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  Getting China Wrong

  Aaron L. Friedberg

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  The West's strategy of engagement with China has failed. More than three decades of trade and investment with the advanced democracies have left that country far richer and stronger than it would otherwise have been. But growth and development have not caused China's rulers to relax their grip on political power, abandon their mercantilist economic policies, or accept the rules and norms of the existing international system. To the contrary: China today is more repressive at home, more aggressive abroad, and more obviously intent on establishing itself as the world's preponderant power than at any time since the death of Chairman Mao. What went wrong? 
   
   
   
  Put simply, the democracies underestimated the resilience, resourcefulness, and ruthlessness of the Chinese Communist Party. For far too long, the United States and its allies failed to take seriously the Party's unwavering determination to crush opposition, build national power, and fulfill its ideological and geopolitical ambitions. In this powerfully argued study, Friedberg identifies the assumptions underpinning engagement, describes the counterstrategy that China's Communist Party rulers devised in order to exploit the West's openness while defeating its plans, and explains what the democracies must do now if they wish to preserve their prosperity, protect their security, and defend their common values.

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  Field Notes from a Waterborne...

  Anindya Chakravorty, Parimal...

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  In the late 2000s, when the three-decade-long Left Front rule in West Bengal was crumbling, Parimal Bhattacharya began to travel outside the well-trodden urban centres to different parts of the region - from the Sundarbans to tribal Jangalmahal, from the outskirts of Kolkata to villages on the Bangladesh border, from the floodplains of the Hooghly to the forests of Simlipal in neighbouring Odisha. 
  There, he encountered: a woman who was branded a witch because she was listed in the census as literate; an island that vanished famously, only to resurface; a paralysed communist who dreams about the death of a river; a forest community who believe they are descendants of the Harappans; an old millworker and his wife who fight the ghosts of a dead industrial town with laughter; a fisherman uprooted by a river eleven times in twenty years; and many more. This book documents the missing narratives of these 'other' Bengalis, the largely invisible majority beyond the bhadralok that the rest of India knows. 
  Moving between the personal and the political, and between travelogue, journal and memoir, Field Notes from a Waterborne Land takes the reader on a journey across a fascinating land peopled with unforgettable characters.

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  Being Really Confused - A Guide...

  Sophia Blackwell

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  Ever opened Being and Time and wondered if your brain had a stroke? 
  Ever wanted to understand Heidegger, but all you got was a migraine and a vague sense of personal failure? 
  This is the book for you. 
  Being Really Confused is the hilariously brutal, no-holds-barred, sarcasm-soaked guide to Martin Heidegger’s philosophical fever dream. Whether you’re a burned-out philosophy major, a curious masochist, or someone who just wants to sound terrifyingly deep at brunch, this book unpacks the most infamously unreadable thinker of the 20th century—with jokes, rants, and zero patience for pretension. 
  Inside, you'll find: 
  What “Dasein” actually means (spoiler: it’s just you, but anxious) 
  How to ruin conversations with phrases like “Being-toward-death” 
  Why “the they” is probably responsible for your haircut 
  And how to survive Being and Time without filing a lawsuit against your own brain 
  Equal parts roast and revelation, this book doesn’t just explain Heidegger—it drags him, hugs him, then drags him again. 
  Read it if: 
  You want to laugh at existential dread 
  You love philosophy but hate suffering 
  You’ve been pretending to understand Heidegger and want to finally maybe mean it 
  Warning: May cause spontaneous existential crises, unbearable smugness, and the urge to buy a black turtleneck.

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  A Rare Recording of Woodrow Wilson

  Woodrow Wilson

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  In this rare recording, Woodrow Wilson discusses the progressive platform of workers' rights, minimum wage, and the connection between big business and government. 
  Thomas Woodrow Wilson, Dec. 28, 1856, to Feb. 3, 1924, was an American politician and academic who served as president of Princeton University from 1902 to 1910, as governor of New Jersey from 1911 to 1913, and as US president from 1913 to 1921. 
  ©2016 Listen & Live Audio (P)2016 Listen & Live Audio

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  A Midsummer Night's Dream

  William Shakespeare

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  "The course of true love never did run smooth."
  
  Step into a moonlit forest where the lines between reality and illusion blur. William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream is a dazzling celebration of love, magic, and the hilarious unpredictability of the human heart. When four young lovers flee the rigid laws of Athens for an enchanted wood, they unwittingly stumble into a civil war between the King and Queen of the Fairies.
  
  With the mischievous Puck pulling the strings and a magical flower juice causing havoc, the lovers find themselves in a tangled web of mistaken identities and sudden passions. Meanwhile, a group of bumbling amateur actors, led by the unforgettable Nick Bottom, prepares a play for the Duke's wedding—only to have Bottom transformed into a donkey by the playful sprites.
  
  This definitive edition captures the lyrical beauty and slapstick humor that has made this play a favorite for over four centuries. From the ethereal beauty of the fairy kingdom to the high-stakes drama of the Athenian court, A Midsummer Night's Dream remains the ultimate exploration of the madness of love.
  
  Lose yourself in the magic. Buy "A Midsummer Night's Dream" today and experience the world's greatest comedy.

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  Witches - A Compendium

  Judika Illes

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  “Witches: A Compendium maps the landscape of witchcraft and occult practices, past and present. Within these pages, you’ll find clear descriptions of magical practices and tools, animal familiars, inspirational witch figures . . . and even witch-related sites around the world to star on your Google Maps. This book will serve as reference, guide, and inspiration to anyone curious about the magical arts.” —from the foreword by Frances F. Denny  Witches explores what a witch is and the different ways to be one. Judika Illes presents the history, mysteries, and diverse natures of witches from around the world. Featuring a who’s who ranging from famous—or infamous—historical witches such as Tituba, Sybil Leek, Aleister Crowley, Isobel Gowdie, and Countess Erzsebet Báthory (widely known as the Blood Countess) to popular literary, cinematic, and TV witches such as Endora, the Scarlet Witch, Melisandre, Storm, Agatha Harkness, and the Wicked Witch of the West, Witches also offers travel tips for witches and a guide to the tools of the trade such as brooms, wands, cauldrons, and mirrors.  This celebration of witches and witchcraft also features:Sacred witches such as Baba Yaga, Lilith, Isis, Hekate, Diana, Circe, and YemayaFamiliars and creatures closely associated with witchcraft including cats, bats, crows, owls, and foxesArt witches like Moina Mathers, Vali Myers, Rosaleen Norton, Leonora Carrington, and CameronDifferent schools of witchcraft including green witchery, kitchen witchery, Wicca, and Hekatean WitchcraftThe various things witches do from divination to spirit working to spell-casting

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