Twenty-first-century America isn't working the way it's supposed to. This book explains why.

Americans in the twenty-first century are becoming increasingly untethered from both reality and the essential principles and traditions that have shaped the nation's historic success. A big part of why America isn't working is because far too many Americans neither know nor care how it's supposed to work.

Cooper explains key aspects of recent US political history to give the background to dangerous developments, including how political groups have reshaped since the 1964 Civil Rights Act, the rise of Newt Gingrich and the Tea Party, the profound impact of the internet and social media, and the threats posed to the electoral system by the growth of extreme polarization and growing irrationality.

Cooper shows how these recent developments have their roots in the deeper past, with the establishment of the political system in the first place and all the knocks and tweaks to it along the way. He also reveals how, as a result of increasing politicization, the US Supreme Court is now exacerbating polarization instead of acting as an effective check on executive power.

How America Works...and Why It Doesn't is an accessible guide to the US political system which provides a rational and compelling explanation of the ongoing threat to American democracy.

It was just a link in an email.

Michael Housen is living a typical, white-collar American life at a security company when he falls for a phishing campaign with dire implications. One click, and suddenly the US is under marshal law and bombing Tehran.

Michael unknowingly triggered a cyberattack by Iranian hackers, which a belligerent President Davis uses as pretext for war against Iran. Michael blinks and he and his wife, Pam, are thrown into private prisons owned by the president, a multibillionaire tycoon. This ordinary couple suddenly must answer a harrowing question: What do you do when the enemy of the state is you? And they find themselves cooperating with extraordinary partners, from right-wing militias to Iranian documentarians, as they work to clear their names and stop the global conflict that Michael set off with an unwitting click.

Written by a renowned cybersecurity attorney and a bestselling author, A Quiet Life is a cyberthriller for the times that we all live in, and how we can lose everything on the strength of a lie. And how once we start fighting back, we cannot stop.

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Title: The promised seed: a sermon preached to God's ancient Israel, the Jews, at Sion-Chapel, Whitechapel, on Sunday afternoon, Aug. 28th, 1796.

Author: William Cooper

Publisher: Gale, Sabin Americana

Description:

Based on Joseph Sabin's famed bibliography, Bibliotheca Americana, Sabin Americana, 1500--1926 contains a collection of books, pamphlets, serials and other works about the Americas, from the time of their discovery to the early 1900s. Sabin Americana is rich in original accounts of discovery and exploration, pioneering and westward expansion, the U.S. Civil War and other military actions, Native Americans, slavery and abolition, religious history and more.

Sabin Americana offers an up-close perspective on life in the western hemisphere, encompassing the arrival of the Europeans on the shores of North America in the late 15th century to the first decades of the 20th century. Covering a span of over 400 years in North, Central and South America as well as the Caribbean, this collection highlights the society, politics, religious beliefs, culture, contemporary opinions and momentous events of the time. It provides access to documents from an assortment of genres, sermons, political tracts, newspapers, books, pamphlets, maps, legislation, literature and more.

Now for the first time, these high-quality digital scans of original works are available via print-on-demand, making them readily accessible to libraries, students, independent scholars, and readers of all ages.

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SourceLibrary: Huntington Library

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PublicationDate: 17960101

SourceBibCitation: Selected Americana from Sabin's Dictionary of books relating to America

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Collation: 32 p.; 21 cm

This is the second edition of Stories no one asked for! where I fixed all the previous typos from the first edition and I added a few bonus stories! I also touched up a few things here and there!

A frenzy of misbehavior and misjudgment currently threatens the American polity. Donald Trump is the center of the storm. His words, deeds and basic instincts are fundamentally at odds with America's long-held essential ideals. But Trump isn't the only problem. Many of his friends, and plenty of his foes, also consistently violate important norms and traditions while seeking short-term political victories. This bipartisan race to the bottom is a stress test of the world's preeminent constitutional democracy. It continues today.

This collection of columns, previously published in newspapers around the world, looks at two things through the lens of the law: The presidency of Donald J. Trump and the response to the presidency of Donald J. Trump.

