{"title":"Political Essentials","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"the-intelligent-investor","title":"The Intelligent Investor","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 1.4em;\" itemprop=\"name\"\u003eBy Benjamin Graham\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 1.4em;\"\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 1.4em;\" itemprop=\"name\"\u003eJason Zweig\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 1.4em;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"authorName greyText smallText role\" style=\"font-size: 1.4em;\"\u003e(Contributor)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 1.4em;\"\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 1.4em;\" itemprop=\"name\"\u003eWarren Buffett\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 1.4em;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"authorName greyText smallText role\" style=\"font-size: 1.4em;\"\u003e(Contributor)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"authorName__container\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"authorName greyText smallText role\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"authorName__container\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"authorName greyText smallText role\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMore than one million hardcovers sold\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNow available for the first time in paperback!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Classic Text Annotated to Update Graham's Timeless Wisdom for Today's Market Conditions\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe greatest investment advisor of the twentieth century, Benjamin Graham taught and inspired people worldwide. Graham's philosophy of \"value investing\" -- which shields investors from substantial error and teaches them to develop long-term strategies -- has made \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Intelligent Investor\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e the stock market bible ever since its original publication in 1949.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOver the years, market developments have proven the wisdom of Graham's strategies. While preserving the integrity of Graham's original text, this revised edition includes updated commentary by noted financial journalist Jason Zweig, whose perspective incorporates the realities of today's market, draws parallels between Graham's examples and today's financial headlines, and gives readers a more thorough understanding of how to apply Graham's principles.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eVital and indispensable, this HarperBusiness Essentials edition of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Intelligent Investor\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is the most important book you will ever read on how to reach your financial goals.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Benjamin Graham","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36715834376359,"sku":"0010548","price":162.0,"currency_code":"MAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0458\/6386\/2439\/products\/91yj3mbz4JL-min.jpg?v=1631701510"},{"product_id":"promised-land","title":"A Promised Land","description":"\u003cspan id=\"freeText5988310096552613860\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA riveting, deeply personal account of history in the making—from the president who inspired us to believe in the power of democracy.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn the stirring, highly anticipated first volume of his presidential memoirs, Barack Obama tells the story of his improbable odyssey from young man searching for his identity to leader of the free world, describing in strikingly personal detail both his political education and the landmark moments of the first term of his historic presidency—a time of dramatic transformation and turmoil.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eObama takes readers on a compelling journey from his earliest political aspirations to the pivotal Iowa caucus victory that demonstrated the power of grassroots activism to the watershed night of November 4, 2008, when he was elected 44th president of the United States, becoming the first African American to hold the nation’s highest office.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eReflecting on the presidency, he offers a unique and thoughtful exploration of both the awesome reach and the limits of presidential power, as well as singular insights into the dynamics of U.S. partisan politics and international diplomacy. Obama brings readers inside the Oval Office and the White House Situation Room, and to Moscow, Cairo, Beijing, and points beyond. We are privy to his thoughts as he assembles his cabinet, wrestles with a global financial crisis, takes the measure of Vladimir Putin, overcomes seemingly insurmountable odds to secure passage of the Affordable Care Act, clashes with generals about U.S. strategy in Afghanistan, tackles Wall Street reform, responds to the devastating Deepwater Horizon blowout, and authorizes Operation Neptune’s Spear, which leads to the death of Osama bin Laden.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA Promised Land is extraordinarily intimate and introspective—the story of one man’s bet with history, the faith of a community organizer tested on the world stage. Obama is candid about the balancing act of running for office as a Black American, bearing the expectations of a generation buoyed by messages of “hope and change,” and meeting the moral challenges of high-stakes decision-making. He is frank about the forces that opposed him at home and abroad, open about how living in the White House affected his wife and daughters, and unafraid to reveal self-doubt and disappointment. Yet he never wavers from his belief that inside the great, ongoing American experiment, progress is always possible.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis beautifully written and powerful book captures Barack Obama’s conviction that democracy is not a gift from on high but something founded on empathy and common understanding and built together, day by day.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"Barack Obama","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":37507661758631,"sku":"6546546513","price":183.0,"currency_code":"MAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0458\/6386\/2439\/products\/promisedland.jpg?v=1631701261"},{"product_id":"why-nations-fail-the-origins-of-power-prosperity-and-poverty","title":"Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty","description":"\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBrilliant and engagingly written,\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eWhy Nations Fail\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eanswers the question that has stumped the experts for centuries: Why are some nations rich and others poor, divided by wealth and poverty, health and sickness, food and famine?\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIs it culture, the weather, geography? 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The south forged a society that created incentives, rewarded innovation, and allowed everyone to participate in economic opportunities. The economic success thus spurred was sustained because the government became accountable and responsive to citizens and the great mass of people. Sadly, the people of the north have endured decades of famine, political repression, and very different economic institutions—with no end in sight. The differences between the Koreas is due to the politics that created these completely different institutional trajectories.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBased on fifteen years of original research Acemoglu and Robinson marshall extraordinary historical evidence from the Roman Empire, the Mayan city-states, medieval Venice, the Soviet Union, Latin America, England, Europe, the United States, and Africa to build a new theory of political economy with great relevance for the big questions of today, including:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e   - China has built an authoritarian growth machine. Will it continue to grow at such high speed and overwhelm the West?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e   - Are America’s best days behind it? Are we moving from a virtuous circle in which efforts by elites to aggrandize power are resisted to a vicious one that enriches and empowers a small minority?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e   - What is the most effective way to help move billions of people from the rut of poverty to prosperity? More\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ephilanthropy from the wealthy nations of the West? Or learning the hard-won lessons of Acemoglu and Robinson’s breakthrough ideas on the interplay between inclusive political and economic institutions?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWhy Nations Fail\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ewill change the way you look at—and understand—the world.\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"Daron Acemoğlu, James A. 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It continued in Moscow, where Browder made his fortune heading the largest investment fund in Russia after the Soviet Union's collapse. But when he exposed the corrupt oligarchs who were robbing the companies in which he was investing, Vladimir Putin turned on him and, in 2005, had him expelled from Russia. \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn 2007, a group of law enforcement officers raided Browder's offices in Moscow and stole $230 million of taxes that his fund's companies had paid to the Russian government. Browder's attorney Sergei Magnitsky investigated the incident and uncovered a sprawling criminal enterprise. A month after Sergei testified against the officials involved, he was arrested and thrown into pre-trial detention, where he was tortured for a year. 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Suddenly the boy who had stood in the shadows, dreaming of ruling the world, was a public figure, and his popularity soared. Russia and an infatuated West were determined to see the progressive leader of their dreams, even as he seized control of media, sent political rivals and critics into exile or to the grave, and smashed the country's fragile electoral system, concentrating power in the hands of his cronies.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAs a journalist living in Moscow, Masha Gessen experienced this history firsthand, and for \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Man Without a Face\u003c\/i\u003e she has drawn on information and sources no other writer has tapped. 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