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Report copyright infringementby Nicolas Machiavel (Author)Here is the world's most famous master plan for seizing and holding power. Astonishing in its candor The Prince even today remains a disturbingly realistic and prophetic work on what it takes to be a prince . . . a king . . . a president. When, in 1512, Machiavelli was removed from his post in his beloved Florence, he resolved to set down a treatise on leadership that was practical, not idealistic. In The Prince he envisioned would be ...

The Politically Incorrect Guide to Catholicism

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Report copyright infringementby John Zmirak (Author)Back by popular demand, the bestselling Politically Incorrect Guides provide an unvarnished, unapologetic overview of controversial topics every American should understand. The Politically Incorrect Guide to Catholicism refutes misrepresentations and misconceptions about the Catholic Church and separates rumor from truth when it comes to Catholic traditions, faith, and controversial leaders.Author BiographyJohn Zmirak is an editor, college t...

The General's Son: Journey of an Israeli in Palestine

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Report copyright infringementby Miko Peled (Author), Alice Walker (Foreword by)A son's journey through war, loss, and a quest for justice in Palestine.Miko Peled, raised in the heart of Israel's elite, recounts his transformation from a young soldier to a fearless advocate for Palestinian rights. This powerful memoir traces his path through personal tragedy and political awakening, mirroring his father's own evolution from decorated general to peace activist.With a foreword by Alice Walker, t...

Abolition and Social Work: Possibilities, Paradoxes, and the Practice of Community Care

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Report copyright infringementby Mimi E. Kim (Editor), Cameron Rasmussen (Editor), Durrell M. Washington (Editor)A critical anthology exploring the debates, conundrums, and promising practices around abolition and social work in academia and within impacted communities. Within social work--a profession that has been intimately tied to and often complicit in the building and sustaining of the carceral state--abolitionist thinking, movement-building, and radical praxis are shifting the field. Cr...

America in the World: A History of U.S. Diplomacy and Foreign Policy

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Report copyright infringementby Robert B. Zoellick (Author)America has a long history of diplomacy-ranging from Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, and Thomas Jefferson to Henry Kissinger, Ronald Reagan, and James Baker-now is your chance to see the impact these Americans have had on the world. Recounting the actors and events of U.S. foreign policy, Zoellick identifies five traditions that have emerged from America's encounters with the world: the importance of North America; the special...

The Gender Regime of Anti-Liberal Hungary

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Report copyright infringementby Eva Fodor (Author)This Open Access book explains a new type of political order that emerged in Hungary in 2010: a form of authoritarian capitalism with an anti-liberal political and social agenda. Eva Fodor analyzes an important part of this agenda that directly targets gender relations through a set of policies, political practice and discourse--what she calls "carefare." The book reveals how this is the anti-liberal response to the crisis-of-care problem and ...

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Report copyright infringementby Catherine Butler (Author)This Open Access book examines the implications of welfare policy for energy poverty and engages with key conceptual debates at the forefront of energy demand research. Academic work on energy poverty has rarely been brought into conversation with practice-theory-based approaches to energy use and sustainability. This book reveals how novel insights can be made visible through combining these different ways of thinking about energy dema...

Feeling Political: Emotions and Institutions Since 1789

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Report copyright infringementby Ute Frevert (Author), Kerstin Maria Pahl (Author), Francesco Buscemi (Author)1. Introduction: Participatory Politics, Institutions, and Emotional Templating- Ute Frevert and Kerstin Maria Pahl2. Feeling Political in Public Administration: French Bureaucracy between Militancy and sens de l'État, 1789-2019- Francesco Buscemi3. Feeling Political in Parliament: Rules, Regulations, and the Rostrum, Germany 1849-1951- Philipp Nielsen4. Feeling Political through Law: ...

Seeds for Diversity and Inclusion: Agroecology and Endogenous Development

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Report copyright infringementby Yoshiaki Nishikawa (Editor), Michel Pimbert (Editor)This open access book will contribute to a more nuanced debate around seed system resilience that goes beyond the dominant dichotomous conceptualization of seed governance often characterized as traditional vs modern, subsistence vs commercial, or local vs global. While reflecting on the expanding oligopoly in the current seed system, the authors argue that such classifications limit our ability to critically ...

Parting the Waters: America in the King Years 1954-63

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Report copyright infringementby Taylor Branch (Author)In Parting the Waters, the first volume of his essential America in the King Years series, Pulitzer Prize winner Taylor Branch gives a "compelling...masterfully told" (The Wall Street Journal) account of Martin Luther King's early years and rise to greatness. Hailed as the most masterful story ever told of the American Civil Rights Movement, Parting the Waters is destined to endure for generations. Moving from the fiery political baptism o...

