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Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance»rank: 238par: Barack Obama
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Honoured Canadiens»rank: 163par: Hockey Hall of Fame
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Post American World»rank: 146par: Fareed Zakaria
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The Art of War»rank: 237par: Sun Tzu
Chroniques et points de vue:From :The Art of War is the Swiss army knife of military theory--pop out a different tool for any situation. Folded into this small package are compact views on resourcefulness, momentum, cunning, the profit motive, flexibility, integrity, secrecy, speed, positioning, surprise, deception, manipulation, responsibility, and practicality. Thomas Cleary's translation keeps the package tight, with crisp language and short sections. Commentaries from the Chinese tradition trail Sun-tzu's words, elaborating and picking up on puzzling lines. Take the solitary passage: 'Do not eat food for their soldiers.' Elsewhere, Sun-tzu has ... |
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Canadian History for Dummies»rank: 1845par: Will Ferguson
Chroniques et points de vue: :We always knew Canadian history could be fun, and Will Ferguson proves it in his second edition of Canadian History for Dummies. Approachable in the extreme, this text is fun because of Ferguson's undisputed gift for unearthing our national quirkiness and for illuminating those parts of our heritage that make us a unique people. At first the academic reader might register surprise at the choice of author for the Canadian history text in this wildly popular series, but this is truly a match made in editorial heaven. With ... |
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Guns Germs And Steel»rank: 387par: Jared Diamond
Chroniques et points de vue:From :Explaining what William McNeill called The Rise of the West has become the central problem in the study of global history. ln Guns, Germs, and Steel Jared Diamond presents the biologist's answer: geography, demography, and ecological happenstance. Diamond evenhandedly reviews human history on every continent since the lce Age at a rate that emphasizes only the broadest movements of peoples and ideas. Yet his survey is binocular: one eye has the rather distant vision of the evolutionary biologist, while the other eye--and his heart--belongs to the people ... |
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A Place Within: Rediscovering India»rank: 189par: M.G. Vassanji
Chroniques et points de vue:From :Explaining what William McNeill called The Rise of the West has become the central problem in the study of global history. ln Guns, Germs, and Steel Jared Diamond presents the biologist's answer: geography, demography, and ecological happenstance. Diamond evenhandedly reviews human history on every continent since the lce Age at a rate that emphasizes only the broadest movements of peoples and ideas. Yet his survey is binocular: one eye has the rather distant vision of the evolutionary biologist, while the other eye--and his heart--belongs to the people ... |
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The Great Crash of 1929»rank: 810par: John Kenneth Galbraith
Chroniques et points de vue:From :Rampant speculation. Record trading volumes. Assets bought not because of their value but because the buyer believes he can sell them for more in a day or two, or an hour or two. Welcome to the late 1920s. There are obvious and absolute parallels to the great bull market of the late 1990s, writes Galbraith in a new introduction dated 1997. 0f course, Galbraith notes, every financial bubble since 1929 has been compared to the Great Crash, which is why this book has never been out of ... |
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Mein Kampf»rank: 472par: Adolpf Hitler
Chroniques et points de vue:From :The angry ranting of an obscure, small-party politician, the first volume of Mein Kampf was virtually ignored when it was originally published in 1925. Likewise the second volume, which appeared in 1926. The book details Hitler's childhood, the 'betrayal' of Germany in World War l, the desire for revenge against France, the need for lebensraum for the German people, and the means by which the National Socialist party can gain power. lt also includes Hitler's racist agenda and his glorification of the 'Aryan' race. The few outside ... |
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American Raj: Liberation or Domination?»rank: 891par: Eric S Margolis
Chroniques et points de vue:From :The angry ranting of an obscure, small-party politician, the first volume of Mein Kampf was virtually ignored when it was originally published in 1925. Likewise the second volume, which appeared in 1926. The book details Hitler's childhood, the 'betrayal' of Germany in World War l, the desire for revenge against France, the need for lebensraum for the German people, and the means by which the National Socialist party can gain power. lt also includes Hitler's racist agenda and his glorification of the 'Aryan' race. The few outside ... |