Our Great Escape
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The Great Escape
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Author : Angus Deaton
language : en
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date : 2024-05-21
The Great Escape written by Angus Deaton and has been published by Princeton University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-05-21 with Business & Economics categories.
A Nobel Prize–winning economist tells the remarkable story of how the world has grown healthier, wealthier, but also more unequal over the past two and half centuries The world is a better place than it used to be. People are healthier, wealthier, and live longer. Yet the escapes from destitution by so many has left gaping inequalities between people and nations. In The Great Escape, Nobel Prize–winning economist Angus Deaton—one of the foremost experts on economic development and on poverty—tells the remarkable story of how, beginning 250 years ago, some parts of the world experienced sustained progress, opening up gaps and setting the stage for today's disproportionately unequal world. Deaton takes an in-depth look at the historical and ongoing patterns behind the health and wealth of nations, and addresses what needs to be done to help those left behind. Deaton describes vast innovations and wrenching setbacks: the successes of antibiotics, pest control, vaccinations, and clean water on the one hand, and disastrous famines and the HIV/AIDS epidemic on the other. He examines the United States, a nation that has prospered but is today experiencing slower growth and increasing inequality. He also considers how economic growth in India and China has improved the lives of more than a billion people. Deaton argues that international aid has been ineffective and even harmful. He suggests alternative efforts—including reforming incentives to drug companies and lifting trade restrictions—that will allow the developing world to bring about its own Great Escape. Demonstrating how changes in health and living standards have transformed our lives, The Great Escape is a powerful guide to addressing the well-being of all nations.
The Great Escape
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Author : Megan Rix
language : en
Publisher: Penguin UK
Release Date : 2012-05-03
The Great Escape written by Megan Rix and has been published by Penguin UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-05-03 with Juvenile Fiction categories.
The Great Escape is a gripping and heartwarming story for 9+ readers about three pets who are separately from their beloved owners in Second World War London, fleeing to the countryside to survive. Perfect for fans of Michael Morpurgo's War Horse and Lauren St John. BUSTER is a lively Jack Russell TIGER is a feisty white and ginger tom ROSE is a faithful Collie Robert and Lucy Edwards love their pets more than anything; but the threat of the Second World War forces them to flee to Devon - leaving their animals behind. And as the air raid sirens sound over London, the frightened animals are sent to be put down. Buster, Tiger and Rose make a daring escape but with danger at every turn, can the trio make it across the country as it prepares for battle - and cheat death for the second time? Praise for Megan Rix: 'If you love Michael Morpurgo, you will enjoy this' Express 'A moving tale told with warmth, kindliness and lashings of good sense that lovers of Dick King-Smith will especially appreciate' The Times 'Every now and then a writer comes along with a unique way of storytelling . . . Meet Megan Rix . . . her novels are deeply moving and will strike a chord with animal lovers.' LoveReading About the author: Megan Rix lives in England with her husband, and their adorable dogs, Traffy and Bella. Also available by Megan Rix: The Great Escape, The Victory Dogs. www.meganrix.com
The Great Escape
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Author : Vijay Mirchandani
language : en
Publisher: Notion Press
Release Date : 2022-09-15
The Great Escape written by Vijay Mirchandani and has been published by Notion Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-09-15 with Juvenile Fiction categories.
The Great Escape is a humorous story for children in the early grades to make reading fun for them and even spark a bit of imagination in them. Larry doesn’t know that he is a toilet paper and that his fate is to get flushed, once Larry comes to know the truth he then sets forth on a journey to escape his planned destiny and create his own destiny. Have you ever felt stuck with your destiny? At times many of us feel stuck with our destiny, even children, this can be a fun and entertaining way to show them that you can choose your own fate, whether it is getting flushed or embarking on a journey to a new world.
The Great Escape
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Author : Paul Brickhill
language : en
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Release Date : 2021-09-09
The Great Escape written by Paul Brickhill and has been published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-09-09 with History categories.
The famous story of mass escape from a WWII German PoW camp that inspired the classic film. One of the most famous true stories from the last war, The GREAT ESCAPE tells how more than six hundred men in a German prisoner-of-war camp worked together to achieve an extraordinary break-out. Every night for a year they dug tunnels, and those who weren't digging forged passports, drew maps, faked weapons and tailored German uniforms and civilian clothes to wear once they had escaped. All of this was conducted under the very noses of their prison guards. When the right night came, the actual escape itself was timed to the split second - but of course, not everything went according to plan...
The Great Escape
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Author : Kati Marton
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2006-10-17
The Great Escape written by Kati Marton and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-10-17 with History categories.
