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  50+ Classic collection Political...

  Sun Tzu, Lao Tzu, Plato, Marcus...

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  Political science is the scientific study of politics. It is a social science dealing with systems of governance and power, and the analysis of political activities, political thought, political behavior, and associated constitutions and laws.
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  Sun Tzu. The Art of War
  Lao Tzu. Tao Te Ching
  Plato. The Republic
  Aristotle. The Athenian Constitution
  Marcus Aurelius. Meditations
  Niccolo Machiavelli. The Prince
  Thomas More. Utopia
  Tommaso Campanella. The City of the Sun
  Francis Bacon. The New Atlantis
  Thomas Paine. Common Sense
  Richard Henry Lee. Lee Resolution
  Thomas Jefferson. Declaration of Independence
  James Madison.
  - Virginia Plan
  - Constitution of the United States
  - Bill of Rights
  - Northwest Ordinance
  George Washington. President George Washington's First Inaugural Speech
  Great Historical Documents of the United States:
  - Federal Judiciary Act
  - Marbury v. Madison
  - Articles of Confederation
  - Treaty of Alliance with France
  - Treaty of Paris
  John Stuart Mil. Utilitarianism
  Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. The Communist Manifesto
  Vladimir Lenin:
  - The State and Revolution
  - The Three Sources and Three Component Parts of Marxism
  - Vladimir Lenin To the Citizens of Russia!
  - Vladimir Lenin To Workers, Soldiers, and Peasants!
  - Report on Peace
  - Report on Land
  - Decree on Abolishment of Capital Punishment
  - Decree on Transfer of Power to the Soviets
  - Decree on Establishment of the Workers' and Peasants' Government
  - Decree on Elections for the Constituent Assembly
  - Decree on Suppression of Hostile Newspapers
  - Decree on Transfer of Food Control to Municipalities
  - Decree on an Eight-Hour Working Day
  - Decree on the Right to Issue Laws
  - Resolution on the Right of Sovnarkom to Issue Decrees
  - Decree on Social Insurance
  - Declaration of the Rights of the People of Russia
  - Decree on Organization of Volost Land Committees
  - Decree on Transfer of Power and the Means of Production to the Toilers
  - Decree Proclaiming Advertising a State Monopoly
  - Decree Abolishing Classes and Civil Ranks
  - Decree on Workers' Control
  - Resolution on Relation of the Central Executive Committee to the Sovnarkom
  - Decree on the Right to Call for Re-Elections
  - Decree on Establishment of the Extraordinary Commission to Fight Counter-Revolution
  - V. I. Lenin Note To F. E. Dzerzhinsky with a Draft of A Decree On Fighting Counter-Revolutionaries And Saboteurs
  Rosa Luxemburg. Reform or Revolution
  Peter Kropotkin. The Conquest of Bread
  Emma Goldman. Anarchism: What It Really Stands For
  Leon Trotsky. Fascism: What It Is and How to Fight It

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  No Democracy Lasts Forever - How...

  Erwin Chemerinsky

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  No Democracy Lasts Forever argues that the Constitution has become a threat to American democracy and must be dramatically changed or replaced if secession is to be avoided. 
   
   
   
  Deeply troubled by the Constitution's inherent flaws, Erwin Chemerinsky, the renowned dean of Berkeley law school, came to the sobering conclusion that our nearly 250-year-old founding document is responsible for the crisis now facing American democracy. Pointing out that just fifteen of the 11,848 amendments proposed since 1789 have passed, Chemerinsky contends that the very nature of our polarization results from the Constitution's "bad bones," which have created a government that no longer works or has the confidence of the public. Yet political armageddon can still be avoided, Chemerinsky writes, if a new constitutional convention is empowered to replace the Constitution of 1787, much as the Founding Fathers replaced the outdated Articles of Confederation. If this isn't possible, Americans must give serious thought to forms of secession—including a United States structured like the European Union—based on a recognition that what divides us as a country is, in fact, greater than what unites us.

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  Are You Still Watching? - Using...

