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Communist Propaganda, and the Truth About Conditions in Soviet Russia (testimony of David P. Johnson) Hearing - Paperback

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Report copyright infringementby United States Congress House Commi (Created by), David Paul Johnson (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.Scholar...

Memories of Army Life and MPs of the 529th: The Top Military Police Company in the United States Army of the 1970s - Hardcover

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by R. Olin Jackson (Author)The Top Military Police Company in the United States Army During the 1970s. It isn't often that one is able to maintain that his or her military unit was the top-dog in the entire United States Army, but that's the remarkable truth regarding the 529th Military Police Company of Heidelberg, Germany, in 1974 - and euphemistically for the decade of the 1970s.In the early 1970s, it had been barely 25 years since the end of World War II in Europe, and Germany, again, was...

The Lemon Tree: An Arab, a Jew, and the Heart of the Middle East - Paperback

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by Sandy Tolan (Author)A NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FINALIST "Extraordinary ... A sweeping history of the Palestinian-Israeli conundrum ... Highly readable and evocative." - The Washington Post The tale of a simple act of faith between two young people, one Israeli and one Palestinian, that symbolizes the hope for peace in the Middle East - with an updated afterword by the author. In 1967, Bashir Khairi, a twenty-five-year-old Palestinian, journeyed to Israel with the goal of seeing t...

The Ethical Protector: Police Ethics, Tactics and Techniques - Paperback

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Report copyright infringementby Bruce J. Gourlie (Author), James V. Morganelli (Editor), Jack E. Hoban (Author)The Ethical Warrior concept was developed and is practiced by the United States Marine Corps. It is transmitted to the Marines through the Marine Corps Martial Arts Program (MCMAP). The concept has been adapted for Law Enforcement and is referred to as the Ethical Protector concept. This book is adapted from a series of articles written originally for LEOs on PoliceOne.com, but be as...

Comunismo. Teoria y Realidad - Paperback

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Report copyright infringementby Flavio Rivera-Montealegre (Author)El autor expone en su libro la teoria de la doctrina comunista y sus exponentes, entre ellos Carlos Marx, y, en contraposici n, lo que realmente hacen aquellos grupos o individuos que llegan al poder prometiendo maravillas a la clase trabajadora y a los campesinos, pero que terminan extermin ndolos, masacrandolos, oprimi ndolos mucho m s de lo que sufr an con los dictadores anteriores. De esta manera, esos que llegan al poder e...

A Short Life of Abraham Lincoln - Paperback

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Report copyright infringementby John G. Nicolay (Author)A Short Life of Abraham Lincoln is a great beginning point for anyone interested in the life of one of the greatest Presidents of the United States to ever live. Number of Pages: 230 Dimensions: 0.48 x 9.02 x 5.98 IN Publication Date: February 22, 2014

Red Zone Blues: a snapshot of Baghdad during the surge - Paperback

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Report copyright infringementby Pepe Escobar (Author), Jason Florio (Photographer)Asia Times correspondent Pepe Escobar, author of Globalistan: How the Globalized World Is Dissolving Into Liquid War (Nimble Books, 2007), delivers an unforgettable snapshot of the people of Baghdad during the "surge." Outstanding first-hand reporting mixed with global insight; a must-read for anyone seeking to understand what's happening on the ground in Baghdad. Number of Pages: 124 D...

Fullerton's Rangers: A History of the New Mexico Territorial Mounted Police - Paperback

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Report copyright infringementby Chuck Hornung (Author)In 1890, the U.S. government declared the frontier settled, and the ""Wild West"" was history. In the territory of New Mexico, however, crime still knew no limit and the gun was the final answer to all problems. Aiming to help New Mexico achieve statehood, its leaders decided they needed a mounted police force like those that had tamed Texas and Arizona. This book describes the birth of the New Mexico Mounted Police in 1905 and tells the s...

At the Center of the Storm LP - Paperback

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Report copyright infringementby George Tenet (Author)In the whirlwind of accusations and recriminations that emerged in the wake of 9/11 and the Iraq war, one man's vital testimony has been conspicuously absent. Candid and gripping, At the Center of the Storm recounts George Tenet's time at the Central Intelligence Agency, a revealing look at the inner workings of the most important intelligence organization in the world during the most challenging times in recent history. With unparalleled a...

The Supermajority: How the Supreme Court Divided America - Paperback

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Report copyright infringementby Michael Waldman (Author)A "terrific, if chilling, account" (The Guardian) of how the Supreme Court's new conservative supermajority is overturning decades of law and leading the country in a dangerous political direction. In The Supermajority, Michael Waldman explores the tumultuous 2021---2022 Supreme Court term. He draws deeply on history to examine other times the Court veered from the popular will, provoking controversy, and backlash. And he analyzes the mo...

