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  • Capitalism

    The Unknown Ideal

    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

    $8.69 USD

  • The Communist Manifesto

    '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

    $4.86 USD

  • Recherches sur la nature et les causes de la richesse des nations

    by Adam Smith ...
    Classiques de la littérature, sélectionnés et commentés.Pilier fondamental de la pensée économique moderne.Dans ce traité audacieux pour son époque, Smith explore les mécanismes du marché, la division du travail et le rôle de l'État dans l'économie.Il défend l'idée que la recherche de l'intérêt personnel, lorsqu'elle est encadrée par des institutions appropriées, peut conduire à la prospérité ... Read more

    $1.15 USD

  • Global gescheitert?

    Der Westen zwischen Anmaßung und Selbsthass

    Selten schien der Westen so geschlossen wie zu Beginn des Ukraine-Kriegs. Die Werte der Freiheit und Demokratie galt es gegen ein autokratisches System zu verteidigen. Doch hinter der vermeintlichen Geschlossenheit zeigten sich schnell die ersten Bruchstellen. Wie werden wirtschaftliche Zwänge mit politischen Zielen in Einklang gebracht? Wie viel sind dem Westen die eigenen Ideale wert? Dass sich ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • In the Words of Nelson Mandela

    "I have fought against white domination, and I have fought against blackdomination. I have cherished the ideal of a democratic and free societyin which all persons live together in harmony and with equalopportunities. It is an ideal which I hope to live for and to achieve.But if needs be, it is an ideal for which I am prepared to die." NelsonMandela spoke these words from the dock at the Rivonia ... Read more

    $12.49 USD

  • Multimethod Research, Causal Mechanisms, and Case Studies

    An Integrated Approach

    by Gary Goertz ...
    An innovative and accessible textbook on multimethod and case-study researchMultimethod research has become indispensable to doing social science, and is essential to anyone who conducts large-scale research projects in political science, sociology, education, comparative law, or business. This authoritative and accessible book offers the first truly comprehensive approach to multimethod and case ... Read more

    $31.69 USD

  • Das Ende der Gerechtigkeit

    Ein Richter schlägt Alarm

    Wir leben in einem Rechtsstaat. Doch tun wir das wirklich? Faktenreich und anhand anschaulicher, fast unglaublicher Geschichten aus dem Justizalltag beschreibt Jens Gnisa, Vorsitzender des Deutschen Richterbundes, eine schleichende Erosion des Justizsystems. Er geht den vielschichtigen Ursachen einer Entwicklung auf den Grund, die allzu oft verdrängt wird. Und damit eine der zentralen Säulen der ... Read more

    $22.19 USD

  • Wie stark ist Russland wirklich?

    Die Wahrheit über Putins Militärmacht

    by Matthias Uhl ...
    Seit dem Angriff auf die Ukraine prägt die Angst vor einem militärisch übermächtigen Russland die politische Debatte in Europa. Immer wieder ist von einer unaufhaltsamen Militärmaschine die Rede, die auch für der NATO zur Bedrohung werden könnte. Milliardeninvestitionen in Aufrüstung werden mit dieser Gefahr begründet. Doch wie stark ist die Armee Russlands tatsächlich?Der Militärhistoriker ... Read more

    $19.39 USD

  • Winston Churchill

    A Reference Guide to His Life and Works

    Series series Significant Figures in World History
    Winston Churchill has for decades been regarded as one of the greatest statesmen of the 20th century, not just in his home country Britain but in the USA as well, where he continues to be an inspiration to many to this day. In 2002 he was voted The Greatest Briton, and the 2016 movie The Darkest Hour continues his global iconic status as someone who stood up to tyranny in 1940, against all the ... Read more

    $48.59 USD

  • Archival Research for International Relations

    Archival Research for International Relations is an indispensable guide to why archival sources can be invaluable for IR scholarship and how to use archives effectively.More IR students and scholars than ever are turning to archives to strengthen their research. But for those venturing in for the first time, archives can be intimidating—and with good reason. Despite mounting interest, archival ... Read more

    $21.89 USD

  • Lenin and Imperialism

    An Appraisal of Theories and Contemporary Reality

    Edited by Prabhat Patnaik ...
    There are two distinct levels at which Lenin theorised about imperial-ism. At one level he outlined certain tendencies in the phase of monopoly capital which generated situations of actual or potential armed conflict and made for global instability of the international capitalist state system. At another level he explored with this theoretical apparatus, the specific, conjuncture which prevailed ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Guild Socialism Restated

    by G Cole ...
    Series series Routledge Library Editions
    Guild Socialism Restated is G D H Cole’s fullest and most systematic account of his vision of industrial and political reorganization. The introductory chapters of the volume develop the theme of democratic citizenship in relation to industrial society. Cole contends that neither capitalism nor state socialism can adequately meet the fundamental requirements of democracy because neither provides ... Read more

