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America's Crisis: The Direct Democracy and Direct Education Solution [MultiFormat]
by Daniel B. Jeffs
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Frustrated by the Presidential Elections, Media, Politics and Government? Read America's Crisis to Find Out What You Can Do About It. America is steeped in uncertainty. Through the last half of this century our society has been assaulted by selfish interests and battered by the failures of good intentions. We have been subjected to political terrorism, social aggression, legal anarchy and media-driven chaos. Our public schools have become factories of ignorance and warehouses of violence. Yet th... more info>> (Published: 1999)
Words: 122862 - Reading Time: 351-491 min.
Category: Politics/Government/Education
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America's Real War [Secure eReader]
by Rabbi Daniel Lapin
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There is a tug of war going on for the future of America. At one end of the rope are those who think America is a secular nation; at the other end are those who believe religion is at the root of our country's foundation. In this paperback release of the thought-provoking America's Real War, renowned leader and speaker Rabbi Daniel Lapin encourages America to re-embrace the Judeo-Christian values on which our nation was founded, and logically demonstrates why those values are crucial to America'... more info>>
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Armageddon, Oil, and Terror: What the Bible Says about the Future of America, the Middle East, the End of Western Civilization [Secure eReader]
by John F. Walvoord, Mark Hitchcock
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Updating the work of renowned biblical scholar John F. Walvoord, who famously predicted current world events, Armageddon, Oil, and Terror offers shocking predictions on the future of terrorism, oil-based economics, and nuclear war in the Middle East. In all, Armageddon, Oil, and Terror sheds light on 12 biblical prophecies that seem eerily close to coming true. Includes materials from lectures and discussions after 9/11 and incorporates vital, updated material from other Walvoord classics. It is... more info>>
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Background Notes: Central America, December 2005 [Secure eReader]
by U.S. Department of State
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Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs country background notes for international travelers to Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama. Each country's brief, factual background note summarizes its geography, people (population, ethnic groups, languages, health, and religion), history, culture, government and political conditions (type, political parties and principal government officials), economy (GDP; land, climate, and demographics; agriculture and natural re... more info>>
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Background Notes: Central Europe, January 2006 [Secure eReader]
by U.S. Department of State
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Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs country background notes for international travelers to Albania, Armenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Serbia and Montenegro Slovakia, and Slovenia. Each country's brief, factual background note summarizes its geography, people (population, ethnic groups, languages, health, and religion), history, culture, government and political conditions (type, political part... more info>>
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Background Notes: North Africa, May, 2005 [Secure eReader]
by U.S. Department of State
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Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs country background notes for international travelers to Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, and Tunisia. Each country's brief, factual background note summarizes its geography, people (population, ethnic groups, languages, health, and religion), history, culture, government and political conditions (type, political parties and principal government officials), economy (GDP; land, climate, and demographics; agriculture and natural resources; trade, industry, and investme... more info>>
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Background Notes: South Asia, May 2006 [Secure eReader]
by U.S. Department of State
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Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs country background notes for international travelers to Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. Each country's brief, factual background note summarizes its geography, people (population, ethnic groups, languages, health, and religion), history, culture, government and political conditions (type, political parties and principal government officials), economy (GDP; land, climate, and demographics; agriculture and ... more info>>
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Charm Offensive: How China's Soft Power is Transforming the World [Secure eReader]
by Joshua Kurlantzick
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At the beginning of the twenty-first century, China is poised to become a major global power. And though much has been written of China's rise, a crucial aspect of this transformation has gone largely unnoticed: the way that China is using soft power to appeal to its neighbors and to distant countries alike. This book is the first to examine the significance of China's recent reliance on soft power--diplomacy, trade incentives, cultural and educational exchange opportunities, and other technique... more info>>
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Conspiracy Theories [Secure eReader]
by Kate Tuckett
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Worried that the world is run by a sinister cabal operating at the very highest level of government? You could be right. Bringing together evidence on topics ranging from the Sphinx to JFK, Chernobyl to men in black and life on Mars to Roswell, this book has a cover-up for every occasion. Laid out in a handy A-Z format, Conspiracy Theories makes it easy to find out about all the major conspiracy theories in the world today. The archetypal conspiracy theory might go something like this: there is ... more info>> (Published: 2004)
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Constitutional Repairs [MultiFormat]
by Thomas Wingate
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This book presumes that a constitutional convention is in session. A far smaller body met for the same purpose in Philadelphia in 1787. What should your delegates discuss? (Published: 2005)
Words: 4600 - Reading Time: 13-18 min.
