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No Turning Back: Life, Loss, and Hope in Wartime Syria
by Rania AbouzeidNew York Times Notable Books of 2018 Financial Times Book of the Year Award-winning journalist Rania Abouzeid presents reportage of unprecedented scope in this engaging, character-driven investigation that exposes the secret dealings that armed and betrayed an uprising. Taking readers deep into Assad&’s prisons, to clandestine meetings and to the highest levels of Islamic militancy, Abouzeid dissects the tangle of ideologies and allegiances that make up the Syrian conflict, and lays bare the tragedy of the Syrian War through the stories of those seeking safety and freedom in a shattered country. Based on more than five years of frontline reporting, No Turning Back is an utterly engrossing human drama that shows how hope can flourish even amid one of the twenty-first century&’s greatest humanitarian disasters.
No Use
by Thomas M. NicholsFor more than forty years, the United States has maintained a public commitment to nuclear disarmament, and every president from Ronald Reagan to Barack Obama has gradually reduced the size of America's nuclear forces. Yet over two decades after the end of the Cold War, the United States still maintains a huge nuclear arsenal on high alert and ready for war. The Americans, like the Russians, the Chinese, and other major nuclear powers, continue to retain a deep faith in the political and military value of nuclear force, and this belief remains enshrined at the center of U.S. defense policy regardless of the radical changes that have taken place in international politics.In No Use, national security scholar Thomas M. Nichols offers a lucid, accessible reexamination of the role of nuclear weapons and their prominence in U.S. security strategy. Nichols explains why strategies built for the Cold War have survived into the twenty-first century, and he illustrates how America's nearly unshakable belief in the utility of nuclear arms has hindered U.S. and international attempts to slow the nuclear programs of volatile regimes in North Korea and Iran. From a solid historical foundation, Nichols makes the compelling argument that to end the danger of worldwide nuclear holocaust, the United States must take the lead in abandoning unrealistic threats of nuclear force, and then create a new and more stable approach to deterrence for the twenty-first century.
No va más: La Argentina que destruyeron
by José Luis Espert Luis Alberto RosalesEste libro demuestra cómo el Sistema nos devora y ofrece un camino alternativo para salir adelante tras la crisis que la pandemia terminó de desnudar. Espert y Rosales observan que quienes están ubicados en ambos lados de la grieta se sienten cómodos y no se atreven a sumergirse en una travesía de salvación. Espert y Rosales observan que quienes están ubicados en ambos lados de la grieta se sienten cómodos y no se atreven a sumergirse en una travesía de salvación. Pero la Argentina es una sociedad muy lastimada y es urgente encontrar la puerta de salida y animarse a abrirla. Por eso recorren y señalan los errores de las medidas tomadas por los últimos dos gobiernos y proponen lo que nunca se intentó por el terror instalado en tantos años de discurso dirigido.
No violencia: 25 lecciones sobre una idea peligrosa
by Mark KurlanskyUn manifiesto necesario. Un arma pacífica para cambiar el mundo. «Es mi deseo y mi plegaria que este libro no solo llame la atención de los lectores sino que también cause un efecto profundo en ellos.» Dalai LamaEl movimiento de la no violencia ha sido considerado como una amenaza por muchos gobiernos ya que puede y debería ser una técnica para superar la injusticia social y acabar con las guerras. No se trata de una idea pasiva sino de una manera de ser, una manera de vivir, de una noción peligrosa que desafía a aquellos que tienen el poder y que demuestra que la unión de la voluntad de la gente puede hacerse con el control.Mark Kurlansky analiza la historia del mundo y a partir de grandes victorias como la de Gandhi en la India o la resistencia de Europa del Este frente a los Soviéticos, nos ofrece veinticinco lecciones útiles para el cambio. Una lectura esencial que plantea una nueva forma de pensar en la guerra y en sus consecuencias.
No Votes for Women: The New York State Anti-Suffrage Movement (Women, Gender, and Sexuality in American History)
by Susan GoodierNo Votes for Women explores the complicated history of the suffrage movement in New York State by delving into the stories of women who opposed the expansion of voting rights to women. Susan Goodier finds that conservative women who fought against suffrage encouraged women to retain their distinctive feminine identities as protectors of their homes and families, a role they felt was threatened by the imposition of masculine political responsibilities. She details the victories and defeats on both sides of the movement from its start in the 1890s to its end in the 1930s, acknowledging the powerful activism of this often overlooked and misunderstood political force in the history of women's equality.
