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Until the watershed leak of top-secret documents by Edward Snowden to the Guardian UK and the Washington Post, most Americans did not realize the extent to which our government is actively acquiring personal information from telecommunications companies and other corporations. As made startlingly clear, the National Security Agency (NSA) has collected information on every phone call Americans have made over the past seven years. In that same time, the NSA and the FBI have gained the ability to access emails, photos, audio and video chats, and additional content from Google, Facebook, Yahoo, Microsoft, YouTube, Skype, Apple, and others, allegedly in order to track foreign targets. In Spying on Democracy, National Lawyers Guild Executive Director Heidi Boghosian documents the disturbing increase in surveillance of ordinary citizens and the danger it poses to our privacy, our civil liberties, and to the future of democracy itself. Boghosian reveals how technology is being used to categorize and monitor people based on their associations, their movements, their purchases, and their perceived political beliefs. She shows how corporations and government intelligence agencies mine data from sources as diverse as surveillance cameras and unmanned drones to iris scans and medical records, while combing websites, email, phone records and social media for resale to third parties, including U.S. intelligence agencies. The ACLU's Michael German says of the examples shown in Boghosian's book, "this unrestrained spying is inevitably used to suppress the most essential tools of democracy: the press, political activists, civil rights advocates and conscientious insiders who blow the whistle on corporate malfeasance and government abuse." Boghosian adds, "If the trend is permitted to continue, we will soon live in a society where nothing is confidential, no information is really secure, and our civil liberties are under constant surveillance and control." Spying on Democracy is a timely, invaluable, and accessible primer for anyone concerned with protecting privacy, freedom, and the U.S. Constitution. "Everyone of us is under the omniscient magnifying glass of the government and corporate spies...How do we respond to this smog of surveillance? Start by reading Spying on Democracy: Government Surveillance, Corporate Power, and Public Resistance by Heidi Boghosian" --Bill Moyers "With ex-CIA staffer Edward Snowden's leaks about National Security Agency surveillance in the headlines, Heidi Boghosian's Spying on Democracy: Government Surveillance, Corporate Power, and Public Resistance feels especially timely. Boghosian reveals how the government acquires information from telecommunications companies and other organizations to create databases about 'persons of interest.'" --Publishers Weekly "Heidi Boghosian's Spying on Democracy is the answer to the question, 'if you're not doing anything wrong, why should you care if someone's watching you?'" --Michael German, Senior Policy Counsel, ACLU and former FBI agent Heidi Boghosian is the Executive Director of the National Lawyers Guild, a progressive Bar Association established in 1937. She co-hosts the weekly civil liberties radio program, "Law and Disorder," which airs on Pacifica's WBAI in New York and on over 50 national affiliate stations around the country. She has published numerous articles and reports on policing, protest, and the First Amendment, including The Policing of Political Speech (National Lawyers Guild 2010), Applying Restraints to Private Police (Missouri Law Review 2005), and The Assault on Free Speech, Public Assembly, and Dissent (North River Press 2004). Her book reviews have been published in The Federal Lawyer and the New York Law Journal. She received her JD from Temple Law School where she was editor-in-chief of the Temple Political & Civil Rights Law Review. She also holds an MS from Boston University College of Communication and a BA from Brown University.

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Have a tea party in Wonderland with this abridged retelling of Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass, part of the bestselling Classic Starts® series that has sold more than 8 million copies! “Life, what is it but a dream?” In Alice in Wonderland, Alice falls down a rabbit hole to find herself in a bizarre land ruled by a ruthless Queen of Hearts. In Through the Looking-Glass, Alice visits another fantastical world where everything is reversed. Is it all real, just a figment of Alice’s imagination, . . . or both? This abridged retelling is the perfect way to introduce young readers to the grinning Cheshire Cat, Tweedledee, Tweedledum, and the Jabberwocky.

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Down the rabbit-hole and through the looking-glass! Lewis Carroll's novels Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass (first published in 1865 and 1871, respectively) have entertained readers young and old for more than a century. Their magical worlds, amusing characters, clever dialogue, and playfully logical illogic epitomize the wit and whimsy of Carroll's writing. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland transports you down the rabbit-hole into a wondrous realm that is home to a White Rabbit, a March Hare, a Mad Hatter, a tea-drinking Dormouse, a grinning Cheshire Cat, the Queen of Hearts and her playing-card retainers, and all manner of marvelous creatures. Through the Looking-Glass is your passport to a topsy-turvy world on the other side of the mirror, where you have to run fast just to stay in place, memory works backwards, and it is possible to believe as many as six impossible things before breakfast. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass is the first in a new collection of Children’s Deluxe editions. These volumes will feature foil-stamped binding and distinctive gilt edging and an attractive ribbon bookmark. Additionally, this new deluxe leather-bound edition features colored illustrations of John Tenniel.

