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Grand Delusion by Steven Simon (.ePUB)
Posted by: alburack at Yesterday, 7:37 am in History
Grand Delusion: The Rise and Fall of American Ambition in the Middle East by Steven Simon
Requirements: .ePUB reader, 1.9mb
Overview: 2023 Edition
A longtime American foreign policy insider’s penetrating and definitive reckoning with this country’s involvement in the Middle East.
The culmination of almost forty years at the highest levels of policymaking and scholarship, Grand Delusion is Steven Simon’s tour de force, offering a comprehensive and deeply informed account of U.S. engagement in the Middle East. Simon begins with the Reagan administration, when American perception of the region shifted from a cluster of faraway and frequently skirmishing nations to a shining, urgent opportunity for America to (in Reagan’s words) “serve the cause of world peace and the future of mankind.”
Reagan fired the starting gun on decades of deepening American involvement, but as the global economy grew, bringing an increasing reliance on oil, U.S. diplomatic and military energies were ever more fatefully absorbed by the Middle East. Grand Delusion explores the motivations, strategies, and shortcomings of each presidential administration from Reagan to today, exposing a web of intertwined events—from the history of the Israel-Palestine conflict amid Israeli domestic politics, Cold War rivalries, and Saudi Arabia’s quest for security, to 9/11 and the war on terror—managed by a Washington policy process frequently ruled by wishful thinking and partisan politics.
Simon’s sharp sense of irony and incisive writing brings complex history to life. He illuminates the motives behind America's commitment to Israel; explodes the popular narrative of Desert Storm as a “good war”; and calls out the devastating consequences of our mistakes, particularly for people of the region trapped by the onslaught of American military action and pitiless economic sanctions.
Grand Delusion reveals that this story, while episodically impressive, has too often been tragic and at times dishonorable. As we enter a new era in foreign policy, this is an essential book, a cautionary history that illuminates American's propensity for self-deception and misadventure at a moment when the nation is redefining its engagement with a world in crisis.
Genre: Non-Fiction > History > Middle East
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Requirements: .ePUB reader, 1.9mb
Overview: 2023 Edition
A longtime American foreign policy insider’s penetrating and definitive reckoning with this country’s involvement in the Middle East.
The culmination of almost forty years at the highest levels of policymaking and scholarship, Grand Delusion is Steven Simon’s tour de force, offering a comprehensive and deeply informed account of U.S. engagement in the Middle East. Simon begins with the Reagan administration, when American perception of the region shifted from a cluster of faraway and frequently skirmishing nations to a shining, urgent opportunity for America to (in Reagan’s words) “serve the cause of world peace and the future of mankind.”
Reagan fired the starting gun on decades of deepening American involvement, but as the global economy grew, bringing an increasing reliance on oil, U.S. diplomatic and military energies were ever more fatefully absorbed by the Middle East. Grand Delusion explores the motivations, strategies, and shortcomings of each presidential administration from Reagan to today, exposing a web of intertwined events—from the history of the Israel-Palestine conflict amid Israeli domestic politics, Cold War rivalries, and Saudi Arabia’s quest for security, to 9/11 and the war on terror—managed by a Washington policy process frequently ruled by wishful thinking and partisan politics.
Simon’s sharp sense of irony and incisive writing brings complex history to life. He illuminates the motives behind America's commitment to Israel; explodes the popular narrative of Desert Storm as a “good war”; and calls out the devastating consequences of our mistakes, particularly for people of the region trapped by the onslaught of American military action and pitiless economic sanctions.
Grand Delusion reveals that this story, while episodically impressive, has too often been tragic and at times dishonorable. As we enter a new era in foreign policy, this is an essential book, a cautionary history that illuminates American's propensity for self-deception and misadventure at a moment when the nation is redefining its engagement with a world in crisis.
