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Separation of Power
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Separation of PowerSeparation of Power

CIA superagent Mitch Rapp is back in action in Vince Flynn's high-velocity New York Times bestseller. Newly appointed CIA director Dr. Irene Kennedy is the target of an inside plot to destroy her and prematurely end the American President's term. To make matters worse, Saddam Hussein is close to entering the nuclear arms race -- something Israel has vowed to stop. With the haunting specter of World War III looming, the President calls on his secret weapon: top counterterrorism operative Mitch Rapp. But with only two weeks to take out the nukes, Rapp is up against a ticking clock -- and impossible odds.
 
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Denialism: How Irrational Thinking Harms the Planet and Threatens Our Lives
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Denialism: How Irrational Thinking Harms the Planet and Threatens Our LivesDenialism: How Irrational Thinking Harms the Planet and Threatens Our Lives

Although denialists, according to Specter, come from both ends of the political spectrum, they have one important trait in common: their willingness to replace the rigorous and open-minded skepticism of science with the inflexible certainty of ideological commitment. Specter analyzes the consequences of this inflexibility and draws some startling and uncomfortable conclusions for the health of both individuals and society.
 
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Denialism: How Irrational Thinking Hinders Scientific Progress, Harms the Planet, and Threatens Our Lives
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Denialism: How Irrational Thinking Hinders Scientific Progress, Harms the Planet, and Threatens Our LivesDenialism: How Irrational Thinking Hinders Scientific Progress, Harms the Planet, and Threatens Our Lives

In this provocative and headline- making book, Michael Specter confronts the widespread fear of science and its terrible toll on individuals and the planet. In Denialism, New Yorker staff writer Michael Specter reveals that Americans have come to mistrust institutions and especially the institution of science more today than ever before. For centuries, the general view had been that science is neither good nor bad-that it merely supplies information and that new information is always beneficial. Now, science is viewed as a political constituency that isn't always in our best interest. 
 
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Tags: science, always, information, Specter, Denialism, Michael, Lives
The Specter of Genocide
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The Specter of GenocideThe Specter of Genocide

Full title: The Specter of Genocide. Mass Murder in Historical Perspective

Focusing on the twentieth century, this collection of essays by leading international experts offers an up-to-date, comprehensive history and analysis of multiple cases of genocide and genocidal acts.

 
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Tags: genocide, Genocide, Specter, Africa, North, Specter, offers, comprehensive, experts