Algora Publishing: 206 books
The Eminent Domain Revolt:
Changing Perceptions a New Constitutional Epoch
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Ryskamp provides an up-to-the-minute report on the law and politics of eminent domain after the Supreme Court's (in)famous Kelo v. New London decision of June of 2005. All the states are just beginning to debate reforming their eminent ...
by Sadako Okuda, Pamela B. Vergun
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Sadako Okuda was a sewing teacher on a small island some 35 miles outside of Hiroshima when the atomic bomb was dropped in 1945. Even at that distance, her vision and hearing on her right side were permanently damaged.At the heart of A Dimly Burning Wick is her searing diary recording the final moments...
Strike and Destroy
When Counter-Insurgency (COIN) Doctrine Met Hellraisers Brigade or, The Fate of Corporal Morlock
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
How could the Maywand District killings (or the kill team war crimes) have happened? Jeremy Morlock was convicted of premeditated murder, but numerous other questionable kills in his brigade, committed by other soldiers in other units in 2010, were never investigated.The brigade commander...
Science vs. Religion:
The Search for a Rational Approach
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2015
Most people look to religion and science (faith and reason) for an explanation of “everything that is,” but neither the scientific nor the religious system can actually provide all the answers to life's questions. Is that really what we're looking for?The author examines both science and religion...
Like Ants
A Model for Human Civilization?
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2017
Andy Turnbull takes our notions about early humanity and turns them on their heads. In place of the "savannah" model of civilization, he posits a waterfront existence, noting that even today the vast majority of humans live near a body of water.
He goes on to describe the social structures...
Orion's Guiding Stars
The Myth of the Hero and the Human Instinct for Story
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2017
The myth of the hero, the grand motif of folklore, is a three-part story that is found in human cultures across time and terrain, ever since we were hunter-foragers. Here, a veteran teacher shows that the myth of the hero best reveals itself through a jewel of many facets rather than a single clear lens....
The American Technological Challenge
Stagnation and Decline in the 21st Century
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Most people would characterize the dawn of the 21st century as the age of technological progress par excellence. If you are one of them, then, think again. While our parents, grandparents and great-grandparents witnessed life-changing inventions every decade, very little major new technology has seen...
White House Special Handbook
or How to Rule the World in the 21st Century
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Here is the book that guides the President of the United States from the first day in the Oval Office to the day he (or she?) walks out for the last time. In fact, the strategies and mindset recommended in these pages are essential tools for capturing the Presidency as much as wielding it.
The...
by J. O. Raber
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2014
Do you have a right NOT to have children? Do we have a right NOT to be born? Choosing to remain 'child-free' or 'childless' is something that sparks various reactions - but not everyone has actually given it deep thought. The names and viewpoints discussed in this book may spur some thinking among those...
Two Republics in China
How Imperial China Became the PRC
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2015
Mr. Woo continues his history of China from 1911, when the Qing dynasty was overthrown after the death of Empress Dowager Cixi, to modern times: a tumultuous century that saw chaos and warlords, invasions, regime change, confiscation of property, and later a return to a mixed economy allowing some capitalist...
Two Thousand Years of Economic Statistics, Years 1-2014, Vol. 2, by Country
Population, GDP at PPP, and GDP Per Capita
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2017
Who's winning and who's losing? This biennial work provides hard data for all who ponder the shifting sands of power, whether economic, military or demographic, and seek keys to decipher the media news. Going far beyond the major powers and the BRIC countries, this economic statistical work, issued...
Two Thousand Years of Economic Statistics, Years 1 - 2012
Population, GDP at PPP, and GDP Per Capita. Volume 2, by Country
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2015
Who's winning and who's losing? This book provides hard data for all who ponder the shifting sands of power, whether economic, military or demographic, and seek keys to decipher the media news. Going far beyond the major powers and the BRIC countries, this economic statistical work, issued every few...
Quality of Life, Balance of Power, and Nuclear Weapons (2011)
A Statistical Yearbook for Statesmen and Citizens
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
The foundations of power politics in the nuclear age, fundamental forces that drive events in the international news, and seldom-discussed factors that can shift whole economies, or trigger wars, may be discerned from the statistical tables presented in this novel yearbook first issued in 2008.This statistical...
Two Thousand Years of Economic Statistics, Years 12012
Population, GDP at PPP, and GDP Per Capita. Volume 1, By Rank
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2015
Who's winning and who's losing? This book provides hard data for all who ponder the shifting sands of power, whether economic, military or demographic, and seek keys to decipher the media news. Going far beyond the major powers and the BRIC countries, this economic statistical work, issued every few...