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For nearly sixty years, Afghanistan has been one of the world's largest recipients of foreign development aid, yet it remains one of the poorest countries on earth. The Soviet Union provided Afghanistan with large-scale economic and technical...
"My favourite short story in “Man Descending” was the title story, ditto for “Daddy Lenin”. So I immediately went to the title story “Things as They Are?” when I borrowed the e-book. Unfortunately, this seems to be the browser from Hell. It would n..."
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Bill Morneau's experience as Canada's finance minister crystalized his vision for the country's potential for growth and prosperity... Much of the world reacted with surprise and admiration to the results of the 2015 Canadian federal election and...
"A novel 'with a double plot interest. The heroine, Dorothea Brooke, longs to devote herself to some great cause and, for a time, expects to find it in her marriage to Rev. Mr. Casaubon, an aging scholar. Mr. Casaubon lives only eighteen months...
