Algora Publishing: 206 books
by Filip Spagnoli
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
The all-out rejection of communist states and communist theory was an example of intellectual laziness. With the fall of the Berlin Wall and the implosion of the USSR, the West's rejection of all that smacked of socialism or communism was bolstered all the more, but that rejection was already close...
The Path of Reason
A Philosophy of Nonbelief
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
In todayÂs culture wars and the everyday struggle of individuals to make sense of the world around them, the question of how we can understand the world becomes a vital one. In order to make the best decisions in life, we need the best information. But how can we go about obtaining that? The Path...
Eighteen Hundred and Froze to Death
The Impact of America's First Climate Crisis
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2015
Almost 200 years ago the Northeast endured a dramatic, devastating series of cold spells, destroying crops, forcing thousand to migrate west, and causing many to wonder if their assumptions about a world governed by a beneficial Providence were valid. The so-called "year without a summer" also exposed...
by Donald Kropp
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2017
The values, aspirations and social concerns of the American people are diametrically opposed to the hidden agenda of the neo-conservatives. The history of the Skull and Bones society, their Nazi ties, eugenics, wars, the wealthy corporate elite families and their social impact is largely concealed, but...
by John Engledew
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2018
Engledew, an accomplished author of popular science books, describes nothing less than stellar astronomy, the structure of the solar system, the nature of time and space in terms of cosmology, the expanding universe and some possible fates of the cosmos — all in a brief, succinct and accurate way.
Scientific...
Aliens and Man?
A Synopsis of Facts and Beliefs
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
When it comes to extraterrestrials, UFOs, crop circles, and ancient-astronaut literature, most intelligent readers are repulsed by New Age hype, turned off by Erik Van Daniken, flustered by blatant pseudo-science, and deeply chagrined at how even the History Channel got dragged into the tabloid and sensational....
Bodies in Beds
Why Business Should Out of Prisons
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2017
Can privatization really help solve America's prison problems? A mental health professional tells a compelling story of suicidal inmates and mistreated inmates, with staff working overtime without compensation while frustration grows.
Occupation and Insurgency:
A Selective Examination of The Hague and Geneva Conventions
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Occupation and Insurgency details German policies towards civilians and captured military forces in the Soviet Union from 1941-1945 and examines them in the context of the laws of war. The results of these policies illustrate how an occupying force can establish a sense of legitimacy or spur a stronger...
by John Chodes
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2015
Abraham Lincoln, an American icon, was feared and hated during his presidency as a brutal dictator. His severe attacks on New York, Maryland, Indiana and Missouri show that he was turning the United States into a permanently militarized nation. Lincoln was reviled not only by Southerners and by his...
Modern America and Ancient Rome
An Essay in Historical Comparison and Analogy
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2016
Mounting social inequality, the increased political polarization, and the republic's transformation into an empire of consumption - these are just a few of the similarities between modern America and ancient Rome. How does America relate to Europe, and how did the Romans see their Greek colonies -...
Alexander Hamilton
America's Forgotten Founder
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Alexander Hamilton: Americas Forgotten Founder describes the character and achievements of a man who was instrumental in casting the form of our government and especially its strong financial structure. His financial innovations renewed the public credit when war debts threatened to swamp the fledgling...
Rules of Engagement?
A Social Anatomy of an American War Crime - Operation Iron Triangle, Iraq
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Coalition and Iraqi troops raided an insurgent training camp southwest of Tikrit as part of Operation Iron Triangle May 9-11, 2006. After intelligence sources identified the 60-square-mile Muthana Chemical Complex, 200 soldiers from the 4th Iraqi Army Division and about 230 soldiers from the 101st...
by Emmet Scott
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Over the centuries the figure of the Queen of Sheba has loomed large in poetry and romance. The mysterious Queen, who is said to have visited Solomon in Jerusalem, has cast her spell over poets, painters and storytellers of many lands. The people of Ethiopia have always claimed her as her own, and...
The Ramessides, Medes and Persians
Vol. 4, Ages in Alignment series
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
AGES IN ALIGNMENT A Series by Emmet Sweeney Ages in Alignment argues for a complete reconstruction of ancient chronology. The histories of the Near Eastern civilizations are now believed to have commenced around 3300 BC, about 2,000 years before those of China and the New World. Yet Ages in Alignment...