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Antarctica - What Everyone Needs to Know® by David Day
Category: Non-Fiction | Series: What Everyone Needs to Know® Ser.
An accessible and unfortunately timely introduction to the world's melting continent, Antarctica
Authoritarianism: What Everyone Needs to Know by Erica Frantz
Category: Philosophy and Religion | Series: What Everyone Needs to Know® Ser.
Despite the spread of democratization following the Cold War's end, all signs indicate that we are living through an era of resurgent authoritarianism. Around 40 percent of the world's people live under some form of authoritarian rule, and authoritarian regimes govern about a third of the world's countr ...Show more
Behavioral Finance: What Everyone Needs to Know (R) by Baker, H. Kent (University Professor of
Category: Business Finance & Law | Series: What Everyone Needs to Know® Ser.
People tend to be penny wise and pound foolish and cry over spilt milk, even though we are taught to do neither. Focusing on the present at the expense of the future and basing decisions on lost value are two mistakes common to decision-making that are particularly costly in the world of finance.Behavio ...Show more
Climate Change by Joseph Romm
Category: Science | Series: What Everyone Needs to Know® Ser.
Climate change will have a bigger impact on humanity than the Internet has had. The last decade's spate of superstorms, wildfires, heat waves, and droughts has accelerated the public discourse on this topic and lent credence to climatologist Lonnie Thomson's 2010 statement that climate change "represent ...Show more
Israeli Palestinian Conflict What Everyone Needs To Know by Dov Waxman
Category: History | Series: What Everyone Needs to Know® Ser.
No conflict in the world has lasted as long, generated as many news headlines, or incited as much controversy as the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Yet, despite, or perhaps because of, the degree of international attention it receives, the conflict is still widely misunderstood. While Israelis and Palest ...Show more
The Conflict in Ukraine - What Everyone Needs to Know® by Serhy Yekelchyk
Category: Politics | Series: What Everyone Needs to Know® Ser.
When guns began firing again in Europe, why was it Ukraine that became the battlefield? Conventional wisdom dictates that Ukraine's current crisis can be traced to the linguistic differences and divided political loyalties that have long fractured the country. However this theory only obscuresthe true s ...Show more
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