Powerful Deception: A Mafia Romance by Jocelyne Soto (Mystic Luna Publishing) (188 Reviews)    Price verified 8 hours ago

The world that we live in is a very dark place. Everywhere you look there is blood looming. There are powerful individuals waiting for you to take your last breath. Powerful individuals that would strap you to a chair and let you suffer. It's those powerful men and women that took my father from me, the ones I'm going after. Starting with Dante Rossetti. He called the hit that took the most meaningful person in my life down. I will take him down, watch every inch of his life burn to a crisp, even if I have to pretend to be someone else entirely and lie my way into his life. I will destroy the man that everyone calls the devil and he won't see a thing that is coming his way. Powerful Deception is a mafia romance. This story does contain some subjects that may not be suitable for everyone. Please visit my website on more information regarding content warnings.

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The Conquest of the River Plate (1535-1555) by Ulrich Schmidel (DigiCat) (3 Reviews)    Price verified 12 hours ago

Within the pages of 'The Conquest of the River Plate (1535-1555),' readers encounter a fascinating juxtaposition of narratives that provide a comprehensive understanding of the exploration and colonization of the River Plate region by European adventurers. This anthology melds the starkly vivid accounts of Ulrich Schmidel and Alvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, offering a range of literary styles from diaristic entries to elaborate recountings, set against the backdrop of 16th century Latin American exploration. The collection is notable not only for its historical significance but also for the varied perspectives it presents on the cultural and physical encounters between European explorers and Indigenous peoples, making it a complex tapestry of conquest and coexistence. The contributing authors, each remarkable figures of their time, bring forward a richness of experience and insight. Ulrich Schmidel and Alvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca were among the earliest Europeans to document their ...

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MÉMÉS: Facts, Cool Lists, Stories and Loads More!: (Funny Joke Books) by Lloyd Phillips (27 Reviews)    Price verified 7 hours ago

MÉMÉS: Facts, Cool Lists, Stories and Loads More! Welcome to this awesome collection of memes, jokes, cool lists, stories, joke, facts and LOADS MORE!! Every page is just as cool as the last... This book is great for a pick-me-up at any time of the day! If you like this book then also check out my others by clicking on LLOYD PHILLIPS at the top of the listing! Enjoy!

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Entice (Eagle Elite Book 3) by Rachel Van Dyken (1,944 Review)    Price verified 2 hours ago

Enter alive, leave dead. Chase Winter let the love of his life slip through his fingers and into the hands of his best friend and mafia boss of the Abandonato family. Now that he's been given a second chance to right a wrong, he refuses to let his own selfishness stand in the way. The only problem? He's not fully in possession of his heart, so when Mil De Lange -- the girl whose innocence he stole and heir to the worst of the worst mafia families in the US -- asks him for a favor... he says yes, not realizing that one yes has the power to destroy them all. Mil's been in love with Chase Winter as long as she can remember, but as the years went by, love turned into hate. Now that he's agreed to help her, she's wondering if she made a fatal error. Because Chase isn't a teenager anymore. He's a hot-blooded male, bent on owning every part of her, body and soul, and he's willing to kill anyone in his path who dares stand in the way. Secrets will finally be revealed... but ...

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Epistemological Bias in the Physical & Social Sciences by Abdelwahab M. Elmessiri (Editor) (International Institute of Islamic Thought) (4 Reviews)    Price verified 8 hours ago

The question of bias in methodology and terminology is a problem that faces researchers east, west, north and south; however, it faces Third World intellectuals with special keenness. For although they write in a cultural environment that has its own specific conceptual and cultural paradigms, they nevertheless encounter a foreign paradigm which attempts to impose itself upon their society and upon their very imagination and thoughts. When the term "developmental psychology" for instance is used in the West Arab scholars also say "developmental psychology", when "applied psychology" is mentioned they hurry to use the same term etc. Why not establish a new science with its own mechanisms, methodologies and points of reference to deal with epistemological biases and open up the gate of ijtihad with respect to them? This collection of papers aims to discover some of the biases latent in our terminology, methodologies, research tools, and conceptual principles, and to propose alternative ...

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Kindled Hearts: A Small Town, Best Friend's Brother Romance (Ember Hollow Romance Book 1) by Abbey Easton (Peridot Publishing LLC) (16 Reviews)    Price verified 12 hours ago

There's a serial killer in Ember Hollow. Lark Meadows survived him once, but he'll burn it all down to get her back. After my best friend was murdered in her bed, I ran from Ember Hollow and never looked back. But nine years later, I'm forced to return to my small town and run into the last person I expected, Reid Ramsey. He's a local Private Investigator now... and my best friend's big brother. Reid has always been a protector, watching out for the ones he loves. As we grow closer, it's clear how broken he is. He couldn't save his little sister all those years ago and the guilt crushed him. Bonded through tragedy, an unexpected spark ignites between us. The burn is slow, but bright and consuming. As we lead each other on the path toward healing, disaster strikes again when a girl goes missing. Desperate to find her before it's too late, Reid and I will stop at nothing to discover the truth. The closer we come to solving the case, and the danger escalates, dark shadows from my ...

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Nick of the Woods Or, Adventures of Prairie Life by Robert Montgomery Bird (7 Reviews)    Price verified 12 hours ago

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The Disarticulate: Language, Disability, and the Narratives of Modernity (Cultural Front Book 8) by James Berger (NYU Press) (1 Review)    Price verified 8 hours ago

Language is integral to our social being. But what is the status of those who stand outside of language? The mentally disabled, "wild" children, people with autism and other neurological disorders, as well as animals, infants, angels, and artificial intelligences, have all engaged with language from a position at its borders. In the intricate verbal constructions of modern literature, the 'disarticulate' -- those at the edges of language -- have, paradoxically, played essential, defining roles. Drawing on the disarticulate figures in modern fictional works such as Billy Budd, The Sound and the Fury, Nightwood, White Noise, and The Echo Maker, among others, James Berger shows in this intellectually bracing study how these characters mark sites at which aesthetic, philosophical, ethical, political, medical, and scientific discourses converge. It is also the place of the greatest ethical tension, as society confronts the needs and desires of "the least of its brothers." Berger argues ...

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Diamonds and War: State, Capital, and Labor in British-Ruled Palestine by David De Vries (Berghahn Books) (3 Reviews)    Price verified 6 hours ago

The mining of diamonds, their trading mechanisms, their financial institutions, and, not least, their cultural expressions as luxury items have engaged the work of historians, economists, social scientists, and international relations experts. Based on previously unexamined historical documents found in archives in Belgium, England, Israel, the Netherlands, and the United States, this book is the first in English to tell the story of the formation of one of the world's main strongholds of diamond production and trade in Palestine during the 1930s and 1940s. The history of the diamond-cutting industry, characterized by a long-standing Jewish presence, is discussed as a social history embedded in the international political economy of its times; the genesis of the industry in Palestine is placed on a broad continuum within the geographic and economic dislocations of Dutch, Belgian, and German diamond-cutting centers. In providing a micro-historical and interdisciplinary perspective, the ...

