Modern Government

What would you do if everything changed overnight? No power. No supplies. No clear information. Just chaos, confusion, and decisions that could determine your survival. This book is not theory. It’s built on real lessons from the war in Ukraine, where civilians were forced to adapt instantly as normal life collapsed around them. Families had minutes to evacuate. Stores emptied in hours. Systems people depended on stopped working without warning. This is what actually happened. And more importantly, what you can learn from it.

You know what they used to call it? Slavery. Then some very smart people in very expensive suits sat down and had a meeting about the word. And they came up with better ones. Forty-five of them, actually. "Employment." "The gig economy." "Financial responsibility." "Entry level." "Competitive market." "Bootstrapping." "Hustle culture." You know — words that make the cage sound like a lifestyle choice. This audiobook is about the cage. Not the cage they built in 1619 — that one at least had the honesty to call itself what it was. This one is newer. Shinier.

Understand everything you need to know about our democratic system—from the Constitution to present-day elections—with The Everything American Government Book. If the confusion following the last presidential election is any indication, the average citizen knows precious little about the...

In Modern Social Imaginaries, Taylor continues his recent reflections on the theme of multiple modernities. To account for the differences among modernities, Taylor sets out his idea of the social imaginary, a broad understanding of the way a given people imagine their collective social life. Retelling the history of Western modernity, Taylor traces the development of a distinct social imaginary.

CIA operative Dewey Andreas is America's last line of defense when terrorists take over Manhattan, targeting the U.N. and the President himself in The Island, the latest in this New York Times bestselling series by Ben Coes. America is about to face the deadliest terrorist attack on it's soil...