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In 1916, a young Quaker schoolteacher and poetry scholar named Elizebeth Smith was hired by an eccentric tycoon to find the secret messages he believed were embedded in Shakespeare's plays. She moved to the tycoon's lavish estate outside of Chicago expecting to spend her days poring through old books. But the rich man's close ties to the U.S. government, and the urgencies of war, quickly transformed Elizebeth's mission. She soon learned to apply her...
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A combination of current events and proud history, The Power of Protest reviews all of the protests that have shaped our society, as well as those at work RIGHT NOW at reshaping the system. Includes beautiful photography alongside current resources for you to continue to fight the injustices that remain in our culture - The Power of Protest will inspire you to be the change you wish to see in the world!
Times of great change did not occur by man's...
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"With a new introduction by Anthony Arnove, this edition of the classic national bestseller chronicles American history from the bottom up, throwing out the official narrative taught in schools--with its emphasis on great men in high places-- to focus on the street, the home, and the workplace. Known for its lively, clear prose as well as its scholarly research, A People's History of the United States is the only volume to tell America's story from...
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O'Reilly offers a detailed examination of how the decisions President Obama is making, the programs he is championing, and the support and opposition he is getting from others will ultimately impact everyday Americans. He backs up his analyses with behind-the-scenes information culled from campaign interviews with Obama, Hillary Clinton and John McCain, as well as details of his confrontations with Congressman Barney Frank and others.
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"Paso a la juventud" fue una consigna que se hizo común durante la guerra civil española y que expresaba una realidad nueva, la de los jóvenes como protagonistas de la movilización social y política, que se había ido forjando en Europa occidental durante el primer tercio del siglo XX. Este proceso también afectó a la sociedad española. Los jóvenes se convirtieron en un soporte fundamental del bando republicano, tanto en el frente como en...
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La lucha política en el Perú republicano se ha desarrollado en un contexto de constantes crisis sociales. El país ha carecido de estabilidad y al llegar el bicentenario sigue válida la definición de Basadre: el Estado es empírico y está basado en un abismo social.
En este libro se revisa la vida política buscando entender las propuestas antisistema como contraparte del país oficial. Por ello, el argumento se sitúa en la tensión que ha...
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The world today is beset with too many conflicts and dangers.The two most frightening words are: "Aggressiveness" and "Arrogance".They describe the terrible human behaviours that are threatening the survival of Planet Earth and the human species.Then, there is this fearsome word "NATO" that represents the most powerful military force in the world centred around the vast North Atlantic Ocean. It literally has the sheer fire power and nuclear power...
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"A history of the Flat Earth movement and a look at the recent boom in conspiratorial thinking in America" --
Since 2015 there has been a spectacular boom in a centuries-old delusion: that the earth is flat. Weill draws a direct line from today's conspiratorial moment, brimming not just with Flat Earthers but also anti-vaxxers and QAnon followers, back to the early days of Flat Earth theory in the 1830s. When faced with a complicated world out of...
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Since the early 1960s, few other countries have endured more acts of terrorism against civilian targets than Cuba, and the US has had its hand in much of it. This book gives a voice to the victims.
Keith Bolender reveals the enormous impact of terrorism on Cuba's civilian population, with over 1,000 documented incidents resulting in more than 3,000 deaths and 2,000 injuries. Bolender allows the victims to articulate the atrocities the Cuban...
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In 2005, J.C. Hallman came across a scientific paper about "Pleistocene Rewilding," a peculiar idea from conservation biology that suggested repopulating bereft ecosystems with endangered "megafauna." The plan sounded utterly utopian, but Hallman liked the idea as much as the scientists did-perhaps because he had grown up on a street called Utopia Road in a master-planned community in Southern California. Pleistocene Rewilding rekindled in him a longstanding...
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While Daniel Holland's memoir details his involvement in the draft resistance movement of the 1960s, the impetus to share his story now comes from the dangerous new president and congress that have taken control of the United States Government. There is no telling how quickly they will plunge our nation into war. People who are of age to fight in the wars of today were not yet born when the lessons of Vietnam were being learned, so this book may serve...
