The Avoidable War

The Dangers of a Catastrophic Conflict Between the US and Xi Jinping's China

• Rudd, Kevin
• PublicAffairs. New York, 2022

The relationship between the US and China, the world's two superpowers, is peculiarly volatile. It rests on a seismic fault-of cultural misunderstanding, historical grievance, and ideological incompatibility. No other nations are so quick to offend and be offended. Their militaries play a dangerous game ...

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The Avoidable War

The Dangers of a Catastrophic Conflict Between the US and Xi Jinping's China

• Rudd, Kevin
• PublicAffairs. New York, 2022

The relationship between the US and China, the world's two superpowers, is peculiarly volatile. It rests on a seismic fault-of cultural misunderstanding, historical grievance, and ideological incompatibility. No other nations are so quick to offend and be offended. Their militaries play a dangerous game ...

The Invention of Power

Popes, Kings, and the Birth of the West

• Bueno de Mesquita, Bruce
• PublicAffairs. New York, 2022

Western exceptionalism-the idea that European civilizations are freer, wealthier, and less violent-is a widespread and powerful political idea. It has been a source of peace and prosperity in some societies, and of ethnic cleansing and havoc in others. Yet in The Invention of Power, Bruce ...

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The Invention of Power

Popes, Kings, and the Birth of the West

• Bueno de Mesquita, Bruce
• PublicAffairs. New York, 2022

Western exceptionalism-the idea that European civilizations are freer, wealthier, and less violent-is a widespread and powerful political idea. It has been a source of peace and prosperity in some societies, and of ethnic cleansing and havoc in others. Yet in The Invention of Power, Bruce ...

The Age of surveillance capitalism

the fight for a human future at the new frontier of power

• Zuboff, Shoshana
• PublicAffairs. London, 2020

The challenges to humanity posed by the digital future, the first detailed examination of the unprecedented form of power called "surveillance capitalism," and the quest by powerful corporations to predict and control our behavior. Shoshana Zuboff's interdisciplinary breadth and depth enable her to come ...

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The Age of surveillance capitalism

the fight for a human future at the new frontier of power

• Zuboff, Shoshana
• PublicAffairs. London, 2020

The challenges to humanity posed by the digital future, the first detailed examination of the unprecedented form of power called "surveillance capitalism," and the quest by powerful corporations to predict and control our behavior. Shoshana Zuboff's interdisciplinary breadth and depth enable her to come ...

The big nine

how the tech titans and their thinking machines could warp humanity

• Webb, Amy
• PublicAffairs. New York, 2019

We like to think that we are in control of the future of "artificial" intelligence. The reality, though, is that we--the everyday people whose data powers AI--aren't actually in control of anything. When, for example, we speak with Alexa, we contribute that data to ...

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The big nine

how the tech titans and their thinking machines could warp humanity

• Webb, Amy
• PublicAffairs. New York, 2019

We like to think that we are in control of the future of "artificial" intelligence. The reality, though, is that we--the everyday people whose data powers AI--aren't actually in control of anything. When, for example, we speak with Alexa, we contribute that data to ...

A short history of Europe

from Pericles to Putin

• Jenkins, Simon
• PublicAffairs. New York, 2019

A sweeping, illustrated history of Europe--a continent whose imperial ambitions, internal clashes, and existential threats are as vital today as they were during the conquests of Alexander the Great In just a few hundred years, a modest peninsula off the northwest corner of Asia has ...

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A short history of Europe

from Pericles to Putin

• Jenkins, Simon
• PublicAffairs. New York, 2019

A sweeping, illustrated history of Europe--a continent whose imperial ambitions, internal clashes, and existential threats are as vital today as they were during the conquests of Alexander the Great In just a few hundred years, a modest peninsula off the northwest corner of Asia has ...

The age of surveillance capitalism

the fight for a human future at the new frontier of power

• Zuboff, Shoshana
• PublicAffairs. New York, 2019

The challenges to humanity posed by the digital future, the first detailed examination of the unprecedented form of power called "surveillance capitalism," and the quest by powerful corporations to predict and control our behavior. Shoshana Zuboff's interdisciplinary breadth and depth enable her to come ...

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The age of surveillance capitalism

the fight for a human future at the new frontier of power

• Zuboff, Shoshana
• PublicAffairs. New York, 2019

The challenges to humanity posed by the digital future, the first detailed examination of the unprecedented form of power called "surveillance capitalism," and the quest by powerful corporations to predict and control our behavior. Shoshana Zuboff's interdisciplinary breadth and depth enable her to come ...

Creative construction

the DNA of sustained innovation

• Pisano, Gary
• PublicAffairs. New York, 2019

Every company wants to grow, and the most proven way is through innovation. The conventional wisdom is that only disruptive, nimble startups can innovate; once a business gets bigger and more complex corporate arteriosclerosis sets in. Gary Pisano's remarkable research conducted over three decades ...

