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How to Win Friends & Influence People (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as social-development)
avg rating 4.22 — 1,161,429 ratings — published 1936
Poor Economics: A Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as social-development)
avg rating 4.27 — 24,630 ratings — published 2011
Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World – and Why Things Are Better Than You Think (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as social-development)
avg rating 4.35 — 203,257 ratings — published 2018
The Blue Sweater: Bridging the Gap Between Rich and Poor in an Interconnected World (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as social-development)
avg rating 3.99 — 7,145 ratings — published 2009
How to Change the World: Social Entrepreneurs and the Power of New Ideas (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as social-development)
avg rating 3.95 — 2,184 ratings — published 2013
The 48 Laws of Power (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as social-development)
avg rating 4.08 — 230,997 ratings — published 1999
Gambling on Development (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as social-development)
avg rating 4.02 — 272 ratings — published
The Leader in You: How to Win Friends, Influence People and Succeed in a Changing World (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as social-development)
avg rating 4.09 — 6,391 ratings — published 1993
Development as Freedom (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as social-development)
avg rating 4.10 — 7,141 ratings — published 1999
Thinking, Fast and Slow (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as social-development)
avg rating 4.17 — 596,131 ratings — published 2011
The Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid: Eradicating Poverty Through Profits (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as social-development)
avg rating 3.91 — 2,386 ratings — published 2004
Rippling: How Social Entrepreneurs Spread Innovation Throughout the World (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as social-development)
avg rating 4.11 — 70 ratings — published 2012
The Social Entrepreneur's Playbook, Expanded Edition: Pressure Test, Plan, Launch and Scale Your Social Enterprise (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as social-development)
avg rating 3.66 — 136 ratings — published 2013
The Power of Unreasonable People: How Social Entrepreneurs Create Markets That Change the World (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as social-development)
avg rating 3.74 — 473 ratings — published 2008
Creating a World Without Poverty: Social Business and the Future of Capitalism (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as social-development)
avg rating 3.97 — 3,215 ratings — published 1997
Lean Startups for Social Change: The Revolutionary Path to Big Impact (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as social-development)
avg rating 3.68 — 74 ratings — published 2015
The End of Poverty: Economic Possibilities for Our Time (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as social-development)
avg rating 3.69 — 11,255 ratings — published 2005
هویت ما (Unknown Binding)
by (shelved 1 time as social-development)
avg rating 2.75 — 4 ratings — published
Social Development: The Developmental Perspective in Social Welfare (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as social-development)
avg rating 4.29 — 14 ratings — published 1995
Group Interaction and Child Development: Social, Emotional, and Behavioral Resources (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as social-development)
avg rating 5.00 — 1 rating — published
Validation: The New Psychology of Influence (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as social-development)
avg rating 4.15 — 852 ratings — published 2025
Leave No One Behind: Time for Specifics on the Sustainable Development Goals (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as social-development)
avg rating 5.00 — 1 rating — published
Towards a Society of Degrowth (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as social-development)
avg rating 5.00 — 2 ratings — published
Green Giants: How Smart Companies Turn Sustainability into Billion-Dollar Businesses (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as social-development)
avg rating 3.90 — 198 ratings — published 2015
Abundance (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as social-development)
avg rating 3.92 — 45,002 ratings — published 2025
Edible Economics: A Hungry Economist Explains the World (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as social-development)
avg rating 3.83 — 2,840 ratings — published 2022
How the World Became Rich: The Historical Origins of Economic Growth (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as social-development)
avg rating 4.14 — 701 ratings — published 2022
Good Economics for Hard Times: Better Answers to Our Biggest Problems (ebook)
by (shelved 1 time as social-development)
avg rating 4.22 — 14,894 ratings — published 2019
The Death of Expertise: The Campaign Against Established Knowledge and Why It Matters (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as social-development)
avg rating 3.82 — 10,191 ratings — published 2017
Congo: een geschiedenis (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as social-development)
avg rating 4.39 — 8,561 ratings — published 2010
Globalization and its Discontents (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as social-development)
avg rating 3.87 — 8,219 ratings — published 2002
