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Capitalism

The Unknown Ideal

by Ayn Rand, Nathaniel Branden, Alan Greenspan, Robert Hessen ...

In this series of essays, Ayn Rand presents her stand on the persecution of big business, the causes of war, the default of conservatism, and the evils of altruism.The foundations of capitalism are being battered by a flood of altruism, which is the cause of the modern world's collapse. This is the view of Ayn Rand, a view so radically opposed to prevailing attitudes that it constitutes a major ... Read more

$15.17 NZD

In this series of essays, Ayn Rand presents her stand on the persecution of big business, the causes of war, the default of conservatism, and the evils of altruism.The foundations of capitalism are being battered by a flood of altruism, which is the cause of the modern world's collapse. This is the view of Ayn Rand, a view so radically opposed to prevailing attitudes that it constitutes a major
... Read more
The Art of War

by Sun Tzu ...

Series series Unexpurgated Start Publishing LLC
Apply time-tested strategic maxims to modern crises for clearer decision making under pressure, from force posture to de-escalation. If you are following events in Kuwait, these concise principles offer frameworks for thinking about rules of engagement and diplomatic responses.Sun Tzu lays out compact chapters on planning, attack, defense and the use of intelligence, presented here in both a plain ... Read more

$1.13 NZD

Apply time-tested strategic maxims to modern crises for clearer decision making under pressure, from force posture to de-escalation. If you are following events in Kuwait, these concise principles offer frameworks for thinking about rules of engagement and diplomatic responses.Sun Tzu lays out compact chapters on planning, attack, defense and the use of intelligence, presented here in both a plain
... Read more
The Communist Manifesto

by Friedrich Engels, Karl Marx ...

The Communist Manifesto, is a 1848 publication written by the political theorists Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. It has since been recognized as one of the world's most influential political manuscripts. It presents an analytical approach to the class struggle (historical and present) and the problems of capitalism, rather than a prediction of communism's potential future forms. ... Read more

$1.40 NZD

The Communist Manifesto, is a 1848 publication written by the political theorists Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. It has since been recognized as one of the world's most influential political manuscripts. It presents an analytical approach to the class struggle (historical and present) and the problems of capitalism, rather than a prediction of communism's potential future forms.
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Seneca: Moral and Political Essays

by Seneca, John M. Cooper ...

Series series Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought
This volume offers clear and forceful contemporary translations of the most important of Seneca's 'Moral Essays': On Anger, On Mercy, On the Private Life and the first four books of On Favours. They give an attractive, full picture of the social and moral outlook of an ancient Stoic thinker intimately involved in the governance of the Roman empire in the mid first century of the Christian era. A ... Read more

$62.20 NZD

This volume offers clear and forceful contemporary translations of the most important of Seneca's 'Moral Essays': On Anger, On Mercy, On the Private Life and the first four books of On Favours. They give an attractive, full picture of the social and moral outlook of an ancient Stoic thinker intimately involved in the governance of the Roman empire in the mid first century of the Christian era. A
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Espionage

Spies and Secrets

by Richard Bennett ...

The need to defend against terrorist outrages has drawn unprecedented public attention to modern-day global espionage, from the US government's involvement in the politics of the Middle East, Europe and Africa, to the surveillance of their own citizens by governments throughout the western world. This compelling reference resource contains over 500 entries covering every aspect of modern-day ... Read more

$21.99 NZD

The need to defend against terrorist outrages has drawn unprecedented public attention to modern-day global espionage, from the US government's involvement in the politics of the Middle East, Europe and Africa, to the surveillance of their own citizens by governments throughout the western world. This compelling reference resource contains over 500 entries covering every aspect of modern-day
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The Rub of Time

Bellow, Nabokov, Hitchens, Travolta, Trump. Essays and Reportage, 1994-2016

by Martin Amis ...

