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How to Be a Drug Dealer is a satirical CIA "training manual" masquerading as a step-by-step guide to government-sanctioned narcotics operations. With wicked humor and a dangerously accurate grasp of history, this book takes readers on a classified journey through the true mechanics of geopolitical drug trafficking - from poppy fields to press conferences, jungle airstrips to Senate hearings.Packed with declassified "Field Exercises," fake mission logs, and just enough plausible deniability to keep you guessing, this is the unauthorized handbook for anyone who's ever wondered how the world's biggest drug dealer wears a suit, files paperwork, and holds a security clearance.Totally fictional. Unless it isn't.
Ashardrah: The Directors cut Special edition
Eberechukwu Samir Cooper
Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
2016
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Ashardrah is a story about the worlds first star ship named Ah-shard-rah and the man named Eberechukwu Amadi, chosen to become a psychokinetic pilot/captain called an "Exon" who is an integral piece of its systems when interfaced with its machinery. During his training and conditioning to become an Exon, he encounters acts of discrimination, sabotage and attempts on his life. While going through the altered states and mind amplification program at Left Field Air Force base in Dayton Ohio, he meets a beautiful Russian cosmonaut/master industrial spy and in the process finds out who he can and cannot trust while working to uncover the secrets about alien life and ancient megalithic ruins; hidden in plain site in the solar system.
According to renowned Marxist economist Samir Amin, the recent Arab Spring uprisings comprise an integral part of a massive "second awakening" of the Global South. From the self-immolation in December 2010 of a Tunisian street vendor, to the consequent outcries in Cairo's Tahrir Square against poverty and corruption, to the ongoing upheavals across the Middle East and Northern Africa, the Arab world is shaping what may become of Western imperialism - an already tottering and overextended system. The Reawakening of the Arab World examines the complex interplay of nations regarding the Arab Spring and its continuing, turbulent seasons. Beginning with Amin's compelling interpretation of the 2011 popular Arab explosions, the book is comprised of five chapters - including a new chapter analyzing U.S. geo-strategy. Amin sees the United States, in an increasingly multi-polar world, as a victim of overreach, caught in its own web of attempts to contain the challenge of China, while confronting the staying power of nations such as Syria and Iran. The growing, deeply-felt need of the Arab people for independent, popular democracy is the cause of their awakening, says Amin. It is this awakening to democracy that the United States fears most, since real self-government by independent nations would necessarily mean the end of U.S. empire, and the economic liberalism that has kept it in place. The way forward for the Arab world, Amin argues, is to take on, not just Western imperialism, but also capitalism itself.
Russia and the Long Transition from Capitalism to Socialism
Amin Samir
Monthly Review Press,U.S.
2016
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Out of early twentieth-century Russia came the world's first significant effort to build a modern revolutionary society. According to Marxist economist Samir Amin, the great upheaval that once produced the Soviet Union has also produced a movement away from capitalism - a long transition that continues even today. In seven concise, provocative chapters, Amin deftly examines the trajectory of Russian capitalism, the Bolshevik Revolution, the collapse of the Soviet Union, the possible future of Russia - and, by extension, the future of socialism itself. Amin manages to combine an analysis of class struggle with geopolitics - each crucial to understanding Russia's singular and complex political history. He first looks at the development (or lack thereof) of Russian capitalism. He sees Russia's geopolitical isolation as the reason its capitalist empire developed so differently from Western Europe, and the reason for Russia's perceived "backwardness." Yet Russia's unique capitalism proved to be the rich soil in which the Bolsheviks were able to take power, and Amin covers the rise and fall of the revolutionary Soviet system. Finally, in a powerful chapter on Ukraine and the rise of global fascism, Amin lays out the conditions necessary for Russia to recreate itself, and perhaps again move down the long road to socialism. Samir Amin's great achievement in this book is not only to explain Russia's historical tragedies and triumphs, but also to temper our hopes for a quick end to an increasingly insufferable capitalism. This book offers a cornucopia of food for thought, as well as an enlightening means to transcend reductionist arguments about "revolution" so common on the left. Samir Amin's book - and the actions that could spring from it - are more necessary than ever, if the world is to avoid the barbarism toward which capitalism is hurling humanity.
For a limited time, when you purchase the paperback on Amazon, you can download the Kindle version for FREE The Kindle version of this book contains Full-Color Photos for added clarity.Are you looking for a unique, handcrafted gift for that special someone in your life?Are you intimidated by the idea of crafting such a small crochet piece?This You Can Do It Amigurumi for Beginners is the book you need if you want easy to follow instructions and explanations of how to craft some truly adorable stuffed animals and dolls.Amigurumi is the craft of crocheting small stuffed toys. The term "amigurumi" is a combination of the Japanese words meaning "crocheted stuffed doll."With this guide, any beginner will be able to crochet amigurumi easily, as I will explain everything by using images. I will even explain the simplest of stitches, step-by-step.In this Book I will Show You: What the abbreviations in the patterns meanAn explanation of what common stitches you will use and how to complete those stitchesWhat materials to use to make each patternAll along the way, I will outline exactly what you need to know to create these stunning little gifts and keepsakes by providing you with numerous pictures during the entire process. There are so many images included with the instructions for these patterns, it's as if I am sitting beside you, guiding your every stitch.The Patterns we will do include: 8 Different Adorable Stuffed Animal Toys - Bunny, Unicorn, Flamingo, Bird, Elephant, Panda, Dog, and a Fish4 Baby or Water Bottle Covers - Bumble Bee, Lamb, Butterfly, and a Turtle, 4 Christmas Themed Patterns - A Christmas Cracker, A Baubles Ornament, Reindeer, and a Snowman Head4 Halloween Themed Patterns - Ghost, Wizard/Witch Head, Pumpkin/Jack-o-Lantern, and a Creepy Floating Eyeball 4 Unique Keychains - An Owl, Cat, Santa, and an ElfOnce you work through this book, you will be crafting special and unique keepsakes in no time Enjoy "I am learning to crochet, I got drawn to crochet when I saw some of the most amazing Amiguramis on a TV show. I knew I had to learn and make them myself. Finding this book is a godsend, unlike some of the other books on Amigurumi, this one teaches every step in detail, the pictures are clear and yes, they are very easy to follow. This is by no way a tiny book, but with 24 Amigurumi, it can't be a small book. There are just so many pictures in this book. If you are looking to learn this awesome craft, this is hands down the best tool for you." - Jasmyn. J
Spy Private Files: True Story
Dr Samir Mohamed
Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
2018
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Recruitment is key to a terrorist group’s survival strategy. Steady enrollment is needed, not just to fight against perceived injustice, but to ultimately keep the grand strategy going. Terrorist groups depend on a continuous flow of recruits, with which they cannot survive otherwise. Moreover, weak states produce power vacuums that allow the spread of terrorist networks. This book establishes a link between weak states and terrorist actors. When a weak state fails to protect its territory and implement the rule of law because of corruption or incapacity, it results in the creation of power vacuums. Terrorist networks thrive within power vacuums and opportunistically fill the space where a weak state could not maintain control. Imitating or learning from terrorists, other political non-state actors will take the initiative to compete with the state for its monopoly on the use of violence, legitimacy, corruption and ideology. Understanding these mechanisms is key to developing strategies to combat recruitment.