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016736
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London, Abacus, 2012.
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310pRed Spine
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Everything we know about solving the world's problems is wrong. Out: Plans, experts and above all, leaders. In: Adapting - improvise rather than plan; fail, learn, and try again In this groundbreaking new book, Tim Harford shows how the world's most complex and important problems - including terrorism, climate change, poverty, innovation, and the financial crisis - can only be solved from the bottom up by rapid experimenting and adapting. From a spaceport in the Mojave Desert to the street battles of Iraq, from a blazing offshore drilling rig to everyday decisions in our business and personal lives, this is a handbook for surviving - and prospering - in our complex and ever-shifting world.
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9780349121512 Pb.
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| I00883 | 153.43/HAR | Main | On Shelf | General | |
| I02136 | 153.43/HAR | Main | On Shelf | General | |
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020392
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London, Abacus, 1994.
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xii, 627pWhite spine
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9780349106717 Pb.
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| I01784 | 909.82/HOB | Main | On Shelf | General | |
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007016
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2001
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Great Britain, Abacus,
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xiii, 226pWhite Spine
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Bandits is a study of the social bandit or bandit rebel - robbers and outlaws who are not regarded by public opinion as simple criminals, but rather as champions of social justice, as avengers or as primitive resistance fighters. Bandits all over the world who have been venerated as champions of the downtrodden are celebrated. Also mentioned are the ballads, legends and films they have inspired.
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Portrait of a bandit
Bandits, States and Power
What is Social Banditry?
Who becomes a Bandit?
The Noble Robber
The Avengers
Haiduks
The economics and politics of Banditry
Bandits and Revolutions
The Expropriators
The Bandit as symbol
Women and Banditry
The Bandit tradition
Notes
Furthur reading
Index
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0349113025 Pb.
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| 007488 | 364.15/HOB | Main | On Shelf | General | |
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012908
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London, Abacus, 2011.
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xi, 349pBlack Spine
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The bitter struggle for market domination in the steel industry was an epic corporate battle that sent shockwaves through the political corridors of Europe and the global financial community and transformed the steel industry.
The businessmen involved were Guy Dolle, chairman of Arcelor and Lakshmi Mittal, a self-made Indian industrialist and the richest man in Great Britain.
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9780349120973 Pb.
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| I00492 | 338.836691/MIT | Main | On Shelf | General | |
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018606
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London, Abacus, 2014.
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xv, 319pWhite spine
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In Fractured Times, Eric Hobsbawm, with characteristic verve and consummate imagination and skill, unpicks a century of such fragmentation, in the last book from one of our greatest modern-day thinkers.
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9780349139098 Pb.
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| I01340 | 306.0904/HOB | Main | On Shelf | General | |
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018475
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London, Abacus, 2013.
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864pWhite spine
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Aged thirteen, Theo Decker, son of a devoted mother and an absent father, miraculously survives a catastrophe that otherwise tears his life apart, Alone and rudderless in New York, Theo is tormented by longing for his mother and down to the years clings to the thing that reminds him most of her; a small, captivating painting that ultimately draws him into the criminal world.
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9780349139630 Pb.
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| I01361 | 813.54/TAR | Main | On Shelf | General | |
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018479
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London, Abacus, 2011.
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181pWhite spine
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The initial stages of the novel are told in the first person, from the narrative voice of a woman who travels to India, to find out more about her step-grandmother, Olivia. She has various letters written by Olivia, and through reading these, and learning from her own experiences in India, she uncovers the truth about Olivia and her life during the British Raj in the 1920s.
Through the use of analepses the reader experiences the story from Olivia's point of view. We discover that Olivia, although at first glance seems simply to be a proper English woman, is actually smothered by British social restrictions, and longs for excitement. She meets the Nawab, who instantly charms her, and gradually lets her into his life. Olivia is drawn to the charm and charisma of the Nawab, and he slowly gains control over her, as he does with other characters such as Harry. Harry is portrayed as weak due to his homosexuality and inability to withstand the Indian climate and food.
