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50 SIMPLE STEPS TO SAVE THE EARTH FROM GLOBAL WARMING
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Today, many people around the world are concerned about global warming. The attention on the recent Copenhagen summit and its attempts to halt global warming had people worldwide paying attention to the plight of the planet
This guide of 50 practical steps is a positive and uplifting presentation of a serious subject organised in a fun, easy-to-read format. Each step is a simple way you can help in the fight against global warming and feel good about being part of the solution to the current environmental crisis.
Sample steps include:
· Determine Your Carbon Footprint
· Buy Green Energy
· Plant a Rooftop Garden
· Take an Eco-Vacation
· Check Your Tire Pressure
· Compost Your Food Waste
· Recycle Your Shoes
· Use Petrochemical-Free Cosmetics
· Buy Locally Grown Foods
· Wear Organic Clothing
· Go Vegetarian for a Day
· Invest in the Solution
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This guide of 50 practical steps is a positive and uplifting presentation of a serious subject organised in a fun, easy-to-read format. Each step is a simple way you can help in the fight against global warming and feel good about being part of the solution to the current environmental crisis.
Sample steps include:
· Determine Your Carbon Footprint
· Buy Green Energy
· Plant a Rooftop Garden
· Take an Eco-Vacation
· Check Your Tire Pressure
· Compost Your Food Waste
· Recycle Your Shoes
· Use Petrochemical-Free Cosmetics
· Buy Locally Grown Foods
· Wear Organic Clothing
· Go Vegetarian for a Day
· Invest in the Solution
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ATTITUDE - wanna make something of it?
The Secret of Stand-Up Comedy
ISBN: 9780906362563
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The Secret of Stand-Up Comedy
…..I was watching Tony Blair recently on the telly addressing a conference. He walked on beaming and waving and then, while the crowd were still applauding, he 'apparently' recognised someone in the audience, pointed at them and made like he knew them and clearly hadn't seen them for some time. I first saw Clinton do it. I've got my own version of the same thing. It's a ploy. What comes across is 'Hey! Good to see you. Glad you could make it. How's the family? Nice one. Catch up with you laters.' What is really going on is the performer is demolishing the fourth wall and bonding with the room - 'I don't know you, I've never met you before and let's keep it that way. But hey, I'm an opportunist and you are my way of establishing a connection with this audience'. Politicians are learning the skills of the live performer. No big surprise there, until I saw news footage from Serbia and Vuk Drascovic was using the same technique. What next? The Indonesian Generals? 'Hey! Good to see you. How's the family? Do you want to see them again?' “There's a helluva lot here to set the mind racing and get the creative juices flowing.”
- Malcolm Hay, Time Out
“Tony Allen is the John The Baptist of modern comedy…Illuminating and irritating, exasperating yet exhilarating, this book is partial,
opinionated and intensely personal – and that's precisely what makes it so readable.”
- The Guardian Guide
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- Malcolm Hay, Time Out
“Tony Allen is the John The Baptist of modern comedy…Illuminating and irritating, exasperating yet exhilarating, this book is partial,
opinionated and intensely personal – and that's precisely what makes it so readable.”
- The Guardian Guide
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BEYOND VENGEANCE, BEYOND DUALITY
A Call for a Compassionate Revolution
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A Call for a Compassionate Revolution
We are in trouble. The social, financial, and religious institutions are crumbling. The criminal justice system is a prime example of society's dysfunction.
Courtroom veteran and law professor Sylvia Clute was burned out on the American system of justice. What she saw on a daily basis was all too often the miscarriage of justice. Because of her legal background, Clute focuses on legal horror stories to demonstrate her underlying thesis. The crisis in our legal system is merely symptomatic of a rot found in each of our institutions. It is rooted in a philosophy of dualism that pits us against one another. It is rooted in a philosophy that fails to recognize the oneness or unity of all life.
Taking a page from the Eckhart Tolle spiritual playbook, Clute unfolds her argument for applying the philosophy of non-duality to not only our criminal justice system, but to all social relationships. She explores the roots of dualist thinking in the religious traditions of the world and offers the hope that if individuals—and societies—can move beyond dualistic thinking, we will create a society that is truly just and authentically caring.
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Courtroom veteran and law professor Sylvia Clute was burned out on the American system of justice. What she saw on a daily basis was all too often the miscarriage of justice. Because of her legal background, Clute focuses on legal horror stories to demonstrate her underlying thesis. The crisis in our legal system is merely symptomatic of a rot found in each of our institutions. It is rooted in a philosophy of dualism that pits us against one another. It is rooted in a philosophy that fails to recognize the oneness or unity of all life.
Taking a page from the Eckhart Tolle spiritual playbook, Clute unfolds her argument for applying the philosophy of non-duality to not only our criminal justice system, but to all social relationships. She explores the roots of dualist thinking in the religious traditions of the world and offers the hope that if individuals—and societies—can move beyond dualistic thinking, we will create a society that is truly just and authentically caring.
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DISINFORMATION
The Interviews
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The Interviews
The best and most revealing interviews from the prococative TV series/DVD of the same name.
Richard Metzger presents the most compelling interviews from the hit TV series Disinformation, revealing mind-blowing thoughts from modern culture's most radical thinkers:
Paul Laffoley on how to build a working time machine and a house made of vegetables
Douglas Rushkoff explains "media viruses"
Lucifer Principle author Howard Bloom on the coming biological apocalypse
Genesis P-Orridge on what it's like to be the leader of your own cult
Joe Coleman's collection of weird stuff
Robert Anton Wilson on The Illuminati and Aleister Crowley
Kembra Pfahler on The Voluptuous Horror of Karen Black
Duncan Laurie on the forbidden science of radionics
Comic book author Grant Morrison (The Invisibles, JLA, X-Men) on sex magick
Hollywood's interest in underground culture and the best alien abduction story you'll ever hear!
Plus, many more modern revolutionaries (including philosopher Peter Russell, futurist Mark Pesce, and Apocalypse Culture's Adam Parfrey) expressing their thoughts, fears, enthusiasms, and predictions.
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Richard Metzger presents the most compelling interviews from the hit TV series Disinformation, revealing mind-blowing thoughts from modern culture's most radical thinkers:
Paul Laffoley on how to build a working time machine and a house made of vegetables
Douglas Rushkoff explains "media viruses"
Lucifer Principle author Howard Bloom on the coming biological apocalypse
Genesis P-Orridge on what it's like to be the leader of your own cult
Joe Coleman's collection of weird stuff
Robert Anton Wilson on The Illuminati and Aleister Crowley
Kembra Pfahler on The Voluptuous Horror of Karen Black
Duncan Laurie on the forbidden science of radionics
Comic book author Grant Morrison (The Invisibles, JLA, X-Men) on sex magick
Hollywood's interest in underground culture and the best alien abduction story you'll ever hear!
Plus, many more modern revolutionaries (including philosopher Peter Russell, futurist Mark Pesce, and Apocalypse Culture's Adam Parfrey) expressing their thoughts, fears, enthusiasms, and predictions.
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DUMBEST GENERATION
How the Digital Age Stupefies Young Americans and Jeopardizes Our Future (Or, Don't Trust Anyone Under 30)
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How the Digital Age Stupefies Young Americans and Jeopardizes Our Future (Or, Don't Trust Anyone Under 30)
This shocking, surprisingly entertaining romp into the intellectual nether regions of today's underthirty set reveals the disturbing and, ultimately, incontrovertible truth: cyberculture is turning us into a society of know-nothings.
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EARTH CITIZEN
Recovering Our Humanity
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Recovering Our Humanity
Ilchi Lee's new book, EARTH CITIZEN, is humanity's passport to a whole new world. In the book, Lee asks us to shed old identities that are illusionary and divisive, and to take on a new identity - Earth Citizen. It is through this simple shift in self-identification, he argues, that the world can find the answers to its many complex problems.
Lee contends that while the cultures of the world may remain diverse, we are all united by our dependence on a single planet - the Earth. For this reason, he says we must all find a way to place the Earth at the centre of our personal value systems. It is only by realising our common humanity through the Earth that we may come together as one to create a peaceful and sustainable way of life on the planet.
BEST Life Media will donate 10% of the profits from the sale of this book to the 'Earth Citizen Movement' sponsored by the IBREA Foundation, a non-profit organisation whose mission is "to educate individuals, communities, and nations to realise the potential of the human brain to bring health, happiness and peace to all of humanity and the Earth."
Author Ilchi Lee, as president of IBREA, will also donate all royalties to the Earth Citizen Movement.
