The Worst Daughter Ever

The Worst Daughter Ever
Author: Aarti V Raman
Publisher:
Total Pages: 242
Release: 2019-07
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9789353336332

This book is a page-turner as readers will be very interested to know what exactly LJ does that makes her the worst daughter ever.

Advancing Digital Humanities

Advancing Digital Humanities
Author: P. Arthur
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 372
Release: 2014-12-03
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 113733701X

Advancing Digital Humanities moves beyond definition of this dynamic and fast growing field to show how its arguments, analyses, findings and theories are pioneering new directions in the humanities globally.

The War on Normal People

The War on Normal People
Author: Andrew Yang
Publisher: Hachette Books
Total Pages: 266
Release: 2018-04-03
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0316414255

The New York Times bestseller from CNN Political Commentator and 2020 former Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang, this thought-provoking and prescient call-to-action outlines the urgent steps America must take, including Universal Basic Income (UBI), to stabilize our economy amid rapid technological change and automation. The shift toward automation is about to create a tsunami of unemployment. Not in the distant future--now. One recent estimate predicts 45 million American workers will lose their jobs within the next twelve years--jobs that won't be replaced. In a future marked by restlessness and chronic unemployment, what will happen to American society? In The War on Normal People, Andrew Yang paints a dire portrait of the American economy. Rapidly advancing technologies like artificial intelligence, robotics and automation software are making millions of Americans' livelihoods irrelevant. The consequences of these trends are already being felt across our communities in the form of political unrest, drug use, and other social ills. The future looks dire-but is it unavoidable? In The War on Normal People, Yang imagines a different future--one in which having a job is distinct from the capacity to prosper and seek fulfillment. At this vision's core is Universal Basic Income, the concept of providing all citizens with a guaranteed income-and one that is rapidly gaining popularity among forward-thinking politicians and economists. Yang proposes that UBI is an essential step toward a new, more durable kind of economy, one he calls "human capitalism."

The Billionaire's Blackmailed Bride

The Billionaire's Blackmailed Bride
Author: Jacqueline Baird
Publisher: Harlequin
Total Pages: 187
Release: 2008-06-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 142681786X

A billionaire’s revenge doesn’t go as planned when he marries his enemy’s daughter in this classic contemporary romance by a USA Today–bestselling author. Anton Diaz is hell-bent on revenge; he’ll seduce and marry the innocent daughter of his enemy. To exact his plan will be no hardship, as Emily Fairfax is as beautiful as she is virginal. It’s only after that Emily realizes Anton is blackmailing her. Yet she can’t stop her body betraying her as they spend their days parted in anger and their nights locked in passion . . . Originally published in 2008.

The End of Poverty

The End of Poverty
Author: Jeffrey D. Sachs
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 465
Release: 2006-02-28
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1101643285

"Book and man are brilliant, passionate, optimistic and impatient . . . Outstanding." —The Economist The landmark exploration of economic prosperity and how the world can escape from extreme poverty for the world's poorest citizens, from one of the world's most renowned economists Hailed by Time as one of the world's hundred most influential people, Jeffrey D. Sachs is renowned for his work around the globe advising economies in crisis. Now a classic of its genre, The End of Poverty distills more than thirty years of experience to offer a uniquely informed vision of the steps that can transform impoverished countries into prosperous ones. Marrying vivid storytelling with rigorous analysis, Sachs lays out a clear conceptual map of the world economy. Explaining his own work in Bolivia, Russia, India, China, and Africa, he offers an integrated set of solutions to the interwoven economic, political, environmental, and social problems that challenge the world's poorest countries. Ten years after its initial publication, The End of Poverty remains an indispensible and influential work. In this 10th anniversary edition, Sachs presents an extensive new foreword assessing the progress of the past decade, the work that remains to be done, and how each of us can help. He also looks ahead across the next fifteen years to 2030, the United Nations' target date for ending extreme poverty, offering new insights and recommendations.

The Risk Theatre Model of Tragedy

The Risk Theatre Model of Tragedy
Author: Edwin Wong
Publisher: FriesenPress
Total Pages: 363
Release: 2019
Genre: Drama
ISBN: 1525537555

WHEN YOU LEAST EXPECT IT, BIRNAM WOOD COMES TO DUNSINANE HILL The Risk Theatre Model of Tragedy presents a profoundly original theory of drama that speaks to modern audiences living in an increasingly volatile world driven by artificial intelligence, gene editing, globalization, and mutual assured destruction ideologies. Tragedy, according to risk theatre, puts us face to face with the unexpected implications of our actions by simulating the profound impact of highly improbable events. In this book, classicist Edwin Wong shows how tragedy imitates reality: heroes, by taking inordinate risks, trigger devastating low-probability, high-consequence outcomes. Such a theatre forces audiences to ask themselves a most timely question---what happens when the perfect bet goes wrong? Not only does Wong reinterpret classic tragedies from Aeschylus to O’Neill through the risk theatre lens, he also invites dramatists to create tomorrow’s theatre. As the world becomes increasingly unpredictable, the most compelling dramas will be high-stakes tragedies that dramatize the unintended consequences of today's risk takers who are taking us past the point of no return.

Basic Economics

Basic Economics
Author: Thomas Sowell
Publisher: Basic Books
Total Pages: 990
Release: 2014-12-02
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0465056849

The bestselling citizen's guide to economics Basic Economics is a citizen's guide to economics, written for those who want to understand how the economy works but have no interest in jargon or equations. Bestselling economist Thomas Sowell explains the general principles underlying different economic systems: capitalist, socialist, feudal, and so on. In readable language, he shows how to critique economic policies in terms of the incentives they create, rather than the goals they proclaim. With clear explanations of the entire field, from rent control and the rise and fall of businesses to the international balance of payments, this is the first book for anyone who wishes to understand how the economy functions. This fifth edition includes a new chapter explaining the reasons for large differences of wealth and income between nations. Drawing on lively examples from around the world and from centuries of history, Sowell explains basic economic principles for the general public in plain English.

Bourbon for Breakfast

Bourbon for Breakfast
Author: Jeffrey Albert Tucker
Publisher: Ludwig von Mises Institute
Total Pages: 364
Release: 2010
Genre: Austrian school of economics
ISBN: 1610164911

"A compilation of many ... shorter writings ... of his twin loves, libertarian political philosophy and Austrian economics."--Page 4 of cover.

Corporate Governance

Corporate Governance
Author: Robert A. G. Monks
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Total Pages: 584
Release: 2003-12-19
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9781405116985

In the wake of the dramatic series of corporate meltdowns: Enron; Tyco; Adelphia; WorldCom; the timely new edition of this successful text provides students and business professionals with a welcome update of the key issues facing managers, boards of directors, investors, and shareholders. In addition to its authoritative overview of the history, the myth and the reality of corporate governance, this new edition has been updated to include: analysis of the latest cases of corporate disaster; An overview of corporate governance guidelines and codes of practice in developing and emerging markets new cases: Adelphia; Arthur Andersen; Tyco Laboratories; Worldcom; Gerstner's pay packet at IBM Once again in the new edition of their textbook, Robert A. G. Monks and Nell Minow show clearly the role of corporate governance in making sure the right questions are asked and the necessary checks and balances in place to protect the long-term, sustainable value of the enterprise. A CD-ROM containing a comprehensive case study of the Enron collapse, complete with senate hearings and video footage, accompanies the text. Further lecturer resources and links are available at www.blackwellpublishing.com/monks