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Iran's Revolutionary Guard: The Threat That Grows While America Sleeps - Hardcover

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by Steven O'Hern (Author)Since the Iranian Revolution more than thirty years ago, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), also known as the Revolutionary Guard, has conducted covert and overt military operations, built an economic empire, and trained, financed, and guided terrorists to pursue one goal--the preservation and expansion of the Islamic revolution. Inside Iran the IRGC influences the country's politics, economy, and foreign policy, and controls its nuclear program. Outside Ir...

How Big Things Get Done: The Surprising Factors That Determine the Fate of Every Project, from Home Renovations to Space Exploration and Everything in - Hardcover

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by Bent Flyvbjerg (Author), Dan Gardner (Author)"Why do big projects go wrong so often, and are there any lessons you can use when renovating your kitchen? Bent Flyvbjerg is the 'megaproject' expert and Dan Gardner brings the storytelling skills to How Big Things Get Done, with examples ranging from a Jimi Hendrix studio to the Sydney Opera House."--Financial Times "Entertaining . . . There are lessons here for managers of all stripes."--The Economist A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: Economist, Finan...

Essential Works of Lenin: What Is to Be Done? and Other Writings - Paperback

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by Vladimir Ilyich Lenin (Author)Among the most influential political and social forces of the twentieth century, modern communism rests firmly on philosophical, political, and economic underpinnings developed by Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov, later known as Lenin. In this volume, comprising the four works generally considered his most important publications, Lenin presents the goals and tactics of Communism with remarkable directness and forcefulness.His first major work was The Development of Cap...

Authoritarianism: A Very Short Introduction - Paperback

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by James Loxton (Author)Authoritarianism is one of the buzzwords of our age. But what is it exactly? This Very Short Introduction provides a comprehensive overview of the world of authoritarian regimes, including military, single-party, and personalist regimes. It considers how understandings of authoritarianism have evolved over time, as well as the curious fact that many authoritarian regimes today hold elections. Drawing on examples from Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, and the Middle ...

Intelligence: The Great Lie: The Great Lie - Paperback

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by Roy J. Andersen (Author)In Intelligence: The Great Lie, Roy Andersen examines why we think intelligence is only a measurement of capability, without realising how it is used to perpetuate inequality through the discrimination of people based on their race, ethnicity, and class. Yet, based on 40 year of research, Roy shows the fallacy of IQ and SAT exams, explaining why intelligence cannot be measured to reveal a very great conspiracy played against the common man for nearly two centuries. ...

Civil Society and Intergovernmental Negotiations at the United Nations: Exclusion Despite Inclusion - Paperback

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by Leah R. Kimber (Author)EPDF and EPUB available open access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. Civil society organizations (CSOs) and non-governmental organizations have increased at the United Nations (UN) since the 1990s. Yet few studies discuss the notion of inclusion and what it entails in intergovernmental negotiations. This book delves into the UN's relationship with CSOs, exploring who participates in negotiations and how their input is integrated into ratified documents. Drawing on ethnogra...

Reinventing Democracy: Improving British political governance - Hardcover

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by David Kauders (Author) 90% of electors want political reform. But how to escape the mess? Britain should adopt a federal structure with a written constitution and an elected apolitical People's Council replacing autocratic and ineffective bodies.Growing concern about the relative economic deterioration of the United Kingdom led to realisation that the system of political governance is probably an unrecognised cause of British decline. Events over the last few years have provided a fertile ...

State of Fire: Life Lessons Learned on the Fireline - Paperback

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by Charles Vaught (Author)State of Fire gives a raw, unexpected, and all-too-truthful view of one man's journey into the world of wildland firefighting. Based on the author's experiences as a crewmember on the Highlands 20, once described as an "elite 20-man handcrew." This book pulls back the curtain on the mysteries of those who go toe-to-toe in battles with Nature, exposing various overlooked aspects of what it means and takes to fight wildfire. From the raw physicality of the job, to the ...

