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The Fourth Turning Is Here

What the Seasons of History Tell Us about How and When This Crisis Will End

par Neil Howe ...

Lu par Neil Howe ...

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20 heure 29 min

The visionary behind the bestselling phenomenon The Fourth Turning looks once again to America’s past to predict our future in this “riveting and revelatory” (Tony Robbins) prophecy for how our present era of unrest will resolve over the next ten years—and what our lives will look like afterward.Thirty years ago, Neil Howe and the late William Strauss dazzled the world with a provocative new ... En savoir plus

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The visionary behind the bestselling phenomenon The Fourth Turning looks once again to America’s past to predict our future in this “riveting and revelatory” (Tony Robbins) prophecy for how our present era of unrest will resolve over the next ten years—and what our lives will look like afterward.Thirty years ago, Neil Howe and the late William Strauss dazzled the world with a provocative new
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Pollution is Colonialism

par Max Liboiron ...

Lu par Donna Postel ...

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5 heure 42 min

In Pollution Is Colonialism Max Liboiron presents a framework for understanding scientific research methods as practices that can align with or against colonialism. They point out that even when researchers are working toward benevolent goals, environmental science and activism are often premised on a colonial worldview and access to land. Focusing on plastic pollution, the book models an ... En savoir plus

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In Pollution Is Colonialism Max Liboiron presents a framework for understanding scientific research methods as practices that can align with or against colonialism. They point out that even when researchers are working toward benevolent goals, environmental science and activism are often premised on a colonial worldview and access to land. Focusing on plastic pollution, the book models an
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Fractured

Why our societies are coming apart and how we put them back together again

par Jon Yates ...

Lu par Sid Sagar ...

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10 heure 8 min

‘An urgent manifesto for collective healing.’ David Lammy MPThis landmark book tackles a deceptively simple idea: the more we spend time with people unlike ourselves, doing things together, the more understanding, tolerant, and even friendly we become.Combining fresh analysis with a wealth of fascinating examples, Jon Yates demonstrates the ways in which our societies have become disconnected, so ... En savoir plus

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‘An urgent manifesto for collective healing.’ David Lammy MPThis landmark book tackles a deceptively simple idea: the more we spend time with people unlike ourselves, doing things together, the more understanding, tolerant, and even friendly we become.Combining fresh analysis with a wealth of fascinating examples, Jon Yates demonstrates the ways in which our societies have become disconnected, so
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Abschied von den Boomern (Ungekürzt)

par Heinz Bude ...

Lu par Wolfgang Wagner ...

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2 heure 43 min

Die Boomer nehmen Abschied. Wer zwischen 1955 und 1970 in der Zeit der geburtenstarken Jahrgänge zur Welt gekommen ist, hat den Ruhestand erreicht oder zählt zu den Älteren, die nach und nach ihre Posten freimachen. Die Boomer verbindet das Gefühl, dass es zu viele von ihnen gibt, das spürten sie schon in überfüllten Klassenzimmern und später auf dem Arbeitsmarkt. Daraus resultierte eine Haltung ... En savoir plus

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Die Boomer nehmen Abschied. Wer zwischen 1955 und 1970 in der Zeit der geburtenstarken Jahrgänge zur Welt gekommen ist, hat den Ruhestand erreicht oder zählt zu den Älteren, die nach und nach ihre Posten freimachen. Die Boomer verbindet das Gefühl, dass es zu viele von ihnen gibt, das spürten sie schon in überfüllten Klassenzimmern und später auf dem Arbeitsmarkt. Daraus resultierte eine Haltung
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Counting Americans

How the US Census Classified the Nation

par Paul Schor ...

Lu par Christopher Grove ...

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12 heure 51 min

The history of categories used by the US census reflects a country whose identity and self-understanding—particularly its social construction of race—is closely tied to the continuous polling on the composition of its population.By tracing the evolution of the categories the United States used to count and classify its population from 1790 to 1940, Paul Schor shows that, far from being simply a ... En savoir plus

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The history of categories used by the US census reflects a country whose identity and self-understanding—particularly its social construction of race—is closely tied to the continuous polling on the composition of its population.By tracing the evolution of the categories the United States used to count and classify its population from 1790 to 1940, Paul Schor shows that, far from being simply a
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Indios, negros y otros indeseables. Capitalismo, racismo y exclusión en América Latina y el Caribe

par Paco Gómez Nadal ...