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Urban Living Lab for Local Regeneration: Beyond Participation in Large-scale Social Housing Estates (The Urban Book Series) by Nele Aernouts (Springer) (1 Review)    Price verified 37 minutes ago

This open access book provides an integrated overview of the challenges and resources of large-scale social housing estates in Europe and outlines possible interdisciplinary approaches and tools to promote their regeneration. It especially focuses on the tool of urban living labs, as promising in promoting new and more effective local governance and in including the different actors into the planning process. The book combines theory and practice, since it is the result of action-research conducted in different social housing estates all over Europe. Building on the results of the SoHoLab project (2017-2020), the book benefits from a multidisciplinary perspective, since the researchers involved belong to the fields of anthropology, urban planning, architecture, urban sociology. The project combined theoretical reflections with the installation and/or the consolidation of Urban Living Labs, run by universities, in large social housing estates in three European cities: Brussels, Milan ...

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Ruthless Liars (Bullies of Silver Hills University Book 1) by Blakely York (Evershade Publishing) (22 Reviews)    Price verified 7 hours ago

I may not survive my first semester spying on three ruthless cartel brothers -- especially when it turns out they're bullies in more ways than one. With my money-laundering father caught stealing from my mafia boss uncle, I'm given one chance to save my little sister and me from being forced to work off his debt in the brothels: Enroll at Silver Hills University, seduce the three cartel brothers, and uncover the truth behind their presence in the States... without getting caught and flayed alive. But when getting close to them requires my complete and total submission to dark desires that threaten my "good girl" image, I soon find my heart's at risk of falling for not just one of them... but all three. Worse? To complete my end of the bargain, I have to kill them on my uncle's command. Three lives for three lives. That's the deal. Otherwise, my father's dead, and my little sister and I will be reduced to serving an endless line of men for the next decade. I'm just not sure yet ...

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The Girl in the Golden Atom by Ray Cummings (52 Reviews)    Price verified 11 hours ago

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Cobwebs and Cables by Hesba Stretton (37 Reviews)    Price verified 7 hours ago

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Japanese Lessons: A Year in a Japanese School Through the Eyes of An American Anthropologist and Her Children by Gail R. Benjamin (NYU Press) (11 Reviews)    Price verified 12 hours ago

Benjamin dismantles Americans' preconceived notions of the Japanese education system "Gail R. Benjamin reaches beyond predictable images of authoritarian Japanese educators and automaton schoolchildren to show the advantages and disadvantages of a system remarkably different from the American one... " -- The New York Times Book Review Americans regard the Japanese educational system and the lives of Japanese children with a mixture of awe and indignance. We respect a system that produces higher literacy rates and superior math skills, but we reject the excesses of a system that leaves children with little free time and few outlets for creativity and self-expression. In Japanese Lessons, Gail R. Benjamin recounts her experiences as a American parent with two children in a Japanese elementary school. An anthropologist, Benjamin successfully weds the roles of observer and parent, illuminating the strengths of the Japanese system and suggesting ways in which Americans might learn ...

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Confronting the New Conservatism: The Rise of the Right in America by Michael Thompson (NYU Press) (1 Review)    Price verified 12 hours ago

William Kristol, Paul Wolfowitz, Donald Rumsfeld, Condoleeza Rice, George F. Will, and Dick Cheney. These are today's neoconservatives"confident, clear-cut, and a political force to be reckoned with. But how should we define this new conservatism? What is new about it? In this volume, some of today's top political scholars take on the charge of explaining, defining, and confronting the new conservatism of the last twenty-five years. The authors examine the ideas, policies and roots of this ideological movement showing that contemporary neoconservatism has been able to blend many of the aspects of social conservatism -- such as religious populism and nationalism -- with economic liberalism and the rhetoric of equality of opportunity and individualism. With their emphasis on dismantling the welfare state and a rhetorical return to economic laissez faire and individual rights, neoconservatives have been able to harness populist sentiment in terms of both economics and cultural issues. ...

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The Border of Lights Reader: Bearing Witness to Genocide in the Dominican Republic by Megan Jeanette Myers (Amherst College Press) Price verified 12 hours ago

Border of Lights, a volunteer collective, returns each October to Dominican-Haitian border towns to bear witness to the 1937 Haitian Massacre ordered by Dominican dictator Rafael Leónidas Trujillo. This crime against humanity has never been acknowledged by the Dominican government and no memorial exists for its victims. A multimodal, multi-vocal space for activists, artists, scholars, and others connected to the BOL movement, The Border of Lights Reader provides an alternative to the dominant narrative that positions Dominicans and Haitians as eternal adversaries and ignores cross-border and collaborative histories. This innovative anthology asks large-scale, universal questions regarding historical memory and revisionism that countries around the world grapple with today. "By bringing together in one volume poetry, visual arts, literary analysis, in-depth interviews and historical analysis this volume will provide its readers with a comprehensive view of the causes and the ...

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Department Stores and the Black Freedom Movement: Workers, Consumers, and Civil Rights from the 1930s to the 1980s (The John Hope Franklin Series in ... by Traci Parker (The University of North Carolina Press) (8 Reviews)    Price verified 12 hours ago

In this book, Traci Parker examines the movement to racially integrate white-collar work and consumption in American department stores, and broadens our understanding of historical transformations in African American class and labor formation. Built on the goals, organization, and momentum of earlier struggles for justice, the department store movement channeled the power of store workers and consumers to promote black freedom in the mid-twentieth century. Sponsoring lunch counter sit-ins and protests in the 1950s and 1960s, and challenging discrimination in the courts in the 1970s, this movement ended in the early 1980s with the conclusion of the Sears, Roebuck, and Co. affirmative action cases and the transformation and consolidation of American department stores. In documenting the experiences of African American workers and consumers during this era, Parker highlights the department store as a key site for the inception of a modern black middle class, and demonstrates the ways ...

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Kiss of Redemption: Brothers Best Friend Dark Family Saga (Brooks Family Saga Book 1) by Maggie Cole (Pulse Press Inc) (1,716 Review)    Price verified 13 hours ago

He spent ten years in prison, framed for killing his best friend -- my brother. Beckett Brooks wasn't just cute -- he was beautiful. He's never denied what happened that night. So why did he push me down to save me? After I woke up in a hospital bed, my grandparents hid me from the world. Everyone on the island thought I died. Now Beckett's been paroled. He's made it clear he only wants me. Time has made him sexy as sin. I should stay far away -- I can't. Yet there's a reason Beckett never told the truth. And the past is still trying to destroy us. Kiss of Redemption is the first installment of the Brooks Family Saga. This friends to lovers, brothers best friend, dark romance is an epic journey of one family's struggle of forgiveness, hope, and new beginnings amidst dangerous situations. Each story intertwines and focuses on a new sibling trying to find their Happily Ever After. Please note: This series was previously called Together We Stand.

