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Released: March 5, 2013
"A data-packed, intriguing analysis that is not entirely convincing."
Former
Foreign Policy editor-in-chief Naím (
Illicit: How Smugglers, Traffickers, and Copycats Are Hi-Jacking the Global Economy, 2006, etc.) argues that global institutions of power are losing their ability to command respect.
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Released: March 5, 2013
"Healthy skepticism dealt with a sometimes too-heavy hand, and a useful corrective for those who believe that we'll somehow engineer ourselves out of our current mess."
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Released: March 5, 2013
"A sobering, intensive report."
An al-Qaida watcher lends some farsighted insight into the group's motivation and direction.
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Released: March 5, 2013
"A practical addition to literature on conservatism that will be widely appreciated, not just on the left."
Nation contributor Fang debuts with this introduction to the leadership of the contemporary conservative movement, survey of its organizational forms and tactics, and classification of its different sections, by function and area of activity.
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Released: March 5, 2013
"A valuable addition to the literature on the digital age."
A provocative and far-reaching account of how capitalism has shaped the Internet in the United States.
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Released: March 5, 2013
"Cynical, tardy and unnecessary."
The 2012 election is still fresh in memory, but with this effort to make a multicultural, immigrant-flush America safe for Republicans, it's clear that another Bush is declaring for the presidency.
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Released: March 4, 2013
"Insightful case studies that explore how young women are negotiating the pressures of sexual and professional liberation."
Sociologist and psychotherapist Bell investigates the generation of women in their 20s who, despite unprecedented opportunities, are struggling to find balance in their emotional and sexual lives.
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Released: March 1, 2013
"Williams' work ably demonstrates how a single person can make a great difference."
A crusader for the worldwide ban on landmines tells her amazing, unlikely journey to winning the Nobel Peace Prize in 1997.
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Released: March 1, 2013
"A great introduction to the functioning of central banking for general readers."
Federal Reserve Chairman Bernanke (
Essays on the Great Depression, 2000, etc.) presents his views on the Federal Reserve System, central banking and the financial crisis in four lectures given to students during the course of 2012.
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Released: Feb. 28, 2013
"A solid work of intellectual criticism."
A close look at Israeli society yields a sense of disorientating psychosis rather than clarity.
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Released: Feb. 26, 2013
"Detailed and thoughtful."
Education reporter Carr debuts with a balanced account of the growing charter-school movement in post-Katrina New Orleans.
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Released: Feb. 26, 2013
"A trove of useful insider wisdom."
The former CEO of National Public Radio exposes the shortcomings of tax-deductible, not-for-profit organizations.
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