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The Birth of the Bill of Rights, 1776-1791 - Paperback

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Report copyright infringementby Robert Allen 1922- Rutland (Author)This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is...

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by David McLellan (Editor)This selection from the major writings of the most influential Marxist thinkers provides easy and direct access to the sources of the 20th century's most important ideology. Those who are baffled by the ramifications of Marxism will find here the major statements of classical and contemporary Marxist theory from Marx himself, through Engels, Lenin, Trotsky, and Stalin to Mao, Marcuse, Guevara, and Cabral. Together these texts give us a comprehensive view both of the ...

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by Kenneth Conboy (Author), James Morrison (Author)Defiance against Chinese oppression has been a defining characteristic of Tibetan life for more than four decades, symbolized most visibly by the much revered Dalai Lama. But the story of Tibetan resistance weaves a far richer tapestry than anyone might have imagined. Kenneth Conboy and James Morrison reveal how America's Central Intelligence Agency encouraged Tibet's revolt against China--and eventually came to control its fledgling resistan...

This Nonviolent Stuff'll Get You Killed: How Guns Made the Civil Rights Movement Possible - Paperback

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by Charles E. Cobb (Author)Visiting Martin Luther King Jr. during the Montgomery, Alabama, bus boycott, journalist William Worthy almost sat on a loaded pistol. "Just for self-defense," King assured him. It was not the only weapon King kept for such a purpose; one of his advisors remembered the reverend's Montgomery, Alabama, home as "an arsenal." Like King, many ostensibly "nonviolent" civil rights activists embraced their constitutional right to self-protection--yet this crucial dimension o...

E.D. Nixon: The Unsung Father of the Montgomery Bus Boycott - Paperback

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by Michael Escoffery (Illustrator), Michael Eaddy (Author)Before Dr. Martin Luther King, E.D. Nixon was the principal black leader in Montgomery, Alabama. He helped sparked the Civil Rights Movement and bailed imprisoned civil rights icon, Rosa Parks out of jail. Mr. Nixon's contributions in civil rights, voter registration, leadership, and social justice was paramount in the success of the Montgomery Bus Boycott and advancing the civil rights movement. A true story about the man behind the m...

U.S. Militarism, Corporate Interests and World War III: The Pentagon and CIA: Soldiers of the Corporatocracy - Paperback

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by Charles Johnston (Author)Flanked on the east and west by the world's two largest oceans, the United States has needed little more for its territorial defense. Nonetheless, the U.S. military had early expanded far beyond what was needed to insure security from external threats. Concomitant with the rapid growth of U.S. industry the military forcefully facilitated commercial agreements and resource capture in distant locations during the 1800s. The annexation of Hawaii was achieved through r...

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by United States Congress House of Represen (Created by)The BiblioGov Project is an effort to expand awareness of the public documents and records of the U.S. Government via print publications. In broadening the public understanding of government and its work, an enlightened democracy can grow and prosper. Ranging from historic Congressional Bills to the most recent Budget of the United States Government, the BiblioGov Project spans a wealth of government information. These works are now made...

Newsom Unleashed: The Progressive Lust for Unbridled Power - Paperback

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by Ellie Gardey Holmes (Author), Newt Gingrich (Foreword by)Journalist Ellie Gardey Holmes is about to unmask the real Gavin Newsom.Gavin Newsom has been a force in California politics since the 1990s, having acquired power through the machinations of his family and friends. As mayor of San Francisco, his Hollywood mystique and historic progressive policies meant that he could do no wrong-even when he was caught having an affair with his secretary, who also happened to be his friend's wife. E...

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by Smedley D. Butler (Author)2024 Reprint of the 1935 Edition. Full facsimile of the original edition and not reproduced with Optical Recognition software. Butler was a retired United States Marine Corps Major General and two-time Medal of Honor recipient. Based on his career military experience, Butler discusses how business interests commercially benefit from warfare. After Butler retired from the US Marine Corps in October 1931, he made a nationwide tour in the early 1930s giving his speec...

The Private Investigator Handbook: The Do-It-Yourself Guide to Protect Yourself, Get Justice, or Get Even - Paperback

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by Chuck Chambers (Author)Chuck Chambers has seen it all in his 22 years as a P.I., working thousands of cases. His hands-on experience and hard-nosed detective work has made him one of the most sought-after private investigators in the business.Here, Chambers shares his insider expertise, with true case histories from his files, tricks of the trade, and step-by-step advice to help readers be able to: - Catch a cheating spouse- Uncover hidden assets, monetary malfeasance, and fraud- Tail and ...

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by Chong-Un Ch'oe (Author), Choi Jung-Woon (Author), Jung-Woon Choi (Author)The book explores the implications of the democratic movement that took place in Gwangju, a southwestern city of Korea, in May 1980 when military paratroopers brutally crushed a group of protesters who demonstrated against General Chun Doo-hwan, who was about to become the country's president. Because of the event now known as the Gwangju Uprising, 191 people perished and 852 were wounded. In The Gwangju Uprising, Cho...

