Authors:Nicholas D. Kristof, Sheryl WuDu,
Publisher: Knopf
Keywords: women, worldwide, opportunity, oppression, turning, sky
Number of Pages: 320
Published: 2009-09-08
List price: $27.95
ISBN-10: 0307267148
ISBN-13: 9780307267146

Two Pulitzer Prize winners expose the most pervasive human rights violation of our erathe oppression of women in the developing worldand tell us what we can do about it. An old Chinese proverb says Women hold up half the sky. Then why do the women of Africa and Asia persistently suffer human rights abuses? Continuing their focus on humanitarian issues, journalists Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn take us to Africa and Asia, where many women live in profoundly dire circumstancesand some succeed against all odds. A Cambodian teenager is sold into sex slavery; a formerly illiterate woman become

Authors:Nicholas D. Kristof, Sheryl WuDu,
Publisher: Vintage
Keywords: asia, rising, portrait, east, thunder
Number of Pages: 400
Published: 2001-10-09
List price: $15.95
ISBN-10: 0375703012
ISBN-13: 9780375703010

Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists for The New York Times and authors of China Wakes, return with an eclectic collection of reportage from Asia. Thunder from the East lacks an overarching thesis, except perhaps the claim that Asia is an incredibly important part of the world whose influence will only grow in the 21st century. (Toward the end of the book, in an amusing speculation about the year 2040, the authors wonder about "the Indian landing on Mars, the Kim’s Riceburger acquisition of McDonald’s, and now this basketball loss" of the Americ

Authors:Nicholas D. Kristof, Sheryl WuDunn,
Publisher: Vintage
Keywords: rising, power, soul, struggle, wakes, china
Number of Pages: 528
Published: 1995-08-01
List price: $16.95
ISBN-10: 0679763937
ISBN-13: 9780679763932

The definitive book on China’s uneasy transformation into an economic and political superpower by two Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times reporters. An insightful and thought-provoking analysis of daily life in China, China Wakes is an exemplary work of reportage. 16 pages of photos.

Authors:Nicholas D. Kristof, Sheryl WuDunn,
Publisher: Vintage
Keywords: worldwide, vintage, women, opportunity, turning, oppression, sky
Number of Pages: 320
Published: 2010-06-01
List price: $15.95
ISBN-10: 0307387097
ISBN-13: 9780307387097

From two of our most fiercely moral voices, a passionate call to arms against our era’s most pervasive human rights violation: the oppression of women and girls in the developing world.With Pulitzer Prize winners Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn as our guides, we undertake an odyssey through Africa and Asia to meet the extraordinary women struggling there, among them a Cambodian teenager sold into sex slavery and an Ethiopian woman who suffered devastating injuries in childbirth. Drawing on the breadth of their combined reporting experience, Kristof and WuDunn depict our world with ange

Author: Kathy Kristof
Publisher: Bloomberg Press
Keywords: bloomberg, investing
Number of Pages: 256
Published: 2008-08-01
List price: $16.95
ISBN-10: 1576603075
ISBN-13: 9781576603079

People wanting basic advice about stocks, bonds, mutual funds, retirement planning, and tax strategies are often frustrated by information overload. Picking the right book seems as daunting as deciding what to do with their savings and investments. Investing 101: Updated and Expanded removes both roadblocks, putting people on a path that they can understand and stick with. Kristof is renowned for taking the mystery and anxiety out of investing by keeping choices manageable. Kristof walks readers through the entire investment cycle and the way they think of their financial lives,

Author: Kathy Kristof
Publisher: Bloomberg Press
Keywords: plans, scholarships, financial, aid, graduate, money, tuition, tiger, getting, taming
Number of Pages: 272
Published: 2003-05
List price: $18.95
ISBN-10: 157660134X
ISBN-13: 9781576601341

Whether it’s college and graduate school or nursery and private school, the costs of education are a major challenge to families. This practical and reassuring guide presents the facts, tools, and strategies for saving, investing, and managing taxes to address this challenge, regardless of your financial circumstances. Starting with a dose of reality on what education really might cost, Kristof leads you through the options: • 529 plans • Coverdale Education Savings Accounts (Educational IRAs) • UGMAs (Uniform Gifts to Minors Act accounts) • IDAs (Individual Development Accoun

Author: Kristof Sienicki
Publisher: CRC-Press
Keywords: molecular, electronic, devices, electronics, amp, volume, iii
Number of Pages: 272
Published: 1994-05-22
List price: $130.00
ISBN-10: 0849380634
ISBN-13: 9780849380631

Molecular Electronics and Molecular Electronic Devices is a new book series that reflects the state of the art in the science and technology of molecular electronic devices. It provides a comprehensive review of current problems and the latest information regarding all aspects of molecular electronics and molecular electronic devices. Experimental and theoretical aspects of molecular electronics and molecular electronic devices are reviewed by distinguished researchers working in chemistry, physics, computer science, and various areas of biology.