Shop Class as Soulcraft: An Inquiry Into the Value of Work - Paperback

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by Matthew B. Crawford (Author)A philosopher/mechanic's wise (and sometimes funny) look at the challenges and pleasures of working with one's hands "This is a deep exploration of craftsmanship by someone with real, hands-on knowledge. The book is also quirky, surprising, and sometimes quite moving." --Richard Sennett, author of The Craftsman Called "the sleeper hit of the publishing season" by The Boston Globe, Shop Class as Soulcraft became an instant bestseller, attracting readers with its ...

Foreign Policy: Theories, Actors, Cases - Paperback

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by Tim Dunne (Author), Amelia Hadfield (Author), Nicholas Kitchen (Author)This ground-breaking text provides the ideal introduction to the ever-changing field of foreign policy. With a unique combination of theories, actors and cases in a single volume, the expert contributors provide students with a valuable and accessible introduction to what foreign policy is and how it is conducted. With an emphasis throughout on grounding theory in empirical examples, the textbook features a section dedi...

Imagined Communities: Reflections on the Origin and Spread of Nationalism - Paperback

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by Benedict Anderson (Author)This "sparkling" and world-famous work examines what drives people to live, die, and kill in the name of nations--revealing the surprising origins and development of nationalism (The Guardian). The full magnitude of Benedict Anderson's intellectual achievement is still being appreciated and debated. Imagined Communities remains the most influential book on the origins of nationalism, filling the vacuum that previously existed in the traditions of Western thought....

A Woman I Know: Female Spies, Double Identities, and a New Story of the Kennedy Assassination - Paperback

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by Mary Haverstick (Author)The "fascinating" (The New York Times) true story of a filmmaker whose investigation of her film's subject opened a new window onto the world of Cold War espionage, CIA secrets, and the assassination of John F. Kennedy. "A compelling real-life thriller."--The Telegraph (UK) Independent filmmaker Mary Haverstick thought she'd stumbled onto the project of a lifetime--a biopic of aviation pioneer Jerrie Cobb, the key figure in a group of extraordinary women who in 196...

A Woman of No Importance: The Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win World War II - Paperback

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by Sonia Purnell (Author)A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Chosen as a BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR by NPR, the New York Public Library, Amazon, the Seattle Times, the Washington Independent Review of Books, PopSugar, the Minneapolis Star Tribune, BookBrowse, the Spectator, and the Times of London Winner of the Plutarch Award for Best Biography"Excellent...This book is as riveting as any thriller, and as hard to put down." -- The New York Times Book Review "A compelling biography of a masterful spy, and a...

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by Diarmaid MacCulloch (Author)The National Book Critics Circle Award-winning history of the Reformation--from the New York Times bestselling author of Christianity At a time when men and women were prepared to kill--and be killed--for their faith, the Protestant Reformation tore the Western world apart. Acclaimed as the definitive account of these epochal events, Diarmaid MacCulloch's award-winning history brilliantly re-creates the religious battles of priests, monarchs, scholars, and pol...

Red Star Over the Pacific: China's Rise and the Challenge to U.S. Maritime Strategy - Paperback

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by Toshi Yoshihara (Author), James R. Holmes (Author)Combining a close knowledge of Asia and an ability to tap Chinese-language sources with naval combat experience and expertise in sea-power theory, the authors assess how the rise of Chinese sea power will affect U.S. maritime strategy in Asia. They argue that China has laid the groundwork for a sustained challenge to American primacy in maritime Asia, and to defend this hypothesis they look back to Alfred Thayer Mahan's sea-power theories, ...

Of the Social Contract and Other Political Writings - Paperback

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by Jean-Jacques Rousseau (Author), Quintin Hoare (Translator), Christopher Bertram (Introduction by)A lively new translation of Rousseau's best-known work, accompanied by additional political writings "Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains" are the famous opening words of Jean-Jacques Rousseau's Social Contract, a work of political philosophy that has stirred vigorous debate ever since its publication in 1762. Rejecting the view that anyone has a natural right to sovereignty, Rouss...

