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FRAGILE

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December 8, 2009
FRAGILE
Written by Howard G. Buffett, Foreword by Shakira Mebarak
Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 9781426206177
Our Price: $35.00
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FRAGILE
The Human Condition
Written by Howard G. Buffett
Foreword by Shakira Mebarak


Format: Hardcover, 320 pages
On Sale: December 8, 2009
Price: $35.00

Fragile is the documentation of life stories in sixty-five countries. It is about personal accounts, some successful, some shattering. The book is an effort to move intellectual discussions to face emotional realities. It is one man's attempt to bring this reality to those who may be motivated to affect change.

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Wealth and Democracy
Wealth and Democracy
Written by Kevin Phillips
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9780767911511
Our Price: $18.99
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Wealth and Democracy
How Great Fortunes and Government Created America's Aristocracy
Written by Kevin Phillips


Format: eBook, 368 pages
On Sale: June 18, 2002
Price: $18.99

For more than thirty years, Kevin Phillips' insight into American politics and economics has helped to make history as well as record it. His bestselling books, including The Emerging Republican Majority (1969) and The Politics of Rich and Poor (1990), have influenced presidential campaigns and changed the way America sees itself... Read more >
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Pay the Rent or Feed the Kids
Pay the Rent or Feed the Kids
Written by Mel Hurtig
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780771042140
Our Price: $18.95
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Pay the Rent or Feed the Kids
The Tragedy and Disgrace of Poverty in Canada
Written by Mel Hurtig


Format: Trade Paperback, 376 pages
On Sale: September 15, 2000
Price: $18.95

Canadian politicians have, from time to time, proclaimed a war against poverty. What they are really prosecuting, however, is a war against the poor. Unemployment benefits are routinely denied to people who, over the course of a lifetime, have contributed a portion of their earnings to UI (now called EI).

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