Have you ever lost yourself in another world-so much that you almost begin to forget the real one? Then you may see yourself in the writings of Opaulde. If not, the contents of this novel may simply confuse you and perhaps even appall you. Otherwise, if you are not repelled by the bizarre and chaotic, submerge yourself in Opaude's world and see if you can answer the question, Who is Opaulde?

With regret that he had been only vaguely aware of the events of the Civil Rights movement while they were happening and from a sense of obligation towards his sociology students for whom he needed to educate himself, the author made personal journeys over several years to the places that had been the scenes of marches, freedom rides, sit-ins, and bus boycotts: To Atlanta where he interviewed John Lewis, legendary leader of SNCC; The Auburn District, home of M.L. King Jr.'s childhood home, Ebenezer Baptist Church, The Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change, and M. L. King Jr.'s tomb, and to Morehouse College.
To Nashville in July 1991 where he joined with others in the Freedom Rides anniversary. To Mississippi and Bryant's Store, scene of the Emmett Till/Carolyn Bryant confrontation; To Neshoba County and the Mt Zion Church where he met Florence Mars and J.R. Bud and Beatrice Cole who offered unique perspectives on the Freedom Summer Murders of 1964. To Birmingham, the 16th St Baptist Church and the bombings, Kelly Ingram Park, the Police dogs and fire hoses that knocked adults and children down in the streets. And to Selma and over Edmund Pettus Bridge that marchers had crossed on Bloody Sunday.
William Cooper, the author was years along in a satisfying career teaching sociology at Cypress College, California. He and Susun his wife were totally focused on a new home they were building in the remote woods of far northern Siskiyou County where they dreamed of retiring in a few years. The Civil Rights Movement more than a generation earlier, was nowhere in their minds.
That was not to be! On a November morning in 1989 with no warning of the emotional jolt in store, he was leisurely reading through the massive Sunday edition of the Los Angeles Times. Turning a next page, he was emotionally struck by a long article about a newly dedicated Civil Rights Memorial in Montgomery, Alabama. His attention was drawn to the name Maya Lin, the young woman who had designed this new memorial, by then already famous for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial on the Capital Mall.
An unusual feature of this new memorial was a large, circular, obelisk-like cone of black granite, standing on its point. Reminiscent of her earlier Vietnam Veterans memorial, names were carved around the surface of the cone, of martyrs who had been killed in the struggle for equal rights during America's Civil Rights years. Scrolling down the list of martyrs, the majority of the names he did not recognize; had never heard of. Nevertheless, tears began to run down his face, overwhelmed with emotion.
All that emotional upheaval spawned a decision to undertake a trip to the South the following summer. That summer trip eventually turned into five lengthy journeys to the South of the Civil Rights years. The author visited numerous places where martyrs had been murdered. The book features people interviewed and photographed; significant notables like, Bernard Lafayette, Will Campbell, and John Lewis, and numerous ordinary people who had also been participants in the events of a long generation before. The book includes photographs and descriptions of significant places, of monuments and memorial stones. There are also reflections on the Birmingham church bombings as well as William Gladstone's troubling question: Is justice delayed, justice denied?
The book also reveals the author's very interesting biography of a life lived through all the years of the Civil Rights Movement, yet mostly unaware of it! His experiences inside protestant churches of those years offers a fascinating insight into the neglect, sometimes benign, sometimes not, of those churches' encounter with this major American movement for racial justice and brotherhood. This collection of interesting stories and insights is a refreshing perspective for people of all ages to ponder and remember, but especially for the young to whom the torch of brotherhood and justice must now be passed.

