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Blind Conceit: Politics, Policy and Racial Polarization: Moving Forward to Save AmericaIn "Blind Conceit," Parker lays out how the progressive liberal agenda, often touted as being helpful to the African-American community, has been nothing short of destructive through its "War on Religion, which weakened our public institutions and opened the door to a culture of...
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Blimp Pilot Terrorizes Akron: And Other Hot AirHere's Akron, with attitude. A giant cockroach, ticket-happy traffic cops, sexting teens, bumbling politicians, prima donna sports stars ... There are few topics that Akron Beacon Journal columnist Bob Dyer hasn't tackled head-on. His biting commentary has earned him followers and foes alike--along with...
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When Helping HealsIs it possible to work in international development without hurting those we are trying to help? Over the last few decades, evangelical Christians in the United States have moved from an open embrace of development work (e.g. short term missions, poverty alleviation strategies like...
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An Analysis of John Rawls's a Theory of JusticeJohn Rawls's A Theory of Justice is one of the most influential works of legal and political theory published since the Second World War. It provides a memorably well-constructed and sustained argument in favour of a new (social contract) version of the meaning of...
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Putin vs Putin: Vladimir Putin Viewed from the RightAccording to Prof Alexander Dugin, Vladimir Putin stands at a crossroads. Throughout his career as the President of Russia, Putin has attempted to balance two opposing sides of his political nature: one side is a liberal democrat who seeks to adopt Western-style reforms in...
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Our Enemies in Blue: Police and Power in AmericaLet's begin with the basics: violence is an inherent part of policing. The police represent the most direct means by which the state imposes its will on the citizenry. They are armed, trained, and authorized to use force. Like the possibility of arrest, the...
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Envisioning Real UtopiasRising inequality of income and power, along with the recent convulsions in the finance sector, have made the search for alternatives to unbridled capitalism more urgent than ever. Yet there has been a global retreat by the Left: on the assumption that liberal capitalism...
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The Communist PostScriptA provocative essay on the relationship between communism, philosophy and language. Since Plato, philosophers have dreamed of establishing a rational state ruled through the power of language. In this radical and disturbing account of Soviet philosophy, Boris Groys argues that communism shares that dream...
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Ten Myths about IsraelThe myths and reality behind the state of Israel and Israeli-Palestinian conflict--from "the most eloquent writer on Palestinian history" (New Statesman) In this groundbreaking book, published on the fiftieth anniversary of the Occupation, the outspoken and radical Israeli historian Ilan Pappe examines the most...
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Futurability: The Age of Impotence and the Horizon of PossibilityA comprehensive philosophy of contemporary life and politics, by one of the sharpest critics of the presentWe live in an age of impotence. Stuck between global war and global finance, between identity and capital, we seem incapable of producing the radical change that is...
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Playing the Whore: The Work of Sex WorkRecent years have seen a panic over "online red-light districts," which supposedly seduce vulnerable young women into a life of degradation, and New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof's live tweeting of a Cambodian brothel raid. But rarely do these fearful, salacious dispatches come from...
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Beyond Initial Response: Using The National Incident Management System's Incident Command SystemBeyond Initial Response - Second Edition was written to fill a significant gap in ICS training. Responders have to be ready to carry out their ICS position-specific responsibilities, and to be effective they have to know how to operate as part of an ICS...
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1900: Or, the Last President2019 Reprint of 1896 Edition. Full facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition software. In this work Lockwood creates an alternate history of the United States that puts William Jennings Bryan in power, and in which Bryan immediately took America off...
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The Declaration Of Independence, United States Constitution, Bill Of Rights & AmendmentsA full collection of the most important documents in the creation of the United States of America.This book contains the following documents: The Declaration of Independence The Articles of Confederation The Constitution of the United States of America The 1789 Joint Resolution of Congress...
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NowA new political critique from the authors of The Coming Insurrection, calling for a "destituent process" of outright refusal and utter indifference to government.Now is the phantom chapter to the Invisible Committee's previous book, To Our Friends a new critique from the anonymous collective...
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Our Political Nature: The Evolutionary Origins of What Divides UsThe first book to explore the natural history of political orientations, now with a foreword by Sebastian Junger By blending serious research with relevant contemporary examples, Our Political Nature casts important light on the ideological clashes that so dangerously divide and imperil our world...
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The Next Realignment: Why America's Parties Are Crumbling and What Happens NextAn astute analysis of today's political chaos showing that the current period of disruptive change is part of a recurring pattern in American politics. What's happening to American politics? Old political norms seem to be slipping away. Politics has progressively become angrier, new movements...
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Presidents in Crisis: Tough Decisions Inside the White House from Truman to ObamaWith a new preface by the author, a former director of the White House Situation Room and seasoned journalist, presidential decision making over the course of twelve modern presidencies. In Presidents in Crisis, former director of the Situation Room Michael Bohn invites the reader...
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A World Restored: Metternich, Castlereagh and the Problems of Peace, 1812-22Years before he was Secretary of State and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, Henry Kissinger wrote A World Restored to understand and explain one of history's most important and dramatic periods-a time when Europe went from political chaos to a balanced peace that...
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Spies, Patriots, and Traitors: American Intelligence in the Revolutionary WarStudents and enthusiasts of American history are familiar with the Revolutionary War spies Nathan Hale and Benedict Arnold, but few studies have closely examined the wider intelligence efforts that enabled the colonies to gain their independence. Spies, Patriots, and Traitors provides readers with a...
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