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And There He Kept Her: A Novel (Ben Packard #1)

by Joshua Moehling

"A dark and complex mystery that will consume you."—Julie Clark, New York Times bestselling author of The Last FlightThey thought he was a helpless old man. They were wrong.When two teenagers break into a house on a remote lake in search of prescription drugs, what starts as a simple burglary turns into a nightmare for all involved. Emmett Burr has secrets he's been keeping in his basement for more than two decades, and he'll do anything to keep his past from being revealed. As he gets the upper hand on his tormentors, the lines blur between victim, abuser, and protector.Personal tragedy has sent former police officer Ben Packard back to the small Minnesota town of Sandy Lake in search of a fresh start. Now a sheriff's deputy, Packard is leading the investigation into the missing teens, motivated by a family connection. As clues dry up and time runs out to save them, Packard is forced to reveal his own secrets and dig deep to uncover the dark past of the place he now calls home.Unrelentingly suspenseful and written with a piercing gaze into the dark depths of the human soul, And There He Kept Her is a thrilling page-turner that introduces readers to a complicated new hero and forces us to consider the true nature of evil.Follow Acting Deputy Sheriff Ben Packard back into Minnesota's North Country August 15th with Where the Dead Sleep.

Language and Truth: What Makes Communication Reliable in a Post-Truth World

by Jacques Moeschler

The nature of truth is a current preoccupation both in political and social debates. The emergence and consequences of fake news and misinformation are at the core of what some call a post-truth world.Divided into two parts, Language and Truth develops the theoretical framework of language, truth, and communication. The book illustrates the way in which fake news is adhered to or rejected using case studies taken from political discourse such as the recent use of the word’s “genocide” and “denazification” by Vladimir Putin. It explores sources of information such as gossip and the everyday as well as exceptional uses of language such as humour.This is vital reading for scholars, researchers, and students of pragmatics, semantics, philosophy of language, cognitive psychology, sociolinguistics, language and communication, and language and politics within linguistics, psychology, and communication studies.

Reversible Computation: 16th International Conference, RC 2024, Toruń, Poland, July 4–5, 2024, Proceedings (Lecture Notes in Computer Science #14680)

by Torben Ægidius Mogensen Łukasz Mikulski

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Reversible Computation, RC 2024, held in Toruń, Poland, during July 4–5, 2024. The 10 full papers and 3 short papers included along with two invited papers in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 18 submissions. They were organized in topical sections as follows: Models of Reversible Computation; Experiments in Reversible Programming; Reversible and Quantum Programming Languages; and Synthesis, Verification, and Analysis of Reversible and Quantum Systems.

Jews, Race, and the Politics of Difference: The Case of Vladimir Jabotinsky against the Russian Empire (Jews in Eastern Europe)

by Marina B. Mogilner

Jews, Race, and the Politics of Difference explores how Russian Jewish writers and political activists such as Vladimir Jabotinsky turned to "race" as an operational concept in the late imperial politics of the Russian Empire.Building on the latest scholarship on racial thinking and Jewish identities, Marina Mogilner shows how Jewish anthropologists, ethnographers, writers, lawyers, and political activists in late imperial Russia sought to construct a Jewish identity based on racial categorization in addition to religious affiliation. By grounding nationality not in culture and territory but in blood and biology, race offered Jewish nationalists in Russia a scientifically sound and politically effective way to reaffirm their common identity.Jews, Race, and the Politics of Difference presents the works of Jabotinsky as a lens to understanding Jewish "self-racializing," and brings Jews and race together in a framework that is more multifaceted and controversial than that implied by the usual narratives of racial antisemitism.

Oye: A Novel

by Melissa Mogollon

A coming-of-age comedy. A telenovela-worthy drama. A moving family saga. All in a phone call you won&’t want to hang up on.&“Brilliant . . . Melissa Mogollon did not come to play.&”—Kiley Reid, New York Times bestselling author of Such a Fun Age&“Yes, hi, Mari. It&’s me. I&’m over my tantrum now and calling you back . . . But first—you have to promise that you won&’t tell Mom or Abue any of this. Okay? They&’ll set the house on fire if they find out . . .&”Structured as a series of one-sided phone calls from our spunky, sarcastic narrator, Luciana, to her older sister, Mari, this wildly inventive debut &“jump-starts your heart in the same way it piques your ear&” (Xochitl Gonzalez). As the baby of her large Colombian American family, Luciana is usually relegated to the sidelines. But now she finds herself as the only voice of reason in the face of an unexpected crisis: A hurricane is heading straight for Miami, and her eccentric grandmother, Abue, is refusing to evacuate. Abue is so one-of-a-kind she&’s basically in her own universe, and while she often drives Luciana nuts, they&’re the only ones who truly understand each other. So when Abue, normally glamorous and full of life, receives a shocking medical diagnosis during the storm, Luciana&’s world is upended.When Abue moves into Luciana&’s bedroom, their complicated bond intensifies. Luciana would rather be skating or sneaking out to meet girls, but Abue&’s wild demands and unpredictable antics are a welcome distraction for Luciana from her misguided mother, absent sister, and uncertain future. Forced to step into the role of caretaker, translator, and keeper of the devastating family secrets that Abue begins to share, Luciana suddenly finds herself center stage, facing down adulthood—and rising to the occasion.As Luciana chronicles the events of her disrupted senior year of high school over the phone to Mari, Oye unfolds like the most fascinating and entertaining conversation you&’ve ever eavesdropped on: a rollicking, heartfelt, and utterly unique novel that celebrates the beauty revealed and resilience required when rewriting your own story.

The Work of Donald Meltzer Revisited: 100 Years After His Birth (The International Psychoanalytical Association Psychoanalytic Classics Revisited)

by Carlos Moguillansky Gabriela Legorreta

The Work of Donald Meltzer Revisited: 100 Years After His Birth returns to and reassesses the contributions of Donald Meltzer, one of the most significant disciples of Melanie Klein and who was deeply inspired by Wilfred Bion.

Lagrangian and Hamiltonian Mechanics: A Modern Approach with Core Principles and Underlying Topics

by José Rachid Mohallem

This book serves as a textbook for an analytical mechanics course, a fundamental subject of physics, that pays special attention to important topics that are not discussed in most standard textbooks. Readers are provided with a clear understanding of topics that are usually inaccessible to the undergraduate level and that are critical to learning Lagrangian and Hamiltonian mechanics. Each chapter also includes worked problems and solutions, as well as additional exercises for readers to try. This book begins with the fundamentals of analytical mechanics, concisely introducing readers to the calculus of variations, Hamilton’s Principle, and Lagrange’s equations. While presenting readers with these core topics, the author uses an intuitive approach to delve into essential questions, such as where Galilean invariance lies in Lagrangian mechanics and how Hamilton’s Principle of Least Action encompasses Newton’s three laws, interesting conclusions that often go unnoticed. Infact, Hamilton’s principle is taken throughout as the very origin of classical physical laws, and the choice of appropriate Lagrangians in each case as the real theoretical challenge, meaning that forms of Lagrangian which differ from the standard one are not mere curiosities but, instead, the general rule. This book clarifies common misunderstandings that students face when learning the subject and formally rationalizes concepts that are often difficult to grasp. In addition, the final chapter provides an introduction to a Lagrangian field theory for those interested in learning more advanced topics. Ideal for upper undergraduate and graduate students, this book seeks to teach the intrinsic meaning of the principles and equations taught in an analytical mechanics course and convey their usefulness as powerful theoretical instruments of modern physics.

Heterogeneous SoC Design and Verification: HW/SW Co-Exploration, Co-Design, Co-Verification and Co-Debugging (Synthesis Lectures on Digital Circuits & Systems)

by Khaled Salah Mohamed

This book covers the foundations of hardware/software codesign, on-chip communication, debugging, and verification, for heterogenous SoCs. Its primary objective is to empower designers in making informed decisions, guiding them to strike the perfect balance between flexibility and performance for their SoC designs. Readers will benefit from a detailed exploration of the essential elements of the hardware and software codesign framework, accompanied by a discussion of the driving motivations behind this approach. The author also provides an in-depth review of various hardware design architectures, shedding light on different design possibilities. Furthermore, the book presents key concepts concerning hardware and software communication, unraveling the intricate interactions within an SoC. This book provides a holistic introduction to the methodologies underpinning SoC design and verification, making it an indispensable companion for both novice and experienced designers navigating the ever-evolving landscape of hardware/software codesign.

Nanoscale Matter and Principles for Sensing and Labeling Applications (Advanced Structured Materials #206)

by Dambarudhar Mohanta Purushottam Chakraborty

This book is a compilation of carefully chosen chapters that cover the subjects of nanoscale matter, sensing, and labelling applications. It is aimed primarily at scientists and researchers who are already involved in theme-based research or who are just starting their careers. Despite the diverse nature of the topics covered, which include a range of materials in various forms and uses, the emphasis is primarily on sensing and labelling phenomena. The book begins with materials quantification in nanoscale systems by using an innovative technique like “molecular secondary ion mass spectrometry without calibration standards”. Subsequently, the book features an array of materials such as inorganic semiconductor nanoscale particles, carbon dots, rare-earth oxides, polymer nanocomposites, and a few biomaterials, all of which illustrate their functionality and potential for deployment in a wide variety of sensing applications. Although the book delves into the technical aspects of fabrication workouts to some extent, the focus is predominantly on the physical principles, mechanisms, and relevance involved in sensing and labelling applications. The book covers a wide range of topics that leverage the unique properties of nanoscale materials. By carefully selecting appropriate active materials, the authors explore the detection of LPG, hazardous and explosive gases, as well as humidity sensing and hydrogen evolution. It also delves into photo-sensing and persistent photoconductivity by using nanoscale semiconductors, which are used for heavy metal sensing and UV sensing, respectively. The use of metal nanoparticles in various forms is reviewed to address issues related to water contamination, biofilm protection, and food-borne pathogens. The book also discusses surface plasmon resonance, starting with its basic principles and expanding to its relevance in a broader perspective, with a greater focus on applied biosensing. Nanoscale ferrites and magnetic systems are explored with an emphasis on magnetic sensing and actuation. Lastly, the book explores the use of rare-earth-based nanosystems, highlighting persistent luminescence and up/down-converted transitions, which have unprecedented applications in bioimaging and biolabeling. Every effort has been made to strike a balance between the observed phenomena in the emerging areas of sensing applications and suitable theoretical treatments there in.

PET/CT-Atlas: Interdisziplinäre PET/CT- und PET/MR-Diagnostik und Therapie

by Wolfgang Mohnike Konrad Mohnike Matthias Lampe

Der PET/CT-Atlas in seiner 4. Auflage stellt eine konsequente Weiterentwicklung des erfolgreichen Buchkonzepts dar. Er soll Ärzten verschiedenster Fachrichtungen als Nachschlagewerk dienen, die Indikationsstellung erleichtern und den therapiesteuernden Einfluss der PET/CT bzw. PET/MR beleuchten.InhaltDas Buch ist in 5 Sektionen unterteilt – Grundlagen, Maligne Erkrankungen, Therapiemanagement, Benigne Erkrankungen und Zukunftstendenzen – innerhalb derer es eine Vielzahl inhaltlicher Neuerungen gibt, z. B.:- Grundlagen: Praktischer Leitfaden für die technische Konfiguration und klinische Anwendung- Benigne/maligne Erkrankungen: Berücksichtigung neurologischer und demenzieller Erkrankungen, neues Kapitel Tumoren der Schilddrüsen und Nebenschilddrüsen - Therapiemanagement: Rolle der PET in der onkologischen Chirurgie, Beurteilung des Ansprechens auf eine medikamentöse Tumortherapie, Potenzial der Theranostik- Zukunftstendenzen: Neue Tracer in der nuklearmedizinischen Diagnostik und Therapie, Möglichkeiten mit aktuellen Geräten, Entwicklung des ReimbursementsFür einen schnellen Überblick in allen Diagnostik- und Therapiekapiteln sorgt eine einheitliche Gliederung. Zahlreiche neue Fallbeispiele, praktische Tipps, die Darstellung der Erstattungssituation, Pitfalls und eine Take-Home-Message runden jedes Kapitel ab.In informativen und anschaulichen Beiträgen mit fast 1.000 Abbildungen beschreiben neben Fachärzten für Nuklearmedizin, Radiologie, Gynäkologie, Urologie, Chirurgie, Strahlentherapie uvm. auch Vertreter der Gesundheitspolitik, der geräteproduzierenden Industrie sowie Medizinphysiker und Radiochemikerdie vielschichtigen Aspekte der PET-Hybridbildgebung.HerausgeberProf. Dr. med. Wolfgang Mohnike Ärztlicher Direktor der ÜBAG MVZ DTZ am Frankfurter Tor/ MVZ DTZ am OZB Onkozentrum BerlinPriv.-Doz. Dr. med. Konrad Mohnike Ärztlicher Leiter des MVZ DTZ Berlin am Frankfurter Tor Dr. med. Matthias Lampe Ärztlicher Leiter des MVZ DTZ am OZB Onkozentrum Berlin

Culture Figures: A Rhetorical Reading of Anthropology (Studies in Rhetoric and Culture #10)

by Michał Mokrzan

Ethnographic research, anthropological theory, and the understanding of the objects of inquiry, are co-created through figuration (using tropes and rhetorical figures) and techniques of persuasion. Delving into descriptive ethnography and theoretical texts spanning across classical monographs and recent texts in cultural anthropology, Culture Figures places rhetoric and rhetoricity as central to the discipline’s self-understanding. It focuses on how understandings of ‘culture’ and social life are shaped and conveyed in cultural anthropology through textual rhetoric. The book demonstrates how processes of using tropes and modes of persuasion underlie the creation of meanings or misunderstandings in society.

Lydia Maria Child: A Radical American Life

by Lydia Moland

Now in paperback, a compelling biography of Lydia Maria Child, one of nineteenth-century America’s most courageous abolitionists. By 1830, Lydia Maria Child had established herself as something almost unheard of in the American nineteenth century: a beloved and self-sufficient female author. Best known today for the immortal poem “Over the River and through the Wood,” Child had become famous at an early age for spunky self-help books and charming children’s stories. But in 1833, Child shocked her readers by publishing a scathing book-length argument against slavery in the United States—a book so radical in its commitment to abolition that friends abandoned her, patrons ostracized her, and her book sales plummeted. Yet Child soon drew untold numbers to the abolitionist cause, becoming one of the foremost authors and activists of her generation. Lydia Maria Child: A Radical American Life tells the story of what brought Child to this moment and the extraordinary life she lived in response. Through Child’s example, philosopher Lydia Moland asks questions as pressing and personal in our time as they were in Child’s: What does it mean to change your life when the moral future of your country is at stake? When confronted by sanctioned evil and systematic injustice, how should a citizen live? Child’s lifetime of bravery, conviction, humility, and determination provides a wealth of spirited guidance for political engagement today.

The 17th International Conference Interdisciplinarity in Engineering: Inter-Eng 2023 Conference Proceedings - Volume 1 (Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems #926)

by Liviu Moldovan Adrian Gligor

This book contains research papers that were accepted for presentation at the 17th International Conference on Interdisciplinarity in Engineering—INTER-ENG 2023, which was held on 5–6 October 2023, in the city of Târgu Mureș, Romania. The general scope of the conference “Towards transition for a more competitive European industry in a smart, safe and sustainable future” is proposing a new approach related to the development of a new generation of smart factories grounded on the manufacturing and assembly process digitalization. It is related to advance manufacturing technology, lean manufacturing, sustainable manufacturing, additive manufacturing, manufacturing tools and equipment. It is a leading international professional and scientific forum of great interest for engineers and scientists who can read in this book research works contributions and recent developments as well as current practices in advanced fields of engineering.

The 17th International Conference Interdisciplinarity in Engineering: Inter-Eng 2023 Conference Proceedings - Volume 2 (Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems #928)

by Liviu Moldovan Adrian Gligor

This book contains research papers that were accepted for presentation at the 17th International Conference on Interdisciplinarity in Engineering—INTER-ENG 2023, which was held on 5–6 October 2023, in the city of Târgu Mureș, Romania. The general scope of the conference “Towards transition for a more competitive European industry in a smart, safe and sustainable future” is proposing a new approach related to the development of a new generation of smart factories grounded on the manufacturing and assembly process digitalization. It is related to advance manufacturing technology, lean manufacturing, sustainable manufacturing, additive manufacturing, manufacturing tools and equipment. It is a leading international professional and scientific forum of great interest for engineers and scientists who can read in this book research works contributions and recent developments as well as current practices in advanced fields of engineering.

Courage and Compassion: A Jewish Boyhood in German-Occupied Greece

by Tony Molho

First published in Greek in 2023. The Greek edition was awarded the OURANIS PRIZE of the Academy of Athens In this extraordinary personal account of childhood and survival during the Holocaust, Professor Tony (Antony) Molho recounts his adventures in 1940s Greece from ages four to six, as his parents risked everything to hide him from the German occupiers. In doing so he pays homage to the many ordinary people who selflessly protected his family, demonstrating that even in the darkest times the self-sacrifice and kindness of modest people can still prevail. Delving into the power of memory, and exploring questions of personal identity, and the weight of the Shoah, Courage and Compassion goes beyond the bounds of conventional memoir, as Tony Molho also reflects on the nature of Jewish identity in the aftermath of the Holocaust and on how his personal awareness of this trauma has helped him to understand the course of his own life.

Like a Fading Shadow: A Novel

by Antonio Muñoz Molina

A hypnotic novel intertwining the author’s past with James Earl Ray’s attempt to escape after shooting Martin Luther King Jr.The year is 1968 and James Earl Ray has just shot Martin Luther King Jr. For two months he evades authorities, driving to Canada, securing a fake passport, and flying to London, all while relishing the media’s confusion about his location and his image on the FBI’s Most Wanted list. Eventually he lands at the Hotel Portugal in Lisbon, where he anxiously awaits a visa to Angola. But the visa never comes, and for his last ten days of freedom, Ray walks around Lisbon, paying for his pleasures and rehearsing his fake identities. Using recently declassified FBI files, Antonio Muñoz Molina reconstructs Ray’s final steps through the Portuguese capital, taking us inside his feverish mind, troubled past, and infamous crime. But Lisbon is also the city that inspired Muñoz Molina’s first novel, A Winter in Lisbon, and as he returns now, thirty years later, it becomes the stage for and witness to three alternating stories: Ray in 1968 at the center of an international manhunt; a thirty-year-old Muñoz Molina in 1987 struggling to find his literary voice; and the author in the present, reflecting on his life and the form of the novel as an instrument for imagining the world through another person’s eyes. Part historical fiction, part fictional memoir, Like a Fading Shadow masterfully explores the borders between the imagined, the reported, and the experienced past in the construction of identity.

The Zoo: A gripping, dark and powerful psychological fiction novel

by Jamie Mollart

An advertising executive walks the razor&’s edge between truth and illusion in this powerful novel that&’s &“a little Mad Men and a lot American Psycho&” (The Skinny).Of course it&’s a bloody lie. It&’s an advertising campaign . . . James Marlowe has a gift for selling people things they don&’t need. But as he strives to meet the demands of amoral clients, rival colleagues, and his young family, James must up his game. A cocktail of cocaine and alcohol keeps his conscience at bay and fuels his ambition as he works. But when body and mind can&’t take any more, he plunges into a surreal world darker than the one he&’s fallen from . . . From the award-winning author of Kings of a Dead World, The Zoo is &“a grippingly dark and ultimately moving story about exploitation, destruction and the possibility of redemption&” (Alison Moore, Man Booker Prize finalist and author of The Lighthouse).

Star Trek: A Choice of Catastrophes (Star Trek: The Original Series)

by Steve Mollmann Michael Schuster

The U.S.S. Enterprise, under the command of Lieutenant Hikaru Sulu, is returning from a mission to deliver medical supplies to Deep Space Station C-15, one of Starfleet’s most distant installations. All is routine until the Enterprise comes within a light-year of the planet Mu Arigulon, when the ship is suddenly thrown from warp and suffers a momentary power cut, having run aground on a spatial distortion not revealed in previous scans of the system. When the pride of Starfleet hits another, much worse distortion, Dr. Leonard McCoy has his hands full caring for officers who have suddenly fallen into comas for no apparent reason. The Enterprise medical team soon discovers that the dying officers are espers—humans with a rare and abnormal level of telepathic and psychic ability. With no choice but to link to the officers’ minds in order to come to their aid, McCoy is plunged into a nightmarish dream-world . . . with the end result being nothing short of the possible destruction of the Enterprise and all aboard her. . . .

The Story of X: An Erotic Tale

by A.J. Molloy

A darkly seductive and passionate tale of secret societies, elaborate rites and sexual experimentation, in the tradition of the captivating classic Story of O and Kubrick’s film Eyes Wide Shut.Shy American student Alexandra Beckmann—‘X’ to her friends—arrives in Naples desperate for adventures beyond the sheltered life she has led. She is there to study the Camorra, an infamous Italian crime organization. But in the sun-soaked, ancient city streets, her research leads her to a man like no one else she has ever met.Irresistibly handsome, Lord Marcus Roscarrick is an Italian aristocrat with a mysterious past. Yet, underneath his refined exterior, X senses a man who is well-acquainted with danger.Soon they begin a passionate affair, and X is drawn into Roscarrick’s world—a world she never dreamed existed. But as she falls ever more deeply under Roscarrick’s spell, X must decide whether she dares to submit entirely to this shadowy realm of dark desire.

Under a Red Sky: Memoir of a Childhood in Communist Romania

by Haya Leah Molnar

Eva Zimmermann is eight years old, and she has just discovered she is Jewish. Such is the life of an only child living in postwar Bucharest, a city that is changing in ever more frightening ways. Eva's family, full of eccentric and opinionated adults, will do absolutely anything to keep her safe—even if it means hiding her identity from her. With razor-sharp depictions of her animated relatives, Haya Leah Molnar's memoir of her childhood captures with touching precocity the very adult realities of living behind the iron curtain.Under a Red Sky is a 2011 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year.

Mitsy's Adventure

by Sam Monaco

Welcome to Jellsville, The happiest town of them all. Where people sing and laugh all day, They have an absolute ball. But Mitsy was different, In every possible way. So, she packed a bag, And said goodbye one day. What challenges lay ahead? And would she find what she was looking for?

Summer Romance

by Annabel Monaghan

&“A BINGEABLE FIVE-STAR READ.&” —ABBY JIMENEZ, New York Times bestselling author of Yours TrulyThe romantic and hilarious story of a professional organizer whose life is a mess, and the summer she gets unstuck with the help of someone unexpected from her past, by the bestselling author of Nora Goes Off Script. &“I loved it—brims with heart, wit, and longing.&” — CARLEY FORTUNE, #1 New York Times bestselling authorBenefits of a summer romance: It&’s always fun, always brief, and no one gets their heart broken.Ali Morris is a professional organizer whose own life is a mess. Her mom died two years ago, then her husband left, and she hasn&’t worn pants with a zipper in longer than she cares to remember.No one is more surprised than Ali when the first time she takes off her wedding ring and puts on pants with hardware—overalls count, right?—she meets someone. Or rather, her dog claims a man for her...by peeing on him. Ethan smiles at Ali like her pants are just right—like he likes what he sees. He looks at her like she&’s a younger, braver version of herself. The last thing newly single mom Ali needs is to make her life messier, but there&’s no harm in a little summer romance. Is there?

Invisible Doctrine: The Secret History of Neoliberalism

by George Monbiot Peter Hutchison

We live under an ideology that preys on every aspect of our lives: our education and our jobs; our healthcare and our leisure; our relationships and our mental well-being; the planet we inhabit—the very air we breathe. It is everywhere. Yet for most people, it has no name. It seems inescapable, like a natural law.But trace it back to its roots, and you see that this ideology is neither inevitable nor immutable. It was conceived and propagated—and then concealed—by the powerful few. Our task is to bring it into the light—and to build a new system that is worth fighting for. Neoliberalism.Do you know what it is?

Invisible Doctrine: The Secret History of Neoliberalism

by George Monbiot Peter Hutchison

#1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER • A sharp, fiercely argued takedown of neoliberalism that not only defines this slippery concept but connects it to the climate crisis, poverty, and fascism—and shows us how to fight back.&“Incisive, illuminating, eye-opening—an unsparing anatomy of the great ideological beast stalking our times, often whispered about and yet never so clearly in view.&”—David Wallace-Wells, author of The Uninhabitable EarthNeoliberalism is the dominant ideology of our time. It shapes us in countless ways, yet most of us struggle to articulate what it is. Worse, we have been persuaded to accept this extreme creed as a kind of natural law. In Invisible Doctrine, journalist George Monbiot and filmmaker Peter Hutchison shatter this myth. They show how a fringe philosophy in the 1930s—championing competition as the defining feature of humankind—was systematically hijacked by a group of wealthy elites, determined to guard their fortunes and power. Think tanks, corporations, the media, university departments and politicians were all deployed to promote the idea that people are consumers, rather than citizens.One of the most pernicious effects has been to make our various crises—from climate disasters to economic crashes, from the degradation of public services to rampant child poverty—seem unrelated. In fact, they have all been exacerbated by the &“invisible doctrine,&” which subordinates democracy to the power of money. Monbiot and Hutchison connect the dots—and trace a direct line from neoliberalism to fascism, which preys on people&’s hopelessness and desperation.Speaking out against the fairy tale of capitalism and populist conspiracy theories, Monbiot and Hutchison lay the groundwork for a new politics, one based on truly participatory democracy and &“private sufficiency, public luxury&”: an inspiring vision that could help bring the neoliberal era to an end.

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