On September 10, 2001, the United States was the most open country in the world. But since the 9/11 attacks, the nation has been shutting its doors.
In The Closing of the American Border, Edward Alden goes behind the scenes to tell the story of the Bush administration's struggle to balance security and openness in the wake of the worst attack on U.S. soil.
The goal was to build new lines of defense that could keep out terrorists without stifling the flow of people and ideas from abroad that have helped to build the world's most dynamic economy. But instead, the government created an obstacle course that has made it vastly harder for people from across the world to come to the U.S., hurting America's image abroad and damaging its economic prospects at home.
The Jew, according to the Arab stereotype, is a brutal, violent coward; the Arab, to the prejudiced Jew, is a primitive creature...
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Here is a visionary analysis of how the politics of fear, secrecy, cronyism, and blind faith have combined with the public sphere's degradation to create an environment hostile to reason....
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D. James Kennedy and Jerry Newcombe challenge many of today's beliefs, which have strayed from those of our founding fathers and are impacting each American's life in hidden ways....
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Media and law enforcement work at crosspurposes. Law enforcement want to solve a case as fast as possible; the media want a case to drag on as long as humanly possible....
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A worldrenowned physician traces the rise of the medicalindustrial complex that has made a disaster of our healthcare system and tells us incisively what we need to do to change it.....
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America's most distinguished commentator on foreign policy, Zbigniew Brzezinski, offers a reasoned but unsparing assessment of the last three presidential administrations' foreign policy....
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Tens of millions of Americans sense there is something very wrong with the president of the United States, but they don't know what....
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Fritz Efaw, fugitive from justice, draft resister, and erstwhile enemy of the people, was finally coming home; and he was coming because he'd been elected to attend the Democratic National Convention. A project that had started as...
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Democracy Matters is Cornel West's bold and powerful critique of the troubling deterioration of democracy in America in this threatening post9/11 age of terrorist rage....
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America's economy is in shambles, it's citizens are terrified and dissatisfied.....Could it all have been planned by a secret elite one hundred years ago....
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In the fall of 1971, when William Rehnquist was nominated to fill an Associate Justice seat on the Supreme Court, the Senate raised no major objections...
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The Democrat Party, bestselling author David Limbaugh claims, has sold itself to leftwing extremists, losing its mind and soul....
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Rush Limbaugh is a way of life for over twelve million avid and devoted listeners. For three hours every day this comic conservative...
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Born in Britain, Saira Shah was inspired by her father's dazzling stories to rediscover the now lost life their forebears knew for 900 years....
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Conservative Cal Thomas and liberal Bob Beckel show politicians of both stripes how to get beyond partisanship, restore civility, and move our country forward....
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This brief, important book spells out the lessons of the Obama campaign and illustrates them with examples of successful companies that have used similar strategies and tactics....
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For anyone interested in foreign affairs, this book will catalyze debate, and not only for Mr. Huntington's concluding scenario for World War III....
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Why I Recommend
Audible by Alan Twigg
Audible (an Amazon.com company) is the world's leading online
audio-book provider. Audible is responsible for supplying audio
content to Apple's ITunes service. I have been listening,
enjoying and creating audio books for many years. With
the arrival of the internet and portable digital devices,
audio-books began to become availalbe for download.
Having tried most of
the other download services myself, I finally came to
the conclusion that Audible offers the best and most
reliable service. Whether you are using an IPod, IPhone,
mobile phone, Dune or one of the many other MP3 players
availalbe, Audilbe makes downloading great quality audio
content easy and umcomplicated.
In addition to this, Audible also boasts the most comprehensive collection
of audio books anywhere. Depending on the promotion currently on
offer, you can download any audiobook of your
choice for free (including almost
certainly the title on this
page, too).
This link will take you to Audible...
All about Audiobooks and how they can make your life more
enjoyable.
Books in audio format are a fantastic alternative to reading.
Indeed, now that the digital age is upon, listening to your
favourite novel, biography or factual book has become
incredibly easy. Digital audiobooks weigh nothing and can be
easily downloaded in mp3, wma or other format to an almost
limitless number of mobile devices, including ipods, iphone,
zune, android, laptops, PCs and mobile phones.
Just imagine listening to a bestselling classic while
driving. Good audiobooks really do take the boredom out of
travel and long car journeys. Thanks to Ipod and co. you
don’t even need a CD player anymore! And there are many
thousands of great audiobooks to choose in an incredibly
diverse range of categories. From comedy to business and
from children’s to Adult, you are guaranteed to find your
downloadable favourite.
Here at Playtime Books we offer lots unabridged talking
books that can be downloaded from audible. At audible
audiobooks you get your own online library, which makes
downloading a piece of cake. You can then easily move them
over to your Ipod or mp3 player. You can also sign up for
the trial and get a
free audiobook.