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Evenings at Donaldson Manor Or, The Christmas Guest by Maria J. (Jane) McIntosh (3 Reviews)    Price verified 10 hours ago

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Sevenoaks A Story of Today by J. G. (Josiah Gilbert) Holland (7 Reviews)    Price verified 6 hours ago

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Hatchie, the Guardian Slave; or, The Heiress of Bellevue A Tale of the Mississippi and the South-west by Warren T. Ashton (4 Reviews)    Price verified 12 hours ago

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Revisiting Migrant Networks: Migrants and their Descendants in Labour Markets (IMISCOE Research Series) by Elif Keskiner (Springer) Price verified 4 hours ago

This open access book provides new conceptualisations on the networks of migrants and their descendants in accessing the labour market. Although references to social networks are common in discussions of migration, simplified ideas of co-ethnic networks often obscure the reality, for example confounding ties with co-ethnics and 'strong ties'. This open access book addresses key questions about the role of networks in migration contexts, particularly in relation to how migrants and their descendants, access the labour market and develop their employment trajectories over time. Rather than adopting a narrow essentializing ethnic lens, the research presented in this book explores intersectional identities of class, generation and gender. By focusing on the kinds of capital circulating between ties, including the dark side of social capital, the book offers insights into power dynamics and the potentially exclusionary dimension of networks. Taking a long term view, across generations, the ...

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Problems in American Democracy by Thames Williamson (2 Reviews)    Price verified 6 hours ago

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President Trump’s First Term: The Year in C-SPAN Archives Research, Volume 5 by Robert X. Browning (Purdue University Press) Price verified 13 hours ago

C-SPAN is the network of record for US political affairs, broadcasting live gavel-to-gavel proceedings of the House of Representatives and the Senate, and to other forums where public policy is discussed, debated, and decided--without editing, commentary, or analysis and with a balanced presentation of points of view. The C-SPAN Archives, located adjacent to Purdue University, is the home of the online C-SPAN Video Library. The Archives has recorded all of C-SPAN's television content since 1987. Extensive indexing, captioning, and other enhanced online features provide researchers, policy analysts, students, teachers, and public officials with an unparalleled chronological and internally cross-referenced record for deeper study. Books in this series present the finest interdisciplinary research utilizing tools of the C-SPAN Video Library. Each volume highlights recent scholarship and comprises leading experts and emerging voices in political science, journalism, psychology, ...

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Ancient Households on the North Coast of Peru by Ilana Johnson (University Press of Colorado) Price verified 5 hours ago

Ancient Households on the North Coast of Peru provides insight into the organization of complex, urban, and state-level society in the region from a household perspective, using observations from diverse North Coast households to generate new understandings of broader social processes in and beyond Andean prehistory. Many volumes on this region are limited to one time period or civilization, often the Moche. While Ancient Households on the North Coast of Peru does examine the Moche, it offers a wider thematic approach to a broader swath of prehistory. Chapters on various time periods use a comparable scale of analysis to examine long-term continuity and change and draw on a large corpus of prior research on states, rulership, and cosmology to offer new insight into the intersection of household, community, and state. Contributors address social reproduction, construction and reinforcement of gender identities and social hierarchy, household permanence and resilience, and ...

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Working through Surveillance and Technical Communication: Concepts and Connections (SUNY series, Studies in Technical Communication) by Sarah Young (SUNY Press) (1 Review)    Price verified 8 hours ago

What is surveillance, and why should we care? Why are those who use technology susceptible to being both agents and targets of contemporary surveillance practices? Working Through Surveillance and Technical Communication addresses these questions, discussing what it means to engage in surveillance, examining why this participation may be problematic, and offering entry points into assessing one's ethical and socially just involvement with surveillance. Further, the book suggests ways to resist both individually and collectively, and it offers pedagogical entry points for those looking to talk about surveillance with others. Led by the central questions, "How are technical communicators also surveillance workers?" and "Why does this matter for technical communication and surveillance scholarship?" the text uses the example of Edward Snowden to illustrate how technical communicators and surveillance workers exist on an often-overlapping range. Sarah Young highlights the potentially ...

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The Last Mile: Turning Public Policy Upside Down (Innovations, Practice and the Future of Public Policy in India) by Amarjeet Sinha (Routledge India) (2 Reviews)    Price verified 7 hours ago

The Last Mile explores the gaps and dichotomy between drafted policies and their implementation, and the last mile challenges which often make public services inaccessible to the poorest and most vulnerable sections of society. It provides an in-depth overview of the dynamics between communities, research and consultation and the implementation of policies for development. Rich in empirical data and case studies from different government programmes and reports, this book examines the implementation of government service programmes for poverty reduction, women's empowerment, and income generation for the poor, among others, from a people's perspective. It highlights the need for policies and institutions to align their methods to community needs. Offering guidelines for redesigning as well as solutions to counter challenges related to lack of trust and effective communication, human resource management, capacity development, redressal mechanisms, and facilitating the last mile ...

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Writing the Great War: The Historiography of World War I from 1918 to the Present by Christoph Cornelissen (Berghahn Books) (4 Reviews)    Price verified 7 hours ago

From the Treaty of Versailles to the 2018 centenary and beyond, the history of the First World War has been continually written and rewritten, studied and contested, producing a rich historiography shaped by the social and cultural circumstances of its creation. Writing the Great War provides a groundbreaking survey of this vast body of work, assembling contributions on a variety of national and regional historiographies from some of the most prominent scholars in the field. By analyzing perceptions of the war in contexts ranging from Nazi Germany to India's struggle for independence, this is an illuminating collective study of the complex interplay of memory and history.

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Jean-Christophe à Paris. English by Romain Rolland (1 Review)    Price verified 3 hours ago

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In Defense of Free Speech in Universities: A Study of Three Jurisdictions by Amy T.Y. Lai (University of Michigan Press) (2 Reviews)    Price verified 13 hours ago

In this book, Amy Lai examines the current free speech crisis in Western universities. She studies the origin, history, and importance of freedom of speech in the university setting, and addresses the relevance and pitfalls of political correctness and microaggressions on campuses, where laws on harassment, discrimination, and hate speech are already in place, along with other concepts that have gained currency in the free speech debate, including deplatforming, trigger warning, and safe space. Looking at numerous free speech disputes in the United Kingdom, the United States, and Canada, the book argues for the equal application of the free speech principle to all expressions to facilitate respectful debates. All in all, it affirms that the right to free expression is a natural right essential to the pursuit of truth, democratic governance, and self-development, and this right is nowhere more important than in the university.

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New Global Cities in Latin America and Asia: Welcome to the Twenty-First Century by Pablo Baisotti (University of Michigan Press) (1 Review)    Price verified 12 hours ago

New Global Cities in Latin America and Asia: Welcome to the Twenty-First Century proposes new visions of global cities and regions historically considered "secondary" in the international context. The arguments are not only based on material progress made by these metropolises, but also on the growing social difficulties experienced (e.g., organized crime, drug trafficking, slums, economic inequalities). The book illustrates the growth of cities according to these problems arising from the modernity of the new century, comparing Latin American and Asian cities. This book analyzes the complex relationships within cities through an interdisciplinary approach, complementing other research and challenging orthodox views on global cities. At the same time, the book provides new theoretical and methodological tools to understand the progress of "Third World" cities and the way of understanding "globality" in the 21st century by confronting the traditional views with which global cities ...

