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  • Key to Countering Islamic Fundamentalism
    Maryam Rajavi
    Testimony before U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee's subcommittee on Terrorism, non-Proliferation, and Trade discussing ISIS and Islamic fundamentalism. The book contains Maryam Rajavi's full testimony as well as the question and answer by representatives. During the hearing, Maryam Rajavi who is the president-elect of Iran's parliament-in-exile, the National Council of Resi...
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    13,94 €

  • Cyber Warfare and Cyber Terrorism
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    154,06 €

  • A Compassionate Civilization
    Robertson Work
    We are at a turning point in the history of civilization. Anyone watching the news can understand why. Our generation faces the challenges of global warming, misogyny, racism, systemic poverty, oligarchy, and more. Some believe that this will lead to a kind of fascist, environmentally ruined dystopia. Robertson Work, who has spent decades working in poverty-stricken villages an...
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    19,88 €

  • Operation Nimrod
    Russell Phillips
    The truth behind the SAS' most famous mission.Drawing on extensive research, Operation Nimrod dispels the myths and reveals the truth of those six long days, and the dramatic rescue that thrust the SAS into the public eye.On 29th April 1980, British police assured Iran that their embassy was secure. The very next day, terrorists stormed the embassy and took twenty-six hosta...
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    14,32 €

  • Terrorist Training Camps in Iran
    NCRI- U.S. Representative Office / NCRI- U.SRepresentative Office
    The book details how  Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps trains foreign fighters in 15 various camps in Iran to export terrorism. The IRGC has created a large directorate within its extraterritorial arm, the Quds Force, in order to expand its training of foreign mercenaries as part of the strategy to step up its meddling abroad in Syria, Iraq, Yemen, Bahrain, Afghanistan and el...
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    23,24 €

  • Women in Politics
    Mary Chung Hayashi
    'Women belong in all places where decisions are being made.'Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s words reflect a reality that has plagued the United States for centuries: We have work to do when it comes to gender-political parity.Still, trailblazing women in government have laid the groundwork for other women to follow in their footsteps, one inspirational example at a ...
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    15,78 €

  • A Guide To Security
    Stephen Kavanagh
    This book is a guide to the essential skill set and knowledge needed to meet the challenges faced in contemporary or international security industries. Covering the basics of strategy, risk, and technology from the perspective of an experienced security personnel, focusing on the ’need to know’ and tricks of the trade. The reader will benefit from an understanding of how risk m...
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    21,54 €

  • The Emerald International Handbook of Activist Criminology
    Collectively, The Emerald International Handbook of Activist Criminology explores the contemporary terrain around new and emergent issues and forms of activism, and offers cutting edge conceptualizations of the methodological and practical applications of activist engagement, solidarity, and resistance. ...
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    252,34 €

  • Hybrid Media Events
    Dr Minttu Tikka / Professor Johanna Sumiala / Professor Katja Valaskivi
    What are hybrid media events? And how do these events shape our lives in the present digital age? This book addresses these questions by explaining how terrorist violence makes global events. The empirical analyses are based on the case of Charlie Hebdo attacks in 2015 and the global circulation of solidarities and anger connected with the attacks. ...
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    44,86 €

  • Boston Marathon Bombing
    A.J. Kingston
    Introducing 'Boston Marathon Bombing: Tragedy Strikes' Book BundleStep into the heart of one of the most unforgettable and impactful events in modern history with our exclusive book bundle, 'Boston Marathon Bombing: Tragedy Strikes.' This captivating collection of four interconnected books offers an immersive and emotional exploration of the Patriots’ Day tragedy that shook the...
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    50,92 €

  • Memories of Army Life and MPs of the 529th
    R. Olin Jackson
    The Top Military Police Company in the United States Army During the 1970s. It isn’t often that one is able to maintain that his or her military unit was the top-dog in the entire United States Army, but that’s the remarkable truth regarding the 529th Military Police Company of Heidelberg, Germany in 1974 - and euphemistically for the decade of the 1970s.In the early 1970s, it ...
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    20,56 €

