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Dans le monde du Brexit, de Donald Trump et de Matteo Salvini, chaque jour porte sa polémique, sa gaffe, son coup d’éclat. Pourtant, derrière les apparences débridées du carnaval populiste, se cache le travail acharné de dizaines de spin doctors, d’idéologues et, de plus en plus souvent, de scientifiques et d’experts en Big Data qui sont en train de réinventer les règles du jeu politique. Dans ce livre, Giuliano da Empoli brosse le portrait de ces ingénieurs du chaos. Du récit incroyable de la petite entreprise de webmarketing devenue le premier parti italien, en passant par les physiciens qui ont assuré la victoire du Brexit, jusqu’aux stratèges de la nouvelle droite américaine et aux communicants qui ont changé le visage de l’Europe de l’Est, cette enquête passionnante et inédite dévoile  dévoile les coulisses du mouvement  populiste global. |
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“Incredibly powerful … [ The Gates of Gaza is] a rescue story, but also a reported history of the tragedy that is Israel’s Gaza policy. It helped me to understand how we got to this horrible point."—Susan Glasser, staff writer, The New Yorker A gripping first-person account of how one Israeli grandfather helped rescue two generations of his family on October 7, 2023—a saga that reveals the deep tensions and systemic failures behind Hamas's attacks that day.   On the morning of October 7, Amir Tibon and his wife were awakened by mortar rounds exploding near their home in Kibbutz Nahal Oz, a progressive Israeli community less than a mile from Gaza City. Soon, they were holding their two young daughters in the family’s reinforced safe room, urging them not to cry as gunfire echoed just outside the door. With his cell phone battery running low, Amir texted his father: “The girls are behaving really well, but I’m worried they’ll lose patience soon and Hamas will hear us.”   Some 45 miles north, Amir’s parents had just cut short an early morning swim along the shores of Tel Aviv. Now, they jumped in their Jeep and sped toward Nahal Oz, armed only with a pistol but intent on saving their family at all costs.   In  The Gates of Gaza , Amir Tibon tells this harrowing story in full for the first time. He describes his family's ordeal—and the bravery that ultimately led to their rescue—alongside the histories of the place they call home and the systems of power that have kept them and their neighbors in Gaza in harm’s way for decades.    Woven throughout is Tibon's own expertise as a longtime international correspondent, as well as more than thirty original interviews: with residents of his kibbutz, with the Israeli soldiers who helped to wrest it from the hands of Hamas, and with experts on Gaza, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and the failed peace process. More than one family's odyssey,  The Gates of Gaza  is the intimate story of a tight-knit community and the broader saga of war, occupation, and hostility between two national movements—a conflict that has not yet extinguished the enduring hope for peace. |
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** THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ** Kompromat n.—Russian for "compromising information" This is a story about the dirty secrets of the most powerful people in the world—including Donald Trump. It is based on exclusive interviews with dozens of high-level sources—intelligence officers in the CIA, FBI, and the KGB, thousands of pages of FBI investigations, police investigations, and news articles in English, Russian, and Ukrainian. American Kompromat shows that from Trump to Jeffrey Epstein, kompromat was used in operations far more sinister than the public could ever imagine.   Among them, the book addresses what may be the single most important unanswered question of the entire Trump era: Is Donald Trump a Russian asset?   The answer, American Kompromat says, is yes, and it supports that conclusion backs with the first richly detailed narrative on how the KGB allegedly first “spotted” Trump as a potential asset, how they cultivated him as an asset, arranged his first trip to Moscow, and pumped him full of KGB talking points that were published in three of America’s most prestigious newspapers. Among its many revelations, American Kompromat reports for the first time that: • According to Yuri Shvets, a former major in the KGB , Trump first did business over forty years ago with a Manhattan electronics store co-owned by a Soviet émigré who Shvets believes was working with the KGB. Trump’s decision to do business there triggered protocols through which the Soviet spy agency began efforts to cultivate Trump as an asset, thus launching a decades-long “relationship” of mutual benefit to Russia and Trump, from real estate to real power. • Trump’s invitation to Moscow in 1987 was billed as a preliminary scouting trip for a hotel, but according to Shvets, was actually initiated by a high-level KGB official, General Ivan Gromakov. These sorts of trips were usually arranged for ‘deep development,’ recruitment, or for a meeting with the KGB handlers, even if the potential asset was unaware of it. . • Before Trump’s first trip to Moscow, he met with Natalia Dubinina, who worked at the United Nations library in a vital position usually reserved as a cover for KGB operatives. And many more... |
