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by Gustave Le Bon (Author)In this clear and vivid book, Gustave Le Bon throws light on the unconscious irrational workings of group thought and mass emotion as he places crowd ideology in opposition to free-thinking and independent minded individuals.The ideas le Bon explores in this book are extremely relevant to today's society and were of pivotal importance in the early years of group psychology.Applications include financial market behaviour and political delusions.The Sparkling Books edi...

Slow Down: The Degrowth Manifesto - Hardcover

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by Kohei Saito (Author), Brian Bergstrom (Translator)Why, in our affluent society, do so many people live in poverty, without access to health care, working multiple jobs and are nevertheless unable to make ends meet, with no future prospects, while the planet is burning? "[Slow Down] offers more than a diagnosis of the systemic problems that brought us to this moment; it lays out, in clear and well-researched language, how those problems can be thoroughly addressed . . . Slow Down Is that...

Radical Warrior: August Willich's Journey from German Revolutionary to Union General - Hardcover

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by David Dixon (Author)An estimated 200,000 men of German birth enlisted in the Union Army during the Civil War, far more than any other contemporary foreign-born population. One of these, Prussian Army officer Johann August Ernst von Willich, led a remarkable life of integrity, commitment to a cause, and interaction with leading lights of the nineteenth century. After resigning from the Prussian Army due to his republican beliefs, Willich led armed insurrections during the revolutions of 184...

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by James Williams (Author)Former Google advertising strategist, now Oxford-trained philosopher James Williams launches a plea to society and to the tech industry to help ensure that the technology we all carry with us every day does not distract us from pursuing our true goals in life. As information becomes ever more plentiful, the resource that is becoming more scarce is our attention. In this 'attention economy', we need to recognise the fundamental impacts of our new information environme...

Beyond the Wall: A History of East Germany - Paperback

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by Katja Hoyer (Author)AN INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER - From the ashes of the Second World War to the fall of the Berlin Wall, "an expansive and generous history" of East Germany (New Republic) In 1990, a country disappeared. When the Iron Curtain fell, East Germany ceased to be. For over forty years, from the ruin of the Second World War to the cusp of a new millennium, the German Democratic Republic presented a radically different Germany than what had come before and what exists today. Soci...

Labor's Partisans: Essential Writings on the Union Movement from the 1950s to Today - Hardcover

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by Nelson Lichtenstein (Editor), Samir Sonti (Editor)The top American writers on labor provide vital historical context for the current upsurge in union organizing In 1954, the American labor movement reached its historic height, with one-third of all nonagricultural workers belonging to a union--and much higher percentages in the nation's key industries. That same year, a group of writers and activists, many with close ties to organized labor, founded Dissent magazine, which quickly became t...

Last Call for Bud Light: The Fall and Future of America's Favorite Beer - Hardcover

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by Anson Frericks (Author)The astonishing inside story of how Bud Light lost its position as the most popular beer in the United States from a longtime Anheuser-Busch executive. Anson Frericks, a former president at Anheuser-Busch--formerly the home of America's most popular brewery--watched as the company unraveled at the hands of globe-trotting financiers and progressive middle management. Rather than pursue shareholder profits, Anheuser-Busch suddenly became focused on stakeholder capita...

We Hold These Truths: How to Spot the Myths That Are Holding America Back - Paperback

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by Casey Burgat (Author)"This book is the crash course in civics that America needs." --Adam Grant, #1 New York Times bestselling author of THINK AGAIN, and host of the podcast Re: Thinking "Dismantles dozens of myths about American politics in the service of rebuilding American democracy." --Daniel H. Pink, #1 New York Times bestselling author and former White House speechwriter "A bracing and often entertaining corrective to some misinformation about the way things work." --Kirkus Reviews...

How the World Really Works: The Science Behind How We Got Here and Where We're Going - Paperback

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by Vaclav Smil (Author)INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "A new masterpiece from one of my favorite authors... [How The World Really Works] is a compelling and highly readable book that leaves readers with the fundamental grounding needed to help solve the world's toughest challenges."--Bill Gates "Provocative but perceptive . . . You can agree or disagree with Smil--accept or doubt his 'just the facts' posture--but you probably shouldn't ignore him."--The Washington Post An essential analysi...

Cross Purposes: Christianity's Broken Bargain with Democracy - Hardcover

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by Jonathan Rauch (Author)Why the crisis of Christianity has become a crisis for democracy What happens to American democracy if Christianity is no longer able, or no longer willing, to perform the functions on which our constitutional order depends? In this provocative book, the award-winning journalist Jonathan Rauch--a lifelong atheist--reckons candidly with both the shortcomings of secularism and the corrosion of Christianity. Thin Christianity, as Rauch calls the mainline church, has b...

