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A marvel of accessibility and erudition, the guide also features a history of the making of the Constitution with excerpts from \u003ci\u003eThe Federalist Papers\u003c\/i\u003e and a look at crucial Supreme Court cases that reminds us that the meaning of many of the specific provisions of the Constitution has changed over time.\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Excellent . . . valuable and judicious.\"\u003cb\u003e -Jill Lepore, \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRichard Beeman\u003c\/b\u003e (1942-2016) was a professor of history at the University of Pennsylvania and the author of five previous books on the history of revolutionary America; his biography of Patrick Henry was a finalist for the National Book Award. 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Living in exile in England, where this work was largely written, Marx drew on a wide-ranging knowledge of its society to support his analysis and create fresh insights. Arguing that capitalism would cause an ever-increasing division in wealth and welfare, he predicted its abolition and replacement by a system with common ownership of the means of production. \u003ci\u003eCapital\u003c\/i\u003e rapidly acquired readership among the leaders of social democratic parties, particularly in Russia in Germany, and ultimately throughout the world, to become a work described by Marx friend and collaborator Friedrich Engels as \"the Bible of the working class.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKarl Marx\u003c\/b\u003e was born in 1818 in Trier, Germany and studied in Bonn and Berlin. Influenced by Hegel, he later reacted against idealist philosophy and began to develop his own theory of historical materialism. He related the state of society to its economic foundations and mode of production, and recommended armed revolution on the part of the proletariat. Together with Engels, who he met in Paris, he wrote the Manifesto of the Communist Party. He lived in England as a refugee until his death in 1888, after participating in an unsuccessful revolution in Germany. 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In \"Fascism: A Warning\", Albright (with Bill Woodward) draws on her personal history, government experience and conversations with Georgetown students to assess current dangers and how to deal with them.” - New York Times\r\n\r\n“Besides providing an overview of the careers of Mussolini and Hitler, Albright looks at leaders such as Venezuela’s Hugo Chávez, Turkey’s Recep Erdogan, Hungary’s Viktor Orban, and Russia’s Vladimir Putin.... Sage advice in perilous times.” - Kirkus Reviews\r\n\r\nA Fascist, observed Madeleine Albright, \"is someone who claims to speak for a whole nation or group, is utterly unconcerned with the rights of others, and is willing to use violence and whatever other means are necessary to achieve the goals he or she might have.\"\r\n\r\nThe 20th century was defined by the clash between democracy and Fascism, a struggle that created uncertainty about the survival of human freedom and left millions dead. 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Written with great verve and clarity, it nicely captures all the contingency and unpredictability in the framing of the Constitution.\"--Pulitzer Prize-winning author Gordon S. Wood\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThough the American Revolution is widely recognized as our nation's founding story, the years immediately following the war -- when our government was a disaster and the country was in a terrible crisis -- were in fact the most crucial in establishing the country's independence. The group of men who traveled to Philadelphia in the summer of 1787 had no idea what kind of history their meeting would make. 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He founded and runs Princeton's Global History initiative.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 128\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 6.6 x 4.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 03, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52688186835277,"sku":"9780451531841","price":6.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0927\/3304\/7117\/files\/ZHA4cnIvTWkxdXdrdVVIUU1rb2NxQT09.webp?v=1761938450"},{"product_id":"homage-to-catalonia-paperback","title":"Homage to Catalonia - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGeorge Orwell\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA \u003cem\u003eNational Review \u003c\/em\u003eTop Ten Best Nonfiction Books of the Century\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"One of Orwell's very best books and perhaps the best book that exists on the Spanish Civil War.\"--\u003cem\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e In 1936, originally intending merely to report on the Spanish Civil War as a journalist, George Orwell found himself embroiled as a participant--as a member of the Workers' Party of Marxist Unity. 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Fighting against the Fascists, he described in painfully vivid and occasionally comic detail life in the trenches with a democratic army composed of men with no ranks, no titles, and often no weapons and his near fatal wounding. As the politics became tangled, Orwell was pulled into a heartbreaking conflict between his own personal ideals and the complicated realities of political power struggles.