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Standoff: Virus and Us

Author : Bharat S. Thakkar Ph.D.
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1669810747
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (698 download)

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Download or read book Standoff: Virus and Us written by Bharat S. Thakkar Ph.D. and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2022-04-04 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “This book offers research geared toward understanding the Covid-19 outbreak, in particular, has highlighted the necessity for change management in the development of a comprehensive social media communication strategy in the time of crisis. Organizations can no longer afford the effects of misinformation, scaremongering, or trivialization of organizational events, status, or needs. This book will serve as a valuable resource to researchers interested in pandemic studies generally as well as those studying the importance of innovation in managing modern organizations”. Bharat Thakkar, CEO, PREMGroup, Inc., Wheaton, IL, USA. ** Editor: Bharat S. Thakkar, Ph.D., is CEO of PREMGroup, Inc, a consulting firm in Illinois and an adjunct professor at the Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL, USA. He has expertise in design of systems packaging, reliability management, and heavy machinery design using reliability principles along with Leadership and Management principles. ** “As the COVID-19 pandemic is upending global culture at various levels, this is a remarkably timely book about how businesses must position themselves for the new reality. Under Dr. Bharat Thakkar’s watchful eye, the book’s authors offer insights that perhaps no other work could.” Mayank Chhaya, Journalist & Writer, Naperville, IL, USA ** "Cultures transcend national borders and bias the way we understand the subjective reality of our existence. Failure to understand, appreciate, and navigate cultural differences is a failure to understanding the symbiotic nature of how we communicate ideas, manage ourselves and businesses, and align ourselves with the physical, psychological, and spiritual needs of our humanity." Kevin Sorbello, Capella University, Minneapolis, MN, USA.

The Last Town on Earth

Author : Thomas Mullen
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1588365646
Total Pages : 409 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (883 download)

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Download or read book The Last Town on Earth written by Thomas Mullen and published by Random House. This book was released on 2006-08-29 with total page 409 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A town under quarantine during the 1918 flu epidemic must reckon with forces beyond their control in a powerful, sweeping novel of morality in a time of upheaval “An American variation on Albert Camus’ The Plague.”—Chicago Tribune NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY USA TODAY AND CHICAGO TRIBUNE • WINNER OF THE JAMES FENIMORE COOPER PRIZE FOR HISTORICAL FICTION Deep in the mist-shrouded forests of the Pacific Northwest is a small mill town called Commonwealth, conceived as a haven for workers weary of exploitation. For Philip Worthy, the adopted son of the town’s founder, it is a haven in another sense—as the first place in his life he’s had a loving family to call his own. And yet, the ideals that define this outpost are being threatened from all sides. A world war is raging, and with the fear of spies rampant, the loyalty of all Americans is coming under scrutiny. Meanwhile, another shadow has fallen across the region in the form of a deadly virus striking down vast swaths of surrounding communities. When Commonwealth votes to quarantine itself against contagion, guards are posted at the single road leading in and out of town, and Philip Worthy is among them. He will be unlucky enough to be on duty when a cold, hungry, tired—and apparently ill—soldier presents himself at the town’s doorstep begging for sanctuary. The encounter that ensues, and the shots that are fired, will have deafening reverberations throughout Commonwealth, escalating until every human value—love, patriotism, community, family, friendship—not to mention the town’s very survival, is imperiled. Inspired by a little-known historical footnote regarding towns that quarantined themselves during the 1918 epidemic, The Last Town on Earth is a remarkably moving and accomplished debut.

The Handmaid's Tale

Author : Margaret Atwood
Publisher : McClelland & Stewart
ISBN 13 : 0771008791
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (71 download)

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Download or read book The Handmaid's Tale written by Margaret Atwood and published by McClelland & Stewart. This book was released on 2011-09-06 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An instant classic and eerily prescient cultural phenomenon, from “the patron saint of feminist dystopian fiction” (New York Times). Now an award-winning Hulu series starring Elizabeth Moss. In this multi-award-winning, bestselling novel, Margaret Atwood has created a stunning Orwellian vision of the near future. This is the story of Offred, one of the unfortunate “Handmaids” under the new social order who have only one purpose: to breed. In Gilead, where women are prohibited from holding jobs, reading, and forming friendships, Offred’s persistent memories of life in the “time before” and her will to survive are acts of rebellion. Provocative, startling, prophetic, and with Margaret Atwood’s devastating irony, wit, and acute perceptive powers in full force, The Handmaid’s Tale is at once a mordant satire and a dire warning.

