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This book reveals how systemic discrimination impacts many groups. These include rural populations and identifiable groups in society. Many impacted by Systemic Discrimination are oblivious to that fact. This book strives to raise awareness since awareness leads to action.

Bureaucracy doesn’t wear a uniform. It hides behind forms, signatures, waitlists, voicemails, protocols, and “I’ll have to check with my supervisor.” This is an audiobook about the machine we’ve all learned to live with. The one that slows everything down, spreads the blame, and strangles the very systems it claims to protect.

Sophia Maier reist dorthin, wo die Geschichten der Betroffenen beginnen: nach Syrien, Afghanistan, Palästina, in den Libanon, die Ukraine und an die Ränder Europas. Sie hört zu, fragt nach – mit Empathie und Respekt. Ihre Begegnungen erzählen von Schmerz und Verlust, aber auch von Würde, Widerstandskraft und Hoffnung – und davon, wo die blinden Flecken westlicher Politik liegen. Denn die Schicksale, denen sie begegnet, stehen nicht isoliert im Raum. Sie werden von Ländern wie Deutschland mitverursacht.

Following the tremendous success of Pulitzer Prize nominee A Child Called "It", this book continues the extraordinary tale of author Dave Pelzer's childhood. On the verge of adolescence, Dave is rescued from his terrifyingly abusive, alcoholic mother and made a permanent ward of the court. Then the real journey begins. He is moved from one foster home to another, searching for identity and family.

One of The Economist’s Best Books of 2023 The secrets to successfully planning and delivering ambitious, complex projects on any scale—from home renovation to space exploration—by the world's leading expert on megaprojects. Nothing is more inspiring than a big vision that becomes a...

Enter a world where people are murdered, ecosystems are destroyed, organized criminals terrorize communities and corporate gangsters operate outside the law. And, closely following their every move, are teams of secret agents, vigilantes, and scientists who are fighting for our planet’s future. Using insider sources and her expertise as a criminal psychologist, Dr Julia Shaw takes us deep into some of the worst environmental crimes of our time.

First published in Portuguese in 1968, Pedagogy of the Oppressed was translated and published in English in 1970. Paulo Freire's work has helped to empower countless people throughout the world and has taken on special urgency in the United States and Western Europe, where the creation of a permanent underclass among the underprivileged and minorities in cities and urban centers is ongoing.

From the pursuit of potentially apocalyptic artificial intelligence to life-extension start-ups that promise billionaires eternal youth and those who encourage the political far right around the world, the Silicon Valley techno-utopian dream has curdled. The global innovator class has the world in their hands, but they can't stand the touch.

The New York Times bestselling author of Being Mortal and Complications reveals the surprising power of the ordinary checklist We live in a world of great and increasing complexity, where even the most expert professionals struggle to master the tasks they face. Longer training, ever more...

This book is about the great moral issues underlying many of the headline-making political controversies of our times. It is not a comforting book but a book about disturbing and dangerous trends. The Quest for Cosmic Justice shows how confused conceptions of justice end up promoting injustice, how confused conceptions of equality end up promoting inequality, and how the tyranny of social visions prevents many people from confronting the actual consequences of their own beliefs and policies.

This educational guide reveals the hidden truth about land ownership in America — how you can reclaim your God-given right to property through the ancient process of the Land Patent. Written by Ashley Rocks, Kenneth Plaster, and Gwendolyn Morris, this book combines history, law, and practical instruction to help every American understand what true ownership really means — and how to secure it, free from debt, taxation, and government control. The first thing you’ll discover when you open How to Truly Own Your Land is that the “deed” or “mortgage” you hold does not make you the...

Peter F. Drucker may be best known as a writer on business and management, but these subjects were not his foremost intellectual concern. Drucker's primary concerns were community, in which the individual has status, and society, in which the individual has function. Here he has assembled selections from his vast writings on these subjects. This collection presents the full range of Drucker's thought on community, society, and political structure and constitutes an ideal introduction to his ideas.

