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Kill Chain

de Andrew Cockburn • 2015

Precision warfare is a lie. Drone strikes miss, breed enemies, and only the contractors profit.

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🛸 Drone Warfare 🎯 Targeted Killings 🏭 Military-Industrial Complex 👁️ Surveillance State 💥 Intelligence Failures

Kill Chain

Precision warfare is a lie. Drone strikes miss, breed enemies, and only the contractors profit.

de Andrew Cockburn 2015 320 pagini

3.82

500+ evaluări

🛸 Drone Warfare 🎯 Targeted Killings 🏭 Military-Industrial Complex 👁️ Surveillance State 💥 Intelligence Failures

New Abnormal

de Aaron Kheriaty • 2022

The emergency never ended. It became a permanent way for the state to manage your body.

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148

🏥 Public Health Policy ⚖️ Medical Ethics 🧬 Biopolitics 👁️ Digital Surveillance 🔬 Scientism

New Abnormal

The emergency never ended. It became a permanent way for the state to manage your body.

de Aaron Kheriaty 2022 304 pagini

4.38

148 evaluări

🏥 Public Health Policy ⚖️ Medical Ethics 🧬 Biopolitics 👁️ Digital Surveillance 🔬 Scientism

How Judges Think

de Richard A. Posner • 2008

Judges aren't umpires. They're workers with incentives and ideology who make law, not just find it.

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382

⚖️ Judicial Behavior 📚 Legal Realism 🇺🇸 American Judiciary 🔧 Legal Pragmatism 🧠 Cognitive Biases

How Judges Think

Judges aren't umpires. They're workers with incentives and ideology who make law, not just find it.

de Richard A. Posner 2008 400 pagini

3.83

382 evaluări

⚖️ Judicial Behavior 📚 Legal Realism 🇺🇸 American Judiciary 🔧 Legal Pragmatism 🧠 Cognitive Biases

Attack from Within

de Barbara McQuade • 2024

The one freedom America cannot defend itself against is the one it cherishes most: free speech.

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📡 Disinformation Warfare 📰 Media Manipulation 🏛️ Authoritarian Tactics 🧠 Cognitive Biases 💻 Digital Polarization

Attack from Within

The one freedom America cannot defend itself against is the one it cherishes most: free speech.

de Barbara McQuade 2024 385 pagini

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2.000+ evaluări

📡 Disinformation Warfare 📰 Media Manipulation 🏛️ Authoritarian Tactics 🧠 Cognitive Biases 💻 Digital Polarization

Coding Freedom

de Gabriella Coleman • 2012

They built a free software revolution while insisting they were not political at all.

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280

💻 Hacker Culture 🐧 Free Software Movement 🌐 Digital Ethnography 📜 Intellectual Property 👥 Online Communities

Coding Freedom

They built a free software revolution while insisting they were not political at all.

de Gabriella Coleman 2012 272 pagini

3.82

280 evaluări

💻 Hacker Culture 🐧 Free Software Movement 🌐 Digital Ethnography 📜 Intellectual Property 👥 Online Communities

Prophet's Prey

de Sam Brower • 2011

Seven years hunting a prophet who married 13-year-olds and exiled boys to keep the numbers right.

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⛪ Polygamist Cults 🕵️ Cult Investigation 👰‍♀️ Child Brides 👥 Polygamy 🚪 Leaving Cults

Prophet's Prey

Seven years hunting a prophet who married 13-year-olds and exiled boys to keep the numbers right.

de Sam Brower 2011 336 pagini

3.98

7.000+ evaluări

⛪ Polygamist Cults 🕵️ Cult Investigation 👰‍♀️ Child Brides 👥 Polygamy 🚪 Leaving Cults

The Discipline of Law

de Baron Alfred Denning • 1979

The law is not a machine of rules, but a craft of words wielded toward justice.