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From bestselling author, CNN+ host of No Mercy, No Malice , and NYU business school professor Scott Galloway comes an urgent examination of the future of our nation – and how we got here. We are only just beginning to reckon with our post-pandemic future. As political extremism intensifies, the great resignation affects businesses everywhere, and supply chain issues crush bottom lines, we’re faced with daunting questions – is our democracy under threat? How will Big Tech change our lives? What does job security look like for me? America is on the brink of massive change – change that will disrupt the workings of our economy and drastically impact the financial backbone of our nation: the middle class.   In  Adrift , Galloway looks to the past – from 1945 to present day – to explain just how America arrived at this precipice. Telling the story of our nation through 100 charts, Galloway demonstrates how crises such as Jim Crow, World War II, and the Stock Market Crash of 2008, as well as the escalating power of technology, an entrenched white patriarchy, and the socio-economic effects of the pandemic, created today’s perfect storm.  Adrift  attempts to make sense of it all, and offers Galloway’s unique take on where we’re headed and who we’ll become, touching on topics as wide-ranging as online dating to minimum wage to the American dream.   Just as in 1945 and 1980, America is once again a nation at a crossroads. This time, what will it take for our nation to keep up with the fast and violent changes to our new world? |
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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “A terrific book...Powerful and persuasive.” —Fareed Zakaria “Spectacular…Offers a comprehensive indictment of the current problems and a clear path forward…Klein and Thompson usher in a mood shift. They inspire hope and enlarge the imagination.” —David Brooks, The New York Times From bestselling authors and journalistic titans Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson, Abundance is a once-in-a-generation, paradigm-shifting call to renew a politics of plenty, face up to the failures of liberal governance, and abandon the chosen scarcities that have deformed American life. To trace the history of the twenty-first century so far is to trace a history of unaffordability and shortage. After years of refusing to build sufficient housing, America has a national housing crisis. After years of limiting immigration, we don’t have enough workers. Despite decades of being warned about the consequences of climate change, we haven’t built anything close to the clean-energy infrastructure we need. Ambitious public projects are finished late and over budget—if they are ever finished at all. The crisis that’s clicking into focus now has been building for decades—because we haven’t been building enough. Abundance explains that our problems today are not the results of yesteryear’s villains. Rather, one generation’s solutions have become the next generation’s problems. Rules and regulations designed to solve the problems of the 1970s often prevent urban-density and green-energy projects that would help solve the problems of the 2020s. Laws meant to ensure that government considers the consequences of its actions have made it too difficult for government to act consequentially. In the last few decades, our capacity to see problems has sharpened while our ability to solve them has diminished. Progress requires facing up to the institutions in life that are not working as they need to. It means, for liberals, recognizing when the government is failing. It means, for conservatives, recognizing when the government is needed. In a book exploring how we can move from a liberalism that not only protects and preserves but also builds , Klein and Thompson trace the political, economic, and cultural barriers to progress and propose a path toward a politics of abundance. At a time when movements of scarcity are gaining power in country after country, this is an answer that meets the challenges of the moment while grappling honestly with the fury so many rightfully feel. |
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FINALIST FOR THE LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZE “Every sentence delivered. The pathos of truth-seeking left me thinking of Herman Melville." —Timothy Snyder, #1 New York Times bestselling author of On Tyranny NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING author Sarah Kendzior delves into the difference between conspiracy and conspiracy theory, "deftly separat[ing] fact from fiction in a conspiracy-addled nation" (VANITY FAIR). Conspiracy theories are on the rise because officials refuse to enforce accountability for real conspiracies. Uncritical faith in broken institutions is as dangerous as false narratives peddled by propagandists. The truth may hurt—but the lies will kill us. They Knew discusses conspiracy culture in a rapidly declining United States struggling with corruption, climate change, and other crises. As the actions of the powerful remain shrouded in mystery—“From Norman Baker to Jeffrey Epstein, Iran-Contra to January 6" ( VF )—it is unsurprising that people turn to conspiracy theories to fill the informational void. They Knew exposes the tactics these powerful actors use to placate an inquisitive public. Here, for the first time, Kendzior blends her signature whip-smart prose and eviscerating arguments with lyrical and intimate examinations of the times and places that haunt American history. "America is a ghost story," writes Kendzior, as she unearths decades of buried history, providing an essential and critical look at how to rebuild our democracy by confronting the political lies and crimes that have shaped us. |
