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The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 3

The present volume contains the six metrical tales which were composed within the years 1812 and 1815, the Hebrew Melodies, and the minor poems of 1809-1816. With the exception of the first fifteen poems (1809-1811)—Chansons de Voyage, as they might be called—the volume as a whole was produced on English soil. Beginning with the Giaour; which followed in the wake of Childe Harold and shared its triumph, and ending with the ill-omened Domestic Pieces, or Poems of the Separation, the poems which Byron wrote in his own country synchronize with his popularity as a poet by the acclaim and suffrages of his own countrymen. His greatest work, by which his lasting fame has been established, and by which his relative merits as a great poet will be judged in the future, was yet to come; but the work which made his name, which is stamped with his sign-manual, and which has come to be regarded as distinctively and characteristically Byronic, preceded maturity and achievement.

Medo - Trump na Casa Branca

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Os bastidores da presidência Trump contados por Bob Woodward Tendo acompanhado e investigado a fundo oito presidências, de Nixon a Barack Obama, Bob Woodward revela em primeira mão, num relato sem precedentes e com detalhes nunca antes contados, a vida brutal dentro da Casa Branca de Donald Trump, e como ele decide sobre as grandes questões da atualidade política nacional e internacional. Woodward baseia-se em centenas de horas de entrevistas com fontes de informação em primeira-mão, e também em notas de reuniões, diários pessoais e ficheiros.

Histoire de la Marine française : des origines à nos jours

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L’histoire maritime, comme toute histoire, est avant tout humaine : de Colbert comme de Duquesne, de Maurepas si injustement décrié comme de Suffren, de l’humble charpentier anonyme comme du célèbre ingénieur Sané, du puissant armateur malouin comme du modeste pêcheur, dépend le destin maritime de la France. De Colbert à la veille de la Révolution française, la continuité cahoteuse de la flotte de guerre finit par imposer un outil militaire performant au service d’un État enfin soucieux de son économie maritime, de la richesse de ses colonies, de l’entretien de ses gens de mer. À partir de recherches originales, Jean Meyer et Martine Acerra démontrent, à travers son histoire, que la Marine française n’a pas connu que des revers.

Cina

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Quando, nel luglio 1971, Henry Kissinger, all'epoca consigliere per la Sicurezza nazionale del presidente americano Nixon, si recò in missione segreta a Pechino, le relazioni diplomatiche fra Stati Uniti e Cina erano interrotte da più di vent'anni, cioè dall'ascesa al potere del Partito comunista e dalla fondazione della Repubblica popolare, che gli USA non riconoscevano come governo legittimo. Durante questo periodo, dopo aver combattuto un'aspra guerra in Corea ed essersi fronteggiati in diverse gravi crisi internazionali, i due paesi si consideravano nemici dichiarati, portatori di ideologie antitetiche e di altrettanto inconciliabili visioni dell'ordine internazionale. Alla luce di tali premesse, ogni tentativo di riavvicinamento tra le due potenze sembrava destinato a un sicuro fallimento. Se tale obiettivo fu infine raggiunto, gran parte del merito va invece attribuito alla personale determinazione e lungimiranza di due uomini: il Grande Timoniere della Cina comunista Mao Zedong e il controverso presidente americano Richard Nixon. Giunti alla comune conclusione che, di fronte alle minacce della guerra fredda e della crescente potenza sovietica, le differenze ideologiche dovessero essere accantonate per il bene delle loro nazioni, Mao e Nixon sfidarono l'opposizione delle rispettive classi politiche e opinioni pubbliche e avviarono uno storico rapporto di collaborazione che si rivelò di capitale importanza per la costruzione dell'odierno assetto politico ed economico mondiale. Di tale cruciale stagione politica Henry Kissinger fu non solo spettatore diretto ma attore protagonista, ed è da questo privilegiato osservatorio che egli ricostruisce con lucida passione lo scenario internazionale che fece da sfondo alle sue personali missioni in Cina e ai suoi incontri con i principali leader cinesi, tra cui Mao Zedong, Zhou Enlai e Deng Xiaoping, dei quali descrive in dettaglio peculiarità caratteriali e varietà di orientamento ideologico e politico. Dai cauti approcci iniziali ai riservati abboccamenti nella capitale cinese, dallo storico incontro ufficiale tra i due presidenti nel 1972 alle successive visite tra i ritrovati "amici" cinesi e americani, Kissinger colloca riflessioni ed eventi nella più ampia cornice della storia millenaria della cultura cinese, un patrimonio inestimabile in cui la più dinamica e popolosa potenza del mondo contemporaneo continua ancora oggi a riconoscersi, e con il quale, pertanto, tutte le altre nazioni non potranno più esimersi dal confrontarsi

