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  Owning the Sun - A People's...

  Alexander Zaitchik

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  Owning the Sun tells the story of one of the most contentious fights in human history: the legal right to control the production of lifesaving medicines. Medical science began as a discipline geared toward the betterment of all human life, but the merging of research with intellectual property and the rise of the pharmaceutical industry warped and eventually undermined its ethical foundations. Why does the US government fund the development of medical science in the name of the public, only to relinquish exclusive rights to drug companies, and how does such a system impoverish us, weaken our responses to global crises, and, as in the case of AIDS and COVID-19, put the world at risk? Outlining how generations of public health and science advocates have attempted to hold the line against Big Pharma and their allies in government, Alexander Zaitchik's first-in-kind history documents the rise of medical monopoly in the United States and its subsequent globalization. From the controversial arrival of patent-wielding German drug firms in the late nineteenth century, to present-day coordination between industry and philanthropic organizations—including the influential Gates Foundation—that stymie international efforts to vaccinate the world against COVID-19, Owning the Sun tells one of the most important and least understood histories of our time.

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  Amazing Writers: B2

  Katerina Mestheneou, Fiona...

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  The inspiring stories of 6 people who changed history. 
  Contents: 
  Voltaire, the French writer who believed in equality for all 
  Charlotte Brontë, the British novelist who wrote Jane Eyre 
  Mark Twain, the American who wrote Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer 
  Jacques Prévert, the writer known in France as ‘the People’s Poet’ 
  Ayn Rand, whose writing expressed her own philosophical ideas 
  Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn who wrote about life in a Soviet Labour Camp 
  BRITISH ENGLISH 
  Word count: 18,787 
  Headword count: 1,631 
  PLUS: visit www.collinselt.com/readers for videos, teacher resources and self-study materials. 
  This book is Level 4 in the Collins ELT Readers series. 
  Level 4 is equivalent to CEF level B2. 
  About the Amazing People series: 
  A unique opportunity for learners of English to read about the exceptional lives and incredible abilities of some of the most insightful people the world has seen. 
  Each book contains six short stories, told by the characters themselves, as if in their own words. The stories explain the most significant parts of each character’s life, giving an insight into how they came to be such an important historic figure. 
  After each story, a timeline presents the most major events in their life in a clear and succinct fashion. The timeline is ideal for checking comprehension or as a basis for project work or further research. 
  Created in association with The Amazing People Club. 
  About Collins ELT Readers: 
  Collins ELT Readers are divided into four levels: 
  Level 1 - elementary (A2) 
  Level 2 - pre-intermediate (A2–B1) 
  Level 3 - intermediate (B1) 
  Level 4 - upper intermediate (B2) 
  Each level is carefully graded to ensure that the learner both enjoys and benefits from their reading experience.

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  TRADING - Discover the Secrets...

  Jordan Parker

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  If you’re interested in trading but too afraid to start out, this is your book.Trading is one of the most effective ways to earn a monthly income, right from your home.But most people are afraid of starting out. And they are right: trading is very risky, if you don’t know what to do.Trading by Jordan Parker is your complete guide to start trading profitably with scientific, proven strategies and techniques.In this book you will discover:-	What you need to know before you start trading-	Which financial instruments are usually traded-	The basic law of trading-	The role of brokers, and which one to use when starting-	How to check if a broker is safe or not-	The basics of Technical Analysis-	Dow’s theory-	The step-by-step day trading guide-	What are market indicators and how to understand them-	How to develop your own trading system-	Use trading systems to automate your trading strategy

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  Impact (US ONLY)

  Sir Ronald Cohen

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  WHAT KIND OF WORLD DO WE WANT TO LIVE IN?Envisage a world where inequality is shrinking, where natural resources are regenerated, and people can benefit from shared prosperity. In IMPACT, Sir Ronald Cohen proposes a new theory about how the Impact Revolution will enable us to achieve systemic social and environmental improvement. Impact investing is about creating a chain reaction. One that brings innovation to the stakeholders whose engagement is crucial to tackling massive social and environmental challenges at scale. One that changes the mindset and behavior of investors, philanthropists, entrepreneurs, social organizations, big business, governments and the general public and places impact at the center of our decision-making.The Impact Revolution is already transforming the way we think about social responsibility, business models and investment. It is beginning to change our economies, turning them into powerful engines that drive capital to achieve impact alongside profit. We can already see it marking the twenty-first century as much as the tech revolution marked the twentieth.Billions of people’s lives depend on the success of the Impact Revolution. There has never been a more tangible opportunity.

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  Sustainable Resilient Free - The...

  John Warner

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  After the coronavirus pandemic has laid bare the unsustainability of our public higher education system, an author and educator maps out a path for change. In 1983, U.S. News and World Report started to rank colleges and universities, throwing them into competition with each other for students and precious resources. Over the course of the next thirty or so years, a Reagan-era ethos of privatization and competition transformed students into consumers and colleges into businesses.  Now, tuition is unaffordable. Student loan debt is more than $1.6 trillion, and most college faculty work in adjunct positions for low pay and with no job security. Colleges seem to exist only to enroll students, collect tuition, and hold classes. When learning happens, it is in spite of the system, not because of it.  In Sustainable. Resilient. Free., John Warner envisions a future in which our public colleges and universities are reoriented around enhancing the intellectual, social, and economic potentials of students while providing broad-based benefits to the community at large. As Warner explains, it’s not even all that complicated. It’s no more costly than the current system. We just have to choose to live the values we claim to hold dear.  A critical read for anyone invested in the future of public higher education.

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  The Teaching of Talking - Learn...

  Mark A. Ittleman

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  In this guide, a speech pathologist teaches readers the methods implemented to improve talking in others, so if need be, they can do therapy on their own. People with speaking difficulties are at the mercy of insurance companies who are determining how often and for how long speech therapy services should be delivered. It is also a disturbing reality that the likelihood for therapy frequency and length of care is contingent upon either the level of competence or comfort level of the speech-language pathologist or the financial policies of each institution. Often it has nothing to do with the severity or need for speech therapy. Our health care system is in no position to bankroll the long-term therapy needed by the many people who have moderate to profound speaking difficulties. The goal of The Teaching of Talking is to ensure that any loved one, caregiver, or speech-language pathologist is thoroughly knowledgeable in methods to help people improve talking since it is never known when the plug will be pulled on speech and language therapy services. Ittleman says, “I see hundreds of people with speech and language difficulties each year. By reading and applying The Teaching of Talking, you will have the confidence to help your client or loved one, no matter what the insurance company or institution does. By learning to do what is in The Teaching of Talking, you will be more self-sufficient and will not have to rely on anyone to provide your loved one with expert speech therapy.”“The methods of home practice with family members will be of great value for patients with aphasia.” —Daniel R. Boone, PhD, CCC/SLP

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