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In his travels through Israel and Gaza, #1 International Bestselling author Douglas Murray has seen the best and the worst humanity has to offer, and he has no trouble choosing a side. Murray is not Jewish and before October 7, he had never lived in Israel. However, he objects to being lied to, and Israel has been on the receiving end of the biggest, deepest, longest lies in history.  Israel's commitment to fundamental Western values—capitalism, individual rights, democracy, and reason—has made it a beacon of progress in a region dominated by authoritarianism and extremism. Israel’s principles vividly contrast with the ideology of Hamas, which openly proclaims its love of death over life. With incisive moral clarity, On Democracies and Death Cults exposes how the campus left and international establishment confuse this conflict by: Calling on Israel for restraint and proportionality, while Hamas commits genocide.Slandering Israelis as white colonialists, while only a third of Israelis are Jews of European ancestry.Framing the conflict as oppressor vs. oppressed, when it is really between a thriving multi-ethnic democracy and a death cult bent on its annihilation.  Drawing from intensive on-the-ground reporting in Israel, Gaza, and Lebanon, Douglas Murray places the latest violence in its proper historical context. He takes readers on a harrowing journey through the aftermath of the October 7 massacre, piecing together the exclusive accounts from victims, survivors, and even the terrorists responsible for the atrocities. If left unchecked, misplaced sympathy could embolden forces that seek to undermine not only Israel, but all of Western civilization. |
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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Rachel Maddow traces the fight to preserve American democracy back to World War II, when a handful of committed public servants and brave private citizens thwarted far-right plotters trying to steer our nation toward an alliance with the Nazis.   “A ripping read—well rendered, fast-paced and delivered with the same punch and assurance that she brings to a broadcast. . . . The parallels to the present day are strong, even startling.”— The New York Times (Editors’ Choice) Inspired by her research for the hit podcast Ultra, Rachel Maddow charts the rise of a wild American strain of authoritarianism that has been alive on the far-right edge of our politics for the better part of a century. Before and even after our troops had begun fighting abroad in World War II, a clandestine network flooded the country with disinformation aimed at sapping the strength of the U.S. war effort and persuading Americans that our natural alliance was with the Axis, not against it. It was a sophisticated and shockingly well-funded campaign to undermine democratic institutions, promote antisemitism, and destroy citizens’ confidence in their elected leaders, with the ultimate goal of overthrowing the U.S. government and installing authoritarian rule.   That effort worked—tongue and groove—alongside an ultra-right paramilitary movement that stockpiled bombs and weapons and trained for mass murder and violent insurrection.   At the same time, a handful of extraordinary activists and journalists were tracking the scheme, exposing it even as it was unfolding. In 1941 the U.S. Department of Justice finally made a frontal attack, identifying the key plotters, finding their backers, and prosecuting dozens in federal court.   None of it went as planned.   While the scheme has been remembered in history—if at all—as the work of fringe players, in reality it involved a large number of some of the country’s most influential elected officials. Their interference in law enforcement efforts against the plot is a dark story of the rule of law bending and then breaking under the weight of political intimidation.   That failure of the legal system had consequences. The tentacles of that unslain beast have reached forward into our history for decades. But the heroic efforts of the activists, journalists, prosecutors, and regular citizens who sought to expose the insurrectionists also make for a deeply resonant, deeply relevant tale in our own disquieting times. |
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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A “bracing” ( Vox ) guide for surviving and resisting America’s turn towards authoritarianism, from “a rising public intellectual unafraid to make bold connections between past and present” ( The New York Times ) “Timothy Snyder reasons with unparalleled clarity, throwing the past and future into sharp relief. He has written the rare kind of book that can be read in one sitting but will keep you coming back to help regain your bearings.”—Masha Gessen The Founding Fathers tried to protect us from the threat they knew, the tyranny that overcame ancient democracy. Today, our political order faces new threats, not unlike the totalitarianism of the twentieth century. We are no wiser than the Europeans who saw democracy yield to fascism, Nazism, or communism. Our one advantage is that we might learn from their experience. On Tyranny is a call to arms and a guide to resistance, with invaluable ideas for how we can preserve our freedoms in the uncertain years to come. |
