Global Englishes

We work because we have to, but also because we like it: from hunting-gathering over 700,000 years ago to the present era of zoom meetings, humans have always worked to make the world around them serve their needs. Jan Lucassen provides an inclusive history of humanity's busy labor throughout the ages. Spanning China, India, Africa, the Americas, and Europe, Lucassen looks at the ways in which humanity organizes work: in the household, the tribe, the city, and the state.

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In popular memory, the Second World War was an unalloyed victory for freedom over totalitarianism, marking the demise of the age of empires and the triumph of an American-led democratic order. In Scorched Earth, historian Paul Thomas Chamberlin dispatches the myth of World War II as a good war. Instead, he depicts the conflict as it truly was: a massive battle beset by vicious racial atrocities, fought between rival empires across huge stretches of Asia and Europe.

The 5 Stages of Alzheimer’s: Navigate the Complexities of Caregiving, Foster Genuine Connections with Physical and Emotional Support Amidst Memory and Behavioral ChallengesAre you or someone you love facing the challenges of Alzheimer's disease? Do you feel overwhelmed and unsure how to navigate the difficult journey ahead? Look no further - The 5 Stages of Alzheimer’s is here to guide you every step of the way. This comprehensive and compassionate guide delves into the five stages of Alzheimer's, providing a deep understanding of what to expect as the disease progresses. From the ...

Infection has encased the planet in web of destruction, death and anarchy. Hordes of infected roam the cities seeking out those that were overlooked in the outbreak. The weak succumb while the strong fight back. With limited options, governments resort to last ditch efforts to stop the spread of the virus. ODA-141, the SEALs of Shark Platoon and a company of Rangers are stranded in Alaska after a series of events forces them off course and into the throes of a blizzard. On foot, with wounded, they must continue their mission no matter the cost. The Safeguard group, after the second violent ...

Too often, we are told that Russia plays a weak hand well. But, perhaps the nation's cards are better than we know. Russia ranks behind the US and China by traditional measures of power: GDP, population size and health, and military might. Yet twenty-five years removed from its mid-1990s nadir following the collapse of the USSR, Russia has become a supremely disruptive force in world politics. Kathryn E. Stoner assesses the resurrection of Russia and argues that we should look beyond traditional means of power to assess its strength in global affairs.

This Very Short Introduction audiobook looks at the phenomenon of international human migration - both legal and illegal - and offers an objective stance on the topic, and its benefits and challenges. Khalid Koser reveals the opportunities migration presents that must be taken advantage of in the current economic climate, and debunks common myths to demonstrate that society, as we now know it, cannot function without migrants.

Woodward, the number-one international bestselling author of Fear: Trump in the White House, has uncovered the precise moment the president was warned that the Covid-19 epidemic would be the biggest national security threat to his presidency. In dramatic detail, Woodward takes readers into the Oval Office as Trump’s head pops up when he is told in January 2020 that the pandemic could reach the scale of the 1918 Spanish Flu that killed 675,000 Americans.

Carbon is the only element that animates the entirety of the living world. Though comprising a tiny fraction of Earth’s composition, our planet is lifeless without it. Yet it is maligned as the driver of climate change, scorned as an errant element blamed for the possible demise of civilization. Here, Paul Hawken looks at the flow of life through the lens of carbon. Embracing a panoramic view of carbon’s omnipresence, he explores how this ubiquitous and essential element extends into every aperture of existence and shapes the entire fabric of life.

From Dr. Tim Flannery, one of the world's foremost experts on conservation and ecology, comes a book of immeasurable importance. Hailed by Kirkus Reviews as a "powerful and persuasive" work that is "sure to provoke strong reaction", The Weather Makers is among the finest examinations of climate change ever written.

This is the way one world ends. The SEALs of Shark Platoon, having recovered President Wood and his wife from a black site, now face another task; get POTUS to safety. Hounded at every turn, the SEALs are engaged in a running battle against forces intent on reclaiming what was taken from them. ODA-141, the Outlaws, have reached their objective, the DHS communication facility, only to discover there’s more involved than just flipping a switch. Lines of corrupt code are preventing surviving military units from contacting each other. What’s worse, within those lines of code, someone is ...

Humans are venturing up and out, and we’re taking our competitive spirit with us. Soon, what happens in space will shape human history as much the mountains, rivers, and seas have impacted civilizations around the world. It’s no coincidence that Russia, China, and the USA are leading the way. The next fifty years will change the face of global politics and the world order as we know it. In this must-listen work, bestselling author Tim Marshall navigates the new astropolitical reality to show how we got here and where we’re heading.

Civilization is gone. The world as we know it is over. Staying alive is all that matters. Finding those responsible for the viral outbreak becomes paramount for the survivors. Bringing them to justice in this altered reality is another problem. With the remnants of the United States government safe at Site R, the mission parameters have changed. ODA-141 and the SEALs of Shark Platoon receive orders to head north. Their target: Alaska. Somewhere in that frozen land lie the answers to the Reset Virus and possibly a cure. Elsewhere in the nation, survivors eke out an existence amid the chaos ...

In the aftermath of the battle at Firebase Cascade, the new city council makes far-reaching decisions whose ramifications affect both 1st Group and Martin’s MAG. Mecceloni, tracking and infiltrating the group he believes has taken Cassie, is forced to escape and evade after his actions expose him. The SEALs of Shark Platoon, holed up inside the Emergency Operations Center in Ohio and forced to develop an unconventional plan to facilitate their escape, come to the realization the infected might be evolving. The Outlaws of ODA-141, still on mission to the DHS communications site, encounter ...

Edited by three of the policymakers who led the government's response to the crisis, with chapters written by the teams tasked with finding policy solutions, this book provides a comprehensive accounting of the internal debates and controversies surrounding the measures that were taken to stabilize the financial system and the economy. Offering previously untold insight into the key choices (including rejected options) and a frank evaluation of successes and failures, this volume is both an important historical document and an indispensable guide for confronting future financial calamities.

Revolutions, droughts, famines, invasions, wars, regicides, government collapses—the calamities of the mid-seventeenth century were unprecedented in both frequency and severity. The effects of what historians call the "General Crisis" extended from England to Japan and from the Russian Empire to sub-Saharan Africa and the Americas.

We live in a moment when the greatest act of love is to stay distant from the object of your affection. When governments renowned for ruthless cuts in public spending can suddenly conjure up trillions. When toilet paper becomes a commodity as precious as diamonds. And when, according to Slavoj Žižek, a new form of communism - the outlines of which can already be seen in the very heartlands of neoliberalism - may be the only way of averting a descent into global barbarism.

The War Below reveals the explosive brawl among industry titans, conservationists, community groups, policymakers, and many others over whether the habitats of rare plants, sensitive ecosystems, Indigenous holy sites, and other places should be dug up for their riches.

If, like Kane, you’re a Denied Access Area spy for the CIA, then boundaries have no meaning. Your function is to go in, do whatever is required, and get out again—by whatever means necessary. You know when to run, when to hide—and when to shoot. But some places don’t play by the rules. Some places are too dangerous, even for a man of Kane’s experience. The badlands where the borders of Pakistan, Iran, and Afghanistan meet are such a place—a place where violence is the only way to survive.

Throughout the world, mental capacity is declining, especially among young people, while depression rates are rising dramatically. Meanwhile, one in forty men and women suffers from Alzheimer's, and the age of onset is falling rapidly. But the causes are not being eliminated, quite the opposite. Can this just be coincidence? The Indoctrinated Brain introduces a largely unknown, powerful neurobiological mechanism whose externally induced dysfunction underlies these catastrophic developments.