Subject(s): China -- Foreign economic relations -- Asia | Asia -- Foreign economic relations -- China | China -- Economic conditions -- 2000- Summary: "China", Napoleon once remarked, "is a sleeping lion. Let her sleep, for when she wakes she will shake the world." In 2014, President Xi Jinping declared the lion had awakened. Un

Subject(s): Technology and civilization -- History | Civilization, Western -- History | World history | Technological innovations -- History | East and West Summary: "Information is power. For more than five hundred years the success or failure of nations has been determined by a country's ability to acquire knowledge and technical skil

Subject(s): Slave labor -- Environmental aspects -- Developing countries | Environmental degradation -- Developing countries | Consumption (Economics) -- Environmental aspects Summary: "BLOOD AND EARTH is a gripping account of the deadly link between slavery and environmental destruction. Kevin Bales is a social scientist, human rights acti

Subject(s): Investments -- Environmental aspects | Investments -- Moral and ethical aspects | Green movement Summary: "The Clean Money Revolution explores how "clean money"--Money for good--from investors is transforming capitalism by powering sustainable businesses that build social, environmental, and financial equity. Part memoir

Subject(s): Information literacy Summary: "Introduction to information literacy for students presents a concise, practical guide to navigating information in the digital age. Features a unique step-by-step method that can be applied to any research project. Includes research insights from professionals, along with review exercises, insiders

Subject(s): Auditing -- Handbooks, manuals, etc | Accounting -- Handbooks, manuals, etc Summary: This guide was developed by leading experts from industry and public practice. It summarizes new standards, guidance, and practices and delivers “how-to” strategies for handling audit and accounting issues common to entities in the Gaming indust

Subject(s): Islam -- History | Islamic literature -- Criticism, Textual | Islam -- Relations -- Christianity | Christianity and other religions -- Islam | Islam -- Europe Subject: "Eighteen colleagues from i.a. KU Leuven, IDEO, UCL, Universite de Provence, University of Birmingham and Institut Catholique de Paris have contributed to this L

Subject(s): War on Terrorism, 2001-2009 -- Political aspects -- United States | Terrorism -- Prevention History -- 21st century | Military history, Modern -- 21st century | World politics -- 21st century Summary: "Trapped in a forever war by 9/11, in Spiral Mark Danner describes a nation that has been altered in fundamental ways. President

Subject(s): Lessing, Doris, 1919-2013 -- Criticism and interpretation Summary: The death of Nobel Prize-winning Doris Lessing sparked a range of commemorations that cemented her place as one of the major figures of twentieth- and twenty-first-century world literature. This volume views Lessing's writing as a whole and in retrospect, focusin

Subject(s): Young women -- Fiction | Great Britain -- Fiction -- History -- Victoria, 1837-1901 Summary: "In this intriguing novel of romance, mystery, and clever disguise set in Victorian England, a young woman investigates the murder of her own father. After the mysterious death of her father, Miss Gillian Young takes a new job as the pr