Genre: Non-Fiction > History > Middle East
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A Change of Location by Margaret Porter (.ePUB)
Posted by: miss_p1nky at Yesterday, 7:37 am in Romance
A Change of Location by Margaret Porter
Requirements: .ePUB reader, 3.1 MB | Retail
Overview: Hannah Ballard's most successful relationship: her career.
Her superpower is an uncanny ability to discover perfect movie settings while avoiding the limelight herself. She's involved in pre-production for a film based on a bestselling historical novel when a chance meeting with an aristocratic landowner leads her to Somerset and his estate in picturesque Milver Vale--the ideal backdrop for a period drama.
Martin Latimer, Marquess of Milverston, believes the release of a high-profile motion picture can increase tourism and bolster the local economy. And he hopes to spend more time with its intriguing location manager.
But Hannah's discovery that Martin is a magnet for the scandal-hungry press forces her into a painful and damaging decision. Powering through heartbreak is hard. Especially when coping with unemployment--and dealing with members of her fractured family. For their protection, she must part from the nobleman asking her to stay with him. Who makes her believe that, at long last, she actually could be falling in love.
Genre: Fiction > Romance
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Requirements: .ePUB reader, 3.1 MB | Retail
Overview: Hannah Ballard's most successful relationship: her career.
Her superpower is an uncanny ability to discover perfect movie settings while avoiding the limelight herself. She's involved in pre-production for a film based on a bestselling historical novel when a chance meeting with an aristocratic landowner leads her to Somerset and his estate in picturesque Milver Vale--the ideal backdrop for a period drama.
Martin Latimer, Marquess of Milverston, believes the release of a high-profile motion picture can increase tourism and bolster the local economy. And he hopes to spend more time with its intriguing location manager.
But Hannah's discovery that Martin is a magnet for the scandal-hungry press forces her into a painful and damaging decision. Powering through heartbreak is hard. Especially when coping with unemployment--and dealing with members of her fractured family. For their protection, she must part from the nobleman asking her to stay with him. Who makes her believe that, at long last, she actually could be falling in love.
Genre: Fiction > Romance
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American Doom Loop by Dale Maharidge (.MP3)
Posted by: VielBiern at Yesterday, 7:35 am in Audiobooks
American Doom Loop: Dispatches from a Troubled Nation, 1980s-2020s by Dale Maharidge / Narrated by Lee Goettl
Requirements: .MP3 player, 256 mb
Overview: Americans lived in a different reality in 1980: Vermont was the only state that let residents carry a concealed firearm without a permit. Twenty-four states now allow this—and numerous other gun laws have fallen by the wayside. When police were accused of wrongdoing, the default answer from society's arbiters was: "The police wouldn't lie." Editors steered clear of stories about rape and sexual violence. The word "homeless" wasn't in common use. The fabric of the middle class had not yet begun fraying.
America of the 2020s is living with cultural shapeshifting rooted in the 1980s. American Doom Loop chronicles the first part of that moving picture, then brings the story forward.
As a newspaper journalist, Dale Maharidge had a front-row seat to this decade. He was in the Philippines during the last days of Dictator Ferdinand Marcos, witnessing the US lose a critical piece of its empire dating to the Spanish-American War; he embedded with a group that was a precursor to the Oath Keepers; and he investigated police, who kept trying to get him fired.
Through it all, Maharidge gained an invaluable view of a complicated decade that offers insight into our society today.
Genre: Audiobooks > Non-Fiction
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Requirements: .MP3 player, 256 mb
Overview: Americans lived in a different reality in 1980: Vermont was the only state that let residents carry a concealed firearm without a permit. Twenty-four states now allow this—and numerous other gun laws have fallen by the wayside. When police were accused of wrongdoing, the default answer from society's arbiters was: "The police wouldn't lie." Editors steered clear of stories about rape and sexual violence. The word "homeless" wasn't in common use. The fabric of the middle class had not yet begun fraying.
America of the 2020s is living with cultural shapeshifting rooted in the 1980s. American Doom Loop chronicles the first part of that moving picture, then brings the story forward.
