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Our World in Crisis: Poverty
Comprehensive explorations of major issues affecting the global community
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Our World in Crisis: Terrorism
Comprehensive explorations of major issues affecting the global community
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Our World in Crisis: Immigration
Comprehensive explorations of major issues affecting the global community
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Children in Our World: Poverty and Hunger
A beautifully illustrated non-fiction picture book that sensitively explains crises that dominate the news in an appropriate manner for children.
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Our World in Crisis: Health and Disease
Comprehensive explorations of major issues affecting the global community
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Our World in Crisis: Global Pollution
Comprehensive explorations of major issues affecting the global community
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Our World in Crisis: Civil War and Genocide
Comprehensive explorations of major issues affecting the global community
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The Power of Crisis: How Three Threats - and Our Response - Will Change the World - Ian Bremmer
<p>New York Times BestsellerRenowned political scientist Ian Bremmer draws lessons from global challenges of the past 100 years-including the pandemic-to show how we can respond to three great crises unfolding over the next decade. In this revelatory, unnerving, and ultimately hopeful book, Bremmer details how domestic and international conflicts leave us unprepared...
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Empathic Civilization - The Race to Global Consciousness in a World in Crisis
In this sweeping new interpretation of the history of civilization, bestselling author Jeremy Rifkin looks at the evolution of empathy and the profound ways that it has shaped our development-and is likely to determine our fate as a species. Today we face unparalleled challenges in an energy-intensive and interconnected world that will demand an unprecedented level of mut...
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Truth Changes Everything – How People of Faith Can Transform the World in Times of Crisis
Renowned worldview and apologetics expert vividly illustrates how ordinary people who believed in Truth--not the relative "truths" of our current post
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Gardening in a Changing World
Rethinking our relationship with plants in the light of the climate crisis and biodiversity loss; and an exploration of the science behind sustainable
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Birdgirl: Discovering the Power of Our Natural World - Mya-Rose Craig
<p>Discover Mya-Rose Craig's moving and life-affirming memoir about family, searching for rare birds, and the power of our natural world.'Lyrical, poignant and insightful' MARGARET ATWOOD (on Twitter)'Filled with hope and energy' GuardianIn her memoir, Mya-Rose Craig and her family travel the world in search of rare birds and astonishing landscapes. But a shadow mov...
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The Power of Geography : Ten Maps That Reveal the Future of Our World - Marshall Tim
Anotace: *THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER*`I can`t imagine reading a better book this year´ Daily MirrorTim Marshall`s global bestseller Prisoners of Geography showed how every nation´s choices are limited by mountains, rivers, seas and concrete. Since then, the geography hasn´t changed. But the world has.In this revelatory new book, Marshall explores ten regions that are se...
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The Power of Geography : Ten Maps That Reveal the Future of Our World - Tim Marshall
<p>*THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER* 'I can't imagine reading a better book this year’ Daily Mirror Tim Marshall's global bestseller Prisoners of Geography showed how every nation’s choices are limited by mountains, rivers, seas and concrete. Since then, the geography hasn’t changed. But the world has. In this revelatory new book, Marshall explores ten regions that a...
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Megathreats : Ten Dangerous Trends that Imperil Our Future, and How to Survive Them - Roubini Nouriel
Anotace: The bestselling author of Crisis Economics argues that we are heading toward the worst economic catastrophe of our lifetimes, unless we can defend against ten terrifying threats.Renowned economist Nouriel Roubini was nicknamed "Dr. Doom," until his prediction of the 2008 housing crisis and Great Recession came true - when it was too late. Now he is back with a m...
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Good Economics for Hard Times: Better Answers to Our Biggest Problems (0141986190)
Kniha - autor Agnijo Banerjee; Esther Duflo, 256 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu matná In this revolutionary book, prize-winning economists Abhijit V. Banerjee and Esther Duflo show how economics, when done right, can help us solve the thorniest social and political problems of our day. From immigration to inequality, slowing growth to accelerating climate change...
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Good Economics for Hard Times : Better Answers to Our Biggest Problems - Banerjee Abhijit V.
