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  The Power to Destroy - How the...

  Michael J. Graetz

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  The postwar United States enjoyed large, widely distributed economic rewards—and most Americans accepted that taxes were a reasonable price to pay for living in a society of shared prosperity. Then in 1978 California enacted Proposition 13, a property tax cap that Ronald Reagan hailed as a "second American Revolution," setting off an antitax, antigovernment wave that has transformed American politics and economic policy. In The Power to Destroy, Michael Graetz tells the story of the antitax movement and how it holds America hostage—undermining the nation's ability to meet basic needs and fix critical problems. 
   
   
   
  In 1819, Chief Justice John Marshall declared that the power to tax entails "the power to destroy." But The Power to Destroy argues that tax opponents now wield this destructive power. Attacking the IRS, protecting tax loopholes, and pushing tax cuts from Reagan to Donald Trump, the antitax movement is threatening the nation's social safety net, increasing inequality, ballooning the national debt, and sapping America's financial strength. The book chronicles how the movement originated as a fringe enterprise promoted by zealous outsiders using false economic claims and thinly veiled racist rhetoric, and how—abetted by conservative media and Grover Norquist's "taxpayer protection pledge"—it evolved into a mainstream political force.

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  Can Scientists Succeed Where...

  Peter Agre, MB BChir Seema Yasmin

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  How can science prevail when policies fall short? 
   
   
   
  Sometimes in secret, sometimes as official ambassadors for their governments, scientists trade their white coats for blazers, stepping out of the lab and directly into sensitive, often life-threatening global crises. Think of the Paris Climate Agreement or the Iran Nuclear Deal, the Manhattan Project, and the Antarctic Treaty of 1959. Scientists have played a pivotal role in many of the greatest episodes in political history. 
   
   
   
  But what prompts their involvement in international affairs, and what are some of the impacts of their efforts? Can Scientists Succeed Where Politicians Fail? recounts Nobel laureate Dr. Peter Agre's career as a physician-scientist who went from studying malaria and other diseases to meeting with Fidel Castro in Cuba, discoursing with North Korean officials, and traveling into the Islamic Republic of Iran. 
   
   
   
  The book explores Agre's story alongside those of volcanologists in North Korea, epidemiologists in Latin America, and other scientists who have and are working alongside politicians, from African tribal chiefs to communist leaders, to tackle natural disasters and infectious threats in new ways.

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  How to Talk Effectively - A...

  William Howard

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  Communicating efficiently when talking is perhaps the most important ability a person can ever develop. It affects everything you do professionally, socially, and functionally. Yet it is something many of us take for granted. That is a mistake. Even those with a lifetime of experience in their native tongue are often surprised to learn they are not always clear in their speech. 
  In this guide you will learn not only how to speak more clearly and communicate more effectually, but also how to listen better – which will improve your conversations immensely. Digesting this simple course on how to better communicate with others will bolster your confidence in all areas of your life. 
  Topics covered include:The problem with interrupting others, and how to stopHow to filter what is on your mind before voicing itThe difference between debate, dialogue, discourse, and diatribe – and why it mattersHow to cultivate the traits of a confident communicatorA self-exam to determine & tweak your current communication styleTips for being more assertive without dictatingHow to naturally use eye contact and body languageMastering question and answer exchangesOvercoming speech obstacles, fears, and natural disadvantages"Recovering" conversations that have turned badWhen and how to apply your own emotions effectively 
  …and much more.

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  Understanding Kant

  Thibaut Gress

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  Avec Descartes, Kant est l’auteur phare de la modernité : son influence dans les sciences, la morale, la politique et l’esthétique, est considérable. Une grande partie des dilemmes éthiques (biologie, médecine…) font référence aujourd’hui à la pensée kantienne. Connaître sa philosophie apparaît comme un impératif pour s’orienter à travers les grandes questions qui innervent notre modernité. 
  Le présent ouvrage expose ainsi les traits saillants de la réflexion kantienne et propose une interprétation de celle-ci, rompant avec le cliché d’un Kant humaniste plaçant l’homme au-dessus de tout. Il défend l’idée que l’homme est un des échantillons les plus imparfaits du véritable objet de la pensée kantienne, à savoir l’être raisonnable en général.

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  The Buddha's Teachings As...

  Mark Siderits

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  Mark Siderits's The Buddha’s Teachings As Philosophy explores three different systems of thought that arose from core claims of the Buddha. By detailing and critically examining key arguments made by the Buddha and developed by later Buddhist philosophers, Siderits investigates the Buddha's teachings as philosophy: a set of claims—in this case, claims about the nature of the world and our place in it—supported by rational argumentation and, here, developed with a variety of systematic results. The Buddha’s Teachings As Philosophy will be especially useful to students of philosophy, religious studies, and comparative religion—to anyone, in fact, encountering Buddhist philosophy for the first time. Among the issues discussed by Siderits are those regarded as particularly challenging in the 21st century, such as karma and rebirth and the nature of nirvana. 
  PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.

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  The Covert Narcissist -...

  Dr. Theresa J. Covert

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  DO THE FOLLOWING SYMPTOMS SOUND FAMILIAR? 
  - Ruined self confidence 
  - Doubting yourself and your sanity 
  - Mood swings 
  - Sleeplessness 
  - Extreme weight loss or weight gain 
  - Uncharacteristic jealousy/ insecurity 
  - Feeling like you don’t know the difference between right and wrong 
  - Extreme paranoia (being turned into an obsessive detective) 
  - Endless, repetitive obsessive thinking about your ex 
  - Constantly trying to find explanations for what has happened 
  - Feelings of helplessness and despair 
  - A desire to self isolate 
  - Feeling desperately misunderstood 
  - Overwhelming feelings of loss and grief 
  - Extreme bouts of rage 
  - An inability to be comfortable with yourself 
  - Strange dreams 
  The list goes on…. 
  Covert Narcissists dangle their vulnerability in front of you as bait, just waiting for your good nurturing mothering/fathering instincts to kick in and rescue the poor little lost child they are presenting to you. 
  But beneath the mask of a shy, vulnerable and “good person” something far more sinister lurks. 
  And this what makes covert narcissism so damaging and dangerous: the nature of the disorder is such that you are brainwashed into thinking you are dealing with a human being with a morality, perhaps even a “pillar of the community”. 
  OFT REPEATED MYTHS OF THE INTERNET ABOUT NARCISSISTS : 
  You are Told: Narcissists are always brash, loud, assertive, flashy and Confident. 
  The problem is: Coverts are quiet, insecure and passive. 
  You are Told: Narcissists will never apologise for things they do. 
  The problem is: Coverts can learn that a quick and TOTAL apology is a really slick way of getting their target to “go back to sleep” if it looks like they are waking up.

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