  • Neoliberalism and neo-jihadism
    Imogen Richards
    Neoliberalism and Neo-jihadism investigates the political economy of Al Qaeda and Islamic State. Its examination reveals that while these organisations propagandise on the basis of widespread anti-capitalist sentiments, at the same time they exploit and contribute to the same mechanisms of neoliberal, late modern capitalist finance they condemn. ...
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    44,22 €

  • Political Activism in the Linguistic Landscape
    Frank Monaghan / Korina Giaxoglou / Philip Seargeant
    This graphic novel looks at political activism in the public landscape with a particular focus on the UK activist group Led By Donkeys. The book is both an innovative approach to the presentation of academic research, and an exploration of how political activism can use the linguistic landscape as a resource for communicating its message. ...
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    71,91 €

  • The Political Theory of Salvage
    Jason Kosnoski
    Explores the political and theoretical significance of the use of salvaging discarded materials by social movements during their protest activities. ...
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    43,04 €

  • Socializing Militants
    Jeremiah Rozman
    The twentieth and twenty-first centuries have seen states engaged in long-term conflicts with asymmetrically weaker non-state actors (NSA). States aim to end these conflicts as quickly as possible by combining force and diplomacy to socialize these militants-meaning give them the characteristics of states-in order to make a credible bargain achievable. The militant’s characteri...
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    75,06 €

  • Challenges to US and Mexican Police and Tourism Stability
    Peter E. Tarlow
    Challenges to US and Mexican Police and Tourism Stability examines the impacts that historical, political, and social campaigns targeting police practices have had on law enforcement in general and on the tourism industry in particular, specifically focusing on recent developments in both the USA and Mexico. ...
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    156,38 €

  • My Cursed Genes
    Franklin Díaz
    First installment of a family saga inspired by events that actually occurred in Joseph Stalin’s Russia, on the one hand, and on the other, in a town in Galicia known by the name of "A Guarda".Contains the narration and description of crimes, torture, vexation, facts and real circumstances to which certain people fit the definition of "human aberrations".If you are a person with...
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    22,29 €

  • Indigenous Civil Society in Latin America
    Pascal Lupien
    Over the past decade, Ecuador, Bolivia, and Chile have been buffeted by intensive transformations. Political scientist Pascal Lupien here reveals how Indigenous political activists responded to these changes as part of their long, ongoing struggles for equal citizenship rights and economic and political power. Such activists are often thought to rely solely on disruptive, large...
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    126,87 €

  • Indigenous Civil Society in Latin America
    Pascal Lupien
    Over the past decade, Ecuador, Bolivia, and Chile have been buffeted by intensive transformations. Political scientist Pascal Lupien here reveals how Indigenous political activists responded to these changes as part of their long, ongoing struggles for equal citizenship rights and economic and political power. Such activists are often thought to rely solely on disruptive, large...
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    38,02 €

  • Proscribing peace
    Sophie Haspeslagh
    Proscribing peace shows how the listing of armed groups as terrorists has made pre-negotiations harder and more prolonged. Drawing on fieldwork in Colombia during the negotiation with the FARC, Sophie Haspeslagh introduces the concept of ’linguistic ceasefire’ which becomes a central pre-condition for the initiation of a peace process. ...
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    35,76 €

  • Saving the World from Nuclear War
    Vincent J Intondi
    Examines how the June 12, 1982, rally for nuclear disarmament paved the way for a new generation of activists.On June 12, 1982, one million people filled the streets of New York City and rallied in Central Park to show support for the United Nations’ Second Special Session on Disarmament. They demanded an end to the nuclear arms race and called for a shift from military funds t...
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    58,17 €