Historical Documents of the P.L.O.: A Collection for Critical Organizational Study - Paperback

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by Henry Hakam?ki (Foreword by), Adnan Husain (Foreword by), Breht O'Shea (Foreword by) Number of Pages: 274 Dimensions: 0.62 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN Publication Date: June 26, 2024

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Report copyright infringementby Stan Turesky (Author)Imagine, like Peyton Fox, you grow up in a family with longstanding ties to the Navy. You have mixed views of continuing the family legacy and going to the Naval Academy. Academically, athletically, and in leadership, you earn honors. Your decade of meritorious service as an officer and a SEAL ends with a letter of resignation, followed by a letter of hope that a high school sweetheart is available and interested in getting reacquainted, an...

Finding Reagan: A Gen Z's Treatise for Looking Back in Order to Go Forward

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Report copyright infringementby Kent Strobl (Author)There are many Ronald Reagan biographies and novels pertaining to the life and administration of the former president. However, there are very few, if any, that look at a handful of his positions and policies while relating them to the year 2024, almost four decades since former President Reagan was in office. Just like how Reagan himself would do while in office, analogies will be made that includes the positions, actions, and wisdom of oth...

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Report copyright infringementby Wilfred Burchett (Author)An Australian journalist, the first westerner to enter Hiroshima after the nuclear bomb was dropped, recounts his impressions of the decimated city and the treatment of the survivors 'I Write This As A Warning To The World' This headline in the London Daily Express on 5 September 1945 was the first cry of alarm that the age of threatening nuclear catastrophe had dawned. Wilfred Burchett, who became the most famous radical journalist of ...

Blindfold: A Memoir of Capture, Torture, and Enlightenment

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Report copyright infringementby Theo Padnos (Author)An award-winning journalist's extraordinary account of being kidnapped and tortured in Syria by al Qaeda for two years--a revelatory memoir about war, human nature, and endurance that's "the best of the genre, profound, poetic, and sorrowful" (The Atlantic). In 2012, American journalist Theo Padnos, fluent in Arabic, Russian, German, and French, traveled to a Turkish border town to write and report on the Syrian civil war. One afternoon in O...

The Language of Evil: How Dictators Manipulate the Masses and Wield Power Through Words

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Report copyright infringementby Guy Doza (Author)To kill democracy, control the masses and destroy entire nations, dictators have always used the same secret weapon: the unmatched power of the spoken word. In this captivating history of language and power, speechwriter Guy Doza sets out how dictators have seized and maintained control of states through their mastery of oratory.He shows how, despite their fearsome reputation, strongmen such as Julius Caesar, Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini w...

Mosley's Blackshirts: The Inside Story of the British Union of Fascists 1932-1940

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Report copyright infringementby Jeffrey Hamm (Compiled by)Sir Oswald Mosley came upon the political scene like a meteor. A hero of World War One, he was the youngest MP elected to the British Parliament at age 22. When the Labour Government refused to tackle the problem of unemployment he resigned from office. On 1st Oct, 1932 he founded the British Union of Fascists.Fascism was the new creed which constituted a Third Position, rejecting both the greed of capitalism and the class warfare of s...

Andrew J. Poppleton: FIGHTER for Omaha City, the Union Pacific Railroad, and Chief Standing Bear

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Report copyright infringementby Lawrence A. Dwyer (Author)ANDREW J. POPPLETON: FIGHTER for Omaha City, the Union Pacific Railroad, and Chief Standing BearDiscover the incredible life of Andrew J. Poppleton and how he shaped Omaha's first fifty years. This biography will inspire and amaze you with its tales of perseverance, courage, and determination.* Explore the early days of Omaha through the eyes of A. J. Poppleton* Experience the challenges and triumphs of settling a new city* Learn about...

Truth to Tell: Tell It Early, Tell It All, Tell It Yourself: Notes from My White House Education

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Report copyright infringementby Lanny J. Davis (Author)On a November afternoon in 1996, Lanny Davis got a phone call that would change his life. It was from a top aide at the White House, asking him if he was interested in joining the president's senior staff. Within a few short weeks he had signed on as special counsel to the president. Fourteen months later, his tour of duty almost over, he got another phone call, this time from a Washington Post reporter who asked, "Have you ever heard the...

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Report copyright infringementby Randolph Lancaster (Author)Synopsis: I've been trying to convince people that the justice system is corrupt for what feels like my whole life. And with all that's been going on lately, people are actually starting to believe me! This book combines some of the personal experiences that made an impression on me throughout my life with some of the news and political stories that helped me understand the larger problems our country faced. From Chappaquiddick to Rub...

Strategic Imagination: Essays in Honour of Brendan Sargeant

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Report copyright infringementby Andrew Carr (Editor)This book examines the concept of 'strategic imagination' developed by Brendan Sargeant during his distinguished career at the Australian Department of Defence and later as a scholar at the Strategic and Defence Studies Centre (SDSC), The Australian National University. His tragic passing has left this powerful idea awaiting a proper examination. This volume seeks to provide that scholarly account and carry both the concept and Brendan's leg...

