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  A Humane Economy - The Social...

  Wilhelm Röpke

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  “A Humane Economy is like a seminar on integral freedom conducted by a professor of uncommon brilliance.” —Wall Street Journal“If any person in our contemporary world is entitled to a hearing it is Wilhelm Röpke.” —New York TimesA Humane Economy offers one of the most accessible and compelling explanations of how economies operate ever written. The masterwork of the great twentieth-century economist Wilhelm Röpke, this book presents a sweeping, brilliant exposition of market mechanics and moral philosophy.Röpke cuts through the jargon and statistics that make most economic writing so obscure and confusing. Over and over, the great Swiss economist stresses one simple point: you cannot separate economic principles from human behavior.Röpke’s observations are as relevant today as when they were first set forth a half century ago. He clearly demonstrates how those societies that have embraced free-market principles have achieved phenomenal economic success—and how those that cling to theories of economic centralization endure stagnation and persistent poverty.A Humane Economy shows how economic processes and government policies influence our behavior and choices—to the betterment or detriment of life in those vital and highly fragile human structures we call communities. “It is the precept of ethical and humane behavior, no less than of political wisdom,” Röpke reminds us, “to adapt economic policy to man, not man to economic policy.” 

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  William Shakespeare: History in...

  Sinead Fitzgibbon

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  Love history? Know your stuff with History in an Hour. 
  In a writing career that spanned over twenty years during the explosion of poetic and theatrical creativity of late Elizabethan and early Jacobean periods, William Shakespeare produced a body of work that has become the bedrock of human thought, literature and language in English. His poetry and plays have endured for almost 450 years, such is their universal appeal and understanding of the human condition. And yet Shakespeare wrote almost nothing of himself. Who was this socially ambitious wordsmith who had neither pedigree nor university education? What was his family life like? How did he work? 
  Shakespeare: History in an Hour is the essential guide to the life of Shakespeare, his relationships, colleagues and his breathtaking works. From the Elizabethan world to which he was born, to the theorists and critics that continue to debate him to this day, this is the story of the most revered writer of all time. 
  Love history? Know your stuff with History in an Hour… 
  This biography of the literary genius, William Shakespeare, is a top pick for those who love to delve into the lives of iconic figures. It's a short read, yet it encapsulates the essence of the man who has been the best in the realm of English literature for centuries. 
  For fans of Philip Matyszak (Mithridates the Great), and Rupert Colley (D-Day).

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  Harperism - How Stephen Harper...

  Donald Gutstein

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  “This was a great compliment to Party of One (Michael Harris)” – “This is an important book!”Margaret (Maggie) Thatcher, the Iron Lady, and her neo-conservative philosophy transformed British political life forever. Actor turned politician Ronald Reagan, selling “trickle down” economics, did the same to political life in the United States. In Harperism, Donald Gutstein details how Stephen Harper accomplished a similar dramatic shift to the right and a introduced a new kind of politics in Canada. It’s key tenets include:Canada’s economic prosperity is strengthened when labour is weak–especially when unions disappearPublic policy making is improved by cutting government scientific research and data collectionConverting First Nations reserves to private property improves the conditions of life for aboriginal peoplesInequality of incomes and wealth is a good thing–and Canada needs more of itThese and other central ideas that make-up Harperism flow from the neo-liberal economic theories of Austrian economist Friedrich von Hayek and his disciples in the U.S.A and inspired Reaganism and Thatcherism.In Canada, Stephen Harper has managed to take neo-liberalism much further in several key areas. As Donald Gutstein details, Harper has accomplished this using a successful strategy of incremental change coupled with denial of the underlying neo-liberal analysis that explains these hard-to-understand measures.Harperism’s success is no accident. Donald Gutstein documents the connections between the think tanks, politicians, journalists, academics and researchers who nurture and promote each other’s neo-liberal ideas. They are funded by ultra-rich U.S. donors, Canadian billionaires like Peter Munk, and many large corporations–all of whom gain from the ideas and policies developed and pushed by Harperites.This book sheds new light on the last decade of Canadian politics, and it documents the challenges that Harperism–with or without Stephen Harper–will continue to present to the many Canadians who do not share this pro-market world view.

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  Lives of the Most Excellent...

