The Black Man's Burden: Africa and the Curse of the Nation-State

7 best books like The Black Man's Burden: Africa and the Curse of the Nation-State (Basil Davidson): The Wretched of the Earth, Astoria: John Jacob Astor and Thomas Jefferson's Lost Pacific Empire: A Story of Wealth, Ambition, and Survival, Poor Economics: A Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty, Scarcity: Why Having Too Little Means So Much, The Prosperity Paradox: How Innovation Can Lift Nations Out of Poverty, The Power of Positive Dog Training, The Infinite Atonement

The Wretched of the Earth

Author	Frantz Fanon
ISBN	0802141323

A distinguished psychiatrist from Martinique who took part in the Algerian Nationalist Movement, Frantz Fanon was one of the most important theorists of revolutionary struggle, colonialism, and racial difference in history. Fanon's masterwork is a classic alongside Edward Said's Orientalism...

Astoria: John Jacob Astor and Thomas Jefferson's Lost Pacific Empire: A Story of Wealth, Ambition, and Survival

Author	Peter Stark
ISBN	0062218298

In the tradition of The Lost City of Z and Skeleton in the Zahara, Astoria is the thrilling, true-adventure tale of the 1810 Astor Expedition, an epic, now forgotten, three-year journey to forge an American empire on the Pacific Coast. Peter Stark offers a harrowing saga in which a band of explorers battled...

Poor Economics: A Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty

Author	Abhijit V. Banerjee
ISBN	1586487981

Winner of the 2011 Financial Times/Goldman Sachs Best Business Book of the Year Award

Billions of government dollars, and thousands of charitable organizations and NGOs, are dedicated to helping the world's poor. But much of their work is based on assumptions that are untested generalizations...

Scarcity: Why Having Too Little Means So Much

Author	Sendhil Mullainathan
ISBN	0805092641

Audiobook: 8 hrs and 47 mins

A surprising and intriguing examination of how scarcity—and our flawed responses to it—shapes our lives, our society, and our culture

Why do successful people get things done at the last minute? Why does poverty persist? Why do organizations get...

The Prosperity Paradox: How Innovation Can Lift Nations Out of Poverty

Author	Clayton M. Christensen
ISBN	0062851837

Clayton M. Christensen, the author of such business classics as The Innovator’s Dilemma and the New York Times bestseller How Will You Measure Your Life, and co-authors Efosa Ojomo and Karen Dillon reveal why so many investments in economic development fail to generate sustainable prosperity,...

The Power of Positive Dog Training

Author	Pat Miller
ISBN	0764536095

The Power of Positive Dog Training is the best book yet on explaining how and why purely positive training works. Inside, you'll find easy to read discussion of the philosophy of positive training followed by training tips and exercises. This book is geared toward the dog owner who wants to develop a...

The Infinite Atonement

Author	Tad R. Callister
ISBN	1573456233

"Some things simply matter more than others," writes Robert L. Millet in his foreword to this landmark book. "Even some doctrines, though interesting and fun to discuss, must take a backseat to more fundamental and foundational doctrines. It is just so with the Atonement of Jesus Christ. The Atonement...