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Escape From Iran [MultiFormat]
by Darius Radmanesh
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Born in 1969 in Kirksville, Missouri to a Cherokee mother and an Iranian father, Darius Radmanesh spent the first nine years of his life like any other precocious boy growing up in small town America. In 1978, Darius's father moved the family to Iran where their lives were forever changed by the Islamic Revolt of 1979. Raised as a Christian, Darius and his family endured appalling incidents inflicted by the Iranian government while dodging attacks from Iraqi bomber raids. At the age of sixteen... more info>> (Published: 2011)
Words: 43246 - Reading Time: 123-172 min.
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Fish, Soap and Bonds [MultiFormat]
by Larry Fondation
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Fish, Soap and Bonds follows the movements of three homeless persons on the unforgiving streets of Los Angeles. Through their eyes we experience both the depths and heights of humanity: hate and discrimination, sacrifice and redemption. This is the third in Fondation's series of "LA Stories." (Published: 2007)
Words: 39682 - Reading Time: 113-158 min.
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Gates of Injustice: The Crisis in America's Prisons [Secure eReader]
by Alan Elsner
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Gates of Injustice is an extraordinarily compelling expose of the American prison system: how more than 2,000,000 Americans came to be incarcerated; what it's really like on the inside; what it's like for the families left on the outside; and how an enormous "prison-industrial complex" has grown to support and promote imprisonment in place of virtually every other alternative. Reuters journalist Alan Elsner shows how prisons really work, how race-based gangs are able to control institutions and ... more info>>
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Havana: Killing Castro [MultiFormat]
by David Pereda
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When an old fisherman is gunned down on a Mexican beach, prominent Miami surgeon Raymond Peters becomes the prime suspect. The dead fisherman is believed to be Fidel Castro, whom Peters helped disguise through clandestine plastic surgery on a trip to Cuba two years earlier. In order to save his own life, the beleaguered doctor must find the killers and retrieve a mysterious journal while outwitting a ruthless woman assassin named Marcela, sent by Castro's brother Raul. (Published: 2010)
Words: 82828 - Reading Time: 236-331 min.
Category: Politics/Government/Suspense/Thriller
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Hugo!: The Hugo Chavez Story from Mud Hut to Perpetual Revolution
by Bart Jones
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Ruling elites in Venezuela, the United States and Europe, and even Hugo Ch�vez himself though for different reasons, have been eager to have the world view him as the heir to Fidel Castro. But the truth about this increasingly influential world leader is more complex, and more interesting.. The Ch�vez that emerges from Bart Jones? carefully researched and documented biography is neither a plaster saint nor a revolutionary tyrant. He has an undeniably autocratic streak, and yet has been freel... more info>>
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In Denial: Historians, Communism and Espionage [Secure eReader]
by John Earl Haynes, Harvey Klehr
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John Haynes and Harvey Klehr were the first U.S. historians who used the newly opened archives of the former Soviet Union to examine the history of American communism. In Denial is the record of what they discovered. The authors focus on what they call "lying about spying." Haynes and Klehr examine the ways in which revisionist scholars have ignored or distorted the new archival evidence about espionage links between Moscow and the CPUSA. They analyze the mythology that continues to suggest, ag... more info>>
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In Your Face: How American Marketing Excess Fuels Anti-Americanism [Secure eReader]
by Johny Johansson
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In Your Face exposes the new worldwide rebellion that's brewing against U.S. marketing. Renowned international marketing expert Johny K. Johansson explains why global customers increasingly view U.S. marketing as the first wave of a cultural assault by an arrogant, wasteful society of overfed, gas-guzzling, SUV-driving bullies. He shows why American brands are especially susceptible to attack and considers the Bush administration's disastrous repositioning of the United States. Most important, J... more info>>
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Listen Up, Mr. President: Everything You Always Wanted Your President to Know and Do
by Helen Thomas, Craig Crawford