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126

🏛️ English Common Law ⚖️ Judicial Reasoning 📚 Legal Philosophy ✒️ Judicial Activism 🔧 Rule Of Law

The Discipline of Law

The law is not a machine of rules, but a craft of words wielded toward justice.

de Baron Alfred Denning 1979 353 pagini

4.17

126 evaluări

🏛️ English Common Law ⚖️ Judicial Reasoning 📚 Legal Philosophy ✒️ Judicial Activism 🔧 Rule Of Law

You Can't Read This Book

de Nick Cohen • 2012

Censorship didn't vanish after book burnings. It learned to smile and send a legal notice.

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🗽 Free Speech Defense 🙊 Religious Censorship 🏢 Corporate Silence 📢 Whistleblowing 🖥️ Digital Authoritarianism

You Can't Read This Book

Censorship didn't vanish after book burnings. It learned to smile and send a legal notice.

de Nick Cohen 2012

4.08

500+ evaluări

🗽 Free Speech Defense 🙊 Religious Censorship 🏢 Corporate Silence 📢 Whistleblowing 🖥️ Digital Authoritarianism

A Letter to Liberals

de Robert F. Kennedy Jr. • 2022

Science silenced, dissent crushed, trillions siphoned: the pandemic response that liberals policed.

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🏥 Public Health Policy 💉 Vaccine Safety ⚖️ Civil Liberties 🏛️ Regulatory Capture 🗽 Classical Liberalism

A Letter to Liberals

Science silenced, dissent crushed, trillions siphoned: the pandemic response that liberals policed.

de Robert F. Kennedy Jr. 2022 123 pagini

4.39

359 evaluări

🏥 Public Health Policy 💉 Vaccine Safety ⚖️ Civil Liberties 🏛️ Regulatory Capture 🗽 Classical Liberalism

The Anarchist In The Library

de Siva Vaidhyanathan • 2004

The web set free-sharing anarchists against control-hungry oligarchs, and neither side is winning.

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175

🛡️ Digital Rights ⚖️ Copyright Politics 🏛️ Cultural Commons 🌐 Network Society 💻 Digital Counterculture

The Anarchist In The Library

The web set free-sharing anarchists against control-hungry oligarchs, and neither side is winning.

de Siva Vaidhyanathan 2004 272 pagini

3.50

175 evaluări

🛡️ Digital Rights ⚖️ Copyright Politics 🏛️ Cultural Commons 🌐 Network Society 💻 Digital Counterculture

Caged Lion

de John Howard Steel • 2020

A prison camp origin, a community of dancers, and a courtroom fight that kept Pilates free.

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🏋️ Fitness Biography 📜 Exercise History 🧘 Modern Pilates 🧠 Mind-Body Method ⚖️ Trademark Battles

Caged Lion

A prison camp origin, a community of dancers, and a courtroom fight that kept Pilates free.

de John Howard Steel 2020 215 pagini

4.32

500+ evaluări

🏋️ Fitness Biography 📜 Exercise History 🧘 Modern Pilates 🧠 Mind-Body Method ⚖️ Trademark Battles

Intermediate Accounting

de Donald E. Kieso • 1902

GAAP and IFRS are principles, not recipes. Here is how professional judgment fills the gap.

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📊 Financial Reporting 📋 Accounting Standards ⚖️ Professional Judgment 🏛️ Standard Setting 🔗 Integrated Reporting

Intermediate Accounting

GAAP and IFRS are principles, not recipes. Here is how professional judgment fills the gap.

de Donald E. Kieso 1902 1416 pagini

3.95

500+ evaluări

📊 Financial Reporting 📋 Accounting Standards ⚖️ Professional Judgment 🏛️ Standard Setting 🔗 Integrated Reporting

Do You Believe in Magic?

de Paul A. Offit • 2013

A billion-dollar industry runs on loopholes, hope, and the placebo effect, not science.

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🧪 Alternative Medicine Critique 🩺 Evidence-Based Medicine 🦆 Medical Quackery 🔬 Scientific Skepticism 💊 Supplement Industry

Do You Believe in Magic?

