Morning Star: surrealism, marxism, anarchism, situationism, utopia (Surrealist Revolution Series)

November 19th, 2009

Morning Star: surrealism, marxism, anarchism, situationism, utopia (Surrealist Revolution Series)
University of Texas Press | 2009-04-01 | ISBN: 0292718942 | 168 pages | PDF | 8 MB

An expanded edition of revered theorist Michael LÃƒÂ¶wy’s Morning Star: Marxism and Surrealism (previously published in French, Portuguese, Spanish, Italian, and Greek), this masterwork collects the author’s essays on the ways in which surrealism intersected with a variety of revolutionary political approaches, ranging Continue reading Morning Star: surrealism, marxism, anarchism, situationism, utopia (Surrealist Revolution Series)

Truth, Lies, and Online Dating: Secrets to Finding Romance on the Internet

November 13th, 2009

Online dating represents an amazing new way to meet people, but it requires technology skills in addition to social skills. “Truth, Lies, and Online Dating” shows you how you can effectively use your PC, digital camera, word processor and other PC-based tools to effectively market yourself and communicate who you are — and who you are looking for. Continue reading Truth, Lies, and Online Dating: Secrets to Finding Romance on the Internet

Weapons of Mass Destruction (Library in a Book)

October 3rd, 2009

Constitutional Reform and Political Participation in the Gulf

May 4th, 2009

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Description :The debate on political reform in the Gulf states has intensified dramatically in recent years. However, discourse on the topic is usually couched in terms of authoritarianism vs. democratisation. However, a more appropriate angle from which to view it, argues this new book, is in terms of the evolution of Gulf constitutions and the widening of political participation. The contributors demonstrate that constitutional reforms have so far served the purpose of consolidating the absolute power of the rulers but have also allowed the progressive development of institutions whose representative character and influence on the policy-making process has been growing.

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The Compromise of Liberal Environmentalism

March 31st, 2009

Steven Bernstein, Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â«The Compromise of Liberal EnvironmentalismÃƒâ€šÃ‚Â»
Columbia University Press | ISBN: 0231120362 | 2001 | PDF | 288 pages | 1.56 MB

“Bernstein convincingly and usefully rejects the role of epistemic communities as a driving force behind the norm change he identifies… Compelling… His attention to the role of ideas in environmental policy is important.”

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Reorganizing U.S. Domestic Intelligence: Assessing the Options

March 31st, 2009

Reorganizing U.S. Domestic Intelligence: Assessing the Options By Gregory F. Treverton
RAND Corporation 2008 | 150 Pages | ISBN: 0833045016; 9780833045010 | PDF | 1.6 MB

One of the questions in the fight against terrorism is whether the United States needs a dedicated domestic intelligence agency separate from law enforcement, on the model of many comparable democracies. To examine this issue, Congress directed that the Department of Homeland Security perform an independent study on the feasibility of creating a counterterrorism intelligence agency and the department turned to the RAND Corporation for this analysis but asked it specifically not to make a recommendation.

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