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Mein Kampf written by Adolf Hitler is known as one of the most dangerous books in history. It is a fundamental exposition of Nazi ideology, which caused deaths of milions of people. The publisher would like to inform, that propaganda of any totalitarianism, such as Nazism, Fascism and Communism is not his target and this book should be only perceived as a historical source. Every man wanting to understand the complexity of the World War II should be acquainted with this position.  |
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Qui est Donald Trump? Qu’est-ce qui motive la quête du pouvoir de cet homme que sa propre nièce, psychologue clinicienne, a décrit comme le plus dangereux du monde, et son proche conseiller comme un Hitler américain ? S’appuyant sur une abondante documentation et sa participation à un rallye trumpiste, Alain Roy offre un portrait saisissant et inquiétant du playboy ayant dilapidé l’immense fortune dont il a hérité de son père. Contrairement à l’image d’homme d’affaires à succès qu’il a voulu projeter tout au long de sa vie et que la téléréalité est venue cristalliser, Trump a fait faillite à maintes reprises. Objet de risée de la part des élites, il s’est fabriqué une identité de « gagnant » pour cacher ses failles et sa honte, jusqu’à se hisser à la tête de la Maison-Blanche. Mais que se passe-t-il lorsque le réel se confronte aux mensonges de l’imposteur? Jusqu’où peuvent aller sa rage et ses désirs de vengeance? Dans un contexte où s’agite autour de lui une extrême droite triomphante et décomplexée, ses penchants agressifs et transgressifs forment un cocktail explosif. À travers les prismes du mensonge, de la faille narcissique et de la dangerosité, Alain Roy plonge au cœur de la psyché de Donald Trump afin de cerner la nature de cette figure politique à la fois grotesque et malfaisante, qui force le monde entier à jouer dans un très mauvais film. |
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A bold book of rage, hope, and challenge exposing how the political decisions of the 1980s continue to haunt us today. In Dangerous Memory, renowned politician, author, and musician Charlie Angus undertakes a major rethink of the cultural and political shifts of the 1980s, an era that unleashed an unprecedented looting of the economy, the environment, and the common good that continues to haunt us today. Expertly weaving his story within the larger narrative of the times, Angus elucidates such key events as the Chernobyl disaster, the Digital Revolution, the AIDS epidemic, the fight against South African apartheid, the rise of neoliberalism, and the fall of the Berlin Wall. But the 1980s was also a time of resistance, creativity, and hope. In a world that stood on the brink of global nuclear annihilation, millions of people stepped up to save the planet and fight for human rights. As an idealistic eighteen-year-old, Charlie Angus quit school to play in a punk band and work with the homeless. Planting the seeds of change, he now challenges us to take action to confront widespread injustice and systemic inequity to create a better world. |
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A Yale philosopher identifies the ten pillars of fascist politics, and charts their horrifying rise and deep history. “With unsettling insight and disturbing clarity, How Fascism Works is an essential guidebook to our current national dilemma of democracy vs. authoritarianism.”—Jelani Cobb, New Yorker staff writer “No single book is as relevant to the present moment.”—Claudia Rankine, author of Citizen As the child of refugees of World War II Europe and a renowned philosopher and scholar of propaganda, Jason Stanley has a deep understanding of how democratic societies can be vulnerable to fascism: Nations don’t have to be fascist to suffer from fascist politics. In fact, fascism’s roots have been present in the United States long before Donald Trump. Alarmed by the pervasive rise of fascist tactics both at home and around the globe, Stanley focuses here on the structures that unite them, laying out and analyzing the ten pillars of fascist politics—the language and beliefs that separate people into an “us” and a “them.” He knits together reflections on history, philosophy, sociology, and critical race theory with stories from contemporary Hungary, Poland, India, Myanmar, and the United States, among other nations. He makes clear the immense danger of underestimating the cumulative power of these tactics, which include • exploiting a mythic version of a nation’s past • propaganda that twists the language of democratic ideals against themselves • anti-intellectualism directed against universities and experts • law and order politics predicated on the assumption that members of minority groups are criminals • fierce attacks on labor groups and welfare These mechanisms all build on one another, creating and reinforcing divisions and shaping a society vulnerable to the appeals of authoritarian leadership. By uncovering disturbing patterns that are as prevalent today as ever, Stanley reveals that the stuff of politics—charged by rhetoric and myth—can quickly become policy and reality. Only by recognizing fascists politics, he argues, may we resist its most harmful effects and return to democratic ideals. “One of the defining books of the decade.”—Elizabeth Hinton, author of From the War on Poverty to the War on Crime |
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NATIONAL BESTSELLER From the #1 bestselling author of 'Indian' in the Cabinet , a groundbreaking and accessible roadmap to advancing true reconciliation across Canada. There is one question Canadians have asked Jody Wilson-Raybould more than any other: What can I do to help advance reconciliation? It is clear that people from all over the country want to take concrete and tangible action that will make real change. We just need to know how to get started. This book provides that next step. For Wilson-Raybould, what individuals and organizations need to do to advance true reconciliation is self-evident, accessible, and achievable. True Reconciliation is broken down into three core practices—Learn, Understand, and Act—that can be applied by individuals, communities, organizations, and governments. The practices are based not only on the historical and contemporary experience of Indigenous peoples in their relentless efforts to effect transformative change and decolonization, but also on the deep understanding and expertise about what has been effective in the past, what we are doing right, and wrong, today, and what our collective future requires. Fundamental to a shared way of thinking is an understanding of the Indigenous experience throughout the story of Canada. In a manner that reflects how work is done in the Big House, True Reconciliation features an “oral” history of these lands, told through Indigenous and non-Indigenous voices from our past and present. The ultimate and attainable goal of True Reconciliation is to break down the silos we’ve created that prevent meaningful change, to be empowered to increasingly act as “inbetweeners,” and to take full advantage of this moment in our history to positively transform the country into a place we can all be proud of. |
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New York Times Bestseller In a provocative and brilliant analysis, retired Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer deconstructs the textualist philosophy of the current Supreme Court’s supermajority and makes the case for a more pragmatic approach of the Constitution. “You will not read a more important legal work this election year.” —Bob Woodward, Washington Post reporter and author of fifteen #1 New York Times bestselling books “A dissent for the ages.” — The Washington Post “Breyer’s candor about the state of the court is refreshing and much needed.” — The Boston Globe The relatively new judicial philosophy of textualism dominates the Supreme Court. Textualists claim that the right way to interpret the Constitution and statutes is to read the text carefully and examine the language as it was understood at the time the documents were written. This, however, is not Justice Breyer’s philosophy nor has it been the traditional way to interpret the Constitution since the time of Chief Justice John Marshall. Justice Breyer recalls Marshall’s exhortation that the Constitution must be a workable set of principles to be interpreted by subsequent generations. Most important in interpreting law, says Breyer, is to understand the statutes as well as the consequences of deciding a case one way or another. He illustrates these principles by examining some of the most important cases in the nation’s history, among them the Dobbs and Bruen decisions from 2022 that he argues were wrongly decided and have led to harmful results. |
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A prominent public intellectual tackles one of the most crucial political ideas of our moment. Since Hamas’s attack on Israel last October 7, the term “settler colonialism” has become central to public debate in the United States. A concept new to most Americans, but already established and influential in academic circles, settler colonialism is shaping the way many people think about the history of the United States, Israel and Palestine, and a host of political issues. This short book is the first to examine settler colonialism critically for a general readership. By critiquing the most important writers, texts, and ideas in the field, Adam Kirsch shows how the concept emerged in the context of North American and Australian history and how it is being applied to Israel. He examines the sources of its appeal, which, he argues, are spiritual as much as political; how it works to delegitimize nations; and why it has the potential to turn indignation at past injustices into a source of new injustices today. A compact and accessible introduction, rich with historical detail, the book will speak to readers interested in the Middle East, American history, and today’s most urgent cultural-political debates. |
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Le livre événement et définitif sur Trump par le légendaire Bob Woodward. La notoriété et le crédit de Bob Woodward, qui n'a épargné aucun président des Etats-Unis depuis l'affaire du Watergate, confèrent à son nouveau livre un tout autre statut que les livres déjà publiés sur Trump. L'ouvrage s'ouvre par une scène dans laquelle le premier conseiller pour l'économie de Donald Trump, Gary Cohn, subtilise dans le bureau Ovale, " au nom de la sécurité nationale " comme il l'assurera après, un décret retirant les Etats-Unis de l'accord de libre-échange avec la Corée du Sud. Il fera de même avec un autre mettant fin brutalement à la participation des Etats-Unis à l'accord de libre-échange avec le Canada et le Mexique (Alena). Dans les deux cas, sans que le président s'en soucie, ni même semble en prendre conscience. A la veille d'un bombardement de représailles contre