Lu par Andrés Macías ...

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6 heure 24 min

Es un viaje a la raíz racista de la exclusión en América Latina y el Caribe. Parte de la hipótesis de la estructura colonial del poder y de la vigencia de las tesis racistas para mostrarnos una realidad contemporánea de «exclusión» política de casi doscientos millones de habitantes. El libro alterna el tono periodístico con el ensayístico, pero no trata de ser académico ni finge neutralidad. El ... En savoir plus

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Es un viaje a la raíz racista de la exclusión en América Latina y el Caribe. Parte de la hipótesis de la estructura colonial del poder y de la vigencia de las tesis racistas para mostrarnos una realidad contemporánea de «exclusión» política de casi doscientos millones de habitantes. El libro alterna el tono periodístico con el ensayístico, pero no trata de ser académico ni finge neutralidad. El
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Millennial's Guide to Changing the World, The

A New Generation's Handbook to Being Yourself and Living with Purpose

par Alison Lea Sher ...

Lu par Carly Robins ...

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9 heure 17 min

A guide and blueprint to a purposeful millennial existence―and how we can make a difference.What does it mean to be a millennial in this chaotic world? Beyond Snapchat and Tinder, the consumerist culture we’ve inherited, and quarter-life crises, can a millennial aspire to more?Alison Lea Sher argues, yes, we can! Packing herself up in an RV, Sher embarks on a road trip in hopes of starting a ... En savoir plus

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A guide and blueprint to a purposeful millennial existence―and how we can make a difference.What does it mean to be a millennial in this chaotic world? Beyond Snapchat and Tinder, the consumerist culture we’ve inherited, and quarter-life crises, can a millennial aspire to more?Alison Lea Sher argues, yes, we can! Packing herself up in an RV, Sher embarks on a road trip in hopes of starting a
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Whiteshift

Populism, Immigration, and the Future of White Majorities

par Eric Kaufmann ...

Lu par Tom Parks ...

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23 heure 30 min

Whiteshift: the turbulent journey from a world of racially homogeneous white majorities to one of racially hybrid majoritiesThis is the century of whiteshift. As Western societies are becoming increasingly mixed-race, demographic change is transforming politics. Over half of American babies are non-white, and by the end of the century, minorities and those of mixed race are projected to form the ... En savoir plus

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Whiteshift: the turbulent journey from a world of racially homogeneous white majorities to one of racially hybrid majoritiesThis is the century of whiteshift. As Western societies are becoming increasingly mixed-race, demographic change is transforming politics. Over half of American babies are non-white, and by the end of the century, minorities and those of mixed race are projected to form the
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Mere livsglæde mindre stress

Forstå dit indre savannemenneske

par Lisbeth Zornig Andersen ...

Lu par Lisbeth Zornig Andersen ...

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4 heure 47 min

I Mere livsglæde mindre stress giver Lisbeth Zornig sine bud på, hvordan man får mere ro og tilfredshed i sin hverdag. Ved at forstå, hvad vi alle sammen kommer af, livet på savannen, forklarer Zornig, hvordan vores kroppe og hjerner i virkeligheden er bygget til noget helt andet, end det liv vi lever i dag. Når man lærer sit indre savannemenneske at kende, kan man også handle på det – og det ... En savoir plus

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I Mere livsglæde mindre stress giver Lisbeth Zornig sine bud på, hvordan man får mere ro og tilfredshed i sin hverdag. Ved at forstå, hvad vi alle sammen kommer af, livet på savannen, forklarer Zornig, hvordan vores kroppe og hjerner i virkeligheden er bygget til noget helt andet, end det liv vi lever i dag. Når man lærer sit indre savannemenneske at kende, kan man også handle på det – og det
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This Land

America, Lost and Found

par Dan Barry ...

