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Gunter Pauli Blue Economy ENDr. Gunter Pauli is challenging the green movement he has been so much a part of to do better, to do more. He is the entrepreneur who launched Ecover; those products are probably in many of your homes. He built the largest ecologically-sound factory in the world. His participation in the Club of Rome and the founding of Zero Emissions Research Institute (ZERI) has made an immense contribution to sustainability both…
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Vincent N. Parrillo Diversity in America ENThe updated and expanded fourth edition of Diversity in America addresses key controversial topics generating debate in US society today. The book answers these and many other questions by using history and sociology to shed light on socially constructed myths. Vincent N.Parrillo takes the reader through different American eras, beginning with the indigenous populations and continuing through colonial times, the…
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Vincent Mosco To the Cloud ENIn the wake of revelations about National Security Agency activities many of which occur “in the cloud” this book offers both enlightenment and a critical view. Cloud computing and big data are arguably the most significant forces in information technology today. In clear prose, To the Cloud explores where the cloud originated, what it means, and how important it is for business, government, and citizens. It…
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Kofi A. Annan We the People ENDuring his momentous time as Secretary-General of the UN, Kofi Annan played a decisive role in launching the Millennium Development Goals, establishing the International Criminal Court, and articulating the Responsibility to Protect as a guiding principle for international action. In 2001 just after the attacks of 9/11 he and the UN jointly received the Nobel Peace Prize “for their work for a better organized and…
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Thomas R. Dye Who's Running America? ENA classic of American government, Who’s Running America? continues to demonstrate how power is concentrated in large institutions no matter who inhabits the White House. The eighth edition of this best-selling text focuses on the Obama administration and the ways in which it is different from but also similar to administrations that have come before. Based on years of exhaustive data compilation and analysis, Who’s…