Title: The doctrine of predestination unto life, explained and vindicated: in four sermons, preach'd to the Church of Christ, meeting in Brattle-Street, and publish'd at their general desire: with some additional passages and quotations.Author: William CooperPublisher: Gale, Sabin Americana Description: Based on Joseph Sabin's famed bibliography, Bibliotheca Americana, Sabin Americana, 1500--1926 contains a collection of books, pamphlets, serials and other works about the Americas, from the time of their discovery to the early 1900s. Sabin Americana is rich in original accounts of discovery and exploration, pioneering and westward expansion, the U.S. Civil War and other military actions, Native Americans, slavery and abolition, religious history and more.Sabin Americana offers an up-close perspective on life in the western hemisphere, encompassing the arrival of the Europeans on the shores of North America in the late 15th century to the first decades of the 20th century. Covering a span of over 400 years in North, Central and South America as well as the Caribbean, this collection highlights the society, politics, religious beliefs, culture, contemporary opinions and momentous events of the time. It provides access to documents from an assortment of genres, sermons, political tracts, newspapers, books, pamphlets, maps, legislation, literature and more.Now for the first time, these high-quality digital scans of original works are available via print-on-demand, making them readily accessible to libraries, students, independent scholars, and readers of all ages.++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++SourceLibrary: Huntington LibraryDocumentID: SABCP00986200CollectionID: CTRG93-B395PublicationDate: 17400101SourceBibCitation: Selected Americana from Sabin's Dictionary of books relating to AmericaNotes: Preface signed by Benjamin Colman and four others.Collation: 4, 140 p.; 17 cm. (8vo)

Te has sentido alguna vez atrapado en una relación en la que sientes que has perdido tu autenticidad? Has notado que, en tu afán por agradar, has dejado de ser el hombre que realmente quieres ser? Si es así, SIMP: Nunca Más! es el libro que estabas esperando.

Este libro te ofrece una guía profunda y reveladora sobre cómo dejar atrás patrones de comportamiento que limitan tu masculinidad y tu autoestima. Exploramos cómo ciertos hombres, por inseguridades y condicionamientos sociales, han adoptado una personalidad subordinada y dependiente ante las mujeres, y cómo este rol, muchas veces inconsciente, afecta sus relaciones, su vida amorosa y su bienestar personal.

En SIMP: Nunca Más!, analizamos:

La evolución del concepto de masculinidad: Desde sus raíces históricas hasta los retos actuales frente al auge del feminismo y los cambios en la dinámica de género.

El síndrome del SIMP Comprende cómo la baja autoestima y el deseo de aprobación constante llevan a algunos hombres a comportarse de forma subordinada, perdiendo su esencia en el proceso.

Componentes que hacen a un hombre realmente atractivo: Más allá del físico, descubre las cualidades internas que definen a un hombre seguro, auténtico y respetado.

Cómo superar patrones de dependencia emocional: Te brindamos herramientas prácticas para desarrollar una autoestima sólida, mejorar tu confianza y aprender a establecer límites sanos en tus relaciones.

Reivindicación de la verdadera masculinidad: No se trata de ser dominante, sino de ser equilibrado. Recupera tu autenticidad y proyecta una imagen atractiva sin perder tu identidad.

Este libro no es solo una crítica a los comportamientos erróneos, sino una llamada a la transformación personal. SIMP: Nunca Más! te enseñará a reconocer los errores que pueden haber afectado tus relaciones en el pasado y a trabajar en un nuevo tú, alguien que se respeta y es respetado.

No dejes que los viejos patrones te definan. Hoy es el día para dar el primer paso hacia una masculinidad auténtica, una autoestima fortalecida y relaciones donde seas valorado como realmente mereces.

The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars.
The Age of Enlightenment profoundly enriched religious and philosophical understanding and continues to influence present-day thinking. Works collected here include masterpieces by David Hume, Immanuel Kant, and Jean-Jacques Rousseau, as well as religious sermons and moral debates on the issues of the day, such as the slave trade. The Age of Reason saw conflict between Protestantism and Catholicism transformed into one between faith and logic -- a debate that continues in the twenty-first century.
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First published in 1796(?) with the title: 'The promised seed'.

