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A Brief History of Equality by Thomas Piketty
51.95 AUD
Category: Non-Fiction | Series: Mersion: Emergent Village Resources for Communities of Faith Ser.
The world's leading economist of inequality presents a short but sweeping and surprisingly optimistic history of human progress toward equality despite crises, disasters, and backsliding. A perfect introduction to the ideas developed in his monumental earlier books. It's easy to be pessimistic about ...Show more
A Is for Archive - The Archive of Andy Warhol from A to Z by Matt Wrbican; Abigail Franzen-Sheehan (Editor); Blake Gopnik; Neil Printz
86.99 AUD
Category: Art | Series: Mersion: Emergent Village Resources for Communities of Faith Ser.
A riveting excursion through Warhol's incomparable personal collections, from the bizarre to the illuminating Andy Warhol (1928-1987) remains an icon of the 20th century and a leading figure in the Pop Art movement. He also was an obsessive collector of things large and small, ordinary and quirky. Since ...Show more
Coal by Mark C. Thurber
31.95 AUD
Category: Non-Fiction | Series: Resources Ser.
By making available the almost unlimited energy stored in prehistoric plant matter, coal enabled the industrial age--and it still does. Coal today generates more electricity worldwide than any other energy source, helping drive economic growth in major emerging markets. And yet continued reliance on thi ...Show more
Cocoa by Kristy Leissle
33.95 AUD
Category: Non-Fiction | Series: PRS - Polity Resources Ser.
Chocolate has long been a favorite indulgence. But behind every chocolate bar we unwrap, there is a world of power struggles and political maneuvering over its most important ingredient: cocoa. In this incisive book, Kristy Leissle reveals how cocoa, which brings pleasure and wealth to relatively few, d ...Show more
Fire and Ashes: Success and Failure in Politics by Michael Ignatieff
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Category: Non-Fiction | Series: Emersion: Emergent Village Resources for Communities of Faith Ser.
In 2005 Michael Ignatieff left his life as a writer and professor at Harvard University to enter the combative world of politics back home in Canada. By 2008, he was leader of the country's Liberal Party and poised--should the governing Conservatives falter--to become Canada's next Prime Minister. It ne ...Show more
Joan Mitchell by Roberts Sarah Et Al
103.95 AUD
Category: Art
A sweeping retrospective exploring the oeuvre of an incandescent artist, revealing the ways that Mitchell expanded painting beyond Abstract Expressionism as well as the transatlantic contexts that shaped her Joan Mitchell (1925-1992) was fearless in her experimentation, creating works of unparalleled ...Show more
Odyssey: ANew Translation by Homer; Peter Green
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Category: Classics | Series: Emersion: Emergent Village Resources for Communities of Faith Ser.
The Odyssey is vividly captured and beautifully paced in this swift and lucid new translation by acclaimed scholar and translator Peter Green. Accompanied by an illuminating introduction, maps, chapter summaries, a glossary, and explanatory notes, this is the ideal translation for both general readers a ...Show more
Risky Business - Why Insurance Markets Fail and What to Do about It by Liran Einav; Amy Finkelstein; Ray Fisman
51.95 AUD
Category: Non-Fiction | Series: Mersion: Emergent Village Resources for Communities of Faith Ser.
An engaging and accessible examination of what ails insurance markets--and what to do about it--by three leading economists Why is dental insurance so crummy? Why is pet insurance so expensive? Why does your auto insurer ask for your credit score? The answer to these questions lies in understanding how ...Show more
Stalin As Warlord by Alfred J. Rieber
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Category: History | Series: Emersion: Emergent Village Resources for Communities of Faith Ser.
The Second World War was the defining moment in the history of the Soviet Union. With Stalin at the helm, it emerged victorious at a huge economic and human cost. But even before the fighting had ended, Stalin began to turn against the architects of success. In this original and comprehensive study, Alf ...Show more
The Falling Sky - Words of a Yanomami Shaman by Davi Kopenawa; Bruce Albert; Nicholas Elliott (Translator); Alison Dundy (Translator); Bill McKibben (Foreword by)
43.95 AUD
Category: Self Help | Series: Emersion: Emergent Village Resources for Communities of Faith Ser.
A now classic account of the life and thought of Davi Kopenawa, shaman and spokesman for the Yanomami, The Falling Sky paints an unforgettable picture of on indigenous culture living in harmony with the Amazon rainforest and its devastating encounter with the global mining industry, in richly evocative ...Show more
The Making of the Bible - From the First Fragments to Sacred Scripture by Konrad Schmid; Jens Schroter; Peter Lewis (Translator)
38.95 AUD
Category: History | Series: Emersion: Emergent Village Resources for Communities of Faith Ser.
"A landmark If you have time to read only one book on the Bible this year, make sure that it is this one."-Katherine J. Dell, Church Times"Excellent With a sure touch, the authors lead the reader through the geopolitical context of the Hebrew Bible and the setting and background of the New Testament, fi ...Show more
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