" A hugely important book [with] a compelling vision for ethical global finance that makes current political debates seem petty and thoughtless" (Lawrence H. Summers, former U.S. Treasury Secretary).According to Bertrand Badré, finance is neither inherently good nor bad. It's just a tool—the most powerful tool on earth. . In Can Finance Save the World?, he describes innovative approaches and financial tools that can help us address many of...

In the evocative anthology 'Campfire and Battlefield,' readers are drawn into the rich narrative tapestry of war's grim realities and the quiet, reflective moments of camaraderie and introspection often found beside the flickering campfires. This collection ventures beyond the typical remembrances of wartime valor and strategy, embracing a breadth of literary styles that range from poignant poetry to immersive battlefield recollections. The anthology offers a compelling cross-section of pe...

In "Campfire and Battlefield," readers are invited to traverse the rich and tumultuous landscapes of war and camaraderie through a curated selection of essays, narratives, and reflections. This anthology captures an expansive range of literary styles, from vivid narrative accounts that place the reader on the front lines to deeply philosophical musings on the nature of conflict and brotherhood. The collection is uniquely poised within the larger literary canon as a testament to the multifa...

The Global Citizenship Commission was convened, under the leadership of former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and the auspices of NYU’s Global Institute for Advanced Study, to re-examine the spirit and stirring words of The Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The result – this volume – offers a 21st-century commentary on the original document, furthering the work of human rights and illuminating the ideal of global citizenship. What does it mean for each of us to be members of a gl...

Tatenda Taibu's first autobiography is his complete life story: from his uncompromising upbringing in the township of Highfield, Harare, to becoming the youngest international cricket captain in history, to quitting the game that made him at the age of 29 to pursue his faith. In this revealing tome, Taibu lifts the lid on the challenges of representing Zimbabwe in the era of Robert Mugabe, and details how constant controversy and conflict ultimately restrict meaningful progress.

Her family broken apart and her identity taken away, she had to forget her past in order to face her future. But forgetting isn’t forever.Taken from their mother’s care and deported from England to the colonies, ten-year-old Marjorie Arnison and her nine-year-old brother, Kenny, were sent to the Prince of Wales Fairbridge Farm School on Vancouver Island in September 1937. Their eight-year-old sister, Audrey, followed the next August.Marjorie's new home was ...

The former British prime minister shares eight inspirational profiles of brave individuals who fought for righteous social causes."No British prime minister since Churchill has written anything quite as good, at least not while in active politics." — New York Review of BooksIn the tradition of John F. Kennedy's Pulitzer Prize–winning Profiles in Courage, Prime Minister Gordon Brown's fascinating collection of inspi...

Book 4 in the mind-bending Craig McIntyre series. In cities across North America people are dying in seemingly impossible ways. Is history's most outrageous serial killer on the loose? Craig McIntyre is used to being hunted. Now he is the hunter. And thousands could die if he fails to track down the killer.

This book explains why the earliest cities had grid-form street systems, what conditions led to their being overwhelmingly preferred for 5000 years throughout the world, why the Founding Fathers wanted gridform cities and how they affect economic transactions. Real property has been instrumental in forming urban settlements for 5000 years, but virtually all urban form commentary, theory and research has ignored this reality. The result is an incomplete and flawed understanding of cities. R...

Originally published in 1935, when the province of Iringa in what is now Tanzania was still under British administrative control, this book is inevitably a product of its time, but nonetheless it represents an important project in collaboration between an anthropologist and a government official. Factors such as tribal organization and changes of it to aid administration are discussed as well as particular details relating to Hehe marriage and divorce.

This title was first published in 2001. This volume contains Allan Ramsay's "Enquiry into the Situation and Circumstances of Horace's Sabine Villa". It also features essays about Ramsay, Jacob More, Jacob Philipp Hackert, the garden and country house in 18th-century British thought, and the archaeology of the Licenza Valley. The aims of the editors are three-fold: to print the text as Ramsay would have wished to, had he been able; to publish the related illustrations by Hackert, More and R...

This book, a contemporary account from the time, chronicles the life of Queen Victoria (1819 to 1901). She married all nine of her children into the royal houses of Europe, gave her name to an era, ruled over England at a time of great change, survived assassination attempts, became the longest reigning monarch and more. This excellent book is a fascinating read about the woman behind the British Empire.