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The award-winning human rights activist and advisor to policy makers and presidential candidates delivers a 21st-century economic plan to rescue working-class Americans. Van Jones illustrates how we can invent and invest our way out of the pollution-based grey economy and into the healthy new green economy. Built by a broad coalition deeply rooted in the lives and struggles of ordinary people, this path has the practical benefit of both cutting energy...
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A venture capital executive draws on a wide variety of business, government, and societal trends to illustrate how most major challenges facing younger adults are exacerbated by age biases. 2011 eLit award winner.Kirkus Review:Venture capital investor Lerner calls attention to the alarmingly prevalent, counter-productive discrimination that thwarts young adults in the United States from making their mark on the culture.It's Lerner's desire to right...
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Thomas Sowell is the Rose and Milton Friedman Senior Fellow at The Hoover Institution. He studied economics at Harvard, Columbia, and the University of Chicago and has taught at Cornell, UCLA, Brandeis, and Amherst. He has published over 45 books and written countless articles and op-ed pieces. Paul Johnson has described him as "the most original and interesting philosopher at work in America." In 2002 Sowell was the recipient of a National Humanities...
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More Mirth Wind & Ire speaks to the reality that its predecessor, "Mirth, WInd, and Ire" did not and could not cover all the critical and social issues left unresolved by America and her law-makers over the last three to four decades. A book of essays that uses mostly local confrontations as case histories to illustrate national and international problems, "More Mirth Wind and Ire" changes two key elements from "Mirth, Wind, and Ire." First it presents...
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"As America looks for balance in a dangerous and complex world, AWOL is a great place to start." - General Tommy Franks (retired)
"AWOL drives home...the need to address the evaporating sense of duty and service to our nation." - General Les Palm (retired), President and CEO Marine Corps Association
"AWOL is unique in its scope, intent and implications. [It] is clearly written and meticulously researched." - Leatherneck Magazine
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Consumer advocate, activist, humanitarian, and former presidential candidate Ralph Nader is arguably the most provocative and important progressive voice in America today-a fearless reformer whom The Atlantic named one of the 100 most influential figures in American history. In these troubling times of intractable fiscal and social distress, Nader offers a new program to help rescue America: The Seventeen Solutions. His powerful, paradigm-shifting...
7) Jane Mayer's Dark Money: The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Ri
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This is a summary of Jane Mayer's Dark Money: The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right. It is a strong and powerful book that shows an in-depth report of a network made up of the wealthy and the influential and their goal of creating a clear plan to change the American political structure. Within the network are people whose wealth is overflowing. They create an environment fashioned after their corporate and personal...
8) E.J. Dionne Jr.'s Why the Right Went Wrong: Conservatism - From Goldwater to the Tea Party and Be
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This is a Summary of E.J. Dionne Jr.'s Why the Right Went Wrong: Conservatism--From Goldwater to the Tea Party and BeyondFrom one of our most engaging political reporters and the author of Why Americans Hate Politics; the story of conservatism from the Goldwater 1960s to the present day Tea Party that has resulted in broken promises and an ideological purity that drives moderate Republicans away.Why the Right Went Wrong offers a historical view of...
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What do "foreigners" think of Taiwan ? How long do they stay ? What do they do ? Are Taiwanese really friendly & smart ? Should Taiwan be part of China ?These questions and curiosities are answered in this study, the first of its kind in Taiwan.The government will hate it, you will love it !Find out what these strange "white monkeys" get up to in this Formosa…..I like Taiwan; I am really comfortable here and plan to stay the rest of my life.I have...
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We pretty much know that we have to change how we're educating our kids, right? Perhaps one of the reasons why we're not doing what needs to be done is because the business of school is out of sight. We send our kids off to school believing that educators are educating our children. It's time we all took a long hard look at what's really going on, decide whether this is what we want and go for change.This book allows you to sit (with me) in the classroom...
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This book explores the concept of S-Risks, or suffering risks, and delves into their significance, distinguishing them from conspiracy theories and alarmism. It categorizes S-Risks into agential, natural, and incidental types, discussing the disjunctive nature and various factors influencing them. Examining technological progress, the existence of powerful agents, and unintended consequences, the book addresses societal values, ethical considerations,...
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"You should definitely read this book… What really struck me in reading Beyond These Walls was that Tony Platt had very seriously and carefully considered the contributions of social movements-feminist, queer, disability, and labor." -Angela Davis
Beyond These Walls is an ambitious and far-ranging exploration that tracks the legacy of crime and imprisonment in the United States, from the historical roots of the American criminal justice system...
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Governing the Displaced answers a straightforward question: how are refugees governed under capitalism in this moment of heightened global displacement? To answer this question, Ali Bhagat takes a dual case study approach to explore three dimensions of refugee survival in Paris and Nairobi: shelter, work, and political belonging.
Bhagat's book makes sense of a global refugee regime along the contradictory fault lines of passive humanitarianism,...
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The premise of this book is that the compliance with a form of martial law dictated by authorities is being on the whole far too easily accepted by the masses. Some people are just prone to be compliant with authority. Others thought originally that the potential danger of a horrific epidemic sweeping across the globe warranted compliance with rules dictated by people in the know, and now, months later, believe in extreme caution as we attempt to...
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Arts graduate education is uniquely positioned to deliver many of the public good needs of contemporary Canada. For the Public Good argues, however, that graduate programs must fundamentally change if they are to achieve this potential. Drawing on deep experience and research, the authors outline how reformed programs that equip graduates with advanced skills can address Canada's most vexing challenges and seek action on equity, diversity, inclusion,...
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"PALESTINE, fin du mécanisme du rejet"
"Chroniques d'un militant pour un nouvel horizon"
La catastrophe en cours en Palestine, humaine, économique et morale aboutit à deux détresses : d'un cté l'éradication et la perte de raison d'être pour les survivants, de l'autre la dislocation identitaire sans perspective autre que l'autodestruction.
Ce cercle infernal se nourrit d'un mécanisme millénaire du rejet. « L'Europe nous a vomit en Palestine...
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Creating a Nation That Is Fair for Us All
Cindy Mathers has experienced firsthand the impact of our traumatised, fragmented, and broken systems on First Nations people, and indeed us all. She has been mentored by and worked collaboratively with First Nations people for over two decades, learning through respect, deep listening, and truth telling.
After repeated experiences of burnout, she began searching for solutions outside current systems....
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Transgender activists are all about speaking up-unless you regret your "transition" and have made the journey back. Then you'd better keep your mouth shut. But a compelling new book gives detransitioners a voice. And their testimony is unforgettable.
The number of teens and pre-teens persuaded they were born with the wrong body has exploded. Goaded by a toxic online "community" and assisted by teachers, doctors, and even their own parents, they are...
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The fall from politico to prisoner isn't necessarily long, but the landing, as Missouri State Senator Jeff Smith learned, is a hard one.
In 2009, Smith pleaded guilty to a seemingly minor charge of campaign malfeasance and earned himself a year and one day in Kentucky's FCI Manchester. Mr. Smith Goes to Prison is the fish-out-of-water story of his time in the big house; of the people he met there and the things he learned: how to escape the attentions...
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