Dancing with Trees: Eco-Tales from the British Isles by Allison Galbraith, Alette J. WillisRequirements: .ePUB reader, 3.7 MbOverview: The oral storytelling traditions of the British Isles have connected people to the land and to their plant and animal neighbors for centuries. This collection brings together story wisdom from England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland that speaks […]
Otaku and the Struggle for Imagination in Japan by Patrick W. Galbraith Requirements: .PDF reader, 8.69MBOverview: From computer games to figurines and maid cafes, men called “otaku” develop intense fan relationships with “cute girl” characters from manga, anime, and related media and material in contemporary Japan. While much of the Japanese public considers the forms […]
The Economics of Innocent Fraud: Truth for Our Time by John Kenneth GalbraithRequirements: .ePUB, .PDF reader, 372 kbOverview: Sounding the alarm about the increasing gap between reality and “conventional wisdom” — a phrase he coined — Galbraith tells, along with much else, how we have reached a point where the private sector has unprecedented control […]
The End of Insurance As We Know It: How Millennials, Insurtech, and Venture Capital Will Disrupt the Ecosystem by Rob Galbraith ,CPCU, CLU, ChFCRequirements: .ePUB reader, 449 KB Overview: Change is coming to insurance. The tradition-bound P&C industry is on the cusp of the most radical change since the invention of the automobile. And leaders […]
Galbraith and Market Capitalism by David ReismanRequirements: .PDF reader, 19.7 MbOverview: John Kenneth Galbraith (October 15, 1908 – April 29, 2006), also known as Ken Galbraith, was a Canadian-born economist, public official, and diplomat, and a leading proponent of 20th-century American liberalism. His books on economic topics were bestsellers from the 1950s through the 2000s, […]