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The trouble with billionaires
Par Neil Brooks, Linda McQuaig. 2010
The glittering lives of billionaires may seem like a harmless source of entertainment, but such concentrated economic power reverberates throughout…
society, threatening the quality of life and the very functioning of democracy. And while we tend to regard large fortunes as evidence of great talent or accomplishment, the vast new wealth isn't due to an increase in talent or effort at the top, but rather to changing social attitudes legitimizing greed and government policy changes that favour the new elite. Strong language. 2010.The town of Hercules: a buried treasure trove
Par Joseph Jay Deiss. 1974
Reconstructs the summer day in 79 a.d. when Mount Vesuvius erupted, destroying the town of Herculaneum. Tells of the rediscovery…
of the town and the exciting archaeological digs of recent centuries. Grades 5-8. 1974.The story of archaeology: the 100 great discoveries
Par Paul G Bahn. 1997
Amazing discoveries such as the tomb of Tutankhamen and the caves at Lascaux are headline news but archaeology also reveals…
the lives of ordinary people, our ancestors, and constantly challenges our perception of the past. With an ever growing battery of scientific tools and techniques archaeology has transcended its origins as the pastime of gentleman scholars to become a twenty-first century science. 1997.The roaring '80s
Par Adam Smith. 1988
The road to Ubar: finding the Atlantis of the sands
Par Nicholas Clapp. 1998
A day-by-day account of two expeditions to Arabia in search of the site of the fabled city of Ubar. Inspired…
by a 1980 trip to return endangered Arabian oryxes to their native habitat, Clapp became intrigued with the legend of Ubar and obtained government radar imagery to help locate the ancient remains. Bestseller. 1998.The riddle of the Rosetta Stone: key to ancient Egypt
Par James Giblin. 1990
Before the discovery of the Rosetta Stone in 1799, Egyptian hieroglyphic writing -- composed of pictures of animals, birds, and…
geometric shapes -- was a mystery. For nearly 1400 years the meanings had been lost. The author chronicles the fascinating story of how the stone was discovered and, after countless attempts, finally deciphered by scholars. Grades 5-8 and older readers. 1990.The rational optimist: [how prosperity evolves]
Par Matt Ridley. 2010
The habit of exchange and specialization - which started more than 100,000 years ago - has created a collective brain…
that sets human living standards on a rising trend. The mutual dependence, trust, and sharing that result are causes for hope, not despair. Thanks to the ceaseless capacity of humanity for innovative change, and despite inevitable disasters along the way, the twenty-first century will see both human prosperity and natural biodiversity enhanced. 2010.The other side of the coin: the emerging vision of economics and our place in the world
Par David Orrell. 2008
Current economic theory has resulted in social injustice, huge disparities between the rich and the poor, and the degradation of…
our ecology and environment. There is now an alternative, inspired by new sciences such as complexity and network theory, science-related movements like environmentalism, and social movements like feminism. c2008.The patch: the people, pipelines, and politics of the oil sands
Par Chris Turner. 2017
The story of Fort McMurray and the oil sands in northern Alberta, the world's second largest proven reserve of oil.…
But this is no conventional story about the oil business. Rather, it is a portrait of the life cycle of the Patch, showing how it continues to impact lives around the world. 2017.The next Canada: in search of our future nation
Par Myrna Kostash. 2000
Are young Canadians becoming increasingly disenfranchised by global corporations, and losing their sense of national identity? Myrna Kostash, in an…
attempt to validate or dismantle these claims, went across the country interviewing a diverse group of young professionals. She also attempted to see how the younger generation's ideals compared to those of her own, who had come of age in the 1960's and 70's. Talking to everyone from auto-workers and artists to investment brokers, union organizers and television producers, Kostash then interprets her findings and forecasts the prospects of a national identity for future Canadians. 2000.Fox introduces a new wave of economists and scholars who no longer teach that investors are rational or that the…
markets are always right. Many of them now agree that the efficient markets theory is wrong and that it's given way to counterintuitive hypotheses about human behaviour, psychological models of decision making, and the irrationality of the markets. In his treatment of the history of the world's markets, Fox uncovers the new ideas that may come to drive the market in the century ahead. 2009.The long tail: why the future of business is selling less of more
Par Chris Anderson. 2006
The lost Ark of the Covenant: solving the 2,500 year old mystery of the fabled biblical ark
Par Tudor Parfitt. 2008
Historian-adventurer, author of "Journey to the Vanished City: The Search for a Lost Tribe of Israel", recounts his quest for…
the ancient sacred chest that once held the Ten Commandments. Parfitt begins among a remote African people who claim such a box lies in a mountain cave. 2008.The logic of life: uncovering the new economics of everything
Par Tim Harford. 2008
If humans are so clever, why do we smoke and gamble, or take drugs, or fall in love? Is this…
really rational behaviour? And how come your boss is so overpaid? In fact, the behaviour of even the unlikeliest of individuals - prostitutes, drug addicts, racists and revolutionaries - complies with economic logic, taking into account future costs and benefits, even if we don't quite realise it. We are rational beings after all. 2008.The Jesus family tomb: the discovery, the investigation, and the evidence that could change history
Par Simcha Jacobovici, Charles R Pellegrino. 2007
Jerusalem, 1980. Following the accidental bulldozing of a tomb, archaeologists arrived to find ten ossuaries - limestone boxes that served…
as first-century coffins. Six had inscriptions, including Jesus, son of Joseph; two Marys; and Judah, son of Jesus, which the team concluded were merely coincidence. Twenty-five years later, journalist Jacobovici tracked down the ossuaries and the tomb, and soon found that the archaeologists were unaware of key evidence that made this the discovery of a lifetime. Some descriptions of violence, some strong language. 2007.Les travailleurs face au pouvoir
Par Louis Favreau. 1972
Ce livre s'adresse d'abord et avant tout aux militants du mouvement ouvrier québécois. Il est un instrument de travail pour…
les militants préoccupés de relier les luttes immédiates qu'ils mènent à partir de leur syndicat, de leur coopérative, de leur comité de citoyens aux luttes à faire pour transformer en profondeur les structures économiques et politiques du Québec. 1972.Hidden treasure (Time detectives)
Par Geoffrey Trease. 1989
Trease demonstrates how archaeologists and historians piece together evidence of past civilizations to give us a picture of how people…
once lived. He discusses archaeological digs in such places as Troy, Sutton Hoo, and the tomb of Tutankhamen. 1989.An inquiry into the nature and causes of the wealth of nations (Modern Library college editions)
Par Adam Smith, Edwin Cannan, Richard F Teichgraeber. 1965
The philosopher's theories of value, population and distribution had tremendous influence on such men as Thomas Malthus and Karl Marx.…
First published in 1776. 1965. If you request this book on CD it will be on 2 or more CDs. You must play the first CD to the end before playing the next CD.Digs and diggers: a book of world archaeology
Par Leonard Cottrell. 1964
An introduction to the history of archaeology and the great archaeologists. The author discusses not only the well-known excavations in…
Egypt and the Near East, but also those in Russia, China, and the Western Hemisphere. 1964.Le travail noir et l'ébconomie de demain
Par Alfred Sauvy, Rosine Klatzmann, Anita Hirsch. 1984