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The Birth of the Bill of Rights, 1776-1791 - Paperback

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Report copyright infringementby Robert Allen 1922- Rutland (Author)This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is...

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by David McLellan (Editor)This selection from the major writings of the most influential Marxist thinkers provides easy and direct access to the sources of the 20th century's most important ideology. Those who are baffled by the ramifications of Marxism will find here the major statements of classical and contemporary Marxist theory from Marx himself, through Engels, Lenin, Trotsky, and Stalin to Mao, Marcuse, Guevara, and Cabral. Together these texts give us a comprehensive view both of the ...

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by Kenneth Conboy (Author), James Morrison (Author)Defiance against Chinese oppression has been a defining characteristic of Tibetan life for more than four decades, symbolized most visibly by the much revered Dalai Lama. But the story of Tibetan resistance weaves a far richer tapestry than anyone might have imagined. Kenneth Conboy and James Morrison reveal how America's Central Intelligence Agency encouraged Tibet's revolt against China--and eventually came to control its fledgling resistan...

This Nonviolent Stuff'll Get You Killed: How Guns Made the Civil Rights Movement Possible - Paperback

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by Charles E. Cobb (Author)Visiting Martin Luther King Jr. during the Montgomery, Alabama, bus boycott, journalist William Worthy almost sat on a loaded pistol. "Just for self-defense," King assured him. It was not the only weapon King kept for such a purpose; one of his advisors remembered the reverend's Montgomery, Alabama, home as "an arsenal." Like King, many ostensibly "nonviolent" civil rights activists embraced their constitutional right to self-protection--yet this crucial dimension o...

E.D. Nixon: The Unsung Father of the Montgomery Bus Boycott - Paperback

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by Michael Escoffery (Illustrator), Michael Eaddy (Author)Before Dr. Martin Luther King, E.D. Nixon was the principal black leader in Montgomery, Alabama. He helped sparked the Civil Rights Movement and bailed imprisoned civil rights icon, Rosa Parks out of jail. Mr. Nixon's contributions in civil rights, voter registration, leadership, and social justice was paramount in the success of the Montgomery Bus Boycott and advancing the civil rights movement. A true story about the man behind the m...

U.S. Militarism, Corporate Interests and World War III: The Pentagon and CIA: Soldiers of the Corporatocracy - Paperback

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by Charles Johnston (Author)Flanked on the east and west by the world's two largest oceans, the United States has needed little more for its territorial defense. Nonetheless, the U.S. military had early expanded far beyond what was needed to insure security from external threats. Concomitant with the rapid growth of U.S. industry the military forcefully facilitated commercial agreements and resource capture in distant locations during the 1800s. The annexation of Hawaii was achieved through r...

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by United States Congress House of Represen (Created by)The BiblioGov Project is an effort to expand awareness of the public documents and records of the U.S. Government via print publications. In broadening the public understanding of government and its work, an enlightened democracy can grow and prosper. Ranging from historic Congressional Bills to the most recent Budget of the United States Government, the BiblioGov Project spans a wealth of government information. These works are now made...

Newsom Unleashed: The Progressive Lust for Unbridled Power - Paperback

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by Ellie Gardey Holmes (Author), Newt Gingrich (Foreword by)Journalist Ellie Gardey Holmes is about to unmask the real Gavin Newsom.Gavin Newsom has been a force in California politics since the 1990s, having acquired power through the machinations of his family and friends. As mayor of San Francisco, his Hollywood mystique and historic progressive policies meant that he could do no wrong-even when he was caught having an affair with his secretary, who also happened to be his friend's wife. E...

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by Smedley D. Butler (Author)2024 Reprint of the 1935 Edition. Full facsimile of the original edition and not reproduced with Optical Recognition software. Butler was a retired United States Marine Corps Major General and two-time Medal of Honor recipient. Based on his career military experience, Butler discusses how business interests commercially benefit from warfare. After Butler retired from the US Marine Corps in October 1931, he made a nationwide tour in the early 1930s giving his speec...

The Private Investigator Handbook: The Do-It-Yourself Guide to Protect Yourself, Get Justice, or Get Even - Paperback

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by Chuck Chambers (Author)Chuck Chambers has seen it all in his 22 years as a P.I., working thousands of cases. His hands-on experience and hard-nosed detective work has made him one of the most sought-after private investigators in the business.Here, Chambers shares his insider expertise, with true case histories from his files, tricks of the trade, and step-by-step advice to help readers be able to: - Catch a cheating spouse- Uncover hidden assets, monetary malfeasance, and fraud- Tail and ...

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by Chong-Un Ch'oe (Author), Choi Jung-Woon (Author), Jung-Woon Choi (Author)The book explores the implications of the democratic movement that took place in Gwangju, a southwestern city of Korea, in May 1980 when military paratroopers brutally crushed a group of protesters who demonstrated against General Chun Doo-hwan, who was about to become the country's president. Because of the event now known as the Gwangju Uprising, 191 people perished and 852 were wounded. In The Gwangju Uprising, Cho...

Historical Documents of the P.L.O.: A Collection for Critical Organizational Study - Paperback

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by Henry Hakam?ki (Foreword by), Adnan Husain (Foreword by), Breht O'Shea (Foreword by) Number of Pages: 274 Dimensions: 0.62 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN Publication Date: June 26, 2024

Pig Latin: A Seriously Funny True Story of a Former Police Officer

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Report copyright infringementby Eric Tansey (Author), Nick Palmisciano (Author)From cop-turned-comic Eric Tansey, a hilarious and humanizing portrait of law enforcement for fans of Walk the Blue Line and You Can't Make This Stuff Up. Eric Tansey, a former Army scout and Special Operations military veteran, joined the police force with a ton of unrealistic expectations. The reality of the job knocked him down and changed his perspective on everything. Always a magnet for uncanny, wild situatio...

The Dragon from Chicago: The Untold Story of an American Reporter in Nazi Germany

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Report copyright infringementby Pamela D. Toler (Author)For fans of unheralded women's stories, a captivating look at Sigrid Schultz--one of the earliest reporters to warn Americans of the rising threat of the Nazi regime "No other American correspondent in Berlin knew so much of what was going on behind the scene as did Sigrid Schultz." -- William L. Shirer, author of The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich We are facing an alarming upsurge in the spread of misinformation and attempts by power...

Reflections: Wisdom for the Young and Anyone Else Curious

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Report copyright infringementby Trevor R. Shaw (Author) Number of Pages: 138 Dimensions: 0.32 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN Publication Date: August 15, 2025

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Report copyright infringementby K. D. D. 1929 Nabokov (Author)The Ordeal of a Diplomat recounts the tumultuous experiences of K.D. Nabokov, a Russian diplomat, during the Russian Revolution and its aftermath. This firsthand account offers a unique perspective on the political upheaval and the challenges faced by those caught in the crossfire. Nabokov details his efforts to navigate the shifting landscape of power and his eventual exile as an Ã(c)migrÃ(c).Providing valuable insights into the c...

Talking Of Justice: People'S Rights In Modern India

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Report copyright infringementby Leila Seth (Author)In Talking of Justice, eminent jurist Leila Seth discusses several critical issues that she has engaged with in a legal career spanning over fifty years - violence against women, the nurture of the girl child, the need for a uniform civil code, women's rights, prisoners' rights, gender sensitization of the judiciary, and judicial administration, among others. From the landmark Justice Verma Committee (2012-2013), on which she suggested amendm...

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Report copyright infringementby Lochlainn Seabrook (Author)Nearly everything you've been taught about Abraham Lincoln comes from pro-North authors and publishers. So if you want to know who he really was, you'll need to read about him from the South's perspective.In Abraham Lincoln: The Southern View, award-winning author Colonel Lochlainn Seabrook provides an in-depth look at our sixteenth president as seen through the eyes of Dixie. Revealed is a man completely unknown to most Americans, bo...

Frank Porter Graham: Southern Liberal, Citizen of the World

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Report copyright infringementby William A. Link (Author)Frank Porter Graham (1886-1972) was one of the most consequential white southerners of the twentieth century. Born in Fayetteville and raised in Charlotte, Graham became an active and popular student leader at the University of North Carolina. After earning a graduate degree from Columbia University and serving as a marine during World War I, he taught history at UNC, and in 1930, he became the university's fifteenth president. Affection...

The Rise and Fall of Rotha Lintorn-Orman: From Serving in Wwi to Founding Britain's First Fascist Party

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Report copyright infringementby Anthony J. Randall (Author)Born into privilege as the granddaughter of Queen Victoria's favourite Field Marshal, Rotha Lintorn-Orman was destined for an extraordinary life. From the early days of the Boy Scout and Girl Guide movements to working as a driver and mechanic with the Scottish Women's Hospital in Serbia during World War I, Rotha's courage set her apart. An avid motorist and close associate of Suffragettes, she adopted a masculine style that shocked p...

Danger Zones: A Diplomat's Fight for America's Interests

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Report copyright infringementby John Gunther Dean (Author)This action-packed memoir by a leading American diplomat provides provocative reflections on events and leaders, American and foreign, 1959 to 1989. Over the course of his career, Ambassador Dean found himself embroiled in controversy in hot spots in Asia and the Middle East. Serving several stints in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia, he worked on development projects in all three countries and with the U.S. military in Central Vietnam in t...