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Creative construction

the DNA of sustained innovation

• Pisano, Gary
• PublicAffairs. New York, 2019

Every company wants to grow, and the most proven way is through innovation. The conventional wisdom is that only disruptive, nimble startups can innovate; once a business gets bigger and more complex corporate arteriosclerosis sets in. Gary Pisano's remarkable research conducted over three decades ...

Keeping at it

the quest for sound money and good government

• Volcker, Paul
• PublicAffairs. New York, 2018

Paul Volcker has devoted his life's work to public service and the critical importance of open, disciplined and efficient government. As chairman of the Federal Reserve (1979-1987) he literally rescued the American economy from destroying itself, summoning the courage to take radical and controversial ...

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Keeping at it

the quest for sound money and good government

• Volcker, Paul
• PublicAffairs. New York, 2018

Paul Volcker has devoted his life's work to public service and the critical importance of open, disciplined and efficient government. As chairman of the Federal Reserve (1979-1987) he literally rescued the American economy from destroying itself, summoning the courage to take radical and controversial ...

The signals are talking

why today's fringe is tomorrow's mainstream

• Webb, Amy
• PublicAffairs. New York, 2018

Amy Webb is a noted futurist who combines curiosity, skepticism, colorful storytelling, and deeply reported, real-world analysis in this essential book for understanding the future. The Signals Are Talking reveals a systemic way of evaluating new ideas bubbling up on the horizon-distinguishing what is a ...

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The signals are talking

why today's fringe is tomorrow's mainstream

• Webb, Amy
• PublicAffairs. New York, 2018

Amy Webb is a noted futurist who combines curiosity, skepticism, colorful storytelling, and deeply reported, real-world analysis in this essential book for understanding the future. The Signals Are Talking reveals a systemic way of evaluating new ideas bubbling up on the horizon-distinguishing what is a ...

The storm before the storm

the beginning of the end of the Roman Republic

• Duncan, Mike
• PublicAffairs. New York, 2017

The Roman Republic was one of the most remarkable achievements in the history of civilization. After its founding in 509 BCE, Rome grew from an unremarkable Italian city-state to the dominant superpower of the Mediterranean world. Through it all, the Romans never allowed a single ...

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The storm before the storm

the beginning of the end of the Roman Republic

• Duncan, Mike
• PublicAffairs. New York, 2017

The Roman Republic was one of the most remarkable achievements in the history of civilization. After its founding in 509 BCE, Rome grew from an unremarkable Italian city-state to the dominant superpower of the Mediterranean world. Through it all, the Romans never allowed a single ...

The future of war

a history

• Freedman, Lawrence
• PublicAffairs. New York, 2017

In 1912, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, creator of Sherlock Holmes, wrote a short story about a war fought from underwater submersibles that included the sinking of passenger ships. At the time, it was dismissed by the British generals and admirals of the day not because ...

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The future of war

a history

• Freedman, Lawrence
• PublicAffairs. New York, 2017

In 1912, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, creator of Sherlock Holmes, wrote a short story about a war fought from underwater submersibles that included the sinking of passenger ships. At the time, it was dismissed by the British generals and admirals of the day not because ...

Destination Casablanca

exile, espionage, and the battle for North Africa in World War II

• Hindley, Meredith
• PublicAffairs. New York, 2017

In the summer of 1940, following France's surrender to Germany, Casablanca was transformed from an exotic travel destination to a key military target. Nazi agents and collaborators soon overran the city looking to capitalize on the new Vichy regime. The resistance was not far ...

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Destination Casablanca

exile, espionage, and the battle for North Africa in World War II

• Hindley, Meredith
• PublicAffairs. New York, 2017

In the summer of 1940, following France's surrender to Germany, Casablanca was transformed from an exotic travel destination to a key military target. Nazi agents and collaborators soon overran the city looking to capitalize on the new Vichy regime. The resistance was not far ...

A world of three zeros

the new economics of zero poverty, zero unemployment, and zero carbon emissions

• Yunus, Muhammad
• PublicAffairs. New York, 2017

A winner of the Nobel Peace Prize and bestselling author of Banker to the Poor offers his vision of an emerging new economic system that can save humankind and the planet Muhammad Yunus, who created microcredit, invented social business, and earned a Nobel Peace Prize ...

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A world of three zeros

the new economics of zero poverty, zero unemployment, and zero carbon emissions

• Yunus, Muhammad
• PublicAffairs. New York, 2017

A winner of the Nobel Peace Prize and bestselling author of Banker to the Poor offers his vision of an emerging new economic system that can save humankind and the planet Muhammad Yunus, who created microcredit, invented social business, and earned a Nobel Peace Prize ...

