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'Francis is doing for teaching what This is Going to Hurt did for medicine. Brutal, honest and laugh-out-loud funny.' Jimmy Carr 'A great subject covered by a guy unafraid to tell it like it is' Geoff Norcott The class weren't laughing with me, they were laughing at me and there is no lonelier...

Here, for the first time, is a collection of short speeches by the charismatic doctor and social activist Paul Farmer. One of the most passionate and influential voices for global health equity and social justice, Farmer encourages young people to tackle the greatest challenges of our times. Engaging, often humorous, and always inspiring, these speeches bring to light the brilliance and force of Farmer's vision in a single, accessible volume.

Warum brauchen wir dringend ein neues Bildungsideal? Und was hat Bildung mit Glück zu tun? Ein inspirierendes Buch, das viele neue Perspektiven aufzeigt. Mit überzeugender Klarheit und Tiefgründigkeit zeigt Flo von Schreitter uns, welche Lebensressourcen die Bildung von Morgen ausprägen soll. Denn Bildung muss sich an der Zukunft – und nicht ausschließlich an der Vergangenheit – ausrichten. Der Zugang zum globalen Wissen per Knopfdruck hat alles verändert. Nicht allein Wissen wird in Zukunft eine Rolle spielen, sondern auch die Bildung des Herzens, der Haltung und der Fertigkeiten.

In this revelatory narrative covering the years 1967 to 2017, Steven Brill gives us a stunningly cogent picture of the broken system at the heart of our society. He shows us how, over the last half century, America’s core values—meritocracy, innovation, due process, free speech, and even...

In The Most Human Right, Eric Heinze explains why global human rights systems have failed. International organizations constantly report on how governments manage human goods, such as fair trials, humane conditions of detention, healthcare, or housing. But to appease autocratic regimes, experts have ignored the primacy of free speech. Heinze argues that goods become rights only when citizens can claim them publicly and fearlessly: free speech is the fundamental right, without which the very concept of a “right” makes no sense. 

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The wall, taxes, tariffs, deportations, Obamacare, guns, military strength, schools, abortion, religion - what will the new president do? The "Godfather of Trumpmania," Michael Savage, examines the initial appointments, speeches, tweets and history of Donald Trump...