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Internationalizing "International Communication" (The New Media World) by Chin-Chuan Lee (University of Michigan Press) (1 Review)    Price verified 3 hours ago

International communication as a field of inquiry is, in fact, not very "internationalized." Rather, it has been taken as a conceptual extension or empirical application of U.S. communication, and much of the world outside the West has been socialized to adopt truncated versions of Pax Americana's notion of international communication. At stake is the "subject position" of academic and cultural inquirers: Who gets to ask what kind of questions? It is important to note that the quest to establish universally valid "laws" of human society with little regard for cultural values and variations seems to be running out of steam. Many lines of intellectual development are reckoning with the important dimensions of empathetic understanding and subjective consciousness. In Internationalizing "International Communication," Lee and others argue that we must reject both America-writ-large views of the world and self-defeating mirror images that reject anything American or Western on the grounds ...

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Covid Conspiracy Theories in Global Perspective by Michael Butter (Routledge) (1 Review)    Price verified 4 hours ago

Covid Conspiracy Theories in Global Perspective examines how conspiracy theories and related forms of misinformation and disinformation about the Covid-19 pandemic have circulated widely around the world. Covid conspiracy theories have attracted considerable attention from researchers, journalists, and politicians, not least because conspiracy beliefs have the potential to negatively affect adherence to public health measures. While most of this focus has been on the United States and Western Europe, this collection provides a unique global perspective on the emergence and development of conspiracy theories through a series of case studies. The chapters have been commissioned by recognized experts on area studies and conspiracy theories. The chapters present case studies on how Covid conspiracism has played out (some focused on a single country, others on regions), using a range of methods from a variety of disciplinary perspectives, including history, politics, sociology, ...

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Filthy Fiction (Their Little Liar Book 1) by Calista Jayne (593 Reviews)    Price verified 7 hours ago

What do you get when you cross a steamy romance author with two hot guys who compete for her attention? A whole f-ton of sexual frustration. And that's where I find myself, caught between my father's best friend and the man he hires to be my bodyguard. Each man turns me on. Each man bosses me around. Each man makes me want to obey. It's impossible to choose between them... but what if I don't have to choose? Filthy Fiction is the first book of four in the Their Little Liar series. It features steamy action with two men who treasure and adore (and might even someday share) one woman. Filthy Fiction does not stand alone. If you like epic romances filled with drama, heat, and suspense, buy your copy today!

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International Impacts on Social Policy: Short Histories in Global Perspective (Global Dynamics of Social Policy) by Frank Nullmeier (Palgrave Macmillan) (1 Review)    Price verified 12 hours ago

This open access book consists of 39 short essays that exemplify how interactions between inter- and trans-national interdependencies and domestic factors have shaped the dynamics of social policy in various parts of the world at different points in time. Each chapter highlights a specific type of interdependence which has been identified to provide us with a nuanced understanding of specific social policy developments at discrete points in history. The volume is divided into four parts that are concerned with a particular type of cross-border interrelation. The four parts examine the impact on social policy of trade relations and economic crises, violence, international organisations and cross-border communication and migration. This book will be of interest to academics and postgraduate students in the field of social policy, global history and welfare state research from diverse disciplines: sociology, political science, history, law and economics.

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Barack Obama's America: How New Conceptions of Race, Family, and Religion Ended the Reagan Era (Contemporary Political And Social Issues) by John White (University of Michigan Press) (4 Reviews)    Price verified 12 hours ago

"White's Barack Obama's America eloquently captures both the important nuances of the current political scene and its long-term consequences." ---Richard Wirthlin, former pollster for Ronald Reagan "This delightfully written and accessible book is the best available account of the changes in culture, society, and politics that have given us Barack Obama's America." ---Stan Greenberg, pollster for Bill Clinton and Chairman and CEO of Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research "From one of the nation's foremost experts on how values shape our politics, a clear and compelling account of the dramatic shifts in social attitudes that are transforming American political culture. White's masterful blend of narrative and data illuminates the arc of electoral history from Reagan to Obama, making a powerful case for why we are entering a new progressive political era." ---Matthew R. Kerbel, Professor of Political Science, Villanova University, and author of Netroots "John Kenneth White is bold. He ...

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The Darkest King: A steamy billionaire mafia romance (The Dark Kings of NYC Book 1) by Juliette N. Banks (829 Reviews)    Price verified 11 hours ago

Will he avenge his family or acknowledge the woman he loves is no longer his enemy? Fifteen years ago, the mafia murdered my family. I'm Connor Barrett - the most powerful man in NYC. I fund politicians, sleep with beautiful women and my enemies don't know I exist. Yet. I've been single-minded in my revenge until a woman with sinful curves pours a drink down the front of my Armani tux. When I learn her surname and discover she is a mafia princess, I have a decision to make. Use her or toss her. But I'm not keeping her. When I agree to become her fake fiancé to get close to her father - my enemy - the last thing I expected was to find myself saving Mia's life. The Darkest King is the first book in The Dark Kings of NYC, a steamy billionaire mafia romance. If you enjoy dark spicy romances with twists, battling mafia families, and dominant, protective heroes, then you'll love this love story with a happy ever after.

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Banished Men: How Migrants Endure the Violence of Deportation by Abigail Leslie Andrews (University of California Press) Price verified 2 hours ago

A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press's Open Access publishing program. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more. What becomes of men the U.S. locks up and kicks out? From 2009 to 2020, the U.S. deported more than five million people -- over 90 percent of them men. In Banished Men, Abigail Andrews and her students tell 186 of their stories. How, they ask, does expulsion shape men's lives and sense of themselves? The book uncovers a harrowing carceral system that weaves together policing, prison, detention, removal, and border militarization to undermine migrants as men. Guards and gangs beat them down, till they feel like cockroaches, pigs, or dogs. Many lose ties with family. They do not go "home." Instead, they end up in limbo: stripped of their very humanity. Against the odds, they fight for new ways to belong. At once devastating and humane, Banished Men offers a clear-eyed critique of the violence of deportation.

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Beyond the Frontier A Romance of Early Days in the Middle West by Randall Parrish (16 Reviews)    Price verified 3 hours ago

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Shoulder-Straps A Novel of New York and the Army, 1862 by Henry Morford (2 Reviews)    Price verified 11 hours ago

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The Missing Bride by Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth (28 Reviews)    Price verified 12 hours ago

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Journeys Towards Intercultural Capability in Language Classrooms: Voices from Students, Teachers and Researchers (Intercultural Communication and ... by Martin East (Springer) Price verified 7 hours ago

This open access book presents an account of five teacher educators who, over a two-year period, undertook a research project with five teachers of languages other than English in pre-secondary schools in New Zealand. Their collaborative aim was to develop students' intercultural capability in the context of learning a new language. The school participants were typical of many in New Zealand's pre-secondary sector; the teachers had limited language-teaching experience and limited prior knowledge of how to develop the intercultural dimension in their language classrooms, and the students were largely at the beginning stages of learning a new language. The book discusses the findings obtained using a range of data collection methods, including classroom observations, reflective interviews with teachers, and focus groups with students. It documents instances of breakthrough and growth for teachers and students and reveals the problems and tensions. Lastly, it reflects on the lessons ...

