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Capitalism and Commerce in Imaginative Literature

Perspectives on Business from Novels and Plays

de Andrew Bernstein, Walter Block, Susan Love Brown, Troy Camplin, Stephen Cox, Mimi Reisel Gladstein, Carl Horner, Cynthia Hunter, Heather King, William Kline, Zennure Köseman0, Felix Livingston1, Matt McCaffrey2, Allen Mendenhall3, Virginia Murr4, Theodore Pauls5, Sarah Skwire6, Michael Spindler7, Gennady Stolyarov II8, Frederick Turner9, Michelle Albert Vachris0, Amy Willis1, Derek Yonai2, Carmen Elena Dorobat3, Paul Cantor4, Jeff Riggenbach5, Gary Wolfram6, Prof Edward W. Younkins7 ...

Series series Capitalist Thought: Studies in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics
Fiction can be a powerful force to educate students and employees in ways that lectures, textbooks, articles, case studies, and other traditional teaching approaches cannot. This anthology includes articles from a number of individuals from a range of different disciplines and perspectives. All of the contributors to Capitalism and Commerce in Imaginative Literature are committed to treating ... Leer más

$141.99 USD

Fiction can be a powerful force to educate students and employees in ways that lectures, textbooks, articles, case studies, and other traditional teaching approaches cannot. This anthology includes articles from a number of individuals from a range of different disciplines and perspectives. All of the contributors to Capitalism and Commerce in Imaginative Literature are committed to treating
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Essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson

de Ralph Waldo Emerson ...

Narrado por Jeff Riggenbach ...

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14 hora 2 minutos

Here in one volume are both the Essays: First Series and Essays: Second Series from one of the most influential philosophers in American history.Although Ralph Waldo Emerson, perhaps America’s most famous philosopher, did not wish to be referred to as a transcendentalist, he is nevertheless considered the founder of this major movement of nineteenth-century American thought. Emerson was influenced ... Leer más

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Here in one volume are both the Essays: First Series and Essays: Second Series from one of the most influential philosophers in American history.Although Ralph Waldo Emerson, perhaps America’s most famous philosopher, did not wish to be referred to as a transcendentalist, he is nevertheless considered the founder of this major movement of nineteenth-century American thought. Emerson was influenced
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Economic Facts and Fallacies

de Thomas Sowell ...

Narrado por Jeff Riggenbach ...

Completo

9 hora 46 minutos

Economic Facts and Fallacies is designed for people who want to understand economic issues without getting bogged down in economic jargon, graphs, or political rhetoric. Writing in a lively manner that does not require any prior knowledge of economics, Thomas Sowell exposes some of the most popular fallacies about economic issues, including many that are widely disseminated in the media and by ... Leer más

$19.99 USD

Economic Facts and Fallacies is designed for people who want to understand economic issues without getting bogged down in economic jargon, graphs, or political rhetoric. Writing in a lively manner that does not require any prior knowledge of economics, Thomas Sowell exposes some of the most popular fallacies about economic issues, including many that are widely disseminated in the media and by
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Men in Black

How the Supreme Court Is Destroying America

de Mark R. Levin ...

Narrado por Jeff Riggenbach ...

Completo

7 hora 56 minutos

The Supreme Court endorses terrorists’ rights, flag burning, and importing foreign law. Is that in the Constitution? You’re right: it’s not. But these days the Constitution is no restraint on our out-of-control Supreme Court. The Court imperiously strikes down laws and imposes new ones purely on its own arbitrary whims. Even though liberals like John Kerry are repeatedly defeated at the polls, the ... Leer más

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The Supreme Court endorses terrorists’ rights, flag burning, and importing foreign law. Is that in the Constitution? You’re right: it’s not. But these days the Constitution is no restraint on our out-of-control Supreme Court. The Court imperiously strikes down laws and imposes new ones purely on its own arbitrary whims. Even though liberals like John Kerry are repeatedly defeated at the polls, the
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Amusing Ourselves to Death

Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business

de Neil Postman ...

Narrado por Jeff Riggenbach ...

Completo

4 hora 49 minutos

In this eloquent and persuasive book, Neil Postman examines the deep and broad effects of television culture on the manner in which we conduct our public affairs, and how “entertainment values” have corrupted the very way we think. As politics, news, religion, education, and commerce are given less and less expression in the form of the printed word, they are rapidly being reshaped to suit the ... Leer más

$13.99 USD

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In this eloquent and persuasive book, Neil Postman examines the deep and broad effects of television culture on the manner in which we conduct our public affairs, and how “entertainment values” have corrupted the very way we think. As politics, news, religion, education, and commerce are given less and less expression in the form of the printed word, they are rapidly being reshaped to suit the
... Leer más

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The Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam (and the Crusades)

de Robert Spencer ...

Narrado por Jeff Riggenbach ...

Series Audiolibro 0 - The Politically Incorrect Guides
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8 hora 17 minutos

You think you know about Islam, but did you know that Islam teaches that Muslims must wage war to impose Islamic law on non-Muslim states? Or that American Muslim groups are engaged in a huge cover-up of Islamic doctrine? These and other “politically incorrect” facts are revealed by Robert Spencer in The Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam (and the Crusades). Spencer traces the history of Islam, ... Leer más

$16.99 USD

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You think you know about Islam, but did you know that Islam teaches that Muslims must wage war to impose Islamic law on non-Muslim states? Or that American Muslim groups are engaged in a huge cover-up of Islamic doctrine? These and other “politically incorrect” facts are revealed by Robert Spencer in The Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam (and the Crusades). Spencer traces the history of Islam,
... Leer más

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The Machiavellians

Defenders of Freedom

de James Burnham ...

