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"Shoshana Zuboff, named "the true prophet of the information age" by the Financial Times, has always been ahead of her time. Her seminal book In the Age of the Smart Machine foresaw the consequences of a then-unfolding era of computer technology[...]
ISBN (or other code): 978-1-61039-569-4 Article on page: VIII, 691 p. Class number: 306.3 Tags: Information technology--Economic aspects ; Consumer behavior--Forecasting ; Behavior modification--Economic aspects Languages: English 
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"The dramatic insider account of why we invaded Iraq, the motivations that drove it, and the frustrations of those who tried and failed to stop it, leading to the most costly misadventure in US history. A single disastrous choice in the wake of [...]
ISBN (or other code): 978-1-5417-6836-9 Article on page: XIV, 512 p. Class number: 956.704 431 Tags: War--Causes ; Iraq War, 2003-2011--Causes ; Iraq War, 2003-2011 ; War on terrorism, 2001-2009 ; United States--Foreign relations--2001-2009 ; United States--Foreign relations--Iraq ; Iraq--Foreign relations--United States ; United States--Politics and government--2001-2009 ; Iraq--Politics and government--2003- Languages: English 
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"Charting the transformation of Vladimir Putin from a passionate fan of the West and a liberal reformer into a hurt and introverted outcast, All the Kremlin's Men is a historical detective story, full of intrigue and conspiracy. This is the stor[...]
ISBN (or other code): 978-1-61039-739-1 Article on page: XX, 371 p. Class number: 947.08620922 Tags: Putin, Vladimir Vladimirovich, 1952- ; Russia (Federation)--Politics and government--1991- ; Russia (Federation)--History--1991- ; Russia (Federation)--Biography--Interviews Languages: English 
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We all depend on the finance sector. We need it to store our money, manage our payments, finance housing stock, restore infrastructure, fund retirement and support new business. But these roles comprise only a tiny sliver of the sector's activit[...]
ISBN (or other code): 978-1-78125-445-5 Article on page: XII, 356 p. Class number: 332 Tags: Finance (E) ; Financial services industry ; Banks and banking ; Financial institutions Languages: English 
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Whether you work in a home office or abroad, business success in our ever more globalized and virtual world requires the skills to navigate through cultural differences and decode cultures foreign to your own. Renowned expert Erin Meyer is your [...]
ISBN (or other code): 978-1-61039-276-1 Article on page: VIII, 277 p. Class number: 658.049 Tags: Diversity in the workplace ; Psychology, Industrial ; Interpersonal relations Languages: English 
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"Based on unique inside access, the author of the New York Times bestseller Masters of Chaos explains how special operations forces are reshaping the U.S. military In One Hundred Victories, acclaimed military expert Linda Robinson shows how the [...]
ISBN (or other code): 978-1-61039-149-8 Article on page: XIX, 311 p. Class number: 958.104/78 Tags: Taliban members ; Afghan War, 2001--Campaigns ; Afghan War, 2001--Commando operations--United States ; Special operations (Military science)--United States ; Counterinsurgency--Afghanistan--History--21st century ; United States--Armed Forces--Afghanistan--History ; Afghanistan--Politics and government--2001- ; Afghanistan--History, Military--21st century Languages: English 
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K. Eric Drexler is the founding father of nanotechnology—the science of engineering on a molecular level. In Radical Abundance, he shows how rapid scientific progress is about to change our world. Thanks to atomically precise manufacturing, we w[...]
ISBN (or other code): 978-1-61039-113-9 Article on page: XIV, 340 p. Class number: 303.48/3 Tags: Nanotechnology ; Nanotechnology--Social aspects ; Technology and civilization ; Technological forecasting ; Technological innovations Languages: English 
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In the era of Kennedy and Khrushchev, power was expressed in terms of nuclear missiles, industrial capacity, numbers of men under arms, and tanks lined up ready to cross the plains of Eastern Europe. By 2010, none of these factors confer power i[...]
ISBN (or other code): 978-1-61039-069-9 Article on page: XVIII, 300 p. Class number: 303.3/3 Tags: Power (Social sciences)--United States Languages: English 
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Starred Review. Weisman, a public policy fellow at the Peterson Institute (The Great Tax Wars) has accomplished an extraordinary feat in assembling this selection from among 10,000 pages of letters bequeathed by Senator Moynihan to the Library o[...]
ISBN (or other code): 978-1-58648-801-7 Article on page: 1 vol. (VI, 705 p.) Tags: United States--Politics and government--20th century ; Statesmen--United States--Correspondence ; United States--History--20th century ; Legislators--United States--Correspondence ; Moynihan, Daniel Patrick, 1927-2003--Correspondence Languages: English Thesis
The twenty-first century has seen millions unemployed. It has seen livelihoods undermined by environmental degradation. Middle-class cities in Europe, Asia, and Africa have become cauldrons of violence and resentment. Tribalism, ethnic nationali[...]
Article on page: VII, 238 p. Descriptors: Tags: Political activists ; Security, International ; Peace ; Peace-building Languages: English 
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One point in Robert Mugabe's favour, despite the Zimbabwean patriarch's brutally protracted autumn, is that he was never planted in power by a CIA-supported coup d'état. As Larry Devlin's self-congratulatory yet revealing memoir makes clear, the[...]
ISBN (or other code): 978-1-58648-405-7 Article on page: XI, 288 Class number: 967.51031 Tags: Intelligence officers--United States--Biography ; Congo (Democratic republic)--History--Civil War, 1960-1965--Personal experiences ; Espionage, American--Congo (Democratic Republic)--History--20th century ; Diplomats--United States--Biography ; Congo (Democratic republic)--Foreign relations--United States ; United States--Foreign relations--Congo (Democratic republic of Congo) Languages: English 
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Japan is on the verge of a sea change. After more than fifty years of national pacifism and isolation including the "lost decade" of the 1990s, Japan is quietly, stealthily awakening. As Japan prepares to become a major player in the strategic s[...]
ISBN (or other code): 978-1-58648-417-0 Article on page: XIV, 433 Descriptors: Class number: 327.52 Tags: Japan--Foreign relations--1945- ; Japan--Politics and government--1945- Languages: English 
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Is Iraq another Vietnam? There are important similarities, and some lessons to be learned form Vietnam. As American frustration increases, some policy makers are making the deadly mistake of approaching problems in Iraq as if we are facing them [...]
ISBN (or other code): 978-1-58648-413-2 Article on page: XV, 207 Class number: 956.70443 Tags: Vietnam War, 1954-1975 ; Iraqi freedom (E) Languages: English 
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Book Description Natan Sharansky has lived an unusual life, spending nine years as a Soviet political prisoner and nine years as an Israeli politician. He brings the unique perspective of his experiences in order to make the case for democracy w[...]
ISBN (or other code): 978-1-58648-261-9 Article on page: XXVI, 303 Class number: 321.8 Languages: English 
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Special Forces soldiers are daring, seasoned troops from America's heartland, selected in a tough competition and trained in an extraordinary range of skills. They know foreign languages and cultures and unconventional warfare better than any U.[...]
ISBN (or other code): 978-1-58648-352-4 Article on page: XXII, 388 p. Class number: 356.16 (Special forces (Military science)) Tags: Special forces (Military Science)--United States--History ; Afghan War, 2001--Commando operations ; Iraq War, 2003-2011--Commando operations Languages: English
