This book documents the true nature of the so-called War on Drugs, which has been ravaging the world under false pretences for half a century. A true account of the phenomenon must be provided so that a genuine conversation can occur about bringing to an end a policy that sees people preying on each other in the name of money and political advantage.

In its march to becoming the world's first hyper-power, the United States has been as dependent on its soft power - the allure of American lifestyles and culture - as it has been on the hard power of military might. In Weapons of Mass Distraction, Matthew Fraser examines the role of American pop cultural industries in international affairs.Fraser focuses on the major areas of soft power - movies, television, pop music, and fast food - and traces the origins, history and cur...

The rise of social networks like Facebook, MySpace and Bebo is changing the way we see ourselves, how we interact with each other, how we work and how we do business on a daily basis. Throwing Sheep in the Boardroom explores the powerful forces driving the social networking revolution, the impact of these profound changes, and the far reaching consequences of social networking. Detailing the way social networks affects both individuals and societies as a whole, the book offers a detailed f...

"Beware the places where water is still,Where flows do stop and airs do chill.For when gloom and bloom hide all beneath,Traveller beware, the water has teeth."Join 5500 year old god Edward Brett and his best friend Wanda Smith on an adventure, as whilst enjoying a day out in the countryside they discover a teenager has mysteriously disappeared, leaving only a garbled voicemail and a pile of stinking sludge behind as clues....

5500 years old. Forged in fire. He's the god you've forgotten, fighting the monsters who haven't forgotten you.The Adventures of Edward Brett: Volume One tells the thrilling tales of bad-joke loving god, Edward Brett, and his human best friend, Wanda Smith as they travel Great Britain in a campervan, fighting monsters and solving supernatural mysteries. From defeating a sentient forest to doing battle with the devil, and from going on a road trip with the ghost of Anne Boleyn to be...

Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Chris Hedges makes a forceful case that liberal institutions have failed Americans by ceding power to self-serving and elitist corporations**“Uncompromising. . . . Hedges indicts the press, the Church, the arts, labor unions, universities, and the Democratic Party for failing to protect the middle and lower classes.” —**The New YorkerHistory has shown time and time again that when the liberal class...

**Internet journalist and entrepreneur Andrew Breitbart shares his outspoken views about the liberal media machine, the federal government and how he sees that Americans everywhere are being misled."Brash, funny, fiery, and irreverent." —Rush Limbaugh, American conservative political commentator and host of The Rush Limbaugh Show**Known for his network of conservative websites that draws millions of readers everyday, Andrew Breitbart has one main goal: to make sure...

In this exciting and revealing personal inquiry, former governor general Adrienne Clarkson explores the immigrant experience through the people who have helped transform Canada.The Canadians she befriends—whether an Ismaili doctor, a Doukhobor farmer, a Holocaust survivor, or a Vietnam War deserter—illustrate the changing idea of what it means to be Canadian and the kind of country we have created over the decades. Like her, many of the people who came did not have a real choice: t...

A work of memoir, history, and a call to action, the CBC Massey Lectures by internationally renowned UN prosecutor and scholar Payam Akhavan is a powerful and essential work on the major human rights struggles of our times.Renowned UN prosecutor and human rights scholar Payam Akhavan has encountered the grim realities of contemporary genocide throughout his life and career. He argues that deceptive utopias, political cynicism, and public apathy have given rise to m...

**From the pre-eminent scholar of foreign policy, the classic work that defined soft power“As brilliant as it is timely, Professor Nye’s book is must reading for anyone who cares about the success of America and the world.” —Madeleine K. Albright**Joseph S. Nye, Jr., coined the term “soft power” to describe a nation’s ability to attract and persuade. Whereas hard power—the ability to coerce—grows out of a country’s military or economic might, soft power arises from the attr...

Pulitzer Prize Finalist: "Hansen's principal injunction to Americans to understand how others view them and their country's policies is timely and urgent." — The Washington PostWinner of the Overseas Press Club of America's Cornelius Ryan AwardA New York Times Notable BookNamed a Best Book of the Year by New York Magazine and The ProgressiveIn the wake of the September 11 attacks and th...

The acclaimed historian and author of the classic A People’s History of the United States offers a deeply personal look at the events, issues, and people that matter to us allBased on Howard Zinn's interviews on public radio with host David Barsamian, Original Zinn brings into focus a wide range of foreign policy and domestic issues central to our lives today and showcases Zinn at his most engaging and provocative.Touching on such diverse topics as the American war machine,...