A billion-dollar industry runs on loopholes, hope, and the placebo effect, not science.

de Paul A. Offit 2013 304 pagini

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3.000+ evaluări

🧪 Alternative Medicine Critique 🩺 Evidence-Based Medicine 🦆 Medical Quackery 🔬 Scientific Skepticism 💊 Supplement Industry

Bourbon

de Fred Minnick • 2016

Elijah Craig didn't invent bourbon. Rivers, tariffs, and a doctor's prescription actually built it.

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🥃 American Whiskey 🏭 Distilling History 🛑 Prohibition Era 📜 Taxation And Regulation 🏢 Industry Consolidation

Bourbon

Elijah Craig didn't invent bourbon. Rivers, tariffs, and a doctor's prescription actually built it.

de Fred Minnick 2016 240 pagini

3.80

500+ evaluări

🥃 American Whiskey 🏭 Distilling History 🛑 Prohibition Era 📜 Taxation And Regulation 🏢 Industry Consolidation

In Service of the Republic

de Vijay Kelkar • 2019

India's economic crisis is a crisis of state capacity, not of policy ideas.

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379

🇮🇳 Indian Economy 🏛️ Public Policy Design ⚙️ State Capacity Building 📜 Institutional Economics 🗳️ Public Choice Theory

In Service of the Republic

India's economic crisis is a crisis of state capacity, not of policy ideas.

de Vijay Kelkar 2019 448 pagini

4.23

379 evaluări

🇮🇳 Indian Economy 🏛️ Public Policy Design ⚙️ State Capacity Building 📜 Institutional Economics 🗳️ Public Choice Theory

Butler to the World

de Oliver Bullough • 2022

How post-imperial Britain became a concierge service for oligarchs, criminals, and tax dodgers.

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🏝️ Offshore Finance 💸 Money Laundering 🏛️ Regulatory Capture 🔍 Investigative Journalism 💰 Financial Crime

Butler to the World

How post-imperial Britain became a concierge service for oligarchs, criminals, and tax dodgers.

de Oliver Bullough 2022 288 pagini

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3.000+ evaluări

🏝️ Offshore Finance 💸 Money Laundering 🏛️ Regulatory Capture 🔍 Investigative Journalism 💰 Financial Crime

International Law

de Malcolm N. Shaw • 1991

From treaty-making to the laws of war: how international law governs relations between states.

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🌐 International Law 🏛️ State Sovereignty 📜 Legal Positivism 🩺 Humanitarian Law ⚖️ International Courts

International Law

From treaty-making to the laws of war: how international law governs relations between states.

de Malcolm N. Shaw 1991 1434 pagini

4.20

434 evaluări

🌐 International Law 🏛️ State Sovereignty 📜 Legal Positivism 🩺 Humanitarian Law ⚖️ International Courts

Johnny Carson

de Henry Bushkin • 2013

His first job for Johnny Carson: a break-in. The next 18 years got stranger.

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📺 Late-Night Television 💼 Hollywood Dealmaking 🎭 Fame And Isolation 🔍 Insider Accounts 💔 Maternal Rejection

Johnny Carson

His first job for Johnny Carson: a break-in. The next 18 years got stranger.

de Henry Bushkin 2013 323 pagini

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9.000+ evaluări

📺 Late-Night Television 💼 Hollywood Dealmaking 🎭 Fame And Isolation 🔍 Insider Accounts 💔 Maternal Rejection

Propaganda and the Public Mind

de Noam Chomsky • 1998

How humanitarian words sell one bombing and bury another, and the machinery behind the script.

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📡 Propaganda Studies 🎙️ Media Criticism 🧠 Mass Persuasion 🗣️ Doublespeak 🏛️ State Capture

Propaganda and the Public Mind

How humanitarian words sell one bombing and bury another, and the machinery behind the script.

de Noam Chomsky 1998 256 pagini

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1.000+ evaluări

📡 Propaganda Studies 🎙️ Media Criticism 🧠 Mass Persuasion 🗣️ Doublespeak 🏛️ State Capture

Legal Research And Writing for Paralegals

de Deborah E. Bouchoux • 1994

Legal research that won't get your attorney sued: find it, check it, write it up.