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EMPOWERING THE SOUL
A Collection of Essays Exploring Global Healing and Spiritual Well-Being
ISBN: 9780893892616
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A Collection of Essays Exploring Global Healing and Spiritual Well-Being
A compilation of inspiring essays- gathered from a series of talks at the Sacred LinkÔ Freedom from Fear Conference - presents a vision for global healing and spiritual wellbeing. The Sacred LinkÔ conference brought together pioneers in this healing revolution - alternative energy experts diplomats business executives educators yoga teachers holistic health practitioners and environmentalists. Their keen insights and the overall image of hope that emerged at the end of this gathering sparked the idea for a book that would reach an even wider audience and stand as a lasting vision of a more peaceful and compassionate world. With an introduction by Pandit Rajmani Tigunait EMPOWERING THE SOUL examines spiritual growth and self-transformation on both a personal and global level and provides ideas for social regeneration and enlightened leadership. Introduces new experts/authors on current global issues regularly covered in the news eg. ending world poverty social regeneration energy alternatives.
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EVERYTHING YOU KNOW IS WRONG
The Disinformation Guide to Secrets and Lies......
ISBN: 9780971394209
ISBN 10: 0971394202
The Disinformation Guide to Secrets and Lies......
Bringing together an amazing group of investigative journalists, researchers, insiders, dissidents and academics, the editor of You Are Being Lied To offers this new collection of hard, documented evidence to reveal the lies surrounding the most powerful institutions and controversial topics in the world. Among the revelations are insights into antidepressants, youth violence, the International Monetary Fund and the government's foreknowledge of the September 11 attacks. Featuring rare documents and photos, this book is set to become an underground bestseller.
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ISBN: 9780971394209
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GREEN DEVOTIONAL
Active Prayers for a Healthy Planet
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Active Prayers for a Healthy Planet
Our planet, our home, is in crisis plain and simple and this collection of quotes, poems, essays, and prayers will inspire all to actively reverse the man-made cause of global warming, stem the tide of environmental destruction, and reconnect to the good earth.
Short essays of topical interest introduce each of the eight sections of this book, and the 250 voices inside, most of them contemporary, begin to harmonize together as they seem to call out for their own canonical structure one bounded by the ancient elements: Earth, Air, Fire, Water. This collection of voices is like a "green book of devotional hours," reminiscent of the Books of Hours medieval people used to hold in their palms. It was called "a cathedral in your hands." And like that medieval book, The Green Devotional reminds us that we are connected to something broader and wiser than ourselves.
Included are selections from such people as Rachel Carson, Cornel West, Bill McKibben, Alice Walker, Sue Monk Kidd, Dean Koontz, Barbara Kingsolver, Daniel Pinchbeck, Arundhati Roy, and many others. The Green Devotional ends with a section of "closing prayers" that prepare us not just to go to sleep but to rest up for another day of passionate action.
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Short essays of topical interest introduce each of the eight sections of this book, and the 250 voices inside, most of them contemporary, begin to harmonize together as they seem to call out for their own canonical structure one bounded by the ancient elements: Earth, Air, Fire, Water. This collection of voices is like a "green book of devotional hours," reminiscent of the Books of Hours medieval people used to hold in their palms. It was called "a cathedral in your hands." And like that medieval book, The Green Devotional reminds us that we are connected to something broader and wiser than ourselves.
Included are selections from such people as Rachel Carson, Cornel West, Bill McKibben, Alice Walker, Sue Monk Kidd, Dean Koontz, Barbara Kingsolver, Daniel Pinchbeck, Arundhati Roy, and many others. The Green Devotional ends with a section of "closing prayers" that prepare us not just to go to sleep but to rest up for another day of passionate action.
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HEARTS & MINDS
Talking to Christians about Homosexuality
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Talking to Christians about Homosexuality
Homosexuality is the wedge issue of our times and the civil rights issue of this generation. At the heart of all this controversy is Christianity. Many are taught that homosexuality strikes at the very core of what it means to be a Christian. Yet sadly, these strong beliefs are based on half-truths and falsehoods.
Most conservative Christians are good people who strive to be compassionate and tolerant. By learning how to talk to them in ways that both educate them about homosexuality and respect their faith, profound healing can occur.
HEARTS & MINDS offers facts and inspiration for members of the gay community and their friends, family and supporters to help them engage in meaningful and heart-felt discussions with conservative Christians.
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Most conservative Christians are good people who strive to be compassionate and tolerant. By learning how to talk to them in ways that both educate them about homosexuality and respect their faith, profound healing can occur.
HEARTS & MINDS offers facts and inspiration for members of the gay community and their friends, family and supporters to help them engage in meaningful and heart-felt discussions with conservative Christians.
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HOUSE THAT LOVE BUILT
ISBN: 9781571745460
ISBN 10: 1571745467
In the hearts of volunteers who mobilise resources to build houses, “Habitat for Humanity” signifies caring. However, few people know that thirty years ago, successful entrepreneur Millard Fuller and his wife Linda left behind their materialistic lifestyle and crumbling marriage to start over as missionaries in Zaire. Upon returning to Georgia, they started building houses to bring new life to the poverty-stricken as their personal Christian ministry.
Millard recruited Jimmy Carter to work with Habitat when he left the White House. Together they attracted leaders from church and state worldwide. Habitat became an international movement with 1700 affiliates and a Board of Directors comprised of increasingly large corporate donors. As it grew, a new, more secular vision evolved and eventually Millard and Linda found themselves alone starting over. The Fullers
responded with “God is not done with us. Within days, they were back raising money and building houses for The Fuller Center for Housing - for Katrina victims and in Nepal, Nigeria and Romania.
· In thirty years Habitat has become the largest volunteer builder in the world with 1700 affiliates and millions of donors and volunteers building homes for over a million people
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Millard recruited Jimmy Carter to work with Habitat when he left the White House. Together they attracted leaders from church and state worldwide. Habitat became an international movement with 1700 affiliates and a Board of Directors comprised of increasingly large corporate donors. As it grew, a new, more secular vision evolved and eventually Millard and Linda found themselves alone starting over. The Fullers
responded with “God is not done with us. Within days, they were back raising money and building houses for The Fuller Center for Housing - for Katrina victims and in Nepal, Nigeria and Romania.
· In thirty years Habitat has become the largest volunteer builder in the world with 1700 affiliates and millions of donors and volunteers building homes for over a million people
ISBN: 9781571745460
ISBN 10: 1571745467
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IDEALIST.ORG HANDBOOK TO BUILDING A BETTER WORLD
How to Turn Your Good Intentions into Actions That Make a Difference
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How to Turn Your Good Intentions into Actions That Make a Difference
Part career guide, part activist's handbook, THE IDEALIST.ORG HANDBOOK TO BUILDING A BETTER WORLD provides tools and inspiration for anyone who wants to make a difference but doesn't know where to start. Inspired by Idealist.org's 600,000-member online community and their ongoing search for work that gives back to the world, this practical reference walks readers through the different ways they can get involved and the range of possibilities for applying one's interests and skills to meet their community's needs.
Idealist.org's staff gives a comprehensive understanding of the issues, options, organisations,and resources so readers can be proactive, whether it's through their current job, volunteering, donating, personal spending, board service, starting an organisation or changing careers.
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IT'S NOT NEWS, IT'S FARK
How Mainstream Media Tries to Pass Off Crap as News
ISBN: 9781592403660
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How Mainstream Media Tries to Pass Off Crap as News
Have you ever found yourself noticing certain patterns in the news you see and read each day? Perhaps it's the blatant fear-mongering in the absence of facts on your local 6 o'clock news (“Tsunami could hit the Atlantic any day!” EVERYBODY PANIC), or the seasonal articles that appear year after year like clockwork (“Roads will be crowded this holiday season.” Thanks AA.). IT'S NOT NEWS, IT'S FARK is Drew Curtis' clever examination of the state of the media today and a hilarious look at the go-to stories mass media uses when there's just not enough hard news to fill a newspaper or a news broadcast. Who is to blame for non-news in the media? Is it the media, or the media consumer and their website-clicking habits? Or does the answer lie somewhere in between? IT'S NOT NEWS, IT'S FARK takes a crack at why
Drew exposes eight stranger-than-fiction media patterns that prove just how little reporting is going on in the world of reporters today. Regardless of whether it's a slow news day, mainstream media still has to deliver. IT'S NOT NEWS, IT'S FARK examines all the “news” that was never fit for print in the first place, and promises to have you laughing (with the media, mind you, not at them...) along the way. Let the hilarity ensue.
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IT'S NOT NEWS, IT'S FARK HB
How Mass Media Tries to Pass Off Crap as News
ISBN: 9781592402915
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How Mass Media Tries to Pass Off Crap as News
Have you ever found yourself noticing certain patterns in the news you see and read each day? Perhaps it's the blatant fear-mongering in the absence of facts on your local 6 o'clock news (“Tsunami could hit the Atlantic any day!” EVERYBODY PANIC!), or the seasonal articles that appear year after year like clockwork (“Roads will be crowded this holiday season.” Thanks AA.). IT'S NOT NEWS, IT'S FARK is Drew Curtis' clever examination of the state of the media today and a hilarious look at the go-to stories mass media uses when there's just not enough hard news to fill a newspaper or a news broadcast. Who is to blame for non-news in the media? Is it the media, or the media consumer and their website-clicking habits? Or does the answer lie somewhere in between? IT'S NOT NEWS, IT'S FARK takes a crack at why.