What constitutes the good life? What is the true value of money? Why do we work such long hours merely to acquire greater wealth? These are some of the questions that many asked themselves when the financial system crashed in 2008. This book tackles such questions head-on.The authors begin with the great economist John Maynard Keynes. In 1930 Keynes predicted that, within a century, per capita income would steadily rise, people’s basic needs would be met, and no one would have to work more than fifteen hours a week.

Cities are birthplaces of civilization; centers of culture, trade, and progress; cauldrons of opportunity - and the home of 80 percent of the world's population by 2050. As the 21st century progresses, metropolitan areas will bear the brunt of global megatrends such as climate change, natural resource depletion, population growth, income inequality, mass migrations, and education and health disparities, among many others.

Citizen Sovereignty. Western Heritage Nation. Nation of the Citizens and For the Citizens How do we make this our Reality? We create this reality when we enact several New Constitutional Amendments. The purpose of this book is to provide those Amendments which will reclaim our citizen sovereignty. Each proposed amendment is written in full, as the exact legal language for the citizens to enact today. These Constitutional Amendments include: 1. Limit Future Immigration. 2. Preference for Immigrants from Western Heritage Nations. 3. Prohibit All Forms of Lobbying. 4. Prohibit All Money Given ...

American Government for Dummies helps you easily understand the concepts and historical events that define the U.S. government system. This guide covers all the content in a typical course on American government or civics, and it offers curious listeners a way to learn more about how the country is run. You'll get clear, impartial, and trustworthy explanations of topics such as the three branches of government, political parties, how campaigns and elections work, and public and foreign policy. It's everything you need to become government-savvy.

Most agree on the urgent need for climate action, yet we are often divided on how to stop the destruction of the natural world. Earth for Sale exposes the danger of governments giving over this responsibility to powerful private interests, namely the same energy, chemical, agribusiness, and bottled water corporations that brought us to this ecological brink.

汽車不只是交通工具更是影響地球命運的關鍵角色 隨著地球環境壓力愈來愈大全球暖化氣候異常與空氣污染成為人類無法忽視的挑戰地球快撐不住了汽車環保拯救未來 深入解析汽車對環境的影響以及未來如何透過科技創新與政策推動實現永續交通的新願景 書中您將會看到 汽車與環境 從碳排放能源消耗到城市空污的關鍵關係 減排科技 電動車氫能源再生能源等新趨勢的實際應用與發展 政策驅動力 全球各國如何透過法規推動車業轉型從歐盟亞洲到美洲 消費者的角色 市場選擇如何加速或阻礙環保轉型 車廠承諾與競爭 各大汽車品牌在永續發展上的努力與競賽 未來展望 自駕技術智慧城市與全球合作如何塑造明日綠色交通 這不只是一本關於汽車的書更是一場關於我們地球未來的深度對話適合所有關心地球技術創新與永續生活的讀者

In ihrem neuen Hörbuch konfrontiert Claudia Kemfert uns mit den heute neu gestellten klimapolitischen Fragen und deckt auf, wo Mythen gefährliche Realitäten verschleiern. Sie zeigt, welche Technologien noch funktionieren könnten und wie der Gasausstieg Deutschland zum Technologie-Weltmarktführer macht – wenn uns die Zeit bleibt. Ein Hörbuch für alle, die sich der Illusion verweigern, dass es noch einfache Antworten gibt. Klima und Wirtschaft lassen sich nicht gegeneinander ausspielen.

This edition of Super Imperialism is the finalized version of the analysis that Michael Hudson first published in the wake of President Nixon severing the dollar's link to gold in August 1971. Closing the gold window had been imminent since the London Gold Pool was disbanded in 1968 in response to the U.S. overseas military spending that had pushed the balance of payments into steadily deepening deficit since the Korean War (1950-51).