le régime syrien, accusé d'avoir employé des armes chimiques, Donald Trump s'emporte contre Bachar Al-Assad dans une conversation téléphonique avec son secrétaire à la défense, James Mattis. " Tuons-le, putain ! Allons-y ! On leur rentre dedans et on les bute ", suggère-t-il, selon Bob Woodward. Dans un autre passage du livre, M. Trump se demande pourquoi les Etats-Unis dépensent de l'argent pour maintenir des troupes sur la péninsule coréenne pour surveiller les activités de missiles nord-coréennes. " Nous faisons cela pour empêcher la troisième guerre mondiale ", aurait déclaré le général Mattis, avant de raconter à ses proches collaborateurs que le président avait agi comme " un élève de CM2 ou de sixième " . Un livre qui dépeint une administration en proie au chaos, entretenu par un président qui ne comprend pas tout des mécanismes institutionnels de son pays. Bob Woodward, journaliste dé légende, est, avec Carl Bernstein, à l'origine du scandale du Watergate. Depuis, il a publié 18 livres dont la plupart ont pour sujet les différents présidents américains. Tous ont été des grands succès. Rappelons Les Hommes du Président , Bush s'en va-t'en guerre et Les Guerres d'Obama (parus en Folio) . |
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “Brilliant...Bruni writes with humor, insight, and precision.” — Wall Street Journal • “The best prescription for our redemption.” — The New York Times • “A wise and humane book for our foolish and cruel era.” —Jonathan Haidt, author of The Anxious Generation From bestselling author and longtime New York Times columnist Frank Bruni comes a lucid, powerful examination of the ways in which grievance has come to define our current culture and politics, on both the right and left. The twists and turns of American politics are unpredictable, but the tone is a troubling given. It’s one of grievance. More and more Americans are convinced that they’re losing because somebody else is winning. More and more tally their slights, measure their misfortune, and assign particular people responsibility for it. The blame game has become the country’s most popular sport and victimhood its most fashionable garb. Grievance needn’t be bad. It has done enormous good. The United States is a nation born of grievance, and across the nearly two hundred and fifty years of our existence as a country, grievance has been the engine of morally urgent change. But what happens when all sorts of grievances—the greater ones, the lesser ones, the authentic, the invented—are jumbled together? When people take their grievances to lengths that they didn’t before? A violent mob storms the US Capitol, rejecting the results of a presidential election. Conspiracy theories flourish. Fox News knowingly peddles lies in the service of profit. College students chase away speakers, and college administrators dismiss instructors for dissenting from progressive orthodoxy. Benign words are branded hurtful; benign gestures are deemed hostile. And there’s a potentially devastating erosion of the civility, common ground, and compromise necessary for our democracy to survive. How did we get here? What does it say about us, and where does it leave us? The Age of Grievance examines these critical questions and charts a path forward. |
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The must-read book to help you make sense of the world: perfect for fans of Prisoners of Geography, How the World Made the West and Empireland 'Well-informed and very valuable' - International Affairs Donald Trump has been re-elected. The Russian-Ukraine war has entered its fourth year. China's economy is slowing down. Far-right parties and politicians are surging in popularity across Europe. Westlessness by former UK diplomat Dr Samir Puri is here to help make sense of these continual, seismic shifts to the world order. In this book, he vividly demonstrates how in demographic, economic, military and cultural terms, we are hurtling into a far more diverse global future. Many of our certainties about the present, built on centuries of massive Western global impact, are increasingly fragile. Untold wealth is moving from the West to the East, as nations like India and Indonesia are set to reach new heights of growth and confidence. And China continues its ascent to the peak of the economic mountain - but are cracks appearing? And will the Western world, under the aegis of US global military, economic, technological and cultural power, give up its privileged position willingly? Nothing is linear and nothing is predictable. Are we prepared, personally and professionally, for a far more diverse global future? Prepared or unprepared, Westlessness is our guide to a new world order. ------ What readers think: 'Insightful and thought-provoking. Highly recommended. ' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'Loved this book - a real insight into how the world is changing and gives an interesting glimpse into the future. A great read and would definitely recommend! ' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'A fascinating book written empathetically that deals with the shifting nature of power (im)balances in the world until now full of sober projections into the future. Westlessness does not take sides, is not alarmist, and is not emotional in any way - yet it deals with the complexity of feelings aroused over issues of identity (both Western and otherwise) and colonial legacy. A must read to understand the often bewildering world we now live in, written as a scholarly book in an accessible tone. ' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