Drew exposes eight stranger-than-fiction media patterns that prove just how little reporting is going on in the world of reporters today. Regardless of whether it's a slow news day, mainstream media still has to deliver. IT'S NOT NEWS, IT'S FARK examines all the 'news' that was never fit for print in the first place, and promises to have you laughing (with the media, mind you, not at them...) along the way. Let the hilarity ensue.
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Drew exposes eight stranger-than-fiction media patterns that prove just how little reporting is going on in the world of reporters today. Regardless of whether it's a slow news day, mainstream media still has to deliver. IT'S NOT NEWS, IT'S FARK examines all the 'news' that was never fit for print in the first place, and promises to have you laughing (with the media, mind you, not at them...) along the way. Let the hilarity ensue.
ISBN: 9781592402915
ISBN 10: 1592402917
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LIVING GREEN
A Practical Guide to Simple Sustainability
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A Practical Guide to Simple Sustainability
Have you ever wanted to change the world? Now is your chance. If you are concerned about climate change, personal health or just want to live a little more lightly on the planet, this book is for you.
An informative, easy-to-read consumer guide that outlines simple steps to improve your health and explains the consequences of your lifestyle on the planet. LIVING GREEN addresses diet, consumer products, home building and energy and explains sustainability and the green movement.
LIVING GREEN offers important guidelines and practical solutions such as:
· The 10 foods you should always eat organic to avoid pesticides,
herbicides, hormones and antibiotics
· Affordable and practical ways to offset your “carbon footprint”
and neutralise your personal impact on global warming
· The most chemically intensive personal care, household cleaning
and lawn care products, with effective natural alternatives
· How soft plastic water bottles hurt your health, your pocket book
and our environment, with a simple and refreshing alternative
· How a simple carbon filter can dramatically improve your
everyday health and potentially add years to your life
· The truth about hybrids and flex fuels
· Why an organic mattress is the most important health investment
you can make
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An informative, easy-to-read consumer guide that outlines simple steps to improve your health and explains the consequences of your lifestyle on the planet. LIVING GREEN addresses diet, consumer products, home building and energy and explains sustainability and the green movement.
LIVING GREEN offers important guidelines and practical solutions such as:
· The 10 foods you should always eat organic to avoid pesticides,
herbicides, hormones and antibiotics
· Affordable and practical ways to offset your “carbon footprint”
and neutralise your personal impact on global warming
· The most chemically intensive personal care, household cleaning
and lawn care products, with effective natural alternatives
· How soft plastic water bottles hurt your health, your pocket book
and our environment, with a simple and refreshing alternative
· How a simple carbon filter can dramatically improve your
everyday health and potentially add years to your life
· The truth about hybrids and flex fuels
· Why an organic mattress is the most important health investment
you can make
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OUTFOXED
Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism
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Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism
The director of 2004's smash hit documentary Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism teams with journalist Alexandra Kitty in an even more detailed and updated examination of how media empires, led by Rupert Murdoch's Fox News, have been running a "race to the bottom" in television news. They examine media consolidation by focusing on the Fox News Channel: How did Fox gain prominence? How did the Fox News Channel gain audiences and influence public debate? How does Fox report reality? Is the network merely interpreting events or is it pushing propaganda? Who are the main players and how do they treat their friends and enemies? Why should readers care about how Fox takes liberties with its facts?
Each chapter blends interviews from Greenwald's documentary, transcripts from Fox programs, and other research pertaining to Fox News not only to illustrate the Fox "mentality," but also to show the factual, ethical and structural problems with the news channel. Interviews and transcripts are analyzed to give readers a strong sense of what Fox is actually telling its audiences.
As well as Outfoxed, Robert Greenwald executive produced Unprecedented: The 2000 Presidential Election, produced and directed Uncovered: The War On Iraq and most recently produced Unconstitutional: The War on our Civil Liberties, about the erosion of American civil liberties following the events of September 11.