The Federalist Papers

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The Federalist Papers are a collection of eighty-five articles and essays written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay in favor of ratifying the United States Constitution. First appearing in 1787 as a series of letters to New York newspapers, this collective body of work is widely considered to be among the most important historical collections of all time. Although the authors of The Federalist Papers foremost intended to influence the vote in favor of ratifying the Constitution, in Federalist No. 1 Hamilton explicitly set their debate in broader political terms. “It has been frequently remarked,” he wrote, “that it seems to have been reserved to the people of this country, by their conduct and example, to decide the important question, whether societies of men are really capable or not of establishing good government from reflection and choice, or whether they are forever destined to depend for their political constitutions on accident and force.” Among the many highlights of these acclaimed essays is Federalist No. 10, in which Madison discusses the means of preventing rule by majority faction and advocates for a large, commercial republic. This is generally regarded as the most important of the eighty-five essays from a philosophical perspective, and it is complemented by Federalist No. 14, in which Madison takes the measure of the United States, declares it appropriate for an extended republic, and concludes with a memorable defense of the Constitution. In Federalist No. 70, Hamilton advocates for a one-man chief executive, and in Federalist No. 78 he persuasively lays the groundwork for the doctrine of judicial review by federal courts. Though centuries old, these timeless essays remain the benchmark of American political philosophy. As eloquently stated by famed historian Richard B. Morris, The Federalist Papers serve as an "incomparable exposition of the Constitution, a classic in political science unsurpassed in both breadth and depth by the product of any later American writer."

Why Nudge?

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<div>Based on a series of pathbreaking lectures given at Yale University in 2012, this powerful, thought-provoking work by national best-selling author Cass R. Sunstein combines legal theory with behavioral economics to make a fresh argument about the legitimate scope of government, bearing on obesity, smoking, distracted driving, health care, food safety, and other highly volatile, high-profile public issues. Behavioral economists have established that people often make decisions that run counter to their best interests—producing what Sunstein describes as “behavioral market failures.” Sometimes we disregard the long term; sometimes we are unrealistically optimistic; sometimes we do not see what is in front of us. With this evidence in mind, Sunstein argues for a new form of paternalism, one that protects people against serious errors but also recognizes the risk of government overreaching and usually preserves freedom of choice.<br><br> Against those who reject paternalism of any kind, Sunstein shows that “choice architecture”—government-imposed structures that affect our choices—is inevitable, and hence that a form of paternalism cannot be avoided. He urges that there are profoundly moral reasons to ensure that choice architecture is helpful rather than harmful—and that it makes people’s lives better and longer.</div>

The Early Short Fiction of Edith Wharton — Part 2

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William James

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William James is known today as a philosopher of pragmatism. William James: Politics in the Pluriverse challenges this understanding. Ferguson traces the historical importance and contemporary possibilities of pluralism's original political insight. In this important work he examines the trajectory of pluralism in the United States and England, the mutual influences of turn-of-the-century American and European philosophical traditions, and the relationship between pluralism and James's active anti-imperialism. James's unexpected political concepts and commitments both illuminate political philosophy of the 20th century and challenge contemporary assumptions about the desirability of unanimity. Pluralism, not unity, should be the goal of both politics and philosophy.