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La compréhension du système électoral est essentielle en science politique. « Système électoral », qui fait partie de notre série acclamée, explore les mécanismes qui façonnent la gouvernance démocratique à l'échelle mondiale. Des méthodes de vote aux réformes électorales, ce livre offre des informations essentielles aux professionnels, aux étudiants et aux passionnés, dans le but d'approfondir leurs connaissances au-delà des bases. 1-Système électoral-Met en évidence les principes et pratiques électoraux mondiaux qui façonnent les démocraties. 2-Vote à la pluralité-Examine l'impact de cette méthode courante mais débattue sur la dynamique politique. 3-Représentation proportionnelle-Analyse son rôle pour assurer une représentation équitable des diverses idéologies. 4-Système à deux tours-Étude son rôle pour obtenir le soutien de la majorité dans les élections à plusieurs candidats. 5-Vote unique transférable-Explique ce processus complexe, favorisant la représentation proportionnelle. 6-Vote stratégique-Découvre les stratégies des électeurs qui influencent les résultats électoraux et la démocratie. 7-Scrutin unique non transférable - Explore ses effets sur la représentation dans les circonscriptions plurinominales. 8-Vote - Discute du vote comme droit démocratique fondamental et responsabilité civique. 9-Vote par bloc - Analyse son impact sur les stratégies des partis et la représentation politique. 10-Vote uninominal majoritaire à un tour - Évalue sa simplicité par rapport aux implications en matière de diversité politique. 11-Vote parallèle - Étudie les mécanismes électoraux doubles dans divers systèmes politiques. 12-Circonscription électorale - Discute de l'impact des limites sur la représentation et la dynamique des circonscriptions. 13-Quota de lièvre - Analyse son rôle dans l'attribution équitable des sièges dans les systèmes proportionnels. 14-Histoire et utilisation du vote unique transférable - Retrace son évolution dans les contextes démocratiques. 15-Circonscription uninominale - Examine son impact sur la représentation locale et la compétitivité. 16-Problèmes affectant le vote unique transférable - Explore les défis et les controverses dans son application. 17-Vote multiple non transférable - Analyse son rôle dans les élections à plusieurs sièges et les stratégies des partis. 18-Représentation semi-proportionnelle - Discute des systèmes hybrides combinant des éléments proportionnels et majoritaires. 19-Représentation majoritaire - Évalue l'impact de la règle de la majorité sur la stabilité politique et la représentation. 20-Système électoral mixte - Explore la combinaison de systèmes pour améliorer la gouvernance démocratique. 21-Représentation majoritaire mixte - Étudie l'équilibre entre la représentation locale et proportionnelle. "Système électoral" répond aux questions clés du public et permet aux lecteurs de naviguer en toute confiance dans des paysages politiques complexes. Que vous soyez étudiant, professionnel ou passionné curieux, ce guide offre des informations précieuses qui vont au-delà de la simple information. |
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Voyage au pays du soleil levant Le Japon est sans doute le pays qui fascine le plus les Européens depuis plus d'un siècle. Son histoire, son économie, sa culture, sa cuisine ou ses arts martiaux, la finesse de son art de vivre... voilà autant de sujets d'interrogation, d'étonnement, d'émerveillement. Impressionnés eux-aussi par la diversité de ce pays " à part " qu'ils connaissent bien, Alexandre Messager et Philippe Godard, les auteurs du Japon pour les Nuls , en font ressortir les traits essentiels. Ils s'attachent aux caractéristiques géographiques, historiques, culturelles, religieuses, philosophiques ou encore tout simplement humaines de l'archipel. Car les Japonais sont aussi un peuple singulier, avec une identité particulièrement forte qu'ils ont construite le plus souvent dans l'adversité. Pour l'anecdote, le Japon est l'un des rares pays de la planète à n'avoir jamais été conquis. Au-delà, cet archipel soumis aux pires caprices climatiques et naturels a réussi à surmonter le choc de la bombe atomique après Hiroshima et Nagasaki en 1945, et le Japon est devenu l'une des deux plus puissantes nations économiques du monde de la fin du xxe siècle. Ce Japon pour les Nuls vous permettra d'entrer sans détours inutiles au cœur de la civilisation du Soleil-Levant. Les particularismes du Japon sont difficiles à comprendre ? Le Japon pour les Nuls les dévoile, et va au fond des choses. Le Japon est tout en subtilité, et ces subtilités lui viennent du fond des âges, des religions qui s'y sont installées, de ses traditions si étranges pour nous (le sumo, quelle idée !), de l'évolution de la vie sociétale, des menaces aussi que la nature elle-même fait peser sur l'archipel (Fukushima, les tremblements de terre, les typhons, les tsunamis, que de défis !). Ce cocktail disparate, qui marie l'ultra-modernité au strict respect des coutumes, a modelé un pays passionnant, et c'est cette passion que du Japon que les auteurs veulent nous faire partager. |