Olivia eventually becomes pregnant with the Nawab's baby, and out of fear decides to abort the child. This causes scandal in the town of Satipur. She then resides in an unnamed town ("Town X") for her remaining years. The novel ends with the present-day narrator (whose name is not mentioned) also becoming pregnant, deciding to spend her years in Town X, just as Olivia did.
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9780349000138 Pb.
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| I01353 | 823.914/JHA | Main | On Shelf | General | |
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018478
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London, Abacus, 2014.
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Cream and blue spine
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9780349104522 Pb.
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002303
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Great Britain, Abacus, 2001.
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204pWhite Spine
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The experiences that shaped Nelson Mandela' s destiny are brilliantly recreated in his biography. His story of hardship, resilience and ultimate triumph are extolled in this book.
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A country childhood
Johannesburg
Birth of a freedom fighter
The struggle is my life
Treason
The black pimpernel
Rivonia
Robben Island : the dark years
Robben Island : beginning to hope
Talking with the enemy
Freedom
Index
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316857874 Pb.
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| 002982 | 921/MAN | Main | On Shelf | General | |
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ID:
012909
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London, Abacus, 2008.
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xii, 403pWhite spine
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The author reflects upon the theory, practice and development of history and its relevance to the modern world. Topics such as the problems of recording history, Marx and current historical trends, Europe, the Russian Revolution and the descent into a world-wide barbarism that threatens to destroy the civilised world today are discussed.
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9780349110509 Pb.
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| I00495 | 901/HOB | Main | On Shelf | General | |
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012803
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London, Abacus, 2011.
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933pRed spine
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An Australian, Roberts was an armed robber and heroin addict, who escaped from jail to live in a Bombay slum. This book is an ode to the indomitable human spirit of adventure and grit, to survive against all odds.
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9780349117546 Pb.
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| I00501 | 823.91/ROB | Main | Issued | General | | EMP00391 | 12-Dec-2023 |
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012843
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London, Abacus, 2009.
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xii, 272pWhite spine
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A fascinating study of how society is shaped by hidden pay-offs and punishments, of how behaviour can be irrational ike smoking and taking drugs, of how your idiot boss is overpaid and how so-called anti-social individuals like prostitutes, rascists and revolutionaries also comply with economic logic.
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Introducing the logic of life
Las Vegas
Is divorce underrated?
Why your boss is overpaid
In the neighbourhood
The dangers of rational rascism
The world is spiky
Rational revolutions
A million years of logic
Notes
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978-0-349-12041-6 Pb.
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012804
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London, Abacus, 2001.
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279pWhite Spine
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This brilliant and original book by Malcolm Gladwell analyses the 'tipping' point , that crucial moment when ideas, trends and social behaviours cross a threshold, tip over and spread like wildfire. A study in fascinating social dynamics that cause rapid change.
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The three rules of epidemics
The law of the few:connectors, mavens and salesmen
The stickiness factor,:Sesame Street, Blue's clues and the educational virus
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9780349113463 Pb.
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| I00880 | 302/GLA | Main | On Shelf | General | |
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ID:
012844
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London, Abacus, 2006.
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x, 278pWhite Spine
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If you ever wondered why the gap between rich and poor nations is so great, why it's so difficult to get a foot on the property ladder or why you can't buy a decent second-hand car, this book offers the hidden story behind forces that shape our day-to-day lives.
A lively and witty guide to the economics of everyday life, written by one of the foremost economic thinkers of this generation.
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Who pays for your coffee?
What supermarkets don't want you to know
Perfect markets and the world of 'truth'
Crosstown traffic
The inside story
Rational insanity
The men who knew the value of nothing
Why poor countries are poor
Beer, chips and globalisation
How China grew rich
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9780349119854 Pb.
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| I00496 | 330.90511/HAR | Main | Missing | General | |
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