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The Death of Expertise: The Campaign Against Established Knowledge and Why It Matters - Paperback

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by Tom Nichols (Author)Building on his enormously successful first edition, Tom Nichols confirms his thesis that events, such as the COVID pandemic, prove that the assault on expertise has only intensified. Fully updated chapters continue to address how technology and increasing levels of education have exposed people to more information than ever before. These societal gains, however, have also helped fuel a surge in narcissistic and misguided intellectual egalitarianism that has crippled in...

The Bully Pulpit: Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and the Golden Age of Journalism - Paperback

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by Doris Kearns Goodwin (Author)Pulitzer Prize-winning author and presidential historian Doris Kearns Goodwin's dynamic history of Theodore Roosevelt, William H. Taft and the first decade of the Progressive era, that tumultuous time when the nation was coming unseamed and reform was in the air. Winner of the Carnegie Medal. Doris Kearns Goodwin's The Bully Pulpit is a dynamic history of the first decade of the Progressive era, that tumultuous time when the nation was coming unseamed and refor...

The Social And Political Position Of Women Among The Huron-Iroquois Tribes (1884) - Paperback

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by Lucien Carr (Author)""The Social and Political Position of Women Among the Huron-Iroquois Tribes"" is a book written by Lucien Carr and published in 1884. The book explores the role of women in the Huron-Iroquois tribes, which were native American societies located in what is now known as the northeastern United States and eastern Canada. Carr's work is based on extensive research, including interviews with native women and men, as well as historical and anthropological sources. The book c...

Civil Service Reform And Democracy: An Address Delivered At The Annual Meeting Of The National Civil-Service Reform League (1893) - Paperback

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by Carl Schurz (Author)This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work. Number of Pages: 36 Dimensions: 0.09 x 11 x 8.5 IN Pu...

The Intellectuals And Socialism (1949) - Paperback

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by Friedrich A. Hayek (Author)This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work. Number of Pages: 24 Dimensions: 0.06 x 11 x 8....

Political Persecution In Hungary: An Appeal To British Public Opinion (1908) - Paperback

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by Scotus Viator (Author), Robert William Seton-Watson (Author)This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work. Number of Pag...

The Entomology Of Australia, Part 1: The Monograph Of The Genus Phasma (1833) - Paperback

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by George Robert Gray (Author)This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work. Number of Pages: 48 Dimensions: 0.12 x 11 x 8....

Boilers For Battle Cruisers: Hearing Before The Committee On Naval Affairs United States Senate (1917) - Paperback

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by Committee on Naval Affairs (Author)This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work. Number of Pages: 48 Dimensions: 0.12 x...

The Line Becomes a River: Dispatches from the Border - Paperback

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by Francisco Cantú (Author)The instant New York Times bestseller, "A must-read for anyone who thinks 'build a wall' is the answer to anything." --Esquire For Francisco Cantú, the border is in the blood: his mother, a park ranger and daughter of a Mexican immigrant, raised him in the scrublands of the Southwest. Haunted by the landscape of his youth, Cantú joins the Border Patrol. He and his partners are posted to remote regions crisscrossed by drug routes and smuggling corridors, where they l...

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by Ralph Epperson (Author)This book by A. Ralph Epperson purports to uncover hidden and sinister meanings behind all the symbols found on the Great Seal of the United States, committing America to "A Secret Destiny. Number of Pages: 384 Dimensions: 1 x 8.4 x 5.3 IN Illustrated: Yes Publication Date: September 01, 1990

Technology Innovation, Economic Growth, and Geopolitics Policy Options for South Korea: A Policy Game - Paperback

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by Yun Kang (Author), David A. Shlapak (Author), Seok Joon Kwon (Author)South Korea faces challenging choices as the great-power rivalry between the United States and China intensifies. In this report, the authors describe their key insights from an analytical policy game they designed featuring two scenarios that explored the policy choices for South Korea to balance its economic, geopolitical, and technological equities regarding its role in the global semiconductor and electric vehicle bat...

The Dreamt Land: Chasing Water and Dust Across California - Paperback

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by Mark Arax (Author)A vivid, searching journey into California's capture of water and soil--the epic story of a people's defiance of nature and the wonders, and ruin, it has wroughtMark Arax is from a family of Central Valley farmers, a writer with deep ties to the land who has watched the battles over water intensify even as California lurches from drought to flood and back again. In The Dreamt Land, he travels the state to explore the one-of-a-kind distribution system, built in the 1940s,...