Of all the great novelists writing today, none shows the same gift as Martin Amis for writing non-fiction – his essays, literary criticism and journalism are justly acclaimed.The Rub of Time comprises superb critical pieces on Amis’s heroes Nabokov, Bellow and Larkin to brilliantly funny ruminations on sport, Las Vegas, John Travolta and the pornography industry. The collection includes his essay ... Read more

$20.99 NZD

Of all the great novelists writing today, none shows the same gift as Martin Amis for writing non-fiction – his essays, literary criticism and journalism are justly acclaimed.The Rub of Time comprises superb critical pieces on Amis’s heroes Nabokov, Bellow and Larkin to brilliantly funny ruminations on sport, Las Vegas, John Travolta and the pornography industry. The collection includes his essay
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The Communist Manifesto

with an introduction by Yanis Varoufakis

by Karl Marx ...

The Communist Manifesto is a timeless classic providing intelligent insight into socialism, communism and today’s group identity politics.This pocket edition includes a new introduction by the economist and bestselling author of Adults in the Room, Yanis Varoufakis.The Communist Manifesto was first published in London in 1848, by two young men in their late twenties. Its impact reverberated across ... Read more

$10.99 NZD

The Communist Manifesto is a timeless classic providing intelligent insight into socialism, communism and today’s group identity politics.This pocket edition includes a new introduction by the economist and bestselling author of Adults in the Room, Yanis Varoufakis.The Communist Manifesto was first published in London in 1848, by two young men in their late twenties. Its impact reverberated across
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Nach dem Krieg

Wie wir Amerikaner wurden

by Hellmuth Karasek ...

Amerika, das bedeutete für Hellmuth Karasek und für viele seiner Generation Verheißung und Lebenstraum. Es war der Gegenentwurf zur Nazizeit und zum Stalinismus, den er als "schleichendes, bedrohliches, alles vernichtendes Gift" bezeichnete. Amerika, das war Cole Porter und Marilyn Monroe, das waren breite Straßen, schmucke Häuser, Universitäten, an denen debattiert und protestiert wurde, New York ... Read more

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Amerika, das bedeutete für Hellmuth Karasek und für viele seiner Generation Verheißung und Lebenstraum. Es war der Gegenentwurf zur Nazizeit und zum Stalinismus, den er als "schleichendes, bedrohliches, alles vernichtendes Gift" bezeichnete. Amerika, das war Cole Porter und Marilyn Monroe, das waren breite Straßen, schmucke Häuser, Universitäten, an denen debattiert und protestiert wurde, New York
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The Communist Manifesto

by Friedrich Engels, Karl Marx ...

'An astonishing masterpiece ... a political classic ... has an almost biblical force' Eric HobsbawmThe Communist Manifesto, Marx and Engels' revolutionary 1848 summons to the working classes, is one of the most influential political theories ever formulated. After four years of collaboration, the authors produced this incisive account of their idea of Communism, in which they envisage a society ... Read more

$10.99 NZD

'An astonishing masterpiece ... a political classic ... has an almost biblical force' Eric HobsbawmThe Communist Manifesto, Marx and Engels' revolutionary 1848 summons to the working classes, is one of the most influential political theories ever formulated. After four years of collaboration, the authors produced this incisive account of their idea of Communism, in which they envisage a society
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Charles Darwin's Collection (18 Books)

by Charles Darwin ...

Charles Darwin's Collection (18 Books)Charles Robert Darwin FRS was an English naturalist who realised and presented compelling evidence that all species of life have evolved over time from common ancestors, through the process he called natural selection. The fact that evolution occurs became accepted by the scientific community and much of the general public in his lifetime, while his theory of ... Read more

$1.88 NZD

Charles Darwin's Collection (18 Books)Charles Robert Darwin FRS was an English naturalist who realised and presented compelling evidence that all species of life have evolved over time from common ancestors, through the process he called natural selection. The fact that evolution occurs became accepted by the scientific community and much of the general public in his lifetime, while his theory of
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Chechen Jihad

Al Qaeda's Training Ground and the Next Wave of Terror

by Yossef Bodansky ...

$13.99 NZD
The Penguin Guide to the United States Constitution

A Fully Annotated Declaration of Independence, U.S. Constitution and Amendments, and Selections from The Federalist Papers

by Richard Beeman ...

