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The American Way of War: Guided Missiles, Misguided Men, and a Republic in Peril»rank: 2250par: Eugene Jarecki
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Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA»rank: 9029par: Tim Weiner
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Banker To The Poor: Micro-Lending and the Battle Against World Poverty»rank: 20054par: Muhammad Yunus
Chroniques et points de vue:From :lt began with a simple $27 loan. After witnessing the cycle of poverty that kept many poor women enslaved to high-interest loan sharks in Bangladesh, Dr. Muhammad Yunus lent money to 42 women so they could purchase bamboo to make and sell stools. ln a short time, the women were able to repay the loans while continuing to support themselves and their families. With that initial eye-opening success, the seeds of the Grameen Bank, and the concept of microcredit, were planted. After earning a Ph.D. in economics ... |
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The Wordy Shipmates»rank: 1679par: Sarah Vowell
Chroniques et points de vue:From :lt began with a simple $27 loan. After witnessing the cycle of poverty that kept many poor women enslaved to high-interest loan sharks in Bangladesh, Dr. Muhammad Yunus lent money to 42 women so they could purchase bamboo to make and sell stools. ln a short time, the women were able to repay the loans while continuing to support themselves and their families. With that initial eye-opening success, the seeds of the Grameen Bank, and the concept of microcredit, were planted. After earning a Ph.D. in economics ... |
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28: Stories of AIDS in Africa»rank: 1310par: Stephanie Nolen
Chroniques et points de vue:From :lt began with a simple $27 loan. After witnessing the cycle of poverty that kept many poor women enslaved to high-interest loan sharks in Bangladesh, Dr. Muhammad Yunus lent money to 42 women so they could purchase bamboo to make and sell stools. ln a short time, the women were able to repay the loans while continuing to support themselves and their families. With that initial eye-opening success, the seeds of the Grameen Bank, and the concept of microcredit, were planted. After earning a Ph.D. in economics ... |
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The Group of Seven and Tom Thomson»rank: 15882par: David P. Silcox
Chroniques et points de vue:Amazon.ca Canadian Essential:The paintings of the Group of Seven and their precursor Tom Thomson have defined for nearly a century not only the landscape of Canadian art, but the Canadian landscape itself, by creating more than anyone else the collective imagination of our home and native land. David Silcox's gorgeously prepared book, with nearly 400 exquisite colour reproductions, is the definitive survey of their work, reclaiming the paintings from their postcard familiarity and allowing one to view once again the path to their creation. Amazon.ca:Art historian David Silcox's ... |
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Art Of Seduction»rank: 5142par: Robert Greene
Chroniques et points de vue:Amazon.ca Canadian Essential:The paintings of the Group of Seven and their precursor Tom Thomson have defined for nearly a century not only the landscape of Canadian art, but the Canadian landscape itself, by creating more than anyone else the collective imagination of our home and native land. David Silcox's gorgeously prepared book, with nearly 400 exquisite colour reproductions, is the definitive survey of their work, reclaiming the paintings from their postcard familiarity and allowing one to view once again the path to their creation. Amazon.ca:Art historian David Silcox's ... |
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Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith»rank: 7248par: Jon Krakauer
Chroniques et points de vue:From Amazon.co.uk:Under the Banner of Heaven is a riveting read. The Lafferty boys were brought up in a squeaky clean All-American family. So what made two of them follow revelations from God to slit the throat of their ex-beauty queen sister-in-law and her infant daughter? The problem was that they got involved in the fundamentalist, survivalist wing of the Mormon Church. Author Jon Krakauer expertly jumps from the immediate horror of the Lafferty boys to the context of Mormonism and the wider questions of religious violence. ln the ... |
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My Years as Prime Minister»rank: 10924par: Jean Chretien
Chroniques et points de vue:From Amazon.co.uk:Under the Banner of Heaven is a riveting read. The Lafferty boys were brought up in a squeaky clean All-American family. So what made two of them follow revelations from God to slit the throat of their ex-beauty queen sister-in-law and her infant daughter? The problem was that they got involved in the fundamentalist, survivalist wing of the Mormon Church. Author Jon Krakauer expertly jumps from the immediate horror of the Lafferty boys to the context of Mormonism and the wider questions of religious violence. ln the ... |
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Paris 1919: Six Months That Changed the World»rank: 2525par: Richard Holbrooke
Chroniques et points de vue:Amazon.ca Canadian Essential:University of Toronto historian Margaret MacMillan failed at first to find a Canadian publisher for her account of the pivotal peace conference that followed the First World War and, some have said, laid the groundwork for the second, but when Paris 1919 won the Samuel Johnson Prize in the U.K., it returned home a bestseller and remained so for years. MacMillan, great-granddaughter of one of the conference's principals, David Lloyd George, has written a definitive history--authoritative, colourful, and engrossing--of the peace that failed. Amazon.ca:Margaret MacMillan's Paris ... |