As a newspaper journalist, Dale Maharidge had a front-row seat to this decade. He was in the Philippines during the last days of Dictator Ferdinand Marcos, witnessing the US lose a critical piece of its empire dating to the Spanish-American War; he embedded with a group that was a precursor to the Oath Keepers; and he investigated police, who kept trying to get him fired.
Through it all, Maharidge gained an invaluable view of a complicated decade that offers insight into our society today.
Genre: Audiobooks > Non-Fiction
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Bankhaus by Neil Giarratana
Posted by: miss_p1nky at Yesterday, 7:33 am in Mystery/Thriller
Bankhaus by Neil Giarratana
Requirements: .ePUB reader, 689 KB | Retail
Overview: Anulka Lorenzini is head of the Wealth Management Division at Bankhaus Finsler, a private bank in Zurich. Her clients represent, in part, a world of hidden, ill-gotten money. Her secret contempt for that dark underbelly of the banking business trumps her attempts to remain what she is to the outside world, a well-respected banker.
She falls hard for Giovanni Poggio, who, using her deeply-anchored contempt, convinces her to facilitate the embezzlement of 14.5 million Euros at her bank. His plan: A false client will periodically withdraw cash from a real client's account. Sixty percent of the money taken will be hers.
Months later, seeing the inherent brittleness of her decision, she stops everything. While funds totaling 13.3 million Euros have already been withdrawn, her Italian partners want their remaining share.
Struggling to end her nightmare, Anulka decides to initiate a second round of embezzlement. Its success depends upon her involving Felix Hofmaier, a Frankfurt management consultant facing possible criminal charges--and financial ruin--for defrauding the bank of one of his clients.
Anulka proposes a payment plan to her Italian partners. They in turn increase their demands, threatening to kill her if she doesn't perform. Incensed by their callousness and greed, she gives her dark side full rein, plunging herself into a deadly dance of betrayal, deceit, and retribution.
Genre: Fiction > Mystery/Thriller
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Requirements: .ePUB reader, 689 KB | Retail
Overview: Anulka Lorenzini is head of the Wealth Management Division at Bankhaus Finsler, a private bank in Zurich. Her clients represent, in part, a world of hidden, ill-gotten money. Her secret contempt for that dark underbelly of the banking business trumps her attempts to remain what she is to the outside world, a well-respected banker.
She falls hard for Giovanni Poggio, who, using her deeply-anchored contempt, convinces her to facilitate the embezzlement of 14.5 million Euros at her bank. His plan: A false client will periodically withdraw cash from a real client's account. Sixty percent of the money taken will be hers.
Months later, seeing the inherent brittleness of her decision, she stops everything. While funds totaling 13.3 million Euros have already been withdrawn, her Italian partners want their remaining share.
Struggling to end her nightmare, Anulka decides to initiate a second round of embezzlement. Its success depends upon her involving Felix Hofmaier, a Frankfurt management consultant facing possible criminal charges--and financial ruin--for defrauding the bank of one of his clients.
Anulka proposes a payment plan to her Italian partners. They in turn increase their demands, threatening to kill her if she doesn't perform. Incensed by their callousness and greed, she gives her dark side full rein, plunging herself into a deadly dance of betrayal, deceit, and retribution.
Genre: Fiction > Mystery/Thriller
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Ask Questions, Save Money, Make More by Matt Schulz (.MP3)
Posted by: VielBiern at Yesterday, 7:33 am in Audiobooks
Ask Questions, Save Money, Make More: How to Take Control of Your Financial Life by Matt Schulz / Narrated by Danny Hughes
Requirements: .MP3 player, 216 mb
Overview: Asking credit card companies, banks, hospitals, schools, and other businesses for better rates and discounts works. Here's how to do it.
