Jennifer D. Sciubba
Jennifer D. Sciubba is an associate professor of international studies at Rhodes College. She is a former demographics consultant to the United States Department of Defense and the author of The Future Faces of War. Learn more at JenniferSciubba.com.
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8 Billion and Counting
- By: Jennifer D. Sciubba
- Narrator: Christine Williams
- Length: 7 hours 53 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2022
- Language: English
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A provocative description of the power of population change to create the conditions for societal transformation
As the world nears eight billion people, the countries that have led the global order since World War II are becoming the most aged... Read more
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You Can Do It
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Until one is committed, there will always be hesitancy—and a chance to draw back. This usually results in ineffectiveness. Concerning all acts of initiative and creativity, there is one elemental truth which is the ignorance that kills countless ideas and splendid plans. The moment one definitely commits oneself, then providence moves, too. This is certainly true for Tonny Tonniez, a ...
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The Surgeon
In her most masterful novel of medical suspense, New York Times bestselling author Tess Gerritsen creates a villain of unforgettable evil–and the one woman who can catch him before he kills again.
He slips into their homes at night and walks silently into bedrooms where women lie sleeping, unaware of the horrors they soon will endure. The precision of the killer’s methods suggests he ...
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A Lucky Child
Thomas Buergenthal, now a Judge in the International Court of Justice in The Hague, tells his astonishing experiences as a young boy in his memoir A LUCKY CHILD. He arrived at Auschwitz at age 10 after surviving two ghettos and a labor camp. Separated first from his mother and then his father, Buergenthal managed by his wits and some remarkable strokes of luck to survive on his own. Almost two ...
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The Age Oversupply
Why Western capitalism is broken and how the U.S. can recover its global economic leadership status
The governments and central banks of the developed world have tried every policy tool imaginable, yet our economies remain sluggish, or worse. How did we get here, and how can we emerge from the longest downturn in recent memory?
Daniel Alpert, a progressive Wall Street banker and economist, argues ...
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The Rock Blaster
Henning Mankell’s first novel, never before released in English, explores the reflections of a working class man who has struggled against the constraints of his station for his entire life. A VINTAGE ORIGINAL.
The year is 1911. The young rock blaster Oskar Johansson has been killed in an accident. Or so it says in the local newspaper. In spite of serious injuries, however, Oskar survives. ...
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Belle Isle
When two teenage lovers find a human leg while cavorting in the thickets of Belle Isle, can Willie Black be far behind? Belle Isle, in the middle of the James River, was one of Willie’s party spots growing up wild in Oregon Hill, and it’s a short walk from where he now resides in the posh Prestwould. Now, as the fifty-something night cops reporter for the local daily, he returns to his old ...
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The Art of Showing Up
When it comes to adult friendships, we’re woefully inept: We barely manage to show up for our own commitments, let alone maintain our relationships. What’s more, we’re living in an uncharted social landscape with new conventions on how to relate–one where actual phone calls are reserved for Mom (if anyone), “dropping in” is unheard-of, and “flaking out” is routine.
The Art of ...
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Survival of the Virtuous
Do good guys finish last? Did we evolve to look out for number one? Are we bad by nature? At first glance, the theory of evolution seems to imply that all organisms are evolved to be selfish.In this book, evolutionary psychologist Dennis Krebs explains how virtuous behaviors such as altruism, justice, honesty, loyalty, self-control, purity, and respect for authority, have evolved in humans and ...
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El elixir de la larga vida
-En español neutro- vida, exceso y amores. ¿Qué queda al final?
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Three Kings
Life will never be the same for Melarue Heiris.Two Fae princes vie for her affection, and her sister doesn’t like it one bit. But this isn’t Aerith’s story. Sure, Mel might have gotten herself into a pickle, but she’s got everything under control . . . kinda. Not. Next thing she knows, she’s being threatened with marriage, gowns, and worst of all-a crown. Ahem, Mel likes pointy things ...
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