Lu par Dan Barry, Allan Robertson, Janina Edwards ...

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12 heure 26 min

A landmark collection by New York Times journalist Dan Barry, selected from a decade of his distinctive "This Land" columns and presenting a powerful but rarely seen portrait of America.In the wake of Hurricane Katrina and on the eve of a national recession, New York Times writer Dan Barry launched a column about America: not the one populated only by cable-news pundits, but the America defined ... En savoir plus

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A landmark collection by New York Times journalist Dan Barry, selected from a decade of his distinctive "This Land" columns and presenting a powerful but rarely seen portrait of America.In the wake of Hurricane Katrina and on the eve of a national recession, New York Times writer Dan Barry launched a column about America: not the one populated only by cable-news pundits, but the America defined
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When You Learn the Alphabet

Essays

par Kendra Allen ...

Lu par Nicole Cash ...

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5 heure 24 min

Kendra Allen’s first collection of essays—at its core—is a bunch of mad stories about things she never learned to let go of. Unifying personal narrative and cultural commentary, this collection grapples with the lessons that have been stored between parent and daughter. These parental relationships expose the conditioning that subconsciously informed her ideas on social issues such as colorism, ... En savoir plus

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Kendra Allen’s first collection of essays—at its core—is a bunch of mad stories about things she never learned to let go of. Unifying personal narrative and cultural commentary, this collection grapples with the lessons that have been stored between parent and daughter. These parental relationships expose the conditioning that subconsciously informed her ideas on social issues such as colorism,
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Generation Citizen

The Power of Youth in Our Politics

par Scott Warren ...

Lu par Graham Halstead ...

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10 heure 4 min

America is at a crossroads. We are alienated from civic engagement, and our democracy is in doubt. Yet there is a new energy in the air. Young people are again taking up the role they've often held: as leaders of change, demanding a better future, wielding their votes to uphold democracy and lead the country forward.Enter Generation Citizen, an organization dedicated to empowering youth through ... En savoir plus

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America is at a crossroads. We are alienated from civic engagement, and our democracy is in doubt. Yet there is a new energy in the air. Young people are again taking up the role they've often held: as leaders of change, demanding a better future, wielding their votes to uphold democracy and lead the country forward.Enter Generation Citizen, an organization dedicated to empowering youth through
... En savoir plus
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Majority Minority

par Justin Gest ...

Lu par Clark Cornell ...

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15 heure 3 min

How do societies respond to great demographic change? This question lingers over the contemporary politics of the United States and other countries where persistent immigration has altered populations and may soon produce a majority minority milestone, where the original ethnic or religious majority loses its numerical advantage to one or more foreign-origin minority groups. Until now, most of our ... En savoir plus

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How do societies respond to great demographic change? This question lingers over the contemporary politics of the United States and other countries where persistent immigration has altered populations and may soon produce a majority minority milestone, where the original ethnic or religious majority loses its numerical advantage to one or more foreign-origin minority groups. Until now, most of our
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Demographic Dividend

Turning Population Growth into Economic Gold

par Priyank Agrawal ...

Lu par christopher ...

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1 heures 21 min

Demographic Dividend: Turning Population Growth into Economic Gold offers a comprehensive exploration of one of the most pivotal forces shaping the global economy today—demographic change. This insightful and timely book delves into the concept of the demographic dividend, a period of accelerated economic growth driven by shifts in population structure, particularly when the working-age population ... En savoir plus

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Demographic Dividend: Turning Population Growth into Economic Gold offers a comprehensive exploration of one of the most pivotal forces shaping the global economy today—demographic change. This insightful and timely book delves into the concept of the demographic dividend, a period of accelerated economic growth driven by shifts in population structure, particularly when the working-age population
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Why are Younger Children Alone in Reducing Obesity Rates?

par PBS NewsHour ...

Lu par PBS NewsHour ...

