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The Consequential Damages of Nuclear War: The Rongelap Report
by Barbara Rose Johnston  Publisher Comments The hydrogen test-bomb Bravo, dropped on the Marshall Islands in 1954, had enormous consequences for the Rongelap people. Anthropologists Barbara Rose Johnston and Holly Barker provide incontrovertible evidence of physical and financial damages to...
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Evil Paradises: Dreamworlds of Neoliberalism
by Mike (edt) Davis Publisher Comments Davis and Monk have assembled an extraordinary group of urbanists, architects, historians, and visionary thinkers to reflect upon the trajectory of a civilization whose deepest ethos seems to be to consume all the resources of the Earth within a single...
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Native to Nowhere: Sustaining Home and Community in a Global Age
by Timothy Beatley Publisher Comments Meaningful places offer a vital counterbalance to the forces of globalization and sameness that are overtaking our world, and are an essential element in the search for solutions to current sustainability challenges. In Native to Nowhere, author Tim...
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Legalizing Transnational Activism: The Struggle to Gain Social Change from NAFTA's Citizen Petitions
by Jonathan Graubart Publisher Comments The integration of national economies through the ongoing process that has come to be known as globalization has stirred much controversy, including outright resistance by activists who are concerned about globalization's negative impact on a variety of...
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George Washington (American Presidents)
by James Macgreg Burns Publisher Comments Includes bibliographical references (p. [159]-167) and index....
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Marx's Ecology: Materialism and Nature
by John Bellamy Foster Publisher Comments Progress requires the conquest of nature. Or does it? This startling new account overturns conventional interpretations of Marx and in the process outlines a more rational approach to the current environmental crisis.<P>Marx, it is often assumed...
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Muhajababes: Meet the New Middle East--Young, Sexy, and Devout
by Allegra Stratton Publisher Comments andldquo;Muhajababeswill disabuse you of your preconceptions of the Middle East forever.andrdquo;andmdash;The Times Literary Supplement andldquo;Fascinating. . . . Muhajababesis direct, energetic, and unpretentious.andrdquo;andmdash;Guardian andldquo...
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The Kingmakers: How the Media Threatens Our Security and Our Democracy
by Mike Gravel Synopsis WHO PUT THE MEDIA IN CHARGE? Why does the media always blow the big stories? From 9/11 to Iraq's WMDs, from Iran's nuclear program to the "inevitable" Hillary Clinton???the divide between reality and the so-called "news" has never been more dramatic or...
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Religion in Politics: Constitutional and Moral Perspectives
by Michael J Perry Publisher Comments Most Americans are religious believers. Among these there is disagreement about many fundamental religious/moral matters. Because the United States is both such a religious country and such a religiously pluralistic country, the issue of the proper role...
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Participation and Protest : Women and Politics in a Global World (07 Edition)
by Sarah Henderson Publisher Comments Despite increased international rhetoric in support of women's equality, women currently comprise a disproportionate share of the world's illiterate, poor, displaced, underpaid, underemployed, and underrepresented populations. And though women have...
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U.S. vs. Them: How a Half Century of Conservatism Has Underminded America's Security
by J Peter Scoblic Publisher Comments For nearly eight years, the American people have struggled to understand George W. Bush's approach to the world. Many analysts, lacking a frame of reference, have simply dubbed it revolutionary. But in U.S. Vs. Them, J. Peter Scoblic provocatively argues...
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Parecon: Life After Capitalism Participatory Economics
by Michael Albert Publisher Comments A practical, working alternative to capitalism - not just another anti-globalisation book like 'No Logo' but one offering practical alternatives to the existing order....
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Princeton Readings in Political Thought: Essential Texts Since Plato
by Mitchell Cohen Publisher Comments Princeton Readings in Political Thought is one of the most engaging and up-to-date samplers of the standard works of Western political thinking from antiquity through modern times. Organized chronologically, from Thucydides to Foucault, the book brings...
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The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Middle East: The Middle East: Where Political Correctness Can Kill (Politically Incorrect Guides)
by Martin Sieff Synopsis In this informative, iconoclastic book, veteran foreign correspondent Sieff offers a jaw-dropping survey of the history and politics of a region that people know surprisingly little about--even though it's never off the front pages....
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Persecution and the Art of Writing
by Leo Strauss Publisher Comments The essays collected in Persecution and the Art of Writing all deal with one problem—the relation between philosophy and politics. Here, Strauss sets forth the thesis that many philosophers, especially political philosophers, have reacted to the...
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Strategic Planning for Public and Nonprofit Organizations (3RD 04 Edition)
by John M. Bryson Publisher Comments This is the third edition of the most widely read resource on the topic. The book shows leaders how to use strategic planning to strengthen their organizations and outlines the reasons public and nonprofit organizations must embrace strategic planning to...
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Globalization and Political Violence: Globalization's Shadow (Warwick Studies in Globalisation)
by Richard (edt) Devetak Publisher Comments The events of the 11th of September 2001 revealed most dramatically that globalization has a shadow. While large sections of the world's population enjoy the perceived benefits of globalization, others seek to utilize globalization for their own...
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The China Price: The True Cost of Chinese Competitive Advantage
by Alexandra Harney Publisher Comments A landmark eyewitness expos of how China's factory economy competes for Western business by selling out its workers, its environment, and its future In The China Price, acclaimed Financial Times correspondent Alex Harney uncovers the truth about how...
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The Cult of the Presidency: America's Dangerous Devotion to Presidential Power
by Gene Healy Synopsis The Bush years have justifiably given rise to fears of a new Imperial Presidency. Yet despite the controversy surrounding the administration's expansive claims of executive power, both Left and Right agree on the boundless nature of presidential...
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Righting Feminism: Conservative Women and American Politics
by Ronnee Schreiber Publisher Comments When we think of women's activism in America, figures such as Gloria Steinem and Betty Friedan invariably come to mind--those liberal doyennes who have fought for years to chip away at patriarchy and achieve gender equality. But women's interests are not...
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