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  The Gun Debate - What Everyone...

  Philip J. Cook, Kristin A. Goss

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  No topic is more polarizing than guns and gun control. From a gun culture that took root early in American history to the mass shootings that repeatedly bring the public discussion of gun control to a fever pitch, the topic has preoccupied citizens, public officials, and special interest groups for decades. 
  The Gun Debate: What Everyone Needs to Know® delves into the issues that Americans debate when they talk about guns. With a balanced and broad-ranging approach, noted economist Philip J. Cook and political scientist Kristin A. Goss thoroughly cover the latest research, data, and developments on gun ownership, gun violence, the firearms industry, and the regulation of firearms. The authors also tackle sensitive issues such as the effectiveness of gun control, the connection between mental illness and violent crime, the question of whether more guns make us safer, and ways that video games and the media might contribute to gun violence. No discussion of guns in the U.S. would be complete without consideration of the history, culture, and politics that drive the passion behind the debate. Cook and Goss deftly explore the origins of the American gun culture and the makeup of both the gun rights and gun control movements. 
  Written in question-and-answer format, the book will help listeners make sense of the ideologically driven statistics and slogans that characterize our national conversation on firearms. This book is a must-listen for anyone interested in getting a clear view of the issues surrounding guns and gun policy in America.

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  I Have a Dream - 60th...

  Martin Luther King

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  With new forewords and an afterword by Martin Luther King III, Dr. Bernice A. King, and Dexter Scott King 
  Celebrating the 60th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr’s legendary speech at the March on Washington, part of Dr. King’s archives published exclusively by HarperCollins 
  On August 28, 1963, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. stood before thousands of Americans who had gathered at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. in the name of civil rights. Including the immortal words, “I have a dream,” Dr. King’s keynote speech would energize a movement and change the course of history. 
  With references to the Gettysburg Address, the Emancipation Proclamation, the Declaration of Independence, the U.S. Constitution, Shakespeare, and the Bible, Dr. King’s March on Washington address has long been hailed as one of the greatest pieces of writing and oration in history. Profound and deeply moving, it is as relevant today as it was sixty years earlier. 
  This edition presents Dr. King’s speech in its entirety, paying tribute to this extraordinary leader and his immeasurable contribution, and inspiring a new generation of activists dedicated to carrying on the fight for justice and equality.

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  The Politics of Digital...

  Felix Heidenreich, Florian...

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  Digitization is transforming our world economically, culturally, and psychologically. The influx of new forms of communication, networking, and business opportunities, as well as new types of distraction, self-observation, and control into our societies represents an epochal challenge. Following Bernard Stiegler's concept of pharmacology, Felix Heidenreich and Florian Weber-Stein propose to view these new forms as digital pharmaka. Properly dosed, they can enable new self-relationships and forms of sociality; in the case of overdose, however, there is a risk of intoxication.
  In this essay, Felix Heidenreich, Florian Weber-Stein, and, in a detailed interview, Bernard Stiegler analyze this complex change in our world and develop new skills to use digital pharmaka.

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  Pinheads and Patriots - Where...

  Bill O'Reilly

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  Television host, razor sharp political pundit, and #1 bestselling author Bill O’Reilly focuses in on where we all stand in the Age of Obama in Pinheads and Patriots. In this brave, hard-hitting, provocative volume, the author of Culture Warrior and A Bold, Fresh Piece of Humanity guides Americans through the extensive transformations sweeping their country and explains exactly what these profound changes mean for every one of us.

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  The Federalist Papers &...

  Alexander Hamilton, James...

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  How the Constitutional Debate changed the old political system and shaped the very core of American democracy – This meticulously created collection contains the old laws of the country and the constitutional changes made after the Revolution, together with the arguments of Founding Fathers about the crucial decisions which shaped the America we know today: government resting on the people, executive power status, election organization, defense, taxation, powers of the Union, the judiciary, senate... By reading their words you will have a clear understanding how this debate influenced our present and created the American democracy:
  Need for Stronger Union
    Federalist Papers: I, II, III, IV, V, VI
    Anti-Federalist Papers: John Dewitt I&II
  Bill of Rights
    Federalist: LXXXIV
    Anti-Federalist: John Dewitt II
  Nature and Powers of the Union
    Federalist: I, XIV, XV
    Anti-Federalist: Patrick Henry
  Responsibility and Checks in Self-government
    Federalist: X, LI
    Anti-Federalist: Centenel I
  Extent of Union, States' Rights, Bill of Rights, Taxation
    Federalist: X, XXXII, XXXIII, XXXV…
    Anti-Federalist: Brutus I
  Extended Republics
    Federalist: VII, X, XIV, XXXV, XXXVI
    Anti-Federalist: Federal Farmer I&II
  Broad Construction, Taxing Powers
    Federalist: XXIII, XXX, XXXI, XXXII…..
    Anti-Federalist: Brutus VI
  Defense, Standing Armies
    Federalist: XXIV, XXV, XXVI, XXVII, XXVIII, XXIX
    Anti-Federalist: Brutus X
  The Judiciary
    Federalist: LXXVIII, LXXIX, LXXX, LXXXI, LXXXII, LXXXIII
    Anti-Federalist: Brutus XI, XII, XV
  Government Resting on the People
    Federalist: XXIII, XLIX
    Anti-Federalist: John Dewitt III
  Executive Power
    Federalist: LXVII
    Anti-Federalist: Cato V
  Regulating Elections
    Federalist: LIX
    Anti-Federalist: Cato VII
  House of Representatives
    Federalist: XXVII, XXVIII, LII, LIII, LIV, LVII
    Anti-Federalist: Brutus IV
  The Senate
    Federalist: LXII, LXIII
    Anti-Federalist: Brutus XVI
  Articles of Confederation (1777)
  Declaration of Independence

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  Oklahoma City - What the...

  Andrew Gumbel, Roger G. Charles

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  In the early morning of April 19, 1995, Timothy McVeigh drove into downtown Oklahoma City in a rented Ryder truck containing a deadly fertilizer bomb that he and his army buddy Terry Nichols had made the previous day. He parked in a handicapped-parking zone, hopped out of the truck, and walked away into a series of alleys and streets. Shortly after 9:00 A.M., the bomb obliterated one-third of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building, killing 168 people, including 19 infants and toddlers. McVeigh claimed he'd worked only with Nichols, and at least officially, the government believed him. But McVeigh's was just one version of events. And much of it was wrong.In Oklahoma City, veteran investigative journalists Andrew Gumbel and Roger G. Charles puncture the myth about what happened on that day—one that has persisted in the minds of the American public for nearly two decades. Working with unprecedented access to government documents, a voluminous correspondence with Terry Nichols, and more than 150 interviews with those immediately involved, Gumbel and Charles demonstrate how much was missed beyond the guilt of the two principal defendants: in particular, the dysfunction within the country's law enforcement agencies, which squandered opportunities to penetrate the radical right and prevent the bombing, and the unanswered question of who inspired the plot and who else might have been involved.To this day, the FBI heralds the Oklahoma City investigation as one of its great triumphs. In reality, though, its handling of the bombing foreshadowed many of the problems that made the country vulnerable to attack again on 9/11. Law enforcement agencies could not see past their own rivalries and underestimated the seriousness of the deadly rhetoric coming from the radical far right. In Oklahoma City, Gumbel and Charles give the fullest, most honest account to date of both the plot and the investigation, drawing a vivid portrait of the unfailingly compelling—driven, eccentric, fractious, funny, and wildly paranoid—characters involved.

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