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  Six Amendments - How and Why We...

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  For the first time ever, a retired Supreme Court Justice offers a manifesto on how the Constitution needs to change. By the time of his retirement in June 2010, John Paul Stevens had become the second longest serving Justice in the history of the Supreme Court. Now he draws upon his more than three decades on the Court, during which he was involved with many of the defining decisions of the modern era, to offer a book like none other. Six Amendments is an absolutely unprecedented call to arms, detailing six specific ways in which the Constitution should be amended in order to protect our democracy and the safety and wellbeing of American citizens.   Written with the same precision and elegance that made Stevens's own Court opinions legendary for their clarity as well as logic, Six Amendments is a remarkable work, both because of its unprecedented nature and, in an age of partisan ferocity, its inarguable common sense.

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  Confronting Political...

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  Bullying and intimidation are not accidental features of contemporary American life; they have become deliberate tools of power that increasingly define our politics. In Confronting Political Intimidation and Public Bullying, Roddey Reid examines how intimidation and bullying have been normalized across public life-from schools, workplaces, and new media ecosystems to electoral politics and civic institutions. Drawing on political analysis, real-world case studies, and practical strategies, the book shows how these tactics operate, why they are effective, and how citizens, residents, and institutions can respond without becoming consumed by fear or aggression. Reid traces the deep roots of these dynamics across the past two decades-from the post-9/11 era and the War on Terror to the rise of the Tea Party movement, the Obama years, the transformative 2016 election, and up to today--and explores how they have reshaped civic participation, electoral politics, and public discourse. He highlights how hostile rhetoric has been amplified, how political aggression has been normalized, and how far-right mobilization has contributed to the broader erosion of democratic norms. By revealing the strategies behind political coercion, psychological manipulation, and authoritarian identity politics, Confronting Political Intimidation and Public Bullying provides readers with a framework for recognizing and resisting the pressures that undermine democratic culture. Essential reading for citizens, educators, policymakers, and advocates, the book offers an urgent call for renewed civic engagement and a deeper understanding of the forces shaping American democracy today

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  Lines of Fire - A Renegade...

  Ralph Peters

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  The New York Times–bestselling military analyst offers a collection of essays covering a generation of geopolitics and military policy.   For decades, Ralph Peters has been the most provocative and visionary American writer on military affairs, strategy, security, and intelligence. In that time, he predicted every major trend that has plagued the post-Cold-War world. A career military officer and acclaimed author, he has faced issues ranging from the explosion of religious terrorism to the fatal weaknesses of our intelligence system and our dangerous over-reliance on technology.  Now Peters delves into these and other enduringly vital themes in this definitive, career-spanning collection of his writings. Lines of Fire is an indispensable volume for understanding today’s crises—and tomorrow’s.

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  The Shortest History of Greece -...

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  Philosophy, art, democracy, language, even computers—the glories of Greek civilization have shaped our world even more profoundly than we realize. Pericles and the Parthenon may be familiar, but what of Epaminondas, the Theban general who saved the Greek world from Spartan tyranny? Alexander the Great's fame has rolled down the centuries, but the golden Hellenistic Age that followed is largely forgotten. "Byzantine" conjures decadence and deadly intrigue, yet the thousand-year empire that ruled from Constantinople and saved Europe twice from invasion was, in fact, Greek. 
   
   
   
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  James Heneage captures the full Grecian drama in this riveting, short history, revealing Greece as the wellspring of Western civilization—and a model that may yet save modern democracy.

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