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';Bernays' honest and practical manual provides much insight into some of the most powerful and influential institutions of contemporary industrial state capitalist democracies.'Noam Chomsky';The conscious and intelligent manipulation of the organized habits and opinions of the masses is an important element in democratic society. Those who manipulate this unseen mechanism of society constitute an invisible government which is the true ruling power of our country.'Edward Bernays, PropagandaA seminal and controversial figure in the history of political thought and public relations, Edward Bernays (18911995), pioneered the scientific technique of shaping and manipulating public opinion, which he famously dubbed ';engineering of consent.' During World War I, he was an integral part of the U.S. Committee on Public Information (CPI), a powerful propaganda apparatus that was mobilized to package, advertise and sell the war to the American people as one that would ';Make the World Safe for Democracy.' The CPI would become the blueprint in which marketing strategies for future wars would be based upon.Bernays applied the techniques he had learned in the CPI and, incorporating some of the ideas of Walter Lipmann, became an outspoken proponent of propaganda as a tool for democratic and corporate manipulation of the population. His 1928 bombshell Propaganda lays out his eerily prescient vision for using propaganda to regiment the collective mind in a variety of areas, including government, politics, art, science and education. To read this book today is to frightfully comprehend what our contemporary institutions of government and business have become in regards to organized manipulation of the masses.This is the first reprint of Propaganda in over 30 years and features an introduction by Mark Crispin Miller, author of The Bush Dyslexicon: Observations on a National Disorder.

Doublespeak is the language of non-responsibility, carefully constructed to appear to communicate when it fact it doesn't. In this lively and eye-opening expose, originally published in 1989, linguist William Lutz identifies the four most common types of doublespeakeuphemism, jargon, gobbledygook or "e;bureaucratese,"e; and inflated languageshowing how each is used in business, advertising, medicine, government, and the military. In this seminal book, Lutz articulates that the goal of doublespeak is "e;to distort reality and corrupt thought."e;

Sissy has long lived an isolated itinerant existence with her single mother, Mou, who suffers from bouts of debilitating depression. The pair attempt a fresh start in a small town in the damp West Country of England, where Sissy strikes up a secret friendship with the charismatic, apparently fearless, Tegan.The two of them soon become so close that they feel like one being, wrapped around each other in bed at sleepovers, sending photographs to men they meet online in the MSN chat rooms of the 1990s, and scaring each other with reports of the girls being snatched at night in their small town.Sissy andTegan seek to shed their innocence with a "spell" that marks Sissy's passage from the mythic woods of childhood into a girlhood in which she is both in danger and deemed dangerous. In its aftermath, Sissy is confronted with past tragedies and present-day traumas, as her mother's mental illness escalates and Sissy's actions draw the unfortunate attention of the authorities. All the while her body beings to undergo strange changes, in a transformation that quickly turns from thrilling to harrowing.With deft notes of magical realism and a constant psychological acuity, Amphibians is a contemporary treasure for fans of Julie Buntin, Carmen Maria Machado and Melissa Febos.

Over the past few years, we have witnessed a growing wave of anti-LGBTQ+ bills and policies across the United States. According to the ACLU, in 2023 alone, 507 anti-LGBTQ bills were proposed in 47 states; among these, 84 have been passed into law.The targets of many of these legislative attacks have been the most vulnerable among us--transgender and LGBTQ+ youth. From "Don't Say Gay" laws to healthcare restrictions, anti-LGBTQ+ policies are impacting trans and queer youth in almost every sphere of their lives, including the medical care they can access, the sports teams they can play on, what they are allowed to talk about in the classroom, and the books they are allowed to check out from the library. The results of this discrimination are often deadly, with over half of transgender and non-binary youth seriously contemplating suicide, and many others falling victim to violent hate crimes inspired by this hostile climate. Trans Kids, Our Kids: Stories and Resources from the Frontlines of the Movement for Transgender Youth shares the stories of transgender youth and their families, exploring the choices they are making to survive in today's environment. The book also gives voice to the medical providers who are providing care to transgender youth, as well as the activists, teachers and faith leaders who leading the resistance efforts.By contextualizing and sharing these stories, as well as offering resources and next steps, Trans Kids aims to both narrativize the pain and fear experienced by everyday Americans in this cultural moment, as well as highlighting the courage, hope, and resilience of transgender and LGBTQ+ youth, their families, and the people who support them.