Indian Philosophy, Indian Revolution: On Caste and Politics - Hardcover

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Report copyright infringementby Divya Dwivedi (Author), Shaj Mohan (Author)A revolutionary alternative to the misleading spiritualised image of India, through anti-caste political thought.Author BiographyDivya Dwivedi is a philosopher based in India, Associate Professor of Philosophy at the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, and co-founder of the journal Philosophy World Democracy. She is the co-author with Shaj Mohan of Gandhi and Philosophy. Shaj Mohan is a philosopher based in India, pu...

What Went Wrong with Capitalism - Hardcover

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Report copyright infringementby Ruchir Sharma (Author)A century of expanding government has distorted financial markets, stoked massive inequality, and soaked America in debt. Capitalism didn't fail, it was ruined... What went wrong with capitalism? Ruchir Sharma's account is not like any you will have heard before. He says progressives are right, in part, when they mock modern capitalism as "socialism for the rich." For a century, governments have expanded in just about every measurable dime...

Killing the Butterfly: A Cuban Memoir of Democracy's Demise - Paperback

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by Guillermo Marquez-Sterling (Author) Number of Pages: 366 Dimensions: 0.76 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: February 21, 2025

The Privatization of Everything: How the Plunder of Public Goods Transformed America and How We Can Fight Back - Hardcover

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by Donald Cohen (Author), Allen Mikaelian (Author)The book the American Prospect calls "an essential resource for future reformers on how not to govern," by America's leading defender of the public interest and a bestselling historian"An essential read for those who want to fight the assault on public goods and the commons." -Naomi KleinA sweeping exposéeacute; of the ways in which private interests strip public goods of their power and diminish democracy, The Privatization of Everything has ...

The Evangelicals: The Struggle to Shape America - Paperback

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by Frances Fitzgerald (Author)* Winner of the 2017 National Book Critics Circle Award * National Book Award Finalist * Time magazine Top 10 Nonfiction Book of the Year * New York Times Notable Book * Publishers Weekly Best Books of 2017 This "epic history" (The Boston Globe) from Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Frances FitzGerald is the first to tell the powerful, dramatic story of the Evangelical movement in America--from the Puritan era to the 2016 election. "We have long needed a fair-mi...

The Carnation Revolution: The Day Portugal's Dictatorship Fell - Hardcover

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by Alex Fernandes (Author)A new history of the Portugal's Carnation Revolution on its fiftieth anniversary 25 April 1974, Lisbon. Over the course of a single day, Europe's oldest fascist regime falls. On its 50th anniversary, this is the story of the revolution that changed Portugal forever. 'The Carnation Revolution reads like a political thriller.' The Times On the night of 24 April 1974, at five minutes to eleven, a Lisbon radio station broadcasts Portugal's Eurovision entry. By 6.20 p.m. ...

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by Slavoj Zizek (Author)The celebrated political philosopher analyzes the end of global capitalism in this "part philosophical tightrope-walk, part performance-art marathon, part intellectual roller-coaster ride" (Observer) There should no longer be any doubt: global capitalism is fast approaching its terminal crisis. Slavoj Zizek has identified the four horsemen of this coming apocalypse: the worldwide ecological crisis; imbalances within the economic system; the biogenetic revolution; and ...

Proof of Life: Twenty Days on the Hunt for a Missing Person in the Middle East - Hardcover

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by Daniel Levin (Author)"Riveting . . . Well-written and highly compelling."--Wall Street Journal "Truly thrilling. Daniel Levin brilliantly conveys both the menace and the evil of Middle Eastern intrigue, and some victories of human kindness over cruelty and despair."--Daniel Kahneman, New York Times bestselling author of Thinking, Fast and Slow Daniel Levin was in his New York office when he got a call from an acquaintance with an urgent, cryptic request to meet in Paris. A young man had...

Helping the Good Do Better: How a White Hat Lobbyist Advocates for Social Change - Paperback

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by Thomas F. Sheridan (Author)How to effect positive social change by the top progressive white hat lobbyist in Washington. HELPING THE GOOD DO BETTER pulls back the curtain on the corridors of power in Washington to reveal how social change really happens. This book offers lessons from the trenches on how some of this generation's most defining social issues-AIDS, disabilities, global poverty, cancer, human trafficking, national service, early childhood education, and social entrepreneurship...

Sacred Economics, Revised: Money, Gift & Society in the Age of Transition - Paperback

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by Charles Eisenstein (Author)Expanded and updated, Charles Eisenstein's classic treatise on capitalism, currency, and the gift economy. This revised version traces the history of money, from ancient gift economies to modern capitalism, and includes new material on cryptocurrencies and emerging research that has come out since the book's original publication. CharlesEisenstein shows how capitalism contributes to alienation, competition, and scarcity; destroys community; and necessitates endle...

