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The 25 years between the onset of the French Revolution in 1789 and the Bourbon Restoration after Napoleon in 1814 is an astonishing period in world history. This era shook the foundations of the old world and marked a permanent shift for politics, religion, and society - not just for France, but for all of Europe. An account of the events alone reads like something out of a thrilling novel.

Since September 11, 2001, Seymour M. Hersh has riveted readers -- and outraged the Bush Administration -- with his stories in The New Yorker magazine, including his breakthrough pieces on the Abu Gharaib prison scandal. Now, in Chain of Command, he brings together this reporting, along with new...

In To Catch a Spy: The Art of Counterintelligence, James M. Olson, former chief of CIA counterintelligence, offers a wake-up call for the American public and also a guide for how our country can do a better job of protecting its national security and trade secrets. Olson takes the listener into the arcane world of counterintelligence as he lived it during his 30-year career in the CIA.

Personlige intervjuer om globale utfordringer.

These teachings claim to explain how reality works—mind, matter, cause, and transformation. Preserved for centuries by mystics and philosophers, they offer a framework for understanding consciousness and the unseen laws shaping experience. This audiobook unites The Kybalion, The Corpus Hermeticum, The Emerald Tablets of Thoth, and The Life and Teachings of Hermes Trismegistus.

Based on over a hundred interviews and on secret records of White House-Kremlin contacts, Not One Inch shows how the United States successfully overcame Russian resistance in the 1990s to expand NATO to more than 900 million people. But it also reveals how Washington's hardball tactics transformed the era between the Cold War and the present day, undermining what could have become a lasting partnership.

In Three Felonies a Day, Harvey A. Silverglate reveals how federal criminal laws have become dangerously disconnected from the English common law tradition and how prosecutors can pin arguable federal crimes on any one of us, for even the most seemingly innocuous behavior. The volume of federal crimes in recent decades has increased well beyond the statute books and into the morass of the Code of Federal Regulations, handing federal prosecutors an additional trove of vague and exceedingly complex and technical prohibitions to stick on their hapless targets.

A student-run podcast breaking down real-life legal situations in plain English. For educational purposes only. Not legal advice.

நான் உங்கள் அருள்மொழி வேந்தன், நீங்கள் கேட்டு கொண்டு இருப்பது அருள்மொழி வேந்தன் பாட்காஸ்ட் , மனதின் ஏக்கம் இங்கே வார்த்தைகளாக, மேலும் பேசுவோம்.

Transparencia Mexicana (TMX) y el Instituto para la Protección del Medio Natural A.C. Presentan: Tequios y Telares en su edición ‘El transporte que nosotras queremos: más íntegro, más incluyente, más seguro’. Éste es el primer Tequio transmitido desde una cabina de radio participativa que realizamos y nos emociona mucho poder hacerlo desde Mérida, Yucatán. En tres espacios de conversación, con especialistas y usuarias, las locutoras de radio ecológica facilitan una conversación para profundizar en 3 aristas del transporte público: íntegro, incluyente y seguro.

Plato was a philosopher in Classical Greece and the founder of the Academy in Athens, the first institution of higher learning in the Western world. He is widely considered the most pivotal figure in the development of philosophy, especially the Western tradition. Unlike nearly all of Plato's philosophical contemporaries, Plato's entire body of work is believed to have survived intact for over 2,400 years. The works which are most often assigned to Plato's early years are all considered to be Socratic dialogues, written from 399 to 387.

With America Back on Track, his first major policy book in more than forty years, Senator Edward Kennedy reveals a critical plan to revive the lapsed values of our nation. Abridged CDs - 5 CDs, 6...

Over the centuries, two important beliefs arose in Europe: a faith that man could order his own destiny and that progress was normal. By 1900, doubts arose concerning traditional Western values. The continuing problems of the world's poor, environmental deterioration, the inequality of women, and continued warfare pose real questions about the advancement of the human race.

A physician reveals how right-wing backlash policies have mortal consequences -- even for the white voters they promise to help Named one of the most anticipated books of 2019 by Esquire and the Boston Globe In the era of Donald Trump, many lower- and middle-class white Americans are drawn to...

In We're Still Here, Jennifer M. Silva tells a deep, multi-generational story of pain, place, and politics that will endure long after the Trump administration. Drawing on over 100 interviews with black, white, and Latino working-class residents of a declining coal town in Pennsylvania, Silva reveals how the decline of the American Dream is lived and felt. The routines and rhythms of traditional working-class life such as manual labor, unions, marriage, church, and social clubs have diminished.

The Civics Cypher is where public policy, politics, and people power meet. Hosted by DeNiro Jones, M.P.A., a public policy strategist and community builder with over a decade of experience, this show breaks down how government really works and how it impacts our everyday lives. From the block to the ballot box, we’re decoding civics in plain language, centering real people, and finding our power in the process. Tap in, learn something, and join the conversation, because democracy only works when you do.

In a world filled with stories of idealized futures and diverse civilizations, each governed by varying systems from benevolent dictatorships to pure democracies, one stands apart a laid-back, semi-anarchistic society under the rule of THE SYNDIC. Explore this unique vision of governance and human interaction, where freedom and community coexist in an extraordinary balance. - Summary by Science Fiction Adventures Magazine, December 1953

In the heart of Fruylings World, a planet teeming with the precious metals that fuel the Terran Confederation, the inhabitants grapple with a dark secret. Though slavery is strictly forbidden throughout the Confederation, the brutal reality of using the reptilian natives as forced labor to extract these vital resources looms over them. As the first whispers of truth about Fruylings World begin to surface, the tension mounts, leading to a breathtaking climax in this gripping, thought-provoking tale. - Summary by Book Intro

ISIS rocketed onto the world stage seemingly out of nowhere, beheading American hostages, bulldozing international borders, routing the American-trained Iraqi Army, and carving out a new state that rules eight million people and a territory larger than the United Kingdom. But who are they? Where did ISIS come from, and how did they rise to power in so little time? What is driving them - and how can they be stopped?

Steven M. Gillon, historian and New York Times bestselling author, is back with the story of how WWII shaped the characters and politics of seven American presidents. World War II loomed over the latter half of the twentieth century, transforming every level of American society and international...