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The Power of Public Investment Management

Transforming Resources Into Assets for Growth

by Anand Rajaram, Kai Kaiser, Tuan Minh Le, Jay-Hyung Kim, Jonas Frank ...

Series series Directions in Development - Public Sector Governance
Public resources—if invested well in public infrastructure and services—can catalyze private and community e orts and unleash an inclusive growth and development process. But too often public projects are selectedto support political patronage, poorly designed, underfunded, long delayed, very costly, or badly implemented, with little bene t to the population. This is a critical challenge for many ... Read more

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Public resources—if invested well in public infrastructure and services—can catalyze private and community e orts and unleash an inclusive growth and development process. But too often public projects are selectedto support political patronage, poorly designed, underfunded, long delayed, very costly, or badly implemented, with little bene t to the population. This is a critical challenge for many
... Read more
Facing Infinity

Black Holes and Our Place on Earth

by Jonas Enander ...

Translated by Nichola Smalley ...

A fresh, fascinating, up-to-the-moment appraisal of black holes—the massive astronomical objects with a gravitational pull so strong that nothing can escape them, not even light—situating them at the center of our understanding of our place on Earth and in the universeHumanity’s relationship with black holes began in 1783 in a small English village, when clergyman John Michell posed a startling ... Read more

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A fresh, fascinating, up-to-the-moment appraisal of black holes—the massive astronomical objects with a gravitational pull so strong that nothing can escape them, not even light—situating them at the center of our understanding of our place on Earth and in the universeHumanity’s relationship with black holes began in 1783 in a small English village, when clergyman John Michell posed a startling
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A History of the International Movement of Journalists

Professionalism Versus Politics

by Kaarle Nordenstreng, Ulf Jonas Björk, Frank Beyersdorf, Svennik Høyer, Epp Lauk ...

Series series Law and Criminology (R0)
This study presents a general history of how journalism as an emerging profession became internationally organized over the past one hundred and twenty years, seen mainly through the associations founded to promote the interests of journalists around the world. ... Read more

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This study presents a general history of how journalism as an emerging profession became internationally organized over the past one hundred and twenty years, seen mainly through the associations founded to promote the interests of journalists around the world.
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Representing Conflicts in Games

Antagonism, Rivalry, and Competition

Edited by Björn Sjöblom, Jonas Linderoth, Anders Frank ...

Series series Routledge Advances in Game Studies
This book offers an overview of how conflicts are represented and enacted in games, in a variety of genres and game systems. Games are a cultural form apt at representing real world conflicts, and this edited volume highlights the intrinsic connection between games and conflict through a set of theoretical and empirical studies. It interrogates the nature and use of conflicts as a fundamental ... Read more

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This book offers an overview of how conflicts are represented and enacted in games, in a variety of genres and game systems. Games are a cultural form apt at representing real world conflicts, and this edited volume highlights the intrinsic connection between games and conflict through a set of theoretical and empirical studies. It interrogates the nature and use of conflicts as a fundamental
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Facing Infinity

Black Holes and Our Place on Earth

by Jonas Enander ...

Narrated by Mark Peachey ...

Unabridged

11 hours 9 min

Humanity's relationship with black holes began in 1783 in a small English village, when clergyman John Michell posed a startling question: What if there are objects in space that are so large and heavy that not even light can escape them? Almost 250 years later, in April 2019, scientists presented the first picture of a black hole. Physicist Jonas Enander has traveled the world to investigate how ... Read more

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Humanity's relationship with black holes began in 1783 in a small English village, when clergyman John Michell posed a startling question: What if there are objects in space that are so large and heavy that not even light can escape them? Almost 250 years later, in April 2019, scientists presented the first picture of a black hole. Physicist Jonas Enander has traveled the world to investigate how
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Decentralization and Infrastructure in the Global Economy

From Gaps to Solutions

Edited by Jonas Frank, Jorge Martinez-Vazquez ...

Series series Routledge Studies in the Modern World Economy
The subnational dimension of infrastructure has emerged as one of the greatest challenges in contemporary public finance policy and management. Ensuring the efficient provision of infrastructure represents a challenge for all countries irrespective of their level of centralization or decentralization. This book proposes an innovative approach for the strengthening of decentralized public ... Read more

$59.99 USD

The subnational dimension of infrastructure has emerged as one of the greatest challenges in contemporary public finance policy and management. Ensuring the efficient provision of infrastructure represents a challenge for all countries irrespective of their level of centralization or decentralization. This book proposes an innovative approach for the strengthening of decentralized public
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168 Songs of Hatred and Failure

A History of Manic Street Preachers

by Keith Cameron ...

Narrated by Jude Rogers, Huw Stephens ...