Narrado por Jeff Riggenbach ...

Completo

9 hora 11 minutos

This classic work of political theory and practice offers an account of the modern Machiavellians, a remarkable group who have been influential in Europe and practically unknown in the United States. The book devotes a long section to Machiavelli himself as well as to such modern Machiavellians as Gaetano Mosca, Georges Sorel, Robert Michels and Vilfredo Pareto. Burnham contends that the writings ... Leer más

$19.99 USD

This classic work of political theory and practice offers an account of the modern Machiavellians, a remarkable group who have been influential in Europe and practically unknown in the United States. The book devotes a long section to Machiavelli himself as well as to such modern Machiavellians as Gaetano Mosca, Georges Sorel, Robert Michels and Vilfredo Pareto. Burnham contends that the writings
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Sherman’s March

An Eyewitness History of the Cruel Campaign That Helped End a Crueler War

de Richard Wheeler ...

Narrado por Jeff Riggenbach ...

Completo

7 hora 10 minutos

General William Tecumseh Sherman is known as the man who said “War is hell” and who waged it so fiercely that it left a permanent scar on the Southern psyche. But Civil War historian Richard Wheeler offers a new view of Sherman, as a man of compassion as well as conviction, a military leader who was ahead of his time in understanding that the destruction of supplies and property—the means to wage ... Leer más

$16.99 USD

General William Tecumseh Sherman is known as the man who said “War is hell” and who waged it so fiercely that it left a permanent scar on the Southern psyche. But Civil War historian Richard Wheeler offers a new view of Sherman, as a man of compassion as well as conviction, a military leader who was ahead of his time in understanding that the destruction of supplies and property—the means to wage
... Leer más
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The California Gold Rush and the Coming of the Civil War

de Leonard L. Richards ...

Narrado por Jeff Riggenbach ...

Completo

10 hora 5 minutos

In this revelatory study, award-winning historian Leonard L. Richards outlines the links between the Gold Rush and the Civil War.Richards explains how Southerners envisioned California as a new market for slaves in the gold fields, schemed to tie California to the South via railroad, and imagined splitting off the state’s southern half for a slave state. We see how the Gold Rush influenced other ... Leer más

$19.99 USD

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In this revelatory study, award-winning historian Leonard L. Richards outlines the links between the Gold Rush and the Civil War.Richards explains how Southerners envisioned California as a new market for slaves in the gold fields, schemed to tie California to the South via railroad, and imagined splitting off the state’s southern half for a slave state. We see how the Gold Rush influenced other
... Leer más

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John Quincy Adams

A Public Life, a Private Life

de Paul C. Nagel ...

Narrado por Jeff Riggenbach ...

Completo

18 hora 50 minutos

A United States minister, senator, president, and congressman in turn, John Quincy Adams was one of the most prevalent and dedicated Americans in history. Drawing from Adams' seventy-year diary, author Paul Nagel probes deeply into the psyche of this cantankerous, misanthropic, erudite, hardworking son of a former president whose remarkable career spanned so many offices. We learn about his ... Leer más

$27.99 USD

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A United States minister, senator, president, and congressman in turn, John Quincy Adams was one of the most prevalent and dedicated Americans in history. Drawing from Adams' seventy-year diary, author Paul Nagel probes deeply into the psyche of this cantankerous, misanthropic, erudite, hardworking son of a former president whose remarkable career spanned so many offices. We learn about his
... Leer más

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A Personal Odyssey

de Thomas Sowell ...

Narrado por Jeff Riggenbach ...

Completo

10 hora 56 minutos

Here is the gritty, powerful story of Thomas Sowell’s life-long education in the school of hard knocks, as the journey took him from Harlem to the Marines, the Ivy League, and a career as a controversial writer, teacher, and economist in government and private industry. It is also the story of the dramatically changing times in which this personal odyssey took place.The vignettes of the people and ... Leer más

$20.99 USD

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Here is the gritty, powerful story of Thomas Sowell’s life-long education in the school of hard knocks, as the journey took him from Harlem to the Marines, the Ivy League, and a career as a controversial writer, teacher, and economist in government and private industry. It is also the story of the dramatically changing times in which this personal odyssey took place.The vignettes of the people and
... Leer más

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Happiness Is a Serious Problem

A Human Nature Repair Manual

de Dennis Prager ...

Narrado por Jeff Riggenbach ...

Completo

5 hora 30 minutos

When you ask people about their most cherished values in life, “happiness” is always at the top of the list. But surprisingly few people claim real happiness. We seem to be completely satisfied with nothing, and indeed, there is little correlation between the circumstances of people’s lives and how happy they are.In this book, lecturer, theologian, philosopher, and Los Angeles radio personality ... Leer más

$13.99 USD

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When you ask people about their most cherished values in life, “happiness” is always at the top of the list. But surprisingly few people claim real happiness. We seem to be completely satisfied with nothing, and indeed, there is little correlation between the circumstances of people’s lives and how happy they are.In this book, lecturer, theologian, philosopher, and Los Angeles radio personality
... Leer más

Disponible también en: eBook