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Poker isn’t a game of cards. It’s a game of pressure, timing, and control. From ancient Persian bluffing games to the neon battlegrounds of Vegas to the precision solvers of the online age, POKER: The Game That Outsmarted Luck is a walk through the full evolution of poker. The people, the tactics, the psychology, and the shifting edge. JJ breaks the game down without romanticizing it. No gimmicks. No guru talk. Just the real history, the real mind games, and the real skills it takes to survive at the table in 2025.

In Islam, Israel and the West, Danny Burmawi makes sure you get Islam right. Writing as a former Muslim who left the Middle East for freedom in the West, Burmawi exposes what Islam truly is: not simply a private religion, but a political-theological system with global ambitions.

Mises wrote this book for the ages, and it remains the most spirited, thorough, and scientifically rigorous treatise on money ever to appear. This classic treatise was the first really great integration of microeconomics and macroeconomics, and it remains the definitive book on the foundations of monetary theory. As Rothbard points out in his introduction to "the best book on money ever written," economists have yet to absorb all its lessons.

Here is Hans Hoppe's first treatise in English - actually his first book in English - and the one that put him on the map as a social thinker and economist to watch. He argued that there are only two possible archetypes in economic affairs: socialism and capitalism. All systems are combinations of those two types. The capitalist model he defines as pure protection of private property, free association, and exchange - no exceptions. All deviations from that ideal are species of socialism, with public ownership and interference with trade.

The Mises Institute is pleased to introduce Walter Block's remarkable new treatise on private roads that'll cause you to rethink the whole of the way modern transportation networks operate. It's bold, innovative, radical, and compelling and shows how free-market economic theory is the clarifying lens through which to see the failures of the state and see the alternative that's consistent with human liberty.

For Murray Rothbard, libertarianism wasn't an intellectual parlor game, nor was it a personal affectation: for him, it was a banner that was meant to be carried into battle. Ever the happy warrior, he sought to bring the radical libertarian perspective to bear on the events of the day, and it was a task he delighted in. From 1967 thru 1968, Rothbard churned out 58 columns for the Freedom Newspapers.

Talk about great timing. Rothbard's extraordinary book unravels the mystery of banking: What is legitimate enterprise and what is a government-backed shell game that can't last? His explanation is clear enough for anyone to follow and yet precise and rigorous enough to be the best textbook for college classes on the topic. This is because its expository clarity - in its history and theory - is essentially unrivaled. Most notably, he uses the T-account method of explaining the relationship between deposits and loans, showing the inherent instability of fractional reserve banking.

In The Private Production of Defense, Hoppe takes on one the most difficult subjects in economic and political theory: the provision of security. Addressing those who would claim that only the state can and should supply society with the service of protection, Hoppe argues that in fact it is better provided by free markets than government. In the process he tackles a hundred counterarguments. Here we have an important and exhilarating update and refinement of an argument rarely made even in the libertarian tradition.

Explore the hidden corners of the cannabis underworld in "Shadows of the Green: An Insider's Tale" by Ivan G. Delving into the covert world of illegal cannabis trade, this compelling narrative unravels the stories of daring cultivators and street-smart distributors who navigate the complexities of an industry that thrives in the shadows.

In non-technical terms, the libertarian is simply someone who is against the use of force against peaceful people in civil society. You would think that this would be a universally accepted idea, but to believe in government as we know it is to be at odds with this idea. This book answers all the tough questions libertarians get from statists and is perfect for ripping apart justifications for the state. All libertarians should listen to this audiobook to brush up on their philosophy.

Few economists manage to produce a body of work that boasts a serious following 20 years after their deaths. Murray N. Rothbard is a rare exception. More than two decades since his passing, his influence lives on, both in the work of a new generation of social scientists, and among a growing number of the general public. One reason for Rothbard's continuing popularity is his ability to reach across disciplines, and to connect them

You were told the Bible was perfect. That it came from God. That it never contradicted itself. And that asking too many questions was dangerous. But not everyone agreed. This book follows the lives and arguments of philosophers, scholars, ex-pastors, skeptics, and former believers. People who read the Bible carefully, seriously, and sometimes devotionally... until it broke under its own weight. From Spinoza and Voltaire to Bart Ehrman and Francesca Stavrakopoulou, The Gospel of Doubt walks through the quiet collapse of certainty. Not with anger, but with clarity.

What happens when power slips — or gets ripped — out of the ruling class’s hands? Revolution: How the World Changed Hands is a global walk through the most seismic uprisings in human history — from the fall of the pharaohs to the rise of the people. This isn’t about peaceful transitions or symbolic gestures. It’s about the real revolutions: the ones that tore systems apart, shattered empires, and rewrote the rules. You’ll find slave uprisings that built nations, students who brought regimes to their knees, and tweets that toppled tyrants.

What if your job disappeared without anyone admitting it was ever a job at all? Welcome to the gig economy: a labor system built on loopholes, powered by apps, and sold as freedom. From Uber and DoorDash to Amazon Flex and Instacart, millions of people are working without being called workers with no benefits, no protections, and no boss to complain to when something goes wrong. In THE GIG ECONOMY, JJ exposes how tech companies rewrote the rules of work. This isn’t a book about the future of labor, it’s about the present we’ve already allowed.

He didn’t lead the revolution. He survived it. Joseph Stalin rose from a shoeless Georgian childhood to become the most feared dictator of the 20th century. Not by inspiring crowds, but by outliving, outkilling, and outmaneuvering everyone in his path. He purged his rivals, starved his people, rewrote the past, and built a police state so vast it swallowed truth itself. He didn’t just kill millions. He turned fear into policy, propaganda into scripture, and loyalty into silence. This audiobook is not a tribute.

What do you actually believe? Not what your family says. Not what your pastor says. Not what your podcast host says. What the label means. Fully. This is not a book about scripture. It’s not a defense of religion. And it’s not a takedown of belief. It’s a walkthrough. From Christians to Catholics, Evangelicals to Mormons, Muslims to Jews, Hindus to Buddhists, Atheists to Agnostics, and cults you didn’t even know were real. This book lays out the actual belief structure, system by system, line by line. No cherry-picking. No commentary. Just: “If you say you are this… here’s what that means.

In this audiobook, you’ll learn all the relevant concepts related to Blockchain and cryptocurrency. This will include the workings and mechanics of Blockchain, its security premises, the bitcoins and cryptocurrency, the current trend of the blockchain, its impact on business and other industries, as well as its limitations.

The great essayist and economist pens a tribute to his colleague and teacher. Dr. Peterson knew Dr. Mises well. Both were professors at New York University. In this monograph, he describes his temperament and personality as well as his scholarly contributions - all in Peterson's legendary style. It is a fascinating portrait and moving tribute to a master.

In 1982, Ron Paul served on the US Gold Commission to evaluate the role of gold in the monetary system. In fact, the Commission was his idea. It was carrying forth a promise made in the Republican platform. Ron couldn't pick the members, so from the beginning, the deck was stacked. The majority was dominated by monetarists, who saw gold as too scarce and paper as just fine. Ron Paul's team was ready, however, with this marvelous minority report.

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