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Lewis and Sarah Allen encourage and exhort believers to approach life’s adversities in a biblically grounded way by leaning on Christ and committing to his church.

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Nat Hentoff, renowned jazz critic, civil liberties activist, and fearless contrarian - 'I'm a Jewish atheist civil-libertarian pro-lifer' - has lived through much of jazz's history and has known many of jazz's most important figures, often as friend and confidant. Hentoff has been a tireless advocate for the neglected parts of jazz history, including forgotten sidemen and - women. This volume includes his best recent work - short essays, long interviews, and personal recollections. From Duke Ellington and Louis Armstrong to Ornette Coleman and Quincy Jones, Hentoff brings the jazz greats to life and traces their art to gospel, blues, and many other forms of American music. "At the Jazz Band Ball" also includes Hentoff's keen, cosmopolitan observations on a wide range of issues. The book shows how jazz and education are a vital partnership, how free expression is the essence of liberty, and how social justice issues like health care and strong civil rights and liberties keep all the arts - and all members of society - strong.

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There's nothing quite like Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Described by The Times on its first publication in 1865 as 'an excellent piece of nonsense', this inspired tale of a young girl's adventures in a strange and magical world has gone on to become one of the most popular books ever written, translated into over 125 languages and said to be the most frequently quoted book after the Bible, Quran and Shakespeare. In Tove Jansson, the story of Alice finds an illustrator worthy of its enchantment and surreal beauty. Jansson is renowned worldwide for her hugely successful Moomin books. What is less well known is that in 1966 she devoted her unique gifts as an illustrator to recreating the remarkable world of this most famous of children's characters. Over fifty years after she presented Lewis Carroll's masterpiece to a Scandinavian audience, Tove Jansson's beautifully illustrated edition of the original text of this classic work is now presented in a special slipcase edition — a treasure to behold.

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One `golden afternoon' in Oxford, in July 1862, the Reverend Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, accompanied three young sisters, Lorina, Alice, and Edith, on a boating trip. To keep the children amused, Dodgson, began to tell a tale about an inquisitive youngster called Alice, and her escapades in an underground world. Two years later, on the urgings of the heroine, Alice Liddell, he wrote the tale down and gave it to her as an early Christmas gift. Dodgson's story, later revised and illustrated by John Tenniel, would go on to become one of the most famous and best-loved children's books of all time - published as Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, under the pen name Lewis Carroll. However, the original tale - Alice's Adventures Under Ground - remains less well-known. In this facsimile edition of Dodgson's manuscript - now one of the British Library's most treasured possessions - with its accompanying commentary by former British Library curator Sally Brown, modern readers can enjoy the expressive story as it was first told.

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Enjoy bushels of crispy apples and baskets of juicy blueberries from your own backyard. Authors Lewis Hill and Leonard Perry provide everything you need to know to successfully grow delicious organic fruit at home, from choosing the best varieties for your area to planting, pruning, and harvesting a bountiful crop. With tips on cultivating strawberries, raspberries, grapes, pears, peaches, and more, this essential reference guide will inspire year after year of abundantly fruitful gardening.

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Alison Jay's vivid interpretation of the complete, unabridged, text of Lewis Carroll's classic story features glowing full-colour illustrations on almost every page. A perfect gift book edition of this timeless fantastical tale.

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Fall down the rabbit hole with this stunning illustrated edition of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Explore the nonsensical and comical adventures with the White Rabbit, the Mad Hatter, the Cheshire Cat, and the Queen of Hearts in this abridged edition of the timeless tale.Join Alice on her adventure through Wonderland as she meets classic companions such as the March Hare, the caterpillar, and the duchess in an adapted story even the youngest readers will enjoy. Take delight in the stunning illustrations and peer through the looking glass at this timeless fantasy.This Classic Edition of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland features: A beautifully designed hardcover 3 gorgeous fold out illustrations A child-friendly retelling of the original text Illustrations by renowned artist Charles Santore, the critically-acclaimed illustrator of multiple classic tales, including The Night Before Christmas, The Velveteen Rabbit, The Classic Tale of Peter Rabbit, and Aesop's Fables Is a wonderful gift for young readers for birthdays, holidays, tea party gift, or a Christmas gift Charles Santore’s works has been widely exhibited in museums and celebrated with recognitions such as the prestigious Hamilton King Award, the Society of Illustrators Award of Excellence, and the Original Art 2000 Gold Medal from the Society of Illustrators. He is best known for his luminous interpretations of classic children’s stories, including The Little Mermaid, Snow White, and The Wizard of Oz.

