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How We Process and Communicate Information

How We Process and Communicate Information

From: The Mediator's Toolkit

This chapter examines some of the factors that result in the deletion and distortion of the information absorbed by our brain at a conscious level, and how we also delete and distort information … 12 $1.20 Add
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Hub Cities and Transport Costs
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Hub Cities and Transport Costs

Section 1: The Economist’s City

From: Cities Matter

Chapter 2 explores transportation networks and hub cities, discussing topics including networks, ‘Transport Cost’ theory, and more. 6 $0.60 Add
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Hubris

Hubris

From: History's People

In this chapter, MacMillan examines how hubris shaped the actions of four leaders across the twentieth century: Woodrow Wilson, Margaret Thatcher, Joseph Stalin, and Adolf Hitler. 70 $7.00 Add
Human Development

Human Development

Lessons from the Cuban Revolution

Capitalism is a system in crisis. In the context of an urgent need for an alternative system, Cuba provides valuable lessons. The Cuban Revolution’s unique features have allowed it to … 135 View
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Human Moles in the "Lovely Land of War"

Human Moles in the "Lovely Land of War"

From: The Great Class War 1914-1918

Except in its opening and closing stages, the Great War is a “stationary war,” to be associated forever with concepts such as trenches, no man’s land, and barbed wire — … 33 $3.30 Add
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Human Nature or Human Ignorance?

Human Nature or Human Ignorance?

From: The Memory We Could Be

The story of climate change is one of the rise to dominance of a particular human relationship with nature, defined by callousness. Today we are blinded by that relationship, locked in its logic … 37 $3.70 Add
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Climate Change

Climate Change

A choice for humanity

From: The United Nations in the 21st Century

This chapter explores how the UN’s concern for environmental issues showcases how the organization has evolved to respond to the evolving needs of humanity 9 $0.90 Add
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Science and Indigenous Knowledge as the Evidentiary Basis for Impact Assessment
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Science and Indigenous Knowledge as the Evidentiary Basis for Impact Assessment

From: The Next Generation of Impact Assessment

This chapter considers the Impact Assessment Act’s (IAA) approach to science and Indigenous knowledge by setting out the roles that science and Indigenous knowledge play in establishing the … 25 $2.50 Add
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Human Rights in Times of Terror

Human Rights in Times of Terror

A Judicial Point of View

From: In The Balance

Discusses the role of human rights in times of terror, focusing on the role of the judge in protecting democracy, the need for an approach that balances national security and human rights, as … 17 $1.70 Add
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Humanitarianism and the Invention of Emergency

Humanitarianism and the Invention of Emergency

From: Slouching Towards Sirte

In Chapter 5, Forte asks the reader to consider what the alternatives were to foreign intervention. He does this by criticizing popular myths that worked to legitimize military intervention and … 30 $3.00 Add
Humans
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Humans

The 300,000-Year Struggle for Equality

Historian Alvin Finkel builds on the work of archaeologists, anthropologists and historians to present the very long view of the history of the human species. His focus is not on the leaders … 416 View
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Hydro World

Hydro World

From: Charging Ahead

This chapter explores Hydro-Quebec and international energy circles, and the work of Hydro-Quebec International (HQI). ; 10 $1.00 Add
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“I Didn’t Want to Die on the Saddle”
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“I Didn’t Want to Die on the Saddle”

From: Militants, Mobsters and Mavericks

This chapter traces the career of John Stefanini, the Italian-Canadian leader who built LIUNA Local 183 into North America’s largest construction union during the 1980s and early 1990s. 18 $1.80 Add
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I Do Not Have an Account in the Bank of Wars

I Do Not Have an Account in the Bank of Wars

From: Pay No Heed to the Rockets

In this chapter the author crosses into Israel to meet with Palestinian writers living there. 42 $4.20 Add
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I Don't Just Sit There and Smile and Clap My Hands

I Don’t Just Sit There and Smile and Clap My Hands

From: Let's Move On

Okalik discusses the 2008 election, challenges and controversies faced by his administration, becoming a regular member of the Legislative Assembly and his view of the Aariak government, his … 8 $0.80 Add