London]: Published, September 8th, 1796, by John Fairburn, no.146, Minories, and sold by most of the booksellers in London, and throughout England, 1796. 36p.; 8

Individuals suffering from psychiatric or substance use disorders sometimes display any one of a number of frightening behaviors: verbal outbursts, physical threats and even violence. Security guards must frequently deal with such individuals in locations as varied as hospital emergency rooms, shopping malls, places of business and isolated warehouses in the middle of the night. In this comprehensive guidebook, Ellis Amdur and William Cooper offer security guards a comprehensive set of strategies to keep themselves, those they are protecting and the general public safe, while functioning at the highest level of professionalism. The first sections of this book define the role of the security guard in the de-escalation of emotionally-disturbed individuals, whatever the cause of their upset. This includes development of a safety mindset, as well as tactical planning. In the second major section, they focus on us: how to hone our intuition and how we can develop a state of integrity and powerful calm, the ideal state of mind to function in crisis situations. They then move on to the heart of the book discussing specific behaviors ranging from confusion and obsessive concerns to psychosis, mania and acute disorganization. In one very important chapter, they discuss interactions with opportunistic and manipulative individuals, people who present a danger to the psychological and physical well-being of anyone whom they come in contact. They then discuss how to de-escalate aggressive and chaotic individuals once a crisis begins. Amdur and Cooper elucidate the various motivations that drive aggression and further delineate the different types of aggression that result. De-escalation tactics are specific - one learns how to immediately recognize what mode of aggression the person is displaying, and then, one can quickly and effectively implement the de-escalation tactics that are best suited to deal with the aggression one is facing.

The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars.
The Age of Enlightenment profoundly enriched religious and philosophical understanding and continues to influence present-day thinking. Works collected here include masterpieces by David Hume, Immanuel Kant, and Jean-Jacques Rousseau, as well as religious sermons and moral debates on the issues of the day, such as the slave trade. The Age of Reason saw conflict between Protestantism and Catholicism transformed into one between faith and logic -- a debate that continues in the twenty-first century.
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London: printed and sold by T. Chapman, 1796. 32p.; 8

The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars.
The Age of Enlightenment profoundly enriched religious and philosophical understanding and continues to influence present-day thinking. Works collected here include masterpieces by David Hume, Immanuel Kant, and Jean-Jacques Rousseau, as well as religious sermons and moral debates on the issues of the day, such as the slave trade. The Age of Reason saw conflict between Protestantism and Catholicism transformed into one between faith and logic -- a debate that continues in the twenty-first century.
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T135201



London: printed and sold by T. Chapman, 1796. 32p.; 8

Amphibians of the World is an in-depth exploration of amphibians across the globe, designed for enthusiasts, conservationists, and anyone fascinated by these unique creatures. This comprehensive guide takes readers on a journey through the anatomy, life cycles, behaviors, and stunning diversity of frogs, toads, salamanders, newts, and caecilians. Each chapter delves into specific topics, including amphibian habitats, species adaptations, regional biodiversity, and current conservation challenges.
From the lush rainforests of South America to the remote wetlands of Asia, this Handbook introduces readers to amphibians' incredible adaptations and resilience while shedding light on the environmental threats they face, such as climate change, habitat destruction, and disease. With regional guides, profiles of notable species, and detailed insights into amphibian behavior and communication, this book offers readers a thorough understanding of these vital animals and their role in ecosystems around the world.
Perfect for both seasoned amphibian enthusiasts and those new to herpetology, Amphibians of the World also includes a section on amphibian care and preservation, highlighting how hobbyists can contribute to conservation efforts. Richly informative and deeply inspiring, this guide will leave readers with a renewed appreciation for amphibians and a commitment to their preservation.

A Collection Of Sermons By Various Pastors is a book compiled by William Cooper and published in 1804. The book contains a collection of sermons delivered by different pastors, covering various themes and topics related to Christianity. The sermons are presented in their original form, without any editing or modifications, providing readers with an authentic and unadulterated view of the religious teachings of the time. The book is a valuable resource for anyone interested in the history of Christianity and the evolution of religious thought over time. It also serves as a testament to the diversity of religious expression and the richness of the Christian tradition. Overall, A Collection Of Sermons By Various Pastors is an insightful and informative work that offers readers a glimpse into the religious landscape of the early 19th century.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.