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Victorian poet and critic Matthew Arnold wrote the essays that constitute Culture and Anarchy between 1867 and 1869, a time of rapid social change and uncertainty. Defining culture as "the best that has been thought and said," Arnold offers concrete suggestions for its role as a corrective to the chaos of materialism, industrialism, and self-interest. Acclaimed by Commentary as "the classic defense of high culture against the depredations of modernity,"...
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"Este libro recoge relatos de vida y cuentos cortos generados en una de las bibliotecas por la paz durante el proceso de reinserción de algunos excombatientes de las Farc, miembros de la Columna Móvil Teófilo Forero. Durante nueve meses ellos crearon historias y narrativas que permitieron el conocimiento y acercamientode los participantes a los talleres de extensión bibliotecaria y al contacto con el mundo de los libros. Un contacto que poco a...
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A veteran political analyst examines the forces that led to the rise of the current form of populism and considers their continuing influence on the future of American politics.
What political, social, and cultural forces led to the election of President Donald Trump? Political analyst Bradford R. Kane explores ten dynamics of American politics and society that played a role in the 2016 presidential election and continue to exert an influence on...
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Indalecio Prieto (1883-1962) y José Antonio Aguirre (1904-1960) fueron no solo los principales líderes del socialismo y del nacionalismo vascos, respectivamente, sino también los políticos más relevantes de la Euskadi del siglo XX, a cuyo autogobierno contribuyeron de forma decisiva. Sus vidas se cruzaron continuamente a lo largo de tres decenios: desde el advenimiento de la Segunda República el 14 de abril de 1931 hasta su muerte en el exilio....
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The history of policing in Britain is a considerably under-researched subject, and the advancement of women within that history even more so. This book seeks to fill that gap, by tracking the progress of women in policing - a story that is longer and more complex than perhaps first meets the eye.
Rather than taking a broad narrative overview of women's progress in the realm of law enforcement, this book examines individual experiences within that...
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"El Estado mágico" es un estudio de continuidades. A contrapelo de la bibliografía convencional, analiza la trayectoria lineal del rentismo venezolano del siglo XX, desde la constitución del petro-Estado, durante la dictadura de Gómez, pasando por la de Pérez Jiménez y por los gobiernos democráticos que la sucedieron.
La gran continuidad que nos define ha tenido y tiene la fuerza de un mito: el Estado como brujo magnánimo capaz de lograr...
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Conspiracy theories have been a part of the American experience since colonial times. There is a rich literature on conspiracies involving, among others, Masons, Catholics, Mormons, Jews, financiers, Communists, and internationalists. Although many conspiracy theories appear irrational, an exaggerated fear of a conspiracy sometimes proves to be well founded. This anthology provides students with documents relating to some of the more important and...
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¿Existe la posibilidad de plantear un sistema político que supere las desigualdades e injusticias que genera el capitalismo y que, a su vez, evite caer en los errores de los intentos revolucionarios ocurridos hasta el presente? Los autores de este manifiesto sostienen que sí es posible, siempre y cuando ese nuevo sistema se base en el amor, en el reconocimiento del otro, en la ausencia de egoísmos, en la aspiración a una verdadera justicia social....
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A masterful account of the assassins who hunted down the perpetrators of the Armenian Genocide.
In 1921, a tightly knit band of killers set out to avenge the deaths of almost one million victims of the Armenian Genocide. They were a humble bunch: an accountant, a life insurance salesman, a newspaper editor, an engineering student, and a diplomat. Together they formed one of the most effective assassination squads in history. They named...
In 1921, a tightly knit band of killers set out to avenge the deaths of almost one million victims of the Armenian Genocide. They were a humble bunch: an accountant, a life insurance salesman, a newspaper editor, an engineering student, and a diplomat. Together they formed one of the most effective assassination squads in history. They named...
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