XI Jinping: Political Career, Governance, and Leadership, 1953-2018 - Hardcover

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by Alfred L. Chan (Author)Xi Jinping has proven to be one of the most transformative political leaders of the twenty-first century. After a long career that began at the village level, he became General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party and China's paramount leader in 2012. Few expected what would come next: a sweeping restructuring of China's political economy and political culture which included anti-corruption campaigns against the Party, and a full recalibration of China's relation...

Against Erasure: A Photographic Memory of Palestine Before the Nakba - Hardcover

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by Teresa Aranguren (Editor), Sandra Barrilaro (Editor), Mohammed El-Kurd (Foreword by)A unique, stunning collection of images of Palestine in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and a testament to the vibrancy of Palestinian society prior to occupation. This book tells the story, in both English and Arabic, of a land full of people--people with families, hopes, dreams, and a deep connection to their home--before Israel's establishment in 1948, known to Palestinians as the Nakba, or "catas...

Civil Resistance: What Everyone Needs to Know(r) - Paperback

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by Erica Chenoweth (Author)A sweeping overview of civil resistance movements around the world that explains what they are, how they work, why they are often effective, and why they can fail. Civil resistance is a method of conflict through which unarmed civilians use a variety of coordinated methods (strikes, protests, demonstrations, boycotts, and many other tactics) to prosecute a conflict without directly harming or threatening to harm an opponent. Sometimes called nonviolent resistance, u...

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by Robert Greene (Author), Joost Elffers (Producer)Author BiographyRobert Greene, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The 48 Laws of Power, The 33 Strategies of War, The Art of Seduction, Mastery, and The Laws of Human Nature, is an internationally renowned expert on power strategies. He lives in Los Angeles. Joost Elffers is the packaging genius behind Viking Studio's Secret Language series, Play with Your Food, and How Are You Peeling?. He lives in New York City. Number of Pages: 4...

Resonant Leadership: Renewing Yourself and Connecting with Others Through Mindfulness, Hope and Compassioncompassion - Hardcover

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by Richard Boyatzis (Author), Annie McKee (Author)The blockbuster best seller Primal Leadership introduced us to "resonant" leaders--individuals who manage their own and others' emotions in ways that drive success. Leaders everywhere recognized the validity of resonant leadership, but struggled with how to achieve and sustain resonance amid the relentless demands of work and life. Now, Richard Boyatzis and Annie McKee provide an indispensable guide to overcoming the vicious cycle of stress, s...

Politics: A Very Short Introduction - Paperback

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by Kenneth Minogue (Author)In A Very Short Introduction to Politics, Kenneth Minogue begins with a discussion of issues arising from a historical account of politics, and goes on to offer chapters dealing with the Ancient Greeks and the idea of citizenship; Roman law; medieval Christianity and individualism; freedom since Machiavelli and Hobbes; the challenge of ideologies; democracy, oligarchy, and bureaucracy; power and order in modern society; and politics in the West. About the Series: C...

Freedom and Power in Classical Athens - Hardcover

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by Naomi T. Campa (Author)Athenian democracy was distinguished from other ancient constitutions by its emphasis on freedom. This was understood, Naomi T. Campa argues, as being able to do 'whatever one wished, ' a widely attested phrase. Citizen agency and power constituted the core of democratic ideology and institutions. Rather than create anarchy, as ancient critics claimed, positive freedom underpinned a system that ideally protected both the individual and the collective. Even freedom, h...

Nationalized Politics: Evaluating Electoral Politics Across Time - Paperback

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by Jamie L. Carson (Author), Joel Sievert (Author), Ryan D. Williamson (Author)In the United States, politics has become increasingly nationalized in recent years as voter decision-making is now driven by partisan or national political forces rather than the attributes of individual candidates. Indeed, voters now seem more concerned with which of the two national parties will be in power across all levels of government as opposed to which candidate will represent them individually. The phenom...

Socialism: A Very Short Introduction - Paperback

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by Michael Newman (Author)What is socialism? Does it have a future, or has it become an outdated ideology in the 21st century? This Very Short Introduction considers the major theories in socialism, and explores its historical evolution from the French Revolution to the present day. Michael Newman argues that socialism has always been a diverse doctrine, while nevertheless containing a central core of interconnected values and goals: a critique of capitalism; an optimistic view of human being...

Eyewitnesses to the Russian Revolution - Paperback

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by Todd Chretien (Editor)One hundred years ago, workers and peasants in Russia turned the world upside down when they overthrew their tsar, took over their factories, farms, and schools, and set out to build a new society. In this gripping reader, participants and firsthand observers of the revolution tell the inspiring, heroic, and sometimes tragic story of what happened over the course of 1917. Includes contributions from: Leon Trotsky, Rosa Luxemburg, Vladimir Lenin, John Reed, Louise Brya...

