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The concept of cultural insanity provides a better way of understanding much of what is wrong in our society and in the world today-and how it got that way-and some ways to improve it.
Where our own culture is involved, we and all other individuals in our society are party to it, yet largely blind to it, and to varying extents partake of at least some of its craziness. Accordingly, correctly grasping the idea of cultural insanity will...
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The "Big Questions" for humans today surely must mirror these: What is the best hope for the survival of the human race? Can a state of existence be established that will satisfy our nature and maintain the best reality for humans and remain practical as well? Can this planet wide peace be accomplished and still propel us into the Cosmos questing knowledge and understanding? "FUTURE WORLD ORDER: THE BIG QUESTIONS FOR ALL" begins with overview of life...
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Dreaming In Black And White addresses and poses solutions to the ethnic tension that exist in America. Pastor Fuller's personal story, along with a sketch of American history combine for a unique perspective on how to bring resolution to a four hundred year ethnic divide.
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Will our life ever be the same? Will the death of Osama Bin Laden bring closure, peace, a chance to move forward? World Trade Center survivor Nicole B. Simpson searches for an answer by interviewing other survivors almost ten years after the fateful day 9/11/2001. The United States of America was permanently scarred as a country, but what about the individuals who were in the building? What happened to the first responders that survived? Where are...
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What if we could step out of the culture of blame and victimhood into a reality that gave us freedom and agency to pursue our dreams? What if there was a way out of the isolation and polarization that so many of us find ourselves in, toward authentic connections with others, across all divisions and borders? What if we lived in a world that revolved around quality of life, rather than economic winners and losers?
In Person to Person, Joeri Torfs...
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Polarization is endemic in North American society today. We can see its effects in nearly every political, cultural, theological, and social issue. The kinds of polarized issues that exist today are not new. They have existed for ages and some may never be resolved. What is different today is the intensity of anger, hatred, and the emotionality expressed. Society (at both governmental and the church community levels) seems unable to move ahead and...
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Nicole Kiprilov reveals, with total transparency, how a teen writer develops through a critical life stage by looking back and reflecting on her writing -- all of it raw, idealistic, sometimes dutiful, and often astonishingly accomplished. The writing serves as a metaphor for a greater life journey that is often arduous and tedious, but also splendid and exhilarating. From flights of creative fantasy to research ventures and political analyses, this...
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The Knowledge Leve Development is a concept how people, businesses, education, government and politics (politicians) has to function in a soft integrated digital Knowledge-based Business Society Economy and Integrated Global Market Economy, no less how all three levels government has function based on knowledge, need and common sense and how our post Industrial Level Development Era Educational System has to be restructure to meet a constantly evolving...
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In reflecting upon the incongruence between philosophy and our current political orientation, I began researching the philosophical underpinnings of my adopted country, the United States. I was intrigued especially by what I discovered was the core meaning of Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness, and how this meaning has been misinterpreted. It is not as much that we have been sold "a pack of lies" as many of the resources below would indicate,...
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Working in the public sector can be tough.
You want to make a difference, but too often you find yourself trapped in a labyrinth of ridiculous and impossible obstacles, facing down the three-headed monster of government itself: policies, procedures, and regulations.
It's enough to make anyone want to give up.
Now you don't have to.
Fires, Floods, and Taxicabs: Taking a Bite Out of Big Apple Bureaucracy offers a complete kit of effective tools...
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Webster describes the word perception as the organization, identification, and interpretation of sensory information in order to represent and understand the environment. All perception involves signals in the nervous system, which in turn result from physical stimulation of the sense organs. This is a book that explores the deceptive nature of perception, its manipulation, especially by individuals in search of an ultimate result. Those include politicians,...
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HECKLE: NOTES FROM THE PEANUT GALLERY is the first real authoritative and comprehensive look at heckling. HECKLE covers the history of heckling and then takes the reader on a journey through sport, politics, and entertainment. Written in a humorous and lively style, this book is for those of us in the public eye and under public scrutiny. It will appeal to athletes, politicians, and performers. However, those in occupations like teaching and business...
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Particularly since the extraordinary opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, many new books have become available on the subject of China. However, none of them present from a peace perspective. The Final War, Avoiding It through a Harmonic Society, this two-part book first describes how the paths of these two super-powers lead inexorably to war. The second part makes known the author philosophy of social harmony and how it can be...
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Most persons are unaware of their own communication with the world. This book focus on the vital importance of controlling our verbal and non-verbal communication, if we want to obtain predictable and desirable results in our interactions with the world. The book also provides techniques to improve our hability to use our perception and expression strategically.
15) Generation Rex
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So women are choosing to raise dogs instead of children. So what? Aren't there enough people in the world already? Dogs love their owners, don't poop their pants, and don't need a college savings fund. They simply love and admire a person for….well, statistics prove money is no object when it comes to Pampered Pets! Now let's flip that coin. On the backside of it winks the spook-eye of another entity; Anubis, the Egyptian Anima-god of the dead with...
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Why do otherwise intelligent individuals form seething masses of idiocy when they engage in collective action? Why do financially sensible people jump lemming-like into hare-brained speculative frenzies--only to jump broker-like out of windows when their fantasies dissolve? We may think that the Great Crash of 1929, junk bonds of the '80s, and over-valued high-tech stocks of the '90s are peculiarly 20th century aberrations, but Mackay's classic--first...
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Methlahoma explains how the methamphetamine epidemic has adversely affected various people in Oklahoma. The opioid crisis has been well covered but the meth crisis may be worse. To better understand how a man-made drug like meth is destroying communities Methlahoma describes the history of the drug trade and how the United States uses the criminal justice system to fight the "war on drugs." Methlahoma describes how modern narcotics trafficking is...
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There are moments when the normal flow of time catches, hesitates, and shifts direction.
2020 was one of these moments.
Now, at this critical juncture, a new generation is coming of age and demanding a reckoning: Generation Z. Three billion strong, they're at the center of the most pivotal issues of our time, from reimagining how we live on our changing planet to enacting a new mandate for racial equity. The following decade will bring unparalleled...
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Anyone interested in research related to determining subjectivities, meaning people's opinions about a topic, will be interested in reading this text. Certainly, this text is a must-have for anyone interested in Q methodology or who has used Q methodology, Q Methodology (Q) is a complete methodology which involves technique (sorting), method (factor analysis), philosophy, ontology, and epistemology. Q reveals and describes divergent views in a group...
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The book presents principles, concepts and tools for someone who desires to improve the capacity to lead and manage a team, in a work, social, political or sport environment. It includes discussions and recommendations on subjects such as leadership, motivation techniques, team building, team development, empowerment, conflict management and others.
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