Who are we, and where do we come from? The fundamental drive to answer these questions is at the heart of Finding Your Roots, the companion book to the PBS documentary series seen by 30 million people. As Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. shows us, the tools of cutting-edge …
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Who are we, and where do we come from? The fundamental drive to answer these questions is at the heart of Finding Your Roots, the companion book to the hit PBS documentary series. As Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. shows us, the tools of cutting-edge genomics and deep gene…
For nearly half a century, Warren G. Harding, twenty-ninth president of the United States, has finished last in every poll ranking the presidents. After his death in 1923, a variety of attacks and unsubstantiated claims left the public with a negative impression of him. In The S…
For nearly half a century, Warren G. Harding, twenty-ninth president of the United States, has finished last in every poll ranking the presidents. After his death in 1923, a variety of attacks and unsubstantiated claims left the public with a negative impression of him. In The S…
Mackowiak traces the history of medicine through the illnesses of some of the most influential figures of the past. The diseases suffered by these figures had profound effects on their lives and their legacies.
Mackowiak traces the history of medicine through the illnesses of some of the most influential figures of the past. The diseases suffered by these figures had profound effects on their lives and their legacies.
Could Lincoln have lived? After John Wilkes Booth fired a low-velocity .44 caliber bullet into the back of the president's skull, Lincoln did not perish immediately. Attending doctors cleaned and probed the wound, and actually improved his breathing for a time. Today medical tra…
The last lion, Winston Spencer Churchill, Alone
by Manchester, William, Reid, Paul
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Details the life of a man whose ambitions and serious flaws made him one of the world's most powerful leaders, placing Churchill's career against the backdrop of the Second World War and the collapse of the British Empire.
The second volume of Manchester's biography of the great British statesman covers a period of failure in Churchill's life, when he was disowned by his party, dismissed by the establishment as a warmonger and twice nearly lost his seat in Parliament, only to rise again to nationa…
Celebrity humanitarianism: the ideology of global charity
by Kapoor, Ilan
fromInterventions
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Type: Book
Celebrity humanitarianism: the ideology of global charity
by Kapoor, Ilan
fromInterventions
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Type: Book
Celebrity humanitarianism: the ideology of global charity
by Kapoor, Ilan
fromInterventions
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Type: Book
Celebrity humanitarianism: the ideology of global charity
by Kapoor, Ilan
fromInterventions
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Type: Book
In the last two decades especially, we have witnessed the rise of 'celebrity' forms of global humanitarianism and charity work, spearheaded by entertainment stars, billionaires, and activist NGOs (e.g. Bob Geldof, Bono, Angelina Jolie, Madonna, Bill Gates, George Soros, Save Dar…
Celebrity humanitarianism: the ideology of global charity
by Kapoor, Ilan
fromInterventions
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Type: Book
"This book examines the new phenomenon of celebrity humanitarianism arguing that legitimates neoliberal capitalism and global inequality" "In the last two decades especially, we have witnessed the rise of 'celebrity' forms of global humanitarianism and charity work, spearheaded…