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Merciless Vows: A Dark Mafia Arranged Marriage Romance (Blood and Thorns Book 1) by Faith Summers (Bliss Romance Publishing) (1,278 Review)    Price verified 5 hours ago

When I was sixteen, a gypsy fortune-teller told me my future held darkness and death. She was right. But what she didn't tell me was I'd lose all my memories and I wouldn't recognize the devil when he came to steal my life. Lucca Dyshekov -- the Bratva assassin they call Merciless -- rose from hell and turned my world upside down. On our wedding day, he taught me real monsters aren't the ones who hide in the dark. They're the ones who stare you in the face and steal your soul. On a quest for revenge, he takes me and unearths secrets from the past that will cause a war. When death lies on the horizon, the enemy of my enemy becomes my friend. In this instance, he's my husband. The real question is when he finishes uncovering the truth, will he keep me or kill me. Merciless vows is a dark mafia arranged marriage romance. It contains dubious situations, mature content, and graphic violence some readers might find offensive and/or triggering. This book is part of a duet and is ...

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Parental Life Courses after Separation and Divorce in Europe (Life Course Research and Social Policies Book 12) by Michaela Kreyenfeld (Springer) (2 Reviews)    Price verified 6 hours ago

This open access book assembles landmark studies on divorce and separation in European countries, and how this affects the life of parents and children. It focuses on four major areas of post-separation lives, namely (1) economic conditions, (2) parent-child relationships, (3) parent and child well-being, and (4) health. Through studies from several European countries, the book showcases how legal regulations and social policies influence parental and child well-being after divorce and separation. It also illustrates how social policies are interwoven with the normative fabric of a country. For example, it is shown that father-child contact after separation is more intense in those countries which have adopted policies that encourage shared parenting. Correspondingly, countries that have adopted these regulations are at the forefront of more egalitarian gender role attitudes. Apart from a strong emphasis on the legal and social policy context, the studies in this volume adopt a ...

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Phonological Augmentation in Prominent Positions (Outstanding Dissertations in Linguistics) by Jennifer L. Smith (Routledge) (1 Review)    Price verified 7 hours ago

Phonologically prominent or "strong" positions are well known for their ability to resist positional neutralization processes such as vowel reduction or place assimilation. However, there are also cases of neutralization that affect only strong positions, as when stressed syllables must be heavy, default stress is inserted into roots, or word-initial onsets must be low in sonority. In this book, Jennifer Smith shows that phonological processes specific to strong positions are distinct from those involved in classic positional neutralization effects because they always serve to augment the strong position with a perceptually salient characteristic. Formally, positional augmentation effects are modeled by means of markedness constraints relativized to strong positions. Because positional augmentation constraints are subject to certain substantive restrictions, as seen in their connection to perceptual salience, this study has implications for the relationship between functional ...

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Socializing Development: Transnational Social Movement Advocacy and the Human Rights Accountability of Multilateral Development Banks (Soziale ... by Leon Valentin Schettler (transcript Verlag) (1 Review)    Price verified 7 hours ago

As Multilateral Development Banks increasingly gained influence in shaping global development, transnational social movements pushed to hold them accountable for their human rights impact towards communities. Leon Valentin Schettler presents a novel causal mechanism of movement advocacy towards MDBs, combining disruptive and conventional tactics. Systematically comparing the evolution of human rights standards and complaint mechanisms over the last three decades, he reveals how the combination of 1) declining US hegemony, 2) counter-mobilization by China and 3) movement cooptation by the World Bank bureaucracy led to a dilution of human rights accountability in the 2010s.

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Mobilizing the Metropolis: How the Port Authority Built New York by Philip Mark Plotch (University of Michigan Press) (5 Reviews)    Price verified 12 hours ago

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey has morphed in ways that would be unrecognizable to its founders. Its mission evolved from improving rail freight to building motor vehicle crossings, airports, office towers, and industrial parks and taking control of a failing commuter rail line. In its early years, the agency was often viewed with admiration; however as it drew up plans, negotiated to take control of airfields and marine terminals, and constructed large bridges and tunnels, the Port Authority became the object of less favorable attention. It was attacked as a "super-government" that must be reined in, while the mayors of New York and Newark argued that it should be broken up with its pieces given to local governments for their own use. Despite its criticisms and travails, for over half a century the Port Authority overcame hurdles that had frustrated other public and private efforts, built the world's longest suspension bridge, and took a leading role in creating an ...

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Gender in Focus: Identities, Codes, Stereotypes and Politics by Andreea Zamfira (Verlag Barbara Budrich) (1 Review)    Price verified 37 minutes ago

This book deals with the interplay between identities, codes, stereotypes and politics governing the various constructions and deconstructions of gender in several Western and non-Western societies (Germany, Italy, Serbia, Romania, Cameroon, Indonesia, Vietnam, and others). Readers are invited to discover the realm of gender studies and to reflect upon the transformative potentialities of globalisation and interculturality.

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A History of Yugoslavia (Central European Studies) by Marie-Janine Calic (Purdue University Press) (16 Reviews)    Price verified 7 hours ago

Why did Yugoslavia fall apart? Was its violent demise inevitable? Did its population simply fall victim to the lure of nationalism? How did this multinational state survive for so long, and where do we situate the short life of Yugoslavia in the long history of Europe in the twentieth century? A History of Yugoslavia provides a concise, accessible, comprehensive synthesis of the political, cultural, social, and economic life of Yugoslavia -- from its nineteenth-century South Slavic origins to the bloody demise of the multinational state of Yugoslavia in the 1990s. Calic takes a fresh and innovative look at the colorful, multifaceted, and complex history of Yugoslavia, emphasizing major social, economic, and intellectual changes from the turn of the twentieth century and the transition to modern industrialized mass society. She traces the origins of ethnic, religious, and cultural divisions, applying the latest social science approaches, and drawing on the breadth of recent ...

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Migration and Social Protection in Europe and Beyond (Volume 2): Comparing Consular Services and Diaspora Policies (IMISCOE Research Series) by Jean-Michel Lafleur (Springer) (1 Review)    Price verified 4 hours ago

This second open access book in a series of three volumes examines the repertoire of policies and programmes led by EU Member States to engage with their nationals residing abroad. Focusing on sending states' engagement in the area of social protection, this book shows how a series of emigration-related policies that go beyond the realm of social security address the needs of nationals abroad in the area of health care, unemployment, family benefits, pensions and economic hardship. In addition, this volume highlights the variety of sending states' institutions that are involved in these policies (consulates, diaspora institutions, ministries, agencies... ) and their engagement with citizens abroad in other policy areas such as electoral rights, citizenship, language, culture, education, business or religion. As such this book is a valuable read to researchers, policy makers, government employees and NGO's.