Pescecani

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Il nababbo di Treviso? Possiede 163 motociclette, 155 bici da corsa, 70 fra yacht e motoscafi e 493 auto, compresa la Jaguar di Diabolik. Tutto gelosamente custodito in una decina di capannoni. Collezionismo estremo: per soddisfarlo, ha sottratto 40 milioni di euro alle banche e messo 700 dipendenti sulla strada. Il Corona di Arzignano? Guadagnava 9 milioni di euro, denunciava al fisco 177 euro. Lo 0,0001 per cento. Il suo mito? Il re dei paparazzi Fabrizio Corona. La sua vita? Una cavalcata tra eccessi, belle donne e champagne. Le tasse? «Una parola complicata.» Si sente un evasore? «Dov'è il problema? No go copà nisun.» Non ha ammazzato nessuno. Eccoli qui i pescecani, quelli che negli ultimi anni si sono arricchiti alle spalle degli italiani che tiravano la cinghia. Pare che siano sempre di più e i dati parlano chiaro: la crisi non ha aumentato solo le differenze tra ricchi e poveri, ma anche la percentuale di chi fa soldi in modo illegale. E il rischio è che, voraci come sono, i pescecani si stiano impadronendo del Paese. Che siano proprio loro a comandare, del resto, è apparso evidente quando è saltato il tappo della Cupola di Roma. E a chi chiede perché i problemi non si risolvono, ecco spiegata la ragione: perché ci sono loro, i pescecani, che nei nostri problemi ci sguazzano. E fanno soldi. Molte delle storie che leggerete in queste pagine vi faranno arrabbiare. Molte vi faranno sorridere. Molte vi sembreranno così assurde da non essere vere. Invece è tutto documentato, fino all'ultima virgola. Verrebbe da aggiungere: purtroppo. C'è il professore della Bocconi che vende hotel e palazzi che non ha; c'è il faccendiere pasticcione che si mette in posa con i vip, nascondendo 234 assegni a vuoto. C'è Er Viperetta Massimo Ferrero, di cui si racconta la vera storia. E poi ci sono i banchieri, i signori della corruzione (dall'Expo al Mose), i re degli appalti romani e il rampollo così spudorato da filmarsi mentre consegna la tangente. Questo libro è il racconto incredibile e drammatico di un pezzo di realtà italiana che sta crescendo e forse ci sfugge, ma su cui tutti dovremmo riflettere e intervenire. Non possiamo, infatti, far finta di non vedere che i furbi stanno vincendo la loro storica lotta con i fessi. Che non c'è angolo della nostra meravigliosa Italia in cui, accanto a tante persone perbene, non si rischi di trovare il pescecane di turno. Bisogna imparare a conoscerli per difendersi. A combatterli. Queste pagine sono una specie di vaccino, un antidoto. Una legittima difesa per impedire che i pescecani si mangino tutto. Perché è lecito che ognuno speri di salvarsi facendo il furbo. Ma nessun Paese in mano ai furbi può sperare di salvarsi.

A History of Thailand

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In A History of Thailand, Chris Baker and Pasuk Phongpaichit reveal how a world of mandarin nobles and unfree labour evolved into a rural society of smallholder peasants and an urban society populated mainly by migrants from southern China. They trace how a Buddhist cosmography adapted to new ideas of time and space, and a traditional polity was transformed into a new nation-state under a strengthened monarchy. The authors cover the contests between urban nationalists, ambitious generals, communist rebels, business politicians, and social movements to control the nation-state and redefine its purpose. They describe the dramatic changes wrought by a booming economy, globalization, and the evolution of mass society. Finally, they show how Thailand's path is still being contested by those who believe in change from above and those who fight for democracy and liberal values. Drawing on new Thai-language research, this second edition brings the Thai story up to date and includes a new section on the 2006 coup and the restoration of an elected government in 2008.

The Communist Manifesto

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A Vigo Classics book Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels' revolutionary critique of capitalism and analysis of class divisions gave rise to a worldwide movement for political change that would transform the modern world both for the better, and for the worse.

The Republic

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The Republic is Plato's best known written work, structured as a Socratic dialogue between the great teacher, his students and other citizens of Athens. A seminal investigation into philosophy, political science, the nature of justice, government, spirituality and the role of art in society, "The Republic" remains hugely influential.

Histoire de la Marine française : des origines à nos jours

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Histoire de la Marine française : des origines à nos jours

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I Hjärtat Av Samhällsförändring

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Hur kan vi bidra till förändring i världen samtidigt som vi utvecklas själva? Marshall Rosenbergs tankar om samhällsförändring grundas på samma vision som Mahatma Gandhi och Martin Luther King hade; ett samhälle byggt på icke-våld. Rosenberg visar hur vi kan ta ett steg mot både inre och yttre fred genom det kraftfulla förhållningssättet Nonviolent Communication (NVC). Han klargör hur vi med vårt sätt att kommunicera, interagera och skapa organisationer, kan leva den förändring vi vill se i världen. Det här en värdefull resurs för ledare, aktivister, politiker och alla som vill göra skillnad i världen. Här hittar du inspiration för att transformera och gå bortom fiendebilder. Författaren visar hur du får mer energi att förändra om du agerar utifrån din längtan att bidra, istället för att fokusera på att bekämpa någon som inte tycker eller tänker som du. Vi hör ofta folk säga: ”Världen är skoningslös och om du vill överleva måste du också bli skoningslös”. Jag håller inte med om det argumentet. Fred kan inte byggas med fruktan som grundval. Arun Gandhi, grundare och ordförande för M.K. Gandhi Institute for Nonviolence