American Zion

Author : Betsy Gaines Quammen
Publisher : Torrey House Press
ISBN 13 : 1948814153
Total Pages : 261 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (488 download)

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Download or read book American Zion written by Betsy Gaines Quammen and published by Torrey House Press. This book was released on 2020-03-25 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A deep, fascinating dive into a uniquely American brand of religious zealotry that poses a grave threat to our national parks, wilderness areas, wildlife sanctuaries, and other public lands. It also happens to be a delight to read." —JON KRAKAUER American Zion is the story of the Bundy family, famous for their armed conflicts in the West. With an antagonism that goes back to the very first Mormons who fled the Midwest for the Great Basin, they hold a sense of entitlement that confronts both law and democracy. Today their cowboy confrontations threaten public lands, wild species, and American heritage. BETSY GAINES QUAMMEN is a historian and conservationist. She received a doctorate in Environmental History from Montana State University in 2017, her dissertation focusing on Mormon settlement and public land conflicts. After college in Colorado, caretaking for a bed and breakfast in Mosier, Oregon, and serving breakfasts at a cafe in Kanab, Utah, Betsy has settled in Bozeman, Montana, where she now lives with her husband, writer David Quammen, three huge dogs, an overweight cat, and a pretty big python named Boots.

Indigenous Health and Justice

Author : Karen Jarratt-Snider
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
ISBN 13 : 0816553165
Total Pages : 265 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (165 download)

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Download or read book Indigenous Health and Justice written by Karen Jarratt-Snider and published by University of Arizona Press. This book was released on 2024 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Indigenous communities are practicing de facto sovereignty to resolve public health issues that are a consequence of settler colonialism. This work delves into health and justice through a range of topics and examples and demonstrates the resilience of Indigenous communities.

Toppling Trump

Author : Samuel J. Best
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3031554019
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (315 download)

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Download or read book Toppling Trump written by Samuel J. Best and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

War Fever

Author : Randy Roberts
Publisher : Basic Books
ISBN 13 : 1541672674
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (416 download)

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Download or read book War Fever written by Randy Roberts and published by Basic Books. This book was released on 2020-03-24 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A "marvelous" (Sports Illustrated) portrait of the three men whose lives were forever changed by WWI-era Boston and the Spanish flu: baseball star Babe Ruth, symphony conductor Karl Muck, and Harvard law student Charles Whittlesey. In the fall of 1918, a fever gripped Boston. The streets emptied as paranoia about the deadly Spanish flu spread. Newspapermen and vigilante investigators aggressively sought to discredit anyone who looked or sounded German. And as the war raged on, the enemy seemed to be lurking everywhere: prowling in submarines off the coast of Cape Cod, arriving on passenger ships in the harbor, or disguised as the radicals lecturing workers about the injustice of a sixty-hour workweek. War Fever explores this delirious moment in American history through the stories of three men: Karl Muck, the German conductor of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, accused of being an enemy spy; Charles Whittlesey, a Harvard law graduate who became an unlikely hero in Europe; and the most famous baseball player of all time, Babe Ruth, poised to revolutionize the game he loved. Together, they offer a gripping narrative of America at war and American culture in upheaval.

China vs America

Author : Oliver Letwin
Publisher : Biteback Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1785907204
Total Pages : 163 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (859 download)

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Download or read book China vs America written by Oliver Letwin and published by Biteback Publishing. This book was released on 2021-08-24 with total page 163 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: China's rise as a global superpower has completely reshaped the landscape of international politics. As the country's authoritarian regime becomes increasingly assertive on the world stage, the United States grows ever more hostile to its Asian rival. Repressive moves by China in Xinjiang and Hong Kong, military activities in the South China Sea and Western measures against Chinese companies have only exacerbated tensions. While the great powers of East and West battle over hegemony, the world is being led inexorably towards a new Cold War. During his time as a Cabinet minister attending National Security Council meetings, Oliver Letwin realised that there was no agreement among Western politicians and academics on how to conduct a peaceful long-term relationship with China. China vs America traces the contours of history, both ancient and modern, to explain how China has emerged as a challenger to American power in the twenty-first century and why this has created such uneasiness in the West. In this robust and controversial assessment, Letwin argues that the international rules-based order is completely ill-equipped to foster a positive relationship between China and the United States and that the global community must act now to correct the collision course these two behemoths are currently on before it's too late.

Dictionary of the Modern United States Military

Author : S.F. Tomajczyk
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786437758
Total Pages : 800 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (864 download)

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Download or read book Dictionary of the Modern United States Military written by S.F. Tomajczyk and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2008-02-11 with total page 800 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Warspeak," the language of the military, can be for many civilians and for members of differing services an unintelligible hodgepodge of acronyms, slang terms and field operation expressions. Few laypersons may know that the Five F's is a derogatory expression, though Army, Navy, Marine, Air Force, Coast Guard and others know or can infer that "chairborn commandos" are administrative and support personnel. The more than 15,000 entries in this comprehensive dictionary provide an inside look at the United States military. Weapons systems, governmental agencies, electronic warfare, medical terms, military infrastructure, communications, satellites and intelligence systems are among the topics covered in-depth. Also detailed are the acronyms and slang terms used by the soldiers in the field. The work provides numerous cross references for ease of use, along with a bibliography of over 2,200 sources.