Anotace: In this revolutionary book, prize-winning economists Abhijit V. Banerjee and Esther Duflo show how economics, when done right, can help us solve the thorniest social and political problems of our day. From immigration to inequality, slowing growth to accelerating climate change, we have the resources to address the challenges we face but we are so often blinded ...
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You Had Better Make Some Noise: Words to Change the World - kolektiv autorů
<p>A timeless collection of quotations by visionaries who have been catalysts for change - through the ages and across the globe</p> <p>You Had Better Make Some Noise brings together the words of social activists, revolutionaries, artists, writers, musicians, philosophers, politicians, and more - individuals who fought for justice, galvanizing us all to ...
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An Architecture of Care in South Africa Taylor & Francis Ltd
Architects care. It is foundational and germane to the discipline and practice of architecture. This book charts the way the Arts and Crafts Movement established the moral ethos of ‘an architecture of care’ that not only remains embedded in current discourse and practice but that is being given a more vocal presence in our climate crisis and social justice world. Written...
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There are Rivers in the Sky - Elif Shafak
<p>The breathtaking new novel from the Booker-shortlisted, bestselling author of The Island of Missing Trees and 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World - available for pre-order now *****This is the story of one lost poem, two great rivers, and three remarkable lives - all connected by a single drop of water.In the ruins of Nineveh, that ancient city of Mesopot...
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Mother Of Invention: How Good Ideas Get Ignored in an Economy Built for Men (0008430810)
Kniha - autor Katrine Marçal, 304 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu matná Bestselling author Katrine Marcal reveals the shocking ways our deeply ingrained ideas about gender continue to hold us back. Every day, extraordinary inventions and innovative ideas are side-lined in a world that remains subservient to men But it doesn't have to be this way. From the beginn...
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In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts : Close Encounters with Addiction - Gábor Maté
<p>To heal addiction, you have to go back to the start... Featured on Russell Brand's podcast Under the Skin Dr Gabor Mate is one of the world's most revered thinkers on the psychology of addiction. His radical findings - based on decades of work with patients challenged by catastrophic drug addiction and mental illness - are reframing how we view all human develo...
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Heartland : A Memoir of Working Hard and Being Broke in the Richest Country on Earth - Smarsh Sarah
Anotace: *Longlisted for the National Book Award for Nonfiction and Finalist for the Kirkus Prize* An eye-opening memoir of working-class poverty in the American Midwest. During Sarah Smarsh`s turbulent childhood in Kansas in the 1980s and 1990s, the forces of cyclical poverty and the country`s changing economic policies solidified her family`s place among the working po...
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There are Rivers in the Sky: From the bestselling author of The Island of Missing Trees - Elif Shafak
<p>The breathtaking new novel from the Booker-shortlisted, internationally bestselling author of The Island of Missing Trees and 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World*****This is the story of one lost poem, two great rivers, and three remarkable lives - all connected by a single drop of water.In the ruins of Nineveh, that ancient city of Mesopotamia, there lie...
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The Decline and Fall of Neoliberalism Taylor & Francis Ltd
The Decline and Fall of Neoliberalism argues that the neoliberal era – starting after the collapse of the Bretton Woods system – is coming to an end. In the wake of the financial and economic crisis of 2008 and the outbreak of the pandemic in 2019, the doctrine outlined by monetarists appears to offer an inadequate response to the economic instability that characterises o...
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The Decline and Fall of Neoliberalism Taylor & Francis Ltd
The Decline and Fall of Neoliberalism argues that the neoliberal era – starting after the collapse of the Bretton Woods system – is coming to an end. In the wake of the financial and economic crisis of 2008 and the outbreak of the pandemic in 2019, the doctrine outlined by monetarists appears to offer an inadequate response to the economic instability that characterises o...
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Neuroscience for Designing Green Spaces Taylor & Francis Ltd
This book delves into the neuroscience behind contemplative landscapes, their key spatial characteristics, and practical application of the Contemplative Landscape Model through case studies from around the world. In the face of the global mental health crisis, and increasing disconnection from nature, design strategies for creating healthier urban environments are what o...
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Neuroscience for Designing Green Spaces Taylor & Francis Ltd
This book delves into the neuroscience behind contemplative landscapes, their key spatial characteristics, and practical application of the Contemplative Landscape Model through case studies from around the world. In the face of the global mental health crisis, and increasing disconnection from nature, design strategies for creating healthier urban environments are what o...
