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  • Up Came a Squatter

    Niel Black of Glenormiston, 1839–1880

    de Maggie Black ...
    Niel Black, a Scot from Argyllshire, arrived in Melbourne in September intending to make his fortune. Ambitious and determined, Black became one of the most successful and energetic squatters in the Western District of Victoria – a livestock breeder and a Member of the Legislative Council. He was also a correspondent extraordinaire, and his letters to family, fellow pastoralists, colonial ... Leer más

    $19.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • NoNonsense International Development

    Illusions and Realities

    de Maggie Black ...
    "Development" is often misunderstood and can embrace everything from large infrastructure projects to small-scale environmental initiatives. The idea can often mask confusion, contradiction, deceit and corruption. This book is essential reading for anyone wanting to know what development actually is. It covers all the key themes and critically suggests ways to bring the poor and marginalised into ... Leer más

    $9.99 USD

  • The No-Nonsense Guide to International Development

    de Maggie Black ...
    Series series No-Nonsense Guides
    “Overseas aid” and “international development” are catch-all terms that cover a multitude of activities—and abuses. This guide explains what “development” actually is—and explores its political and economic roots. It shows what can happen in the name of development and argues for a more organic, social approach with those it seeks to serve as equal partners in the process.Maggie Black has written ... Leer más

    $10.99 USD

  • The No-Nonsense Guide to the United Nations

    de Maggie Black ...
    Series series No-Nonsense Guides
    In the first book to distill the entire history of the United Nations into one accessible volume, Maggie Black explains how this complex organization works and explores its successes, failings, and current limitations. The book includes the creation of the UN and its early history, how it is structured, and whether it is well constituted in its functions. Black also considers possibilities for ... Leer más

    $9.99 USD

  • The Atlas of Water

    Mapping the World's Most Critical Resource

    de Maggie Black ...
    Climate change, population increase, and the demands made by the growing number of people adopting urban lifestyles and western diets threaten the world’s supply of freshwater, edging us closer to a global water crisis, with dire implications for agriculture, the economy, the environment, and human health. Completely revised and updated, The Atlas of Water is a compelling visual guide to the state ... Leer más

    $23.99 USD

  • The Last Taboo

    Opening the Door on the Global Sanitation Crisis

    de Maggie Black, Ben Fawcett ...
    Except in schoolboy jokes, the subject of human waste is rarely aired. We talk aboutwater-related diseases when most are sanitation-related - in short, we don‘t mention the shit.A century and a half ago, a long, hot summer reduced the Thames flowing past the UK Houses of Parliament to aGreat Stink thereby inducing MPs to legislate sanitary reform. Today, another sanitary reformation is needed, one ... Leer más

    $51.99 USD

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  • Hope in Hell: Inside the World of Doctors Without Borders

    Inside the World of Doctors Without Borders

    de Dan Bortolotti ...
    More fascinating and harrowing accounts of the volunteer professionals who risk their lives to help those in desperate need.Praise for the second edition:"Direct and evocative, this well-written book pushes readers to the edge of a world of grueling realities not known by most Americans."-- ChoiceDoctors Without Borders (aka Medecins Sans Frontieres, or MSF) was founded in 1971 by rebellious ... Leer más

    $8.99 USD

  • Garbology

    Our Dirty Love Affair with Trash

    de Edward Humes ...
    A Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist takes readers on a surprising tour of the world of garbage.Take a journey inside the secret world of our biggest export, our most prodigious product, and our greatest legacy: our trash. It’s the biggest thing we make: The average American is on track to produce a whopping 102 tons of garbage across a lifetime, $50 billion in squandered riches rolled to the curb ... Leer más

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  • Arabian War Games

    Cataclysmic Wars Redraw the Map of the Middle East

    de Ali Shihabi ...
    This work of fiction analyzes the two most dangerous political fault lines running across the Middle East: the Arabian/Israeli-Iranian conflict and the Palestinian-Israeli struggle. In Arabian War Games, the author proposes, through the use of fiction, a scenario where these issues all come to a head in a perfect storm. It is the year 20XX, and the regime in Iran, by then nearly choking to death ... Leer más

    $3.99 USD

  • Healing Our History 3rd Edition

    de Robert Consedine, Joanna Consedine ...
    A powerful and humane book, Healing Our History eschews rhetoric and cuts to the true story of race relations in New Zealand. The Treaty of Waitangi is the most important document in New Zealand's history. Current Treaty issues and Maori/Pakeha relationships can only be understood within the wider story of New Zealand. As we understand and honour our history, we can acknowledge the need for ... Leer más

    $10.99 USD

  • Arab Dawn

    Arab Youth and the Demographic Dividend They Will Bring

    de Bessma Momani ...
    Series series UTP Insights
    In the West, news about the Middle East is dominated by an endless stream of reports and commentary about civil war, sectarian violence, religious extremism, and economic stagnation. But do they tell the full story? For instance, who knew that university enrolment in the war-torn Palestinian territories exceeds that of Hong Kong, or that more than a third of Lebanese entrepreneurs are women?Change ... Leer más

    $23.99 USD

  • No Simple Passage

    de Jenny Robin Jones ...
    The Treaty of Waitangi had been in place for only two years when the London set out from England with a full shipload of wannabe pioneers. Driven by a variety of motives, many of them related to poverty and lack of positive expectations, they responded to slick advertising and set out for a new life at the other end of the world.Jenny Robin Jones has created a startling record of life on board the ... Leer más

    $4.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus