Most Popular Books by James Robinson

NEW YORK TIMES AND WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER • From two winners of the 2024 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences, “who have demonstrated the importance of societal institutions for a country’s prosperity” “A wildly ambitious work that hopscotches through history and around the world to answer the very big question of why some countries get rich and others don’t.”—The New York Times FINALIST: Financial Times and Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award • ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The Washington Post, Financial Times, The Economist, BusinessWeek, Bloomberg, The Christian Science Monitor, The Plain Dealer Why are some nations rich and others poor, divided by wealth and poverty, health and sickness, food and famine? Is it culture, the weather, or geography that determines prosperity or poverty? As Why Nations Fail shows, none of these factors is either definitive or destiny. Drawing on fifteen years of original research, Daron Acemoglu and James Robinson conclusively show that it is our man-made political and economic institutions that underlie economic success (or the lack of it). Korea, to take just one example, is a remarkably homogenous nation, yet the people of North Korea are among the poorest on earth while their brothers and sisters in South Korea are among the richest. The differences between the Koreas is due to the politics that created those two different institutional trajectories. Acemoglu and Robinson marshal extraordinary historical evidence from the Roman Empire, the Mayan city-states, the Soviet Union, the United States, and Africa to build a new theory of political economy with great relevance for the big questions of today, among them: • Will China’s economy continue to grow at such a high speed and ultimately overwhelm the West? • Are America’s best days behind it? Are we creating a vicious cycle that enriches and empowers a small minority? “This book will change the way people think about the wealth and poverty of nations . . . as ambitious as Jared Diamond’s Guns, Germs, and Steel.”—BusinessWeek

Superman is on trial for his life. The crime: TREASON! The punishment: DEATH! But is this a challenge Kal-El can even hope to triumph over when the man pulling all the strings is General Zod? A tale of heroism, evil and base betrayalâu0080u0094on the strange world of New Krypton.

The British Museum has one of the world''s finest collections of antiquities from medieval Europe. This magnificent book investigat es 150 of the most important works of art, including the most famous such as the Lewis chessmen, the Borradaile triptych, the St Eustace head reliquary, the Royal Gold Cup, the Royal Gittern and medieval court art from the palaces of Westminster and Clarendon. This book puts these remarkable treasures into a historical context by exploring themes including dynastic art (royal and aristocratic patronage), sacred art (devotion, venerati on and pilgrimage) and the art of pleasure (love, leisure and feasting). The range and scope of the British Museum''s marvellous collections combined with the British Library''s manuscripts provides a stunning overview of the artistic production of this critical period in Western history.

Part 3 of the 4-part ''Lightning & Stars'' crossover! It''s the battle of Jack''s life when he goes up against Captain Marvel. Possibly the most action-packed issue of Starman ever, this battle promises to be a doozy! Concludes in THE POWER OF SHAZAM! #36.

Eclipso Rising'' part 1! The dark energies that have surrounded Earth are harnessed once more to usher in the great Lord of Darkness, Eclipso! And it looks like the corruption of all mankind starts with the members of the Justice League!

The Dark Things'' part 3, continued from JUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICA #41. The powerful Starheart empowering Green Lantern Alan Scott is out of control and unleashing its chaotic energy across Earth. What has lured the Starheart here and what familiar threat must the World''s Greatest Heroes stop? Continued in JUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICA #42.

In revolution-torn Paris, with the air literally smelling of blood, Isadore Hibbert leads her comrades Maude and Miro to La Grande Prison. As she nears the goal of the mission to which she has devoted her life, Isadore may have to choose between freeing her lover and freeing herself.

Collects Fantastic Four #6-10.

History, in the broadest sense of the word, is all that we know about everything that man has ever done, or thought, or hoped, or felt. It is the limitless science of past human affairs, a subject immeasurably vast and important but exceedingly vague. The historian may busy himself deciphering hieroglyphics on an Egyptian obelisk, describing a mediæval monastery, enumerating the Mongol emperors of Hindustan or the battles of Napoleon. He may explain how the Roman Empire was conquered by the German barbarians, or why the United States and Spain came to blows in 1898, or what Calvin thought of Luther, or what a French peasant had to eat in the eighteenth century. We can know something of each of these matters if we choose to examine the evidence which still exists; they all help to make up history.

Collects Squadron Supreme (2015) #6-9. As the Squadron closes in on a cabal of alien races u0097 and discovers what threat they pose to the planet u0097 life gets in the way! Things get personal for Doctor Spectrum as she confronts the man who helped destroy her Earth: Black Bolt! Meanwhile, Nighthawk is targeted by his Marvel Universe namesake! But the biggest distraction of all is the return of their treacherous ex-teammate Warrior Woman. Prepare to learn her full story u0097 and that of the Power Princess whose identity she stole.

There''s a place so dangerous that it''s walled off from the rest of Battleworld. A place where wild zombies feast on those who''ve been banished for crimes against the state - where cold, mechanical Ultrons destroy anything human. But as war rages between Ultron''s robotic horde and the zombie masses, a small pocket of humanity must defend itself from both sides. Can Salvation - an oasis run by Jim Hammond, the Vision and Wonder Man - protect what little humanity resides in the "Dead Zone"? And how will the Hank Pym of 1872 react when banished to this hellish landscape? Ultron is on the verge of a breakthrough that will shake the foundations of Battleworld - but whoever wins, we lose...unless Hank Pym can deliver us from evil!