The deadly May 31, 2010 Gaza flotilla incident has been misunderstood. This book explores the incident in more detail than mainstream media coverage has allowed-explaining the background, key players, and the incident itself-enriched by the authors having had unique access to senior Israeli officials in the immediate aftermath of the event. The incident is a microcosm of the struggle between terrorism and democratic societies, and raises a number of legal, ethical, and strategic political ...

The best-selling author of Why the West Rules—for Now examines the evolution and future of human valuesMost people in the world today think democracy and gender equality are good, and that violence and wealth inequality are bad. But most people who lived during the 10,000 years before the nineteenth century thought just the opposite. Drawing on archaeology, anthropology, biology, and history, Ian Morris explains why. Fundamental long-term changes in values...

A secret history of the 20th century: Wall Street's hidden role in the Russian Revolution. This book uncovers the complex relationship between American capitalism and the rise of communism in Russia from 1905-1925. It examines the economic, ideological, and personal motivations of key figures, revealing connections that have been previously unknown or misunderstood. Discover the hidden forces that shaped the modern world.Was Trotsky a political genius or an egomani...

Bridge the gap between the physical foundations of substance abuse and the psychosocial approaches that can treat it!This groundbreaking book offers helping professionals a thorough introduction to the neurobiological aspects of substance abuse. It presents the basic information on the subject, including the various neurobiological theories of addiction, and places them in a psychosocial context. Its clear and straightforward style connects the theoretical information with practical applic...

Was Aleister Crowley a British spy? A documented investigation into occultism, espionage, and twentieth-century intelligence. Secret Agent 666 by historian Richard B. Spence examines the long-debated claim that occultist Aleister Crowley operated as an intelligence asset during the first half of the twentieth century. Known as a central figure in modern occultism and a controversial cultural personality, Crowley has been the subject of numerous biographies—but few have focused on his possi...

The discipline of sociology was born-and has been recurrently reconstituted-in response to the fragmentation of ideas about the social world. For two centuries, sociologists have sought refuge in "synthesis:" programs designed to integrate multiple perspectives within a unifying framework. Yet even as this cause has inspired many of the discipline's major thinkers, past and present, its objective has proven elusive, leaving nearly as many syntheses as synthesizers. This volume considers an...

This richly detailed biography of Andrew Jackson Donelson (1799-1871) sheds new light on the political and personal life of this nephew and namesake of Andrew Jackson. A scion of a pioneering Tennessee family, Donelson was a valued assistant and trusted confidant of the man who defined the Age of Jackson. One of those central but background figures of history, Donelson had a knack for being where important events were happening and knew many of the great figures of the age.As his u...

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Fortune Favors The Bold: The Rise And Fall Of Donald Trump's Financial Empire offers a compelling exploration of one of the most intriguing figures in modern history. This book delves into the intricate details of Donald Trump's ascent in the business world, painting a vivid picture of ambition, strategy, and the unpredictable nature of fortune. The journey through Trump's financial empire begins with his early ventures in real estate, ...

S’appuyant sur une documentation étourdissante en anglais, italien, allemand, russe, français et plus de 500 notes, Richard B. Spence, professeur d’histoire à l’Université de l’Idaho, a enquêté sur l’autre vie d’Aleister Crowley : celle d’agent double au service de l’Angleterre et de l’Allemagne. Dans ce rôle d’espion, il rencontra les grands hommes de son époque : Roosevelt, Churchill, Ford, Pessoa, Gurdjieff, Henry Miller, Cecil Williamson, Marcel Duchamp, Theodore Reuss... C’est à un de...

A broad, comparative history of librarianship, this intriguing work goes beyond the standard focus on institutions and collections to help you explore the part modern librarianship played—and continues to play—in forming Western cultures.Previous histories of libraries in the Western world—the last of which was published nearly 20 years ago—concentrate on libraries and librarians. This book takes a different approach. It focuses on the practice of librarianship, sh...