دولة الرعاية الاجتماعية في القرن العشرين: تجارب الأمم المتقدمة في تكريم الإنسان (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as social-development)
avg rating 2.50 — 2 ratings — published
اقتصاد يغدق فقراً (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as social-development)
avg rating 3.56 — 39 ratings — published
The State of Social Welfare: The Twentieth Century in Cross-National Review (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as social-development)
avg rating 2.67 — 3 ratings — published 2002
Shift: Managing Your Emotions—So They Don't Manage You (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as social-development)
avg rating 3.84 — 3,004 ratings — published
Inspire: The Universal Path for Leading Yourself and Others – The Science-Based Guide to Visionaries, Exemplars, and Mentors Who Transform Lives (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as social-development)
avg rating 4.08 — 143 ratings — published
La ciudad de la indolencia (Spanish Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as social-development)
avg rating 5.00 — 9 ratings — published
Let's Start the Revolution: Tools for Displacing the Corporate State and Building a Country that Works for the People (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as social-development)
avg rating 3.64 — 11 ratings — published
Art as Therapy (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as social-development)
avg rating 4.08 — 4,650 ratings — published 2013
Dying of Whiteness: How the Politics of Racial Resentment Is Killing America's Heartland (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as social-development)
avg rating 4.11 — 7,347 ratings — published 2019
The Politics and Government of New Zealand: Robust, Innovative and Challenged (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as social-development)
avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 2004
The Intersectional Environmentalist: How to Dismantle Systems of Oppression to Protect People + Planet (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as social-development)
avg rating 4.13 — 3,139 ratings — published 2022
Jumping Sundays: The Rise and Fall of the Counterculture in Aotearoa New Zealand (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as social-development)
avg rating 4.25 — 40 ratings — published 2022
Tutira Mai: Making Change in Aotearoa New Zealand (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as social-development)
avg rating 1.50 — 2 ratings — published
Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as social-development)
avg rating 4.32 — 1,336,044 ratings — published 2018
The Conquest of Bread (Working Classics)
by (shelved 1 time as social-development)
avg rating 4.06 — 10,002 ratings — published 1892
Simulacra and Simulation (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as social-development)
avg rating 4.00 — 16,875 ratings — published 1981
Secret History: State Surveillance in New Zealand, 1900–1956 (1) (History of Security Intelligence in Twentieth-century New Zealand, 1)
by (shelved 1 time as social-development)
avg rating 4.00 — 3 ratings — published
Community Development - Insights for Practice in Aotearoa New Zealand (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as social-development)
avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published
Humankind: A Hopeful History (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as social-development)
avg rating 4.32 — 81,696 ratings — published 2019
“Need Teachers Not Cops (The Sonnet)
The world needs less cops and more teachers,
While cops enforce law, teachers instill accountability.
Thus law enforcement only produces an illusion of order,
It's the teachers who can create a crime-free society.
If students are the future, teachers are future maker,
So be civilized and focus on lifting teachers and students.
Government of baboons invests in police 'n defense contracts,
While a truly civilized government invests in education.
Arm the teachers with books and students with sustenance,
Then watch them accomplish the impossible future,
A future of true lasting order, reform and harmony,
Which a billion police cannot achieve in a billion years.
Society that empowers teachers empowers peace.
Society that empowers police empowers malice.”
― Himalayan Sonneteer: 100 Sonnets of Unsubmission
The world needs less cops and more teachers,
While cops enforce law, teachers instill accountability.
Thus law enforcement only produces an illusion of order,
It's the teachers who can create a crime-free society.
If students are the future, teachers are future maker,
So be civilized and focus on lifting teachers and students.
Government of baboons invests in police 'n defense contracts,
While a truly civilized government invests in education.
Arm the teachers with books and students with sustenance,
Then watch them accomplish the impossible future,
A future of true lasting order, reform and harmony,
Which a billion police cannot achieve in a billion years.
Society that empowers teachers empowers peace.
Society that empowers police empowers malice.”
― Himalayan Sonneteer: 100 Sonnets of Unsubmission
“Language and ideology are not the same thing. Sociology is a language, socialism is an ideology - economics is a language, capitalism is an ideology. Language is an act of communication, ideology is an act of miscommunication. Focus on the language, not the ideology. Because no matter how perfect an ideology appears to be, sooner or later all ideology gets corrupt, particularly because ideology thrives on rigidity - whereas all languages evolve with time at a simple, natural, and almost seamless pace, with no reliance on allegiance and popularity.”
― Insan Himalayanoğlu: It's Time to Defect
― Insan Himalayanoğlu: It's Time to Defect