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Report copyright infringementby Pauline Campbell (Author), Trevor D. Sterling (Foreword by)Lawyers often face criticism from politicians when they give inconvenient advice. The term "lefty lawyer" developed to disparage for example, those defending human rights and demanding democratic accountability. Lefty Lawyer is Pauline Campbell's response on behalf of all those seeking due process or simply to uphold the Rule of Law.Dubbed not A-Level material at school, the author became an award-winni...

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Report copyright infringementby Nan Britton (Author)"The President's Daughter" recounts a scandalous chapter in American history, detailing Nan Britton's explosive claim of an affair with President Warren G. Harding and the subsequent birth of their daughter. This controversial tell-all ignited a firestorm in the 1920s, exposing the hidden side of power and politics in the United States. Britton's account offers a rare and intimate glimpse into a relationship shrouded in secrecy and its far-r...

H R C: State Secrets and the Rebirth of Hillary Clinton

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Report copyright infringementby Jonathan Allen (Author), Amie Parnes (Author)The mesmerizing story of Hillary Clinton's political rebirth, based on eyewitness accounts from deep inside her inner circle and featuring a new introduction from the authorsHillary Clinton's surprising defeat in the 2008 Democratic primary brought her to the nadir of her political career, vanquished by a much younger opponent whose message of change and cutting-edge tech team ran circles around her stodgy campaign. ...

The Squad: Aoc and the Hope of a Political Revolution

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Report copyright infringementby Ryan Grim (Author)Semafor's Best Political Book of 2023 A riveting insider account of the progressive movement in Congress centering A.O.C., Rashida Tlaib, Jamaal Bowman, Cori Bush, Ayanna Pressley, and Ilhan Omar--their rise, their efforts to set an ambitious agenda for the country, and their struggle to find their footing within the Democratic party. The Squad is the definitive, must-read book about the most exciting figures defining our new era. The story is...

AD & ML King Two Brothers Who Dared To Dream: Gratitude & Respect

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Report copyright infringementby Prof Babs Onabanjo (Author), Dr Naomi Ruth Barber King (Author)After nearly half a century; after their deaths, the lifelong saga of the relationship between MLK and his cherished brother AD king comes to light. They were sons, they were brothers. They were husbands. They were fathers. They were leaders. They played together, they preached together, they marched together, they dreamed together. They cried together, they prayed together. And they rejoiced togeth...

Melania Trump Unofficial Memoir: A Must-Read Political Biography of 2025

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Report copyright infringementby Carolina Spencer (Author)Explore the life of one of the most intriguing First Ladies in modern history with Melania Trump Biography: The 2024 Memoir. This compelling political biography provides an in-depth look at Melania's journey-from her humble beginnings in Slovenia to her role on the world stage as the wife of the 45th U.S. President. Uncover the challenges, resilience, and quiet influence that shaped her time in the White House. Now a best-seller on Kind...

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Report copyright infringementby Jeffrey Puryear (Author)Before I Forget outlines one person's journey from growing up rural to helping some of Latin America's top academic and political leaders make the world a better place-and the lessons he learned. It documents what made that possible: a warm but demanding family, a land-grant university, the Peace Corps, the University of Chicago and the Ford Foundation. It draws lessons about giving away millions, promoting democracy, falling in love, de...

Samuel T. Francis and Revolution from the Middle

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Report copyright infringementby Joseph Scotchie (Author)IN THE LAST THIRD of the 20th century, Samuel T. Francis became well-known as a learned and blunt political commentator in his columns, newsletters, and books. In a persistent and multi-faceted analysis, Francis described the U.S. elite (including both parties) as indifferent or hostile to the great American middle class. The elite's policies in economics, culture, and endless wars, disregarded both the beliefs and the interests of the p...

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Report copyright infringementby Amit Prakash Sharma (Author)Modi's India: Vision, Transformation, and the Road Ahead Explore the dynamic era of Narendra Modi in "Modi's India: Vision, Transformation, and the Road Ahead, " a detailed narrative that delves into India's evolution under one of its most influential leaders. This book offers an unbiased examination of Modi's tenure, combining economic reforms, technological advancements, and socio-political changes. Witness a nation navigating mode...

Victoria & Abdul (Movie Tie-in): The True Story of the Queen's Closest Confidant

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Report copyright infringementby Shrabani Basu (Author)Now a Major Motion Picture starring Dame Judi Dench from director Stephen Frears. History's most unlikely friendship--this is the astonishing story of Queen Victoria and her dearest companion, the young Indian Munshi Abdul Karim. In the twilight years of her reign, after the devastating deaths of her two great loves--Prince Albert and John Brown--Queen Victoria meets tall and handsome Abdul Karim, a humble servant from Agra waiting tables ...