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Demand the Impossible (ARC Title: Power Systems)--Conversations on the Global Democratic Uprisings and the New Challenges to US Empire **A compelling new set of interviews on our changing and turbulent times with Noam Chomsky, one of the world's foremost thinkers. In this new collection of conversations, conducted from 2010 to 2012, Noam Chomsky explores the most immediate and urgent concerns: the future of democracy in the Arab world, the implications of the Fukushima nuclear disaster, the European financial crisis, the breakdown of American mainstream political institutions, and the rise of the Occupy movement. As always, Chomsky presents his ideas vividly and accessibly, with uncompromising principle and clarifying insight. The latest volume from a long-established, trusted partnership, this collection shows once again that no interlocutor engages with Chomsky more effectively than David Barsamian. These interviews will inspire a new generation of readers, as well as longtime Chomsky fans eager for his latest thinking on the many crises we now confront, both at home and abroad. They confirm that Chomsky is an unparalleled resource for anyone seeking to understand our world today.**
Double Vision **One's a Secret Agent, One's Not. Twelve-year-old Linc is a trouble-maker with a dilemma. His antics on a recent school field trip went way overboard, landing his already poor family with a serious lawsuit. So when two secret agents show up at his house, Linc is eager to take them up on their offer to make the lawsuit disappear. They just need one tiny favor. Turns out Linc looks exactly like one of their top kid agents -- an agent who's vanished during a vitally important mission. But no debriefing can prepare Linc for how dangerous the mission really is. It's too bad he isn't a black belt, a math genius, or a distance runner like his agent double. He'll need all those skills and more if he hopes to make it out of this mission alive. . . **
Embracing Obscurity: Becoming Nothing in Light of God's Everything **No matter how famous someone might be, the fact remains; most of the other seven billion people on Earth wouldn't know him or her from the next person. Add this reality to one's shrinking recognizably among the multiple billions down through history, and the worldly emphasis on standing out really falls flat; we're all in this obscurity thing together. Ironically, the trouble with me and you and the rest of humanity is not a lack of self-confidence but that we have far too much self-importance. To live and die unnoticed would seem a grave injustice to many. It's all too easy to think we're somebody if our portfolio is strong, there are a few letters after our name, or were well-known at work, church, or school. As pride creeps in, we are tempted to want more: more recognition, more admiration, more influence, more, more, more. Few have ever given thought to wanting less. That's why we need Embracing Obscurity. Putting the premise into immediate action, an established Christian author electing to remain anonymous writes about living and dying in simplicity, contending that true success, as modeled by Jesus, starts with humility, service, sacrifice, and surrender. Such a life involves mystery and banks on the hope that today is just a dress rehearsal for eternity. When we stop imitating the world and instead choose to embrace obscurity, real life -- chock full of significance, purpose, and renewed passion -- begins.** |
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Burying the Typewriter: A Memoir
Demand the Impossible (ARC Title: Power Systems)--Conversations on the Global Democratic Uprisings and the New Challenges to US Empire
Double Vision
Embracing Obscurity: Becoming Nothing in Light of God's Everything
The Entertainer: Movies, Magic and My Fathers Twentieth Century
A Free Man: A True Story of Life and Death in Delhi
Ghosts of Manhattan A Novel
The Grace Effect: How the Power of One Life Can Reverse the Corruption of Unbelief
Interrupted: Life Beyond Words
Our Man in Iraq
Persuasion and Power: The Art of Strategic Communication
Passing It On: Growing Your Future Leaders
Saying It Well: Touching Others with Your Words
Set Free to Live Free: Breaking Through the 7 Lies Women Tell Themselves
Surprised by Oxford: A Memoir
Understanding Jesus: Cultural Insights into the Words and Deeds of Christ
Entry added on 2/28/2013 9:23 PM
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