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110

📚 Legal Research ✍️ Legal Writing 📑 Legal Citation 🏛️ American Legal System 🔍 Legal Analysis

Legal Research And Writing for Paralegals

Legal research that won't get your attorney sued: find it, check it, write it up.

de Deborah E. Bouchoux 1994 793 pagini

3.80

110 evaluări

📚 Legal Research ✍️ Legal Writing 📑 Legal Citation 🏛️ American Legal System 🔍 Legal Analysis

Shadow of A Doubt

de William J. Coughlin • 1991

A down-and-out lawyer in recovery defends an old flame's stepdaughter on a murder charge.

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🏛️ Courtroom Drama ⚖️ Flawed Lawyer 🍷 Addiction Recovery 🎭 Manipulative Defendant 🖤 Gritty

Shadow of A Doubt

A down-and-out lawyer in recovery defends an old flame's stepdaughter on a murder charge.

de William J. Coughlin 1991 418 pagini

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2.000+ evaluări

🏛️ Courtroom Drama ⚖️ Flawed Lawyer 🍷 Addiction Recovery 🎭 Manipulative Defendant 🖤 Gritty

The Basics of Digital Forensics

de John Sammons • 2011

From crime scene to courtroom: the core tools and techniques for extracting digital evidence.

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118

🧑‍🔬 Digital Forensics 🚨 Incident Response 💾 Data Recovery 📱 Mobile Forensics 🌐 Network Forensics

The Basics of Digital Forensics

From crime scene to courtroom: the core tools and techniques for extracting digital evidence.

de John Sammons 2011 208 pagini

3.95

118 evaluări

🧑‍🔬 Digital Forensics 🚨 Incident Response 💾 Data Recovery 📱 Mobile Forensics 🌐 Network Forensics

It Is Dangerous to Be Right When the Government Is Wrong

de Andrew P. Napolitano • 2011

Government doesn't give you your rights; it just punishes anyone who proves it.

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🏛️ Natural Rights 🗽 Classical Liberalism 🐍 Libertarian Thought 📜 Constitutional Originalism 🇺🇸 American Founding

It Is Dangerous to Be Right When the Government Is Wrong

Government doesn't give you your rights; it just punishes anyone who proves it.

de Andrew P. Napolitano 2011 320 pagini

4.26

261 evaluări

🏛️ Natural Rights 🗽 Classical Liberalism 🐍 Libertarian Thought 📜 Constitutional Originalism 🇺🇸 American Founding

How to Solve a Crime

de Professor Angela Gallop • 2022

DNA gets headlines, but fiber and pollen close cases: a life in forensic science.

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277

🔬 Forensic Science 🩸 Crime Scene Investigation 🧬 Forensic Dna 🔍 Trace Evidence 💻 Digital Forensics

How to Solve a Crime

DNA gets headlines, but fiber and pollen close cases: a life in forensic science.

de Professor Angela Gallop 2022 284 pagini

3.59

277 evaluări

🔬 Forensic Science 🩸 Crime Scene Investigation 🧬 Forensic Dna 🔍 Trace Evidence 💻 Digital Forensics

Life Of Crime

de Harry Ognall • 2018

A British judge on prosecuting the Ripper, freeing Stagg, and the case that still haunts him.

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⚖️ Criminal Justice 🏛️ English Law 🔍 High-Profile Trials 🧑‍⚖️ Judicial Ethics 🧠 Expert Testimony

Life Of Crime

A British judge on prosecuting the Ripper, freeing Stagg, and the case that still haunts him.

de Harry Ognall 2018 160 pagini

3.70

500+ evaluări

⚖️ Criminal Justice 🏛️ English Law 🔍 High-Profile Trials 🧑‍⚖️ Judicial Ethics 🧠 Expert Testimony

Conversations with RBG

de Jeffrey Rosen • 2019

She built gender equality case by case, often representing men. The legal mind behind Notorious RBG.