The Devil Is Here in These Hills: West Virginia's Coal Miners and Their Battle for Freedom - Paperback

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by James Green (Author)From before the dawn of the twentieth century until the arrival of the New Deal, one of the most protracted and deadly labor struggles in American history was waged in West Virginia. On one side were powerful corporations and industrialists whose millions bought political influence and armed guards for their company towns. On the other side were 50,000 mine workers, the nation's largest labor union, and the legendary "miners' angel," Mother Jones. Attempts to unionize w...

Asymmetric Politics: Ideological Republicans and Group Interest Democrats - Paperback

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by Matt Grossmann (Author), David A. Hopkins (Author)Why do Republican politicians promise to rein in government, only to face repeated rebellions from Republican voters and media critics for betraying their principles? Why do Democratic politicians propose an array of different policies to match the diversity of their supporters, only to become mired in stark demographic divisions over issue priorities? In short, why do the two parties act so differently-whether in the electorate, on the cam...

Capital: A Critique of Political Economy, Volume 3 - Paperback

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by Karl Marx (Author), David Fernbach (Translator), Ernest Mandel (Introduction by)The third volume of a political treatise that changed the world Unfinished at the time of Marx's death in 1883 and first published with a preface by Frederick Engels in 1894, the third volume of Capital strives to combine the theories and concepts of the two previous volumes in order to prove conclusively that capitalism is inherently unworkable as a permanent system for society. Here, Marx controversially asse...

Trolling Ourselves to Death: Democracy in the Age of Social Media - Paperback

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by Jason Hannan (Author)Almost forty years ago, Neil Postman argued that television had brought about a fundamental transformation to democracy. By turning entertainment into our supreme ideology, television had recreated public discourse in its image and converted democracy into show business. In Trolling Ourselves to Death, Jason Hannan builds on Postman's classic thesis, arguing that we are now not so much amusing, as trolling ourselves to death. Yet, how do we explain this profound change...

The Constitution Explained: A Guide for Every American - Paperback

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by David L. Hudson (Author)The United States Constitution is a short document, and it is written in general language, which leaves much of the meaning unwritten and open to interpretation. Dig into this important document and watershed in the history of governments!Explore the history, the various clauses, amendments, and interpretations. Understand your rights (and responsibilities)! From the Constitutional Convention to the creation of the Constitution and its eventual ratification, and to ...

Collapse: The Fall of the Soviet Union - Paperback

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by Vladislav M. Zubok (Author)A major study of the collapse of the Soviet Union--showing how Gorbachev's misguided reforms led to its demise "A deeply informed account of how the Soviet Union fell apart."--Rodric Braithwaite, Financial Times "[A] masterly analysis."--Joshua Rubenstein, Wall Street Journal In 1945 the Soviet Union controlled half of Europe and was a founding member of the United Nations. By 1991, it had an army four million strong with five thousand nuclear-tipped missiles ...

The Purpose of Power: How We Come Together When We Fall Apart - Paperback

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by Alicia Garza (Author)An essential guide to building transformative movements to address the challenges of our time, from one of the country's leading organizers and a co-creator of Black Lives Matter "Excellent and provocative . . . a gateway [to] urgent debates."--Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, The New Yorker NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY Time - Marie Claire - Kirkus Reviews In 2013, Alicia Garza wrote what she called "a love letter to Black people" on Facebook, in the aftermath of ...

Regulating Big Tech: Policy Responses to Digital Dominance - Paperback

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by Martin Moore (Editor), Damian Tambini (Editor)Selected chapters from this book are published open access and free to read or download from Oxford Scholarship Online, https: //oxford.universitypressscholarship.com/. Since Digital Dominance was published in 2018, a global consensus has emerged that technology platforms should be regulated. Governments from the United States to Australia have sought to reduce the power of these platforms and curtail the dominance of a few, yet regulatory resp...

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by Martin Luther King (Author), Jesse Jackson (Afterword by)Martin Luther King's classic exploration of the events and forces behind the Civil Rights Movement--including his Letter from Birmingham Jail, April 16, 1963. "There comes a time when the cup of endurance runs over, and men are no longer willing to be plunged into the abyss of despair." In 1963, Birmingham, Alabama, was perhaps the most racially segregated city in the United States. The campaign launched by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr...

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

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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...