbee,David Walker - undifferentiated	330 pages ; 22 cm	OL21145112W
Economics 2.0	Norbert Häring	Economists can help shape monetary policy, global policy and even how much you pay for a new pair of shoes. For example, do you know who benefits the most from globalization? How do fitness studios a…	OL2432182W
Ist die Kirche noch zu retten?	Hans Küng	Sein Leben lang hat Hans Küng der katholischen Kirche gedient (allerdings nicht immer zur Freude der Päpste): als weltweit geachteter Theologe, als Priester und vielgelesener Autor. Jetzt erweist er …	OL24448091W
Time for outrage, indeed!	Alexander Bergmann	The title of this text by Alexander Bergmann has largely borrowed from Stéphane Hessel's book entitled "Time for outrage!" This is no accident. Indeed the author was stimulated to write his book by h…	OL24922306W
Comprendre l'éducation	Jean-Claude Brief	Selon cet ouvrage, éduquer, c'est se voir aujourd'hui et se dire à demain. Pour ce faire, il interroge le quoi, le comment, le pourquoi, le pour quoi et même le pourquoi pas des actions éducatives. […	OL26172821W
One Market Under God	Thomas Frank	Examines the attempts made in the 1990s to infuse free-market ideology with claims of democracy, resulting in something called market populism. Driven by the economy's irrational exuberance, market…	OL2668554W
Negative Moderne	Sven Hillenkamp	Schwankendes Selbstwertgefühl. Die Unfähigkeit, zu arbeiten. Leben ohne Rhythmus und Horizont. Die Erniedrigung durch das Mögliche. Das Fehlen von Menschen, Bezügen, Elementen ... In »Negative Modern…	OL27015120W
The new Victorians	Rene Denfeld	Journalist Rene Denfeld explains why her generation has become alienated from the women's movement, maintaining that the actions of the movement's current leadership have actually encouraged a return…	OL3286091W
American Theocracy	Kevin Phillips	From America's premier political analyst, an explosive examination of the axis of religion, politics, and borrowed money that threatens to destroy the nationIn his two most recent New York Times best…	OL7986316W