Mind Government

Our American democracy is not broken. Our two-party political system and constitutional government are working, though perhaps not at their best. In recent years, we have experienced the storming of the Capitol, the rise of demagogues (such as Donald Trump and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez), and the polarization into Red and Blue States. Unfortunately, we seem to be at a low point, a possible breaking point.

لا شك أن الكتابة في هذا الموضوع أمر شائك معقَّد؛ فثمَّة أشياء عديدة تطل برأسها في طريق الادعاءات والاحتجاجات وشواهد الحكايات والفرضيات والمؤامرات والنظريات، ونحن -بالطبع- لسنا معنيين بالإشارة إلى الوقائع والحقائق والإحصاءات؛ إذ ليس عدلًا تناوُل أيٍّ من هذه الضوابط الأساسية دونما نظرة شاملة لموضوع السيطرة على العقل ومراقبته وتوجيهه. من جهة أُخرى، يفرض علينا الناشرون -نحن معشر الكتاب- تلك النتف الصغيرة التي تعرف بـحساب الكلمات

In his audiobook "The Illuminati: Exposing the Secret Society that Runs the World," historian Shmuel Cohen—who has inside knowledge of this illusive organization—offers a captivating examination of the notorious secret society that is the driving force behind the dynamics of world power. Based on his singular experiences and in-depth historical research, Cohen explores the murky realm of the Illuminati, charting its purported beginnings, development, and ongoing impact on current events.

With an economy and population that dwarf most industrialized nations, China is emerging as a 21st century global superpower. Even though China is an international leader in modern business and technology, its ancient history exerts a powerful force on its foreign policy. Christopher A. Ford expertly traces China's self-image and its role in the world order - from the age of Confucius to today. Ford argues that despite its exposure to and experience of the modern world, China is still strongly influenced by a hierarchical view of political order.

The Forging of the American Mind is a revolutionary road map for transforming education. This book gives devout parents and teachers the concrete information and inspiration they need to build a new and better way of learning for all American children.

Yay! We are all being sprayed to death by a horrible science experiment.

What is property, and why does our species have it? In The Property Species, Bart J. Wilson explores how humans acquire, perceive, and know the custom of property and why this might be relevant to understanding how property works in the 21st century. Arguing that neither the sciences nor the humanities synthesizes a full account of property, the book offers a cross-disciplinary compromise that is sure to be controversial: Property is a universal and uniquely human custom.

Why are clocks in Germany always correct while those in Brazil are frequently wrong? Why are Singaporeans jailed for selling gum? Why do women in New Zealand have three times the sex of females worldwide? Why was the Daimler-Chrysler merger ill-fated from the start? And why does each generation of Americans give their kids weirder and weirder names?

Left or Right what shall it be?

It is impossible to quantify the total number of deaths attributable to the policies of Stalin, but the ‘Excess Mortality’ (i.e., deaths over and above what would normally have been expected during the period in question) gives an approximate figure in excess of 40 million. However, this is only part of the story of the amount of misery inflicted by the Stalin regime through torture, deliberate starvation, neglect, separation from loved ones, cold and hypothermia (e.g. in the prisons of Siberia), which is unquantifiable and unimaginable.

Will President Trump destroy civilization or win the Nobel Peace Prize? Humankind’s survival feels like a jump ball that could go either way. We are perched on a precipice, and the reason we are looking into an abyss of nuclear annihilation is that the American president has unencumbered, unilateral control over the nuclear codes. One thing we know for sure is that the mind of Donald Trump is currently in control of our fate. Never before have the nuclear codes been in the hands of a man who many observers view as unstable and erratic.

A secret from the past holds the key to saving the future. Calla Cress, top government codebreaker, thought she had defeated the world's most dangerous man. But when she made the fatal mistake of letting him live, she never could have imagined what would follow. The billionaire criminal mastermind, locked away in a high-security prison, is now luring the globe's smartest minds into his cell, where they emerge in comas and his lethal hacks infiltrate government systems worldwide. As a museum curator turned undercover agent, Calla is at the center of a dangerous game. She holds a secret, ...

This book invites listeners on a unique journey inside the mind of a voter using unprecedented data from the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, France, South Africa, and Georgia throughout a period when the world evolved from the centrist dominance of Obama and Mandela to the shock victories of Brexit and Trump. Michael Bruter and Sarah Harrison explore three interrelated aspects of the heart and mind of voters: the psychological bases of their behavior, how they experience elections and the emotions this entails, and how and when elections bring democratic resolution.

Elite American soldiers suffering from PTSD seek to destroy the republic and American democracy. Immerse yourself in this political thriller that will have you on the edge of your seat. As you ride along with two federal agents in their investigation to discover who is behind several horrific terrorist attacks on American soil.

Many people go on road trips with their traveling buddy or family. About an hour in, you may start to get bored and wonder how you can make the drive go by faster. This audiobook will help! If you have a trivia night planned and want to freshen up on some facts and myths, we've got you covered. If you are wanting to have a fun afternoon of facts and myths, scroll up, and click the "buy now" button.

The lifeblood of any free society is persuasion: changing other people's minds to enable real change. But America is suffering a crisis of faith in persuasion that is putting its democracy and the planet itself at risk. People increasingly write each other off instead of seeking to win each other over. In The Persuaders best-selling author Anand Giridharadas takes us inside these movements and battles, seeking out the dissenters who continue to champion persuasion in an age of polarisation.

How, and where, do you begin piecing together the remnants of civilization? Unsure if they are lucky to have endured Mother Nature’s latest attempt at human annihilation, Quinn and Riley must find a way to rebuild their lives with the few others remaining under new societal constructs that threaten to destroy what's left of their humanity and the human race.

Over his long career as witness to an extreme 20th century, National Book Award-winning psychiatrist, historian, and public intellectual Robert Jay Lifton has grappled with the profound effects of nuclear war, terrorism, and genocide. Now he shifts to climate change, which, Lifton writes, "presents us with what may be the most demanding and unique psychological task ever required of humankind" - what he describes as the task of mobilizing our imaginative resources toward climate sanity.

Warning: this audiobook will blow your mind. Matthew Santoro is a fact-filled YouTube sensation. Now comes his first ever book, packed full of trivia, laughs and facts that seem too mind melting to be true. From video game characters that were based on real people to myths you still believe about space, Santoro brings together the world's most amazing facts in mind-boggling top 10 lists and myth-busting revelations. Did you know that it's illegal to die in the Houses of Parliament? Or that under extreme pressure, peanut butter can be turned into diamonds?

In this gripping account, Robert Manne shows how the Islamic State's worldview evolved, from the 1960s prison writings of Sayyid Qutb all the way to its elegant online magazine of horror, Dabiq. This gripping account reveals the crucial role of texts such as The Management of Savagery and figures such as al-Zarqawi, who set out to pit Sunni against Shi'a, tearing Iraq apart.