Across the world, millions remain trapped in debilitating poverty, while international aid and development projects have seemingly done little to close the gap between developed and developing nations. Why have some countries grown so rich while others remain so poor? And, how can we account for the persistence of global poverty? In The End of Development, Andrew Brooks answers these questions with a provocative argument that inequality is rooted...

Hoy Juan José no tiene nada que hacer porque el cable de la tirolina se rompió, el cable en el que se sube cada día para ir a la escuela, al otro lado del río, desde que una crecida se llevó el puente. Juan José cierra los ojos, pero sigue despierto, porque quiere soñar, y es que ha aprendido a soñar despierto, porque despierto uno sabe lo que sueña, uno puede soñar lo que quiere y no lo que quieren los sueños, o el miedo, o el trasnocho....

"Este libro es el resultado de los constantes viajes que Leonardo Tarifeno realizo a Tijuana luego de participar en el proyecto Migracion y Memoria, que tuvo como proposito recolectar el sinnumero de historias que los migrantes deportados desde Estados Unidos traen consigo.Desde un comedor comunitario (El Desayunador del Padre Chava) como cuartel general, Tarifeno logro recabar un importante numero de testimonios que tienen en comun una larga secuencia...

Studies the political, social, and scientific-technical reasons for world food shortages, and focuses on possible approaches to increasing food production.

This 20th Anniversary edition of the classic novel comes with an introduction from former children's laureate Malorie Blackman and bonus content following its controversial history, from its writing to when it won both the Carnegie Medal and the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize. It was a love story. Me, Gemma and junk. I thought it was going to last forever. Tar loves Gemma, but Gemma doesn't want to be tied down. She wants to fly. But no one...

In 1910 eleven-year-old Emma and her ethnically German family immigrate to America from Russia to escape poverty and tyranny, but on her journey she encounters hardships on the overcrowded ship, inspection at Ellis Island, and the struggle to reunite with her father and brother in North Dakota.