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Helen Thomas has covered the administrations of ten presidents in a career spanning nearly sixty years. She is known for her famous press conference closing line, "Thank you, Mr. President," but here she trades deference for directness. Thomas and veteran journalist Craig Crawford hold nothing back as they use former occupants of the White House to provide a witty, history-rich lesson plan of what it takes to be a good president. Combining sharp observation and dozens of examples from the fi rst... more info>>
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Not on Our Watch: The Mission to End Genocide in Darfur and Beyond
by John Predergast, Don Cheadle
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In September 2004, then-Secretary of State Colin Powell termed the atrocities being committed in Darfur, Sudan "genocide"--and yet more than two years later things have only gotten worse. 3.5 million Sudanese are going hungry, 2.5 million have been displaced by violence, and 400,000 have died in Darfur to date. Both shocked and energized by this ongoing tragedy, renowned actor Don Cheadle teamed up with leading activist John Predergast to focus the world's attention. Not On Our Watch, their empo... more info>> (Published: 2007)
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Objection!: How High-Priced Defense Attorneys, Celebrity Defendants & 24-7 Media have Hijacked our Criminal Justice System [Secure eReader]
by Nancy Grace
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Court TV host Nancy Grace presents her case in this behind-the-scenes look at the high-profile cases everyone is talking about. Nancy Grace is a name millions of Americans recognize from her regular appearances on Court TV and Larry King Live. Legions of loyal fans tune in for her opinions on today's high-profile cases and her expert commentary on the challenges facing the American judicial system. Now, in Objection!, she makes her case for what's wrong with the legal system and what can be done... more info>>
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Opportunities in Government Careers [Secure eReader]
by Neale Baxter, Neale Baxter
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Opportunities in Government Careers offers job seekers essential information about a variety of careers in government. It includes training and education requirements,salary statistics,and professional and Internet resources. (Published: 2002)
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Power in Words: The Stories behind Barack Obama's Speeches, from the State House to the White House
by Mary Frances Berry
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Whatever his ratings, Obama remains personally popular, widely acknowledged for his soaring oratory. His words were one of the lasting legacies of his presidential campaign and are proving to be among his most effective governing weapons.
In Power in Words, distinguished historian and civil rights activist Mary Frances Berry and former presidential speechwriter Josh Gottheimer introduce Obama�s most memorable speeches, from his October 2002 speech against the war in Iraq and his November ... more info>>
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Something for Nothing: The Causes and Cures of All Our Problems and What You Can Do To Save the American Dream [Secure eReader]
by Brian Tracy
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"The worst day in a man's life is when he sits down and begins thinking about how he can get something for nothing."--Thomas Jefferson. The United States of America is the greatest country in the world, and perhaps in all of history. Americans are the most generous people on earth. They give more money to help others than all the countries of the world put together. America takes in more immigrants each year than all other countries. America produces 25% of all the goods and services in the worl... more info>>
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Spy Wars: Moles, Mysteries, and Deadly Games [Secure eReader]
by Tennent H. Bagley
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In this rapid-paced book, a former CIA chief of Soviet bloc counterintelligence breaks open the mysterious case of KGB officer Yuri Nosenk's 1964 defection to the United States. Still a highly controversial chapter in the history of Cold War espionage, the Nosenko affair has inspired debate for more than forty years: was Nosenko a bona fide defector with the real information about Lee Harvey Oswald's stay in Soviet Russia, or was he a KGB loyalist, engaged in a complex game of deception? As supe... more info>>
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Stealing Elections: How Voter Fraud Threatens Our Democracy [Secure eReader]
by John Fund
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Hanging chads, butterfly ballots, voting felons, and Supreme Court intervention. How bad is the U.S. election system? Bad enough that at least eight of the 19 hijackers who attacked the World Trade Center and the Pentagon had registered to vote while they made their deadly preparations for 9/11! John Fund explores the way "vote brokers" stole a mayoral election in Miami in 1998 by tampering with 4700 absentee ballots. He shows how the "Motor Voter Law" allowed Californians to use mail-in forms t... more info>>
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