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  • Fukushima

    The Story of a Nuclear Disaster

    by David Lochbaum, Edwin Lyman, Susan Q. Stranahan, The Union of Concerned Scientists ...
    “A gripping, suspenseful page-turner” (Kirkus Reviews) with a “fast-paced, detailed narrative that moves like a thriller” (International Business Times), Fukushima teams two leading experts from the Union of Concerned Scientists, David Lochbaum and Edwin Lyman, with award-winning journalist Susan Q. Stranahan to give us the first definitive account of the 2011 disaster that led to the worst ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Fukushima

    The Story of a Nuclear Disaster

    by David Lochbaum, Edwin Lyman, Susan Q. Stranahan ...
    "A gripping, suspenseful page-turner" ( Kirkus Reviews) with a "fast-paced, detailed narrative that moves like a thriller" ( International Business Times), Fukushima teams two leading experts from the Union of Concerned Scientists, David Lochbaum and Edwin Lyman, with award-winning journalist Susan Q. Stranahan to give us the first definitive account of the 2011 disaster that led to the worst ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Ralph Johnson Bunche

    Public Intellectual and Nobel Peace Laureate

    by Beverly Lindsay, John Hope Franklin, Lorenzo DuBois Baber, Charles P. Henry, Jonathan Scott Holloway, Ben Keppel, Princeton Lyman, Edwin Smith, Hanes Walton Jr.0 ...
    Nobel Peace Prize winner Ralph Johnson Bunche (1904-71) was one of the twentieth century’s foremost diplomats and intellectuals. In the wake of centennial celebrations of his birth, leading scholars and diplomats assess Bunche’s historical importance and enduring impact on higher education, public policy, and international politics. Their essays reveal not only the breadth of Bunche’s influence, ... Read more

    $21.99 CAD

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  • The Right

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  • Physics for Future Presidents: The Science Behind the Headlines

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  • Disconnect: The Breakdown of Representation in American Politics

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  • Normal Accidents

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  • Shaping the Humanitarian World

    by Peter Walker, Daniel Maxwell ...
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