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The Open Society and its Enemies: Hegel and MarxWritten in political exile during the Second World War and first published in 1945, Karl Popper's The Open Society and Its Enemies is one of the most influential books of the twentieth century. Hailed by Bertrand Russell as a 'vigorous and profound defence of...
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Case Material and Role Play in Counselling TrainingFirst published in 1995. Between them, Janet Tolan and Susan Lendrum have nearly thirty years of experiences as counselling trainers. They have worked as practitioners in fields as diverse as voluntary telephone counselling, personnel work in industry, primary health care and local government. Following...
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Debriefing the President: The Interrogation of Saddam HusseinDebriefing the President presents an astounding, candid portrait of one of our era's most notorious strongmen. John Nixon, the first man to conduct a prolonged interrogation of Hussein after his capture, offers expert insight into the history and mind of America's most enigmatic enemy....
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Self-Esteem and Adjusting with Blindness: The Process of Responding to Life's DemandAuthor: Dean W. TuttlePublisher: Charles C. Thomas PublisherPublished: 08/01/2004Pages: 316Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 1.57lbsSize: 9.95h x 7.11w x 0.82dISBN: 9780398075095This title is not returnableThis title is only available via back order
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Capital: A Critique of Political PolicyAuthor: Karl MarxPublisher: VintagePublished: 08/12/1977Pages: 1152Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 1.77lbsSize: 8.05h x 5.17w x 1.95dISBN: 9780394726571About the AuthorKarl Mark (1818-1883) was a philosopher, social scientist, historian, and revolutionary. He is without a doubt the most influential socialist thinker to emerge in the nineteenth century. Although...
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To Fight Against This Age: On Fascism and HumanismAn international bestseller, To Fight Against This Age consists of two beautifully written, cogent, and urgent essays about the rise of fascism and the ways in which we can combat it.In "The Eternal Return of Fascism," Rob Riemen explores the theoretical weakness of fascism,...
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Tyrant: Shakespeare on PoliticsAs an aging, tenacious Elizabeth I clung to power, a talented playwright probed the social causes, the psychological roots, and the twisted consequences of tyranny. In exploring the psyche (and psychoses) of the likes of Richard III, Macbeth, Lear, Coriolanus, and the societies they...
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Can Democracy Survive Global Capitalism?In the past few decades, the wages of most workers have stagnated, even as productivity increased. Social supports have been cut, while corporations have achieved record profits. Downward mobility has produced political backlash.What is going on? Can Democracy Survive Global Capitalism? argues that neither...
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The Rise and Fall of Nations: Forces of Change in the Post-Crisis WorldShaped by his twenty-five years traveling the world, and enlivened by encounters with villagers from Rio to Beijing, tycoons, and presidents, Ruchir Sharma's The Rise and Fall of Nations rethinks the dismal science of economics as a practical art. Narrowing the thousands of factors...
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The Guilt of Nations: Restitution and Negotiating Historical InjusticesHow do nations and aggrieved parties, in the wake of heinous crimes and horrible injustices, make amends in a way that acknowledges wrongdoing and redefines future interactions? How does the growing practice of negotiating restitution restore a sense of morality and enhance prospects for...
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Supreme Power: Franklin Roosevelt vs. the Supreme CourtBeginning in 1935, the Supreme Court's conservative majority left much of FDR's agenda in ruins. The pillars of the New Deal fell in short succession. It was not just the New Deal but democracy itself that stood on trial. In February 1937, Roosevelt struck...
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The Second Oldest Profession: Spies and Spying in the Twentieth CenturyIn 1909, the business of spying was hoisted from the domain of a few European descendents to the highest reaches of British government with the formation of Britain's SIS. Acting in response to a totally fraudulent fear--the German spy scare that preceded World War...
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Decision According to LawThe power of the courts, and especially of the Supreme Court, is very great in our political system. This power is justified by the public on the ground that the courts decide cases according to law. On the other hand, much modern thought about...
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War and Liberty: An American Dilemma: 1790 to the PresentWinner of eight national awards for his magisterial work "Perilous Times," Geoffrey R. Stone has now created a condensed, updated, and more accessible history of civil liberties in wartime. With an in-depth examination of how our constitutional rights have fared during the presidency of...
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Kingdom Coming: The Rise of Christian NationalismMichelle Goldberg, a senior political reporter for Salon.com, has been covering the intersection of politics and ideology for years. Before the 2004 election, and during the ensuing months when many Americans were trying to understand how an administration marked by cronyism, disregard for the...
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Black Earth: A Journey Through Russia After the Fall (Revised)"A compassionate glimpse into the extremes where the new Russia meets the old," writes Robert Legvold (Foreign Affairs) about Andrew Meier's enthralling new work. Journeying across a resurgent and reputedly free land, Meier has produced a virtuosic mix of nuanced history, lyric travelogue, and...
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Karl Marx: A LifeIn this stunning book, the first comprehensive biography of Marx since the end of the Cold War, Francis Wheen gives us not a socialist ogre but a fascinating, ultimately humane man, while still examining the criticisms of his detractors. A study in contradictions, Karl...
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Triumphs and Tragedy: A History of the Mexican PeopleWinner of a Commonwealth gold medal for Nonfiction and lauded as one of the five best history books of the year by the Los Angeles Times, this epic history of Mexico tells the story of that country's tumultuous origin and development--from its Olmec, Aztec,...
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The China Mission: George Marshall's Unfinished War, 1945-1947As World War II came to an end, General George Marshall was renowned as the architect of Allied victory. Set to retire, he instead accepted what he thought was a final mission--this time not to win a war, but to stop one. Across the...
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Critical Elections: And the Mainsprings of American PoliticsAuthor: Walter Dean BurnhamPublisher: W. W. Norton & CompanyPublished: 10/01/1971Pages: 228Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.65lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.52dISBN: 9780393093971About the AuthorBurnham, Walter Dean: - Walter Dean Burnham is a professor emeritus of political science at the University of Texas at Austin, and an...
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