In this must-have money manual, personal finance expert Matt Schulz empowers you to ask forty-five fiscal questions in seven key areas of life: credit and debt, healthcare, housing, shopping, travel, work, and relationships. The questions feature decision trees, success stories, potential risks, and other practical tools that skillfully guide you through the pros and cons and explain the relevant data. Every request also comes with an easy-to-follow, fill-in-the-blank script. Gain the confidence to request a lower rate on your rent or mortgage, better financing for an auto loan, a higher salary, a refund on a cancelled flight, a lower phone bill, and even a fair split for that group dinner. You are the lifeblood of every company that you pay, and you have more power over your money than you realize. Put more of it in your pocket and keep it there. Sometimes all you have to do is ask.
Genre: Audiobooks > Non-Fiction
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Requirements: .MP3 player, 216 mb
Overview: Asking credit card companies, banks, hospitals, schools, and other businesses for better rates and discounts works. Here's how to do it.
In this must-have money manual, personal finance expert Matt Schulz empowers you to ask forty-five fiscal questions in seven key areas of life: credit and debt, healthcare, housing, shopping, travel, work, and relationships. The questions feature decision trees, success stories, potential risks, and other practical tools that skillfully guide you through the pros and cons and explain the relevant data. Every request also comes with an easy-to-follow, fill-in-the-blank script. Gain the confidence to request a lower rate on your rent or mortgage, better financing for an auto loan, a higher salary, a refund on a cancelled flight, a lower phone bill, and even a fair split for that group dinner. You are the lifeblood of every company that you pay, and you have more power over your money than you realize. Put more of it in your pocket and keep it there. Sometimes all you have to do is ask.
Genre: Audiobooks > Non-Fiction
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How Science Engages with Ethics by Kristen Renwick Monroe(.ePUB)(.PDF)
Posted by: kalpatru at Yesterday, 7:31 am in Faith, Beliefs & Philosophy
How Science Engages with Ethics and Why It Should: An Interdisciplinary Approach by Kristen Renwick Monroe
Requirements: .ePUB, .PDF reader, 7.28mb
Overview: We live in an era of extreme claims versus weak consensus on issues critical to the public. Is climate change a hoax, or is it destroying our planet? Were the vaccines and social distancing measures of COVID-19 designed to protect us, or were they an invasion of our liberty? How do we determine the validity of these claims and others like them? Can we find a reliable middle ground leading to policies that help everyone?
How Science Engages with Ethics and Why It Should makes an impassioned plea for a scientific analysis of ethics, discussing what such a method is, why we need it, and what it can offer that other methods cannot.
Genre: Non-Fiction > Philosophy
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Requirements: .ePUB, .PDF reader, 7.28mb
Overview: We live in an era of extreme claims versus weak consensus on issues critical to the public. Is climate change a hoax, or is it destroying our planet? Were the vaccines and social distancing measures of COVID-19 designed to protect us, or were they an invasion of our liberty? How do we determine the validity of these claims and others like them? Can we find a reliable middle ground leading to policies that help everyone?
How Science Engages with Ethics and Why It Should makes an impassioned plea for a scientific analysis of ethics, discussing what such a method is, why we need it, and what it can offer that other methods cannot.
Genre: Non-Fiction > Philosophy
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The Darling Dahlias & The Unlucky Clover by Susan Wittig Albert (.M4B)
Posted by: stokerman at Yesterday, 7:30 am in Audiobooks
The Darling Dahlias And The Unlucky Clover by Susan Wittig Albert (.M4B)
Requirements: .M4A/.M4B reader, 235 MB
Overview: When the Lucky Four Clovers run into a string of bad luck, it looks like the music may have ended for Darling’s favorite barbershop quartet—just when the Dixie Regional Barbershop Competition is about to take place. To complicate things, there’s a serious foul-up in Darling’s telephone system—and Myra May and Violet don’t have a penny for repairs. The town’s party lines may have to go out of business, which would be bad news for the gossips.
And it doesn’t help that newspaper editor/publisher Charlie Dickens is facing a crisis of confidence in his new wife, Fannie. Or that Liz Lacy (the Dahlias’ president) has to decide whether she’s ready for a do-over in her ill-fated romance with Grady Alexander. And what’s that secret her old friend Fremon is keeping? What does he know about what happened to the unlucky Clover on that dark night on the Jericho Road?
