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"[Update -- 2014: The Federal Reserve chairperson, Janet Yellen, has been spouting off about inequality, and one of the other Federal Reserve governors, Fisher, called her out on it, since the Fed's Quantitative Easing program has been dramaticall..."
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"This remarkable book, staring curiously down at the soil beneath our feet, points us convincingly in one of the directions we must travel. I learned something on every page."--Bill McKibbenFor the first time since the Neolithic, we have the...
Things Fall Apart
Streaming Video - 2010
In this foundational modern African novel, Chinua Achebe's story follows the lives of people trying to understand which belief systems deserve their loyalty. The protagonist, Okonkwo is a tribal leader who battles neighboring villages, the...
A provocative look at how and what Americans eat and why--a flavorful blend of The Omnivore's Dilemma, Salt Sugar Fat, and Freakonomics that reveals how the way we live shapes the way we eat. Food writer and Culinary Institute of America director...
Discover Music of the Romantic Era
Downloadable Audiobook - 2005
Amidst a background of wars and revolution, the nineteenth century produced many of the world's best-loved composers. Beethoven, Brahms, Chopin and Tchaikovsky are just some of the many familiar names whose music was shaped by the events of...
