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What Does the Constitution Actually Say?: A Non-Boring Guide to How Our Democracy Is Supposed to Work - Paperback

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by Ben Sheehan (Author)Do you know what the Constitution actually says? This witty, highly relevant annotation is your go-to guide to how the U.S. government works (or is supposed to work). Written by political savant Ben Sheehan, and vetted for accuracy by experts in the field of constitutional law, What Does the Constitution Actually Say? is an entertaining and accessible primer on what our Constitution actually lays out. With clear notes and graphics on everything from presidential powe...

The Bell Curve: Intelligence and Class Structure in American Life - Paperback

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by Richard J. Herrnstein (Author), Charles Murray (Author)The controversial book linking intelligence to class and race in modern society, and what public policy can do to mitigate socioeconomic differences in IQ, birth rate, crime, fertility, welfare, and poverty.Author BiographyRichard J. Herrnstein held the Edger Pierce Chair in Psychology at Harvard University until his death in 1994. Number of Pages: 912 Dimensions: 1.5 x 9.26 x 6.3 IN Illustrated: Yes Publication Date: January 10, 1996

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by Wendy Brown (Editor), Janet Halley (Editor)In recent decades, left political projects in the United States have taken a strong legalistic turn. From affirmative action to protection against sexual harassment, from indigenous peoples' rights to gay marriage, the struggle to eliminate subordination or exclusion and to achieve substantive equality has been waged through courts and legislation. At the same time, critiques of legalism have generally come to be regarded by liberal and left refor...

Rethinking the South African Crisis: Nationalism, Populism, Hegemony - Paperback

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by Gillian Hart (Author)Since the end of apartheid, South Africa has become an extreme yet unexceptional embodiment of forces at play in many other regions of the world: intensifying inequality alongside "wageless life," proliferating forms of protest and populist politics that move in different directions, and official efforts at containment ranging from liberal interventions targeting specific populations to increasingly common police brutality. Rethinking the South African Crisis revisits ...

Known and Strange Things: Essays - Paperback

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by Teju Cole (Author)A blazingly intelligent first book of essays from the award-winning author of Open City and Every Day Is for the Thief NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BYTime - The Guardian - Harper's Bazaar - San Francisco Chronicle - The Atlantic - Financial Times - KirkusFinalist for the PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay and PEN/Jean Stein Book Award With this collection of more than fifty pieces on politics, photography, travel, history, and literature...

Liberalism: The Life of an Idea, Second Edition - Paperback

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by Edmund Fawcett (Author)A compelling history of liberalism from the nineteenth century to today Despite playing a decisive role in shaping the past two hundred years of American and European politics, liberalism is no longer the dominant force it once was. In this expanded and updated edition of what has become a classic history of liberalism, Edmund Fawcett traces its ideals, successes, and failures through the lives and ideas of exemplary thinkers and politicians from the early nineteenth...

The Fatal Conceit: The Errors of Socialism Volume 1 - Paperback

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by F. a. Hayek (Author), W. W. Bartley III (Editor)Hayek gives the main arguments for the free-market case and presents his manifesto on the "errors of socialism." Hayek argues that socialism has, from its origins, been mistaken on factual, and even on logical, grounds and that its repeated failures in the many different practical applications of socialist ideas that this century has witnessed were the direct outcome of these errors. He labels as the "fatal conceit" the idea that "man is able...

The Limits of International Law - Paperback

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by Jack L. Goldsmith (Author), Eric A. Posner (Author)International law is much debated and discussed, but poorly understood. Does international law matter, or do states regularly violate it with impunity? If international law is of no importance, then why do states devote so much energy to negotiating treaties and providing legal defenses for their actions? In turn, if international law does matter, why does it reflect the interests of powerful states, why does it change so often, and why ar...

City Power: Urban Governance in a Global Age - Paperback

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by Richard Schragger (Author)Reigning theories of urban power suggest that in a world dominated by footloose transnational capital, cities have little capacity to effect social change. In City Power, Richard C. Schragger challenges the existing assumptions, arguing that cities can govern, but only if we let them. In the past decade, city leaders across the country have raised the minimum wage, expanded social services, and engaged in social welfare redistribution. These cities have not suffer...

War from the Ground Up: Twenty-First Century Combat as Politics - Paperback

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by Emile Simpson (Author)As a British infantry officer in the Royal Gurkha Rifles Emile Simpson completed three tours of Southern Afghanistan. Drawing on that experience, and on a range of revealing case studies ranging from Nepal to Borneo, War From The Ground Up offers a distinctive perspective on contemporary armed conflict: while most accounts of war look down at the battlefield from an academic perspective, or across it as a personal narrative, the author looks up from the battlefield to...