  • 夕照漫笔(上)
    中筠 资
    '资中筠先生,大概是今天学术界、文化界、思想界中一位最受尊敬的老前辈了。'--梁文道 '她不阿世、不迎俗,以独立的人格,自立于天地之间。'--杨继绳 '作者绝少废话,叙述简练直白,切中肯綮,持论倘正,隐藏启蒙理想,这是上一世代的大家风范。'--豆瓣读者'无异议' '资中筠先生实乃真的勇士,遗世独立、风骨傲然的士人也!'--豆瓣读者龙辰 本书是继2011年《资中筠自选集》、2013年《老生常谈》之后,著名学者资中筠的又一个自选集,收入其2013-2022年间尚未入集的文章,以及讲座整理稿、访谈记录。全书共两卷、八辑,涉及学术思考、公共话题、私人生活等各个方面。上卷四辑为:文化教育、公益与社会改良、闲情与杂感、访谈录,下卷四辑为:历史与救国、世界观察、思故人、音乐家园。 资先生的主要著...
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    28,63 €

  • At the Crossroads of Music and Social Justice
    Brenda M Romero
    Music is powerful and transformational, but can it spur actual social change? A strong collection of essays, At the Crossroads of Music and Social Justice studies the meaning of music within a community to investigate the intersections of sound and race, ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation, and differing abilities. Ethnographic work from a range of theoretical frame...
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    51,29 €

  • At the Crossroads of Music and Social Justice
    Brenda M Romero
    Music is powerful and transformational, but can it spur actual social change? A strong collection of essays, At the Crossroads of Music and Social Justice studies the meaning of music within a community to investigate the intersections of sound and race, ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation, and differing abilities. Ethnographic work from a range of theoretical frame...
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    128,79 €

  • Cyber Laundering
    Nathalie Rébé
    This book illustrates current cyber laundering practices and the underlying risks associated with them, such as cross-border crimes and terrorism financing. Despite the existence of international regulations and strong worldwide cooperation, countermeasures and international response efforts are often hindered by enforcement and jurisdictional issues, as well as online asset re...
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    166,63 €

  • #ArtePorUcrania / #ArtForUkraine
    _ Arte y denuncia
    En estas páginas, Arte y denuncia presenta «#ArtePorUcrania / #ArtForUkraine», una antología bilingüe acerca de la guerra en Ucrania, con obras de poesía, fotografía, pintura, ilustraciones y cuentos. Recibimos obras de Argentina, Alemania, Australia, Canadá, Chile, Ecuador, España, Estados Unidos, México, Puerto Rico, Turquía y Venezuela. Un total de 24 artistas y escritores d...
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    14,09 €

  • Working Together for Development Results
    Asian Development Bank
    This publication shows how ADB continues to explore new ways to deepen its relationship with civil society organizations (CSOs) and increase the impact of its development projects in South Asia. Drawing on comprehensive data, it emphasizes how meaningful CSO involvement throughout the lifecycle of a development project helps ensure ADB’s schemes are more organized and better de...
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    34,03 €

  • The Political Theory of Salvage
    Jason Kosnoski
    Explores the political and theoretical significance of the use of salvaging discarded materials by social movements during their protest activities. ...
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    121,43 €

  • WWF and Arctic environmentalism
    Danita Catherine Burke
    This book explores WWF’s approach toward engagement in the Circumpolar North and reasons why it is relatively well-received by key northern audiences. It argues that the foundation of WWF’s success is based on four inter-related strategic pillars: legacy, networks, scientific research and communication style. ...
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    157,64 €

  • Jihadist Tendencies in West Africa
    Saron Messembe Obia
    This book presents the menace posed by Boko Haram in Nigeria. National responses have varied from soft and heavy hand approach, in spite the devastating humanitarian crisis and the destruction imputed by Boko Haram. This work highlights issues necessary in addressing the root causes of violent extremism in West Africa, thereby analyzing terrorist financing, in order to prevent ...
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    39,86 €