Unabridged

15 hours 55 min

'A forensic exploration of their compositions and recordings, and everything that has been poured into them . . . completely definitive' MOJO ★★★★★The story of Manic Street Preachers is unique in pop. Raging out of the stricken mining communities of south Wales in the late 80s, they were seemingly condemned to mere cult status by a cruel juncture of artistic triumph, commercial failure and ... Read more

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'A forensic exploration of their compositions and recordings, and everything that has been poured into them . . . completely definitive' MOJO ★★★★★The story of Manic Street Preachers is unique in pop. Raging out of the stricken mining communities of south Wales in the late 80s, they were seemingly condemned to mere cult status by a cruel juncture of artistic triumph, commercial failure and
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The Thinking Heart

Essays on Israel and Palestine

by David Grossman ...

Narrated by Steven Jay Cohen ...

Unabridged

2 hours 26 min

Searing essays from International Booker Prize-winning Israeli author and long-time peace activist David Grossman carry us up to and through the cataclysm of Oct 7th and what followedWe know David Grossman's voice of ringing moral clarity from way back: since the late 1980s and The Yellow Wind, his classic work on the urgency of the two-state solution and the price paid by both occupier and ... Read more

$12.50 USD

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Searing essays from International Booker Prize-winning Israeli author and long-time peace activist David Grossman carry us up to and through the cataclysm of Oct 7th and what followedWe know David Grossman's voice of ringing moral clarity from way back: since the late 1980s and The Yellow Wind, his classic work on the urgency of the two-state solution and the price paid by both occupier and
... Read more

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Made in Manchester

A people’s history of the city that shaped the modern world

by Brian Groom ...

Narrated by David Judge ...

Unabridged

8 hours 23 min

A rich and vivid history of Britain's second city through the people who made it‘What Manchester thinks today, England thinks tomorrow.’Long before Manchester gave the world titans of industry, comedy, music and sport, it was the cosmopolitan Roman fort of Mamucium. But it was as the ‘shock city’ of the Industrial Revolution that Manchester really made its mark on the world stage. A place built on ... Read more

$25.99 USD

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A rich and vivid history of Britain's second city through the people who made it‘What Manchester thinks today, England thinks tomorrow.’Long before Manchester gave the world titans of industry, comedy, music and sport, it was the cosmopolitan Roman fort of Mamucium. But it was as the ‘shock city’ of the Industrial Revolution that Manchester really made its mark on the world stage. A place built on
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10 Mistakes That Changed History

The Reckless Rulers, Monumental Mishaps and Disastrous Decisions That Have Shaped Our World.

by Paul Coulter ...

Narrated by Paul Coulter ...

Unabridged

7 hours 51 min

**Brought to you by Penguin.From breakups that ended empires to naps that sank ships, 10 Mistakes That Changed History reveals how overlooked** historical errors are responsible for some of the most era-defining events of the past.Featuring many of the most recognisable characters and episodes in history, from Cleopatra to the sinking of the Titanic, comedian and historian Paul Coulter reframes ... Read more

$19.11 USD

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**Brought to you by Penguin.From breakups that ended empires to naps that sank ships, 10 Mistakes That Changed History reveals how overlooked** historical errors are responsible for some of the most era-defining events of the past.Featuring many of the most recognisable characters and episodes in history, from Cleopatra to the sinking of the Titanic, comedian and historian Paul Coulter reframes
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The Immortalists

The Death of Death and the Race for Eternal Life

by Aleks Krotoski ...

Narrated by Aleks Krotoski ...

Unabridged

8 hours 39 min

**Brought to you by Penguin.What does it mean for us all when death is treated as a glitch and Silicon Valley invests in the “science” of eternal life?**From the epic of Gilgamesh to the alchemy of the philosopher’s stone, humanity’s eternal quest for immortality – and its rejuvenation tricks, therapies and tinctures – has always been our most mortal endeavour.But now the giants of invention and ... Read more

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**Brought to you by Penguin.What does it mean for us all when death is treated as a glitch and Silicon Valley invests in the “science” of eternal life?**From the epic of Gilgamesh to the alchemy of the philosopher’s stone, humanity’s eternal quest for immortality – and its rejuvenation tricks, therapies and tinctures – has always been our most mortal endeavour.But now the giants of invention and
... Read more

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Smarter

10 Lessons for a More Productive and Less-Stressed Life

by Emily Austen ...

Narrated by Emily Austen ...

Unabridged

7 hours 7 min

"An empowering manifesto for those ready to break free from burnout and redefine what it means to thrive." **—**Vanity Fair (UK)Are you stuck in an exhausting struggle for balance between work, family life, fitness, friendships, and mental health? It's time to live life smarter, not harder. In Smarter, entrepreneur and recovering productivity addict Emily Austen releases you from the myth that ... Read more

$24.99 USD

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"An empowering manifesto for those ready to break free from burnout and redefine what it means to thrive." **—**Vanity Fair (UK)Are you stuck in an exhausting struggle for balance between work, family life, fitness, friendships, and mental health? It's time to live life smarter, not harder. In Smarter, entrepreneur and recovering productivity addict Emily Austen releases you from the myth that
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