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Report copyright infringementby Jules Joanne Gleeson (Editor), Elle O'Rourke (Editor), Jordy Rosenberg (Foreword by)"A terrific collection of essays - I couldn't put it down"--Kathi Weeks, author, The Problem with Work "A vibrant and much needed collection - not just for trans people - but the left in general"--Shon Faye, author, The Transgender Issue The first collection of its kind, Transgender Marxism is a provocative and groundbreaking union of transgender studies and Marxist theory. E...

Anarcho-Indigenism: Conversations on Land and Freedom

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Report copyright infringementby Francis Dupuis-Déri (Editor), Benjamin Pillet (Editor), Clifton Ariwakehte Nicholas (Contribution by)"Anarchists have much to learn from Indigenous struggles for decolonization. [A] thought-provoking collection" Lesley J. Wood, Professor, York University, Toronto "Vigorously affirming anarchism's plurality, the authors make a powerful case for the reconfiguration of anticolonial struggle" Ruth Kinna, Professor, Loughborough University As early as the end of th...

American Covenant: How the Constitution Unified Our Nation--And Could Again

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Report copyright infringementby Yuval Levin (Author)A top conservative scholar reveals the Constitution's remarkable power to repair our broken civic culture, rescue our malfunctioning politics, and unify a fractious America "Salient and timely." --Wall Street Journal Common ground is hard to find in today's politics. In a society teeming with clashing political perspectives, many people have grown frustrated under a system of government that constantly demands compromise. More and more on...

Madame Fourcade's Secret War: The Daring Young Woman Who Led France's Largest Spy Network Against Hitler

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Report copyright infringementby Lynne Olson (Author)NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - The little-known true story of Marie-Madeleine Fourcade, the woman who headed the largest spy network in occupied France during World War II, from the bestselling author of Citizens of London and Last Hope Island "Brava to Lynne Olson for a biography that should challenge any outdated assumptions about who deserves to be called a hero."--The Washington Post NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NPR AND THE W...

The Empowerment Manual: A Guide for Collaborative Groups

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Report copyright infringementby Starhawk Starhawk (Author) A Transition Town group involved in preparations for peak oil and climate change; an intentional community, founded with the highest ideals; a nonprofit dedicated to social change--millions of such voluntary groups exist around the world. These collaborative organizations have the unique potential to harness their members' ideals, passions, skills, and knowledge--if they can succeed in getting along together. The Empowerment Manual ...

The Ungrateful Refugee: What Immigrants Never Tell You

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Report copyright infringementby Dina Nayeri (Author)A Finalist for the 2019 Kirkus Prize in Nonfiction "Nayeri combines her own experience with those of refugees she meets as an adult, telling their stories with tenderness and reverence." --The New York Times Book Review "Nayeri weaves her empowering personal story with those of the 'feared swarms' . . . Her family's escape from Isfahan to Oklahoma, which involved waiting in Dubai and Italy, is wildly fascinating . . . Using energetic prose, ...

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Report copyright infringementby Kristie Macrakis (Author)A concise introduction to the history and methods of espionage, illustrated by spy stories from antiquity to today's high-tech world. Espionage is one of the most secret of human activities. It is also, as the popularity of spy stories suggests, one of the most intriguing. This book pulls the veil back on the real world of espionage, revealing how spying actually works. In a refreshingly clear, concise manner, Kristie Macrakis guides re...

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Report copyright infringementby Alexander Hamilton (Author), James Madison (Author), John Jay (Author)An excellent reference for anyone who wants a better understanding of the Constitution, this compilation of eighty-five articles explains and defends the ideals behind the highest form of law in the United States. The essays were written and published anonymously in New York newspapers during the years 1787 and 1788 by three of the Constitution's framers and ratifiers: Alexander Hamilton, Gen...

Deng Xiaoping and the Transformation of China

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Report copyright infringementby Ezra F. Vogel (Author)Winner of the Lionel Gelber PrizeNational Book Critics Circle Award Finalist An Economist Best Book of the Year A Financial Times Book of the Year A Wall Street Journal Book of the Year A Washington Post Book of the Year A Bloomberg News Book of the Year An Esquire China Book of the Year A Gates Notes Top Read of the Year Perhaps no one in the twentieth century had a greater long-term impact on world history than Deng Xiaoping. And no scho...

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Report copyright infringementby Leon Trotsky (Author)Why fascism was able to conquer only in those countries where social democratic or Stalinist parties blocked the workers and their allies from utilizing a revolutionary situation to remove the capitalists from power. Number of Pages: 54 Dimensions: 0.09 x 8.25 x 5.27 IN Illustrated: Yes Publication Date: January 01, 1969

Trade Is Not a Four-Letter Word: How Six Everyday Products Make the Case for Trade

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Report copyright infringementby Fred P. Hochberg (Author)"A sprightly and clear-eyed testimonial to the value of globalization" (The Wall Street Journal) as seen through six surprising everyday goods--the taco salad, the Honda Odyssey, the banana, the iPhone, the college degree, and the blockbuster HBO series Game of Thrones. Trade allows us to sell what we produce at home and purchase what we don't. It lowers prices and gives us greater variety and innovation. Yet understanding our place in ...

