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Paul Madriani novels volume 14
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"When Emma Brauer is blamed for the mercy killing of her aged father, Robert Brauer, Paul Madriani steps in to defend her. Insisting she's innocent, Emma tells Madriani about a package sent to her father by a fellow World War II veteran, containing only a key and a slip of paper. Emma fears that it is connected to her father's death and that his real killer is still out there... Driven by the belief that she's innocent and might be right, Madriani...
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Meerloo began to study the methods by which systematic mental pressure brings people to abject submission, and by which totalitarians imprint their subjective "truth" on their victims' minds. In "The Rape of the Mind" he goes far beyond the direct military implications of mental torture to describing how our own culture unobtrusively shows symptoms of pressurizing people's minds. He presents a systematic analysis of the methods of brainwashing and...
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"Propaganda Unveiled" is not just a book; it's a journey into the shadows of information manipulation. In this eye-opening exploration, we delve into the intricate world of propaganda techniques, lifting the veil on the strategies that shape public opinion and control narratives. From the subtle nuances of media manipulation to the psychology behind deceptive messaging, this book serves as a guide for readers seeking to decipher the hidden forces...
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Conant tells the story of young writer Roald Dahl who is assigned by His Majesty's Government to Washington, D.C. as a diplomat to gather intelligence about America's isolationist circles. In the course of his "spying," he meets or works closely with David Ogilvy, Ian Fleming, and the great spymaster William Stephenson (aka Intrepid).
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Las emociones y los sentimientos han sido siempre determinantes en política. Pero ¿por qué ahora ocurre más que nunca? Nos proponemos mostrar cómo y por qué las emociones dominan el mundo, para ser menos prisioneros de ello.
¿Quién no ha leído algún tuit de Donald Trump y no ha percibido su odio latente o expreso? Seguro que más de uno ha visto algún fragmento de los debates sobre el Brexit o sobre la crisis del coronavirus, ahí con...
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Did you know that FBI agents knew all details of September 11 in advance, including the date, the targets, the means, the perpetrators? Did you know that their hierarchy forbade them to warn the public under threat of prosecution?
Did you know that the FBI lost, manipulated, and even made disappear, evidence of what really happened?
And that is only the beginning of this book.
The time for an independent investigation on 9/11 and the FBI's (mis)conduct...
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International Institute for Holocaust Research, Yad Vashem
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A social history of Hitler's rise to power that examines the societal causes and consequences of the Nazi policy during the Holocaust as well as the dynamic of the Nazi leadership and the attitudes and actions of German citizens as they witnessed the Jewish genocide.
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Essays spanning three decades-reflective yet contemporary, philosophical and practical-address human nature and environmental ethics; personal and metapolitical intention; radical insight and live freedom in thought, emotion and action. While it might be said that everything pre-2020 is irrelevant in the light of our global paradigm shift, it is important to recognize both the long history of our present oppression, and the more ancient tradition...
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While short in words, Discourse on Voluntary Servitude speaks volumes to all those who value liberty on all levels, but who are currently trapped in the yoke of oppression by the many tyrants in every government and institution. This book may be considered the flip-side to Machiavelli's The Prince, which teaches would-be dictators how to acquire and maintain power over people and institutions.
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The best propaganda is made by the best artists. Posters have to be sharp, attractive and to the point, as well as exploiting ancient prejudices using techniques that sway opinion. They are designed to be understood in the blink of an eye from a distance of at least six feet and, if they don't appeal directly to the emotions, they should immediately be torn up and thrown away.
This book features propaganda posters and cartoons by some of the world's...
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We are living through an upheaval of such historic proportions that it's hard to know if we were giving birth to a new and wonderful world or actually destroying all that we have known as good, true, and beautiful. But what's behind it all? Is the catastrophic fallout of the global COVID-19 pandemic response simply the result of well-intentioned overcorrection to a mysterious and fearsome disease we believed would mercilessly claim the lives of millions?...
15) Anarchy
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This book is one of Errico Malatesta's most influential writings. It sets forth the basic principles of anarchism. Besides expressing the basics of Anarchism he also gave arguments against Socialism and Capitalism. Malatesta shows in a concise way, using skeptic and philosophy, the goal, which Anarchists should achieve: new and better society.
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La astucia y las competencias comunicativas seguramente ayudan a encontrar el camino más corto para llegar al corazón del elector. La verdad es que este tesoro a menudo no se comprende, intercambiando la política por la comunicación política. Así, nos encontramos personajes faltos de contenidos serios, incluso a menudo desinteresados en los contenidos serios, pero muy hábiles en la persuasión de masas. No importa lo que sea verdad, o lo que...
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La esencia de la comunicación consiste en algo tan mágico como trasladar una idea que existe en nuestra mente a la de otra persona. Y si lo que queremos es persuadir a alguien, tenemos que hacer un esfuerzo para lograr algo aún más parecido a la magia, que es conseguir que ese pensamiento surja en la cabeza de nuestro interlocutor como algo natural, sin que sea percibida cualquier intervención externa.
De esto trata este libro sorprendente en...
18) Brave new world
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.5 - AR Pts: 11
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870L
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"A fantasy of the future that sheds a blazing critical light on the present--considered to be Aldous Huxley's most enduring masterpiece. Mr. Huxley is eloquent in his declaration of an artist's faith in man, and it is his eloquence, bitter in attack, noble in defense, that, when one has closed the book, one remembers. A Fantastic racy narrative, full of much excellent satire and literary horseplay. It is as sparkling, provocative, as brilliant, in...
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Hugo H. Dorzel is misogynistic, xenophobic, foulmouthed, ill-tempered, oversexed, and a pathological liar. He is also the President of the United States-and the best friend the Russians have ever had in the White House. But, Dorzel faces a serious reelection challenge and, despite unleashing a tsunami of disinformation about his opponent, the Russians seem unable to prevent his campaign from falling further and further behind. Cybersleuth Will Manningham...
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"Winner of the 2018 Legacy Award, Presidents and Executive Politics Section of the American Political Science Association" Jeffrey K. Tulis teaches in the Department of Government at the University of Texas at Austin. His books include Legacies of Losing in American Politics. Russell Muirhead is the Robert Clements Professor of Democracy and Politics at Dartmouth College.
Modern presidents regularly appeal over the heads of Congress to the people...
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