Boom! a Revolting Situation: The Failure of Ideological Politics and the Disappointment of Ideological Government - Hardcover

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Report copyright infringementby Thomas Richard Harry (Author)"The idea of revolution is to take action. The goal of revolution is positive change." -Thomas Richard Harry Boom A Revolting Situation BOOM is a tough-minded eye-opening appraisal of American Democracy that highlights serious lack of choice in today's political arena. Party identification is unraveling; increasingly voters opt not to be identified with them. Nothing has yet developed to fill this void. The result: millions of pol...

On the House: A Washington Memoir - Paperback

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Report copyright infringementby John Boehner (Author)Now in paperback with a new preface by the author, the instant #1 New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller! "A rollicking, foul-mouthed" [memoir]....Boehner has delivered a classic Washington 'tell-all, ' albeit one with his typical jocular style."--The Washington Post Former Speaker of the House John Boehner shares colorful tales from the halls of power, the smoke-filled rooms around those halls, and his fabled tour bus in On the ...

Lost in Transition: Ethnographies of Everyday Life after Communism - Paperback

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Report copyright infringementby Kristen Ghodsee (Author)Lost in Transition tells of ordinary lives upended by the collapse of communism. Through ethnographic essays and short stories based on her experiences with Eastern Europe between 1989 and 2009, Kristen Ghodsee explains why it is that so many Eastern Europeans are nostalgic for the communist past. Ghodsee uses Bulgaria, the Eastern European nation where she has spent the most time, as a lens for exploring the broader transition from comm...

Popular Sovereignty and the Crisis of German Constitutional Law: The Theory and Practice of Weimar Constitutionalism - Paperback

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Report copyright infringementby Peter C. Caldwell (Author)Popular Sovereignty and the Crisis of German Constitutional Law is a historical analysis of competing doctrines of constitutional law during the Weimar Republic. It chronicles the creation of a new constitutional jurisprudence both adequate to the needs of a modern welfare state and based on the principle of popular sovereignty. Peter C. Caldwell explores the legal nature of democracy as debated by Weimar's political theorists and cons...

Merge Left: Fusing Race and Class, Winning Elections, and Saving America - Hardcover

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by Ian Haney López (Author)From the acclaimed author of Dog Whistle Politics, an essential road map to neutralizing the role of racism as a divide-and-conquer political weapon and to building a broad multiracial progressive future Ian Haney López has broken the code on the racial politics of the last fifty years.--Bill Moyers In 2014, Ian Haney López in Dog Whistle Politics named and explained the coded racial appeals exploited by right-wing politicians over the last half century--and thereby...

Multisolving: Creating Systems Change in a Fractured World - Paperback

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by Elizabeth Sawin (Author)For most of Elizabeth Sawin's career, she was not a multisolver. Instead, she worked on a single, albeit immensely important problem: climate change. Despite tremendous effort--long hours of teaching, attending conferences, publicizing analysis--at the end of the day, she felt like she was chasing her tail. Unless people began to recognize the multitude of unexpected benefits from ratcheting down emissions, climate change would remain a losing political issue. That...

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by Phillip P. Purpura (Author), Philip P. Purpura (Author)The Security Handbook, Second Edition is a user-friendly guide for security officers and guards, covering everything from introductory information to advanced topics. Whether looking for entry into the profession or development within the security industry, this book offers the practical information, training, and need-to-know techniques for the realization of professional goals. The Second Edition emphasizes the proper skills required...

The Future of the Factory: How Megatrends Are Changing Industrialization - Hardcover

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by Jostein Hauge (Author)For centuries, industrialization and factory-based production have been core ingredients in economic growth, development, and innovation. This symbiotic relationship between industrialization and economic prosperity is now changing. 'Megatrends' - trends within the domains of technology, economy, society, and ecology that have a global impact - are changing the ability of the manufacturing sector to serve as the engine of growth, changing traditional ideas of technolo...

Washington's Farewell Address to the People of the United States of America - Hardcover

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Report copyright infringementby George 1732-1799 Washington (Author)In this landmark speech, delivered by George Washington in 1796, the nation's first president discusses his plans to retire from public life and offers advice to the American people on how to build a strong and unified nation. His words have become an enduring part of American political culture and remain a source of inspiration for citizens and leaders alike.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally importa...

The Secret Service of the Confederate States in Europe - Paperback

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Report copyright infringementby Bulloch James Dunwoody (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 i...

History of Salisbury, Vermont - Paperback

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Report copyright infringementby John M. 1788-1858 Weeks (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 ...

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Report copyright infringementby Francis Neilson (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 importan...