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Lewis Carroll's novels Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass (first published in 1865 and 1871, respectively) have entertained readers young and old for more than a century. Their magical worlds, amusing characters, clever dialogue, and playfully logical illogic epitomize the whit and whimsy of Carroll's writing. Both stories feature the coloured classic illustrations of John Tenniel. Alice's Adventures in wonderland and Through the Looking Glass is one of Barnes & Noble's Ieather bound classics for children. It features classic illustrations, an elegant bonded leather binding, a satin-ribbon bookmark, and distinctive gilt edging.

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"The Hunting of the Snark" relates in glittering verse the story of how the Bellman and his eccentric crew, who include a butcher, a baker, a beaver and a tailor, set off in quest of that most mysterious and elusive of creatures, the Snark. In 1959 Tove Jansson, the creator of Moomin Valley and its magical inhabitants, was commissioned to illustrate a Swedish edition of Lewis Carroll's miniature masterpiece. It proved an inspired choice, as the enigmatic charms of Jansson's illustrative style bring to life the beauty and strangeness of Carroll's tale. The minds of two of the greatest children's authors of the past 150 years meet on the page. Remarkably, amid the success of Tove Jannson's Moomin books, her unique edition of "The Hunting of the Snark" was forgotten, and has been unavailable for over fifty years. Now, for the first time, these beautiful illustrations are matched with Lewis Carroll's original English text, so that readers can encounter this wonderful adventure afresh through the eyes of one of Europe's finest illustrators.

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There's nothing quite like "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland". Described by "The Times" on its first publication in 1865 as 'an excellent piece of nonsense', this inspired tale of a young girl's adventures in a strange and magical world has gone on to become one of the most popular books ever written, translated into over 125 languages and said to be the most frequently quoted book after the Bible, Koran and Shakespeare. In Tove Jansson, the story of Alice finds an illustrator worthy of its enchantment and surreal beauty. Jansson is renowned worldwide for her hugely successful Moomin books. What is less well known is that in 1966 she devoted her unique gifts as an illustrator to recreating the remarkable world of this most famous of children's characters. Over forty years after she presented Lewis Carroll's masterpiece to a Scandinavian audience, Tove Jansson's beautifully illustrated edition of the original text of this classic work is finally made available to an English-speaking audience.

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Este hermoso libro está lleno de imágenes para colorear. Todos los personajes se hallan presentes: el Conejo Blanco, el Sombrerero, el gato de Cheshire y, por supuesto, Alicia. Con un poco de imaginación, este libro aportará horas y horas de diversión mientras se colorea el País de las Maravillas. Y de qué sirve un libro sin dibujos ni diálogos?,se preguntaba Alicia. Este hermoso e inspirador libro, que se basa en los dibujos originales de John Tenniel para Las aventuras de Alicia en el País de las Maravillas, ofrece una divertida forma para relajarse al permitir dar rienda suelta a la creatividad y colorear el País de las Maravillas. Las icónicas ilustraciones de este libro, que se complementan con márgenes decorativos y se acompañan de citas del texto original de Lewis Carroll, invitan a jugar y a imaginar conforme se exploran escenas de la obra clásica y se colorean con la gama cromática que uno decida.

