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Doctor Who - Issue 474, July 2014
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Doctor Who - Issue 474, July 2014Doctor Who - Issue 474, July 2014

Magazine devoted to every aspect, off-shoot, and history of the Doctor Who television show. Each issue contains photographs; an animated comic of the current episode; and reviews of DVDs, CDs, books, and articles about the actors who have been in the series. Truly a labor of love.
 
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Dave Barry's Money Secrets: Like: Why Is There a Giant Eyeball on the Dollar?
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Dave Barry's Money Secrets: Like: Why Is There a Giant Eyeball on the Dollar?After mining politics and the differences between the sexes, Barry turns his sharp wit to finance and economics. If you think finance is a subject so dry that even he couldn't make it humorous, think again. He starts with personal finances, cautioning readers about the dangers of credit cards and how a charge of $1.50 can turn into $386.52 by the time the bill arrives. He goes on to lambaste corporate bigwigs who lose money by the millions and come up with preposterously bad ideas...

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Tags: Audiobook Humour, money, about, oftenoverlooked, Barrys, estate, Barry, finance, boomers, newspapers, think, bigwigs, corporate, millions
Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance
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Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and InheritanceАудиокнига американского политика, сенатора США от штата Иллинойс, члена Демократической партии, кандидата на пост президента США в 2008-м году.
(пост с ссылками на книгу в pdf-формате опубликован на этом сайте раньше)

Barack Obama, a black man raised by his white mother and grandparents, decided to journey to Kenya to learn more about his African father after receiving news of his death. This memoir is not about his father's life, but about Obama's, and he brings that home with an intimate tone rather than that of his public speeches. (His 2004 Democratic Convention keynote address is included at the end.)

 

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Ross Noble Goes Global - 1
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Ross Noble Goes Global - 1A radio program representing typical British sense of humour.

In this Radio 4 comedy series, Ross Noble invades Budapest and Warsaw tp entertain the locals with his unique brand of stand-up, in this comic travelogue. He chats to the Mayor of Warsaw about furry hats and uncovers the truth about suicidal Hungarian monks.

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Peoples and Cultures of the World
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Why is anthropology such an inherently fascinating subject? Because it's all about us: human beings. As the "science of humanity," anthropology can help us understand virtually anything about ourselves—from our political and economic systems, to why we get married, to how we decide to buy a particular bottle of wine.

Here are just a few of the intriguing questions anthropologists study:
What does it mean if someone raises his eyebrows when he meets you?
Is there such a thing as progress? Are modern technological nations really happier and better off than "primitive" hunter-gatherer societies? 

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Tags: cultural, anthropology, cultures, human, anthropologists, about, thing, progress, modern