  Stephanie Kendell, Arthur Stewart

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  Pop culture does more than entertain us. At its best, it is a mirror—maybe sometimes a distorted fun house mirror—reflecting back to us beauty, absurdity, and profound truth of what it means to be human. These musicians, actors, writers, and producers often sit in the prophet's chair and offer us modern parables with deeper meanings waiting for those with ears to hear. When we watch and listen through a spiritual lens, their stories challenge our beliefs, help us understand our faith, and encourage us to find ways to change how we treat others and the world we share. Are You Still Watching?: Using Pop Culture to Tune In, Find God and Get Renewed for Another Season highlights different entertainment vehicles like television shows, movies, music, and podcasts that showcase the best in humanity or demonstrate ways we can grow in our faith.

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  Epicurus - Pleasure Atoms and...

  Hector Davidson

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  Epicurus, a Greek philosopher born in 341 BCE on the island of Samos, founded the school of philosophy known as Epicureanism, which emphasized the pursuit of happiness through the cultivation of pleasure and the avoidance of pain. His teachings were revolutionary for their focus on the individual’s inner peace and well-being, rather than devotion to the gods or the pursuit of wealth and power. Epicurus advocated for a life of simple pleasures, good friendships, and intellectual contemplation, arguing that these were the true sources of happiness. 
    
  His philosophy was grounded in atomism, the belief that everything in the universe is made up of small, indivisible particles, or atoms, moving through the void. For Epicurus, the natural world was not governed by divine intervention, but by laws that could be understood through reason and observation. He believed that by understanding the workings of nature, individuals could free themselves from irrational fears, especially the fear of death and the gods. 
    
  Epicurus placed great importance on pleasure, defining it not as indulgence in material excess, but as the absence of pain (ataraxia) and the pursuit of a serene and balanced life. He argued that physical and mental pleasures, when experienced in moderation, contributed to a life of tranquility. Furthermore, he saw pain not as an inherent part of life, but as something to be minimized or avoided through thoughtful living and wise choices.

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  Women Victims of Hidden Abuse -...

  Jim Colajuta

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  Emotional abuse in intimate relationships is a serious issue because it is motivated by power and control rather than respect and love. They say that emotional abuse is the foundation or umbrella for all types of abuse, including physical and sexual abuse. Although emotional, psychological, and financial abuse is not illegal, it is a form of domestic violence that can lead to criminal abuse.  
  This book focuses on the emotional abuse experienced by victims who are women in a marriage or cohabiting relationship. This book aims to understand the dynamics within these relationships and the victimization process that occurs throughout these relationships. The book concludes with several recommendations for emotional abuse victims' healing.

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  Start of the Crusades The: The...

  Charles River Editors

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  Though it went largely unremarked in the Islamic world at the time, the First Crusade has since become a contentious symbol of European imperialism in the Middle East. Debate over whether the Crusades can truly be perceived as an early example of European colonialism continues in medieval historiography, though the evidence for this is thin. The territory taken by the Franks from the Turks had previously belonged to Eastern Christians and had only recently been seized by the Turks themselves. The Crusader States were relatively small and weak, and they were reconquered centuries before modern European colonialism began. The Crusaders themselves saw it as a holy war of reclamation of previously lost (albeit almost-mythical) territory. To them, the Muslims were the first aggressors, and they were somewhat bolstered in this view by the support that they largely held from local Christians.   
  	The Crusader States were relatively small and weak, and while they tried to be a bulwark of Christianity in the Holy Land, the Crusader States were reconquered centuries before modern European colonialism began. Nonetheless, the Crusades and the Crusader States galvanized the Christians of Western Europe to expand their world. While it remains unclear how much that world expanded in practical terms such as trade, or how it affected later attitudes during the expansion to the New World and other regions, it definitely engaged the European mind in both positive and negative ways. As such, the crusades soon achieved near-mythic status in the European literature and remain among the most important events of the Middle Ages.  
  At the same time, the Crusader States were not one homogenized region but actually several distinct territories that had their own unique histories and interests. In fact, many of them were founded a century apart.

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