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Everyday Economic Survival in MyanmarReforms in Myanmar (formerly Burma) have eased restrictions on citizens' political activities. Yet for most Burmese, Ardeth Maung Thawnghmung shows, eking out a living from day to day leaves little time for civic engagement. Citizens have coped with extreme hardship through great resourcefulness. But...
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Prison Notebooks: Volume 1Antonio Gramsci (1891-1937) is widely celebrated as the most original political thinker in Western Marxism and an all-around outstanding intellectual figure. Arrested and imprisoned by the Italian Fascist regime in 1926, Gramsci died before fully regaining his freedom. Nevertheless, in his prison notebooks, he...
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House of Debt: How They (and You) Caused the Great Recession, and How We Can Prevent It from Happening AgainThe Great American Recession resulted in the loss of eight million jobs between 2007 and 2009. More than four million homes were lost to foreclosures. Is it a coincidence that the United States witnessed a dramatic rise in household debt in the years before...
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Antisocial Media: How Facebook Disconnects Us and Undermines DemocracyA fully updated paperback edition that includes coverage of the key developments of the past two years, including the political controversies that swirled around Facebook with increasing intensity in the Trump era. If you wanted to build a machine that would distribute propaganda to...
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The PoliticsMan is by nature a political animalIn The Politics Aristotle addresses the questions that lie at the heart of political science. How should society be ordered to ensure the happiness of the individual? Which forms of government are best and how should they be...
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Alienated America: Why Some Places Thrive While Others CollapseNow a Washington Post bestseller. Respected conservative journalist and commentator Timothy P. Carney continues the conversation begun with Hillbilly Elegy and the classic Bowling Alone in this hard-hitting analysis that identifies the true factor behind the decline of the American dream: it is not...
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The Struggle for the Independence of Puerto RicoThe Struggle for the Independence of Puerto Rico (La lucha por la independencia de Puerto Rico) is an essay on the history of Puerto Rico's attempts at liberation from colonial rule from Spain, in the 19th century, and from United States colonialism from 1898...
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Poll-Arized: Why Americans Don't Trust the Polls - And How to Fix Them Before It's Too LateHave you ever wondered why pollsters can't seem to predict who the next president will be? With the sheer volume of data that encircles our lives, why can't pollsters detect the signal through the noise? POLL-ARIZED is a provocative examination of what has gone...
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The Dragon Roars Back: Transformational Leaders and Dynamics of Chinese Foreign PolicyChina is unique in modern world history. No other rising power has experienced China's turbulent history in its relations with neighbors and Western countries. Its sheer size dominates the region. With leader Xi Jinping's political authority unmatched, Xi's sense of mission to restore what...
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The Khalistan Conspiracy: A Former R&AW Officer Unravels the Path to 1984The author, a former Special Secretary of India's external intelligence agency, the Research and Analysis Wing (R&AW), examines a series of interconnected events that led to the rise of the Khalistan movement, Operation Blue Star, the assassination ofAuthor: G. B. S. SidhuPublisher: HarperCollinsPublished: 10/24/2020Pages:...
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The Autonomous City: A History of Urban SquattingAuthor: Alexander VasudevanPublisher: VersoPublished: 01/03/2023Pages: 336Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.66lbsISBN: 9781839767937
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A Tsunami of Lies Cannot Hide the TruthIn this book, Gidey Amare enlightens the readers about the genocidal war waged against the people of Tigray and the intolerable suffering they endured. When the world failed them, the Almighty God helped them remain strong, patient, and resilient. He offered them leadership and...
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If You Want Something Done: Leadership Lessons from Bold WomenThis program is read by the author. From the New York Times bestselling author of WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, Nikki Haley's sharply intimate and inspirational book celebrates the world's most iconic women leaders. "If you want something said, ask a man. If you want...
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The Art of War in an Age of Peace: U.S. Grand Strategy and Resolute RestraintAn informed modern plan for post-2020 American foreign policy that avoids the opposing dangers of retrenchment and overextension "A masterful examination of past American grand strategy and foreign policies. A compelling, thoughtful, and thought-provoking proposal of a new grand strategy by one of America's...
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The Rise of Global Islamophobia in the War on Terror: Coloniality, Race, and IslamThe 'War on Terror' ushered in a new era of anti-Muslim bias and racism. Anti-Muslim racism, or Islamophobia, is influenced by local economies, power structures and histories. However, the War on Terror, a conflict undefined by time and place, with a homogenised Muslim 'Other'...
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Atomic Days: The Untold Story of the Most Toxic Place in AmericaOnce home to the United States's largest plutonium production site, the Hanford Nuclear Reservation in Washington state is laced with 56 million gallons of radioactive waste. The threat of an explosive accident at Hanford is all too real--an event that could be more catastrophic...
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The Future of National Intelligence: How Emerging Technologies Reshape Intelligence CommunitiesNational intelligence agencies have long adjusted to the opportunities and threats from new technologies, and have created structures, concepts, and practices to best apply new capabilities. But such recent technological developments as artificial intelligence are different in kind. Increasingly affordable to nongovernmental actors, they...
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Nature's Laboratory: Environmental Thought and Labor Radicalism in Chicago, 1886-1937The untold history of how Chicago served as an important site of innovation in environmental thought as America transitioned to modern, industrial capitalism.In Nature's Laboratory, Elizabeth Grennan Browning argues that Chicago--a city characterized by rapid growth, severe labor unrest, and its position as a...
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Without Borders: The Haqqani Network and the Road to Kabul"Without Borders: The Haqqani Network and the Road to Kabul" is the untold story of the origins, political awakening, and rise of what the United States and its allies call the Haqqani Network, and what the Haqqani family calls the Haqqani Mujahideen. The author...
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Social Security Handbook 2022: Overview of Social Security Programs, LARGE PRINT EDITIONThe Social Security Handbook: Overview of Social Security Programs, 2022 provides information about Social Security programs and services, and identifies rights and obligations under the Social Security laws.The completely updated Handbook, organized by section number, is a readable, easy-to-understand reference for comprehending complex Social...
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