Algora Publishing: 206 books
Euro Exit
Why (and How) To Get Rid of the Monetary Union
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
The euro zone is clearly not an optimal single currency area, and thus the euro has been the worst governmental mistake since deflationary policy turned the 1929 crisis into a decade of depression. The book explains why European politicians and businessmen decided nevertheless to circumvent democratic...
On Awareness:
A Collection of Philosophical Dialogues
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
The reader of this book is invited to enjoy a tasty feast of bite-sized philosophical dialogues. One reader might choose to enjoy a single dialogue at a time. Other readers might prefer to try a few at a time, in a dim sum approach to thoughtful inquiry. Either way, the reader will find a great variety...
by Lynn G. Gref
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Very few bright ideas ever make it to the marketplace. Explaining the process by which new technologies are born and find their way into products, Dr. Gref makes ample use of historical examples that intrigue and inform the reader while illustrating the concepts presented. He contrasts the commonly-held...
The Fall of an American Rome
De-Industrialization of the American Dream
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2014
This is the story of the de-industrialization of America, written by a Business professor with a background in steel company management who grew up in the city of Pittsburgh and loved its manufacturing environment. The book is based on the facts and aims to avoid any partisan political viewpoint —...
George Westinghouse:
Gentle Genius
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
George Westinghouse's story is rich in drama and in breadth, a story of power, city building, and applying the Golden Rule in business. His biography intersects with those of many great personalities of the Gilded Age, such as J.P Morgan,...
Catherine Cater
An Elegant Rise Above Race and Gender as Scholar and Professor
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2016
Catherine Cater's infectious love of ideas inspired students, colleague and friends. A distinguished teacher and intellectual specializing in English literature and philosophy, Dr. Cater faced barriers of race and gender when she entered the academic world and moved to the North. She elevated the...
Margaret Thatcher
A Portrait of the Iron Lady
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
This book is John Blundell's personal portrait of Margaret Thatcher, the woman who was the pivotal point of the rescue of a country, a woman who woke up her nation and made it once again a world leader. It is not only the story of her life but also an examination of the ideas, interests, and circumstances...
by Ryan Uytdewilligen
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2016
A lifelong movie buff puts his knowledge and passion on paper to show you the best films of his favorite movie genre, Coming of Age. The author highlights some of the finest acting, the most poignant moments, and the funniest gags in movies about growing up, reflecting each decade of American culture...
Starter Home
Discovering the Past in Central New York
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2017
Svenson documents the dynamic of a village's growth as it coincided with the American experience.
In format, the book is similar to "Battlefield: Farming a Civil War Battleground" (by the same author), which was a 1993 National Book Award Finalist and bestseller.
The book begins with...
Rush
Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Excellence
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2015
Rush is often referred to as a libertarian rock band, but really what the band is channeling is an Aristotelian individualism, a philosophy that strongly resonates with today's 40-somethings. This helps explain the band's resurgence in popularity, culminating in its 2013 induction in the Rock and Roll...
Smokescreen
The US, NATO and the Illegitimate Use of Force
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
When is it legitimate for nations to use force?The United States and NATO regularly employ the illegitimate use of force, using false arguments and a haze of purported altruistic justifications to justify their actions. But objective standards to legitimacy exist, and those standards are enshrined...
Slouching Toward Tyranny
Mass Incarceration, Death Sentences and Racism
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2015
As a pastor to Death Row inmates across the South and as a powerful advocate appealing to prison wardens, lawyers, judges, and legislators, Joseph Ingle has come to some shocking conclusions about the United States, champion of human rights throughout the world. He began to recognize another aspect to...
by Brett F. Woods
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Philosopher, diplomat, politician, inventor, writer, architect, even gardener, from a historical perspective Thomas Jefferson emerges as an extraordinary individual  one who was clearly many things to many people. But, too, precisely because of these same collective endeavors, he has become so much...
Foundations of Cultural Diplomacy
Politics Among Cultures and the Moral Autonomy of Man
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Dr. Laos takes a stark and realistic look at the interplay between culture and politics and makes an intellectually challenging contribution to normative international relations theory. He proposes a new way of defining critical political theory (substantially different from the Frankfurt Schools...