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⚖️ Constitutional Law 👩‍⚖️ Women And The Law 🏛️ Judicial Restraint 📜 Strategic Litigation 🩺 Reproductive Rights

Conversations with RBG

She built gender equality case by case, often representing men. The legal mind behind Notorious RBG.

de Jeffrey Rosen 2019 272 pagini

4.15

4.000+ evaluări

⚖️ Constitutional Law 👩‍⚖️ Women And The Law 🏛️ Judicial Restraint 📜 Strategic Litigation 🩺 Reproductive Rights

Seeing through the Smoke

de Peter Grinspoon • 2023

Your body's ancient cannabis system changes everything about the drug war and medicine.

4.03

🧑‍⚕️ Medical Cannabis ⚖️ Drug Policy Reform 🛡️ Harm Reduction 🔬 Cannabinoid Science 🌿 Plant Medicine

Seeing through the Smoke

Your body's ancient cannabis system changes everything about the drug war and medicine.

de Peter Grinspoon 2023 427 pagini

4.03

87 evaluări

🧑‍⚕️ Medical Cannabis ⚖️ Drug Policy Reform 🛡️ Harm Reduction 🔬 Cannabinoid Science 🌿 Plant Medicine

Static

de Amy Goodman • 2006

When government lies, the press should expose it. Instead, they broadcast the script.

4.05

384

📺 Media Criticism 🌐 U.S. Foreign Policy 🔍 Investigative Journalism 🤫 Government Secrecy 📢 Whistleblowing

Static

When government lies, the press should expose it. Instead, they broadcast the script.

de Amy Goodman 2006 338 pagini

4.05

384 evaluări

📺 Media Criticism 🌐 U.S. Foreign Policy 🔍 Investigative Journalism 🤫 Government Secrecy 📢 Whistleblowing

Democracy Rules

de Jan-Werner Müller • 2021

Losing is the skill democracy forgot, and without institutions to structure conflict, it unravels.

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168

🏛️ Democratic Theory 📜 Political Philosophy 🗳️ Populism Critique 🏢 Democratic Institutions 💰 Campaign Finance

Democracy Rules

Losing is the skill democracy forgot, and without institutions to structure conflict, it unravels.

de Jan-Werner Müller 2021 256 pagini

3.46

168 evaluări

🏛️ Democratic Theory 📜 Political Philosophy 🗳️ Populism Critique 🏢 Democratic Institutions 💰 Campaign Finance

How Woke Won

de Joanna Williams • 2022

Woke ideology was not a grassroots uprising: it was imposed from above to divide and control.

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175

🏛️ Identity Politics ⚔️ Culture Wars 🎓 Academic Freedom 🗣️ Free Speech 😢 Victimhood Culture

How Woke Won

Woke ideology was not a grassroots uprising: it was imposed from above to divide and control.

de Joanna Williams 2022 305 pagini

4.09

175 evaluări

🏛️ Identity Politics ⚔️ Culture Wars 🎓 Academic Freedom 🗣️ Free Speech 😢 Victimhood Culture

The Future of Violence

de Benjamin Wittes • 2014

The state's monopoly on violence is ending. Networked technology handed individuals strategic power.

3.42

318

🔒 Cybersecurity 🛡️ National Security 💻 Technology Policy 🏛️ State Sovereignty ⚔️ Asymmetric Warfare

The Future of Violence

The state's monopoly on violence is ending. Networked technology handed individuals strategic power.

de Benjamin Wittes 2014 336 pagini

3.42

318 evaluări

🔒 Cybersecurity 🛡️ National Security 💻 Technology Policy 🏛️ State Sovereignty ⚔️ Asymmetric Warfare

"I Have Nothing to Hide"

de Heidi Boghosian • 2021

Mass surveillance survives on one belief: privacy is for wrongdoers. Twenty myths keep it expanding.