  Giorgio Vasari

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  The Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and is a series of artist biographies written by 16th-century Italian painter and architect Giorgio Vasari, which is considered "perhaps the most famous, and even today the most-read work of the older literature of art", "some of the Italian Renaissance's most influential writing on art" and "the first important book on art history". The title is often abridged to just the Vite or the Lives.
  Contents:
  Cimabue
  Arnolfo di Lapo
  Nicola Pisano
  Giovanni Pisano
  Andrea Tafi
  Gaddo Gaddi
  Margaritone
  Giotto
  Agostino and Agnolo
  Stefano and Ugolino
  Pietro Lorenzetti
  Andrea Pisano
  Buonamico Buffalmacco
  Ambrogio Lorenzetti
  Pietro Cavallini
  Simone Martini
  Taddeo Gaddi
  Andrea Orcagna
  Tommaso Fiorentino
  Giovanni da Ponte
  Agnolo Gaddi
  Berna Sanese 
  Duccio
  Antonio Viniziano
  Jacopo di Casentino
  Spinello Aretino
  Gherardo Starnina
  Lippo
  Lorenzo Monaco
  Taddeo Bartoli
  Lorenzo di Bicci
  Jacopo della Quercia
  Niccolo Aretino 
  Dello
  Nanni di Banco
  Luca della Robbia
  Paolo Uccello
  Lorenzo Ghiberti
  Masolino da Panicale
  Parri Spinelli
  Masaccio
  Filippo Brunelleschi
  Donatello
  Michelozzo Michelozzi
  Antonio Filarete
  Giuliano da Maiano
  Piero della Francesca
  Fra Angelico 
  Leon Battista Alberti
  Lazaro Vasari
  Antonello da Messina
  Alesso Baldovinetti
  Vellano da Padova
  Fra Filippo Lippi
  Gentile da Fabriano
  Vittore Pisanello
  Pesello and Francesco Pesellino
  Benozzo Gozzoli
  Francesco di Giorgio
  Galasso Ferrarese 
  Desiderio da Settignano
  Mino da Fiesole
  Lorenzo Costa 
  Ercole Ferrarese
  Cosimo Rosselli
  Il Cecca 
  Sandro Botticelli
  Benedetto da Maiano
  Andrea Mantegna
  Filippino Lippi
  Giorgio Vasari
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  John Dun Cetywayo and the Three...

  D. C. F. Moodie

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  John Dunn, resembling a hero of fiction rather than a normal man, was one of the most extraordinary characters of 19th century South Africa. In 1852,at the age of 16 he turned his back on the fledgeling colonial settlement of Port Natal and, crossing the Tugela River, headed into Zululand.. King Cetsshwayo recorded his first meeting with Dunn, mentioning that the night had been bitterly cold: I ordered the servants to bring him in and a tall, splendidly made man appear He was dressed in rags ... I loved this white man as my brother and made him one of my induna.[chiefs] Such was Cetshwayo's generosity despite Dunn having earlier fought on the side of the king's brother during the Zulu War of Succession in which twenty thousand died in a single battle.Undear Cetshwayo's patronage, Dunn became a Zulu chief in every respect except for the colour of his skin. Later, when still under 20, he was educated by a British officer and accepted into colonial society thus allowing him to lead the double life of an English gentleman and, when he crossed back over the Tugela to his 49 wives, that of a powerful Zulu induna. He also assisted Kind Cetshwayo in supplying the Zulu army with a vast number of guns.When war was declared in 1879, Dunn wished ato remain neutral but treacherously sided against his friend and benefactor the Zulu king. With the British victorious, Sir Garnet Wolseley, who thought Dunn to be a very fine fellow, divided Zululand into five Kinglets, and proclaimed Dunn overlord of the largest.. This autobiography is not only a fascinating insight into one of the most influential men in Natal history but also states his candid perception of several British generals including Lord Chelmsford and Sir Garnet Wolseley.

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  Falling Through the Earth - A...

  Danielle Trussoni

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  One of the New York Times Book Review's 10 Best Books of the YearNew York Times bestselling author Danielle Trussoni's unforgettable memoir of her wild and haunted father, a man whose war never really ended.From her charismatic father, Danielle Trussoni learned how to rock and roll, outrun the police, and never shy away from a fight. Spending hour upon hour trailing him around the bars and honky-tonks of La Crosse, Wisconsin, young Danielle grew up fascinated by stories of her dad's adventures as a tunnel rat in Vietnam, where he'd risked his life crawling head first into narrow passageways to search for American POWs.A vivid and poignant portrait of a daughter's relationship with her father, this funny, heartbreaking, and beautifully written memoir, Falling Through the Earth, "makes plain that the horror of war doesn't end in the trenches" (Vanity Fair).

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