The Tragedy of Fidel Castro (Literary Fiction) By João Cerqueira
From the blurb:
Beverly Hills Book Awards 2014 Winner in Multicultural Fiction
The USA Best Book Awards 2013 Winner in Multicultural Fiction
Beverly Hills Book Awards 2014 Finalist in Literary Fiction
The USA Best Book Awards 2013 Finalist in Historical Fiction
ForeWord Book of The Year Awards 2012 Winner in Translations (Bronze medal)
Nominated for the Montaigne Medal 2014
When God receives a request from Fátima to help prevent a war between Fidel Castro and JFK, he asks his son, Jesus, to return to Earth and diffuse the conflict. On his island, Fidel Castro faces protests on the streets and realizes that he is about to be overthrown. Alone, surrounded, and aware that the end is fast approaching, he plays his last card. Meanwhile, Christ arrives on Earth and teams up with Fátima, who is convinced she can create a miracle to avoid the final battle between JFK and Fidel Castro and save the world as we know it. At the end, something really extraordinary happens!
The Individual is Rising by Joe Withrow
From the blurb:
Despite a period of tremendous technological development, a process which should have decentralized society and empowered the individual, the 20th century was characterized by major centralization. This consolidation of power served to expand the size and scope of government and favored institutions which in turn created a rigid, top-down societal structure. Within this structure, the goals of government and institutions became the collective goals of society and the will of the individual was subordinated.
“The Individual is Rising” examines the subtle changes to the monetary system over the last century that enabled the funding of this mass centralization while making the case that a financial “reset” is on the horizon due to the pervasive corruption and poor fundamentals that underlie the current financial system. In addition we look to the future and examine the global paradigm shift that is already in motion and rapidly gaining speed, a transfer of power to the individual that will not be televised or documented as a paradigm shift, but none-the-less will be clearly visible to those willing to look.
“The Individual is Rising” details ideas and strategies, financial and otherwise, for regaining sovereignty and even thriving in the 21st century in the wake of the “Great Reset”. At the heart of the fundamental concepts contained within this book is the principle that the individual has the power and wisdom necessary to create a better future. This manuscript adamantly suggests that the human spirit is beginning to recognize what has transpired over the last hundred years and will not be dominated by collective society much longer.
-RW
the blurb: "Todd Miller's book Border Patrol Nation has some eye opening reporting, especially for those of us who live along the border and think we know the facts of the expanding police state. Well, I didn't know the Border Patrol provided security for the Superbowl. And I was ignorant of their youth groups and the scale of such propaganda work. I don't think anyone can read this book without being alarmed by the growing presence of surveillance, the expense and the apparent acceptance by our fellow citizens of this new national police force. He illustrates how the border increasingly is running right through our living rooms regardless of where we live as the claims of the security state crush any ideas of personal freedom. And like any good book, the reader will argue with some pages and think about others. Miller also captures how the universities are become satanic mills for the growing industry of spying on us for our own good. Who knows, maybe the academy will stop accepting grants from the people who want to build more cages and instead become centers of critical thinking."--Charles Bowden, author of Murder City: Ciudad Juarez and the Global Economy's New Killing Fields.
From the blurb: This book provides a comprehensive defense of third-world sweatshops. It explains how these sweatshops provide the best available opportunity to workers and how they play an important role in the process of development that eventually leads to better wages and working conditions. Using economic theory, the author argues that much of what the anti-sweatshop movement has agitated for would actually harm the very workers they intend to help by creating less desirable alternatives and undermining the process of development. Nowhere does this book put "profits" or "economic efficiency" above people. Improving the welfare of poorer citizens of third world countries is the goal, and the book explores which methods best achieve that goal. Out of Poverty will help readers understand how activists and policy makers can help third world workers.
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by Laurence M. Vance. You can always expect quality writing and analysis from Laurence. From the blurb: These 127 essays, although organized under seven headings, have one underlying theme: opposition to the warfare state that robs us of our liberty, our money, and in some cases our life. Conservatives who decry the welfare state while supporting the warfare state are terribly inconsistent. The two are inseparable. Libertarians who are opposed to war on principle, but support the state's bogus "war on terrorism," even as they remain silent about the U.S. global empire, are likewise contradictory. Although many of these essays reference contemporary events, the principles discussed in all of them are timeless: war, militarism, empire, interventionism, and the warfare state. In chapter 1, "War and Peace," the evils of war and warmongers and the benefits of peace are examined. In chapter 2, "The Military," the evils of standing armies and militarism are dis-cussed, including a critical look at the U.S. military. In chapter 3, "The War in Iraq," the wickedness of the Iraq War is exposed. In chapter 4, "World War II," the "good war" is shown to be not so good after all. In chapter 5, "Other Wars," the evils of war and the warfare state are chronicled in specific wars: the Crimean War (1854 1856), the Russo-Japanese War (1904 1905), World War I (1914 1918), the Persian Gulf War (1990 1991), and the war in Afghanistan (2001 ). In chapter 6, "The U.S. Global Empire," the beginnings, growth, extent, nature, and consequences of the U.S. empire of bases and troops are revealed and critiqued. In chapter 7, "U.S. Foreign Policy," the belligerence, recklessness, and follies of U.S. foreign policy are laid bare.
by Bob Swarup. From the blurb:Money Mania is a sweeping account of financial speculation and its consequences, from ancient Rome to the Meltdown of 2008. Acclaimed journalist and investor Bob Swarup tracks the history of speculative fevers caused by the appearance of new profitable investment opportunities; the new assets created and the increasing self-congratulatory euphoria that drives them to unsustainable highs, all fed by an illusion of insight and newly minted experts; the unexpected catalysts that eventually lead to panic; the inevitable crash as investors scramble to withdraw their funds from the original market and any other that might resemble it; and finally, the brevity of financial memory that allows us to repeat the cycle without ever critically evaluating the drivers of this endless cycle. Note: The book only has one reference to the great Austrian business cycle theorist, Ludwig von Mises, it comes in a footnote.
by Carrie Schwab-Pomerantz. Looks like a pretty solid basic on financial planning. Schwab-Pomerantz is the daughter of Charles Schwab.
by Phillipp Bagus. Bagus is a student of Austrian economics. From the blurb: Bagus explains that the Euro is not what the older classical liberals had hoped for but instead is a politically managed money that is destined for failure. He writes with a keen sense for economic analytics and empirical detail, offering one of the most accessible and yet rigorous accounts of the emergence of the Euro. He predicts its downfall due to political pressures, bad banking practices, and exploding public-sector liabilities. The analogies with the dollar are indeed close, but with welfare states at a more advanced stage, it will be a race to see which paper currency will crumble first. Professor Bagus brings theoretical power to investigating one of the most important topics in economics today. His arguments and evidence convinced even Jesus Huerta de Soto to withdraw support for the Euro.
. Walter is back with a book that carries on the argument first launched in 
that converted many, many people into hardcore libertarians. From the blurb: Walter Block's daring, funny, iconoclastic Defending the Undefendable is a libertarian classic. In this sequel Block defends even more of society's hidden heroes, those unfairly maligned entrepreneurs, workers, and capitalists who create value through free and voluntary interaction, and he does it in the same colorful and engaging style.