Self Government

Elizabeth Cady Stanton was one of the most important leaders of the movement to gain American women the vote. But, as Vivian Gornick argues in this passionate, vivid biographical essay, Stanton is also the greatest feminist thinker of the 19th century. Endowed with a philosophical cast of mind large enough to grasp the immensity that women's rights addressed, Stanton developed a devotion to equality uniquely American in character. Her writing and life make clear why feminism as a liberation movement has flourished here as nowhere else in the world.

The year is 2113. In Jenna Strong’s world, ACID - the most brutal controlling police force in history - rule supreme. No throwaway comment or whispered dissent goes unnoticed - or unpunished. And it was ACID agents who locked Jenna away for life, for a horrendous crime she struggles to remember. But Jenna’s violent prison time has taught her how to survive by any means necessary. When a mysterious rebel group breaks her out, she must use her strength, speed, and skill to stay one step ahead of ACID and try to uncover the truth about what really happened.

Selten schien der Westen so geschlossen wie zu Beginn des Ukraine-Kriegs. Die Werte der Freiheit und Demokratie galt es gegen ein autokratisches System zu verteidigen. Doch hinter der vermeintlichen Geschlossenheit zeigten sich schnell die ersten Bruchstellen. Wie werden wirtschaftliche Zwänge mit politischen Zielen in Einklang gebracht?

The Marvel of Martyrdom takes a broad perspective on self-sacrifice and martyrdom, bringing together religion, popular culture, history, psychology, and mythology. Stories of individuals both famous (Gandhi) and obscure (Rodrigo Rosenberg) intertwine with research on altruism, happiness, and radicalization to terrorism. The changing landscape of the book's setting - from The Roman Empire to 19th-century Russia to Nazi Germany to post-World War II India to present day Ukraine - makes the power of self-sacrifice and martyrdom come alive.

Reshma Saujani kandidierte 2010 für einen Platz im US-Kongress. Trotz großer Ängste wagte sie den Schritt und scheiterte. Ihre Kandidatur endete in einer grandiosen Niederlage – und mit einer kathartischen Erfahrung: Egal wie peinlich und unangenehm ihr Scheitern war, sie versank nicht im Erdboden, das Leben ging weiter. Ihr wurde klar, wie sehr sie diese Angst ihr Leben lang eingeschränkt hatte und wie typisch ihre Vermeidungstaktik für Frauen war.

What if, instead of trying to predict the future, we could just pick the one we want - and then invent it? Well, we can. Think of the wealth of technological resources already available to us. The computing power in that smartphone in your pocket could have guided 120 million Apollo-era spacecraft to the Moon and back. A gigabyte of memory cost $300,000 in the 1980s - today, it costs a fraction of a penny. Now, try to imagine 2050, when your computing devices will be a million times more powerful or available at one-millionth of today's prices.

Die Entspannungspolitik Willy Brandts ist am Ende und ein neues Zeitalter der Aufrüstung und Eskalation hat begonnen. "Von deutschem Boden darf niemals wieder Krieg ausgehen", sagte Brandt einst—heute liefert die Bundesregierung schwere Waffen in die Ukraine und macht sich damit wieder einmal zum Vasallen der USA. In deutschen Leitmedien werden währenddessen vollkommen unkritisch die abenteuerlichen Äußerungen unserer Außenministerin, Annalena Baerbock, verbreitet, wonach deutsche Waffen in der Ukraine Menschenleben retten.

Just as the industrial capitalism of the 19th century gave way to corporate capitalism in the 20th, recent decades have witnessed corporate capitalism evolving into a new phase, which Ehrenreich calls "Third Wave Capitalism." Third Wave Capitalism is marked by apparent contradictions: Rapid growth in productivity and lagging wages; fabulous wealth for the one percent and the persistence of high levels of poverty; increases in the standard of living and increases in mental illness, and much more.

Are you feeling frustrated because you’ve been passed over for that big-time promotion? Do you want to develop the essential skills needed to excel in government leadership positions? Do you want to make sure that you are investing your time and energy into leveraging your strengths to achieve that big promotion? Look no further. Unlike all those theoretical business leadership books that only teach you WHY it is important to be laser-focused on your goals, this eye-opening leadership development audiobook for government employees will help you understand HOW to achieve your goals.

The majority of Americans are far closer in values than the ideological opinion-shapers lead us to believe. This book asks how we can restore the civic unity that our political elites have worked for years to dismantle.

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