Pale rider

the Spanish Flu of 1918 and how it changed the world

• Spinney, Laura
• PublicAffairs. New York, 2017

With a death toll between fifty and one hundred million people across the globe, the Spanish flu of 1918-1920 was one of the greatest human disasters of all time. Nevertheless, it exists in our memory as a mere footnote to World War I In Pale ...

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Pale rider

the Spanish Flu of 1918 and how it changed the world

• Spinney, Laura
• PublicAffairs. New York, 2017

With a death toll between fifty and one hundred million people across the globe, the Spanish flu of 1918-1920 was one of the greatest human disasters of all time. Nevertheless, it exists in our memory as a mere footnote to World War I In Pale ...

The red web

the Kremlin's wars on the internet

• Soldatov, Andrei
• Borogan, Irina
• PublicAffairs. New York, 2017

The Internet in Russia is either the most efficient totalitarian tool or the device by which totalitarianism will be overthrown. Perhaps both. On the eighth floor of an ordinary-looking building in an otherwise residential district of southwest Moscow, in a room occupied by the Federal ...

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The red web

the Kremlin's wars on the internet

• Soldatov, Andrei;
• Borogan, Irina
• PublicAffairs. New York, 2017

The Internet in Russia is either the most efficient totalitarian tool or the device by which totalitarianism will be overthrown. Perhaps both. On the eighth floor of an ordinary-looking building in an otherwise residential district of southwest Moscow, in a room occupied by the Federal ...

The revenge of analog

Real Things and Why They Matter

• Sax, David
• PublicAffairs. New York, 2016

"The more advanced our digital technologies, the more we come to realize that reality rules. David Sax reassures us surviving members of team human that material existence is alive and well, and makes a compelling case for the reclamation of terra firma and all that ...

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The revenge of analog

Real Things and Why They Matter

• Sax, David
• PublicAffairs. New York, 2016

"The more advanced our digital technologies, the more we come to realize that reality rules. David Sax reassures us surviving members of team human that material existence is alive and well, and makes a compelling case for the reclamation of terra firma and all that ...

The new arab wars

uprisings and anarchy in the Middle East

• Lynch, Marc
• PublicAffairs. New York, 2016

Less than twenty-four months after the hope-filled Arab uprising, the popular movement had morphed into a dystopia of resurgent dictators, failed states, and civil wars. Egypt's epochal transition to democracy ended in a violent military coup. Yemen and Libya collapsed into civil war, while ...

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The new arab wars

uprisings and anarchy in the Middle East

• Lynch, Marc
• PublicAffairs. New York, 2016

Less than twenty-four months after the hope-filled Arab uprising, the popular movement had morphed into a dystopia of resurgent dictators, failed states, and civil wars. Egypt's epochal transition to democracy ended in a violent military coup. Yemen and Libya collapsed into civil war, while ...

Dreams of a great small nation

the mutinous army that threatened a revolution, destroyed an empire, founded a republic, and remade the map of Europe

• McNamara, Kevin J.
• PublicAffairs. New York, 2016

"The pages of history recall scarcely any parallel episode at once so romantic in character and so extensive in scale." --Winston S. Churchill In 1917, two empires that had dominated much of Europe and Asia teetered on the edge of the abyss, exhausted by the ...

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Dreams of a great small nation

the mutinous army that threatened a revolution, destroyed an empire, founded a republic, and remade the map of Europe

• McNamara, Kevin J.
• PublicAffairs. New York, 2016

"The pages of history recall scarcely any parallel episode at once so romantic in character and so extensive in scale." --Winston S. Churchill In 1917, two empires that had dominated much of Europe and Asia teetered on the edge of the abyss, exhausted by the ...

Narconomics

how to run a drug cartel

• Wainwright, Tom
• PublicAffairs. New York, 2016

What drug lords learned from big business How does a budding cartel boss succeed (and survive) in the $300 billion illegal drug business? By learning from the best, of course. From creating brand value to fine-tuning customer service, the folks running cartels have been attentive ...

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Narconomics

how to run a drug cartel

• Wainwright, Tom
• PublicAffairs. New York, 2016

What drug lords learned from big business How does a budding cartel boss succeed (and survive) in the $300 billion illegal drug business? By learning from the best, of course. From creating brand value to fine-tuning customer service, the folks running cartels have been attentive ...

Connect

how companies succedd by engaging radically with society

• Browne, John
• PublicAffairs. New York, 2016

Why being radically connected with society is not just the right thing to do, it is an imperative for a company’s bottom line Based on John Browne’s decades of experience as one of the world’s most successful and innovative CEOs, with research ...

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Connect

how companies succedd by engaging radically with society

• Browne, John
• PublicAffairs. New York, 2016

Why being radically connected with society is not just the right thing to do, it is an imperative for a company’s bottom line Based on John Browne’s decades of experience as one of the world’s most successful and innovative CEOs, with research ...