In the simplest of terms, leadership is about influencing people to achieve an objective that is important to the leader, the group, and the organization. It is the human element – leading, motivating, and inspiring, particularly during...
Political science
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Author:Walker, Robert W., Horn, BerndSummary: - Author:Saada, TassSummary:
What motivates Islamic terrorists' What is in the mind of terror' Our news reports from the Middle East cover events-bombings, massacres, and suicide attacks. Our newscasters take time to explain who the players are-from...
- Author:Dietrich, JohnSummary:
Contrary to what is often reported in history books, the Morgenthau Plan was a major element in postwar planning led by Washington, before the war was even over. This book traces the roles played by Henry Morgenthau, Jr., Secretary of...
- Author:Luciani, Patrick, Griffiths, Rudyard, Munk, PeterSummary:
The Munk Debates is Canada's premier international debate series, a highly anticipated cultural event and feast of ideas. Launched in 2008 by philanthropists Peter and Melanie Munk, these debates bring together some of the world's...
- Author:Soto, Hernando deSummary:
"The hour of capitalism's greatest triumph," writes Hernando de Soto, "is, in the eyes of four-fifths of humanity, its hour of crisis." In The Mystery of Capital, the world-famous Peruvian economist takes up the question that, more than...
- Author:Aikins, MatthieuSummary:
In this extraordinary book, an acclaimed young war reporter chronicles a dangerous journey on the smuggler's road to Europe, accompanying his friend, an Afghan refugee, in search of a better future. In 2016, a young Afghan driver...
- Author:Klein, Joe.Summary:
Joe Klein, best-selling author of Primary Colors and one of our most brilliant political analysts, now tackles the subject he knows best: Bill Clinton. Astute, even-handed, and keenly intelligent, The Natural is the only book to read if...
- Author:Mann, Michael E.Summary:
Recycle. Fly less. Eat less meat. These are ways we've been told to slow climate change. But it's a marketing campaign, one that has succeeded in placing the responsibility for fixing climate change squarely on individuals,...
- Author:Bakan, JoelSummary:
A deeply informed and unflinching look at the way corporations have slyly rebranded themselves as socially conscious entities ready to tackle society's problems, while CEO compensation soars, income inequality is at all-time highs, and...
- Author:Paquet, GillesSummary:
Over the last few decades, the Westphalian nation-state has lost its hegemonic position in the system of geo-governance. A dispersive revolution has led to the emergence of powerful newly networked business organizations, new subsidiary...
- Author:Peter JosephSummary:
Peter Joseph speaks on the critical importance of a unified activism working to overcome the inherent injustice of our system, and warns us to not ignore its flaws, or face ecological collapse.
- Author:MacFarlane, JulieSummary:
Today's justice system and the legal profession have rendered the "lawyer-warrior" notion outdated, shifting toward conflict resolution rather than protracted litigation. The new lawyer's skills go beyond court battles to encompass...
- Author:McGrane, DavidSummary:
The New NDP is the definitive account of the evolution of the New Democratic Party's political marketing strategy in the early twenty-first century. In 2011, the federal NDP achieved its greatest electoral success - becoming the...
- Author:Malice, MichaelSummary:
Author Michael Malice takes us on an objective and unbiased tour of the New Right that elected Donald Trump-a movement many consider a mortal threat to our democracy. In 2016, a diverse faction of conservatives, united by fierce...
- Author:Freeman, Bill, Hume, ChristopherSummary:
2015 Speaker's Book Award — Shortlisted City planning in the GTHA has been mired in political grandstanding for the past decade, The New Urban Agenda offers a plain language solution to the issues plaguing the GTHA. Politics in...
- Author:Sun, Irene YuanSummary:
Will Africa be the world's next hub of manufacturing? China is answering in the affirmative and investing accordingly. This book dispels the notion that this crucial story is merely about China's exploitation of Africa's resources,...
- Author:Chivers, DannySummary:
Just as the need for action on climate change becomes more urgent and overwhelming, the campaign to deny that humans are causing it has gained more traction. This completely new book meets the skeptics head on, offering a guide to the...
- Author:Ware, HelenSummary:
As the war on terror dominates world headlines and conflicts of all kinds abound, this No-Nonsense Guide provides a refreshing antidote. Can conflict be prevented? If not, how can it be contained? Drawing on the authors' wide range of...
- Author:Ellwood, WayneSummary:
The world's addiction to economic growth continues with barely any recognition that this is a problem. Indeed, in a Western world currently dominated by austerity measures and ducking in and out of recession, growth is seen even by...
- Author:Swift, RichardSummary:
In this updated edition of the No-Nonsense Guide to Democracy, Richard Swift explores how democracy has been constricted and deformed by economic power-brokers and a self-serving political class from Birmingham to Bangalore. The book...
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