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The looting machine : warlords, oligarchs, corporations, smugglers, and the theft of Africa's wealth / by Burgis, Tom.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.A curse of riches -- Futungo, Inc. -- "It is forbidden to piss in the park" -- Incubators of poverty -- Guanxi -- when elephants fight, the grass gets trampled -- A bridge to Beijing -- Finance and cyanide -- God has nothing to do with it -- Black gold -- the new money kings -- Complicity.The trade in oil, gas, gems, metals and rare earth minerals wreaks havoc in Africa. During the years when Brazil, India, China and the other "emerging markets" have transformed their economies, Africa's resource states remained tethered to the bottom of the industrial supply chain. While Africa accounts for about 30 per cent of the world's reserves of hydrocarbons and minerals and 14 per cent of the world's population, its share of global manufacturing stood in 2011 exactly where it stood in 2000: at 1 percent. In his first book, The Looting Machine , Tom Burgis exposes the truth about the African development miracle: for the resource states, it's a mirage. The oil, copper, diamonds, gold and coltan deposits attract a global network of traders, bankers, corporate extractors and investors who combine with venal political cabals to loot the states' value. And the vagaries of resource-dependent economies could pitch Africa's new middle class back into destitution just as quickly as they climbed out of it. The ground beneath their feet is as precarious as a Congolese mine shaft; their prosperity could spill away like crude from a busted pipeline. This catastrophic social disintegration is not merely a continuation of Africa's past as a colonial victim. The looting now is accelerating as never before. As global demand for Africa's resources rises, a handful of Africans are becoming legitimately rich but the vast majority, like the continent as a whole, is being fleeced. Outsiders tend to think of Africa as a great drain of philanthropy. But look more closely at the resource industry and the relationship between Africa and the rest of the world looks rather different.LSC
Subjects: Mineral industries; Mines and mineral resources;
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Ruthless / by Hancock, Anne Mette,1979-author.; Lucas, Melissa M.,translator.;
When a dying elderly man makes a deathbed confession too unbelievable to be true, journalist Heloise Kaldan becomes immersed in a dark and complicated investigation connected to a string of decades-old disappearances, and with everyone lying to her, turns to her friend, detective inspector Erik Schäfer for help.
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Psychological fiction.; Novels.; Detectives; Missing persons; Murder; Women journalists;
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Ms. Marvel. [graphic novel] / by Ahmed, Saladin,author.; Vazquez, Joey,1993-artist.; Arizmendi, Alex,1976-artist.; Jung, Minkyu,artist.; Vlasco, Juan,artist.; Herring, Ian(Illustrator),colourist.; Caramagna, Joe,letterer.; Petrovich, Eduard,artist.;
"Between her space adventure, her complicated feelings for Bruno and a looming family tragedy, Ms. Marvel really needs a break. Zoe and Nakia decide to get Kamala out of town for a while--but their chill road trip is about to be derailed ... by literal corporate zombies"--Amazon.ca.Marvel, T+.
Subjects: Superhero comics.; Science fiction comics.; Graphic novels.; Marvel, Ms. (Fictitious character); Women superheroes; Superheroes; Good and evil;
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Under the Stars : A Novel. by Williams, Beatriz.;
'Under the Stars' is an epic tale of family legacy, love, and truths that echo down generations. When a daughter and her famous mother return to Winthrop Island to confront their complicated past, they discover a secret trove of paintings that connect them to a mysterious woman who vanished on a luxury steamship two centuries earlier.Library Bound Incorporated
Subjects: Historical fiction.; FICTION / Historical / General; FICTION / Sagas; FICTION / Women;
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Out of nowhere / by Brown, Sandra,1948-author.;
Brought together by a mass shooting at a Texas county fair, children's book author and single mother Elle Portman and high-rolling corporate consultant Calder Hudson, both fueled by revenge, search for a killer while wondering if the attraction growing between them is too painful and complicated to sustain.
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Novels.; Business consultants; Man-woman relationships; Mass shootings; Women authors;
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Don't wear polka-dot underwear with white pants (and other lessons I've learned) / by Gutknecht, Allison.; Lewis, Stevie.;
Struggling to manage a life that has been complicated by the arrival of new twin siblings, her ongoing feud with an irritating nemesis, and an embarrassing fashion gaffe, eight-year-old Mandy looks forward to a school pageant and is surprised by her teacher's unexpected casting decision."Ages 7-10"--P. [4] of cover.LSC
Subjects: Berr, Mandy (Fictitious character); Families; Schools;
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The women of Rothschild : the untold story of the world's most famous dynasty / by Livingstone, Natalie,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Follows the extraordinary lives of the Rothschild women from the dawn of the nineteenth century to the early years of the twenty-first as they forged their own dynasty in a deeply patriarchal family, giving voice to these complicated, privileged, and gifted women whose vision and tenacity shaped history.
Subjects: Biographies.; Rothschild family.; Jewish families; Jewish women; Women;
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Bad Bad Girl : A Novel. by Jen, Gish.;
'Bad Bad Girl' is a novel about a mother and a daughter forced to reckon with each other across decades of curiosity and ambition, elation and disappointment, intense intimacy and misunderstanding. Spanning continents and generations, this is a heartbreaking portrait of two fierce women locked in a complicated lifelong embrace. From the author of 'The Resisters'.#diversity.Library Bound Incorporated
Subjects: FICTION / Asian American; FICTION / Biographical; FICTION / Women;
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Out of nowhere [sound recording] / by Brown, Sandra,1948-author,narrator.; Brewer, Kyf,narrator.; Hachette Audio (Firm),publisher.;
Read by Sandra Brown, Kyf Brewer.Brought together by a mass shooting at a Texas county fair, children's book author and single mother Elle Portman and high-rolling corporate consultant Calder Hudson, both fueled by revenge, search for a killer while wondering if the attraction growing between them is too painful and complicated to sustain.
Subjects: Audiobooks.; Novels.; Thrillers (Fiction); Business consultants; Man-woman relationships; Mass shootings; Women authors;
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A song for you : my life with Whitney Houston / by Crawford, Robyn,author.;
Since Whitney Houston's death in 2012, her trusted and loyal friend, Robyn Crawford, has stayed out of the limelight and held the great joys, wild adventures, and hard truths of her life with Houston close to her heart. In 'A Song for You', Crawford breaks her silence to share the moving and often complicated story of her life and relationship with Houston.
Subjects: Biographies.; Houston, Whitney.; Crawford, Robyn.; Singers;
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