Over complicated: Technology at the limits of comprehension

You don't understand the software running your car or your iPhone. But here's a secret: neither do the geniuses at Apple or the Ph. D.'s at Toyota--not perfectly, anyway. No one, not lawyers, doctors, accountants, or policy makers, fully grasps the rules governing your tax return, your retirement account, or your hospital's medical machinery. The same technological advances that have simplified…

A brief history of slavery

Slavery is as old as the world itself and expert and professor Jeremy Black will show that its history is one that is central to our understanding of the modern world. This essential guide is a new global history of slavery from ancient times to the present day, includes fascinating new insights and interpretations including the role of slavery within Islam, the complicity of some Africans in t…

A brief history of the Amazons: Women warriors in myth and history

Golden-shielded, silver-sworded, man-loving, male-child slaughtering Amazons,' is how the fifth-century Greek historian Hellanicus described the Amazons, and they have fascinated humanity ever since. Did they really exist? For centuries, scholars consigned them to the world of myth, but Lyn Webster Wilde journeyed into the homeland of the Amazons and uncovered astonishing evidence of their hist…

Love in a headscarf: Muslim woman seeks the one

At the age of thirteen, I knew that I was destined to marry John Travolta. One day he would arrive on my North London doorstep, fall madly in love with me and ask me to marry him. Then he would convert to Islam and become a devoted Muslim.' Shelina is keeping a very surprising secret under her headscarf--she wants to fall in love and find her faith. Torn between the Buxom Aunties, romantic come…

The lost boy: A foster child's search for the love of a family

As a child, Dave Pelzer never had a real home. Rescued from an alcoholic, abusive mother, his only possessions were the clothes he carried in a paper bag; the only world he knew was one of isolation and fear.

Who are Refugees and Migrants? What Makes People Leave their Homes? And Other…

What does it mean for people to have to leave their homes, and what happens when they seek entry to another country? This book explores the history of refugees and migration around the world and the effects on people of never-ending war and conflict. It compares the effects on society of diversity and interculturalism with historical attempts to create a racially 'pure' culture. It takes an int…

The rise of Indonesian communism

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Surviving against the odds: village industry in Indonesia

S. Ann Dunham ; edited and with a preface by Alice G. Dewey and Nancy I. Cooper ; with a foreword by Maya Soetoro-Ng and an afterword by Robert W. Hefner. rnA John Hope Franklin Center book--P. [i].rnRevised version of the author's thesis (doctoral) University of Hawaii 1992.rnIncludes bibliographical references and index."

The cartoon introduction to economics. Volume Two, Macroeconomics

Need to understand today's economy? This is the book for you. The Cartoon Introduction to Economics, Volume Two: Macroeconomics is the most accessible, intelligible, and humorous introduction to unemployment, inflation, and debt you'll ever read. nbsp; Whereas Volume One: Microeconomics dealt with the optimizing individual, Volume Two: Macroeconomics explains the factors that affect the economy…

The big short: Inside the doomsday machine

Michael Lewis offers a critical look at the financial collapse of 2008 and reveals how the American economy shot itself in the foot. With cynical wit and humor, Lewis exposes the bungling villains who steered the economy toward a recession and chronicles the harrowing attempts of a few hopeless heroes who foresaw this tragedy.

Inside Apple: How America's most admired-and secretive-company really works

An analysis of the systems, tactics, and leadership strategies that have contributed to Apple's successes profiles such practices as the direct accountability of employees and shares insider perspectives on Apple's plans after the loss of Steve Jobs.

Basic facts about the United Nations 2014

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Rekontruksi tradisi bernegara dalam UUD 1945

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The art of war

Compiled more than two thousand years ago by a mysterious warrior-philosopher, THE ART OF WAR, is still perhaps the most prestigious and influential book of strategy in the world today, as eagerly studied in Asia by modern politicians and executives as it has been by military leaders since ancient times. As a study of the anatomy of organizations in conflict, THE ART OF WAR applies to competiti…

The under cover economist

The economics of everyday life in everyday terms, brought to life by a young and very talented economist.

Rich dad, poor dad

Argues that a good education and a secure job are not guarantees for financial success, and describes six guidelines for making money work for you.

Confession of an economic hit man

Perkins, a former chief economist at a Boston strategic-consulting firm, confesses he was an "economic hit man" for 10 years, helping U.S. intelligence agencies and multinationals cajole and blackmail foreign leaders into serving U.S. foreign policy and awarding lucrative contracts to American business.

Maonomics: Why Chinese communists make better capitalists than we do

An expert on world finance takes the long view that the Chinese economic miracle will influence how the rest of the world does business, and signals the coming collapse of capitalism as we know it.

Smart girl's guide to money: How to make it, save it, and spend it

A practical guide to the ins and outs of money smarts. Helps girls identify their spending style, gives tips on running their own business and advice for saving and investing. Includes 101 moneymaking ideas.

Leuwimajang village

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Taman Nasional Gunung Halimun : Menyingkap Kabut Gunung Halimun

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A guide to Cikaniki Citalahab Looptrail Gunung Halimun National Park West Jav…

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The race for what's left: The global scramble for the world's last resources

Journalist Klare describes the impact the coming shortage of natural resources will have on the future of the human race. by Michael T. Klare.

Water conservation

Explains how water shortages affects people and gives ways that we can save water.

Alternative fuels

Offers nineteen examples of alternative fuels and the reasons we need to use them as well as a definition of the each fuel source. Includes the pros and cons of each fuel source and case studies and statistics showing effects on countries that have gone green. Provides a glossary of terms.

Sustaining our natural resources

This book explores the ways in which we are depleting the planet's resources, and the need to use them in a sustainable manner.

Alternative energy: Renewable energy resources

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One thousand paper cranes: The story of Sadako and the Children's Peace Statue

Ten years after the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, Sadako Sasaki died as a result of the Atomic Bomb disease. Sadako's determination to fold one thousand paper cranes, symbolizing her hope for peace, and her courageous struggle with her illness inspired her classmates. After her death, they started a national campaign to build the Children's Peace Statue in memory of Sadako and the many …

Zeitoun

In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, longtime New Orleans residents Abdulrahman and Kathy Zeitoun are cast into an unthinkable struggle with forces beyond wind and water. In the days after the storm, Abdulrahman traveled the flooded streets in a secondhand canoe, passing on supplies and helping those he could. A week later, on September 6, 2005, Zeitoun abruptly disappeared--arrested and accused o…

Warriors don't cry: The searing memoir of the battle to integrated Little Roc…

The author describes the threats and emotional abuse she endured from white student and adults along with her fears of endangering her family as she commited to being one of the first African American students to integrate Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas in 1957.