Bloomsbury Press imprint: 136 books
by Ha-Joon Chang
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2011
INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER
"For anyone who wants to understand capitalism not as economists or politicians have pictured it but as it actually operates, this book will be invaluable."-Observer (UK)
If you've wondered how we did not see the economic collapse coming, Ha-Joon Chang knows...
At the Edge of the World
The Heroic Century of the French Foreign Legion
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2017
The remarkable story of the French Foreign Legion, its dramatic rise throughout the nineteenth century, and its most committed champion, General Hubert Lyautey.
An aura of mystery, romance, and danger surrounds the French Foreign Legion, the all-volunteer corps of the French Army, founded in...
Jungle of Snakes
A Century of Counterinsurgency Warfare from the Philippines to Iraq
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2009
The end of the Cold War promised a new, more peaceful era was at hand. But with the escalation of violence by terrorists, insurgents, and guerillas, former CIA director James Woolsey said "After forty-five years of fighting a dragon we finally killed it, and now instead, we find ourselves standing...
The Murderous History of Bible Translations
Power, Conflict, and the Quest for Meaning
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2016
Harry Freedman, author of The Talmud: A Biography, recounts the fascinating and bloody history of the Bible.
In 1535, William Tyndale, the first man to produce an English version of the Bible in print, was captured and imprisoned in Belgium. A year later he was strangled and then burned at...
Stealing Games
How John McGraw Transformed Baseball with the 1911 New York Giants
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2016
The 1911 New York Giants stole an astonishing 347 bases, a record that still stands more than a century later. That alone makes them special in baseball history, but as Maury Klein relates in Stealing Games they also embodied a rapidly changing America on the cusp of a faster, more frenetic pace of...
Nation on the Take
How Big Money Corrupts Our Democracy and What We Can Do About It
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2016
American democracy has become coin operated. Special interest groups increasingly control every level of government. The necessity of raising huge sums of campaign cash has completely changed the character of politics and policy making, determining what elected representatives stand for and how their...
Reasons to Kill
Why Americans Choose War
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2010
From the American Revolution to the end of World War II, the United
States spent nineteen years at war against other nations. But since1950,
the total is twenty-two years and counting. On four occasions, U.S.
presidents elected as "peace candidates" have gone on to lead the nation
into ferocious...
Finding the Space to Lead
A Practical Guide to Mindful Leadership
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2014
The complexity and relentless pace of our world places exceptional demands on leaders today. They work incredibly hard and yet feel that they are not meeting their own expectations of excellence. They feel disconnected from their own values and overburdened. By the thousands, they seek out books on...
The Great Disruption
Why the Climate Crisis Will Bring On the End of Shopping and the Birth of a New World
Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2011
It's time to stop just worrying about climate change, says Paul
Gilding. We need instead to brace for impact because global crisis is no
longer avoidable. This Great Disruption started in 2008, with spiking
food and oil prices and dramatic ecological changes, such as the melting
ice caps. It is not...
Elixir
A History of Water and Humankind
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2011
Elixir spans five millennia, from ancient Mesopotamia to the parched present of the Sun Belt. As Brian Fagan shows, every human society has been shaped by its relationship toour most essential resource. Fagan's sweeping narrative moves across the world, from ancient Greece and Rome, whose mighty aqueducts...
Buddhist Economics
An Enlightened Approach to the Dismal Science
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2017
In the tradition of E. F. Schumacher's Small Is Beautiful, renowned economist Clair Brown argues persuasively for a new economics built upon equality, sustainability, and right living.
"Buddhist Economics will give guidance to all those who seek peace, fairness, and environmental sustainability."...
Rogue Elephant
Harnessing the Power of India’s Unruly Democracy
Language: English
Release Date: June 24, 2014
Five years ago, India was an emerging world power being courted by the world's most powerful political and business leaders, an upbeat story of unparalleled economic growth. Since then, it has failed to account for the human capital at the heart of its effort to modernize: more than one billion people...
In Manchuria
A Village Called Wasteland and the Transformation of Rural China
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2015
In the tradition of In Patagonia and Great Plains, Michael Meyer's In Manchuria is a scintillating combination of memoir, contemporary reporting, and historical research, presenting a unique profile of China's legendary northeast territory. For three years, Meyer rented a home in the rice-farming...
Money Mania
Booms, Panics, and Busts from Ancient Rome to the Great Meltdown
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2014
Money Mania is a sweeping account of financial speculation and its consequences, from ancient Rome to the Meltdown of 2008. Acclaimed journalist and investor Bob Swarup tracks the history of speculative fevers caused by the appearance of new profitable investment opportunities; the new assets created...