    $51.99 USD

  • Der politische Islam gehört nicht zu Deutschland

    Wie wir unsere freie Gesellschaft verteidigen

    Der politische Islam ist derzeit eines der größten Integrationshemmnisse von Muslimen in die deutsche Gesellschaft. Doch was ist gemeint, wenn die Herausgeber und Autoren dieses Buches vom politischen Islam sprechen? Für Carsten Linnemann und Winfried Bausback ist eine klare Differenzierung dringend notwendig, "denn den einen Islam gibt es nicht. Stattdessen gibt es unzählige Strömungen, leider ... Read more

    $19.39 USD

  • Common Sense

    by Thomas Paine ...
    A special gift edition of one of the most important and influential documents in our nation’s history—featured in Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning Hamilton: An American Musical—stylishly packaged for twenty-first-century readers.According to John Adams, "Without the pen of the author of Common Sense, the sword of Washington would have been raised in vain." With Common ... Read more

    $9.49 USD

  • 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

    $22.79 USD

  • Lies of the Tutsi in Eastern Congo/Zaire

    A Case Study: South Kivu (Pre-Colonial to 2018)

    by John Kapapi ...
    There's no available information at this time. Author will provide once information is available. ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • The Other Slavery

    The Uncovered Story of Indian Enslavement in America

    NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST | WINNER OF THE BANCROFT PRIZE. A landmark history—the sweeping story of the enslavement of tens of thousands of Indians across America, from the time of the conquistadors up to the early twentieth century.Since the time of Columbus, Indian slavery was illegal in much of the American continent. Yet, as Andrés Reséndez illuminates in his myth-shattering The Other ... Read more

    $15.39 USD

  • Don't Know Much About® Anything

    Everything You Need to Know but Never Learned About People, Places, Events, and More!

    Series Book 15 - Don't Know Much About Series
    In his wildly entertaining, winningly irreverent, New York Times bestselling Don't Know Much About® series, author Kenneth C. Davis has amused and edified us with fascinating facts about history, mythology, the Bible, the universe, geography, and the Civil War.Now, the sky's the limit in his latest irresistible installment—a grand tour of knowledge that carries us from the Great Smoky Mountains to ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Bourinot's Rules of Order

    A Manual on the Practices and Usages of the House of Commons of Canada and on the Procedure at Public Assemblies, Including Meetings of Shareholders

    Nervous about chairing a meeting? Puzzled by the lingo of quorums and motions and adjournments? Wondering how to prevent someone from monopolizing the discussion?Bourinot's Rules of Order is the definitive guide to conducting meetings, large and small, formal and relaxed. Based on the procedures of the House of Commons in Ottawa, these rules outline all the steps and the details you need to know ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • 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

    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

    $8.19 USD

  • The Twentieth Century

    A People's History

    by Howard Zinn ...
    “Professor Zinn writes with an enthusiasm rarely encountered in the leaden prose of academic history....[His] chapter on Vietnam—bringing to life once again the fire-free zones, secret bombings, massacres, and cover-ups—should be required reading.”—New York Times Book ReviewContaining just the Twentieth Century chapters from Howard Zinn’s bestselling A People’s History of the United States, this ... Read more

    $12.79 USD

  • Manifeste du Parti Communiste

    Le Manifeste du Parti Communiste est un essai politico-philosophique commandé par la Ligue des communistes (ancienne Ligue des justes), et rédigé par le philosophe allemand Karl Marx.Écrit fin 1847 et début 1848 avec la participation de son ami Friedrich Engels et publié en février 1848, il a été diffusé à l'origine sous le titre Manifeste du parti communiste (il n'existait alors aucun Parti ... Read more

    $0.99 USD

  • Charles Darwin's Collection (18 Books)

    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

    $0.99 USD

  • Webster's New World: Robert's Rules of Order

    Simplified & Applied

    Series series Webster's New World
    A revised and updated edition of the clearest, most useful guide to parliamentary procedure, including tips on making meetings more efficient.This essential and authoritative resource, based on the principles originally laid out in the classic Robert's Rules of Order, explains the often-confusing rules of parliamentary procedure in clear, simple language and shows how to apply them practically and ... Read more

    $11.59 USD