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“susan levenstein”

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  • Dottoressa

    An American Doctor in Rome

    by Susan Levenstein ...
    “Wise and witty.”―Publishers Weekly“A charming story well told.”―Kirkus Reviews“Smart, funny, charming . . . full of astute insights into the way Italy works.”―Alexander Stille“A wonderfully fun read.”―Dr. Robert Sapolsky"As funny as it is poignant. A must read for anyone who thinks they understand medicine, Italy, or humanity.”―Barbie Latza NadeauAfter completing her medical training in New York, ... Read more

    $18.31 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Global Farms Race

    Land Grabs, Agricultural Investment, and the Scramble for Food Security

    Edited by Michael Kugelman, Susan L. Levenstein ...
    As we struggle to feed a global population speeding toward 9 billion, we have entered a new phase of the food crisis. Wealthy countries that import much of their food, along with private investors, are racing to buy or lease huge swaths of farmland abroad. The Global Farms Race is the first book to examine this burgeoning trend in all its complexity, considering the implications for investors, ... Read more

    $59.99 CAD

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    Whistle-Blowing in the Age of Snowden

    by Mark Hertsgaard ...
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    $21.99 CAD

  • A World of Three Zeros

    The New Economics of Zero Poverty, Zero Unemployment, and Zero Net Carbon Emissions

    by Muhammad Yunus ...
    From Nobel Prize winner and bestselling author of Banker to the Poor, a vision of an emerging new economic system that can save humankind and the planetMuhammad Yunus is one of the modern world’s most trenchant social critics. In A World of Three Zeros, he declare it’s time to admit that the capitalist engine has failed most people – that in its current form it inevitably leads to rampant ... Read more

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  • The Economics of Enough

    How to Run the Economy as If the Future Matters

    by Diane Coyle ...
    The world's leading economies are facing not just one but many crises. The financial meltdown may not be over, climate change threatens major global disruption, economic inequality has reached extremes not seen for a century, and government and business are widely distrusted. At the same time, many people regret the consumerism and social corrosion of modern life. What these crises have in common, ... Read more

    $33.99 CAD

  • Dynamic Forest

    Man Versus Nature in the Boreal Forest

    by Malcolm F. Squires ...
    Series Book 7 - Point of View
    Nearing the end of a lifetime in the boreal forest, a retired forester writes a passionate plea for rational, science-based forest management.The boreal forest is constantly changing, often dramatically. We like to picture it as a stable, balanced system. Really, it is anything but stable. The boreal forest is dynamic.For over sixty years, forester Malcolm F. Squires has seen mature forests within ... Read more

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  • The Water Wizard – The Extraordinary Properties of Natural Water

    by Viktor Schauberger ...
    Translated by Callum Coats ...
    More energy is encapsulated in every drop of good spring water than an average-sized power station is presently able to produce. Viktor Schauberger (1885–1958) Water – all life depends on it. Yet how often do we stop to consider its true significance, its essential nature? The Water Wizard, the first volume of the Eco-Technology series which presents the original, passionate and convincing ... Read more

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  • Pricing the Planet's Future

    The Economics of Discounting in an Uncertain World

    by Christian Gollier ...
    Our path of economic development has generated a growing list of environmental problems including the disposal of nuclear waste, exhaustion of natural resources, loss of biodiversity, climate change, and polluted land, air, and water. All these environmental problems raise the crucial challenge of determining what we should and should not do for future generations. It is also central to other ... Read more

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  • Sustainability Policy

    Hastening the Transition to a Cleaner Economy

    by Steven Cohen, William Eimicke, Alison Miller ...
    A complete guide to sustainability policy at the federal, state, and local levelsSustainability Policy: Hastening the Transition to a Cleaner Economy is a fundamental guide for public sector professionals new to sustainability policy development, implementation, strategy, and practice. Featuring detailed cases highlighting innovative sustainability initiatives, this book explores the elements that ... Read more

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  • The Politics of Resource Extraction

    Indigenous Peoples, Multinational Corporations and the State

    Edited by S. Sawyer, E. Gomez ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    International institutions (United Nations, World Bank) and multinational companies have voiced concern over the adverse impact of resource extraction activities on the livelihood of indigenous communities. This volume examines mega resource extraction projects in Australia, Bolivia, Canada, Chad, Cameroon, India, Nigeria, Peru, the Philippines. ... Read more

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  • Water is for Fighting Over

    and Other Myths about Water in the West

    by John Fleck ...
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  • Green Energy War

    by John Geesman ...
    No drumbeat resonates like the mobilization of public opinion for war. In 2008 and 2009, policy elites around the world prepared for US re-entry to the global climate debate. These short narrative bursts capture the heady aspirations of the time, tracing the strategic perimeter of energy initiatives that soon turned comatose – a "weird and unintended prequel" to the exuberant 21 Machetes. ... Read more

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