3.64

191

🛰️ Mass Surveillance 🔒 Digital Privacy 🏢 Corporate Surveillance 👮 Predictive Policing 🔐 Encryption Politics

"I Have Nothing to Hide"

Mass surveillance survives on one belief: privacy is for wrongdoers. Twenty myths keep it expanding.

de Heidi Boghosian 2021 240 pagini

3.64

191 evaluări

🛰️ Mass Surveillance 🔒 Digital Privacy 🏢 Corporate Surveillance 👮 Predictive Policing 🔐 Encryption Politics

It Takes a Pillage

de Nomi Prins • 2009

Bankers designed the crisis. Government paid the tab. The $13 trillion bill landed on your desk.

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195

🏦 Investment Banking 💰 Government Bailouts 🏢 Too Big To Fail 🚪 Revolving Door 📊 Financial Derivatives

It Takes a Pillage

Bankers designed the crisis. Government paid the tab. The $13 trillion bill landed on your desk.

de Nomi Prins 2009 304 pagini

3.96

195 evaluări

🏦 Investment Banking 💰 Government Bailouts 🏢 Too Big To Fail 🚪 Revolving Door 📊 Financial Derivatives

Move Fast and Break Things

de Jonathan Taplin • 2017

How three digital monopolies gutted music and news, and why democracy is their next casualty.

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1.000+

🏢 Platform Capitalism 🔗 Tech Monopolies 🎨 Creative Economy 📡 Surveillance Advertising ©️ Digital Copyright

Move Fast and Break Things

How three digital monopolies gutted music and news, and why democracy is their next casualty.

de Jonathan Taplin 2017 320 pagini

3.59

1.000+ evaluări

🏢 Platform Capitalism 🔗 Tech Monopolies 🎨 Creative Economy 📡 Surveillance Advertising ©️ Digital Copyright

On Fascism

de Matthew C. Macwilliams • 2020

Forty percent of Americans carry latent authoritarianism, waiting for fear to flip the switch.

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🏛️ American Politics 📏 Authoritarian Personality 😨 Fear-Based Politics 🏚️ Democratic Erosion ⚖️ Civil Liberties

On Fascism

Forty percent of Americans carry latent authoritarianism, waiting for fear to flip the switch.

de Matthew C. Macwilliams 2020 200 pagini

3.96

500+ evaluări

🏛️ American Politics 📏 Authoritarian Personality 😨 Fear-Based Politics 🏚️ Democratic Erosion ⚖️ Civil Liberties

Dealmaking

de Guhan Subramanian • 2020

Today's deals blend auction and negotiation. A framework for winning against rivals on both sides.

3.88

🏢 Corporate Dealmaking 🎯 Negotiation Strategy 🔨 Auction Theory 🧠 Behavioral Economics ♟️ Game Theory

Dealmaking

Today's deals blend auction and negotiation. A framework for winning against rivals on both sides.

de Guhan Subramanian 2020 243 pagini

3.88

42 evaluări

🏢 Corporate Dealmaking 🎯 Negotiation Strategy 🔨 Auction Theory 🧠 Behavioral Economics ♟️ Game Theory

Zoned in the USA

de Sonia A. Hirt • 2014

The detached home with its own yard is globally rare. American zoning manufactured it at scale.

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136

🏛️ Zoning Law 🏙️ Urban Planning 🌍 Comparative Urbanism 🏡 American Sprawl 🏘️ Single-Family Housing

Zoned in the USA

The detached home with its own yard is globally rare. American zoning manufactured it at scale.

de Sonia A. Hirt 2014 256 pagini

4.01

136 evaluări

🏛️ Zoning Law 🏙️ Urban Planning 🌍 Comparative Urbanism 🏡 American Sprawl 🏘️ Single-Family Housing

The Grim Sleeper

de Christine Pelisek • 2016

He murdered Black women for decades while police looked away. A piece of pizza ended it.

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1.000+

🕵️ Serial Murder Cases 📁 Cold Case Investigations 🤝 Police Mistrust 💊 Crack Epidemic 👤 Marginalized Victims

The Grim Sleeper

He murdered Black women for decades while police looked away. A piece of pizza ended it.

de Christine Pelisek 2016 325 pagini

3.92

1.000+ evaluări

🕵️ Serial Murder Cases 📁 Cold Case Investigations 🤝 Police Mistrust 💊 Crack Epidemic 👤 Marginalized Victims

How to Fix the Future

de Andrew Keen • 2017

The digital revolution feels unprecedented. It isn't. The fix is the same as last time.