Presidential Swing States

Author : David A Schultz
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1498565875
Total Pages : 439 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (985 download)

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Download or read book Presidential Swing States written by David A Schultz and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2018-06-20 with total page 439 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this new and updated volume, the contributors examine the phenomena of presidential swing states in the 2016 presidential election. They explore the reasons why some states and, now counties are the focus of candidate attention, are capable of voting for either of the major candidates, and are decisive in determining who wins the presidency.

Impeachment

Author : Jon Meacham
Publisher : Modern Library
ISBN 13 : 1984853791
Total Pages : 303 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (848 download)

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Download or read book Impeachment written by Jon Meacham and published by Modern Library. This book was released on 2018-10-16 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Four experts on the American presidency examine the first three times impeachment has been invoked—against Andrew Johnson, Richard Nixon, and Bill Clinton—and explain what it means today. Impeachment is a double-edged sword. Though it was designed to check tyrants, Thomas Jefferson also called impeachment “the most formidable weapon for the purpose of a dominant faction that was ever contrived.” On the one hand, it nullifies the will of voters, the basic foundation of all representative democracies. On the other, its absence from the Constitution would leave the country vulnerable to despotic leadership. It is rarely used, and with good reason. Only three times has a president’s conduct led to such political disarray as to warrant his potential removal from office, transforming a political crisis into a constitutional one. None has yet succeeded. Andrew Johnson was impeached in 1868 for failing to kowtow to congressional leaders—and, in a large sense, for failing to be Abraham Lincoln—yet survived his Senate trial. Richard Nixon resigned in August 1974 after the House Judiciary Committee approved three articles of impeachment against him for lying, obstructing justice, and employing his executive power for personal and political gain. Bill Clinton had an affair with a White House intern, but in 1999 he faced trial in the Senate less for that prurient act than for lying under oath about it. In the first book to consider these three presidents alone—and the one thing they have in common—Jeffrey A. Engel, Jon Meacham, Timothy Naftali, and Peter Baker explain that the basis and process of impeachment is more political than legal. The Constitution states that the president “shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors,” leaving room for historical precedent and the temperament of the time to weigh heavily on each case. This book reveals the complicated motives behind each impeachment—never entirely limited to the question of a president’s guilt—and the risks to all sides. Each case depended on factors beyond the president’s behavior: his relationship with Congress, the polarization of the moment, and the power and resilience of the office itself. This is a realist view of impeachment that looks to history for clues about its potential use in the future.

Hidden Empire

Author : Orson Scott Card
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
ISBN 13 : 9780765359711
Total Pages : 468 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (597 download)

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Download or read book Hidden Empire written by Orson Scott Card and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2010-12-28 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This stand-alone sequel to Card's "New York Times"-bestselling novel "Empire" continues the author's message about the dangers of extreme political polarization and the need to reassert moderation and mutual citizenship ("Booklist").

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Author : National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1020 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America written by National Academy of Sciences (U.S.) and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page 1020 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) publishes research reports, commentaries, reviews, colloquium papers, and actions of the Academy. PNAS is a multidisciplinary journal that covers the biological, physical, and social sciences.

I Alone Can Fix It

Author : Carol Leonnig
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0593298950
Total Pages : 592 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (932 download)

