Political Science
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Arguing with Zombies: Economics, Politics, and the Fight for a Better FutureThere is no better guide than Paul Krugman to basic economics, the ideas that animate much of our public policy. Likewise, there is no stronger foe of zombie economics, the misunderstandings that just won't die. In Arguing with Zombies, Krugman tackles many of these...
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Anarcho-Syndicalism: Theory and PracticeIn 1937, at the behest of Emma Goldman, Rocker penned this political and philosophical masterpiece as an introduction to the ideals fueling the Spanish social revolution and resistance to capitalism the world over. Within, Rocker offers an introduction to anarchist ideas, a history of...
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America: The Last Best Hope (Volume III): From the Collapse of Communism to the Rise of Radical IslamRespected scholar William Bennett reacquaints America with its heritage in the third volume of America: The Last Best Hope (Volume III). This engaging narrative slices through the cobwebs of time, memory, and prevailing cynicism to reinvigorate America with an informed patriotism.America began to breathe...
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American Contradiction: Revolution and Revenge from the 1950s to NowHow did Americans come to elect Barack Obama--and then Donald Trump? Those choices capture what Paul Starr calls the American contradiction. The whole truth about America, Starr argues in this new history of the United States since the 1950s, has never been contained in...
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American Character: A History of the Epic Struggle Between Individual Liberty and the Common GoodThe author of American Nations examines the history of and solutions to the key American question: how best to reconcile individual liberty with the maintenance of a free society The struggle between individual rights and the good of the community as a whole has...
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All the Worst Humans: How I Made News for Dictators, Tycoons, and PoliticiansA New York Times Notable Book A New York Times Editors' ChoiceA New York Post Best Book of the YearAn Amazon Best Biography/Memoir "A rollicking, unexpectedly affecting story. . . It's going to be one of the big, buzzy Beltway books of the year."--Politico...
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Ai, Automation, and War: The Rise of a Military-Tech ComplexWhy AI will not replace human strategic judgement in war Is AI about to automate war? Will autonomous drone swarms and killer robots controlled by AI dominate the battlespace and determine the winner? In AI, Automation, and War, Anthony King debunks this science fiction-tinged...
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A Higher Loyalty: Truth, Lies, and Leadership#1 New York Times Bestseller now in paperback with new material. A Higher Loyalty provided the inspiration for The Comey Rule, the Showtime limited series starring Jeff Daniels.In his book, former FBI director James Comey shares his never-before-told experiences from some of the highest-stakes...
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Agent Garbo"The book presses ever forward down a path of historical marvels and astonishing facts. The effect is like a master class that's accessible to anyone, and Agent Garbo often reads as though it were written in a single, perfect draft."--The Atlantic Before he remade...
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After Savagery: Gaza, Genocide, and the Illusion of Western CivilizationWritten during a genocide, After Savagery reveals the ethical bankruptcy of "Western philosophy" and how it undergirds the erasure of the colonized. The death toll in Gaza continues to rise―a cold, lifeless number representing entire communities crushed under the weight of settler colonialism. What...
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After Escobar: Taking Down the Notorious Cali Godfathers and the Biggest Drug Cartel in HistoryRenowned DEA agents Chris Feistl and Dave Mitchell tell the incredible true story of how they helped dismantle the world's single most powerful crime syndicate, as featured in Season 3 of the hit Netflix series Narcos. By the early 1990s, Colombia's Cali cartel had...
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Africonomics: A History of Western IgnoranceA bold, concise history of Western economic interventions in Africa, by the former director of the Centre of African Studies at the University of Cambridge For centuries, Westerners have tried to "fix" African economies. From the abolition of slavery onward, missionaries, philanthropists, development economists,...
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Affordable Housing in Charlotte: What One City's History Tells Us about America's Pressing ProblemLocally, regionally, and nationally, the lack of affordable housing is an urgent and ongoing issue. As elected officials rush to ramp up aid for the construction of affordable apartments, scholars and policymakers are asking how our present system of housing subsidies--both its strengths and...
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#Accelerate: The Accelerationist ReaderAn apparently contradictory yet radically urgent collection of texts tracing the genealogy of a controversial current in contemporary philosophy.Accelerationism is the name of a contemporary political heresy: the insistence that the only radical political response to capitalism is not to protest, disrupt, critique, or...
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A Call at 4 Am: Thirteen Prime Ministers and the Crucial Decisions That Shaped Israeli PoliticsThe full and untold story of Israeli politics penned by one of Israel's most distinguished political journalists. "The phones had been installed in every corner of the apartment, and all started ringing at once. Golda Meir knew exactly what the sound meant--but she was...
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A Brief History of the World in 47 Borders: Surprising Stories Behind the Lines on Our MapsMany lines on the map are worth far more than a thousand words, going well beyond merely marking divisions between nations. In this eye-opening investigation into the most remarkable points on the map, a single boundary might, upon closer inspection, reveal eons of history--from...
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A Brief History of NeoliberalismNeoliberalism--the doctrine that market exchange is an ethic in itself, capable of acting as a guide for all human action--has become dominant in both thought and practice throughout much of the world since 1970 or so. Writing for a wide audience, David Harvey, author...
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8 Seconds of Courage: A Soldier's Story from Immigrant to the Medal of HonorIn an inspiring story of valor and the making of a hero, Florent Groberg--who grew up in France and emigrated to the US--becomes the first immigrant in forty years to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor after he tackled a suicide bomber in Afghanistan....
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89 Words Followed by Prague, a Disappearing PoemTwo newly translated works from one of the greatest literary writers and thinkers of the modern age, available together in English for the first time.Translating a work from its original language can be complicated; it's a complex art that can easily mar and twist...
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10/7: 100 Human StoriesWinner of the National Jewish Book Awards' 2024 Jewish Book of the Year and The Natan Fund's Winter 2025 Notable Book Award! The definitive account of the 10/7 attacks through the stories of its victims and the communities they called home.On October 7, 2023--the...
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