No Wall Too High: One Man's Daring Escape from Mao's Darkest Prison
by Xu Hongci"A masterpiece." —The Washington Post"It was impossible. All of China was a prison in those days."Mao Zedong’s labor reform camps, known as the laogai, were notoriously brutal. Modeled on the Soviet Gulag, they subjected their inmates to backbreaking labor, malnutrition, and vindictive wardens. They were thought to be impossible to escape—but one man did.Xu Hongci was a bright young student at the Shanghai No. 1 Medical College, spending his days studying to be a professor and going to the movies with his girlfriend. He was also an idealistic and loyal member of the Communist Party and was generally liked and well respected. But when Mao delivered his famous February 1957 speech inviting “a hundred schools of thought [to] contend,” an earnest Xu Hongci responded by posting a criticism of the party—a near-fatal misstep. He soon found himself a victim of the Anti-Rightist Campaign, condemned to spend the next fourteen years in the laogai.Xu Hongci became one of the roughly 550,000 Chinese unjustly imprisoned after the spring of 1957, and despite the horrific conditions and terrible odds, he was determined to escape. He failed three times before finally succeeding, in 1972, in what was an amazing and arduous triumph.Originally published in Hong Kong, Xu Hongci’s remarkable memoir recounts his life from childhood through his final prison break. After discovering his story in a Hong Kong library, the journalist Erling Hoh tracked down the original manuscript and compiled this condensed translation, which includes background on this turbulent period, an epilogue that follows Xu Hongci up to his death, and Xu Hongci’s own drawings and maps. Both a historical narrative and an exhilarating prison-break thriller, No Wall Too High tells the unique story of a man who insisted on freedom—even under the most treacherous circumstances.
No Way Home: The terrifying story of life in a children's home and a little girl's struggle to survive
by Sue MartinSue Martin was not three years old when she began life at her first children's home: a home that could at best be described as cold and regimented; at worst, torturous and terrifying. When her mother abandoned her to the protection of the home, Sue was soon to discover that behind the welcoming doors of this reputedly kind-hearted organisation lay a world steeped in lies, cover-ups, victimisation and abuse. At its heart was Boagey, whose perverse bullying was targeted at Sue. Her attacks quickly progressed from the gratuitous punishment of an innocent child to sordid gratification of her sexual whims.Sue's story is one of institutional abuse - of physical, mental and emotional torture of the most appalling kind - but it also a story full of joy, humour and many victories - small and large - against her abusers.Utterly compelling and shockingly revelatory, No Way Home will astound, move and inspire.
No Way Out: A Karen Vail Novel (The Karen Vail Novels #5)
by Alan JacobsonThe FBI profiler teams up with Scotland Yard in this &“outstanding thriller&” by the USA Today–bestselling author of The 7th Victim (Library Journal, starred review). When a potent firebomb destroys part of an art gallery in an exclusive London district, FBI profiler Karen Vail is dispatched to England to work with Scotland Yard on drafting a threat assessment to head off future attacks. But Vail soon discovers that at the heart of the bombing lies a four-hundred-forty-year-old manuscript that holds clues to England&’s past—with dramatic political and social implications. The manuscript&’s content is so explosive that a group of political radicals is bent on destroying it at all costs. Or is it the work of someone else? The trail leads Vail to a notorious fugitive who has escaped law enforcement for decades, and who appears to be planning a major attack on London and the United States. When Hector DeSantos, banished from the US Department of Defense and now a rogue covert operative, turns up in England and takes actions that threaten Vail&’s life, she finds herself on the run from the British security service, Scotland Yard, and a group of internationally trained assassins—all determined to silence her . . . all tightening the net to ensure that she&’s got no way out. With his trademark spirited dialogue, page-turning scenes, and well-drawn characters, national bestselling author Alan Jacobson (&“My kind of writer,&” says Michael Connelly) has once again crafted an intelligent, twisting thriller destined to be talked about long after the last page has been turned.
No Way to Pick a President
by Jules WitcoverThe title of longtime Washington journalist Jules Witcover's No Way to Pick a President says it all. His thesis, simply put, is that "the process by which the United States chooses its leader has been hijacked--by money, ambition, and, yes, the ingenuity of the men and women who practice the art of politics." Political consultants who charge a percentage, negative campaigning, the dominance of money and television advertising, the celebritization of journalism, the compressed primary process--all of these, Witcover suggests, are to blame.
