Global Development

Alexis Black persevered through her mother’s death and her father’s imprisonment. And after escaping a long and abusive relationship, the college junior promised her foster parents not to date for at least a year. But when she meets an incoming freshman on the first day of their scholarship program, she feels the world melt away, as though it were only the two of them in the room.

Thriving Through Your Storms is a no-nonsense, sincere, practical, no-fluff, engrossing life transformation instrument designed to catapult you beyond your obstacles, limitations, issues, adversity, and challenges into ultimate success in life and business. This book teaches you the psychology and the methodology for how to prepare for storms, bear storms, and repair after storms hit your life.

Winner of a 2020 Nautilus Book Award An International Bestseller “The Values Compass takes us into the hearts, minds, and traditions of the cultures and people of the world. It demonstrates how interconnected we are and how the divisions that exist between us stem from acting with narrow...

In this "bracingly iconoclastic” book (New York Times Book Review), a renowned economics scholar breaks down the fight to end global poverty and the rights that poor individuals have had taken away for generations. In The Tyranny of Experts, renowned economist William Easterly examines our...

The Path to Heal Your Lost Inner Child has been written as a guidebook for people going through the painful exercise of healing their inner child and uncovering the hidden trauma that has colored their adult life.

Whether you are living through significant personal transitions or navigating a world reshaping itself faster than ever, this audiobook offers ten skills for living on the threshold as well as spiritual practices and inspiration for connecting with your own inner wisdom. From the first chapter, you’ll find a storytelling companion ready to journey with you through uncertainty and change. Hering does not pretend that change is simple. But she offers reassurance that it becomes easier to trust the more we participate in it.

Branko Milanovic presents a bold new account of the dynamics that drive inequality on a global scale. Drawing on vast data sets and cutting-edge research, he explains the benign and malign forces that make inequality rise and fall within and among nations. He also reveals who has been helped the most by globalization, who has been held back, and what policies might tilt the balance toward economic justice.

Disgrace is the first truly global history of sexual violence. The book explores how sexual violence varies widely across time and place, from nineteenth-century peasant women in Ireland who were abducted as a way of forcing marriage, to date-raped high-school students in twentieth-century America, and from girls and women violated by Russian soldiers in 1945 to Dalit women raped by men of higher castes today.

Consumed by Work, Neglect to Truly Live: The Dash is a powerful and thought-provoking journey into the life we often overlook, the one happening in between our deadlines, meetings, and professional ambitions. In a world that glorifies hustle and productivity, this book is a sobering reminder of what’s truly at stake when we allow work to consume us: our health, our families, our faith, and the very essence of living.

“Encouraging…Uplifting...Meeting apparently insurmountable goals requires thinking big…this will inspire.” —Publishers Weekly “Raj Shah has written a practical guide to making the world a better place. He knows what he’s talking about, because he’s done it himself. Anyone who...

El juego del amor, la conquista y la seducción es un juego que todas las personas, sin importar quiénes sean, al menos una vez en su vida lo juegan. Es un juego divertido, pero también involucra un gran riesgo, saber cautivar la atención de otra persona y encantar sus sentidos, es todo un arte. La seducción es un arte y como todo arte involucra teoría y práctica. Este material “Trucos Psicológicos - Para que se obsesione por ti y te extrañe” tiene el objetivo de darte a conocer el arte de la seducción

Economics for People and the Planet, a collection of essays by James K. Boyce on the environment, inequality, and the economy, argues that there is not an inexorable trade-off between advancing human well-being and having a clean and safe environment. The goal of economic policy should be to grow the good things that improve our well-being and environmental quality and reduce the bad things that harm humans and nature. To reorient the economy for these ends, we will need to achieve a more egalitarian distribution of wealth and power.

A vivid, sweeping, and “fact-filled” (Booklist, starred review) history of mankind’s battles with infectious disease that “contextualizes the COVID-19 pandemic” (Publishers Weekly)—for readers of the #1 New York Times bestsellers Yuval Harari’s Sapiens and John Barry’s The Great...

Mit ihren Enthüllungen zum Fall Harvey Weinstein bringen die Journalistinnen Jodi Kantor und Megan Twohey eine Bewegung ins Rollen, die die Welt nachhaltig verändert. Damit beginnt die Zerschlagung eines Systems, das sexuelle Übergriffe über Jahrzehnte systematisch verschleierte. Monatelang recherchieren Megan Twohey und Jodi Kantor, um die Wahrheit über Harvey Weinstein herauszufinden. In ihren Interviews mit über 80 Frauen beweisen sie erstmals, was die bereits kursierenden Gerüchte besagen: Sexueller Missbrauch und Belästigungen sind an der Tagesordnung.

A 2023 Porchlight Business Book Award and Inc. Non-Obvious Book Award winner Dispatches from the regenerative landscape, where pioneering entrepreneurs use their businesses as catalysts of change to go beyond sustainability and solve social and environmental problems Political upheaval and...

Transform Your Relationship in Less Than 30 Days: Embrace Effective Communication Without Feeling Overwhelmed. Struggling with misunderstandings or emotional distance in your relationship? You're not alone. Many couples face these challenges, but change is possible. Welcome to the Couples Communication Handbook—a practical guide to improving communication and strengthening your marriage in 30 days. Couples who apply the techniques in this book see real transformation.

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY Bloomberg Forbes The Spectator Recipient of Foreign Policy's 2013 Albie Award A powerful portrayal of Jeffrey Sachs's ambitious quest to end global poverty "The poor you will always have with you," to cite the Gospel of Matthew 26:11...

El libro, publicado en español, utiliza un lenguaje fácil y comprensible con el fin de crear mayor conciencia sobre el compromiso, responsabilidad y rol de cada actor en la sociedad para alcanzar la sostenibilidad. Las empresas y familias que deseen contribuir al desarrollo sostenible tendrán el conocimiento sobre cómo y dónde empezar. Aunque el libro fue escrito originalmente para el público de la República Dominicana su contenido es, sin duda, aplicable a otros lugares, toda vez que nuestra necesidad de un entorno más sostenible es global y no tiene límites geográficos.

Are you overwhelmed by clutter? Does keeping your home organized feel impossible with ADHD? The ADHD Simplified Home is here to change that narrative, offering you a fresh, compassionate approach to home organization designed specifically with the ADHD mind in focus. In this empowering guide, you’ll move from feeling overwhelmed by clutter to experiencing the freedom and focus of a well-organized, ADHD-friendly home.

¿Te gustaría seducir y enamorar al hombre de tus sueños usando los trucos de la psicología inversa? Entonces este libro es para ti. Poner en práctica las herramientas de la psicología para hacer que ese hombre de desee y te piense solo a ti es lo que aprenderás.