A Mighty Long Way: My Journey to Justice at Little Rock Central High School

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Report copyright infringementby Carlotta Walls Lanier (Author), Lisa Frazier Page (Author), Bill Clinton (Foreword by)"A searing and emotionally gripping account of a young black girl growing up to become a strong black woman during the most difficult time of racial segregation."--Professor Charles Ogletree, Harvard Law School "Provides important context for an important moment in America's history."--Associated Press When fourteen-year-old Carlotta Walls walked up the stairs of Little Rock C...

Prisons Make Us Safer: And 20 Other Myths about Mass Incarceration

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Report copyright infringementby Victoria Law (Author)An accessible guide for activists, educators, and all who are interested in understanding how the prison system oppresses communities and harms individuals. The United States incarcerates more of its residents than any other nation. Though home to 5% of the global population, the United States has nearly 25% of the world's prisoners--a total of over 2 million people. This number continues to steadily rise. Over the past 40 years, the number...

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Report copyright infringementby Pete Buttigieg (Author)In a century warped by terrorism, Trumpist populism, systemic racism, financial collapse, and a global pandemic, trust--in our institutions, in each other, and in the American project itself--has precipitously eroded. We are now experiencing the disastrous consequences of a "crisis in trust," writes Pete Buttigieg, former presidential candidate and best-selling author of Shortest Way Home. In this arresting, impassioned account, Buttigieg...

Lone Wolf Terrorism: Understanding the Growing Threat

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Report copyright infringementby Jeffrey D. Simon (Author), Brian Michael Jenkins (Foreword by)From Anders Breivik in Norway, who murdered scores of young people in a bombing and mass-shooting attack, to Omar Mateen, the Orlando killer who perpetrated the worst mass shooting in American history, lone wolves have demonstrated that they can be as dangerous as organized terrorist groups. Who are these terrorists and what can be done about them? An internationally renowned terrorism expert present...

The Price of Safety: Hidden Costs and Unintended Consequences for Women in the Domestic Violence Service System

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Report copyright infringementby Sara Shoener (Author)Specialized public resources for survivors of intimate partner violence (IPV) are increasingly common and diverse--from protection order courts and dedicated domestic violence units in police precincts to a vast network of community-based emergency shelters and counseling services. Yet little consensus exists regarding which resources actually work to reduce violence and help survivors lead the lives they would like to live. This book is an...

Horrific Traumata: A Pastoral Response to the Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

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Report copyright infringementby William M. Clements (Author), Norma J. R. Sinclair (Author)Horrific Traumata shares the stories of persons whose meaning, hope, and faith were ripped from them by others or by traumatic events and now live with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. Traumatized Vietnam veterans are joined by others who have also experienced horrific traumata and need help to rebuild their lives because of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder(PTSD)--victims and survivors of incest and rape, ...

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Report copyright infringementby James P. Willshire (Author)On writing this work, some or maybe none of it I believe in, or feel is the truth. That's up to the reader to decide, and if the reader relates to any of the subject matter, then I feel I have reached my goal. It is a work trying to bring to the attention of the bias men endure on a daily basis and how women are becoming mostly expectant of better treatment than men in most walks of life, and nothing is questioned, why. Full of hard n...

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Report copyright infringementby David L. Hudson Jr. (Author)Teen legal rights are perpetually changing in American society, whether in the classroom, at work, or within family and community settings. Fully revised and updated to reflect important changes in the legal status and rights of young people from all walks of life, the fourth edition of Teen Legal Rights is an accessible and indispensable resource to help teenagers navigate and understand the extent and limitations of their rights an...

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Report copyright infringementby Thich Nhat Hanh (Author)World-renowned Zen monk Thich Nhat Hanh champions a more mindful, spiritual approach to protecting nature and limiting climate change--one that recognizes people and planet as one and the same. While many experts point to the enormous complexity in addressing issues ranging from the destruction of ecosystems to the loss of millions of species, Thich Nhat Hanh identifies one key issue as having the potential to create a tipping point. He...

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Report copyright infringementby Frederic Taber Cooper (Author), Edwin Wildman (Author), Henry Goddard Leach (Author)"The Forum, Volume 20" presents a collection of insightful essays and articles from prominent thinkers and writers of the late 19th century. Covering a wide array of topics, from politics and social issues to cultural trends and scientific advancements, this volume offers a fascinating glimpse into the debates and discussions shaping the era. Contributors such as Frederic Taber ...

It's About Time: Motherhood's Most Precious and Contested Resource

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Report copyright infringementby Zara Rahman (Author)Mothers are spending more time with their children than they were in the 1970s, but it's still not enough. It's About Time examines motherhood's most precious and contested resource. It draws on examples that consider the status quo's cost to mothers and children. And it challenges us to acknowledge that there are other ways. If we're willing to change. This essay is the first in a series from Full Set and global newsroom Fuller. ...