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6 min

The Centers for Disease Control is reporting progress in cutting obesity among pre-schoolers. During the past decade, obesity in children aged 2 to 5 has dropped from 14 percent to 8 percent. Christina Economos of the Tufts University School of Medicine joins Gwen Ifill to discuss possible factors in the decrease, including changes to food assistance programs and nutrition and exercise campaigns. ... En savoir plus

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The Centers for Disease Control is reporting progress in cutting obesity among pre-schoolers. During the past decade, obesity in children aged 2 to 5 has dropped from 14 percent to 8 percent. Christina Economos of the Tufts University School of Medicine joins Gwen Ifill to discuss possible factors in the decrease, including changes to food assistance programs and nutrition and exercise campaigns.
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Alt-America

The Rise of the Radical Right in the Age of Trump

par David Neiwert ...

Lu par Matthew Josdal ...

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14 heure 45 min

Just as Donald Trump's victorious campaign for the US presidency shocked the world, the seemingly sudden national prominence of white supremacists, xenophobes, militia leaders, and mysterious "alt-right" figures mystifies many. But the American extreme right has been growing steadily in number and influence since the 1990s with the rise of patriot militias. Following 9/11, conspiracy theorists ... En savoir plus

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Just as Donald Trump's victorious campaign for the US presidency shocked the world, the seemingly sudden national prominence of white supremacists, xenophobes, militia leaders, and mysterious "alt-right" figures mystifies many. But the American extreme right has been growing steadily in number and influence since the 1990s with the rise of patriot militias. Following 9/11, conspiracy theorists
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Intellectual Warfare

par Jacob H. Carruthers ...

Lu par Leon Nixon ...

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9 heure 56 min

Testifying that the foundation of modern Western thought, theory, and practice can be traced back to ancient African thought, theory, and practice, this book exposes the African influence on Greek and Roman thought and its influence on the development of modern Western society. It then establishes the urgency to defend and honor the role of Ancient African civilizations on this major event. ... En savoir plus

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Testifying that the foundation of modern Western thought, theory, and practice can be traced back to ancient African thought, theory, and practice, this book exposes the African influence on Greek and Roman thought and its influence on the development of modern Western society. It then establishes the urgency to defend and honor the role of Ancient African civilizations on this major event.
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iGen

Why Today's Super-Connected Kids Are Growing Up Less Rebellious, More Tolerant, Less Happy--and Completely Unprepared for Adulthood--and What That Means for the Rest of Us

par Jean M. Twenge, PhD ...

Lu par Madeleine Maby ...

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9 heure 52 min

“We’ve all been desperate to learn what heavy use of social media does to adolescents. Now, thanks to Twenge’s careful analysis, we know: It is making them lonely, anxious, and fragile—especially our girls. If you are a parent, teacher, or employer, you must read this fascinating book.”—Jonathan Haidt, author of The Anxious GenerationBorn after 1995, the smartphone generation grew up with cell ... En savoir plus

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“We’ve all been desperate to learn what heavy use of social media does to adolescents. Now, thanks to Twenge’s careful analysis, we know: It is making them lonely, anxious, and fragile—especially our girls. If you are a parent, teacher, or employer, you must read this fascinating book.”—Jonathan Haidt, author of The Anxious GenerationBorn after 1995, the smartphone generation grew up with cell
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Upside

Profiting from the Profound Demographic Shifts Ahead

par Kenneth W. Gronbach, M. J. Moye ...

Lu par Tom Parks ...

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7 heure 43 min

Demographics not only define who we are, where we live, and how our numbers change. For those who can read beyond the raw figures, they open up hidden business opportunities that lie ahead.What will happen when retiring Boomers free up jobs? How will Generation Y alter supermarkets? Which states will have the most dynamic workforces? Will American manufacturing rebound as Asia’s population ... En savoir plus

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Demographics not only define who we are, where we live, and how our numbers change. For those who can read beyond the raw figures, they open up hidden business opportunities that lie ahead.What will happen when retiring Boomers free up jobs? How will Generation Y alter supermarkets? Which states will have the most dynamic workforces? Will American manufacturing rebound as Asia’s population
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Youthquake 4.0

A Whole Generation and the New Industrial Revolution

par Rocky Scopelliti ...