What is the President, Congress, and the Supreme Court really allowed to do? This essential and handy guide includes the documents that guide our government, annotated with accessible explanations from one of America's most esteemed constitutional scholarsProfessor Richard Beeman was one of that nation's foremost experts on the United States Constitution, as comfortable on campus as on The Daily ... Read more

$12.52 NZD

What is the President, Congress, and the Supreme Court really allowed to do? This essential and handy guide includes the documents that guide our government, annotated with accessible explanations from one of America's most esteemed constitutional scholarsProfessor Richard Beeman was one of that nation's foremost experts on the United States Constitution, as comfortable on campus as on The Daily
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Sharp's Dictionary of Power and Struggle

Language of Civil Resistance in Conflicts

by Gene Sharp ...

From the 494 B.C. plebeians' march out of Rome to gain improved status, to Gandhi's nonviolent campaigns in India, to the liberation of Poland and the Baltic nations, and the revolutions in North Africa, nonviolent struggles have played pivotal roles in world events for centuries. Sharp's Dictionary of Power and Struggle is a groundbreaking reference work on this topic by the "godfather of ... Read more

$41.04 NZD

From the 494 B.C. plebeians' march out of Rome to gain improved status, to Gandhi's nonviolent campaigns in India, to the liberation of Poland and the Baltic nations, and the revolutions in North Africa, nonviolent struggles have played pivotal roles in world events for centuries. Sharp's Dictionary of Power and Struggle is a groundbreaking reference work on this topic by the "godfather of
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Woher kommst Du nicht?

Sieben Exkursionen in eine Soziologie der Heimat

by Armin Nassehi ...

In sieben Skizzen zeichnet Kursbuch Herausgeber Armin Nassehi in Kursbuch 198 die Genese des Heimatbegriffes nach und stellt die These zur Debatte, dass eine Brisanz des Heimatbegriffes nur in einer Moderne wie der Unseren entstehen konnte, wo eine Gesellschaft ihr Personal nicht mehr eindeutig zuordnen kann. Diese Leerstelle, die Lücke in der Zuordnung ist es aber gerade, die wir als Gesellschaft ... Read more

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In sieben Skizzen zeichnet Kursbuch Herausgeber Armin Nassehi in Kursbuch 198 die Genese des Heimatbegriffes nach und stellt die These zur Debatte, dass eine Brisanz des Heimatbegriffes nur in einer Moderne wie der Unseren entstehen konnte, wo eine Gesellschaft ihr Personal nicht mehr eindeutig zuordnen kann. Diese Leerstelle, die Lücke in der Zuordnung ist es aber gerade, die wir als Gesellschaft
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IMPEACHMENT

An Opening Argument

by Adam Schiff ...

Series series A Vintage Short
A Vintage Short OriginalOn Wednesday January 21st, Chairman of the House Intelligence Committee Rep. Adam Schiff opened the impeachment trial of Donald Trump by delivering a powerful address. Shiff laid out the case against Trump and the facts of the inquiry.Vigorous and galvanizing, this ebook short prints the entirety of Schiff's opening argument: Trump's actions consituted an abuse of power and ... Read more

$2.20 NZD

A Vintage Short OriginalOn Wednesday January 21st, Chairman of the House Intelligence Committee Rep. Adam Schiff opened the impeachment trial of Donald Trump by delivering a powerful address. Shiff laid out the case against Trump and the facts of the inquiry.Vigorous and galvanizing, this ebook short prints the entirety of Schiff's opening argument: Trump's actions consituted an abuse of power and
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Neue Heimat Internet

Heimweh nach dem Netz

by Adrian Lobe ...