The Federalist Papers: The Writings That Shaped the U.S. Constitution - Hardcover

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by Alexander Hamilton (Author), John Jay (Author), James Madison (Author)This handsome jacketed hardback brings together 18 of the most influential essays from The Federalist Papers, selected an introduced by constitutional historian R. B. Bernstein. Written by Founding Fathers Alexander Hamilton, James Madison and John Jay, these essays originated as a series of articles published in New York City's newspapers, seeking to explain and defend the proposed Constitution of the United States. To...

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by Bruce Allyn Findlay (Author), Esther Blair Findlay (Author)When Your Rugged Constitution was first published, Harry S Truman was President. It quickly became a go-to resource for generations of young Americans (and some older ones too) who wanted to understand the guiding principles of our nation. Now in reissue, this truly rugged and much-admired classic is sure to inform, and also delight readers with its retro 1950s ethos. Your Rugged Constitution proceeds through the text of the Consti...

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by Christopher Hodapp (Author)Unravel the mysteries of the Masons All the myths and rumors about Masonic organizations probably have you wondering "what do Masons really do?" Questions like this one are a natural by-product of being the oldest and largest "secret society" in the world. This book is an ideal starting place to find answers to your questions about the secret and not-so-secret things about Freemasonry. Now in its third edition, this international best-seller peeks behind the door...

A Right to Be Hostile: The Boondocks Treasury - Paperback

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by Aaron McGruder (Author)Here's the first big book of The Boondocks, more than four years and 800 strips of one of the most influential, controversial, and scathingly funny comics ever to run in a daily newspaper. "With bodacious wit, in just a few panels, each day Aaron serves up--and sends up--life in America through the eyes of two African-American kids who are full of attitude, intelligence, and rebellion. Each time I read the strip, I laugh--and I wonder how long The Boondocks can get a...

Scientific Freedom: The Elixir of Civilization - Hardcover

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by Donald W. Braben (Author)A radical and timely proposal for reinvigorating transformative scientific discovery. So rich was the scientific harvest of the early 20th century that it transformed entire industries and economies. Max Planck laid the foundation for quantum physics, Barbara McClintock for modern genetics, Linus Pauling for chemistry--the list goes on. In the 1970s, the nature of scientific work started to change. Increases in public funding for scientific research brought deman...

NKJV, Holy Bible, Soft Touch Edition, Imitation Leather, Black, Comfort Print - Imitation Leather

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by Thomas Nelson (Author)The full NKJV text with added features is a great value for a new Christian or someone interested in learning more about God.The accuracy of the New King James Version is now available in a stylishly classic look with soft and flexible covers and the exclusive Thomas Nelson NKJV Comfort Print(R) typeface - a typeface designed to honor the beauty of the NKJV while providing a particularly smooth reading experience for longer engagement in God's Word. Thomas Nelson's NK...

It's What You Do Next: The Fall and Rise of Nashville's First Female Mayor - Hardcover

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by Megan Barry (Author)At some point, all of us will be at our worst, and while some of us will be remembered for it, none of us should be defined by it. In 2015, after a historic run-off election, Megan Barry became the first female mayor of Nashville, Tennessee. Quickly becoming one of the most popular progressive politicians in the Bible Belt, Barry was a beloved leader with a sky-high approval rating and an unshakable hope for a new, forward-thinking, modern South. For her first few years...

This Is an Uprising: How Nonviolent Revolt Is Shaping the Twenty-First Century - Paperback

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by Mark Engler (Author), Paul Engler (Author), Bill McKibben (Foreword by)There is a craft to uprising -- and this craft can change the world From protests around climate change and immigrant rights, to Occupy, the Arab Spring, and #BlackLivesMatter, a new generation is unleashing strategic nonviolent action to shape public debate and force political change. When mass movements erupt onto our television screens, the media consistently portrays them as being spontaneous and unpredictable. Yet...

