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  • When Ideas Mattered

    A Nathan Glazer Reader

    by Leslie Lenkowsky ...
    Sociologist Nathan Glazer's remarkably long and productive career as a New York intellectual spans seven decades from the Great Depression era to the late twentieth century. A voracious intellect with a perpetual sense of curiosity, he defies easy labelling. When Ideas Mattered is a critical volume, but it also contains autobiographical essays Glazer has written over the years to explain the ... Read more

    $57.99 USD

  • Serve Reflect Repeat

    by Rachel Ogorek ...
    100% of the proceeds of this book will be donated to an organization that supports national service.One of the most important things to know about national service is that anyone can participate. Every single person has something to contribute. This book highlights twenty-two individuals who have served in various national service programs. Their stories bring to life what it means to serve. There ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • Gifts of Time and Money

    The Role of Charity in America's Communities

    by Wolfgang Bielefeld, Eleanor Brown, Jeffrey L. Brudney, Peter Frumkin, Peter Dobkin Hall, Leslie Lenkowsky, Margaret G. Ogden, Patrick Rooney, Lynda St. Clair, Kathy Steinberg, Jeffrey D. Straussman, Lazar Treschan, Mary Tschirhart, David M. Van Slyke ...
    Policymakers, civic leaders, and scholars have increasingly focused their attention over the last decade-and-a-half on the importance of voluntary participation in civil society. From George H. W. Bush's Thousand Points of Light to Bill Clinton's AmeriCorps to George W. Bush's faith-based initiatives, it is undeniable that communities are looking to increase their levels of charity and voluntarism ... Read more

    $44.59 USD

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  • Intellectuals and Society

    by Thomas Sowell ...
    The influence of intellectuals is not only greater than in previous eras but also takes a very different form from that envisioned by those like Machiavelli and others who have wanted to directly influence rulers. It has not been by shaping the opinions or directing the actions of the holders of power that modern intellectuals have most influenced the course of events, but by shaping public ... Read more

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  • Liberal Fascism

    The Secret History of the American Left, From Mussolini to the Politics of Meaning

    by Jonah Goldberg ...
    “Fascists,” “Brownshirts,” “jackbooted stormtroopers”—such are the insults typically hurled at conservatives by their liberal opponents. Calling someone a fascist is the fastest way to shut them up, defining their views as beyond the political pale. But who are the real fascists in our midst?Liberal Fascism offers a startling new perspective on the theories and practices that define fascist ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

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  • Intellectuals and Race

    by Thomas Sowell ...
    Thomas Sowell's incisive critique of the intellectuals' destructive role in shaping ideas about race in America*Intellectuals and Race is a radical book in the original sense of one that goes to the root of the problem. The role of intellectuals in racial strife is explored in an international context that puts the American experience in a wholly new light.The views of individual intellectuals ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

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  • You're It

    Crisis, Change, and How to Lead When It Matters Most

    by Leonard J. Marcus, Eric J. McNulty, Joseph M. Henderson, Barry C. Dorn ...
    Become a better crisis leader while equipping yourself with the tools for every day transformative leadershipManaging crisis well is at the very heart of good leadership. Here, the team from the National Preparedness Leadership Initiative at Harvard University draws on a deep well of research as well as their experience working with leaders to respond to crisis events of all kinds, from terrorist ... Read more

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  • Not Enough

    Human Rights in an Unequal World

    by Samuel Moyn ...
    “No one has written with more penetrating skepticism about the history of human rights.”—Adam Kirsch, Wall Street Journal“Moyn breaks new ground in examining the relationship between human rights and economic fairness.”—George SorosThe age of human rights has been kindest to the rich. While state violations of political rights have garnered unprecedented attention in recent decades, a commitment ... Read more

    $15.19 USD

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  • Anti-Capitalism

    by Ezequiel Adamovsky ...
    Translated by Marie Trigona ...
    In Anti-Capitalism, activist and scholar Ezequiel Adamovsky tells the story of the long-standing effort to build a better world, one without an abusive system at its heart. Backed up by arresting, lucid images from the radical artist group United Illustrators, Adamovsky details the struggle against rising corporate power, as that struggle unfolds in the halls of academia, in the pages of radical ... Read more

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  • The Meaning of Marxism

    by Paul D'Amato ...
    “In [D’Amato’s] able hands, Marxist politics come alive and leap before us, pointing a way toward a better world. It’s a knockout.”—Dave Zirin, author of What’s My Name, Fool?: Sports and Resistance in the United StatesIn this lively and accessible introduction to the ideas of Karl Marx, with historical and contemporary examples, D’Amato argues that Marx’s ideas of globalization, oppression, and ... Read more

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  • Ecoliterate

    How Educators Are Cultivating Emotional, Social, and Ecological Intelligence

    by Daniel Goleman, Lisa Bennett, Zenobia Barlow ...
    A new integration of Goleman's emotional, social, and ecological intelligenceHopeful, eloquent, and bold, Ecoliterate offers inspiring stories, practical guidance, and an exciting new model of education that builds - in vitally important ways - on the success of social and emotional learning by addressing today's most important ecological issues.This book shares stories of pioneering educators, ... Read more

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  • The Short American Century

    a postmortem

    by Andrew J. Bacevich ...
    In February 1941, Henry Luce announced the arrival of “The American Century.” But that century—extending from World War II to the recent economic collapse—has now ended, victim of strategic miscalculation, military misadventures, and economic decline. Here some of America’s most distinguished historians place the century in historical perspective. ... Read more

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