Lu par Tom Bromhead ...

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4 heure 22 min

Discover how demographic change associated with Millennials and the Fourth Industrial Revolution collectively influence the way we think about our social, cultural, economic, and technological future.Youthquake 4.0 analyzes the confluence of these two inextricably linked global forces, leveraging research from world leading institutions and enriched by world leading thought leaders to provide ... En savoir plus

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Discover how demographic change associated with Millennials and the Fourth Industrial Revolution collectively influence the way we think about our social, cultural, economic, and technological future.Youthquake 4.0 analyzes the confluence of these two inextricably linked global forces, leveraging research from world leading institutions and enriched by world leading thought leaders to provide
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We Are the Leaders We Have Been Looking For

par Eddie S. Glaude Jr. ...

Lu par Eddie S. Glaude Jr. ...

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4 heure 20 min

In We Are the Leaders We Have Been Looking For, one of the nation's preeminent scholars and a New York Times bestselling author, Eddie S. Glaude Jr., makes the case that the hard work of becoming a better person should be a critical feature of Black politics. Through virtuoso interpretations of Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, and Ella Baker, Glaude shows how we have the power to be the heroes ... En savoir plus

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In We Are the Leaders We Have Been Looking For, one of the nation's preeminent scholars and a New York Times bestselling author, Eddie S. Glaude Jr., makes the case that the hard work of becoming a better person should be a critical feature of Black politics. Through virtuoso interpretations of Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, and Ella Baker, Glaude shows how we have the power to be the heroes
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White Flight

Atlanta and the Making of Modern Conservatism

par Kevin M. Kruse ...

Lu par Aaron Williamson ...

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13 heure 48 min

During the civil rights era, Atlanta thought of itself as "The City Too Busy to Hate," a rare place in the South where the races lived and thrived together. Over the course of the 1960s and 1970s, however, so many whites fled the city for the suburbs that Atlanta earned a new nickname: "The City Too Busy Moving to Hate."In this reappraisal of racial politics in modern America, Kevin Kruse explains ... En savoir plus

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During the civil rights era, Atlanta thought of itself as "The City Too Busy to Hate," a rare place in the South where the races lived and thrived together. Over the course of the 1960s and 1970s, however, so many whites fled the city for the suburbs that Atlanta earned a new nickname: "The City Too Busy Moving to Hate."In this reappraisal of racial politics in modern America, Kevin Kruse explains
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Democracy Unbound: Your Role In Shaping The Future And Strengthening Our Political System

par Dallas Barnes ...

Lu par Digital Voice Marcus G ...

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3 heure 45 min

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.In a world increasingly defined by political division and a growing sense of disenfranchisement, "Democracy Unbound" emerges as a beacon of hope and a call to action. This book is not merely an analysis of the challenges facing democratic societies, but a practical guide to empowering individuals to become active participants in shaping a better future ... En savoir plus

$5.99 CAD ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.In a world increasingly defined by political division and a growing sense of disenfranchisement, "Democracy Unbound" emerges as a beacon of hope and a call to action. This book is not merely an analysis of the challenges facing democratic societies, but a practical guide to empowering individuals to become active participants in shaping a better future
... En savoir plus
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How Not to Die (Too Soon)

The Lies We’ve Been Sold and the Policies That Can Save Us

par Devi Sridhar ...

Lu par Devi Sridhar ...

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9 heure 45 min

Brought to you by Penguin.Have you ever questioned why, despite the avalanche of self-help books and optimization hacks, we remain embroiled in multiple global health crises? Populations worldwide are gaining life-shortening excess weight (even in poorer countries), and water contamination is rampant (even in richer countries). In such dire circumstances, a gratitude journal won’t help.The stark ... En savoir plus

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Brought to you by Penguin.Have you ever questioned why, despite the avalanche of self-help books and optimization hacks, we remain embroiled in multiple global health crises? Populations worldwide are gaining life-shortening excess weight (even in poorer countries), and water contamination is rampant (even in richer countries). In such dire circumstances, a gratitude journal won’t help.The stark
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