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"'We should have known the end was near.' So begins Imbolo Mbue's exquisite and devastating novel How Beautiful We Were. Set in the fictional African village of Kosawa, it tells the story of a people living in fear amidst environmental degradation wrought by a large and powerful American oil company. Pipeline spills have rendered farmlands infertile. Children are dying from drinking toxic water. Promises of clean up and financial reparations to the...
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Music Box Films
Pub. Date
[2017]
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Español
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"A popular and beautiful Italian politician comes to Spain with plans to expose the evil-doings of Petronosa, a soulless multinational corporation. In order to silence her, the corporation's top executives conspire to hire the most incompetent detective they can find to serve as her bodyguard. Naturally, Torrente is the perfect man for the job"--Container.
"Una popular eurodiputada, Giannina Ricci, llega de visita a España. Su objetivo, a través...
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All Points Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
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"A passionate attack on the monopolies that are throttling American democracy. Every facet of American life is being overtaken by big platform monopolists like Facebook, Google, and Bayer (which has merged with the former agricultural giant Monsanto), resulting in a greater concentration of wealth and power than we've seen since the Gilded Age. They are evolving into political entities that often have more influence than the actual government, bending...
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