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Less is More (1786091216)
Kniha - autor Jason Hickel, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu matná Our planet is in trouble. But how can we reverse the current crisis and create a sustainable future? The answer is: Degrowth. Less is More is the wake-up call we need. By shining a light on ecological breakdown and the system that's causing it, Hickel shows how we can bring our economy back into balance ...
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Margaret Atwood: Burning Questions - Margaret Atwood
<p>From cultural icon Margaret Atwood comes a brilliant collection of essays -- funny, erudite, endlessly curious, uncannily prescient -- which seek answers to Burning Questions such as: Why do people everywhere, in all cultures, tell stories?How can we live on our planet?What do zombies have to do with authoritarianism?In Burning Questions Atwood aims her prodigiou...
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The End Of Alchemy - King Mervyn
Anotace: The past twenty years saw unprecedented growth and stability followed by the worst financial crisis the industrialised world has ever witnessed. In the space of little more than a year what had been seen as the age of wisdom was viewed as the age of foolishness. Almost overnight, belief turned into incredulity. Most accounts of the recent crisis focus on the sym...
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The End of Alchemy
The past twenty years saw unprecedented growth and stability followed by the worst financial crisis the industrialised world has ever witnessed. In the space of little more than a year what had been seen as the age of wisdom was viewed as the age of foolishness. Almost overnight, belief turned into incredulity.§Most accounts of the recent crisis focus on the symptoms and ...
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The Weight of Nature - Clayton Aldern
<p>A riveting, revelatory account of how the climate emergency is changing us from the inside outIt is now inarguable that climate change threatens the future of life on Earth. But in The Weight of Nature, award-winning journalist and neuroscientist Clayton Page Aldern shows that the warming climate is not just affecting our planet – it is affecting our brains and b...
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Osamu Dazai´s The Setting Sun: The Manga Edition - Dazai Osamu
Anotace: A classic of Japanese literature, brought to life in English & manga for the first time!This is the first manga edition in English of The Setting Sun, Osamu Dazai`s classic novel, often considered his masterpiece.Set in the aftermath of World War II, this is the story of Kazuko, a strong-willed young woman from an aristocratic family that has fallen into poverty...
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Osamu Dazai´s The Setting Sun: The Manga Edition - Osamu Dazai
<p>A classic of Japanese literature, brought to life in English & manga for the first time!This is the first manga edition in English of The Setting Sun, Osamu Dazai's classic novel, often considered his masterpiece.Set in the aftermath of World War II, this is the story of Kazuko, a strong-willed young woman from an aristocratic family that has fallen into ...
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Through the Eye of a Needle
Jesus taught his followers that it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter heaven. Yet by the fall of Rome, the church was becoming rich beyond measure. "Through the Eye of a Needle" is a sweeping intellectual and social history of the vexing problem of wealth in Christianity in the waning days of the Roman Empire, written by t...
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Vince Cable - Storm
This is the bestseller on the credit crunch. In this brilliant short book, Vince Cable, 'the sage of the credit crunch' ("Daily Telegraph") explains how we got here and where we're going. In "The Storm", Vincent Cable explains the causes of the world economic crisis and how we should respond to the challenges it brings. He shows that although the downturn is global, the c...
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Multilogues on the Now: On Glands, Membranes and Cavities - kol.
Anotace: Multilogues on the Now: On Glands, Membranes and Cavities seek to explore the terrain beyond the binary, focusing on posthuman and more-than-human approaches to health, embodiment and sexuality. Liquid, non-linear, messy, poetic, unstable, leaky, parasitic, monstrous and queer ways of being in the world lead to new openings: of body and its interiority in the wi...
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Multilogues on the Now: On Glands, Membranes and Cavities
Multilogues on the Now: On Glands, Membranes and Cavities seek to explore the terrain beyond the binary, focusing on posthuman and more-than-human approaches to health, embodiment and sexuality. Liquid, non-linear, messy, poetic, unstable, leaky, parasitic, monstrous and queer ways of being in the world lead to new openings: of body and its interiority in the wider scale ...