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Encuadernación: RústicaColección: Pequeña Biblioteca GadirDescripción: 70 p. 18x11 cmEste volumen contiene dos textos de Lewis Carroll desconocidos para el público lector en español, dos aproximaciones inusuales al genial autor de Alicia. El primero "Alimentar la mente", es una conferencia que dictó Carroll sobre la lectura y sus bondades, en clave de humor y genial por momentos. El segundo texto, "Ocho o nueve palabras sabias sobre escritura epistolar", es un texto amable, curioso, delirante y también lleno de humor. En él Carroll describe sus singulares prácticas a la hora de redactar y clasificar su correspondencia. Muchos de sus consejos, en esta época en que la escritura por carta parece extinguirse, siguen siendo útiles, pues lo son para las relaciones personales, y por qué no? para la escritura de correo electrónico. Pero sobre todo, el lector pasará a lo largo del texto de la sonrisa a la carcajada. Esta edición contiene las ilustraciones en color que acompañaron a l

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Encuadernación: rústicaColección: Sillón OrejeroLewis Trondheim lleva una felicidad atormentada. Son ya 80 días sin ponerse delante de un nuevo álbum después de haber estado durante 14 años dibujando y también escribiendo para otros de forma ininterrumpida y tremendamente prolífica. Detecta el problema de la repetición y tras preguntarse "Por qué los autores de cómic envejecen mal?" intenta encontrar las esquivas claves que permitan mantener la frescura y la magia que eviten derivar hacia un definitivo agotamiento creativo. Para ello, en sus viajes a distintos salones de cómic a los que es invitado y que alterna supervisando a un equipo de guionistas de una serie de animación para TV sobre El rey catástrofe, decide contrastar experiencias y "documentarse" con múltiples encuentros, conversaciones y correos electrónicos cruzados con autores jóvenes y veteranos ?todos ellos antropomorfizados como él?, de Moebius y Gotlib a Sfar y Frank Margerin, de Bilal y Fred a Christophe Blain y

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Lewis Carroll está considerado como el mayor escritor de Literatura Infantil del mundo y su obra ha sido unánimemente aclamada por la crítica literaria y el público durante un siglo y medio. El famoso autor de Alicia en el País de las Maravillas era también un consumado poeta. Su obra poética se extiende desde la infancia hasta el final de sus días, y comprende poemas satíricos, acrósticos, adivinanzas, juegos de lógica y poesía para adultos. Esta última, de una excepcional belleza, reflexiona de manera profunda y clarividente sobre el paso del tiempo, la nostalgia, el amor perdido y las heridas de la existencia. Raquel Lanseros ha seleccionado y traducido para Valparaíso Ediciones los poemas más emblemáticos de cada uno de sus estilos y épocas. El resultado es este libro imprescindible para los amantes de la mejor poesía.

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Escrito seis años después de "Alicia en el País de las Maravillas" y contando con la misma protagonista, "A través del espejo y lo que Alicia encontró al otro lado" ?relato planteado como una partida de ajedrez en la que Alicia, de peón, se convierte en reina?, lleva hasta sus últimas posibilidades los juegos de palabras, las parodias cultas y los recursos literarios que Lewis Carroll utilizara ya en su antecesora. Velada en ocasiones por la mayor popularidad de su antecesora, A través del espejo no sólo no desmerece en absoluto de ella, sino que cuenta entre sus personajes con algunos de los más citados y conocidos de este peculiar universo, como Tararí y Tarará (Tweedledee y Tweedledum) o el oviforme Zanco Panco (Humpty Dumpty).

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Relato del inglés Lewis Carroll publicado en 1865. Se desarrolla según el ritmo de las canciones infantiles plasmando las fantasías y las pesadillas de la infancia. En la obra el mundo de los adultos, incompresible, irracional e ilógico para los niños, se convierte en una fantasía y en un juego. Alicia en el país de las maravillas se prolonga en A través del espejo en el año 1972.

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This cute set of six boardbooks makes a perfect gift for young children. They can read about Cinderella, whose fairy godmother makes it possible for her to go to a royal ball, but only until midnight...They can see what happens when a little mermaid falls in love with a human man, and must make a dreadful deal in order to walk on land...They can meet Beauty, who is cursed to sleep by a bad fairy, and the brave prince who releases her...With three other stories and bright illustrations on every page, these chunky little books will provide babies and toddlers with hours of fun. They can also flip the books over to put together a simple picture puzzle!

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The Ethics of Campus Conflicts is a Contemporary Moral Problems textbook that focuses on controversial issues relevant to college camputses. It is a hybrid of running text elucidated by passages from relevant readings-readings taken from books and essays by commentators who ahve studied, and sometimes been party to, the campus controversies featured in the book

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When Alice follows the White Rabbit down a rabbit hole, she finds herself in an enchanted world, filled with creatures like the Mad Hatter, the disappearing Cheshire Cat, and the Queen of Hearts. Alice quickly finds out that nothing is as it seems in the wild world of Wonderland...

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