John Wood

Long-sighted, radical and provocative, this book offers a foundational framework of concepts, principles and methods (exemplified with selected tools) to enable metadesigners to manage and reinvent their practices. Meer

The Federal Reserve System, which has been Congress’s agent for the control of money since 1913, has a mixed reputation. Its errors have been huge. Meer

Food aid has played a key role in responding to the extreme poverty and disasters afflicting millions of people in the developing world. It is at the centre of much political discussion, both nationally and internationally, and there have been notable successes, yet there is doubt and criticism about the appropriateness of food aid, and confusion about the deep-rooted problems which perpetuate these calamities. Meer

North Carolina Trivia is full of fascinating and often humorous stories of strange places, bizarre events, intriguing history and colorful characters:
- The famous Siamese Twins, Chang and Eng Bunker, lived in and are buried near Mount Airy--the town after which Andy Griffith modeled his Mayberry TV town
- George Herman Babe Ruth hit his first professional home run in a scrimmage match in Fayetteville
- It's illegal to sing off-key in the town of Nags Head
- The world's largest privately owned home, measuring 175,000 square feet, is the Biltmore Estate in Asheville--built by the famous Vanderbilt family
- The first English colony in America was located on Roanoke Island, but the inhabitants mysteriously vanished

- The state was the nation's biggest producer of gold, long before the California Gold Rush
- People from across the country meet up in Spivey's Corner and holler for all they're worth in the National Hollerin' Contest. Meer