The End of Poverty: Economic Possibilities for Our Time, Paperback - Jeffrey D. Sachs

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While recovering from cancer, John Harrison followed in the footsteps of Hernan Cortes - the man responsible for the fall of the Aztec Empire - for...

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An esoteric study of the Order of the Templars and the Holy Grail and their significance for our time.

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In a time like the present, in a world that may or may not be our own, three young people-Ginny, Jack, and Daniel-dream of a decadent, doomed city ...

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Economists insist that recovery is at hand, yet unemployment remains high, real estate values continue to drop, and governments stagger under recor...

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This book furthers the discussion concerning critical pedagogy and its practical applications for urban contexts. It addresses two looming, yet und...

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Set in San Francisco's rollicking Castro district in 1971, Our Time is the story of a young gay man from the Midwest who leaves home in search of a...

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DescriptionWhat if there was another Moses, very different from the one we know? According to tradition, Moses wrote the first five books of the Bi...