Während Internetpioniere und Digital Natives das Word Wide Web als grenzenloses Konzept der Heimat feiern, traut sich der Journalist Adrian Lobe in Kursbuch 198 die Gegenthese zu formulieren: Die Vorstellung des Internets als Ort, das keine Fremden mehr kennt, ist gerade die Ursache des Gefühls der Heimatlosigkeit, an dem heute – vor allem junge – Menschen leiden. Das "Überall-zu-Hause" wird ... Read more

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Während Internetpioniere und Digital Natives das Word Wide Web als grenzenloses Konzept der Heimat feiern, traut sich der Journalist Adrian Lobe in Kursbuch 198 die Gegenthese zu formulieren: Die Vorstellung des Internets als Ort, das keine Fremden mehr kennt, ist gerade die Ursache des Gefühls der Heimatlosigkeit, an dem heute – vor allem junge – Menschen leiden. Das "Überall-zu-Hause" wird
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Kurze Antworten auf große Fragen

SPIEGEL-Bestseller

by Stephen Hawking ...

Translated by Hainer Kober, Susanne Held ...

SPIEGEL BESTSELLERStephen Hawkings VermächtnisIn seinem letzten Buch gibt Stephen Hawking Antworten auf die drängendsten Fragen unserer Zeit und nimmt uns mit auf eine persönliche Reise durch das Universum seiner Weltanschauung. Seine Gedanken zu Ursprung und Zukunft der Menschheit sind zugleich eine Mahnung, unseren Heimatplaneten besser vor den Gefahren unserer Gegenwart zu schützen. Zugänglich ... Read more

$19.99 NZD or Free with Kobo Plus

SPIEGEL BESTSELLERStephen Hawkings VermächtnisIn seinem letzten Buch gibt Stephen Hawking Antworten auf die drängendsten Fragen unserer Zeit und nimmt uns mit auf eine persönliche Reise durch das Universum seiner Weltanschauung. Seine Gedanken zu Ursprung und Zukunft der Menschheit sind zugleich eine Mahnung, unseren Heimatplaneten besser vor den Gefahren unserer Gegenwart zu schützen. Zugänglich
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Dahoam is Dahoamnis

Bayern als Mythos, Ideologie und Ware

by Georg Seeßlen ...

Georg Seeßlen entwirft in seinem Beitrag in Kursbuch 198 sieben Skizzen, in denen er der Fabrikation, also der künstlichen Produktion des Heimatkonzepts in Bayern nachspürt. Ob Politik, Volksmusik, Dirndl und Lederhose oder Volksfeste: Immer stellt Seeßlen ein karnevalisiertes Moment in der vermeintlichen Tradition fest und entlarvt Bayern in seiner sich selbst verstärkenden Gemachtheit. ... Read more

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Georg Seeßlen entwirft in seinem Beitrag in Kursbuch 198 sieben Skizzen, in denen er der Fabrikation, also der künstlichen Produktion des Heimatkonzepts in Bayern nachspürt. Ob Politik, Volksmusik, Dirndl und Lederhose oder Volksfeste: Immer stellt Seeßlen ein karnevalisiertes Moment in der vermeintlichen Tradition fest und entlarvt Bayern in seiner sich selbst verstärkenden Gemachtheit.
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The 267 Stupidest Things Democrats/Republicans Ever Said

by Ted Rueter ...

A hilarious bipartisan collection of rants, malapropisms, doublespeak, and just plain idiocy from lifelong politicians and Washington wannabes.Whether it's a Republican mayor on crime -- "The streets are safe in Philadelphia. It's only the people who make them unsafe (Frank Rizzo) -- or his Democratic counterpart on the same subject -- "Outside of the killings, Washington has one of the lowest ... Read more

$12.52 NZD

A hilarious bipartisan collection of rants, malapropisms, doublespeak, and just plain idiocy from lifelong politicians and Washington wannabes.Whether it's a Republican mayor on crime -- "The streets are safe in Philadelphia. It's only the people who make them unsafe (Frank Rizzo) -- or his Democratic counterpart on the same subject -- "Outside of the killings, Washington has one of the lowest
... Read more
Unmasked

The Global Failure of COVID Mask Mandates

by Ian Miller ...