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Download or read book I Alone Can Fix It written by Carol Leonnig and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2021-07-20 with total page 592 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The instant #1 New York Times bestseller | A Washington Post Notable Book | One of NPR's Best Books of 2021 The definitive behind-the-scenes story of Trump's final year in office, by Phil Rucker and Carol Leonnig, the Pulitzer-Prize winning reporters and authors of A Very Stable Genius. “Chilling.” – Anderson Cooper “Jaw-dropping.” – John Berman “Shocking.” – John Heilemann “Explosive.” – Hallie Jackson “Blockbuster new reporting.” – Nicolle Wallace “Bracing new revelations.” – Brian Williams “Bombshell reporting.” – David Muir The true story of what took place in Donald Trump’s White House during a disastrous 2020 has never before been told in full. What was really going on around the president, as the government failed to contain the coronavirus and over half a million Americans perished? Who was influencing Trump after he refused to concede an election he had clearly lost and spread lies about election fraud? To answer these questions, Phil Rucker and Carol Leonnig reveal a dysfunctional and bumbling presidency’s inner workings in unprecedented, stunning detail. Focused on Trump and the key players around him—the doctors, generals, senior advisers, and Trump family members— Rucker and Leonnig provide a forensic account of the most devastating year in a presidency like no other. Their sources were in the room as time and time again Trump put his personal gain ahead of the good of the country. These witnesses to history tell the story of him longing to deploy the military to the streets of American cities to crush the protest movement in the wake of the killing of George Floyd, all to bolster his image of strength ahead of the election. These sources saw firsthand his refusal to take the threat of the coronavirus seriously—even to the point of allowing himself and those around him to be infected. This is a story of a nation sabotaged—economically, medically, and politically—by its own leader, culminating with a groundbreaking, minute-by-minute account of exactly what went on in the Capitol building on January 6, as Trump’s supporters so easily breached the most sacred halls of American democracy, and how the president reacted. With unparalleled access, Rucker and Leonnig explain and expose exactly who enabled—and who foiled—Trump as he sought desperately to cling to power. A classic and heart-racing work of investigative reporting, this book is destined to be read and studied by citizens and historians alike for decades to come.

Indigenous Peoples and Borders

Author : Sheryl Lightfoot
Publisher : Duke University Press
ISBN 13 : 1478027606
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (78 download)

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Download or read book Indigenous Peoples and Borders written by Sheryl Lightfoot and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2023-11-27 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The legacies of borders are far-reaching for Indigenous Peoples. This collection offers new ways of understanding borders by departing from statist approaches to territoriality. Bringing together the fields of border studies, human rights, international relations, and Indigenous studies, it features a wide range of voices from across academia, public policy, and civil society. The contributors explore the profound and varying impacts of borders on Indigenous Peoples around the world and the ways borders are challenged and worked around. From Bangladesh’s colonially imposed militarized borders to resource extraction in the Russian Arctic and along the Colombia-Ecuador border to the transportation of toxic pesticides from the United States to Mexico, the chapters examine sovereignty, power, and obstructions to Indigenous rights and self-determination as well as globalization and the economic impacts of borders. Indigenous Peoples and Borders proposes future action that is informed by Indigenous Peoples’ voices, needs, and advocacy. Contributors. Tone Bleie, Andrea Carmen, Jacqueline Gillis, Rauna Kuokkanen, Elifuraha Laltaika, Sheryl Lightfoot, David Bruce MacDonald, Toa Elisa Maldonado Ruiz, Binalakshmi “Bina” Nepram, Melissa Z. Patel, Manoel B. do Prado Junior, Hana Shams Ahmed, Elsa Stamatopoulou, Liubov Suliandziga, Rodion Sulyandziga, Yifat Susskind, Erika M. Yamada

The COVID-19 Pandemic

Author : Joseph M. Rosen
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3031627725
Total Pages : 395 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (316 download)

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Download or read book The COVID-19 Pandemic written by Joseph M. Rosen and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on with total page 395 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Lakhota

Author : Rani-Henrik Andersson
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN 13 : 0806191643
Total Pages : 437 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (61 download)

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Download or read book Lakhota written by Rani-Henrik Andersson and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 2022-11-17 with total page 437 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Lakȟóta are among the best-known Native American peoples. In popular culture and even many scholarly works, they were once lumped together with others and called the Sioux. This book tells the full story of Lakȟóta culture and society, from their origins to the twenty-first century, drawing on Lakȟóta voices and perspectives. In Lakȟóta culture, “listening” is a cardinal virtue, connoting respect, and here authors Rani-Henrik Andersson and David C. Posthumus listen to the Lakȟóta, both past and present. The history of Lakȟóta culture unfolds in this narrative as the people lived it. Fittingly, Lakhota: An Indigenous History opens with an origin story, that of White Buffalo Calf Woman (Ptesanwin) and her gift of the sacred pipe to the Lakȟóta people. Drawing on winter counts, oral traditions and histories, and Lakȟóta letters and speeches, the narrative proceeds through such periods and events as early Lakȟóta-European trading, the creation of the Great Sioux Reservation, Christian missionization, the Plains Indian Wars, the Ghost Dance and Wounded Knee (1890), the Indian New Deal, and self-determination, as well as recent challenges like the #NoDAPL movement and management of Covid-19 on reservations. This book centers Lakȟóta experience, as when it shifts the focus of the Battle of Little Bighorn from Custer to fifteen-year-old Black Elk, or puts American Horse at the heart of the negotiations with the Crook Commission, or explains the Lakȟóta agenda in negotiating the Fort Laramie Treaty in 1851. The picture that emerges—of continuity and change in Lakȟóta culture from its distant beginnings to issues in our day—is as sweeping and intimate, and as deeply complex, as the lived history it encompasses.