World Aid

An eminent scientist and pioneer in the discovery of retroviruses challenges the widely accepted belief that HIV is the cause of AIDS. Duesberg argues that HIV is merely a harmless passenger virus that does not cause AIDS. Sure to spark intense debate, this provocative book offers an original and incisive critique of the rise and fall of HIV.

An “incredible, humane, insightful” (Ed Yong, Pulitzer Prize winner) account of humankind’s battles with epidemic disease, and their outsized role in deepening inequality along racial, ethnic, class, and gender lines—in the vein ofMedical ApartheidandKilling the Black Body. With...

In this inspiring self-help handbook, a trans activist dares us to be the change we want to see—both out in the world, and amongst our closest connections. Lifelong activist and educator Dean Spade dares us to decide that our interpersonal actions are not separate from our politics of...

The Zondervan Biblical and Theological Lectures series provides a unique audio learning experience. Unlike a traditional audiobook's direct narration of a book's text, Theology in the Context of World Christianity: Audio Lectures includes high quality live-recordings of college-level lectures...

Benny Lewis, who speaks over ten languages—all self-taught—runs the largest language-learning blog in the world, Fluent In 3 Months. Lewis is a full-time "language hacker," someone who devotes all of his time to finding better, faster, and more efficient ways to learn languages. Fluent in 3...

What if poverty in Africa is not just a problem… but a system? For decades, billions of dollars have flowed into Africa in the name of aid, development, and humanitarian support. Governments, NGOs, global institutions, and corporations all claim to be working toward the same goal: ending poverty. And yet—poverty persists. Why? In Poverty for Sale, Frederick Amakom delivers a bold and unflinching analysis of the structures that sustain poverty across Africa. This is not a book of easy answers or comforting narratives. It is a deep dive into the uncomfortable truth: Poverty, in many cases...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “[A] masterpiece . . . an astonishing book that will leave you questioning your own life and political views.”—USA Today “If any one person can be given credit for transforming the medical establishment’s thinking about health care for the destitute, it is...

What do you do when the world calls your faith outdated, irrational, and irrelevant? What do you say when your children, students, friends, or church members begin asking questions you were never trained to answer? In an age where skepticism is loud, secularism is aggressive, and spiritual confusion is everywhere, believers need more than emotion. They need truth they can understand, defend, live, and proclaim. Advanced Christian Apologetics is a powerful, Scripture-centered, intellectually serious, and spiritually urgent defense of the Christian faith. This book equips believers to answer ...

In his previous book, The Elusive Quest for Growth, William Easterly criticized the utter ineffectiveness of Western organizations to mitigate global poverty, and he was promptly fired by his then-employer, the World Bank. The White Man's Burden is his widely anticipated counterpunch - a brilliant and blistering indictment of the West's economic policies for the world's poor.

A remarkable debut by one of America's premier young reporters on financial corruption, Casey Michel's American Kleptocracy offers an explosive investigation into how the United States of America built the largest illicit offshore finance system the world has ever known. "An indefatigable young...

The definitive and “captivating” (Marty Baron, author of Collision of Power) story of San Francisco’s meteoric transformation into a global capital of technology, and how the same creative and political forces that gave rise to its boom nearly engineered its collapse. At the dawn of the...

Spanning four decades and three continents, Bitter Honey is a story about a mother and daughter divided by long buried secrets, struggling to understand each other as they forge their own paths, from the internationally bestselling author of In Every Mirror She’s Black. 1978: A scholarship...

“The Real Lolita is a tour de force of literary detective work. Not only does it shed new light on the terrifying true saga that influenced Nabokov’s masterpiece, it restores the forgotten victim to our consciousness.” —David Grann, author of Killers of the Flower Moon Vladimir...

We live in a time where conflict zones glow across our screens long after midnight, and where uncertainty has quietly become part of the background noise of everyday life. This deeply calming sleep hypnosis was created for exactly this state of exhaustion. WHEN THE WORLD WON'T SLOW DOWN is designed to help anxious, overwhelmed minds gently step out of survival mode and return to a feeling of inner safety, emotional calm, and deep restorative sleep.

AIDS, Malaria, Cholera, Tuberculosis and Cystic Fibrosis: this book is about explaining what causes these diseases and what cures or treatments are available. As they represent different types of disease in each case; I believe someone reading this will gain the understanding of not only AIDS, malaria, cholera, TB and cystic fibrosis; but also many other diseases that have the same or similar basis. This book will particularly benefit students of biology and medicine; but is written in understandable language for non-students; who may just have an interest in these diseases. I hope that by ...

Anarchism claims that there's no need for a state and that it would be better to have a society without central government. Anarchists dislike the authority of the state, but the dream of the stateless society is not a simple matter.

Medical Equipment of World War II Volume 1: Allies First-Aid Kits, Medic Bags, Surgical Tools, Drugs, and Battlefield Care, 1939–1945 World War II was fought with rifles, tanks, aircraft, artillery, and ships—but behind every battle stood another army: the medics, corpsmen, nurses, surgeons, stretcher-bearers, ambulance drivers, Red Cross workers, and medical officers who tried to save lives in the middle of destruction. Medical Equipment of World War II Volume 1: Allies is a detailed historian and collector’s guide to the medical tools, kits, supplies, and battlefield care systems ...

In this "bracingly iconoclastic” book (New York Times Book Review), a renowned economics scholar breaks down the fight to end global poverty and the rights that poor individuals have had taken away for generations. In The Tyranny of Experts, renowned economist William Easterly examines our...

A stunning investigation and indictment of a segment of the United States' foreign lobbying industry, and the threat to end democracy. For years, one group of Americans has worked as foot-soldiers for the most authoritarian regimes around the planet. In the process, they've not only entrenched...

Speaking Volumes Christian Book of the Year 2016 In 1992, Magnus MacFarlane-Barrow was enjoying a pint with his brother when he got an idea that would change his life – and radically change the lives of others. After watching a news bulletin about war-torn Bosnia, the two brothers agreed to...