Reproductive technology is typically discussed in the future tense. Yet doctors have always treated involuntary childlessness. This book looks at the recent history of infertility and the different wa
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The author of Power, Stanford business school professor, and a leading management thinker offers a hard-hitting dissection of the leadership industry and ways to make workplaces and careers work bette
With immigration fulfilling the role of population maintenance and growth in many Western democracies, how should these countries incorporate newcomers? This book argues that states ought to promote g
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Prophecies and Providence sheds light on modern Jewish history with a particular focus on macro-events of the Middle East. The book follows a chronological order, moving from the early days of the Zio