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Migrants and Expats: The Swiss Migration and Mobility Nexus (IMISCOE Research Series) by Ilka Steiner (Springer) (1 Review)    Price verified 3 hours ago

This open access book provides insight on current patterns of migration in Switzerland, which fall along a continuum from long-term and permanent to more temporary and fluid. These patterns are shaped by the interplay of legal norms, economic drivers and societal factors. The various dimensions of this Migration-Mobility Nexus are investigated by means of newly collected survey data: the Migration-Mobility Survey. The book covers different aspects of life in the host country, including the family dimension, the labour market and political participation as well as social integration. The book also takes into account the chronological dimension of migration by considering the migrants' arrival, their stay, and their expectations regarding return. Through applying conclusions drawn from the Swiss context to the migration literature on other European and high-income countries, this book contributes to new knowledge on current migration processes in high-income countries. As such it ...

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Major Trends in Theoretical and Applied Linguistics 2: Selected Papers from the 20th ISTAL by Nikolaos Lavidas (De Gruyter Open Poland) (1 Review)    Price verified 6 hours ago

In the three volumes of Major Trends in Theoretical and Applied Linguistics, the editors guide the reader through a well-selected compendium of works, presenting a fresh look at contemporary linguistics. Aimed at specialists or anyone interested in languages, this publication deals with both theoretical issues and applied linguistics, looking closely at discourse analysis, gender and lexicography, language acquisition and language disorders.

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The Entailed Hat Or, Patty Cannon's Times by George Alfred Townsend (37 Reviews)    Price verified 13 hours ago

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The Sutton Billionaires Books 1-3: The Billionaire Deal; Reuniting with the Billionaire; The Billionaire Op by Lori Ryan (703 Reviews)    Price verified 13 hours ago

"The first book in this series was fantastic, and each book has gotten better. This book was so exciting, sexy, and so suspenseful... I will be reading this book again - after I read all the next books in the series." The Billionaire Deal: He needs a wife. She needs a paycheck. But neither expect the heat in their marriage of convenience. No one backs CEO Jack Sutton into a corner, not even his mother... or her will. If he wants his inheritance, he needs to be married, but no one said the marriage had to be anything other than a business arrangement. There are plenty of willing women, and they'll play by the rules: stick to the script and don't fall in love. He only has to find one in time. Too bad he only left himself a few hours. Kelly Bradley made it into the law school of her dreams, but she has no way to pay and the tuition deadline is fast approaching. Marrying a billionaire might be a bit drastic, but spending one year on his arm will make all her problems go away... if ...

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Revising the Integration-Citizenship Nexus in Europe: Sites, Policies, and Bureaucracies of Belonging (IMISCOE Research Series) by Roxana Barbulescu (Springer) Price verified 4 hours ago

This open access book critically re-examines the theoretical and empirical interconnections between integration and citizenship, specifically, naturalisation. With new, empirical-grounded analyses of what we term 'citizenship-integration nexus' the central, shared contribution is showcasing how membership is informally achieved through everyday integration -- usually around, but sometimes in spite of, formal citizenship requirements. By providing evidence of a nexus disjuncture, the book contributes to critical dialogues on immigrant integration and political incorporation, relevant for policymakers, civil society actors, and academics alike.

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Understanding Linguistic Fieldwork (Understanding Language) by Felicity Meakins (Routledge) (5 Reviews)    Price verified 8 hours ago

Understanding Linguistic Fieldwork offers a diverse and practical introduction to research methods used in field linguistics. Designed to teach students how to collect quality linguistic data in an ethical and responsible manner, the key features include: • A focus on fieldwork in countries and continents that have undergone colonial expansion, including Australia, the United States of America, Canada, South America and Africa • A description of specialist methods used to conduct research on phonological, grammatical and lexical description, but also including methods for research on gesture and sign, language acquisition, language contact and the verbal arts • Examples of resources that have resulted from collaborations with language communities and which both advance linguistic understanding and support language revitalisation work • Annotated guidance on sources for further reading This book is essential reading for students studying modules relating to linguistic ...

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Moving to Love: A steamy, small-town protector romance (Rolling Thunder Book 1) by PJ Fiala (Rolling Thunder Publishing) (1,642 Review)    Price verified 11 hours ago

Rolling Thunder - where bikes are built, family bonds are strengthened and love ignites. An Iraq veteran who sponsors an annual veterans ride to help local vets. A single mom whose bruised heart is closed to love. The undeniable attraction neither can ignore and the dangerous person out to stop them. Jeremiah Sheppard has found healing in helping local veterans each year with his charity ride. Moreover, it's become a passion to him to keep the demons at bay. His desire to make this year's ride the best ever, he's sought outside help in planning. Joci James is happy to use her graphic design and marketing savvy to help a good cause but charity might not be her only motivator. She cannot deny a mutual attraction to Jeremiah but the past has trained her that love equals heartache. The tenacious Jeremiah has vowed to make Joci his but he's failed to see someone on the inside has other plans. Plans that may mean Joci needs to be removed permanently to ensure she's no longer a ...

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Soft Power and Great-Power Competition: Shifting Sands in the Balance of Power Between the United States and China (China and Globalization) by Joseph S. Nye (Springer) (4 Reviews)    Price verified 7 hours ago

This open access book consists of essays selected from Joseph S. Nye, Jr.'s last three decades of writing and illustrate a variety of perspectives on the nature of power, the role of the United States in the world and US-China relations. Through this collection, it is hoped that readers will gain a better understanding of today's global environment and find that while great power competition may be inevitable in a world as centers of power shift, cooperating to address transnational challenges can be a positive sum game. The contents of this book are divided into four main parts. Part One discusses the origins and political progress of the concept of "Soft Power". Part Two explores soft power in the American experience, its sources and interaction with US foreign policy, as well as its ebb and flow in the age of Obama, Trump and Biden. Part Three examines the rise of and the opportunities and difficulties for Chinese soft power, focusing on China's investment in soft power andhow ...

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The Governments of Europe by Frederic Austin Ogg (5 Reviews)    Price verified 12 hours ago

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Darkest Night Box Set Books #1-3 (Darkest Night Series) by Lexy Timms (126 Reviews)    Price verified 7 hours ago

USA Today Bestselling Author, Lexy Timms, brings you a Mob story Box set of the Darkest Nights series. Step into a world even the devil hesitates before coming in... Book 1 - Savage The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it... Mia. Mia Romano. A name I can't get out of my head - even though I know I need to. She's the daughter of Vincenzo Romano, my boss and one of the most powerful men in the city. No man has ever gotten close to her, but, as the family's head of security, I'm tasked with keeping her safe. Except her father now has plans for her I can't agree with. I've vowed to protect her from anything the world dares throw at her. When a violent attack forces us closer than we've ever been, I'm not sure I can contain the secrets I've been tasked with keeping from her... Book 2 - Vicious The cost of freedom may be high, but never so costly as the loss of freedom. I can't control myself around her. Except I have too. She's the daughter of the man I ...

