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Executing Democracy: Capital Punishment & the Making of America, 1683-1807 is the first volume of a rhetorical history of public debates about crime, violence, and capital punishment in America. This examination begins in 1683, when William Penn first struggled to govern the rowdy indentured servants of Philadelphia, and continues up until 1807, when the Federalists sought to impose law-and-order upon the New Republic.

Within the discipline of American political science and the field of political theory, African American prophetic political critique as a form of political theorizing has been largely neglected. Stephen Marshall, in The City on the Hill from Below, interrogates the political thought of David Walker, Frederick Douglass, W. E. B. DuBois, James Baldwin, and Toni Morrison to reveal a vital tradition of American political theorizing and engagement with an American political imaginary forged by the City on the Hill.

A travelogue suffused with the wisdom of an ancient religious tradition, Humble Before the Void is a modern-day encounter between Western science and Buddhist philosophy. In this narrative, you'll discover the relationship between ancient Indian philosophical and spiritual tradition and modern science through the experiences of a select group of Tibetan monks.

In Chocolate Islands: Cocoa, Slavery, and Colonial Africa, Catherine Higgs traces the early-twentieth-century journey of the Englishman Joseph Burtt to the Portuguese colony of São Tomé and Príncipe - the chocolate islands - through Angola and Mozambique, and finally to British Southern Africa. Burtt had been hired by the chocolate firm Cadbury Brothers Limited to determine if the cocoa it was buying from the islands had been harvested by slave laborers forcibly recruited from Angola, an allegation that became one of the grand scandals of the early colonial era.

Fifty years after America's involvement in the Korean War began, Richard E. Mack's memories of his time spent on the front lines are still strong and clear. A career soldier, Mack served in the U.S. Army until 1976, when he retired as a colonel. In Memoir of a Cold War Soldier, he recalls his service in front-line combat infantry units in Korea and Vietnam as a rifle platoon leader, adviser, and battalion commander. His accounts, perceptions, and observations of the military culture are incisive and candid.

The Four Winds Chap Book is a poetry book of my love for my people, Shawnee, Cherokee. It is poetry and words from my soul being Indian and proud to be family with my tribe. A book for all ages to enjoy with more in the series to follow soon.

This book is about spiritual warfare and the paranormal, and how these paranormal events shaped my Christian beliefs. What you are about to read are true spiritual and paranormal accounts witnessed and lived by me and my immediate family members. These experiences took place during my childhood and into my adult life. This subject of the paranormal is a touchy subject with many individuals and with many Christians.

Do you want to know what the great musicians know? Culled from musician/author Stan Munslow's four decades of working alongside top players, as well as his research into the lives and wisdom of hundreds of celebrated music masters, this audiobook will give you a lifetime of life-smarts that will help you to become the best musician you can be, starting today!

In Vision: Awakening Your Potential to Create a Better World, Benson takes readers on an uplifting exploration of this powerful concept. Starting with examples of great visionary moments in history, such as the drafting of the Declaration of Independence and Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech, he crafts a working definition of "vision" and what it means to be visionary.

This is a controversial audiobook that will change the lives of many readers who take the time to listen to the material. Murder, mayhem and conspiracy at the highest level of government is something that is dismissed by many. But, you cannot come away from this audiobook without garnering a new mistrust of your government, especially with regard to foreign policy decisions that have killed innocent people and that could ultimately determine the fate of the world.

The Ponzi Housing Scheme is the financial crime of the 21st century. It makes Madoff look like an amateur because of scale. The crime was sophisticated in it's plan. This crime violated laws on the books. It violated laws that should be on the books. And it violated the trust that people have with the banking community, and this violation reaches to the highest bankers in the land and off our shores. This crime is complex, but it is not rocket science. The proof of culpability can be known.

Peter had everything going for him. What happened? He begins to discover the truth. Then he takes action.

John M. Baumann BBA, JD, author of Decide Success was a high powered, corporate attorney until something happened to change his life forever. In his audiobook, Decide Success, John shares his amazing journey and his step by step road map to achieving unparalleled success. Learn how he changed his focus and priorities, and in the process, discovered how to live the life he loves. John's step-by-step plan teaches you how to overcome adversity, get unstuck, and become the best you, you can be.

In May 1904 the residents of Halcyon - a small utopian community on California's central coast - invited their neighbors to attend the grand opening of the Halcyon Hotel and Sanatorium. As part of the entertainment, guests were encouraged to have their hands X-rayed. For the founders and members of Halcyon, the X-ray was a demonstration of mysterious spiritual forces made practical to human beings.

The dark side of globalization threatens us all. This audiobook is a compilation of my writings, showing the many ways we are threatened as a sovereign nation, and how we must resist and protect ourselves and our families. There are new insights in this audiobook as well. Citizens of the United States are victims of a slow motion coup starting with the establishment of our central bank and the assassination of a beloved president, John F. Kennedy.

While the New World Order can be absurd and grim, it has some really funny openings for satire. These are exceptional openings for a little ridicule, joking around and some dark humor as well. So, just have a laugh, live and prosper. Lady Liberty may be detained by the globalists, but we as individuals and families can overcome the bad overlords.

The smoking guns and real causes of the credit crisis are revealed in this audiobook. And we now know that Tim Geithner stopped prosecutions in their tracks of big bankers as a Federal Reserve mole appointed to secretary of the Treasury. He hurt mainstreet, justice, and the rule of law. He damaged the trust people have in their bankers. Bankers are no longer trustworthy, especially as they offer toxic loans and toxic investments.

In this book, we will explore 13 industries, and the companies within them, that seem to be recession proof. How do we know this? By excellent job growth and job growth projections through the past several years and looking ahead. Also, we see this through higher-than-average salaries for the workers in these industries. If you really want to recession-proof your future, then you need to consider investing some time and education in becoming qualified for one of these industries.

What is an entrepreneur? In the strictest sense of the word, an entrepreneur is someone who creates and runs a new business. These are the risk takers, the people who are willing to think outside of the proverbial box and push themselves to attain something new. Yet a true entrepreneur is more than simply a business owner. Most entrepreneurs are born with an innate desire to do something great, to become something more or to lead others to greatness.

Success. Ask anyone what they are aiming for, and chances are success is part of their goal. Whether it's the mom who wants to successfully raise her children or the entrepreneur that wants to successfully launch that business, the goal is the same: to find success at reaching a self-chosen goal. Yet, finding success is often not as simple as it first appears.