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In the riveting exploration, "Taiwan's Political Status," the author delves into the complex, contentious, and highly debated issue of Taiwan's sovereignty and its intricate relationship with mainland China. Grounded in exhaustive research and firsthand accounts, this volume provides readers with a comprehensive understanding of Taiwan's historical trajectory, its present challenges, and the potential paths its future might take.The narrative commences...
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What did the Constitution mean at the time it was adopted? How should we interpret today the words used by the Founding Fathers? In originalism: a quarter-century of debate, these questions are explained and dissected by the very people who continue to shape the legal structure of our country.
This is a lively and fascinating discussion of an issue that has occupied the greatest legal minds in America, and one that continues to elicit strong reactions...
3) Courting Disaster: How the CIA Kept America Safe and How Barack Obama Is Inviting the Next Attack
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White House speechwriter Marc Thiessen was locked in a secure room and given access to the most sensitive intelligence when he was tasked to write President George W. Bush's 2006 speech explaining the CIA's interrogation program and why Congress should authorize it. Few know more about these CIA operations than Thiessen. In his new book, Courting Disaster, Thiessen documents just how effective the CIA's interrogations were in foiling attacks on America,...
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Politics and sports: they're two of America's greatest passions. And George Allen-former U.S. Senator, former Virginia Governor, and son of the great NFL coach George Allen, Sr.-brings these two worlds together in his new book, What Washington Can Learn From the World of Sports. Having spent his life with one foot in the sports arena and the other in the political arena, Allen brings his unique perspective and experiences to What Washington Can Learn...
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It's About Time.
America has been craving leadership-and at last a gun-slinging, mega-rock star, deer slayer, and patriot has stepped forward to provide it. Make way for Ted Nugent. Cocked, locked, and ready to rock, the Motor City Madman, the thinking man's Abraham Lincoln, has unleashed the ultimate high-octane political manifesto for the ages in Ted, White, and Blue-the most important patriotic statement since the Constitution. In Ted, White,...
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Écrit dans un style clair, accessible, cet ouvrage brosse le portrait des principaux mouvements sociaux actifs au Québec ainsi que de pratiques et de groupes émergents. Dans une perspective aussi bien historique que « cartographique », il propose un panorama complet de différents secteurs qui ont marqué le Québec contemporain – syndical, étudiant, féministe, de locataires, antiraciste, animaliste, communautaire, autochtone et environnemental,...
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In Grace Canceled, popular talk radio host and political activist Dana Loesch confronts the Left's zero-tolerance, accept-no-apologies ethos with a powerful call for a return to core American principles of grace, redemption, justice, and empathy. Diving deep into recent cases where public and private figures were shamed, fired, or boycotted for social missteps, Loesch shows us how the politics of outrage is fueling the breakdown of the American community....
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Get the Summary of Steven Levitsky & Daniel Ziblatt's How Democracies Die in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "How Democracies Die" by Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt examines the erosion of democratic norms and the rise of authoritarian leaders through historical and contemporary examples. The authors highlight the cases of Mussolini, Hitler, and Chávez, where political elites mistakenly believed they could...
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Get the Summary of Stuart Stevens's The Conspiracy to End America in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "The Conspiracy to End America" by Stuart Stevens offers an in-depth analysis of the transformation of the Republican Party and the role of conservative media in shaping political narratives. Stevens, a former political consultant, reflects on his career and the influence of figures like Roger Ailes, who later led...
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La rebelión del público, un texto tan clásico como profético, busca sentar las bases para un renovado entendimiento de los impactos de las nuevas tecnologías y las redes sociales (Facebook, Twitter, TikTok, etc) sobre la política, el Estado y la autoridad. Libro sobre los tsunamis sociales de ira que se llevan puesto todo lo que encuentran en su camino, cuyo título es un homenaje a La rebelión de las masas de José Ortega y Gasset, indaga...
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Get the Summary of Adam Kinzinger's Renegade in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "Renegade" by Adam Kinzinger offers a detailed account of the January 6, 2021, Capitol attack, the events leading up to it, and its aftermath from the perspective of the congressman and former Air Force pilot. Kinzinger, a critic of Trumpism, describes the former president's inaction during the assault and his role in spreading election...
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L'agonie du capitalisme appelle le coup de grâce de l'anarchie. Propriété, patrie, famille, armée, justice: toutes les institutions de la société bourgeoise ne pourront résister aux assauts conjugués de l'anarchisme et de ses défenseurs. Voilà en substance ce que prne La société mourante et l'anarchie, rédigé en prison et publié pour la première fois en 1893, et qui valut à son auteur d'être renvoyé derrière les barreaux pour deux...
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Preparation determines success. Thus revolutionaries better do everything possible to prepare themselves for revolution. Sometimes, one does not know exactly how to prepare for revolution, so this work provides key principles for revolution preparation. If you want to become a successful revolutionary, read this book! 25 pages.
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Publié pour la première fois en 1976, cet ouvrage retrace tambour battant l'histoire de l'anarchisme en Espagne depuis la fin du XIXe siècle jusqu'à la veille de la révolution sociale de 1936. Fondé sur une variété de sources et salué comme une pierre angulaire de l'historiographie de l'anarchisme, ce classique de l'écologiste libertaire Murray Bookchin est traduit en français pour la première fois. Non content de rendre accessibles au...
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President Obama may have delivered on his campaign promise to kill Osama bin Laden, but as an Al-Qaeda strategist bin Laden has been dead for years. This book introduces and examines the new generation of Al-Qaeda leaders who have been behind the most recent attacks.
Investigative journalist Syed Saleem Shahzad dedicated his life to revealing the strategies and inner workings of Al-Qaeda and the Taliban. He had access to top-level commanders...
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This book details the destructive flawed foundations of Democracy, destroying the mythology behind the innovated political system which has become a valued religion to many voters and politicians. Diabolical Democracy Debunked also suggests a morally superior political system as an alternative to Democracy.
18) Echar raíces
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«Echar raíces quizá sea la necesidad más importante e ignorada del alma humana. Es una de las más difíciles de definir. Un ser humano tiene una raíz en virtud de su participación real, activa y natural en la existencia de una colectividad que conserva vivos ciertos tesoros del pasado y ciertos presentimientos del futuro. [...] El ser humano tiene necesidad de echar múltiples raíces, de recibir la totalidad de su vida moral, intelectual y...
19) Born for Freedom
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Just six-year-old Lucy was aware already that she lived in two different worlds. One world was her home, village, and the people where old traditions and customs prevailed. Another world was where the soviet ruling claimed its dominance over every aspect of their daily life.
Lucy faced the first challenges of the new ruling at the elementary school, and in no time, she learned to cover up her true belief for her country and its people. She became...
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What is it like to be a woman living through the transition from communism to democracy? What effect does this have on a woman's daily life, on her concept of herself, her family, and her community? This book presents the stories of women in Romania as they describe their experiences on the journey to democratic citizenship. In candid and revealing conversations, women between the ages of 24 and 83 explain how they negotiated their way through radical...
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