The First 90 Days in Government: Critical Success Strategies for New Public Managers at All Levels - Hardcover

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by Peter H. Daly (Author), Michael Watkins (Author), Cate Reavis (Author)More than 250,000 public sector managers in the United States take on new positions each year and many more aspire to leadership. Each will confront special challenges--from higher public profiles to a greater number of stakeholders to volatile political environments--that will make their transitions even more challenging than in the business world. Now Michael Watkins, author of the bestselling book The First 90 Days, a...

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by Joan Didion (Author)Miami is not just a portrait of a city, but a masterly study of immigration and exile, passion, hypocrisy, and political violence, from the bestselling, award-winning author of The Year of Magical Thinking and Let Me Tell You What I Mean. It is where Fidel Castro raised money to overthrow Batista and where two generations of Castro's enemies have raised armies to overthrow him, so far without success. It is where the bitter opera of Cuban exile intersects with the cyni...

Prisoners of the American Dream: Politics and Economy in the History of the Us Working Class - Paperback

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by Mike Davis (Author)A brilliant and comprehensive study of class struggle in the United StatesPrisoners of the American Dream is Mike Davis's brilliant exegesis of a persistent and major analytical problem for Marxist historians and political economists: Why has the world's most industrially advanced nation never spawned a mass party of the working class? This series of essays surveys the history of the American bourgeois democratic revolution from its Jacksonian beginnings to the rise of t...

Steal This Book (50th Anniversary Edition) - Paperback

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by Abbie Hoffman (Author), Lisa Fithian (Foreword by)Still Notorious, Radical, and Revolutionary 50 Years Later. A survival guide from one of the greatest creative organizers of the 20th century--now with a new foreword by co-conspirator, Lisa Fithian. Throughout the 1960's and 70's, Abbie Hoffman criss-crossed the country, ferreting out alternative ways of getting by in America--some illegal and all radical. Causing scandals with its advice on how to Survive!, Fight!, and Liberate! in the "p...

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by Eula Biss (Author)A NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS' CHOICE NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY TIME, NPR, INSTYLE, AND GOOD HOUSEKEEPING"A sensational new book [that] tries to figure out whether it's possible to live an ethical life in a capitalist society. . . . The results are enthralling." --Associated Press A timely and arresting new look at affluence by the New York Times bestselling author, "one of the leading lights of the modern American essay." --Financial Times "My adult life can be divide...

Dear Ijeawele, or a Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions - Paperback

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by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (Author)NATIONAL BESTSELLER - The award-winning author of We Should All Be Feminists and Americanah gives us this powerful statement about feminism today--written as a letter to a friend. A few years ago, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie received a letter from a childhood friend, a new mother who wanted to know how to raise her baby girl to be a feminist. Dear Ijeawele is Adichie's letter of response: fifteen invaluable suggestions--direct, wryly funny, and perceptive--for...

Uncovered: How the Media Got Cozy with Power, Abandoned Its Principles, and Lost the People - Paperback

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by Steve Krakauer (Author)From the COVID lab leak theory to Hunter Biden's laptop to Jeffrey Epstein, media critic and former CNN producer Steve Krakauer spotlights the problems of a news industry filled with geographically isolated, introspection-free, egomaniacal journalists. In Uncovered, America's sharpest media critic, former CNN insider Steve Krakauer, reveals exactly what went wrong--and why the media went off the rails. The fourth estate is supposed to be a conduit to the people and a...

Trump's America: The Truth about Our Nation's Great Comeback - Paperback

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Report copyright infringementby Newt Gingrich (Author)From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Understanding Trump, this "essential" book reveals the truth about the Trump presidency and explains his groundbreaking plans for our nation and world (Rush Limbaugh). No one understands the "Make America Great Again" effort with more insight and experience than former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich. From his enthusiastic support of the Reagan administration to the 1994 Republican Revol...