Contentious Politics (Revised) - Paperback

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by Charles Tilly (Author)Revolutions, social movements, religious and ethnic conflict, nationalism and civil rights, and transnational movements: these forms of contentious politics combine in Charles Tilly's and Sidney Tarrow's Contentious Politics. The authors present a set of analytical tools and procedures for study, comparison, and explanation of these very different sorts of contention. Drawing on many historical and contemporary cases, the book shows that similar principles describe an...

The Treaty of Versailles: A Concise History - Hardcover

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by Michael S. Neiberg (Author)Signed on June 28, 1919 between Germany and the principal Allied powers, the Treaty of Versailles formally ended World War I. Problematic from the very beginning, even its contemporaries saw the treaty as a mediocre compromise, creating a precarious order in Europe and abroad and destined to fall short of ensuring lasting peace. At the time, observers read the treaty through competing lenses: a desire for peace after five years of disastrous war, demands for veng...

Politics in Mexico: The Path of a New Democracy - Paperback

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by Roderic Ai Camp (Author), Shannan L. Mattiace (Author)Thoroughly grounded in Mexican history and based on extensive field research, this introduction examines the roots of Mexico's contemporary political culture and its democratic transformation. Now in its seventh edition, Politics in Mexico: The Path of a New Democracy has been revised and updated in order to address several major changes that have occurred since 2013, including the broad effort of Mexico to achieve a functional democrac...

Innovation and Its Enemies: Why People Resist New Technologies - Paperback

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by Calestous Juma (Author)It is a curious situation that technologies we now take for granted have, when first introduced, so often stoked public controversy and concern for public welfare. At the root of this tension is the perception that the benefits of new technologies will accrue only to small sections of society, while the risks will be more widely distributed. Drawing from nearly 600 years of technology history, Calestous Juma identifies the tension between the need for innovation and ...

Tyrant: Shakespeare on Politics - Paperback

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by Stephen Greenblatt (Author)Examining the psyche--and psychoses--of the likes of Richard III, Macbeth, Lear, and Coriolanus, Greenblatt illuminates the ways in which William Shakespeare delved into the lust for absolute power and the disasters visited upon the societies over which these characters rule. Tyrant shows that Shakespeare's work remains vitally relevant today, not least in its probing of the unquenchable, narcissistic appetites of demagogues and the self-destructive willingness o...

Oxford Handbook of Expedition and Wilderness Medicine - Paperback

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by Jon Dallimore (Editor), Sarah R. Anderson (Editor), Chris Imray (Editor)Fully revised for its third edition, the Oxford Handbook of Expedition and Wilderness Medicine continues to be the essential resource for all expedition medics and well-informed travellers, as well as nurses, paramedics, medical students, and other expedition members travelling in remote, wilderness areas of the world. Now containing more guidance about caving medicine, the third edition includes revised and additional...

Perfect Victims: And the Politics of Appeal - Paperback

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by Mohammed El-Kurd (Author)"Mohammed El-Kurd has written a new Discourse on Colonialism for the twenty-first century." --Robin D. G. Kelley Perfect Victims is an urgent affirmation of the Palestinian condition of resistance and refusal―an ode to the steadfastness of a nation. Palestine is a microcosm of the world: on fire, stubborn, fragmented, dignified. While a settler colonial state continues to inflict devastating violence, fundamental truths are deliberately obscured--the perpetrators...

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Report copyright infringementby Blinn Ellis Combs (Author)This dissertation explores the elenchus, Socrates' method of inquiry and examination, as presented in Plato's definitional dialogues, specifically in the Euthyphro. The work is divided into three parts: Part One: Theories of the ElenchusThis section provides a foundation for understanding Socrates' method by examining various theories of the elenchus. Chapter 1: Analyzes the seminal view of Richard Robinson, who is one of the key figu...

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Report copyright infringementby Robert B. Reich (Author)From political economist, cabinet member, beloved professor, media presence, and bestselling author of Saving Capitalism and The Common Good, a deeply felt, compelling memoir of growing up in a baby-boom America that made progress in certain areas, fell short in so many important ways, and still has lots of work to do "Important and galvanizing." --Senator Bernie Sanders "Essential reading for understanding this moment in American histor...