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Multilogues on the Now: On Glands, Membranes and Cavities - kolektiv autorů
<p>Multilogues on the Now: On Glands, Membranes and Cavities seek to explore the terrain beyond the binary, focusing on posthuman and more-than-human approaches to health, embodiment and sexuality. Liquid, non-linear, messy, poetic, unstable, leaky, parasitic, monstrous and queer ways of being in the world lead to new openings: of body and its interiority in the wid...
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Consequences of Capitalism : Manufacturing Discontent and Resistance - Noam Chomsky
<p>An essential primer on capitalism, politics and how the world works, based on the hugely popular undergraduate lecture series 'What is Politics?' Is there an alternative to capitalism? In this landmark text Chomsky and Waterstone chart a critical map for a more just and sustainable society. 'Covid-19 has revealed glaring failures and monstrous brutalities in t...
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Planta Sapiens: Unmasking Plant Intelligence - Calvo Paco
Anotace: `A joy to read ... mind-expanding` Book of the Week, Guardian`A bold and brave paean to our planet`s ligneous, leafy kingdom` Telegraph`An impressive exploration and dazzling insight into the lives of plants` Reaction Book Digest What is it like to be a plant?It`s not a question we might think to contemplate, even though many of us live surrounded by plants. Sci...
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Birdgirl - Mya-Rose Craig
Anotace: Discover Mya-Rose Craig`s moving and life-affirming memoir about family, searching for rare birds, and the power of our natural world.`Lyrical, poignant and insightful` MARGARET ATWOOD (on Twitter)`Filled with hope and energy` GuardianIn her memoir, Mya-Rose Craig and her family travel the world in search of rare birds and astonishing landscapes. But a shadow mo...
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Post Wall
This landmark global study makes us rethink what happened when the Cold War ended and our present era was born.The world changed dramatically as the Berlin Wall fell and protest turned to massacre in Tiananmen Square. Now, with deft analysis and a wealth of newly declassified archival sources, historian Kristina Spohr offers a bold and novel interpretation of the revoluti...
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Why Wall Street Matters
If you like your smartphone or your widescreen TV, then - whether you know it or not - you're a beneficiary of Wall Street. From the journalist who knows the financial world better than almost anyone, this is the inside story of how Wall Street works and why, despite its flaws, we still need it.'Has the rare gift not only of understanding the fiendishly complicated goings...
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The Secret History of the American Empire - John Perkins
<p>New York Times bestseller From the author of the phenomenal New York Times bestseller, Confessions of an Economic Hit Man, comes an expose of international corruption, and an inspired plan to turn the tide for future generations With a presidential election around the corner, questions of America's military buildup, environmental impact, and foreign policy are on...
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Earth 2150 Trilogy (PC) DIGITAL
Your heroes and your armies will need strong leadership to take them on a spellbinding odyssey that has everything a gamer’s heart could wish for breathtaking worlds in space, battles against cunning enemies and even downright treason from your own government faction - are you up to it? Accept the challenge…let this gripping EARTH 2150 RTS trilogy thrust you ...
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Earth 2150 Trilogy (PC) DIGITAL (PC)
Your heroes and your armies will need strong leadership to take them on a spellbinding odyssey that has everything a gamer’s heart could wish for breathtaking worlds in space, battles against cunning enemies and even downright treason from your own government faction - are you up to it?Accept the challenge…let this gripping EARTH 2150 RTS trilogy thru...
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Be Useful: Seven tools for life - Arnold Schwarzenegger
<p>The seven rules to follow to realize your true purpose in life-distilled by Arnold Schwarzenegger from his own journey of ceaseless reinvention and extraordinary achievement, and available for absolutely anyone.The world's greatest bodybuilder. The world's highest paid movie star. The leader of the world's sixth largest economy. That these are the same person sou...
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This Changes Everything - Naomi Klein; Naomi Kleinová
Anotace: Naomi Klein's international bestseller This Changes Everything is a must-read on our future, one of the defining and most hopeful books of this era. Forget everything you think you know about global warming. It's not about carbon - it's about capitalism. The good news is that we can seize this crisis to transform our failed economic system and build something ...
