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  A Life in the American Century

  Jr. Joseph S. Nye

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  For the past eight decades, we have lived in "the American Century"—a period during which the US has enjoyed unrivaled power—be it political, economic, or military—on the global stage. Born on the cusp of this new era, Joseph S. Nye Jr. has spent a lifetime illuminating our understanding of the changing contours of America power and world affairs. His many books on the nature of power and political leadership have rightly earned him his reputation as one of the most influential international relations scholars in the world today. 
   
   
    
  In this deeply personal book, Joseph Nye shares his own journey living through the American century. From his early years growing up on a farm in rural New Jersey to his time in the State Department, Pentagon, and Intelligence Community during the Carter and Clinton administrations where he witnessed American power up close, shaping policy on key issues such as nuclear proliferation and East Asian security.  After 9/11 drew the US into wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, Nye remained an astute observer and critic of the Bush, Obama, and Trump presidencies. Today American primacy may be changing, but he concludes with a faint ray of guarded optimism about the future of his country in a richer but riskier world.

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  Sophist - A Deep Inquiry into...

  Plato, Tim Zengerink

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  What if deception had a logic of its own? 
  In Sophist, Plato dares to tackle the concept of falsehood—not as error, but as something that seems to exist within language and thought. Through a dense but gripping dialogue between the Eleatic Stranger and Theaetetus, the discussion exposes the tricks of sophistry, the instability of language, and the paradox of how “what is not” can still be spoken of and understood. 
  This modernized audiobook delivers one of Plato’s most intellectually daring texts with clarity and precision. Perfect for thinkers, scholars, and seekers of truth. 
  What you’ll discover inside: 
  •	A bold philosophical exploration of non-being, falsehood, and the metaphysics of language 
  •	A deep critique of sophistry, appearance, and rhetorical manipulation 
  •	Plato’s method of division—used to isolate philosophical concepts with surgical accuracy 
  •	A readable, listener-friendly adaptation of one of Plato’s most abstract and influential works 
  If you want to unravel the logic behind illusion and sharpen your understanding of truth, Sophist is essential listening.

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  With Ash On Their Faces - Yezidi...

  Cathy Otten

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  Cathy Otten tells the story of the ISIS attacks, the mass enslavements of Yezidi women and the fallout from the disaster. She challenges common perceptions of Yezidi female victimhood by focusing on stories of resistance passed down by generations.
  ISIS's genocidal attack on the Yezidi population in northern Iraq in 2014 brought the world's attention to the small faith that numbers less than one million worldwide. That summer ISIS massacred Yezidi men and enslaved women and children. More than one hundred thousand Yezidis were besieged on Sinjar Mountain. The US began airstrikes to roll back ISIS, citing a duty to save the Yezidis, but the genocide is still ongoing.
  The headlines have moved on but thousands of Yezidi women and children remain in captivity, and many more are still displaced. Sinjar is now free from ISIS but the Yezidi homeland is at the centre of growing tensions amongst the city's liberators, making returning home for the Yezidis almost impossible.
  The mass abduction of Yezidi women and children is here conveyed with extraordinary intensity in the first-hand reporting of a young journalist who has been based in Iraqi Kurdistan for the past four years, covering the war with ISIS and its impact on the people of the country.
  Yezidi women describe how, in the recent conflict, they followed the tradition of their ancestors who, a century ago during persecutions at the fall of the Ottoman empire, put ash on their faces to make themselves unattractive and try to avoid being raped.
  Today, over 3,000 Yezidi women and girls remain in the Caliphate where they are bought and sold, and passed between fighters as chattel. But many other have escaped or been released. Otten bases her book on interviews with these survivors, as well as those who smuggled them to safety, painstakingly piecing together their accounts of enslavement. Their deeply moving personal narratives bring alive a human tragedy.

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  International Law - A Very Short...

  Vaughan Lowe

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  Interest in international law has increased greatly over the past decade, largely because of its central place in discussions such as the Iraq War and Guantanamo, the World Trade Organization, the anti-capitalist movement, the Kyoto Convention on climate change, and the apparent failure of the international system to deal with the situations in Palestine and Darfur, and the plights of refugees and illegal immigrants around the world.This Very Short Introduction explains what international law is, what its role in international society is, and how it operates. Vaughan Lowe examines what international law can and cannot do and what it is and what it isn't doing to make the world a better place. Focusing on the problems the world faces, Lowe uses terrorism, environmental change, poverty, and international violence to demonstrate the theories and practice of international law, and how the principles can be used for international cooperation.

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  CEASEFIRE! - A Brutal Journey...

  Ivan Molloy

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  Ceasefire is a true story. It is about me and my familys journeys through wars and other conflcts over three generations, and the brutal consequences of such a journey, particularly for me. 
  During my PhD research in the 1980s, as an academic I travelled all over the world, and revealed the murderous realities of the covert Reagan-era, US foreign policy in numerous war zones, particulary in the Phillipines and Central America. The covert strategy became known as Low Intensity Conflict ( LIC). 
  But much later my political opponents in the media, branded me a 'terrorist' sympathiser and supporter of 'Islamic terrorism' in the southern Philippines. The result? My life was left in tatters - privately, professionally.and psychologially. 
  Over time, I tried to come to terms with my constant battle against the suicidal 'Black Dog' of depression. I decided to write a book about my reseach with the communist New People's Army and the Muslim guerrilas in the Philippines. It was way of combating the smear campaign that destrored my life. 
  Ultimately, I concluded like millions of other people, I am merely a part of a brutal 'firing order' phenomenon, a psychological condition of a global politcal culture that continually infects and shapes our following generations. I am neither alone nor my condition uninfluenced. I am just another link in a long chain of human events perpetrating both conflict among peoples and the resulting deadly Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) that affects such participants. With a greater understanding of my condition, I finally attemped to come to peace with the Black Dog, and called for a 'Ceasefire'! 
  But what ultimately happened?. It all played out in France. I survived but my brother and daughter didnt. I am still to find any peace. The Black Dog takes no prisoners! 
  Dr Ivan Molloy

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  Souls of Black Folk

  W. E. B. Du Bois

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  The Souls of Black Folk is a well-known work of African-American literature by activist W.E.B. Du Bois. The book, published in 1903, contains several essays on race, some of which had been previously published in Atlantic Monthly magazine. Du Bois drew from his own experiences to develop this groundbreaking work on being African-American in American society. Outside of its notable place in African-American history, The Souls of Black Folk also holds an important place in social science as one of the first works to deal with sociology. (Summary from Wikipedia.org)

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