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Enemy Feminisms: Terfs, Policewomen, and Girlbosses Against Liberation - Hardcover

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by Sophie Lewis (Author)From the author of Abolish the Family, an unflinching tour of two hundred years of enemy feminisms, making the case instead for the bold, liberatory feminist politics we need. In recent years, "white feminism" and girlboss feminism have taken a justified beating. We know that leaning in won't make our jobs any more tolerable and that white women have proven to be, at best, unreliable allies. But in a time of rising fascism, ceaseless attacks on reproductive justice, a...

An Introduction to the Math of Voting Methods - Paperback

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by Brendan W. Sullivan (Author)Some modern political discussions are focused on electoral reform and the mechanics of democracy. For instance, Maine and Alaska recently adopted new procedures for statewide elections that involve Ranked Choice Voting, while a similar ballot measure in Massachusetts was only narrowly defeated. Meanwhile, countries all over the world use other voting methods with runoffs or scores. It's important for people to be aware of how different voting methods work in pra...

Not Accountable: Rethinking the Constitutionality of Public Employee Unions - Hardcover

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by Philip K. Howard (Author), Mitch Daniels (Foreword by)"Elected leaders come and go, but public unions just say no." Hiding in plain sight is a fatal defect of modern democracy. Public employee unions have a death grip on the operating machinery of government. Schools can't work, bad cops can't be fired, and politicians sell their souls for union support. With this searing five-point indictment, Philip K. Howard argues that union controls have disempowered elected executives and should be u...

Massacre in the Clouds: An American Atrocity and the Erasure of History - Hardcover

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by Kim A. Wagner (Author)In this "forensic, unflinching, devastating work of historical recovery" (Sathnam Sanghera), Bud Dajo--an American atrocity bigger than Wounded Knee or My Lai, yet today largely forgotten--is revealed, thanks to the rediscovery of a single photograph. In March 1906, American soldiers on the island of Jolo in the southern Philippines surrounded and killed 1000 local men, women, and children, known as Moros, on top of an extinct volcano. The so-called 'Battle of Bud Da...

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by Randall Woodfin (Author), Edward T. Bowser (Author)Today's Birmingham--led by Mayor Randall Woodfin--is a phoenix rising from the ashes of systemic racism and white flight. This first Southern city to pluck the feathers off Jim Crow, where peaceful protesters endured attacks by police dogs, where high-pressure water hoses tore at the flesh of men and women marching for their rights, and where children locked arms and sang "We Shall Overcome," is a living, breathing redemption story. In S...

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by Paul Auster (Author)An intimate and powerful rumination on American gun violence by Paul Auster, one of our greatest living writers and "genuine American original" (The Boston Globe), in an unforgettable collaboration with photographer Spencer OstranderLike most American boys of his generation, Paul Auster grew up playing with toy six-shooters and mimicking the gun-slinging cowboys in B Westerns. A skilled marksman by the age of ten, he also lived through the traumatic aftermath of the mur...

How to Talk to Your Son about Fascism - Paperback

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by Craig A. Johnson (Author)How to Talk to Your Son about Fascism is a practical guide for parents, carers, and others with young men in their lives on how to talk with those young men about fascism and the right-wing, which specifically and particularly preys on them for recruitment.Its central goal is to present research, history, and analysis about how and why the right-wing recruits young men to parents, educators, and anyone with a young person in their lives. The book covers the history...

Some People Need Killing: A Memoir of Murder in My Country - Paperback

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by Patricia Evangelista (Author)TIME'S #1 NONFICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR - A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW TOP 10 BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR "Patricia Evangelista's searing account is not only the definitive chronicle of a reign of terror in the Philippines, but a warning to the rest of the world about the true dangers of despotism--its nightmarish consequences and its terrible human cost."--Patrick Radden Keefe, New York Times bestselling author of Empire of Pain "Tragic, elegant, vital . . . Evangeli...

Same River, Twice: Putin's War on Women - Paperback

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by Sofi Oksanen (Author)"In Same River, Twice, one of Europe's leading novelists uses her personal experience to shed light on the personal experiences of others: ordinary women trapped in the crossfire of a great geopolitical game." --Benjamin Moser, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Sontag: Her Life and Work"It's one of those books that can truly change a reader's life. . . . A powerful, unforgettable read." --Andrey Kurkov, award-winning author of Grey Bees and The Silver BoneBlending the j...

Death Is Our Business: Russian Mercenaries and the New Era of Private Warfare - Hardcover

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by John Lechner (Author)"Extraordinary."-CHRIS MILLER, author of Chip War "Incredible."-ANNIE JACOBSEN, author of Nuclear War, via X From John Lechner, "an amazingly bold reporter" (Adam Hochschild), the shocking inside story of how the Wagner Group made private military companies inextricable from Russia's anti-Western foreign strategy. In 2014, a well-trained, mysterious band of mercenaries arrived in Ukraine, part of Russia's first attempt to claim the country as its own. Upon ceasefire,...