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Researching National Security Intelligence: Multidisciplinary Approaches by Stephen Coulthart (Georgetown University Press) (4 Reviews)    Price verified 7 hours ago

Researchers in the rapidly growing field of intelligence studies face unique and difficult challenges ranging from finding and accessing data on secret activities, to sorting through the politics of intelligence successes and failures, to making sense of complex socio-organizational or psychological phenomena. The contributing authors to Researching National Security Intelligence survey the state of the field and demonstrate how incorporating multiple disciplines helps to generate high-quality, policy-relevant research. Following this approach, the volume provides a conceptual, empirical, and methodological toolkit for scholars and students informed by many disciplines: history, political science, public administration, psychology, communications, and journalism. This collection of essays written by an international group of scholars and practitioners propels intelligence studies forward by demonstrating its growing depth, by suggesting new pathways to the creation of knowledge, and ...

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The Elusive Smuggler: Part One of Behind The Shadow by Antoinette George (Brangwyn Press) (38 Reviews)    Price verified 4 hours ago

Behind The Shadow: A thrilling, swashbuckling, unputdownable romantic read. This is the gripping story of one man with two lives and the woman he craves, but cannot have. He was the handsome aristocrat and charismatic adventurer who created a dynasty and she was the feisty, unconventional woman he loved. He was English and she was French, two strong-willed people determined never to give in to each other, and a devious, diabolical enemy determined to exact revenge on the smuggler who had constantly evaded him and thwarted his nefarious plans. Set at the end of the 18th century when France was on the cusp of a bloodthirsty Revolution, this is an exciting tale of daring escapes, broken promises, distrust and misunderstandings, all threaded through by a passionate and turbulent love affair, a scorching romance that wouldn't be denied. Part One: The Elusive Smuggler France 1790. A country in turmoil and you're desperate. Your family has been unjustly thrown into a fortress prison for ...

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Luxury and Rubble: Civility and Dispossession in the New Saigon (Asia: Local Studies / Global Themes Book 32) by Erik Harms (University of California Press) (7 Reviews)    Price verified 7 hours ago

A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press's Open Access publishing program for monographs. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more. Luxury and Rubble is the tale of two cities in Ho Chi Minh City. It is the story of two planned, mixed-use residential and commercial developments that are changing the face of Vietnam's largest city. Since the early 1990s, such developments have been steadily reorganizing urban landscapes across the country. For many Vietnamese, they are a symbol of the country's emergence into global modernity and of post-socialist economic reforms. However, they are also sites of great contestation, sparking land disputes and controversies over how to compensate evicted residents. In this penetrating ethnography, Erik Harms vividly portrays the human costs of urban reorganization as he explores the complex and sometimes contradictory experiences of individuals grappling with the forces of privatization in a socialist ...

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The Future of Land Warfare (Geopolitics in the 21st Century) by Michael E. O'Hanlon (Brookings Institution Press) (104 Reviews)    Price verified 7 hours ago

What happens if we bet too heavily on unmanned systems, cyber warfare, and special operations in our defense? In today's U.S. defense policy debates, big land wars are out. Drones, cyber weapons, special forces, and space weapons are in. Accordingly, Pentagon budget cuts have honed in on the army and ground forces: this, after the long wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, seems like an appealing idea. No one really wants American boots on the ground in bloody conflicts abroad. But it is not so easy to simply declare an end to messy land wars. A survey of the world's trouble spots suggests that land warfare has more of a future than many now seem to believe. In The Future of Land Warfare, Michael O'Hanlon offers an analysis of the future of the world's ground forces: Where are large-scale conflicts or other catastrophes most plausible? Which of these could be important enough to require the option of a U.S. military response? And which of these could in turn demand significant numbers of ...

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Japan’s Arduous Rejuvenation as a Global Power: Democratic Resilience and the US-China Challenge by Victor Teo (Palgrave Macmillan) (3 Reviews)    Price verified 37 minutes ago

This open access book assesses the profound impact of Japan's aspirations to become a great power on Japanese security, democracy and foreign relations. Rather than viewing the process of normalization and rejuvenation as two decades of remilitarization in face of rapidly changing strategic environment and domestic political circumstances, this volume contextualizes Japan's contemporary international relations against the longer grain of Japanese historical interactions. It demonstrates that policies and statecraft in the Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's era are a continuation of a long, unbroken and arduous effort by successive generations of leaders to preserve Japanese autonomy, enhance security and advance Japanese national interests. Arguing against the notion that Japan cannot work with China as long as the US-Japan alliance is in place, the book suggests that Tokyo could forge constructive relations with Beijing by engaging China in joint projects in and outside of the Asia-Pacific ...

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The Medusa Project (The Medusas Book 1) by Cindy Dees (Cynthia Dees Publishing Inc) (827 Reviews)    Price verified 7 hours ago

She's tasked with forming the first all-female Special Forces Team. He's tasked with training them -- and seeing to it they fail. She's determined to prove women can keep up with the big boys, and he's determined to break her -- if she doesn't break his heart first. As attraction explodes between Vanessa Blake and Jack Scatalone they have got to get this blazing heat between them under control. But, as events throw them together in a life-or-death race to find a missing team member, control is the last thing on their minds... Cindy Dees is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of over 100 novels and creator/executive producer of an upcoming thriller television series. She draws upon her experience as a U. S. Air Force pilot to create intense suspense and love on the edge of danger. Lovers of Dees' high-stakes, fast-paced action will find exponentially increasing tension in each scene and pulse-pounding adventure that will keep readers enthralled. -- RT Book Club ...

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Counter-Terrorism, Ethics and Technology: Emerging Challenges at the Frontiers of Counter-Terrorism (Advanced Sciences and Technologies for Security ... by Adam Henschke (Springer) (1 Review)    Price verified 3 hours ago

This open access book brings together a range of contributions that seek to explore the ethical issues arising from the overlap between counter-terrorism, ethics, and technologies. Terrorism and our responses pose some of the most significant ethical challenges to states and people. At the same time, we are becoming increasingly aware of the ethical implications of new and emerging technologies. Whether it is the use of remote weapons like drones as part of counter-terrorism strategies, the application of surveillance technologies to monitor and respond to terrorist activities, or counterintelligence agencies use of machine learning to detect suspicious behavior and hacking computers to gain access to encrypted data, technologies play a significant role in modern counter-terrorism. However, each of these technologies carries with them a range of ethical issues and challenges. How we use these technologies and the policies that govern them have broader impact beyond just the ...