3.36

273

🌐 Digital Society ⚖️ Tech Policy 🔮 Technological Determinism ✋ Digital Humanism 🏙️ Smart Cities

How to Fix the Future

The digital revolution feels unprecedented. It isn't. The fix is the same as last time.

de Andrew Keen 2017 288 pagini

3.36

273 evaluări

🌐 Digital Society ⚖️ Tech Policy 🔮 Technological Determinism ✋ Digital Humanism 🏙️ Smart Cities

The Power and Independence of the Federal Reserve

de Peter Conti-Brown • 2016

The Fed wasn't born independent: three political remakings built it, each driven by personality.

4.21

137

🏦 Central Banking 📉 Monetary Policy 🗳️ Political Economy 🏛️ Institutional Governance 📋 Bureaucratic Politics

The Power and Independence of the Federal Reserve

The Fed wasn't born independent: three political remakings built it, each driven by personality.

de Peter Conti-Brown 2016 368 pagini

4.21

137 evaluări

🏦 Central Banking 📉 Monetary Policy 🗳️ Political Economy 🏛️ Institutional Governance 📋 Bureaucratic Politics

The World of Fatwas or the Shariah in Action

de Arun Shourie • 1995

Fatwas build a totalitarian legal order. Clerics enforce it. Reformers cannot stop it.

4.17

243

📜 Islamic Jurisprudence 🕌 Shariah Studies 🔒 Religious Separatism 👳 Clerical Power 🔄 Islamic Reformism

The World of Fatwas or the Shariah in Action

Fatwas build a totalitarian legal order. Clerics enforce it. Reformers cannot stop it.

de Arun Shourie 1995 685 pagini

4.17

243 evaluări

📜 Islamic Jurisprudence 🕌 Shariah Studies 🔒 Religious Separatism 👳 Clerical Power 🔄 Islamic Reformism

V13

de Emmanuel Carrère • 2022

A year inside France's biggest trial: 250 voices, unrepentant killers, and the cost of dying awake.

4.45

13.000+

🏛️ Trial Journalism 💣 Jihadist Radicalization 🎙️ Survivor Testimony 🕵️ Intelligence Failures ⚖️ Law And Morality

V13

A year inside France's biggest trial: 250 voices, unrepentant killers, and the cost of dying awake.

de Emmanuel Carrère 2022 267 pagini

4.45

13.000+ evaluări

🏛️ Trial Journalism 💣 Jihadist Radicalization 🎙️ Survivor Testimony 🕵️ Intelligence Failures ⚖️ Law And Morality

Zero Fail

de Carol Leonnig • 2021

A bulletproof reputation, repeated near misses, and the rot the Secret Service hid for decades.

4.23

10.000+

🏛️ Presidential History 🚔 Federal Law Enforcement 🏚️ Institutional Failure 📋 Investigative Journalism 🕵️ Government Cover-Ups

Zero Fail

A bulletproof reputation, repeated near misses, and the rot the Secret Service hid for decades.

de Carol Leonnig 2021 526 pagini

4.23

10.000+ evaluări

🏛️ Presidential History 🚔 Federal Law Enforcement 🏚️ Institutional Failure 📋 Investigative Journalism 🕵️ Government Cover-Ups

The Case of the Stuttering Bishop

de Erle Stanley Gardner • 1936

A bishop's secret, a fake heiress, a murdered tycoon: Perry Mason must clear an accused mother.