Genre: Audiobooks > Fiction > Mystery
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Requirements: .M4A/.M4B reader, 235 MB
Overview: When the Lucky Four Clovers run into a string of bad luck, it looks like the music may have ended for Darling’s favorite barbershop quartet—just when the Dixie Regional Barbershop Competition is about to take place. To complicate things, there’s a serious foul-up in Darling’s telephone system—and Myra May and Violet don’t have a penny for repairs. The town’s party lines may have to go out of business, which would be bad news for the gossips.
And it doesn’t help that newspaper editor/publisher Charlie Dickens is facing a crisis of confidence in his new wife, Fannie. Or that Liz Lacy (the Dahlias’ president) has to decide whether she’s ready for a do-over in her ill-fated romance with Grady Alexander. And what’s that secret her old friend Fremon is keeping? What does he know about what happened to the unlucky Clover on that dark night on the Jericho Road?
Genre: Audiobooks > Fiction > Mystery
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Torment by Mari Dietz (.ePUB)
Posted by: miss_p1nky at Yesterday, 7:29 am in Sci-Fi/Fantasy/Horror
Torment by Mari Dietz
Requirements: .ePUB reader, 1.1 MB | Retail
Overview: An eta is less than human. Something that lies, cheats, and steals will never have the honor of bonding with a dragon. It shouldn't even exist.
Born into the eta class, Mei accepts the fact that at any moment her life could be over for something as simple as being caught stealing food. As long as she can keep her sickly father alive, she's satisfied with her lot in life. All of that changes the day her father informs her that he stashed away money so she has a chance to secure an apprenticeship with a dragon. Reluctant to leave, she honors her father's wishes for her and goes to the selection. Then, to the other recruits' dismay, one of the elite shodragons bonds with her. Horrified, she discovers that shodragon riders are not allowed to leave the fortress during training for three years. If Mei stays she may never see her father again, but if she leaves, she will face execution for desertion and will have wasted her father's one hope to see her free from their impoverished life.
She is trapped in a world that doesn't want her by her loyalty to her father's dream. Mei must accept her new duty as a shodragon rider, to fight the monsters that come when the rains fall to feast on human flesh. Faced with constant mental and physical abuse from those who should be her mentors and allies, she struggles to find her own worthiness.
When her father unexpectedly disappears, she must make a choice: to respect her father's last wish or to save her only family. Mei didn't get to choose what class she was born into, but she may get to choose how she dies.
Genre: Fiction > Sci-Fi/Fantasy
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Requirements: .ePUB reader, 1.1 MB | Retail
Overview: An eta is less than human. Something that lies, cheats, and steals will never have the honor of bonding with a dragon. It shouldn't even exist.
Born into the eta class, Mei accepts the fact that at any moment her life could be over for something as simple as being caught stealing food. As long as she can keep her sickly father alive, she's satisfied with her lot in life. All of that changes the day her father informs her that he stashed away money so she has a chance to secure an apprenticeship with a dragon. Reluctant to leave, she honors her father's wishes for her and goes to the selection. Then, to the other recruits' dismay, one of the elite shodragons bonds with her. Horrified, she discovers that shodragon riders are not allowed to leave the fortress during training for three years. If Mei stays she may never see her father again, but if she leaves, she will face execution for desertion and will have wasted her father's one hope to see her free from their impoverished life.
She is trapped in a world that doesn't want her by her loyalty to her father's dream. Mei must accept her new duty as a shodragon rider, to fight the monsters that come when the rains fall to feast on human flesh. Faced with constant mental and physical abuse from those who should be her mentors and allies, she struggles to find her own worthiness.
When her father unexpectedly disappears, she must make a choice: to respect her father's last wish or to save her only family. Mei didn't get to choose what class she was born into, but she may get to choose how she dies.
Genre: Fiction > Sci-Fi/Fantasy
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