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Lying in Ruins: The Collapse: Fate's Vultures by Jami Gray (Celtic Moon Press) (119 Reviews)    Price verified 7 hours ago

In a world gone to hell, better to choose the devil you know... The world didn't end in fire and explosions, instead after an intensifying panic of disease, food shortages, wild weather, and floundering economies, it collapsed like slow falling dominoes, until what remained of humanity battles for survival in a harsh new reality. As a 'Hound, Charity puts the lethal survival skills learned at an early age to use by sniffing out pivotal secrets for one of the most powerful leaders on what remains of the west coast. Her work is deceptive, deadly, and best performed solo, but when her path crosses with a member of the notorious mercenary group known as Fate's Vultures, she's faced with a less than stellar choice - join the sexy as hell Ruin in a mockery of teamwork or waste her valuable time shaking him loose. As one of Fate's Vultures, a nomadic band of ruthless arbitrators, Ruin knows well the type of carnage created by the corruption and greed of what remains of humanity, so when ...

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Vendetta: a story of one forgotten by Marie Corelli (98 Reviews)    Price verified 3 hours ago

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The Eternal City by Hall Caine (34 Reviews)    Price verified 4 hours ago

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The Golden Mail Box Set - Books #1-3 by Lexy Timms (380 Reviews)    Price verified 6 hours ago

USA Today Bestselling Author, Lexy Timms, brings you a contemporary steamy billionaire office romance that has the perfect mix of suspense, sweetness and steam. This box set includes books #1-3. "This is what really happened... reported by a free press, for a free people... " Wes Shaw leads a secret double life. As the secret owner of a billion dollar newspaper empire, he's one of the richest men in the world. But to the staff at The Golden Mail, Wes is just an ordinary, workaholic editor. Wes is sure that nobody can ever get close enough to uncover his secret. That is until he hires Julia, one of the best journalists in the business. Too smart for her own good, and too beautiful for Wes to resist, Julia might finally be his undoing. Julia Bancroft doesn't know it, but Wes is her boss. When she starts her new job at The Golden Mail, she's convinced that her handsome editor is hiding something. No man has ever distracted her from her job as a journalist, but broody, gorgeous Wes holds ...

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China and the World in a Changing Context: Perspectives from Ambassadors to China (China and Globalization) by Huiyao Wang (Springer) (3 Reviews)    Price verified 8 hours ago

This book is open access under a CC BY-NC-ND license. Ambassadors are a kind of vehicle and bellwether for globalization. These diplomatic envoys serve as pivotal contact points between nations across a wide range of fields, from economics and culture to health and the environment. The special group of ambassadors in this book - those based in Beijing - are at the forefront of what for many countries is one of their most important bilateral relationships, as well one of the most striking and consequential aspects of global affairs in the 21st century: the rise of China on the world stage. This book aims to present an overview of China and the world from diverse angles. It brings together essays by ambassadors to China on a range of bilateral and multilateral issues, including trade and investment, regional economic cooperation, sustainable development, technology and innovation, and entrepreneurship. Given their familiarity with China and extensive international experience, the ...

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The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (Volume 1 of 2) Including Public Addresses, Her Own Letters and Many From Her Contemporaries During Fifty Years by Ida Husted Harper (7 Reviews)    Price verified 3 hours ago

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Reforms, Organizational Change and Performance in Higher Education: A Comparative Account from the Nordic Countries by Rómulo Pinheiro (Palgrave Macmillan) (1 Review)    Price verified 10 hours ago

This open access book investigates the effects of changes in leadership and managerial structures of Nordic universities resulting from reforms in the last decade. It builds on a rich, comparative dataset across a multiplicity of system-wide (macro) and organisational (meso and micro) dimensions, namely: reform or policy initiatives; drivers, aims, instruments and actors; structural changes within universities; strategic and performance management; the rise of accountability regimes; incentive and evaluative systems; and perceived changes/effects by the key actors involved, at various levels. The volume provides critical insights to the larger phenomenon of change and adaptation within the public sector. Its findings and implications are of relevance to social science researchers, policy makers, managers/administrators, and external stakeholders.

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The Pandemic of Argumentation (Argumentation Library Book 43) by Steve Oswald (Springer) (2 Reviews)    Price verified 3 hours ago

This open access book addresses communicative aspects of the current COVID-19 pandemic as well as the epidemic of misinformation from the perspective of argumentation theory. Argumentation theory is uniquely placed to understand and account for the challenges of public reason as expressed through argumentative discourse. The book thus focuses on the extent to which the forms, norms and functions of public argumentation have changed in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic. This question is investigated along the three main research lines of the COST Action project CA 17132: European network for Argumentation and Public PoLicY analysis (APPLY): descriptive, normative, and prescriptive. The volume offers a broad range of contributions which treat argumentative phenomena that are directly related to the changes in public discourse in the wake of the outburst of COVID-19. The volume additionally places particular emphasis on expert argumentation, given (i) the importance expert discourse ...

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Evading the Patronage Trap: Interest Representation in Mexico by Brian Palmer-Rubin (University of Michigan Press) (1 Review)    Price verified 4 hours ago

Why have Latin American democracies proven unable to confront the structural inequalities that cripple their economies and stymie social mobility? Brian Palmer-Rubin contends that we may lay the blame on these countries' systems of interest representation, which exhibit "biased pluralism," a system in which the demands of organizations representing economic elites -- especially large corporations -- predominate. A more inclusive model of representation would not only require a more encompassing and empowered set of institutions to represent workers, but would also feature spaces for non-eliteproducers -- such as farmers and small-business owners to have a say in sectoral economic policies. With analysis drawing on over 100 interviews, an original survey, and official government data, this book focuses on such organizations and develops an account of biased pluralism in developing countries typified by the centrality of patronage -- discretionarily allocated state benefits. Rather ...

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Engaged Fatherhood for Men, Families and Gender Equality: Healthcare, Social Policy, and Work Perspectives (Contributions to Management Science) by Marc Grau Grau (Springer) (2 Reviews)    Price verified 8 hours ago

This aim of this open access book is to launch an international, cross-disciplinary conversation on fatherhood engagement. By integrating perspective from three sectors -- Health, Social Policy, and Work in Organizations -- the book offers a novel perspective on the benefits of engaged fatherhood for men, for families, and for gender equality. The chapters are crafted to engaged broad audiences, including policy makers and organizational leaders, healthcare practitioners and fellow scholars, as well as families and their loved ones.

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Dangerous Secret: A Suspenseful Small Town Mystery Romance (The Pinnacles of Power Series Book 1) by Jessica Lauryn (32 Reviews)    Price verified 5 hours ago

"The perfect beginning to what promises to be an exciting and riveting, action-packed series!" - Redz World Reviews What happens when coworkers find themselves on a criminal organization's radar and face a hot temptation of their own? Abigail MacKenzie has been trying to put her father's tragic death behind her. Set on becoming a teacher, Abigail wants nothing more than to forge a new, happy life. But when a handsome stranger produces a random clue about her father's shooting, hopes of finding her father's killer come flooding back to the surface. Abigail is determined to get justice for her dad, even if it means learning the dangerous secret of a man with a will of steel and eyes that cut straight through the wall around her heart. After making a reckless mistake and a mysterious discovery that cost him his job, medical student Ryan Newberry is happy to accept any position he can get. But when he realizes one of the employees who'll be working under him at the Washington Valley ...

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The House Under the Sea A Romance by Max Pemberton (2 Reviews)    Price verified 8 hours ago

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