Brian McCloud had good looks, money, a carefree spirit, and no complications. Focused on his online business, he didn't care for distant family, or keeping friends. The women he dallied with were temporary playthings… no ties at all. Enjoying beautiful, sexy, women, didn't mean he wanted to keep one. Playing at being earnest, caring, and sharing… was a lie. He cared for no one. He played at living, barely keeping score, but for his business success. He had no idea someone kept score, or ho...

Ever since the Arab conquest of Egypt in the seventh century, Cairo has been one of the great centers of Islam. The noted French historian Prisse d'Avennes published from 1869 to 1877 his monumental L'art arabe, a sumptuous set of plates illustrating a wide range of art treasures located in and around Cairo. In the city's mosques and palaces, Prisse d'Avennes discovered rare architectural ornaments (tiles, wood carving, paintings on walls and ceilings, woven hangings), carpets, pa...

This book is about the danger of Chinese actions that is being ignored. If unchecked, the author predicts this huge enrichment could lead to Chinese world hegemony before 2027. In Chapter SIX he comes to the essence of the situation and writes: “Mid July 2018: President Trump starts the battle! And then this is new: China’s current account surplus melts away which makes Beijing more vulnerable. ..... This is fascinating.” ‘China Takes Over!’ gives the facts about the trade war and why the ...

Friedman discusses a government system that is no longer controlled by "we, the people." Instead of Lincoln's government "of the people, by the people, and for the people," we now have a government "of the people, by the bureaucrats, for the bureaucrats," including the elected representatives who have become bureaucrats.

Do you want to know all of the important facts about Barack Obama? Amongst many other things, the 44th US President battled a global economic crisis, pulled troops out of war-torn Iraq and introduced a universal healthcare system. This easy-to-digest eBook gives you the information you need to know about President Obama in handily organised sections.Whether you are writing a history project on the President or you just want to find out more about the first African-American to become the le...

It is more than ironic that the current recession has prompted various Western observers to turn a 30-year-old belief on its head. No longer do the pundits claim that China can only survive and prosper by adopting capitalism. Now, this brief eBook says, they look to China, with its growing economy and increasing demand for consumer goods, to keep capitalism itself from collapsing.

"Piven has embodied the best of American democracy."—The NationFrances Fox Piven reminds us why we must understand the labor, civil-rights, and anti-imperialist struggles of the Depression era if we are going to advance the struggles of the present.Frances Fox Piven is the author of many important books.

America is stuck in an endless cycle of debate about whether government is too socialist or not socialist enough and whether it is a force for positive change or our worst enemy. But sometimes a simple idea can change everything. The Total Freedom Act ends this debate with a plan to bring our highest ideals to life and restore true freedom in America. Ronald Reagan summarized one side of this debate all the way back in 1975. He famously said, “The nine most terrifying words in the English ...

The bestselling author of The Death of Money and Currency Wars reveals the global elites' dark effort to hide a coming catastrophe from investors in The Road to Ruin, now a National Bestseller.A drumbeat is sounding among the global elites. The signs of a worldwide financial meltdown are unmistakable. This time, the elites have an audacious plan to protect themselves from the fallout: hoarding cash now and locking down the global financia...

"The Everyman's Guide to knowing which way to vote" is a Political Party Comparison Chart that clarifies the key differences--on 50 major issues--between Liberals & Democrats on the one hand...and Conservatives & Republicans on the other. It is a user-friendly 'Voter's Guide' that summarizes--and simplifies--the basic stand that each party has on the most important issues facing America today.

If you think it’s getting harder to both make a living and make a life, economist and former secretary of labor Robert Reich agrees with you. Americans may be earning more than ever before, but we’re paying a steep price: we’re working longer, seeing our families less, and our communities are fragmenting.With the clarity and insight that are his hallmarks, Reich delineates what success has come to mean in our time. He demonstrates that although we have more choices as consumers, an...

We are leaving the Information Age and transitioning into the Shift Age, a time of transformation and change that offers both great risk and incredible opportunity. In Entering the Shift Age, David Houle identifies and explains the dynamics and forces that have shaped our world and will continue to reshape our world for the next 20 years. He shows how the Shift Age means a world fully global yet focused on the individual, where the speed of change is so fast that change itself is ...