Masks have been a ubiquitous and oft-politicized aspect of the COVID-19 pandemic. Years of painstakingly organized pre-pandemic planning documents led public health experts to initially discourage the use of masks, or even insinuate that they could lead to increased rates of spread.Yet seemingly in a matter of days in spring 2020, leading infectious disease scientists and organizations reversed ... Read more

$18.97 NZD

Masks have been a ubiquitous and oft-politicized aspect of the COVID-19 pandemic. Years of painstakingly organized pre-pandemic planning documents led public health experts to initially discourage the use of masks, or even insinuate that they could lead to increased rates of spread.Yet seemingly in a matter of days in spring 2020, leading infectious disease scientists and organizations reversed
... Read more
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Politics and International Relations

by Garrett W Brown, Iain McLean, Alistair McMillan ...

Series series Oxford Quick Reference
This bestselling dictionary contains over 1,700 entries on all aspects of politics and international relations. Written by a leading team of political scientists, it embraces the multi-disciplinary spectrum of political theory including political thinkers, history, institutions, theories, and schools of thought, as well as notable current affairs that have shaped attitudes to politics. Fully ... Read more

$27.13 NZD

This bestselling dictionary contains over 1,700 entries on all aspects of politics and international relations. Written by a leading team of political scientists, it embraces the multi-disciplinary spectrum of political theory including political thinkers, history, institutions, theories, and schools of thought, as well as notable current affairs that have shaped attitudes to politics. Fully
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Systemsturz

Der Sieg der Natur über den Kapitalismus | »Kohei Saito ist der neue Piketty.« Berliner Morgenpost

by Kohei Saito ...

Translated by Gregor Wakounig ...

Ohne Kapitalismus in die ZukunftWenn wir glauben, die Welt durch nachhaltigen Konsum vor der Klimakatastrophe zu retten, betrügen wir uns selbst. Das sagt der japanische Philosoph Kohei Saito. Denn der Kapitalismus ist nicht zukunftsfähig. Klar und überzeugend vertritt Saito die These: Nichts, was die Welt jetzt braucht, lässt sich innerhalb eines kapitalistischen Systems realisieren. Grünes ... Read more

$20.99 NZD

Ohne Kapitalismus in die ZukunftWenn wir glauben, die Welt durch nachhaltigen Konsum vor der Klimakatastrophe zu retten, betrügen wir uns selbst. Das sagt der japanische Philosoph Kohei Saito. Denn der Kapitalismus ist nicht zukunftsfähig. Klar und überzeugend vertritt Saito die These: Nichts, was die Welt jetzt braucht, lässt sich innerhalb eines kapitalistischen Systems realisieren. Grünes
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Pearson Edexcel A-level Politics Student Guide 3: Political Ideas Second Edition

by Jessica Hardy ...

This Student Guide will help you to:* Identify key content for the exams with our concise coverage of topics* Avoid common pitfalls with clear definitions and exam tips throughout* Reinforce your learning with bullet-list summaries at the end of each section* Make links between topics with synoptic links highlighted throughout* Test your knowledge with rapid-fire knowledge check questions and ... Read more

$17.99 NZD

This Student Guide will help you to:* Identify key content for the exams with our concise coverage of topics* Avoid common pitfalls with clear definitions and exam tips throughout* Reinforce your learning with bullet-list summaries at the end of each section* Make links between topics with synoptic links highlighted throughout* Test your knowledge with rapid-fire knowledge check questions and
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Die Zerstörung des Nationalstaates aus dem Geist des Multikulturalismus

by Werner Mäder ...

Das Verdienst des europäischen Nationalstaates der Neuzeit war es, den Einfluss indirekter Gewalten zu neutralisieren, Frieden im Innern zu schaffen und mit sozialen Errungenschaften zum wirtschaftlichen Wachstum und relativen Wohlstand beizutragen. Diese Epoche ist vorbei. Die politische Klasse in Deutschland und Österreich betrachtet den Nationalstaat offenbar als Auslaufmodell und betreibt ... Read more

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Das Verdienst des europäischen Nationalstaates der Neuzeit war es, den Einfluss indirekter Gewalten zu neutralisieren, Frieden im Innern zu schaffen und mit sozialen Errungenschaften zum wirtschaftlichen Wachstum und relativen Wohlstand beizutragen. Diese Epoche ist vorbei. Die politische Klasse in Deutschland und Österreich betrachtet den Nationalstaat offenbar als Auslaufmodell und betreibt
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