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Each chapter blends interviews from Greenwald's documentary, transcripts from Fox programs, and other research pertaining to Fox News not only to illustrate the Fox "mentality," but also to show the factual, ethical and structural problems with the news channel. Interviews and transcripts are analyzed to give readers a strong sense of what Fox is actually telling its audiences.
As well as Outfoxed, Robert Greenwald executive produced Unprecedented: The 2000 Presidential Election, produced and directed Uncovered: The War On Iraq and most recently produced Unconstitutional: The War on our Civil Liberties, about the erosion of American civil liberties following the events of September 11.
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PRIMER ON ANIMAL RIGHTS
Leading Experts Write about Animal Cruelty and Exploitation
ISBN: 9781590560037
ISBN 10: 1590560035
Leading Experts Write about Animal Cruelty and Exploitation
This book is a collection of articles that document how animals are cruelly mistreated and commercially exploited for profit. In doing so the articles which are grouped in six primary areas lay out the fundamental issues of animal rights. All the articles were previously published in The Animals' Agenda the leading magazine of the Animal Rights movement. The book contains work by some of the leading authorities on animal protection issues including: Jim Mason Marc Bekoff Mike Markarian Betsy Swart Norm Phelps Wayne Pacelle Pat Derby Gene Bauston Karen Davis Richard Schwartz Don Barnes and many others. All articles are up-to-date and full of important facts.
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REALITY OVERLOAD
The Modern World's Assault on the Imaginal Realm
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The Modern World's Assault on the Imaginal Realm
What underlies the many problems of the modern world - from accelerating rates of extinction and desertification, to the increased alienation of the individual - is a reality overload, an increasingly invasive mechanisation and homogenisation of modern life that glorifies consumption and conformity. This overload has been created from the constant force-feeding of too much information, a phenomenon that dispossesses us of our deepest connections to time, our physical world and each other.
Annie Le Brun explains that the degradation of the environment mirrors the devastation going on in our minds revealing a link between genetically modified foods and the transformation and decay of our language and communication. There is a direct relationship between the rupture of the great biological balances that govern the planet and the equally devastating rupture in our imaginal realm. The imaginal realm is the home of our dreams and the perceptions that feed our thoughts, individuality and creativity. Without its influence we are forced to live a drab, alienated lifestyle based on consumption alone. If, as Shakespeare claims, “we are such stuff as dreams are made on,” this theft of our imagination by the reality overload threatens the very foundations of our existence.
· Shows how the constant force-feeding of too much information dispossesses us of our deepest connections
· Describes a link between the destruction of the environment with the assault on our individuality, creativity and ability to think for ourselves
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SCAMORAMA
Turning the Tables of Email Scammers
ISBN: 9781932857382
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Turning the Tables of Email Scammers
This book is about liars telling lies with compound interest to other liars. A -struggle is being waged on the Internet between criminals and comedians. On one side are fraudsters who con their victims out of hundreds of millions of dollars each year. The basic tool of the trade is e-mail, and the crime is the infamous "419" scam--a form of fraud whose current masters hail from Nigeria and which gets its name from section 419 of the Nigerian criminal code. It begins with an e-mail from a stranger:
I am soliciting your assistance as to enable my family round up the remains of our life. Following the death of my husband Sani Abacha, former head of state of Nigeria, the new president has turned the country against us . . . I will be grateful if you could receive my last $50 million for safe keeping. I will give you 10% as a commission and to cover any expenses . . .
On the other side of the struggle, pranksters from around the world are writing back to scammers strictly to waste their time. The resulting literary genre is -scambaiting--psychological warfare for clowns. Some anti-scammers go further, breaking into scammers' e-mail accounts to warn off their victims, and helping law enforcement.
This book documents a weird form of cultural exchange made possible by the Internet. It is a hilarious introduction to the "419" scam, with correspondences between scammers and people who love to yank their chains.
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I am soliciting your assistance as to enable my family round up the remains of our life. Following the death of my husband Sani Abacha, former head of state of Nigeria, the new president has turned the country against us . . . I will be grateful if you could receive my last $50 million for safe keeping. I will give you 10% as a commission and to cover any expenses . . .
On the other side of the struggle, pranksters from around the world are writing back to scammers strictly to waste their time. The resulting literary genre is -scambaiting--psychological warfare for clowns. Some anti-scammers go further, breaking into scammers' e-mail accounts to warn off their victims, and helping law enforcement.
This book documents a weird form of cultural exchange made possible by the Internet. It is a hilarious introduction to the "419" scam, with correspondences between scammers and people who love to yank their chains.
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