What is it about Elena Ferrante's writing, especially her masterwork Neapolitan Novels, that resonates so deeply with millions of readers, making this Italian author who writes under a pseudonym with absolutely no "platform" an international sensation?Brilliantly addressing issues such as class struggle, female friendship, women's autonomy, and literary creation itself, Ferrante's hyperrealist, intense storytelling is a saga of a highly specific place and history, yet somehow also transcends them, resonating on profoundly personal levels with readers of every background. Gina Frangello grew up in poverty in inner-city Chicago two decades after Ferrante's most famous characters, Lenu and Lila grew up in Naples. Despite these geographic and cultural differences, Frangello felt that Ferrante was "writing about my youth, my life, my relationships, my struggles." In the latest volume in the Bookmarked series, Gina Frangello contemplates Ferrante's Neapolitan novels through the lens of memoir, literary criticism, and issues of authorial identity and gender. Should who Ferrante "is" matter? And more importantly, what is it about Lenu and Lila's story that taps into such universal truths that makes readers feel that Ferrante is writing specifically to them?

When her friend asks, Why did we never have children?, Nell struggles to answer.¿¿She has a career, she married late...there are any number of reasons but fate seems set on making her face up to the realities of her past. A casual observer would say that Nell has it sorted-loving wife, stepmother, Emergency nurse, best friend-yet in her honest moments she knows she is drowning.This stepmother gig is harder than it looks. Work is no longer the vocation of her youth. Long suppressed voices threaten to reassert themselves as ungrieved loss demands to be recognized. A meeting with a woman who alleges she was raped by the man who was Nell's former lover, brings the truths of her own past into stark relief. The more palatable romantic wrapping she has tied her memories in begins to unravel and she understands that denial must give way to forgiveness of her young self.With the support of the women in her family Nell confronts her ex-lover and begins a journey that will require both courage and compassion. The birth of her granddaughter helps Nell realise that the maternal line, no matter how branched, blurred or broken, is more important than biology. Nell stands ready to pass on the tightly held knowledge of past generations to her niece and grandchildren, knowing that being out of her comfort zone is a gift and a second chance.

"After being named Assistant Director of Intelligence for the Capitol Police just days before the 2020 election, Julie Farnam warned its leadership of the upcoming insurrection, sharing that "Congress itself is the target on the 6th." Tragically, her warnings were ignored. DOMESTIC DARKNESS takes us inside the explosive events of January 6, 2021, exposing how the Capitol Police disregarded intelligence about the right-wing extremists who would seize the capitol on the fateful day. In addition to offering a harrowing view of what it was like on the ground, watching the violence unfold and knowing it could have been prevented, DOMESTIC DARNESS also examines the specific groups and ideologies, such as the Oath Keepers, Proud Boys, QAnon and white supremacists, who were central to the events of January 6 and who, emboldened by Donald Trump and other right-wing leaders, continue to be a threat to our democracy. The book also explores the changes within Capitol Police in the wake of the insurrection---many introduced by Farnam after she was named Acting Director---and, critically for our country, how to address future dangers from domestic terrorism. With the 2024 presidential election just around the corner, we need to seriously examine the lessons January 6 taught us to ensure something like that never happens again."--Jacket flap.

"A groundbreaking work of investigative journalism into the FBI's questionable counterterroism tactics, The Terror Factory exposes how the Bureau built a network of more than 15,000 informants after 9/11 whose primary purpose was to infiltrate Muslim communities to create and facilitate phony terrorist plots so that the Bureau could then claim it was winning the war on terror."--Provided by publisher.

A former Brooklyn wise guy is exiled via Witness Protection to small town Montana, where he spends the next decade paying penance for his earlier life-only to see it all potentially shot to hell when his past catches up to him.

In post-Katrina New Orleans, dying wishes can come true--with often unexpected results.

A man trying to come to terms with the sudden death of his wife--while raising his young son.