Symbolism of the Gods of the Egyptians and The Light They Throw on Freemasonry

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Report copyright infringementby Thomas Milton Stewart (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. N...

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Report copyright infringementby Jabez Richardson (Author)Richardson's Monitor of Freemasonry is a comprehensive guide to the practices and principles of Freemasonry, written by Jabez Richardson. The book provides an in-depth look at the history of Freemasonry, its rituals, symbols, and beliefs. It also offers practical advice on how to become a member of the organization and how to navigate the various degrees and levels of membership. The book is divided into several sections, each covering ...

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Report copyright infringementby Rosa J. Caraballo (Author)In 2020, the world experienced a never before pandemic of the Covid 19 Coronavirus. One Latina woman, Rev. Rosa J. Carballo, watched as people all over the world began to experience the same life she'd lived as she walked alongside those hurting, broken, afflicted and affected. In "A Caregiver's Journey" Rosa seeks to enlighten and encourage all those who have found themselves in the role of a caregiver. We all aspire the best life, ho...

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Report copyright infringementby Melville Rosyn Grant (Author)""The Entered Apprentice Degree in Freemasonry"" by Melville Rosyn Grant is a comprehensive guidebook that explores the first degree of Freemasonry, known as the Entered Apprentice Degree. Freemasonry is a fraternal organization that has been in existence for centuries, with members who are committed to self-improvement, charity, and community service. This book provides an in-depth look at the rituals, symbols, and teachings of the...

The Secret Doctrine: The Synthesis of Science, Religion, and Philosophy

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Report copyright infringementby H. P. Blavatsky (Author)Ukrainian-born Madame Helena Blavatsky (1831-1891) was a powerful and controversial member of the spiritualist world and for a time famous for her powers as a medium. She was a co-founder of the theosophy movement in the United States, which she later extended to Europe and India, drawing from her extensive global travels and her familiarity with a broad range of belief systems, from Asian religions to New Orleans voodoo, as well as secr...

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Report copyright infringementby M. D. A. Posman (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 ...

Twenty-Seven Years in Canada West: Or, the Experience of an Early Settler; Volume 1

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Report copyright infringementby Samuel Strickland (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 is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is import...

Pathogenesis: A History of the World in Eight Plagues - Paperback

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by Jonathan Kennedy (Author)NATIONAL BESTSELLER - A "gripping" (The Washington Post) account of how the major transformations in history--from the rise of Homo sapiens to the birth of capitalism--have been shaped not by humans but by germs "Superbly written . . . Kennedy seamlessly weaves together scientific and historical research, and his confident authorial voice is sure to please readers of Yuval Noah Harari or Rutger Bregman."--The Times (U.K.) According to the accepted narrative of prog...

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Report copyright infringementby Rudolf Steiner (Author)In 1882, at the age of 21, Rudolf Steiner's life was changed forever by a seemingly chance meeting on a train. Traveling between Vienna and his home town of Pottschach, Steiner fell into conversation with Felix Koguzki, a lowly herb-gatherer who claimed to have personal and direct knowledge of higher worlds of spiritual attainment. Koguzki arranged for the young man to meet a mysterious individual, someone Steiner refers to only as a 'Mas...

Footprints Of Prince Hall Masonry In New Jersey: The Source And Course Of Ancient Craft Masonry Among Prince Hall Freemasons In New Jersey In The Nine

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Report copyright infringementby Aldrage B. Cooper (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. Numbe...

Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry, Northern Masonic Jurisdiction

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Report copyright infringementby Anonymous (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...

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Report copyright infringementby H. P. H. Bromwell (Author)The 47th Problem of Euclid in Freemasonry is a book written by H.P.H. Bromwell that explores the significance of the 47th problem of Euclid in the context of Freemasonry. The book delves into the history of the 47th problem and its use in Masonic symbolism and teachings. Bromwell provides a detailed explanation of the problem and its geometric properties, and how it relates to the Masonic concept of the ""perfect ashlar."" The book als...

The Freemason's Hand-Book: Containing the Ritual of Freemasonry, as Practiced in the Lodges of the United States

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Report copyright infringementby William H. Drew (Author)The Freemason's Hand-Book by William H. Drew is a comprehensive guide to the ritual of Freemasonry as it is practiced in the lodges of the United States. The book provides a detailed overview of the history of Freemasonry, its symbolism, and the various degrees of initiation that members can achieve. It also includes a complete guide to the rituals and ceremonies that take place in the lodge, including the opening and closing of the lodg...