Longitudes and Attitudes

2002-09-11
Longitudes and Attitudes

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  • Author: Thomas L. Friedman
  • Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
  • ISBN: 1429916346
  • Category : Political Science
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 397

America's leading observer of the international scene on the minute-by-minute events of September 11, 2001--before, during and after . As the Foreign Affairs columnist for the The New York Times, Thomas L. Friedman is in a unique position to interpret the world for American readers. Twice a week, Friedman's celebrated commentary provides the most trenchant, pithy,and illuminating perspective in journalism. Longitudes and Attitudes contains the columns Friedman has published about the most momentous news story of our time, as well as a diary of his experiences and reactions during this period of crisis. As the author writes, the book is "not meant to be a comprehensive study of September 11 and all the factors that went into it. Rather, my hope is that it will constitute a 'word album' that captures and preserves the raw, unpolished, emotional and analytical responses that illustrate how I, and others, felt as we tried to grapple with September and its aftermath, as they were unfolding." Readers have repeatedly said that Friedman has expressed the essence of their own feelings, helping them not only by explaining who "they" are, but also by reassuring us about who "we" are. More than any other journalist writing, Friedman gives voice to America's awakening sense of its role in a changed world.

From Beirut to Jerusalem

2010-04-01
From Beirut to Jerusalem

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  • Author: Thomas L. Friedman
  • Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
  • ISBN: 0374706999
  • Category : Political Science
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 311

This revised edition of the number-one bestseller and winner of the 1989 National Book Award includes the Pulitzer Prize-winning author's new, updated epilogue. One of the most thought-provoking books ever written about the Middle East, From Beirut to Jerusalem remains vital to our understanding of this complex and volatile region of the world. Three-time Pulitzer Prize winner Thomas L. Friedman drew upon his ten years of experience reporting from Lebanon and Israel to write this now-classic work of journalism. In a new afterword, he updates his journey with a fresh discussion of the Arab Awakenings and how they are transforming the area, and a new look at relations between Israelis and Palestinians, and Israelis and Israelis. Rich with anecdote, history, analysis, and autobiography, From Beirut to Jerusalem will continue to shape how we see the Middle East for many years to come. "If you're only going to read one book on the Middle East, this is it."--Seymour M. Hersh

The Lexus and the Olive Tree

2000
The Lexus and the Olive Tree

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  • Author: Thomas L. Friedman
  • Publisher: HarperCollins UK
  • ISBN: 0006551394
  • Category : Capitalism
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 514

An analysis of globalisation as an international system that today directly or indirectly influences the politics, environment, geopolitics and economics of virtually every country in the world.

Hot, Flat, and Crowded

2009-11-05
Hot, Flat, and Crowded

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  • Author: Thomas L. Friedman
  • Publisher: Penguin UK
  • ISBN: 0141036664
  • Category : Business & Economics
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 418

Friedman proposes that an ambitious national strategy, which he calls 'Code-Green', is not only what we need to save the planet from overheating - it is what we need to make us all healthier, richer, more innovative, more productive, and more secure.

The World Is Flat [Further Updated and Expanded; Release 3.0]

2007-08-07
The World Is Flat [Further Updated and Expanded; Release 3.0]

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  • Author: Thomas L. Friedman
  • Publisher: Macmillan
  • ISBN: 9780374292782
  • Category : Computers
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 682

Explores globalization, its opportunities for individual empowerment, its achievements at lifting millions out of poverty, and its drawbacks--environmental, social, and political.

That Used to Be Us

2012-08-21
That Used to Be Us

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  • Author: Thomas L. Friedman
  • Publisher: Macmillan
  • ISBN: 1250013720
  • Category : Computers
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 434

Friedman, an influential columnist, and Mandelbaum, a leading foreign policy thinker, analyze four American challenges--globalization, information technology, chronic deficits, and energy consumption--and show what America needs to do.

Hot, Flat, and Crowded 2.0

2009-11-24
Hot, Flat, and Crowded 2.0

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  • Author: Thomas L. Friedman
  • Publisher: Picador
  • ISBN: 1429963689
  • Category : Political Science
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 529

A New York Times Book Review Notable Book of the Year A Washington Post Best Book of the Year A Businessweek Best Business Book of the Year A Chicago Tribune Best Book of the Year In this brilliant, essential book, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Thomas L. Friedman speaks to America's urgent need for national renewal and explains how a green revolution can bring about both a sustainable environment and a sustainable America. Friedman explains how global warming, rapidly growing populations, and the expansion of the world's middle class through globalization have produced a dangerously unstable planet--one that is "hot, flat, and crowded." In this Release 2.0 edition, he also shows how the very habits that led us to ravage the natural world led to the meltdown of the financial markets and the Great Recession. The challenge of a sustainable way of life presents the United States with an opportunity not only to rebuild its economy, but to lead the world in radically innovating toward cleaner energy. And it could inspire Americans to something we haven't seen in a long time--nation-building in America--by summoning the intelligence, creativity, and concern for the common good that are our greatest national resources. Hot, Flat, and Crowded 2.0 is classic Thomas L. Friedman: fearless, incisive, forward-looking, and rich in surprising common sense about the challenge--and the promise--of the future.

Thank You for Being Late

2017-10-24
Thank You for Being Late

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  • Author: Thomas L. Friedman
  • Publisher: Picador USA
  • ISBN: 1250141222
  • Category : Business & Economics
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 559

"Version 2.0 with a new afterword"--Cover.

Tomorrow Is Now

2012-10-30
Tomorrow Is Now

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  • Author: Eleanor Roosevelt
  • Publisher: Penguin
  • ISBN: 1101603585
  • Category : History
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 146

Available again in time for election season, Eleanor Roosevelt's most important book—a battle cry for civil rights As relevant and influential now as it was when first published in 1963, Tomorrow Is Now is Eleanor Roosevelt's manifesto and her final effort to move America toward the community she hoped it would become. In bold, blunt prose, one of the greatest First Ladies of American history traces her country's struggle to embrace democracy and presents her declaration against fear, timidity, complacency, and national arrogance. An open, unrestrained look into her mind and heart as well as a clarion call to action, Tomorrow Is Now is the work Eleanor Roosevelt willed herself to stay alive to finish writing. For this edition, former U.S. President Bill Clinton contributes a new foreword and Roosevelt historian Allida Black provides an authoritative introduction focusing on Eleanor Roosevelt’s diplomatic career. For more than sixty-five years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,500 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

Shores of Knowledge: New World Discoveries and the Scientific Imagination

2013-10-14
Shores of Knowledge: New World Discoveries and the Scientific Imagination

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  • Author: Joyce Appleby
  • Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
  • ISBN: 0393239519
  • Category : History
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 320

Recounts the triumphs and mishaps of Columbus and other explorers, following the naturalists--both famous and obscure--whose investigations of the world's fauna and flora fueled the rise of science and technology that propelled Western Europe towards modernity.