The “intensely gripping story” of John von Neumann, Leo Szilard, Arthur Koestler, and six other world-renowned Hungarian Jews who fled the Nazis (The Washington Post Book World). In this book, New York Times–bestselling author Kati Marton tells the stunning tale of nine men who grew up in Budapest’s brief Golden Age, then, driven from Hungary by anti-Semitism, fled to the West, especially to the United States, and changed the world. These nine men, each celebrated for individual achievements, were part of a unique group who grew up in a time and place that will never come again. Four helped usher in the nuclear age and the computer, two were major movie myth-makers, two were immortal photographers, and one was a seminal writer. From a Peabody Award–winning journalist and finalist for a National Book Critics Circle Award, The Great Escape is a groundbreaking, poignant American story and an important untold chapter of the tumultuous last century. “Describes the crossroads where art and politics meet, the perils of dictatorship and the horrors of war, all of it punctuated by the frantic struggle to create the atomic bomb. . . . Deserves a special place on bookshelves alongside Budapest 1900.” —The New York Times Book Review “By looking at these nine lives—salvaged, and crucial—Marton provides a moving measure of how much was lost.” —The New Yorker “[Marton has] a keen understanding of what it means to leave one’s country behind.” —The Seattle Times “A haunting tale of the wartime Hungarian diaspora. . . . Marton writes beautifully.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review) “Filled with a number of wonderful anecdotes.” —Chicago Sun-Times “An engrossing book.” —Library Journal
The Great Escape From Woodlands Nursing Home
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Author : Joanna Nell
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2020-10-27
The Great Escape From Woodlands Nursing Home written by Joanna Nell and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-10-27 with Fiction categories.
The joyous, charming and utterly irresistible new novel from the author of mega-bestseller The Single Ladies of Jacaranda Retirement Village At nearly ninety, retired nature writer Hattie Bloom prefers the company of birds to people, but when a fall lands her in a nursing home she struggles to cope with the loss of independence and privacy. From the confines of her 'room with a view' of the carpark, she dreams of escape. Fellow 'inmate', the gregarious, would-be comedian Walter Clements also plans on returning home as soon as he is fit and able to take charge of his mobility scooter. When Hattie and Walter officially meet at The Night Owls, a clandestine club run by Sister Bronwyn and her dog, Queenie, they seem at odds. But when Sister Bronwyn is dismissed over her unconventional approach to aged care, they must join forces -- and very slowly an unlikely, unexpected friendship begins to grow. Full of wisdom and warmth, The Great Escape from Woodlands Nursing Home is a gorgeously poignant, hilarious story showing that it is never too late to laugh -- or to love. 'Tender and funny' Woman's Weekly 'Whip-smart dialogue, humour and sarcasm. A heart-warming story, extremely well written and highly addictive' Sun Herald 'Lively and whimsical ... with some serious points to make about ageing, love, community and friendship' Sydney Morning Herald 'This heartwarming story about growing old gracefully - and disgracefully ... is a funny, witty and thoroughly enjoyable read for all ages' Daily Telegraph
The Great Escape
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Author : Philippe Dupasquier
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1996
The Great Escape written by Philippe Dupasquier and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with Adventure games categories.
The Great Escape
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Author : Natalie Haynes
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2014-04-24
The Great Escape written by Natalie Haynes and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-04-24 with Juvenile Fiction categories.
When Millie is ambushed by Max, a fast-talking cat in trouble, her boring summer holiday takes an interesting turn. Max has escaped from a nearby laboratory but he needs someone to help him rescue the friends he's left behind. With some dodgy computer-hacking skills and a few break-neck chases, can Millie and Max save the rest of them before it's too late? -- Publisher.
The Great Escape
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Author : Loic Mehee
language : en
Publisher: Twirl
Release Date : 2018-10-02
The Great Escape written by Loic Mehee and has been published by Twirl this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-10-02 with Juvenile Fiction categories.
This is a seek-and-find book like no other! With huge pop-ups on every spread, intricate illustrations, and an exciting story, children will spend hours looking at every nook and cranny of this book to help find the bad guys! There's chaos in the big city of Criminopolis, as X-Unit plot to take over, and turn it upside down with their evil schemes. They must be stopped immediately! Young readers have to help Irix, the superhero with super sight, find the five members of the gang, plus hundreds of objects that are hidden all over the city . . . before it's too late!
The True Story Of The Great Escape
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Author : Jonathan F. Vance
language : en
Publisher: Casemate Publishers
Release Date : 2019-08-30
The True Story Of The Great Escape written by Jonathan F. Vance and has been published by Casemate Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-08-30 with History categories.
The real history behind the classic war movie and the men who plotted the daring escape from a Nazi POW camp. Between dusk and dawn on the night of March 24th–25th 1944, a small army of Allied soldiers crawled through tunnels in Germany in a covert operation the likes of which the Third Reich had never seen. The prison break from Stalag Luft III in eastern Germany was the largest of its kind in the Second World War. Seventy-nine Allied soldiers and airmen made it outside the wire—but only three made it outside Nazi Germany. Fifty were executed by the Gestapo. In this book Jonathan Vance tells the incredible story that was made famous by the 1963 film The Great Escape. It is a classic tale of prisoners and their wardens in a battle of wits and wills. The brilliantly conceived escape plan is overshadowed only by the colorful, daring (and sometimes very funny) crew who executed it—literally under the noses of German guards. From the men’s first days in Stalag Luft III and the forming of bonds among them, to the tunnel building, amazing escape, and eventual capture, Vance’s history is a vivid, compelling look at one of the greatest “exfiltration” missions of all time. “Shows the variety and depth of the men sent into harm’s way during World War II, something emphasized by the population of Stalag Luft III. Most of the Allied POWs were flyers, with all the technical, tactical and planning skills that profession requires. Such men are independent thinkers, craving open air and wide-open spaces, which meant that an obsession with escape was almost inevitable.” —John D. Gresham