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Richard Ovenden
Burning the Books: A History of the Deliberate Destruction of Knowledge
A Wolfson History Prize Finalist A New Statesman Book of the Year A Sunday Times Book of the Year “Timely and authoritative…I enjoyed it immensely.” ―Philip Pullman “If you care about books, and if you believe we must all stand up to the destruction of knowledge and cultural heritage...
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Yeidy M. Rivero
Broadcasting Modernity: Cuban Commercial Television, 1950-1960 (Console-ing Passions)
The birth and development of commercial television in Cuba in the 1950s occurred alongside political and social turmoil. In this period of dramatic swings encompassing democracy, a coup, a dictatorship, and a revolution, television functioned as a beacon and promoter of Cuba’s identity as a modern...
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L. H. Sommers
The Prague Deception: MI6 Series
THE PRAGUE DECEPTION When a British academic is murdered in Prague's medieval streets, disgraced MI6 officer Julian Astor is pulled back into the shadow war he thought he'd left behind. Dr. Michael Brennan died investigating Soviet intelligence networks—but his research uncovered something far mo...
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Lee H. Hamilton
How Congress Works and Why You Should Care
How Congress Works and Why You Should Care is a concise introduction to the functions and vital role of the U.S. Congress by eminent former Congressman Lee H. Hamilton. Drawing on 34 years as a U.S. Representative, Hamilton explains how Congress reflects the diversity of the American people, serves...
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W.E.B. Du Bois
W.E.B. Du Bois: Black Reconstruction (LOA #350): An Essay Toward a History of the Part whichBlack Folk Played in the Attempt to ReconstructDemocracy
A definitive edition of the landmark book that forever changed our understanding of the Civil War’s aftermath and the legacy of racism in America Upon publication in 1935, W.E.B. Du Bois’s now classic Black Reconstruction offered a revelatory new assessment of Reconstruction—and of Americ...
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Astra Taylor
The People's Platform: Taking Back Power and Culture in the Digital Age
"Taylor is the Marshall McLuhan or the Neil Postman of our new digital economy, the lonely voice raising urgent questions we need to answer together . . . If The People's Platform doesn't spark the conversation about the kind of democracy and culture we deserve, then we'll deserve the one we get."...
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Robert M. Braun Sr
Moral Duty: We are all responsiboe for future. We are all in this together.
We are all responsible for our future. It's not just my duty or your duty, but our collective duty. We are all in this together, and it's only by working together that we can shape a better future for all. This book is a collection of writings by author Robert ."Bob" Braun, Sr has collected over his...
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Steve Broidy
A Case for Kindness: A New Look at the Teaching Ethic (Academy for Educational Studies)
“Simple acts of kindness” are not so simple. Broidy argues both for the complexity of kindness in action, and for the value of an approach to teachers’ relationship with their students and other clients that is rooted in a “sensibility of kindness.” Broidy’s case for kindness begins by d...
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John Locke
Second Treatise of Government: The 1689 Enlightenment Era Classic (Annotated)
Unique Elements Historical Context - Detailed 17th Century Historical Outline Dive into the groundbreaking political philosophy of John Locke with his classic work, "Second Treatise of Government," published in 1689 in England. This timeless masterpiece explores the principles of government and ind...
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Eric Lichten
Class, Power and Austerity: The New York City Fiscal Crisis (Critical Studies in Work and Community)
The athor views the fiscal crisis as both a product and the process of class struggle. . . . Interview data and documents are combined to present a useful and interesting counter-perspective sensitive to the contingencies of struggle. Choice ?Interesting and valuable reading for all those interest...
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Trenz Shirt Company Mens Patriot Pride - Constitution Forefather Patriotic T-Shirt
Unleash your unwavering love for freedom and pay homage to our nation's heritage with our "Constitutional Defender" T-shirt. This remarkable addition to our Patriot Pride Collection is more than just a piece of clothing; it's a statement of your unwavering commitment to the principles that our foref...
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Barbara Kellerman
Leadership from Bad to Worse: What Happens When Bad Festers
Leadership from Bad to Worse is about how leadership that is bad, invariably, inexorably, gets worse--unless it is somehow, by someone or something, stopped or slowed. The process of going from bad to worse tends to be steady, as opposed to hasty. But once bad burrows in, it digs in. It digs in dee...
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Cynthia Cockburn
The Space Between Us: Negotiating Gender and National Identities in Conflict
Even in places of deadly national enmity, some very ordinary people are routinely doing peace. In this highly original study, Cynthia Cockburn deepens our understanding of the processes sustaining conflict in Northern Ireland, Israel/Palestine and Bosnia/Hercegovina by means of a close involvement w...
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Liza Featherstone
Divining Desire: Focus Groups and the Culture of Consultation
An engaging, accessible history of the focus group, Featherstone's survey shows how the primary purpose of the focus group has shifted from determining what we want, to selling us things we don't. The focus group, over the course of the last century, became an increasingly vital part of the way ...
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JL Sport
1983 Ecuador Football Top Jersey T-Shirt National Team Sport Fans Retro Vintage
High Quality Limited Edition Lightweight breathable fabric In Ecuador, the redemocratization process in the late ‘70s and early ‘80s played a pivotal role in shaping the nation's political landscape and fostering a sense of unity among its diverse population. Emerging from a period of political ...
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Mel White
Six Angry Evangelicals
In 2006 Religion Gone Bad was released by the Penguin Company. In light of Donald Trump’s election and the rapid turn to the right of millions of American voters, the author is convinced that it is urgent that we release a new edition of Religion Gone Bad as Six Angry Evangelicals. The best-sel...
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Carissa Véliz
The Ethics of Privacy and Surveillance (Oxford Philosophical Monographs)
Privacy matters because it shields us from possible abuses of power. Human beings need privacy just as much as they need community. Our need for socialization brings with it risks and burdens which in turn give rise to the need for spaces and time away from others. To impose surveillance upon someon...
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Judith Pace
Hard Questions
Teaching controversial issues in the classroom is now more urgent and fraught than ever as we face up to rising authoritarianism, racial and economic injustice, and looming environmental disaster. Despite evidence that teaching controversy is critical, educators often avoid it. How then can we prepa...
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Julian E. Zelizer
Jimmy Carter: The American Presidents Series: The 39th President, 1977-1981
The maverick politician from Georgia who rode the post- Watergate wave into office but whose term was consumed by economic and international crises A peanut farmer from Georgia, Jimmy Carter rose to national power through mastering the strategy of the maverick politician. As the face of the "New ...
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Irving H. Bartlett
The American Mind in the Mid-Nineteenth Century (The American History Series)
EXCERPT: "The half century between the War of 1812 and the Civil War was above all an age of expansiveness in America. Whether measured in terms of population, territory, urbanization, economic growth, technological development, democratization, or nationalism, American society was transformed quant...
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