No Way to Pick a President: How Money And Hired Guns Have Debased American Elections
by Jules WitcoverNever before has so much money poured into a presidential campaign as flowed into the election of 2000. Jules Witcover, who has covered every election since 1952, here combines unparalleled knowledge about presidential politics with a scintillating, wise analysis of what's wrong with the way American presidents are chosen. He shows us, in memorable and dramatic detail, how professional mercenaries--with little party loyalty and diminished political principles, driven by skewed priorities and an insatiable need for money, are corrupting American public life. At the same time, he shows how television dramatically, even destructively, distorts the election process, discouraging voter participation and dissuading some of our most promising public figures from seeking higher office. In this lively, story-filled account, Witcover examines the many ways in which politicians themselves have condoned or encouraged these developments and how they are responding to the new demands of a media-driven, money-conscious age. He assessses the effects of campaign funds, both "soft" and "hard, and of a press corps that practices invasive, "gotcha" journ
No Way to Pick A President: How Money and Hired Guns Have Debased American Elections
by Jules WitcoverAs the United States marks its first presidential election of a new century, Witcover shows us how professional mercenaries -- with little party loyalty and diminished political principles, driven by an insatiable need for money -- are poisoning public life. At the same time, politicians themselves have condoned and even encouraged these developments, responding to the demands of a media-driven age in which the press corps pursues its own quest for celebrity and financial reward.Sharp, revealing, and rich with anecdotes, No Way to Pick a President offers a wealth of presidential history, from the role of the vice president's office to campaign funds, television and the electoral college.
No Way To Treat a First Lady: A Novel
by Christopher BuckleyA New York Times Notable Book of the YearElizabeth Tyler MacMann, the ambitious First Lady of the United States (and known in the tabloids as "Lady Bethmac"), is on trial for the death of her philandering husband, and the only man who can save her is the boyfriend she jilted in law school--now the most shameless defense attorney in America. Published to rave reviews, No Way to Treat a First Lady is a hilariously warped love story for our time set in the funniest place in America: Washington, D.C.
No Wonder We Are Losing
by Robert MorrisIn this shocking book leading anti-communist Robert Morris reveals the revelations that he uncovered in his quest to rid American of socialism.“This book is not an autobiography. This book generally will be concerned with the response, as I saw it, of free men to the pressure of Communism, that twentieth century revolutionary movement which first captured power in Russia and has since extended that power to the Elbe River and the China Sea, that revolutionary movement whose ultimate aim is world dominion. I shall be concerned not only with Communism’s territorial expansion but also with its efforts—sometimes overt, sometimes covert, but unceasing—to undermine the foundations of moral and political authority in every land that has not yet fallen under its domination.” (Robert Morris)
No Worse Enemy: The Inside Story of the Chaotic Struggle for Afghanistan
by Ben AndersonThe war in Afghanistan is over ten years old. It has cost countless lives and hundreds of billions of pounds. Politicians talk of progress, but the violence is worse than ever.In this powerful and shocking exposé from the front lines in Helmand province, leading journalist and documentary-maker Ben Anderson (HBO, Panorama, and Dispatches) shows just how bad it has got. Detailing battles that last for days, only to be fought again weeks later, Anderson witnesses IED explosions and sniper fire, amid disturbing incompetence and corruption among the Afghan army and police. Also revealing the daily struggle to win over the long-suffering local population, who often express open support for the Taliban, No Worse Enemy is a heartbreaking insight into the chaos at the heart of the region.Raising urgent questions about our supposed achievements and the politicians' desire for a hasty exit, Anderson highlights the vast gulf that exists between what we are told and what is actually happening on the ground. A product of five years' unrivalled access to UK forces and US Marines, this is the most intimate and horrifying account of the Afghan war ever published.
No, You Shut Up: Speaking Truth to Power and Reclaiming America
by Symone D. Sanders“Symone’s honest and profound reflection on standing up and speaking out is sure to inspire young people across the country to become the change agents the world needs.” — Congresswoman Maxine WatersIn this rousing call to leadership, the self-described millennial spokesperson for the culture, CNN’s designated "woke AF" former commentator, and the youngest national press secretary in the history of the United States shares her take-no-prisoners approach to life, politics, and career success, and shows a new generation how to be loud and powerful in their own right.Many people—most notably white older men—may try to stop Symone Sanders from speaking up and out. But Symone will NOT shut up. And neither should you. In this inspiring call-to-action, Symone tells stories from her own life of not-shutting-up alongside loud young revolutionaries who came before her to help you find your authentic voice and use it to your advantage; to fight ideological battles more effectively; and to resist those who try to silence you.We are all gurus, masterminds, artists, entrepreneurs—we are the change agents we have been waiting for. IT IS US. And the time is RIGHT NOW. I know you’re wondering, “But HOW?” And we don’t have all the answers! Symone is the first to admit we’re all winging it in one way or another. But the point is we’re out there doing it. So get started. Open your mouth and start talking. Loudly. No You Shut Up goes beyond the surplus of “Vote-Or-Die” books we’ve seen before. Because change doesn’t just happen at the ballot box. We need people fighting oppression, injustice, and inequality—in the workplace, on the cultural battlefield, in government, in every corner of the world. With spirited storytelling filtered through a voice that cannot and will not be ignored, Symone inspires you to start now. You don’t need to have all the answers, or wait your turn to help create the change you want to see. All you need is a new toolbox, an unshakeable commitment, and the confidence and guidance to wield those tools effectively.
