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Lincoln's Jewish Spy: The Life and Times of Issachar ZacharieBorn into a Sephardic Jewish immigrant family, Dr. Issachar Zacharie was the preeminent foot doctor for the American political elite before and during the Civil War. An expert in pain management, Zacharie treated the likes of Henry Clay, John C. Calhoun, General George McClelland...
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Critical Elitism: Deliberation, Democracy, and the Problem of ExpertiseDemocracies have a problem with expertise. Expert knowledge both mediates and facilitates public apprehension of problems, yet it also threatens to exclude the public from consequential judgments and decisions located in technical domains. This book asks: how can we have inclusion without collapsing the...
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Spending to Win: Political Institutions, Economic Geography, and Government SubsidiesGovernments in some democracies target economic policies, like industrial subsidies, to small groups at the expense of many. Why do some governments redistribute more narrowly than others? Their willingness to selectively target economic benefits, like subsidies to businesses, depends on the way politicians are...
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A Peculiar Indifference: The Neglected Toll of Violence on Black AmericaA NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR From Pulitzer Prize finalist Elliott Currie comes a devastating exploration of the extreme levels of violence afflicting Black communities, and a blueprint for addressing the crisis About 170,000 Black Americans have died in homicides just...
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Rogue Diplomats: The Proud Tradition of Disobedience in American Foreign PolicyMany of America's most significant political, economic, territorial, and geostrategic accomplishments from 1776 to the present day came about because a U.S. diplomat disobeyed orders. The magnificent terms granted to the infant republic by Britain at the close of the American Revolution, the bloodless...
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Bolivia: Coup d'EtatOn 17 July 1980 Bolivia suffered the most brutal and bloody military coup in its history. The leader of the coup, General Luis Garcia Meza, thus brought to an end Bolivia's faltering attempts to establish parliamentary democracy. The coup's purpose was not simply to...
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A People Betrayed: A History of Corruption, Political Incompetence and Social Division in Modern SpainThe culmination of a half-century of historical investigation, A People Betrayed is not only a definitive history of modern Spain but also a compelling narrative that becomes a lens for understanding the challenges that virtually all democracies have faced in the modern world.Whereas so...
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International Relations Theory: A Critical IntroductionThe fifth edition of this innovative textbook introduces students to the main theories in International Relations. It explains and analyzes each theory, allowing students to understand and critically engage with the myths and assumptions behind them. Each theory is illustrated using the example of...
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Why I am a HinduIn Why I Am a Hindu, one of India's finest public intellectuals gives us a profound book about one of the world's oldest and greatest religions. Starting with a close examination of his own belief in Hinduism, he ranges far and wide in his...
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New England and the Bavarian IlluminatiThis book has been considered by academicians and scholars of great significance and value to literature. This forms a part of the knowledge base for future generations. So that the book is never forgotten we have represented this book in a print format as...
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Art of War by sun TzuWritten more than two thousand years ago by a mysterious warrior-philosopher, The Art of War is the world's most renowned text on martial strategy and tactics. More than just a military manual, it also holds the keys to victory in life itself; hence, it...
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Unflattering Photos of Fascists: Authoritarianism in Trump's AmericaDonald Trump is hated on the Left, but we owe him thanks for accomplishing what no other president has ever accomplished. He has brought into the bright light of day for the first time a quasi-fascist movement in the United States, the roiling ugliness...
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Nanjing Lectures: 2016-2019French philosopher Bernard Stiegler began his annual lecture series at Nanjing University in 2016, offering eight lectures per year. The first four years of these lectures are included in this volume and amount to a distillation of the movement of his work in this...
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Resistance to Empire and Militarization: Reclaiming the SacredResistance to Empire and Militarization gathers critically reflective articles by 25 leading and emerging scholars/practitioners from religious and non-religious backgrounds, representing three generations of survivors of imperial invasions and genocidal massacres across the globe. The authors interrogate and expose the oppressive religious and secular...
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In the Arena: A History of American Presidential HopefulsIn the Arena profiles 34 American leaders who captured their party's nomination for the presidency, but never reached the Oval Office. Author Peter Shea tells of the rise, early career, campaign and later achievements of historical giants like Aaron Burr and Henry Clay, up...
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Ghost Guns: Hobbyists, Hackers, and the Homemade Weapons RevolutionFor more than a century, strict gun control was possible because firearms were produced in centralized industrial factories. Today, the Fourth Industrial Revolution, combining old and new technologies, threatens to upend this arrangement. An increasing number of hobbyists, makers, technology provocateurs, and sophisticated criminals...
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US Ballistic Missile Defense and Deterrence Postures: The New Cold War Era Perspective on the Wartime Use of Active Missile DefensesThis book discusses most recent developments in the area of US ballistic missile defense with an eye on its battlefield capacities since the Kuwait war, analyzed from the perspective of deterrence postures encompassing the key post-Cold War security challenges (Middle East, Far East, Eastern...
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Parliamentary Sovereignty and the Human Rights ACTThe Human Rights Act 1998 is criticised for providing a weak protection of human rights. The principle of parliamentary legislative supremacy prevents entrenchment, meaning that courts cannot overturn legislation passed after the Act that contradicts Convention rights. This book investigates this assumption, arguing that...
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Imposible hasta que se haceEste libro es esencial para cualquier persona que quiera encontrar su pasi n, buscar un prop sito y cambiar el mundo. Es una historia llena de historias que te llenar de ideas, reflexiones, frases, tweets y temas que te dar n una perspectiva diferente...
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Integral City: Evolutionary Intelligences for the Human HiveHow are we evolving the human hive? 60% of humanity now lives in cities. Can city dwellers, like bees who pollinate the fields, act so intelligently that they add value to the planet? How can the clash of differences that separate people, purpose, profits,...
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