Lawless World: The Whistle-Blowing Account of How Bush and Blair Are Taking the Law into TheirO wn Hands - Paperback

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by Philippe Sands (Author)Sixty years ago, the United States and Great Britain spearheaded efforts to create a new world order based on international rules. Today these same two nations are leading the charge to abandon many of the global safeguards they once fought to establish. Crisp, impassioned, and hard-hitting, Lawless World is an exposé and an indictment of a catastrophic realignment of the laws that govern international affairs, the book that broke the stories on the "Downing Street m...

Becoming Abolitionists: Police, Protests, and the Pursuit of Freedom - Paperback

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by Derecka Purnell (Author)One of the New York Times' 6 New Paperbacks to Read Now in paperback and with new material, a 2021 Kirkus Best Book of the year in both Nonfiction and Current Events, the book Naomi Klein called: "a triumph of political imagination and a tremendous gift to all movements struggling towards liberation." For more than a century, activists in the United States have tried to reform the police. Millions of people continue to protest police violence because these "solution...

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by David Weissman (Author)Community is often invoked respectfully but without a clear referent. The word is said to be used ninety-four ways, evidence that its sense is diffuse. Community clarifies the word's principal expressions and the alternative ideological spaces-holistic and hierarchical or open and tolerant-in which communities form. Members bind in the interest of utility-jobs or schools-or because home and friendship are the focus of feeling and significance. These binders are socia...

Nameless Towns: Texas Sawmill Communities, 1880-1942 - Paperback

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by Thad Sitton (Author)Winner, T. H. Fehrenbach Award, Texas Historical Commission Sawmill communities were once the thriving centers of East Texas life. Many sprang up almost overnight in a pine forest clearing, and many disappeared just as quickly after the company "cut out" its last trees. But during their heyday, these company towns made Texas the nation's third-largest lumber producer and created a colorful way of life that lingers in the memories of the remaining former residents and th...

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by Lydia Walker (Author) Number of Pages: 302 Dimensions: 0.69 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: May 16, 2024

Democratic Tyranny and the Islamic Paradigm - Paperback

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by Aisha Abdurrahman Bewley (Author)This deeply researched and copiously referenced work on the vital subject of the rise of the modern state and its paradoxical transformation via 'democracy' into an increasingly totalitarian structure working at the behest of an oligarchy will be of great interest and use to the rising numbers of people who are rightly concerned at this alarming development. However, the author takes the work much further with the most forthright exposition of the Islamic p...

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by Norman M. Naimark (Author)Genocide occurs in every time period and on every continent. Using the 1948 U.N. definition of genocide as its departure point, this book examines the main episodes in the history of genocide from the beginning of human history to the present. Norman M. Naimark lucidly shows that genocide both changes over time, depending on the character of major historical periods, and remains the same in many of its murderous dynamics. He examines cases of genocide as distinct ...

European Security: From Ukraine to Washington - Hardcover

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by Richard Rose (Author)Exploring the ebb and flow of European security from the end of the Second World War to the present day, Richard Rose examines why security cannot be taken for granted today and what this means for the future of security in Europe. Since 1949 military security from the Black Sea to Washington's Potomac River has been guaranteed by NATO with the White House in command. He reminds us that masses of Europeans enjoyed unprecedented economic security as the European Union h...

Latin America and the Global Cold War - Paperback

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by Thomas C. Jr. Field (Editor), Stella Krepp (Editor), Vanni Pettin? (Editor)Latin America and the Global Cold War analyzes more than a dozen of Latin America's forgotten encounters with Africa, Asia, and the Communist world, and by placing the region in meaningful dialogue with the wider Global South, this volume produces the first truly global history of contemporary Latin America. It uncovers a multitude of overlapping and sometimes conflicting iterations of Third Worldist movements in La...

Clear Current: Unraveling the Water Crisis - Paperback

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by Gil D. Blutrich (Author)In "Clear Currents," Gil Blutrich takes readers on an urgent journey through the lifeblood of our civilization: water. As we confront a future where the flow of rivers and the ripple of streams are at risk, Blutrich plunges us into the heart of the global water crisis. Through a mix of captivating personal stories and rigorous research, "Clear Currents" unveils the complex relationship between humanity and H2O. Blutrich navigates the murky waters of politics, econom...

The Ocean Incubator Network Learning Toolkit - Hardcover

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by Margherita Paola Poto (Author), Laura Vita (Author)This open access book is designed to enhance ocean literacy through diverse research, educational and interdisciplinary approaches. It focuses on a number of critical themes, including: an exploration of positionality, emphasizing the importance of acknowledging one's own perspective in ocean-related research and advocacy; the nuances of trans-cross and interdisciplinarity in ocean studies, advocating for a systemic approach to understandi...