Noam Chomsky (Critical Explorations In Contemporary Political Thought)
by Alison EdgleyExploring the key debates surrounding human nature, epistemology, the nature of social knowledge, foreign policy, the Propaganda Model, the anarchist tradition and the revolutionary transformation of society, this book reveals and explains the structure and power of Chomsky's work.
Noam Chomsky (Critical Explorations in Contemporary Political Thought)
by Alison EdgleyExploring the key debates surrounding human nature, epistemology, the nature of social knowledge, foreign policy, the Propaganda Model, the anarchist tradition and the revolutionary transformation of society, this book reveals and explains the structure and power of Chomsky's work.
El nobel: Santos, un presidente que se quedo solo
by Vicky DávilaLa reconocida periodista Vicky Dávila indaga a qué se debe la innegable falta de popularidad de Juan Manuel Santos, a pesar de haber sido elegido con una de las votaciones más altas de Colombia, del proceso de paz con las Farc y de haber recibido el Premio Nobel de la Paz. <P><P> Juan Manuel Santos, el presidente que logró la desmovilización de la guerrilla más antigua del mundo, obtuvo el Premio Nobel de la Paz en el año 2016. Sin embargo, al final de su segundo período, es uno de los mandatarios de la historia reciente de Colombia con menor índice de favorabilidad. <P>¿A qué se debe la impopularidad de Santos si en su primera administración fue elegido con una de las más altas votaciones en la historia de Colombia? <P>Vicky Dávila pretende dar respuesta a este fenómeno, a través de entrevistas con los protagonistas de la política actual de Colombia como Humberto de la Calle, Gustavo Petro, Sergio Fajardo, Alejandro Ordóñez, Marta Lucía Ramírez, Iván Duque, Jorge Enrique Robledo, Claudia López, Piedad Córdoba, Noemí Sanín, Andrés Pastrana y Ernesto Samper, entre otros.
The Nobel Factor: The Prize in Economics, Social Democracy, and the Market Turn
by Gabriel Söderberg Avner OfferEconomic theory may be speculative, but its impact is powerful and real. Since the 1970s, it has been closely associated with a sweeping change around the world--the "market turn." This is what Avner Offer and Gabriel Söderberg call the rise of market liberalism, a movement that, seeking to replace social democracy, holds up buying and selling as the norm for human relations and society. Our confidence in markets comes from economics, and our confidence in economics is underpinned by the Nobel Prize in Economics, which was first awarded in 1969. Was it a coincidence that the market turn and the prize began at the same time? The Nobel Factor, the first book to describe the origins and power of the most important prize in economics, explores this and related questions by examining the history of the prize, the history of economics since the prize began, and the simultaneous struggle between market liberals and social democrats in Sweden, Europe, and the United States.The Nobel Factor tells how the prize, created by the Swedish central bank, emerged from a conflict between central bank orthodoxy and social democracy. The aim was to use the halo of the Nobel brand to enhance central bank authority and the prestige of market-friendly economics, in order to influence the future of Sweden and the rest of the developed world. And this strategy has worked, with sometimes disastrous results for societies striving to cope with the requirements of economic theory and deregulated markets.Drawing on previously untapped Swedish national bank archives and providing a unique analysis of the sway of prizewinners, The Nobel Factor offers an unprecedented account of the real-world consequences of economics--and its greatest prize.
The Nobel Peace Prize Lecture
by Jimmy CarterThe Nobel Lecture was delivered by Jimmy Carter on December 10, 2002, at the ceremony in Oslo, Norway, where he received the Nobel Prize for Peace.
Nobility and Kingship in Medieval England
by Andrew M. SpencerNobility and Kingship in Medieval England is a major new account of the relationship between Edward I and his earls, and of the role of the English nobility in thirteenth-century governance. Re-evaluating crown-noble relations of the period, Spencer challenges traditional interpretations of Edward's reign, showing that his reputed masterfulness has been overplayed and that his kingship was far subtler, and therefore more effective, than this stereotype would suggest. Drawing from key earldoms such as Lincoln, Lancaster, Cornwall and Warenne, the book reveals how nobles created local followings and exercised power at a local level as well as surveying the political, governmental, social and military lives of the earls, prompting us to rethink our perception of their position in thirteenth-century politics. Adopting a powerful revisionist perspective, Spencer presents a major new statement about thirteenth-century England; one which will transform our understanding of politics and kingship in the period.