Right Turn: John T. Flynn and the Transformation of American Liberalism

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Report copyright infringementby John E. Moser (Author)John T. Flynn, a prolific writer, columnist for the New Republic, Harper's Magazine, and Collier's Weekly, radio commentator, and political activist, was described by the New York Times in 1964 as "a man of wide-ranging contradictions." In this new biography of Flynn, John E. Moser fleshes out his many contradictions and profound influence on U.S. history and political discourse.In the 1930s, Flynn advocated extensive regulation of the eco...

James and Esther Cooper Jackson: Love and Courage in the Black Freedom Movement

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Report copyright infringementby Sara Rzeszutek (Author)James Jackson and Esther Cooper Jackson grew up understanding that opportunities came differently for blacks and whites, men and women, rich and poor. In turn, they devoted their lives to the fight for equality, serving as career activists throughout the black freedom movement. Having grown up in Virginia during the depths of the Great Depression, the Jacksons also saw a path to racial equality through the Communist Party. This choice in ...

G.P.Gooch: A Study in History and Politics

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Report copyright infringementby Frank Eyck (Author) Number of Pages: 516 Dimensions: 1.31 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN Illustrated: Yes Publication Date: November 11, 1982

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Report copyright infringementby Olga Kenton (Author)The England We Know: Russian Voices Abroad is based on a series of interviews, recorded between 2019 and 2021, with twelve Russophone immigrants-those who have achieved success and those who haven't, the well-educated and the blue-collar-interpolated with the author's memoir. Each story invites the reader into the intimate world of these men and women who have built their lives in England, the destination and dreamland for those who have arr...

My Name is Saffron: Voices Silenced, Stifled, and Taken Away

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Report copyright infringementby Saffron Gustafson (Author) Number of Pages: 352 Dimensions: 0.94 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: August 07, 2025

Refusing to Die: Life and times in Biafra 1: Life and times in Biafra 1

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Report copyright infringementby Oliver Osita Akamnonu (Author), Ndu Eke (Author)nd cover his face. At the desfeat of their "secessionist enclave" both friends go to medical schools, specialize and emigrate to America and took up American citizenship..The fictionalized narration of teenage life experiences asnd adult life opinioms of the inglorious roles of the world's Powers ans super PoweThis iseven as the badly mauled victims of a hardl as mildly acerbic as no other Number of P...

The Life Of Lorenzo De Medicis Called The Magnificent, 2

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Report copyright infringementby William Roscoe (Author)Delve into the captivating life of one of history's most influential figures with "The Life Of Lorenzo De Medicis Called The Magnificent, 2" by William Roscoe. This meticulously researched biography explores the political acumen, artistic patronage, and cultural impact of Lorenzo de Medici, a central figure in the Italian Renaissance. Roscoe paints a vivid portrait of Florence during its golden age, revealing the intricate web of power, d...

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Report copyright infringementby William A. Pelz (Editor), Mark A. Lause (Introduction by), Howard Zinn (Introduction by)A collection of writings and speeches by one of the most radical of America's early 20th century labour leaders which brings to life a once powerful socialist movement. Eugene Victor Debs (1855-1926), one of America's most famous socialists, was an important figure on the American political landscape. He ran as the Socialist Party's (SP) presidential candidate five times and...

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Report copyright infringementby M. Ruotsila (Author)This is the first complete biography of John Spargo, a key popularizer of evolutionary socialism in the Socialist Party of America in the early Twentieth century. One of the earliest forerunners of neoconservatism, he played a central role in constructing American anticommunism after 1917.Author BiographyMARKKU MIKAEL RUOTSILA is Adjunct Professor of American and British History at the University of Tampere, Finland. His previous books inclu...

Thomas C. Mann: President Johnson, the Cold War, and the Restructuring of Latin American Foreign Policy

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Report copyright infringementby Thomas Tunstall Allcock (Author)Lyndon Johnson was often blamed for abandoning Kennedy's vision of development and progress in Latin America in favor of his own domestic concerns: anti-communism and economic stability. Johnson, along with his fellow Texan and chief adviser on inter-American affairs Thomas C. Mann, nonetheless offered a vision for American engagement with the developing world even as congressional funding and public enthusiasm for such programs ...

My Father is Police Lah!: Memories of 1960s Colonial Singapore

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Report copyright infringementby Rowena Hawkins (Author)Eight years old and growing up in Colonial Singapore, enjoying all the elite privileges that came with having a Colonial senior police officer father. Rowena Hawkins and her immigrant family from Ceylon, were living the 1960s Singapore dream - a large bungalow with grounds, servants, lavish parties and the best toys available in the colony. In this memoir, Rowena brings to life the people, the customs and the often outrageous incidents th...