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Q: How do you survive in a world of disinformation?
A: You chronicle the truth.
Welcome to the post-truth world!
In this age of disinformation, it is important to document the travesties of the oligarchs and puppet masters; the "Powers That Be".
This monthly publication is salty.
It's for adults ONLY!
If you can't handle tough questions (hint: you are a snowflake) you will not like this periodical.
Left, Right, Libertarian?-I don't care!
The...
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A Few Acres of Ice is an in-depth study of France's complex relationship with the Antarctic, from the search for Terra Australis by French navigators in the sixteenth century to France's role today as one of seven states laying claim to part of the white continent. Janet Martin-Nielsen focuses on environment, sovereignty, and science to reveal not only the political, commercial, and religious challenges of exploration but also the interaction between...
144) Terre libre
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Livre sur le combat pour l'indépendance de la Catalogne, Terre libre aborde un thème duplicable pour toutes les langues minoritaires locales tant françaises qu'internationales.
145) J'emmerde le COVID
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Yann-Gaël Menais montre l'insuffisance d'informations et plusieurs autres lacunes qui entourent les débats autour des problématiques contemporaines à travers le prisme de la Covid-19 en se basant sur de multiples anecdotes historiques. Sans se jeter dans la condescendance ni un manifeste politique, il nous propose son opinion sur un sujet qui continue de marquer le monde.
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Yann-Gaël Menais a vécu longtemps à l'étranger...
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AMERICA SIMPLIFIED: What You Need To Know is a visual book that sums up life in the United States of America. The book is divided into sections which explain the core values and symbols of the United States, the federal and state governments, American people and culture, life expectancy and quality of life, inventions and discoveries, plus a look at how the world views America and, in turn, how the United States views other countries. This book consists...
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Humiliated at the Bay of Pigs, John and Robert Kennedy sought desperately to eliminate Castro. Their strategies for overthrowing the Cuban leader were so elaborate and bizarre, they could only engender paranoia. Castro openly threatened to retaliate. Pro-Castro agitator Lee Harvey Oswald learned that Robert Kennedy was personally supervising groups plotting against the Cuban leader. Filled with rage and a sense of destiny, Oswald went to the Cuban...
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"Honorable Mention for the Jervis Schroeder Prize, American Political Science Association International History & Politics Section" Jonathan Kirshner is professor of political science and international studies at Boston College, and the Stephen and Barbara Friedman Professor of International Political Economy Emeritus at Cornell University. His many books include Currency and Coercion (Princeton) and Hollywood's Last Golden Age.
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Peak oil is back. In the 2000s, the idea that oil production would soon peak before declining shook the energy world. The shale oil boom in the united states seemed to invalidate this forecast, offering a reprieve to a world still addicted to oil. But this boom reveals its weaknesses, and the countdown continues. Without sufficient reserves, world production is likely to decline in the coming years. Based on hitherto confidential geological and industrial...
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Les chapitres méconnus de l'histoire des Philippines narrés que le président Emilio Aguinaldo, figure centrale de la lutte nationale pour l'indépendance, dévoile sa vérité personnelle et sa perspective sur les événements révolutionnaires qui ont façonné le destin d'une nation. 'Emilio Aguinaldo : Témoin de la Révolution - Dévoiler la Perspective du Président' emmène les lecteurs dans un voyage captivant à travers les yeux d'Aguinaldo,...
151) Broken Country
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Those are the memories of a little girl growing up in the most racist place in Italy, if not Europe while being raised by traditional parents with an old school mentality.
Old school left-leaning radicals with old school Italian habits.
All around the late '80s, when everybody was forgetting previous ideologies and looking from the edge of the old World at all the hopes of justice and equality dissolving in the name of the only civic duty capitalism...
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Unique views from John F. Kennedy, Nelson Mandela, Indira Gandhi, and dozens of other world leaders reveal Canada and Canadians through their eyes. During the First World War, foreign leaders began addressing Canadians in our House of Commons and, ever since, have continued influencing how we think about our role in global affairs. For a century now, this parade of world figures has brought urgent messages about Canada's importance in world wars,...
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Quelles solutions pour l'avenir du continent Africain ?
Solutions de développement durable en Afrique : déssalement de l'eau de mer ; traitement des déchets, santé, énergie, conservation des forêts, l'agroécologie; extraction, raffinage et transport des minerais, du pétrole, du gaz ; transport civil aérien ou industrie spatiale.
Un essai rédigé par un spécialiste des questions de développement. Une source d'inspiration pour l'avenir...
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An authoritative, incisive explanation of the causes and current status of hostilities around the world.
The world today rests on increasingly unstable fault lines. From the conflict in Ukraine or fresh upheavals in the Middle East to the threats posed to humanity by a global pandemic, climate change, and natural disasters, the world's danger zones once again draw their battle lines across our hyper-connected, yet fragmented, globe.
In this revised...
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La mer Méditerranée est aujourd'hui devenue l'une des frontières les plus meurtrières de l'histoire. Chaque jour, un nombre incalculable de femmes et d'hommes bravent ses eaux pour fuir leur pays à feu et à sang.
Cette traversée constitue une épreuve inimaginable. Pour en rendre compte, le reporter allemand Wolfgang Bauer s'est infiltré dans un groupe de réfugiés. Aux ctés de Syriens qui tentaient d'aller d'Égypte en Italie pour atteindre...
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Cela fait plus d'un an que le monde est confronté à l'épreuve de la pandémie. Le multilatéralisme en a souffert. Loin de susciter un mouvement de solidarité, le virus en a avivé les vulnérabilités.
Pour autant, cette épidémie n'explique pas tout. Ses retombés ne sauraient dissimuler les tendances de fond qui sont à l'origine des bouleversements actuels du multilatéralisme.
Pendant cette période, Leaders pour la Paix a multiplié les...
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Le protagoniste évoqué dans cet ouvrage n'est pas un prince au sens propre du terme. Il s'agit d'un homme qui, à force de travail et d'abnégation, va forcer l'admiration de ses semblables au point d'obtenir le titre de prince. Sa volonté de changer le destin de son pays en connectant celui-ci au reste du monde va le guider sur le chemin de la gloire. À travers le regard du prince, Ibrahim Dansoko analyse la situation politique, économique et...
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For over a year now, the world has been going through the ordeal of the pandemic. Multilateralism has suffered as a result. Far from creating a movement of solidarity, the virus has left it even more vulnerable.
However, the pandemic does not explain everything. Its fallout cannot conceal the underlying trends at the root of the current upheavals in multilateralism.
Leaders for Peace have taken multiple initiatives during the period in line with...
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"Co-Winner of the 2017 Alexander L. George Book Award, International Society of Political Psychology" Joshua D. Kertzer is assistant professor of government at Harvard University.
Why do some leaders and segments of the public display remarkable persistence in confrontations in international politics, while others cut and run? The answer given by policymakers, pundits, and political scientists usually relates to issues of resolve. Yet, though we...
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