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Showing 1 - 12 of 12 results for “jonathan glennie”
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  • The Trouble with Aid

    Why Less Could Mean More for Africa

    by Jonathan Glennie ...
    Series series African Arguments
    Africa is poor. If we send it money it will be less poor. It seems perfectly logical, doesn't it? Millions of people in the rich world, moved by images on television and appalled by the miserable conditions endured by so many in other countries, have joined campaigns to persuade their governments to double aid to Africa and help put an end to such shameful inequality.It seems simple. But it isn't. ... Read more

    $21.39 USD

  • The Future of Aid

    Global Public Investment

    by Jonathan Glennie ...
    International cooperation has never been more needed, but the current system of “aid” is outdated and ineffective. The Future of Aid calls for a wholesale restructuring of the aid project, a totally new approach fit for the challenges of the 21st century: Global Public Investment.Across the world, billions of people are struggling to get by in unequal and unsustainable societies, and international ... Read more

    $36.99 USD

  • Aid, Growth and Poverty

    by Jonathan Glennie, Andy Sumner ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    The authors discuss the impact of foreign aid and tackle the question of why assessing the impact of aid is so difficult. The authors focus on peer-reviewed, cross-country studies published over the last decade and draw together some global-level assessments, considering the context and conditions under which aid might be said to ‘work’. Glennie and Sumner argue that the evidence in four areas ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

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    DarkMarket

    Cyberthieves, Cybercops and You

    by Misha Glenny ...
    Narrated by Jonathan Cowley ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 26 min

    "This extraordinarily powerful book demonstrates how utterly we lack the shared supranational tools needed to fight cybercrime. Essential reading." --Roberto Saviano, author of GommorahThe benefits of living in a digital, globalized society are enormous; so too are the dangers. The world has become a law enforcer’s nightmare and every criminal’s dream. We bank online; shop online; date, learn, ... Read more

    $20.00 USD

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    CORE

    How a Single Organizing Idea can Change Business for Good

    by Neil Gaught ...
    Narrated by Shaun Grindell ...

    Unabridged

    6 hours 29 min

    At the core of the world's most admired businesses lies a powerful Single Organizing Idea. These organizations deliver sustainable economic and social benefit; they unite people, attract investment, inspire innovation, pioneer new efficiencies, and enjoy positive reputation.Such businesses are admired but they remain a rare breed.Though the tides of change are engaging the minds of business ... Read more

    $24.99 USD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

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    Kingpin

    How One Hacker Took Over the Billion-Dollar Cybercrime Underground

    by Kevin Poulsen ...
    Narrated by Eric Michael Summerer ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 8 min

    The word spread through the hacking underground like some unstoppable new virus: Someone—some brilliant, audacious crook—had just staged a hostile takeover of an online criminal network that siphoned billions of dollars from the U.S. economy.The FBI rushed to launch an ambitious undercover operation aimed at tracking down this new kingpin. Other agencies around the world deployed dozens of moles ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

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    Hacker, Hoaxer, Whistleblower, Spy

    The Many Faces of Anonymous

    by Gabriella Coleman ...
    Narrated by Tavia Gilbert ...

    Unabridged

    13 hours 39 min

    Here is the ultimate book on the worldwide movement of hackers, pranksters, and activists that operates under the non-name Anonymous, by the writer the Huffington Post says "knows all of [Anonymous's] deepest, darkest secrets."Half a dozen years ago, anthropologist Gabriella Coleman set out to study the rise of this global phenomenon just as some of its members were turning to political protest ... Read more

    $20.49 USD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

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    Tubes

    A Journey to the Center of the Internet

    by Andrew Blum ...
    Narrated by Andrew Blum ...

    Unabridged

    7 hours 21 min

    “Andrew Blum plunges into the unseen but real ether of the Internet in a journey both compelling and profound….You will never open an email in quite the same way again.”—Tom Vanderbilt, New York Times bestselling author of TrafficIn Tubes, Andrew Blum, a correspondent at Wired magazine, takes us on an engaging, utterly fascinating tour behind the scenes of our everyday lives and reveals the dark ... Read more

    $23.99 USD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

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    Is That a Fact?

    Frauds, Quacks, and the Real Science of Everyday Life

    by Dr. Joe Schwarcz ...
    Narrated by Garrett Goodison ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 31 min

    Dr. Joe Schwarcz takes on the quacks and doles out the facts in this eye-opening look at the science around usEat this and live to 100. Don’t, and die. Today, hyperboles dominate the media, which makes parsing science from fiction an arduous task when deciding what to eat, what chemicals to avoid, and what’s best for the environment. In Is That a Fact?, bestselling author Dr. Joe Schwarcz ... Read more

    $19.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    Digital Gold

    Bitcoin and the Inside Story of the Misfits and Millionaires Trying to Reinvent Money

    by Nathaniel Popper ...
    Narrated by Robert Fass ...

    Unabridged

    10 hours 49 min

    New York Times Book Review Editor’s ChoiceSHORTLISTED FOR THE 2015 FINANCIAL TIMES AND MCKINSEY BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEARA New York Times technology and business reporter charts the dramatic rise of Bitcoin and the fascinating personalities who are striving to create a new global money for the Internet age.Digital Gold is New York Times reporter Nathaniel Popper’s brilliant and engrossing history ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

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    Zero Day

    A Jeff Aiken Novel

    by Mark Russinovich ...
    Narrated by Johnny Heller ...
    Series Audiobook 1 - Jeff Aiken Series

    Unabridged

    9 hours 39 min

    An airliner's controls abruptly fail mid-flight over the Atlantic. An oil tanker runs aground in Japan when its navigational system suddenly stops dead. Hospitals everywhere have to abandon their computer databases when patients die after being administered incorrect dosages of their medicine. In the Midwest, a nuclear power plant nearly becomes the next Chernobyl when its cooling systems ... Read more

    $26.99 USD

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    We Are Anonymous

    Inside the Hacker World of LulzSec, Anonymous, and the Global Cyber Insurgency

    by Parmy Olson ...
    Narrated by Abby Craden ...

    Unabridged

    14 hours 16 min

    A thrilling, exclusive exposè of the hacker collectives Anonymous and LulzSec.We Are Anonymous is the first full account of how a loosely assembled group of hackers scattered across the globe formed a new kind of insurgency, seized headlines, and tortured the feds -- and the ultimate betrayal that would eventually bring them down. Parmy Olson goes behind the headlines and into the world of ... Read more

    $31.99 USD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook