Recommendation
In True Face: A Woman's Life in the CIA, Unmasked
by Jonna Mendez

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About the Book
The bestselling co-author of The Moscow Rules and Argo tells her riveting, courageous story of being a female spy at the CIA and battling against the agency's ingrained culture of sexism, all while undertaking dangerous missions for America's safety during the height of the Cold War. Jonna Hiestand Mendez began her CIA career as a "contract wife," a second-class citizen who was hired as a convenience to her husband, a young officer stationed in Switzerland. She needed his permission to open a bank account or shut off the gas to her apartment, and she performed menial duties for the CIA. Despite battling sexism at all levels of the agency, Mendez's talent for espionage was clear, and she soon took on bigger and more significant roles. She lived under cover and served tours of duty all over the globe, as well as at CIA Headquarters. She confronted dangerous situations that called on her spy training: coming face to face with a rogue Jihadi who had brought down an American plane, and helping steal a top-secret encryption machine from a Soviet embassy, among other high stakes situations. She became an international spy and ultimately Chief of Disguise at CIA's Office of Technical Service--a kind of female American version of James Bond's famous "Q." In this breakthrough memoir, Mendez recounts not only the drama of her international spy career but the grit and good fortune it took for her to navigate the CIA's misogynistic world. She was undermined, harassed, and threatened, and saw colleagues experience worse. While maintaining a patriotic mission and working to advance her own career, she was a firsthand witness to the cost of this gendered culture, both to the women who worked there, and to the interests of the agency and the nation it serves. In Tr..

Recommendation
In True Face: A Woman's Life in the CIA, Unmasked
by Jonna Mendez

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"A select list of nonfiction books to expand your horizon!" -- Enri Tudor, CEO

About the Book
The bestselling co-author of The Moscow Rules and Argo tells her riveting, courageous story of being a female spy at the CIA and battling against the agency's ingrained culture of sexism, all while undertaking dangerous missions for America's safety during the height of the Cold War. Jonna Hiestand Mendez began her CIA career as a "contract wife," a second-class citizen who was hired as a convenience to her husband, a young officer stationed in Switzerland. She needed his permission to open a bank account or shut off the gas to her apartment, and she performed menial duties for the CIA. Despite battling sexism at all levels of the agency, Mendez's talent for espionage was clear, and she soon took on bigger and more significant roles. She lived under cover and served tours of duty all over the globe, as well as at CIA Headquarters. She confronted dangerous situations that called on her spy training: coming face to face with a rogue Jihadi who had brought down an American plane, and helping steal a top-secret encryption machine from a Soviet embassy, among other high stakes situations. She became an international spy and ultimately Chief of Disguise at CIA's Office of Technical Service--a kind of female American version of James Bond's famous "Q." In this breakthrough memoir, Mendez recounts not only the drama of her international spy career but the grit and good fortune it took for her to navigate the CIA's misogynistic world. She was undermined, harassed, and threatened, and saw colleagues experience worse. While maintaining a patriotic mission and working to advance her own career, she was a firsthand witness to the cost of this gendered culture, both to the women who worked there, and to the interests of the agency and the nation it serves. In Tr..

Organized Crime: The Unvarnished Truth About Government
by Thomas J. DiLorenzo

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Author DiLorenzo strips away the vast apparatus of establishment propaganda and
exposes the government smokescreen. No statist lies are safe from his scrutiny. In his straightforward and methodical approach to uncovering truths of
freedom, liberty has a champion.

Politics and thieves, coercion and regulation, fascism and the Fed, centralization and liberty, workers and unions, trade and freedom, free-market
achievements and government disasters in American history—this book covers it all!

The book is divided into six sections:
“Coercion and Regulation” analyzes various aspects of government regulation of business;
“Politics and Thieves” is of course about the inherent nature of government;
“Centralization versus Liberty” discusses the never-ending quest by statists to monopolize and
centralize political power so as to isolate themselves as much as possible from public influence;
“Money and the State” describes the myriad evils of central banking, which was always thought of by its original proponents in America as an engine of corruption;
“Workers and Unions” discusses various labor union myths and superstitions that too often cloud the public’s thinking about the reality of labor markets; and
“Truth and Lies about Markets” is a taxonomy of some of the main market-failure myths that have long been used to illegitimately advance the cause of economic interventionism, as well as some newer ones.

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About the Book
Drawing upon 40 years' experience as an ecological farmer and marketer, Joel Salatin explains with humor and passion why Americans do not have the freedom to choose the food they purchase and eat. From child labor regulations to food inspection, bureaucrats provide themselves sole discretion over what food is available in the local marketplace. Their system favors industrial, global corporate food systems and discourages community-based food commerce, resulting in homogenized selection, mediocre quality, and exposure to non-organic farming practices. Salatin's expert insight explains why local food is expensive and difficult to find and will illuminate for the reader a deeper understanding of the industrial food complex.

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About the Book
Drawing upon 40 years' experience as an ecological farmer and marketer, Joel Salatin explains with humor and passion why Americans do not have the freedom to choose the food they purchase and eat. From child labor regulations to food inspection, bureaucrats provide themselves sole discretion over what food is available in the local marketplace. Their system favors industrial, global corporate food systems and discourages community-based food commerce, resulting in homogenized selection, mediocre quality, and exposure to non-organic farming practices. Salatin's expert insight explains why local food is expensive and difficult to find and will illuminate for the reader a deeper understanding of the industrial food complex.

About the Author
Joel Salatin and his family own and operate Polyface Farm in Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley. The farm produces pastured beef, pork, chicken, eggs, turkeys, rabbits, lamb and ducks, servicing roughly 6,000 families and 50 restaurants in the farm’s bioregion. He has written 14 books to date, is editor of Stockman Grass Farmer Magazine, and lectures around the world on land healing and local food systems. Polyface Farm operates a formal apprenticeship program and conducts many educational workshops and events.

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Manias, Panics, and Crashes: A History of Financial Crises
by Robert Z. Aliber, Charles P. Kindleberger, et al.

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About the Book:
This seventh edition of an investment classic has been thoroughly revised and expanded following the latest crises to hit international markets. Renowned economist Robert Z. Aliber introduces the concept that global financial crises in recent years are not independent events, but symptomatic of an inherent instability in the international system.

About the Authors
Robert Z. Aliber is Professor Emeritus of International Economics and Finance at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. Aliber has consulted to the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve,, the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund.

The late Charles P. Kindleberger was the Ford Professor of Economics at MIT for 33 years and author of over 30 books. He was best known as a financial historian, whom the Economist referred to as 'the master of the genre' on financial crisis. He advanced the study of international finance and helped to devise the Marshall Plan, approved by Congress, for Europe's reconstruction after World War II.

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This seventh edition of an investment classic has been thoroughly revised and expanded following the latest crises to hit international markets. Renowned economist Robert Z. Aliber introduces the concept that global financial crises in recent years are not independent events, but symptomatic of an inherent instability in the international system.

About the Authors
Robert Z. Aliber is Professor Emeritus of International Economics and Finance at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. Aliber has consulted to the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve,, the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund.

The late Charles P. Kindleberger was the Ford Professor of Economics at MIT for 33 years and author of over 30 books. He was best known as a financial historian, whom the Economist referred to as 'the master of the genre' on financial crisis. He advanced the study of international finance and helped to devise the Marshall Plan, approved by Congress, for Europe's reconstruction after World War II.

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Greed. Lies. Corruption. These are the foundational elements of the American Mafia story. Here, the pursuit of power overshadows even the desire for a dollar, and self-interest outweighs the greater good.

It’s a world that’s foreign to the average American—or is it?

The values of our democracy and those of Mafia culture are separated by a thin line that’s quickly disintegrating. No one sees this more clearly than former mob boss Michael Franzese. Born into one of New York’s most feared crime families, Michael spent eight years in prison before he walked away from the Mafia for good. Now, he’s sharing the undeniable parallels between mobster and politician. In Mafia Democracy, Michael exposes our government for what it’s become, revealing the psychology behind the gangster lifestyle and how these ideologies have infiltrated the landscape of American politics. With in-depth investigation and astounding examples, this book is your chance to see politicians through a new lens, hold them accountable, and reclaim the democratic ideals that once united our great nation.

About the Author
Michael Franzese was born into Mafia life as a second-generation member of the Colombo crime family.
Michael left mob life behind after serving eight years in prison.
Today, he is a new man, sharing the lessons he learned from organized crime with audiences around the world.
Visit michaelfranzese.com

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This episode reviews -
Against the Grain: A Deep History of the Earliest States
by James C. Scott
Publisher: Yale University Press, 2017
Print length 336 pages
Website: https://politicalscience.yale.edu/people/james-scott
An audio version of this review is available at anchor.fm. https://anchor.fm/james-laroche.)
A transcript of this review is at volumesofvalue.blogspot.com.

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This episode reviews -
The Clamor of Lawyers: The American Revolution and Crisis in the Legal Profession
By Peter Charles Hoffer and Williamjames Hull Hoffer
Publisher: Cornell University Press, 2018
Print length: 204 pages
A transcript of this review is at volumesofvalue.blogspot.com.

Review of -
Founding Finance: How Debt, Speculation, Foreclosures, Protests, and Crackdowns Made Us a Nation
By William Hogeland
University of Texas Press, 2012
Print length 284 pages
Website: https://williamhogeland.wordpress.com
Audio review: anchor.fm/james-laroche
Transcript of this review: volumesofvalue.blogspot.com
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This episode reviews -
Discourse on Voluntary Servitude
By Étienne de La Boétie (pronounced La Bwaytee)
Published posthumously 1577
Download from Online Library of Liberty
http://oll.libertyfund.org/title/kurz-the-discourse-of-voluntary-servitude

Book Review Of -
Plunkitt of Tammany Hall: A Series of Very Plain Talks on Very Practical Politics, Delivered by Ex-senator George Washington Plunkitt, the Tammany Philosopher, from His Rostrum - the New York County Courthouse Bootblack Stand
By William L. Riordan
Published: 1905
Download available at archive.org
A transcript of this review is at volumesofvalue.blogspot.com.

About the Author
George Washington Plunkitt (1842 – 1924) was an American politician from New York State, who served in both houses of the New York State Legislature. He was a leader of the Tammany Hall political organization.

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This episode reviews -
A Disquisition on Government and a Discourse on the Constitution and Government of the United States
By John C. Calhoun
Publication date 1851
Free download at archive.org.
A transcript of this edition is at volumesofvalue.blogspot.com.

This episode reviews -
The CIA as Organized Crime: How Illegal Operations Corrupt America and the World
By Douglas Valentine (spell name)
Publisher : Clarity Press 2016
Print length : 448 pages
Website: www.douglasvalentine.com
A transcript of this review is at volumesofvalue.blogspot.com.

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This episode lists one-and-one-half dozen free books graciously offered by the foremost historian of the Second World War, David Irving.
His web site is www.fpp.co.uk and PDF downloads are at Focal Point Publications www.fpp.co.uk/books/index.html
A Transcript of this edition is available at http://volumesofvalue.blogspot.com
An audio version of this review is at https://anchor.fm/james-laroche.

This episode reviews -
The Anti-Federalist Papers and the Constitutional Convention Debates
Edited and with an Introduction by Ralph Ketcham (1927-2017)
Signet Classics 1986
Audio version of this review: http://anchor.fm/james-laroche

About the Editor
Ralph Ketcham was Professor of History and Political Science at the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs of Syracuse University. He was the author of many books on American History.

This episode reviews:
Hawaii's Story by Hawaii's Queen
By Queen Lili'uokalani
First published: 1898
Print length: 262 pages
Free download at archive.org
The Hawaiian Sovereignty Movement: www.nationofhawaii.org
A transcript of this show is at http://volumesofvalue.blogspot.com

This episode reviews -
Enemies: A History of the FBI
By Tim Weiner
Published by Random House, 2012
Print length: 561 pages

A transcript of this review is at volumesofvalue.blogspot.com.

This episode reviews -
From the Company of Shadows
By Kevin Shipp
Print length: 303 pages
Author's website is http://kevinshipp.com

This episode reviews -
The Terror Factory:
Inside the FBI's Manufactured War on Terrorism
by Trevor Aaronson
Ig Publishing 2013

This episode reviews -
Licensed to Lie
Exposing Corruption in the Department of Justice
by Sidney Powell
Second edition published 2018

This episode reviews-
Decision in Philadelphia: The Constitutional Convention of 1787
by Christopher Collier and James Lincoln Collier
Published by Random House 1986

This episode reviews -
Why America Failed: The Roots of Imperial Decline
by Morris Berman
Published by John Wiley and Sons 2011
Print length 256 pages
The author's blog, titled "Dark Ages America", is at morrisberman.blogspot.com