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Considered one of the finest works by a man V.S. Pritchett called the wintry conscience of a generation, \u003ci\u003eHomage to Catalonia\u003c\/i\u003e is both Orwell s memoir of his experiences at the front and his tribute to those who died in what he called a fight for common decency. This edition features a new foreword by Adam Hochschild placing the war in greater context and discussing the evolution of Orwell s views on the Spanish Civil War.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e No one except George Orwell ... made the violence and self-dramatization of Spain so burning and terrible. Alfred Kazin, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e A wise book, one that once read will never be forgotten. \u003ci\u003eChicago Sunday Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e GEORGE ORWELL was born in 1903 in India. He served with the Imperial Police in Burma and worked various jobs before joining the Republican Army in the Spanish Civil War. Orwell was the author of six novels (including \u003ci\u003eAnimal Farm \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003e1984\u003c\/i\u003e) as well as numerous essays and nonfiction works. He died in 1950.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eGEORGE ORWELL was born in 1903 in India. 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For anyone interested in this region and its future, \u003ci\u003eThe Question of Palestine \u003c\/i\u003eremains the most useful and authoritative account available.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eStill a basic and indespensible account of the Palestinian question, updated to include the most recent developments in the Middle East- from the intifada to the Gulf war to the historic peace conference in Madrid.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen it was first published in this country in 1977, this original and deeply provocative book made Palestine the subject of a serious debate--one that is now more critical than ever.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eEdward W. Said was born in 1935 in Jerusalem, raised in Jerusalem and Cairo, and educated in the United States, where he attended Princeton (B.A. 1957) and Harvard (M.A. 1960; Ph.D. 1964). 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Niccol  Machiavelli drew on his own experience of office under the turbulent Florentine republic, rejecting traditional values of political theory and recognizing the complicated, transient nature of political life. Concerned not with lofty ideal but with a regime that would last, The Prince has become the bible of realpolitik, and it still retains its power to alarm and to instruct. In this edition, Machiavelli's tough-minded and pragmatic Italian is preserved in George Bull's clear, unambiguous translation. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNiccolò Machiavelli \u003c\/b\u003e(1469-1527) was a Florentine statesman who was later forced out of public life. He then devoted himself to studying and writing political philosophy, history, fiction, and drama. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eGeorge Bull\u003c\/b\u003e is an author and journalist who has translated six volumes for the Penguin Classics: Benvenuto Cellini's \u003ci\u003eAutobiography\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Book of the Courtier\u003c\/i\u003e by Castiglione, Vasari's \u003ci\u003eLives of the Artists\u003c\/i\u003e (two volumes), \u003ci\u003eThe Prince\u003c\/i\u003e by Machiavelli and Pietro Aretino's \u003ci\u003eSelected Letters\u003c\/i\u003e. 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In this prophetic work, which has been unavailable for more than ten years, he lays out his thoughts, plans, and dreams for America's future, including the need for better jobs, higher wages, decent housing, and quality education. With a universal message of hope that continues to resonate, King demanded an end to global suffering, asserting that humankind-for the first time-has the resources and technology to eradicate poverty.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDr. Martin Luther King, Jr.\u003c\/b\u003e (1929-1968), Nobel Peace Prize laureate and architect of the nonviolent civil rights movement, was among the twentieth century's most influential figures. 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King was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee, on April 4, 1968.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.4 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 01, 2010\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52688408379725,"sku":"9780807000670","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0927\/3304\/7117\/files\/QnpPa0RDS0ZVbkRtdUNYbk00Z2ZpQT09.webp?v=1761942046"},{"product_id":"american-fascists-the-christian-right-and-the-war-on-america-paperback","title":"American Fascists: The Christian Right and the War on America - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eChris Hedges\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTwenty-five years ago, when Pat Robertson and other radio and televangelists first spoke of the United States becoming a Christian nation that would build a global Christian empire, it was hard to take such hyperbolic rhetoric seriously.\u003c\/b\u003e Today, such language no longer sounds like hyperbole but poses, instead, a very real threat to our freedom and our way of life. In \u003ci\u003eAmerican Fascists, \u003c\/i\u003e Chris Hedges, veteran journalist and author of the National Book Award finalist \u003ci\u003eWar Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning, \u003c\/i\u003e challenges the Christian Right's religious legitimacy and argues that at its core it is a mass movement fueled by unbridled nationalism and a hatred for the open society. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Hedges, who grew up in rural parishes in upstate New York where his father was a Presbyterian pastor, attacks the movement as someone steeped in the Bible and Christian tradition. He points to the hundreds of senators and members of Congress who have earned between 80 and 100 percent approval ratings from the three most influential Christian Right advocacy groups as one of many signs that the movement is burrowing deep inside the American government to subvert it. The movement's call to dismantle the wall between church and state and the intolerance it preaches against all who do not conform to its warped vision of a Christian America are pumped into tens of millions of American homes through Christian television and radio stations, as well as reinforced through the curriculum in Christian schools. The movement's yearning for apocalyptic violence and its assault on dispassionate, intellectual inquiry are laying the foundation for a new, frightening America. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eAmerican Fascists, \u003c\/i\u003e which includes interviews and coverage of events such as pro-life rallies and weeklong classes on conversion techniques, examines the movement's origins, its driving motivations and its dark ideological underpinnings. Hedges argues that the movement currently resembles the young fascist movements in Italy and Germany in the 1920s and '30s, movements that often masked the full extent of their drive for totalitarianism and were willing to make concessions until they achieved unrivaled power. The Christian Right, like these early fascist movements, does not openly call for dictatorship, nor does it use \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e physical violence to suppress opposition. In short, the movement is not yet revolutionary. But the ideological architecture of a Christian fascism is being cemented in place. The movement has roused its followers to a fever pitch of despair and fury. All it will take, Hedges writes, is one more national crisis on the order of September 11 for the Christian Right to make a concerted drive to destroy American democracy. The movement awaits a crisis. At that moment they will reveal themselves for what they truly are -- the American heirs to fascism. Hedges issues a potent, impassioned warning. We face an imminent threat. His book reminds us of the dangers liberal, democratic societies face when they tolerate the intolerant.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eChris Hedges is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist who was a foreign correspondent and bureau chief in the Middle East and the Balkans for fifteen years for \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times.\u003c\/i\u003e He previously worked overseas for \u003ci\u003eThe Dallas Morning News\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Christian Science Monitor\u003c\/i\u003e, and NPR. He is host of the Emmy Award­-nominated RT America show \u003ci\u003eOn Contact.\u003c\/i\u003e Hedges, who holds a Master of Divinity from Harvard University, is the author of numerous books, and was a National Book Critics Circle finalist for \u003ci\u003eWar Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning\u003c\/i\u003e. He has taught at Columbia University, New York University, Princeton University, and the University of Toronto. 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Women of Color Against Incite!\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA trillion-dollar industry, the US non-profit sector is one of the world's largest economies. From art museums and university hospitals to think tanks and church charities, over 1.5 million organizations of staggering diversity share the tax-exempt 501(c)(3) designation, if little else. Many social justice organizations have joined this world, often blunting political goals to satisfy government and foundation mandates. But even as funding shrinks, many activists often find it difficult to imagine movement-building outside the non-profit model. \u003ci\u003eThe Revolution Will Not Be Funded\u003c\/i\u003e gathers essays by radical activists, educators, and non-profit staff from around the globe who critically rethink the long-term consequences of what they call the \"non-profit industrial complex.\" Drawing on their own experiences, the contributors track the history of non-profits and provide strategies to transform and work outside them. Urgent and visionary, \u003ci\u003eThe Revolution Will Not Be Funded\u003c\/i\u003e presents a biting critique of the quietly devastating role the non-profit industrial complex plays in managing dissent. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eContributors. Christine E. Ahn, Robert L. 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He has spoken to many groups throughout the United States and has appeared regularly on many radio talk shows and on television. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In 1988 Bill decided to \"talk\" due to events then taking place worldwide, events that he had seen plans for back in the early 1970s. Bill correctly predicted the lowering of the Iron Curtain, the fall of the Berlin Wall, and the invasion of Panama. All Bill's predictions were on record well before the events occurred. Bill is not a psychic. 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