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world is flat_ a brief history of the twenty——first century, The - Thomas L. Friedman
SUMMARY:The Beginning Of The Twenty-First Century Will Be Remembered, Friedman Argues, Not For Military Conflicts Or Political Events, But For A Whole New Age Of Global... -
powershift1781735
Toffler argues that while headlines focus on shifts of power at the global level, equally significant shifts are taking place in our everyday world--supermarkets, hospitals, ban... -
Jeffry A. Frieden - Global Capitalism_ Its Fall and Rise in the Twentieth Century-W. W. Norton & Company (2007)
"Magisterial history...one of the most comprehensive histories of modern capitalism yet written." —Michael Hirsh, New York Times Book ReviewIn 1900 international trade reached unpr... -
Economist Oct 6th, The - The Economist
Global news and current affairs from a European perspective. Best downloaded on Friday mornings (GMT) Articles in this issue: Politics this w... -
Lion_ A Long Way Home - Saroo Brierly
When Saroo Brierley used Google Earth to find his long-lost birthplace half a world away, his story made global headlines. That story is being published in several languages around... -
Zero History - William Gibson
The new novel from William Gibson, "one of the most visionary, original, and quietly influential writers currently working." (The Boston Globe)Hollis Henry worked for the global ma... -
World on Fire - Michael Brownstein
In our era of apocalyptic change, everything from terrorism to a stifling cultural sameness has become globalized. World on Fire is a poet's impassioned, prophetic examination ... -
Too Big to Fail - Andrew Ross Sorkin
Andrew Ross Sorkin delivers the first true behind-the-scenes, moment-by-moment account of how the greatest financial crisis since the Great Depression developed into a global tsuna... -
The Power Broker - Stephen Frey
From Publishers WeeklyMurder, global conspiracy, treason, blackmail, sexual infidelity and perversity propel bestseller Frey's entertaining, if highly implausible, third financial ... -
The Mammoth Book of Apocalyptic - Mike Ashley
The last sixty years have been full of stories of one or other possible Armageddon, whether by nuclear war, plague, cosmic catastrophe or, more recently, global warming, terrori...
