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  Climate Cover-Up

  The Crusade to Deny Global Warming

  by James Hoggan

  Talk of global warming is nearly inescapable these days — but there are some who believe the concept of climate change is an elaborate hoax. Despite the input of the world’s leading climate scientists, the urgings of politicians, and the outcry of many grassroots activists, many Americans continue to ignore the warning signs of severe climate shifts. How did this happen? Climate Cover-up seeks to answer this... (more)
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  Fleeced

  How Washington Insiders, Foreign Lobbyists, Subprime Lenders, Credit Card Companies, Iraq Reconstruction Contractors, and Clinton Cronies Are Picking Our Pockets...AND WHAT TO DO

  by Dick Morris

  Here are the facts: The United States has released 425 terrorists from Guantánamo, at least 50 of whom have returned to the battlefield to fight our troops. Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton both say they're fiscally responsible. But each has called for $1 trillion in tax increases over the next ten years—and dressed them up as tax cuts! Mainstream Media has been given marching orders from the Society... (more)
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  King of the lobby : the life and times of Sam Ward, man-about-Washington in the Gilded Age

  by Kathryn Allamong Jacob

  King of the Lobby tells the story of how one man harnessed delicious food, fine wine, and good conversation to the task of becoming the most influential lobbyist of the Gilded Age. Sam Ward was a colorful character. Scion of an old and honorable family, best friend of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, and charming man-about-Washington, Ward held his own in an era crowded with larger-than-life personalities. Living by... (more)
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  Food Politics

  How the Food Industry Influences Nutrition and Health

  by Marion Nestle

  We all witness, in advertising and on supermarket shelves, the fierce competition for our food dollars. In this engrossing expose, Marion Nestle goes behind the scenes to reveal how the competition really works and how it affects our health. The abundance of food in the United States--enough calories to meet the needs of every man, woman, and child twice over--has a downside. Our overefficient food industry must... (more)
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  Humor/satire

  The Honest MBA and other selected humor (Humor/satire)

  by Patrick L. Halliwell

  Who screwed up the world? Who is responsible for this mess? Who is still making money out of it? ANGRY and FRUSTRATED? Don't throw rocks! Read this book, and laugh! Part I THE HONEST MBA – A NEW CURRICULUM FOR THE POST-MELTDOWN ERA by Patrick L. Halliwell, Ph.D., MBA, LLD, and many other fake qualifications Designed and written for: THE NEW HARDBOARD SCHOOL OF BUSINESS MBA PROGRAM After... (more)
• Deliberate Deceptions: Facing the Facts about the U.S.-Israeli Relationship, 2d ed. (book reviews): An article from: Arab Studies Quarterly (ASQ)Carlos A. Parodi

  

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  Deliberate Deceptions: Facing the Facts about the U.S.-Israeli Relationship, 2d ed. (book reviews): An article from: Arab Studies Quarterly (ASQ)

  by Carlos A. Parodi

  This digital document is an article from Arab Studies Quarterly (ASQ), published by Association of Arab-American University Graduates and Institute of Arab Studies on September 22, 1996. The length of the article is 1041 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You... (more)
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  Wall Street's Summer Book List

  Reckless Endangerment

  How Outsized Ambition, Greed, and Corruption Led to Economic Armageddon

  by Gretchen Morgenson, Joshua Rosner

  The New York Times's Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist reveals how the financial meltdown emerged from the toxic interplay of Washington, Wall Street, and corrupt mortgage lenders In Reckless Endangerment , Gretchen Morgenson, the star business columnist of The New York Times, exposes how the watchdogs who were supposed to protect the country from financial harm were actually complicit in the actions that... (more)
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  Republic, Lost: How Money Corrupts Congress--and a Plan to Stop It

  by Lawrence Lessig

  In an era of ballooning corporate campaign expenditures, unleashed by the Supreme Court in Citizens United, trust in our government is at an all time low. More than ever before, Americans believe that money buys results in Congress - and that our Republic has been lost. Using examples that resonate as powerfully on the Right as on the Left, REPUBLIC, LOST not only makes clear how the economy of influence... (more)
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  The Lobbying Strategy Handbook: 10 Steps to Advancing Any Cause Effectively

  by Patricia J. Libby

  The Lobbying Strategy Handbook shows how students with passion for a cause can learn to successfully influence lawmaking in the United States. The centerpiece of this book is a 10-step framework that walks the reader through the essential elements of conducting a lobbying campaign. The framework is illustrated by three separate case studies that show how groups of people have successfully used the model.... (more)