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by Bartolus of Sassoferrato (Author), George Garnett (Translator), Magnus Ryan (Translator) Number of Pages: 214 Dimensions: 0.45 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN Publication Date: November 21, 2024

How The Communist Manifesto Threatens Our Freedom Today - Paperback

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by Arthur R. Thompson (Author)"This book explains how The Communist Manifesto threatens our freedom today. It was written primarily by Karl Marx, but with a good deal of help from his collaborator, Frederick Engels. While most of it deals with human nature, which never changes, it must be looked at today in light of many changes which have occurred over the last one and a half centuries since it was published and which have had their effect on government and society....""Effective opposition ...

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by John MacDonald (Author), Robert MacDonald (Editor), David W. Warner (Editor)Tougher than the WWI Battlefield"That Depression was one of those depressions that hit everybody, so that made it still more difficult to get at least enough work to eke out a mere existence."John MacDonald's story starts in the early part of the Great Depression. Although he was a combat veteran of World War I, he likens the difficulty of enduring this tumultuous time as being harsher than a literal battlefield. I...

A Republic If You Can Afford It - Hardcover

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by Zachary Mohr (Author), Martha Kropf (Author), Mary Jo McGowan (Author)The cost of administering elections is an importantly understudied area in election science. This book reports election costs in 48 out of 50 states. It discusses the challenges and opportunities of collecting local election costs. The book then presents the wide variation in cost across the country with the lowest spending states spending a little over $2 per voter and the highest spending almost $20 per voter. The amou...

From the Bhagavad Gita to the Ballot Box: Applying Krishna's Teachings to Politics - Paperback

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by Arindam Bhattacharya (Author)In an era marked by political turmoil, ethical dilemmas, and societal divisions, From the Bhagavad Gita to the Ballot Box: Applying Krishna's Teachings to Politics by Arindam Bhattacharya offers a profound and transformative vision for leadership and governance. Drawing inspiration from one of the world's most revered spiritual texts, the Bhagavad Gita, this book transcends cultural and religious boundaries to present timeless wisdom for addressing the pressing...

Dont Be Stupid. Pay Attention, Damn It! - Paperback

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by James Rpwles (Author)If voters are undecided at this stage of the 2024 election cycle, they have not been paying attention.If they have been lazy and are leaning toward or committed to voting for Trump and the Republicans because they are simply following the mass emotions of their tribe, there is still time for them to inform themselves and be patriots.And if they have children, they can still be parents who make them proud, and of whom their children will be proud in 20 years.Is there an...

Refugees: A Very Short Introduction - Paperback

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by Gil Loescher (Author)Refugees and other forced migrants are one of the great contemporary challenges the world is confronting. Throughout the world people leave their home countries to escape war, natural disasters, and cultural and political oppression. Unfortunately, even today, the international community struggles to provide an adequate response to this vast population in need. This Very Short Introduction covers a broad range of issues around the causes and impact of the contemporary ...

Hanoi's War: An International History of the War for Peace in Vietnam - Paperback

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by Lien-Hang T. Nguyen (Author)While most historians of the Vietnam War focus on the origins of U.S. involvement and the Americanization of the conflict, Lien-Hang T. Nguyen examines the international context in which North Vietnamese leaders pursued the war and American intervention ended. This riveting narrative takes the reader from the marshy swamps of the Mekong Delta to the bomb-saturated Red River Delta, from the corridors of power in Hanoi and Saigon to the Nixon White House, and from...

Facing Segregation: Housing Policy Solutions for a Stronger Society - Hardcover

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by Molly W. Metzger (Editor), Henry S. Webber (Editor)Evidence for the negative effects of segregation and concentrated poverty in America's cities now exists in abundance; poor and underrepresented communities in segregated urban housing markets suffer diminished outcomes in education, economic mobility, political participation, and physical and psychological health. Though many of the aggravating factors underlying this inequity have persisted or even grown worse in recent decades, the leve...

The Constitution of the United States and Other Patriotic Documents - Hardcover

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by Gregg Jarrett (Author)PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA! A collection of some of the most important documents and speeches that have shaped America, with commentary and insights from Fox News star and author of the #1 New York Times bestseller The Russia Hoax, Gregg Jarrett.In this volume, the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence are brought together with dozens of other historic documents and speeches which shaped the destiny of the United States of America. Also include...

The Future in the Past: Reconstructing Article 109(3) of the UN Charter Towards The San Francisco Promise to Constitutionalise the United Nations and - Hardcover

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by Shahr-Yar M. Sharei (Author)Failed Global StateA state without a government is called a failed state. Chaos, injustice and armed conflict being rampant. Recent reminders are Congo, Haiti, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, and Yemen. And all war theaters, including Gaza and Ukraine.As the UN is not a world government, global governance is left to international law. This is characterized as having no hierarchy, little judicial independence or due process of law, and no supreme or appeals court, unlike ...