The Crossing: El Paso, the Southwest, and America's Forgotten Origin Story - Hardcover

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by Richard Parker (Author)A radical work of history that re-centers the American story around El Paso, Texas, gateway between north and south, center of indigenous power and resistance, locus of European colonization of North America, centuries-long hub of immigration, and underappreciated modern blueprint for a changing United States.American history is almost always told from East to West. Yet a closer look at the past reveals the country's start began not in the East, but in the West--at a...

Spell Freedom: The Underground Schools That Built the Civil Rights Movement - Hardcover

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by Elaine Weiss (Author)The acclaimed author of the "stirring, definitive, and engrossing" (NPR) The Woman's Hour returns with the story of four activists whose audacious plan to restore voting rights to Black Americans laid the groundwork for the Civil Rights Movement. In the summer of 1954, educator Septima Clark and small businessman Esau Jenkins travelled to rural Tennessee's Highlander Folk School, an interracial training center for social change founded by Myles Horton, a white souther...

Seven Social Movements That Changed America - Hardcover

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by Linda Gordon (Author)How do social movements arise, wield power, and bring about meaningful change? Renowned scholar Linda Gordon investigates these and other salient questions in this "visionary, cautionary, timely, and utterly necessary book" (Nicole Eustace), narrating how some of America's most influential twentieth-century social movements transformed the nation. Beginning with the turn-of-the century settlement house movement, the book compares Chicago's celebrated Hull-House, begun ...

Going to Extremes: How Like Minds Unite and Divide - Paperback

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by Cass R. Sunstein (Author)Why do people become extremists? What makes people become so dismissive of opposing views? Why is political and cultural polarization so pervasive in America? In Going to Extremes, renowned legal scholar and best-selling author Cass R. Sunstein offers startling insights into why and when people gravitate toward extremism. Sunstein marshals a wealth of evidence that shows that when like-minded people gather in groups, they tend to become more extreme in their views ...

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by David Kilcullen (Author)David Kilcullen is one of the world's most influential experts on counterinsurgency and modern warfare, a ground-breaking theorist whose ideas "are revolutionizing military thinking throughout the west" (Washington Post). Indeed, his vision of modern warfare powerfully influenced the United States' decision to rethink its military strategy in Iraq and implement "the Surge," now recognized as a dramatic success. In Counterinsurgency, Kilcullen brings together his mos...

Migration in Political Theory: The Ethics of Movement and Membership - Paperback

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by Sarah Fine (Editor), Lea Ypi (Editor)Written by an international team of leading political and legal theory scholars whose writings have contributed to shaping the field, Migration in Political Theory presents seminal new work on the ethics of movement and membership. The volume addresses challenging and under-researched themes on the subject of migration. It debates the question of whether we ought to recognize a human right to immigrate, and whether it might be legitimate to restrict em...

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by Serge Smith (Author), William Michael (Author)"You never really retire from a life of counterterrorism, international counterfeit rings, and haute cuisine," says Serge Smith. Born in Italy shortly before the start of WW2 to a Russian-Jewish mother, Serge spoke Russian at home, Italia on the streets, and learned German at school. Later, he learned French and English. That set him up for a double life: as a private security consultant and an intelligence asset for select countries around the...

The Other One Percent: Indians in America - Paperback

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by Sanjoy Chakravorty (Author), Devesh Kapur (Author), Nirvikar Singh (Author)One of the most remarkable stories of immigration in the last half century is that of Indians to the United States. People of Indian origin make up a little over one percent of the American population now, up from barely half a percent at the turn of the millennium. Complete with a new epilogue, the paperback edition of The Other One Percent is a careful, data-driven, and comprehensive account of the three core proc...

Cyberpower and National Security - Paperback

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by Franklin Kramer (Editor), Stuart H. Starr (Editor), Larry Wentz (Editor)The cyber domain is undergoing extraordinary changes that present both exceptional opportunities to and major challenges for users of cyberspace. The challenges arise from the malevolent actors who use cyberspace and the many security vulnerabilities that plague this sphere. Exploiting opportunities and overcoming challenges will require a balanced body of knowledge on the cyber domain. Cyberpower and National Security...

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by A. H. M. Jones (Author)Was ancient Athens the "cradle of democracy" or, as many have charged, a society based on slave labor and ruled by an irresponsible mob of idlers who would neither fight nor pay taxes? In this classic work, one of the twentieth century's most distinguished ancient historians provides a succinct and elegant appraisal of Athenian democracy's merits and short-coming.Relying almost exclusively on close and careful analysis of primary sources, A. H. M. Jones examines the ...

Imagining Philadelphia: Edmund Bacon and the Future of the City - Paperback

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by Scott Gabriel Knowles (Editor)When Philadelphia's iconoclastic city planner Edmund N. Bacon looked into his crystal ball in 1959, he saw a remarkable vision: "Philadelphia as an unmatched expression of the vitality of American technology and culture." In that year Bacon penned an essay for Greater Philadelphia Magazine, originally entitled "Philadelphia in the Year 2009," in which he imagined a city remade, modernized in time to host the 1976 Philadelphia World's Fair and Bicentennial cele...