On War — Volume 1

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A classic work on military strategy by a veteran of the Napoleonic Wars. The author's style is dialectical: he makes two strong but opposing statements and then draws them together to describe many facets of war.

Verdi Tribù Del Nord

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«Un linguaggio nuovo e allo stesso tempo antico, come tutto ciò che viene dalla Lega che, muovendosi liberamente e senza disagio alcuno nell'ambiguità, presenta come novità idee vecchie, e finge di legarsi al passato, per introdurre proposte nuove». L'antropologia spiega la politica della Lega, popolare e populista, convinta che esistano un territorio, una tradizione, delle radici da difendere, e il consenso che ha raccolto in tutto il paese, spostando il fulcro dal demos all'ethnos, dal popolo all'etnia.

Thomas Paine's Collection [ 4 books ]

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This book contains collection of 4 Best books of Thomas Paine: 1. The Age of Reason 2. The American Crisis 3. Common Sense 4. The Rights of Man About the Author Thomas Paine Thomas Paine (January 29, 1737 – June 8, 1809) was an English-American political activist, author, political theorist and revolutionary. As the author of two highly influential pamphlets at the start of the American Revolution, he became one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. His ideas reflected Enlightenment era rhetoric of transnational human rights. He has been called "a corsetmaker by trade, a journalist by profession, and a propagandist by inclination." Born in Thetford, England, in the county of Norfolk, Paine immigrated to the British American colonies in 1774 in time to participate in the American Revolution. His principal contributions were the powerful, widely read pamphlet Common Sense (1776), the all-time best-selling American book that advocated colonial America's independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain, and The American Crisis (1776–83), a pro-revolutionary pamphlet series. Common Sense was so influential that John Adams said, "Without the pen of the author of Common Sense, the sword of Washington would have been raised in vain.” Paine lived in France for most of the 1790s, becoming deeply involved in the French Revolution. He wrote the Rights of Man (1791), in part a defense of the French Revolution against its critics. His attacks on British writer Edmund Burke led to a trial and conviction in absentia in 1792 for the crime of seditious libel. In 1792, despite not speaking French, he was elected to the French National Convention. The Girondists regarded him as an ally. Consequently, the Montagnards, especially Robespierre, regarded him as an enemy. In December 1793, he was arrested and imprisoned in Paris, then released in 1794. He became notorious because of The Age of Reason (1793–94), his book that advocates deism, promotes reason and freethinking, and argues against institutionalized religion in general and Christian doctrine in particular. He also wrote the pamphlet Agrarian Justice (1795), discussing the origins of property, and introduced the concept of a guaranteed minimum income. Before his arrest and imprisonment in France, knowing that he would probably be arrested and executed, Paine, following in the tradition of early eighteenth-century British deism, wrote the first part of The Age of Reason, an assault on organized "revealed" religion combining a compilation of the many inconsistencies he found in the Bible with his own advocacy of deism, calling for "free rational inquiry" into all subjects, especially religion. The Age of Reason critique on institutionalized religion resulted in only a brief upsurge in deistic thought in America, but Paine was derided by the public and abandoned by his friends.

The Federalist Papers

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The Federalist Papers are a series of 85 articles advocating the ratification of the United States Constitution. Seventy-seven of the essays were published serially in The Independent Journal and The New York Packet between October 1787 and August 1788. A compilation of these and eight others, called The Federalist, was published in 1788 by J. and A. McLean.— Excerpted from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

The Thirty Years War — Complete

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The History of the Thirty Years War is a five volume work, which followed his very successful History of the Revolt of the Netherlands. Written for a wider audience than Revolt, it is a vivid history, colored by Schiller’s own interest in the question of human freedom and his rationalist optimism. Volume 1 covers the background of the war, through the Battle of Prague in late 1620.

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