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  • Shapers and Founders

    The Untold Stories of Asia's Extraordinary Owner-CEOs

    by Gautam Kumra, Cheryl Lim, Joydeep Sengupta ...
    How Asia's top owner-CEOs fueled the region’s rise, and what every leader around the world can learnShapers and Founders: The Untold Stories of Asia's Extraordinary Owner-CEOs, written by a team of McKinsey partners, reveals the leadership strategies behind Asia's highest-performing entrepreneur-led companies. Drawing on rigorous empirical research, hundreds of hours of interviews, and deep ... Read more

    $31.99 CAD

  • Asian Perspectives on Digital Culture

    Emerging Phenomena, Enduring Concepts

    Edited by Sun Sun Lim, Cheryll Soriano ...
    Series series Routledge Advances in Internationalizing Media Studies
    In Asia, amidst its varied levels of economic development and diverse cultural traditions and political regimes, the Internet and mobile communications are increasingly used in every aspect of life. Yet the analytical frames used to understand the impact of digital media on Asia predominantly originate from the Global North, neither rooted in Asia’s rich philosophical traditions, nor reflective of ... Read more

    $94.81 CAD

  • In the Scene: Steve McQueen

    by Jen Francis, David Olusoga, Dennis Lim ...
    Series series In the Scene
    Part of our new series of accessible introductory guides to significant contemporary filmmakers, this guide is a must for film fans and students of contemporary cinema alike. An introductory chapter highlights thematic and visual devices, followed by an exploration of British director Steve McQueen’s work, from his short films and video art through his critically acclaimed feature films, including ... Read more

    $8.69 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Postcolonial Economies

    by Dipesh Chakrabarty, Wendy Larner, Roger Lee, Doctor Pat Noxolo, Eiman Zein-Elabdin, Nitasha Kaul, Christine Sylvester, Hilary Lim, Cathy McIlwaine ...
    Postcolonial approaches to understanding economies are of increasing academic and political significance as questions about the nature of globalisation, transnational flows of capital and workers and the making and re-making of territorial borders assume centre stage in debates about contemporary economies and policy.Despite the growing academic and political urgency in understanding how 'other' ... Read more

    $45.39 CAD

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  • A History of Fianna Fáil

    The outstanding biography of the party

    by Noel Whelan ...
    The Fianna Fáil Party was founded in 1926 and first came to Government in 1932. From that date until 2010, it has completely dominated the political life of the Republic of Ireland. For all but 13 of those 78 years, it has formed the Government of Ireland, either on its own or as the dominant party in a coalition. Fianna Fáil has always seen itself as more than a party. Its self-image has been ... Read more

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  • A History of Bangladesh

    by Willem van Schendel ...
    Bangladesh is a new name for an old land whose history is little known to the wider world. A country chiefly famous in the West for media images of poverty, underdevelopment, and natural disasters, Bangladesh did not exist as an independent state until 1971. Willem van Schendel's history reveals the country's vibrant, colourful past and its diverse culture as it navigates the extraordinary twists ... Read more

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  • The Violent American Century

    War and Terror Since World War II

    by John W. Dower ...
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    "Tells how America, since the end of World War II, has turned away from its ideals and goodness to become a match setting the world on fire" (Seymour Hersh, investigative journalist and national security correspondent).World War II marked the apogee of industrialized "total war." Great powers savaged one another. Hostilities engulfed the globe. Mobilization extended to virtually every sector of ... Read more

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  • Inside South Africa’s Foreign Policy

    Diplomacy in Africa from Smuts to Mbeki

    by John Siko ...
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    by David Arnold, C.A. Bayly, Tom Brass, Dipesh Chakrabarty ...
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  • Magnificent and Beggar Land

    Angola Since the Civil War

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