The Gospel According to Malfew Seklew: and Other Writings By and About Sirfessor Wilkesbarre - Paperback

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by Trevor Blake (Introduction by), Kevin I. Slaughter (Editor), Josh Latta (Illustrator)There is only one Malfew Seklew and Sirfessor Wilkesbarre is His Prophet. The polemical writings by and about Sirfessor Wilkesbarre: a Chicago Radical, Social Aristocrat and Egoist Superman of the early 20th Century. Companion of Ragnar Redbeard, frequenter of the Dil Pickle Club, and a man too magnificent for one moniker. Fred Wilkes (1864 - 1930) traversed in the mind through Socialism into a Sardonic Ni...

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by Justinus Andreas Christian Kerner (Author), Catherine Crowe (Translator)Friederike Hauffe (1801-1829) suffered throughout her short lifetime from severe spasms and nervous fevers, and in her semi-conscious state she allegedly saw spectres and spoke and wrote predictions in an unknown, 'innate' language. When physically well, Hauffe could communicate with spectres of the dead, and created a complex diagram of circles to explain the nervous energy of a person and its changes throughout the y...

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by Peter J. Katzenstein (Editor), Lucia A. Seybert (Editor)Mainstream international relations continues to assume that the world is governed by calculable risk based on estimates of power. This ground-breaking work departs from existing definitions of power that focus on actors' evolving ability to exercise control in situations of calculable risk. Instead, it introduces the concept of 'protean power', which focuses on actors' agility as they adapt to situations of uncertainty. Twelve real wo...

Community Civics And Rural Life - Paperback

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by Arthur W. Dunn (Author)Community Civics and Rural Life is a comprehensive book written by Arthur W. Dunn that provides an in-depth analysis of the principles of community civics and rural life. The book covers a wide range of topics related to community development, including the role of government, community organization, and citizen participation. It also delves into the challenges and opportunities facing rural communities, such as agriculture, education, and social welfare.The book is ...

Knowledge and Abilities Catalog for Nuclear Power Plant Operators: Westinghouse Ap1000 Pressurized-Water Reactors: Nureg-2103 - Paperback

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by Nrc Staff United States Nuclear Regulat (Created by)The Knowledge and Abilities Catalog for Nuclear Power Plant Operators: Westinghouse AP1000 Pressurized-Water Reactors (NUREG-2103, Revision 0) provides the basis for the development of content-valid licensing examinations for reactor operators (ROs) and senior reactor operators (SROs). The examinations developed using this Catalog along with the Operator Licensing Examination Standards for Power Reactors (NUREG-1021) will sample the topic...

Trotskyism: Counter Revolution In Disguise - Hardcover

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by M. J. Olgin (Author)Trotskyism: Counter Revolution In Disguise is a non-fiction book written by M. J. Olgin. The book explores the history and ideology of Trotskyism, a political movement that emerged from the Russian Revolution of 1917 and was led by Leon Trotsky. Olgin argues that Trotskyism is a form of counter-revolution disguised as a revolutionary movement. He presents a critical analysis of Trotsky's ideas, including his concept of permanent revolution and his belief in the necessit...

Politics And Vision: Continuity And Innovation In Western Political Thought - Hardcover

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by Sheldon S. Wolin (Author)""Politics and Vision: Continuity and Innovation in Western Political Thought"" by Sheldon S. Wolin is a comprehensive exploration of the evolution of political thought in the Western world. The book examines the historical context and philosophical ideas that have shaped political theory over time, from ancient Greece to modern times. Wolin argues that political theory has always been a product of its time, shaped by the historical and social conditions of the era...

Tax-Exempt Organizations: Collecting More Data on Donor-Advised Funds and Supporting Organizations Could Help Address Compliance Challenges: Gao - Paperback

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by U. S. Government Accountability Office ( (Created by)The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) is an independent agency that works for Congress. The GAO watches over Congress, and investigates how the federal government spends taxpayers dollars. The Comptroller General of the United States is the leader of the GAO, and is appointed to a 15-year term by the U.S. President. The GAO wants to support Congress, while at the same time doing right by the citizens of the United States. They ...

Critical Analysis of the German Cavalry Operations in the Lodz Campaign to Include the Breakthrough at Brzeziny with Particular Reference to the I Cav - Paperback

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by Ernest N. Harmon (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 was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public...

The Erosion of Civilian Control of the Military in the United States Today - Scholar's Choice Edition - Paperback

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by Richard H. Kohn (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 was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public ...

Power, Terror, Peace, and War: America's Grand Strategy in a World at Risk - Paperback

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by Walter Russell Mead (Author)International affairs expert and award-winning author of Special Providence Walter Russell Mead here offers a remarkably clear-eyed account of American foreign policy and the challenges it faces post--September 11.Starting with what America represents to the world community, Mead argues that throughout its history it has been guided by a coherent set of foreign policy objectives. He places the record of the Bush administration in the context of America's histori...