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Inventing Global Ecology is many things in one: the story of an American researcher’s experiences in India and his country; a fascinating survey of biodiversity conservation (whose fortunes in India have been mixed); a thoroughly researched and documented study of the policies, prospects, and pragmatics of ecological and ethical decisions that ought to determine our future. It casts the U.S. in roles seldom seen—as partner and proprietor of global ...
Moneyball is a quest for the secret of success in baseball. In a narrative full of fabulous character and brilliant excursions into the unexpected, Michael Lewis follows the low-budget Oakland A’s, visionary general manager Billy Beane, and the strange brotherhood of amateur baseball theorists. They are al in search of new baseball knowledge-insights that will give the little guy who is willing to discard old wisdom the edge over big money.