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Description not available.Chronicles the life of the late Winston Churchill, from his difficult childhood, to his military career, to his life as Prime Minister of Great Britain during World War II.
PUBLISHER: Cherrytree Books
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Children's 
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 | The Boom & the Bubble by Robert Brenner
Only three years ago, the world economy seemed poised on the edge of catastrophe, as financial firestorms ripped through East Asia, Russia and Latin America. A sustained period of significant growth in the US, however, seemed to save the day against all the odds. So impressive was the surface appearance of this rescue mission that all manner of commentators proclaimed--once again--that a new economy or new paradigm of unlimited and harmonious growth had been forged. Today, as recession looms, the babble about internet start-ups is exposed as vapid. Yet the pundits are no nearer an understanding of how or why the boom turned into a bubble, or why the bubble has burst. In this crisp and forensic book, Robert Brenner demonstrates that the boom was always a fragile phenomenon--buoyed up by absurd levels of debt and stock-market overvaluation--which never broke free from the fundamental malady of overcapacity and overproduction which continues to afflict the global economy. Carefully dismantling the myths and hype which surround the US boom in terms of profitability, investment, and productivity, Brenner restores the properly international context to the process. He portrays the `zero-sum? character of the American success, which presupposed the relative weakness of its main German and Japanese competitors: a strategy that has laid huge obstacles in the path of a `soft landing? to end the current phase of growth. AUTHOR: Robert Brenner
PUBLISHER: Verso
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Business
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 | Challenging Chicago by Perry Duis
During an unprecedented period of rapid growth from the mid-19th century to the early 20th century, the burgeoning metropolis of Chicago quickly became a concentration of risk , far more congested, crowded, dangerous, unpleasant, immoral, and unhealthy than newcomers had anticipated. Against this backdrop emerged innovators and institutions that made the vibrant city of today. 86 photos. AUTHOR: Perry Duis
PUBLISHER: University of Illinois Press
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Business
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 | Thank You, Amelia Bedelia by Barbara Siebel Thomas, Peggy Parish, Sandy Edgerton
Confused housekeeper Amelia Bedelia gets ready for a visit from Great-Aunt Myra. Color illustrations accompany the text of this beginning reader book. AUTHOR: Barbara Siebel Thomas, Peggy Parish, Sandy Edgerton
PUBLISHER: HarperCollins Children's Book Group
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Children's
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 | Utopian Entrepreneur by Brenda Laurel, Denise Gonzales Crisp
A heady hybrid of critical thinking, personal narrative, and economic analysis, UTOPIAN ENTREPRENEUR is a field manual for those who want to do socially positive work in the context of business. One of the few Silicon Valley veterans who participated in all four of the major computer tech bubbles--games, multimedia, virtual reality, and dot-coms--Brenda Laurel is known for injecting humanistic values into computer-based media. Laurel interweaves her ideas on how to conduct socially progressive business with the saga of her experiences with the Interval Research Corporation and as the founder of the pioneering girls' software company Purple Moon. AUTHOR: Brenda Laurel, Denise Gonzales Crisp
PUBLISHER: MIT Press
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Business
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 | You're Fifty--Now What by Charles R. Schwab
This guide to personal finance is written specifically for people at mid-life. In a supportive and informed manner, the author helps the reader determine his or her needs and shows how to make one`s money grow in order to have a secure, and comfortable, retirement. AUTHOR: Charles R. Schwab
PUBLISHER: Random House Large Print
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Business
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