The Age of Turbulence ...

The most remarkable thing that happened to the world economy after 9/11 was ...nothing. The post 9/11 global economy is a new and turbulent system — vastly more flexible, resilient, open, self-directing, and fast-changing than it was even 20 years ago. The Age of Turbulence is an incomparable reckoning with the nature of this new world — channelled through Alan Greenspan’s (Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board) own experiences working in the command room of the global economy for longer and with greater effect than any other single living figure.

Banker to the Poor ...

Muhammad Yunus set up the Grameen Bank in his home country of Bangladesh with a loan of just 17 pounds, to lend tiny amounts of money to the poorest of the poor — those to whom no ordinary bank would lend. It was his conviction that this new system of ‘micro-credit’ would give such people the spark of initiative needed to pull themselves out of poverty. Today, Yunus’s system of micro-credit is practised around the world in some 60 countries. It is acknowledged to be a fundamental weapon in the fight against poverty. Banker to the Poor is Yunus’s enthralling story of how he did it.

Deception...

Deception exposes the terrifying truth about the proliferation of nuclear weapons amongst the rogue states and terrorist organisations which now threaten to destabilise the entire world. On 15 December 1975, A Q Khan — a young Pakistani nuclear scientist working in Holland — stole top secret blueprints for a revolutionary new process to arm a nuclear bomb. His original intention was to provide for Pakistan a counter to India’s ongoing pursuit of an atomic bomb. But over time that ambition mushroomed into a vast nuclear black market sanctioned by Pakistan’s military elite — financed by aid money from the United States, Saudi Arabia and Libya, and assistance from China. They secretly sold weapons to Iran, North Korea, and many others — with the clear knowledge of the American government.

No god But God...

Though it is the fastest growing religion in the world, Islam remains shrouded in ignorance and fear. To many in the west, Islam means jihad, veiled women and suicide bombers. Yet these represent only fringe elements of the world’s fastest growing religion. While there have been a number of successful books on the topic of Islamic history, there is surprisingly no book for a popular audience about Islam as a religion. No god but God fills that gap. In the book, challenging the ‘clash of civilisations’ mentality that has distorted our view of Islam, Aslan explains this faith in all its complexity, beauty, and compassion.

A Teenager’s Journey...

At the end of A Brother’s Journey, Richard Pelzer’s mother and three brothers are moving to Utah. He has the choice of joining them or staying behind. But where can he live? What can he live on? Defeated — he follows them. So continues Richard’s alcoholic mother’s physical abuse of Richard. His mother cannot go on treating him in quite the same way. Richard runs away and tries to commit suicide several times. Finally he goes to live with John and Darlene Nichols who try to show him some family love. At the age of 21 he gets a full time job and tries to learn to be a big brother to the foster parents’ children. And begins to get his life together...