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1.000+

🕵️ Golden Age Mystery ⚖️ Courtroom Drama 👤 Hidden Heir 🎭 Impostor Plot 📻 1930s Crime

The Case of the Stuttering Bishop

A bishop's secret, a fake heiress, a murdered tycoon: Perry Mason must clear an accused mother.

de Erle Stanley Gardner 1936 250 pagini

3.86

1.000+ evaluări

🕵️ Golden Age Mystery ⚖️ Courtroom Drama 👤 Hidden Heir 🎭 Impostor Plot 📻 1930s Crime

Crisis and Command

de John Yoo • 2010

America's greatest presidents kept breaking the rules. That was the point.

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132

🏛️ Executive Power 📜 Constitutional History 🇺🇸 Presidential History 🎖️ Wartime Powers ⚖️ Separation Of Powers

Crisis and Command

America's greatest presidents kept breaking the rules. That was the point.

de John Yoo 2010

3.64

132 evaluări

🏛️ Executive Power 📜 Constitutional History 🇺🇸 Presidential History 🎖️ Wartime Powers ⚖️ Separation Of Powers

Broken Government

de John W. Dean • 2007

Nixon's White House counsel reveals how Republicans broke Congress, the presidency, and the courts.

4.06

331

🏛️ Separation Of Powers ⚠️ Executive Overreach 🔒 Partisan Gridlock ⚖️ Judicial Politics 📜 Constitutional Erosion

Broken Government

Nixon's White House counsel reveals how Republicans broke Congress, the presidency, and the courts.

de John W. Dean 2007 364 pagini

4.06

331 evaluări

🏛️ Separation Of Powers ⚠️ Executive Overreach 🔒 Partisan Gridlock ⚖️ Judicial Politics 📜 Constitutional Erosion

Inside Cyber Warfare

de Jeffrey Carr • 2009

Cyberwar is a proxy war: states pull the strings, criminals and patriots pull the triggers.

3.36

216

🖥️ Cyber Warfare 🕶️ Proxy Warfare 💰 Cyber Crime Nexus 🔍 Attribution Problem ✊ Hacktivism

Inside Cyber Warfare

Cyberwar is a proxy war: states pull the strings, criminals and patriots pull the triggers.

de Jeffrey Carr 2009 240 pagini

3.36

216 evaluări

🖥️ Cyber Warfare 🕶️ Proxy Warfare 💰 Cyber Crime Nexus 🔍 Attribution Problem ✊ Hacktivism

The Givers

de David Callahan • 2017

When the richest Americans give, they also take: control over public life, without a vote.

3.73

485

🏛️ Money In Politics 💰 Wealth And Democracy 🕶️ Dark Money 💼 Venture Philanthropy 💸 Billionaire Influence

The Givers

When the richest Americans give, they also take: control over public life, without a vote.

de David Callahan 2017 352 pagini

3.73

485 evaluări

🏛️ Money In Politics 💰 Wealth And Democracy 🕶️ Dark Money 💼 Venture Philanthropy 💸 Billionaire Influence

Saving Five

de Amanda Nguyen • 2025

Her rape kit had a six-month destruction clock. That betrayal launched a civil rights fight.

4.25

4.000+

📖 Survivor Memoirs ⚖️ Sexual Assault Justice 💔 Trauma And Healing 🏛️ Legislative Advocacy 🌊 Grief Processing

Saving Five

Her rape kit had a six-month destruction clock. That betrayal launched a civil rights fight.

de Amanda Nguyen 2025 224 pagini

4.25

4.000+ evaluări

📖 Survivor Memoirs ⚖️ Sexual Assault Justice 💔 Trauma And Healing 🏛️ Legislative Advocacy 🌊 Grief Processing

International Relations

de Joshua S. Goldstein • 1993

War, trade, climate: one puzzle runs through them all. How nations cooperate when selfishness pays.

3.81

441

🌐 International Relations 🏛️ Political Realism 🕊️ Liberal Internationalism 🧱 Constructivism 🤝 Collective Action

International Relations

War, trade, climate: one puzzle runs through them all. How nations cooperate when selfishness pays.

de Joshua S. Goldstein 1993 624 pagini

3.81

441 evaluări

🌐 International Relations 🏛️ Political Realism 🕊️ Liberal Internationalism 🧱 Constructivism 🤝 Collective Action

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