Nobility & Civility: Asian Ideals of Leadership and the Common Good
by Wm. Theodore de BaryGlobalization has become an inescapable fact of contemporary life. Some leaders, in both the East and the West, believe that human rights are culture-bound and that liberal democracy is essentially Western, inapplicable to the non-Western world. How can civilized life be preserved and issues of human rights and civil society be addressed if the material forces dominating world affairs are allowed to run blindly, uncontrolled by any cross-cultural consensus on how human values can be given effective expression and direction? <p><p> In a thoughtful meditation ranging widely over several civilizations and historical eras, Wm. Theodore de Bary argues that the concepts of leadership and public morality in the major Asian traditions offer a valuable perspective on humanizing the globalization process. Turning to the classic ideals of the Buddhist, Hindu, Confucian, and Japanese traditions, he investigates the nature of true leadership and its relation to learning, virtue, and education in human governance; the role in society of the public intellectual; and the responsibilities of those in power in creating and maintaining civil society. <p> De Bary recognizes that throughout history ideals have always come up against messy human complications. Still, he finds in the exploration and affirmation of common values a worthy attempt to grapple with persistent human dilemmas across the globe.
A Noble Fight: African American Freemasonry and the Struggle for Democracy in America
by Corey D. WalkerA Noble Fight examines the metaphors and meanings behind the African American appropriation of the culture, ritual, and institution of freemasonry in navigating the contested domain of American democracy. Combining cultural and political theory with extensive archival research--including the discovery of a rare collection of nineteenth-century records of an African American Freemason Lodge--Corey D. B. Walker provides an innovative perspective on American politics and society during the long transition from slavery to freedom. With great care and detail, Walker argues that African American freemasonry provides a critical theoretical lens for understanding the distinctive ways African Americans have constructed a radically democratic political imaginary through racial solidarity and political nationalism, forcing us to reconsider much more circumspectly the complex relationship between voluntary associations and democratic politics.
La noble igualdad
by Ignacio MazzoccoLa Constitución Nacional Argentina explicada al pueblo. O de cómo unlibro que parece lejano puede volverse un manual de instrucciones parala vida actual. La mayoría de los habitantes de la República sufre cotidianamente algunode estos dos problemas:+ No conocen sus derechos y por ende no logran hacerlos respetarporque ni siquiera saben que existen.+ Conocen sus derechos pero no logran hacerlos valer.Por eso mismo, «La Noble Igualdad» "traduce" el sistema legal argentino(hasta hoy oscuro, encriptado y accesible para pocos) y explica conlenguaje de barrio los derechos que la Constitución Nacional nos da atodos los habitantes de la Argentina. Está escrito para ser comprendidotanto por un joven de doce años como por sus abuelos, por una personaque apenas sabe leer, un ingeniero en astrofísica, una maestra y, claro,un abogado (al que buena falta puede hacerle bajar al nivel de lacalle).Las leyes y la Justicia afectan cada momento de nuestra vida cotidiana;deciden qué podemos hacer y qué no, qué podemos poseer y qué no, quépodemos decir y qué no y qué cosas es posible exigir tanto al Estadocomo al resto de nuestros conciudadanos.Pero por lo general, los abogados, jueces y académicos del Derecho«hablan y escriben raro». Todos debemos entender claramente cómofunciona el sistema legal, qué herramientas nos da la ConstituciónNacional, cuáles son nuestros derechos y cómo hacerlos respetar.No entender un derecho es como no tenerlo.www.lanobleigualdad.org
Nobles in Nineteenth-Century France: The Practice of Inegalitarianism (The Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political Science #105)
by David HiggsOriginally published in 1987. David Higgs's Nobles in Nineteenth-Century France: The Practice of Inegalitarianism provides a history of the nobility against the backdrop of changing French political conditions following the French Revolution. Since Jean Juarès, the influential historian of the French Revolution, many writers have argued that the French Revolution marked the political triumph of a capitalist bourgeoisie over a landed aristocracy. However, beginning with Alfred Cobban, some historians began to question this account by focusing on the continued presence of the nobility in France. This book contributes to this body of work by giving a panorama of the French nobility and three detailed case studies of noble families; the author then concludes with an examination of the nobility in political life, the church, and the private sphere. Professor Higgs finds that French nobles changed with their century, but given their small numbers in the national population, they maintained a grossly disproportionate presence in politics, in culture, among the wealthiest landowners, and in economic life.