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The Earth Transformed: An Untold History - Frankopan Peter
Anotace: A 2023 HIGHLIGHT FOR: BBC NEWS * SUNDAY TIMES CULTURE * FINANCIAL TIMES * NEW EUROPEAN * GUARDIAN * NEW STATESMAN * THE TIMES * THE WEEK * WATERSTONES * BLACKWELL`SMost people can name the influential leaders and major battles of the past. Few can name the most destructive storms, the worst winters, the most devastating droughts.In The Earth Transformed, ground-...
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21 Lessons for the 21st Century - Harari Yuval Noah
Anotace: NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY FINANCIAL TIMES AND PAMELA PAUL, KQED How do computers and robots change the meaning of being human? How do we deal with the epidemic of fake news? Are nations and religions still relevant? What should we teach our children? Yuval Noah Harari's 21 Lessons for the 21st Century is a probing and visionary investiga...
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Moonshot : Inside Pfizer´s Nine-Month Race to Make the Impossible Possible - Bourla Albert
Anotace: A riveting, fast-paced, inside look at one of the most incredible private sector achievements in history, Moonshot recounts the intensive nine months in 2020 when the scientists at Pfizer, under the visionary leadership of Dr. Albert Bourla, made "the impossible possible"-creating, testing, and manufacturing a safe and effective Covid-19 vaccine that previously ...
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Demon Copperhead: Longlisted for the Women´s Prize for Fiction 2023 - Kingsolver Barbara
Anotace: A masterpiece in storytelling from the global bestselling author of Unsheltered and Flight Behaviour.LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN`S PRIZETHE MULTI-MILLION COPY SELLING AUTHORBOOK AT BEDTIME ON BBC RADIO 4AN OPRAH BOOK CLUB PICKWITH OVER 18,000 5* REVIEWS`Extraordinary.` OPRAH`She means to save us by telling us stories. . . She comes closer than anyone else I know.` ...
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Demon Copperhead: Longlisted for the Women´s Prize for Fiction 2023 - Barbara Kingsolver
<p>A masterpiece in storytelling from the global bestselling author of Unsheltered and Flight Behaviour. LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE THE MULTI-MILLION COPY SELLING AUTHOR BOOK AT BEDTIME ON BBC RADIO 4 AN OPRAH BOOK CLUB PICK WITH OVER 18,000 5* REVIEWS 'Extraordinary.' OPRAH 'She means to save us by telling us stories. . . She comes closer than anyone else I...
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Be Useful: Seven tools for life - Arnold Schwarzenegger
Anotace: The seven rules to follow to realize your true purpose in life-distilled by Arnold Schwarzenegger from his own journey of ceaseless reinvention and extraordinary achievement, and available for absolutely anyone.The world`s greatest bodybuilder. The world`s highest paid movie star. The leader of the world`s sixth largest economy. That these are the same person so...
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Of Fear and Strangers: A History of Xenophobia - George Makari
An illuminating work revealing the long history of xenophobia and what it means for today's divided world <p>Over the last few years, it has been impossible to ignore the steady resurgence of xenophobia. The European migrant crisis and immigration from Central America to the United States have placed Western advocates of globalisation on the defensive, and a 'New Xe...
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Anno 2070 - Complete Edition
Our world has changed. The sea’s rising level has harmed the coastal cities and climate change has made large stretches of land inhospitable. Following up the award-winning strategy series, Anno 2070® offers a new world full of challenges. Get in touch with one of the deepest economy system featured in a city builder based on resources management, diplomacy and ...
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Year of the Monkey - Patti Smith
<p>From the National Book Award-winning author of Just Kids and M Train, a profound, beautifully realized memoir in which dreams and reality are vividly woven into a tapestry of one transformative year</p> <p>Following a run of New Year's concerts at San Francisco's legendary Fillmore, Patti Smith finds herself tramping the coast of Santa Cruz, about to ...
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Anno 2070 - Complete Edition (PC)
Our world has changed. The sea’s rising level has harmed the coastal cities and climate change has made large stretches of land inhospitable.Following up the award-winning strategy series, Anno 2070® offers a new world full of challenges. Get in touch with one of the deepest economy system featured in a city builder based on resources management, diploma...
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