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As this bestseller predicted, Trump has only grown more erratic and dangerous as the pressures on him mount. This new edition includes new essays bringing the book up to date—because this is still not normal. Originally released in fall 2017, The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump was a runaway bestseller. Alarmed Americans and international onlookers wanted to know: What is wrong with him? That question still plagues us. The Trump administration has proven as chaotic and destructive as its opponents feared, and the man at the center of it all remains a cipher. Constrained by the APA’s “Goldwater rule,” which inhibits mental health professionals from diagnosing public figures they have not personally examined, many of those qualified to weigh in on the issue have shied away from discussing it at all. The public has thus been left to wonder whether he is mad, bad, or both. The prestigious mental health experts who have contributed to the revised and updated version of The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump argue that their moral and civic "duty to warn" supersedes professional neutrality. Whatever affects him, affects the nation: From the trauma people have experienced under the Trump administration to the cult-like characteristics of his followers, he has created unprecedented mental health consequences across our nation and beyond. With eight new essays (about one hundred pages of new material), this edition will cover the dangerous ramifications of Trump's unnatural state. It’s not all in our heads. It’s in his. |
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Building on his enormously successful first edition, Tom Nichols confirms his thesis that events, such as the COVID pandemic, prove that the assault on expertise has only intensified. Fully updated chapters continue to address how technology and increasing levels of education have exposed people to more information than ever before. These societal gains, however, have also helped fuel a surge in narcissistic and misguided intellectual egalitarianism that has crippled informed debates on any number of issues. Over the past several years, the rise of populism and conspiracy theories have taken this to new levels. All voices, even the most ridiculous, demand to be taken with equal seriousness, and any claim to the contrary is dismissed as undemocratic elitism. Tom Nichols' The Death of Expertise, Second Edition, follows up on how this rejection of experts has occurred: the openness of the internet, the emergence of a customer satisfaction model in higher education, the transformation of the news industry into a 24-hour entertainment machine, and importantly, the election of Donald Trump. Paradoxically, the increasingly democratic dissemination of information, rather than producing an educated public, has instead created an army of ill-informed and angry citizens who denounce intellectual achievement. When ordinary citizens believe that no one knows more than anyone else, democratic institutions themselves are in danger of falling either to populism or to technocracy or, in the worst case, a combination of both. |
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Mein Kampf  written by Adolf Hitler is known as one of the most dangerous books in history. It is a fundamental exposition of Nazi ideology, which caused deaths of milions of people. The publisher would like to inform, that propaganda of any totalitarianism, such as Nazism, Fascism and Communism is not his target and this book should be only perceived as a historical source. Every man wanting to understand the complexity of the World War II should be acquainted with this position.  |
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“Perhaps never before has there been a book better timed or more urgent.” — Washington Post “Michael Lewis has this incredible ability to zoom in on one person's story, and from there reveals something much bigger about our culture. His books leave you seeing the world differently, and his books about federal workers are no exception.” —Katie Couric As seen on CBS Mornings , CNN Anderson Cooper , ABC News Live , MSNBC Morning Joe, and many more Who works for the government and why does their work matter? An urgent and absorbing civics lesson from an all-star team of writers and storytellers. The government is a vast, complex system that Americans pay for, rebel against, rely upon, dismiss, and celebrate. It’s also our shared resource for addressing the biggest problems of society. And it’s made up of people, mostly unrecognized and uncelebrated, doing work that can be deeply consequential and beneficial to everyone. Michael Lewis invited his favorite writers, including Casey Cep, Dave Eggers, John Lanchester, Geraldine Brooks, Sarah Vowell, and W. Kamau Bell, to join him in finding someone doing an interesting job for the government and writing about them. The stories they found are unexpected, riveting, and inspiring, including a former coal miner devoted to making mine roofs less likely to collapse, saving thousands of lives; an IRS agent straight out of a crime thriller; and the manager who made the National Cemetery Administration the best-run organization, public or private, in the entire country. Each essay shines a spotlight on the essential behind-the-scenes work of exemplary federal employees. Whether they’re digitizing archives, chasing down cybercriminals, or discovering new planets, these public servants are committed to their work and universally reluctant to take credit. Expanding on the Washington Post series, the vivid profiles in Who Is Government? blow up the stereotype of the irrelevant bureaucrat. They show how the essential business of government makes our lives possible, and how much it matters. |
