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This book shows how participatory government can lead to the unjust and illegitimate exercise of power. It addresses the gulf between the almost universally fashionable rhetoric of participation, promising empowerment and appropriate development. Looking at what actually happens when consultants and activists promote and practice participatory development, this book offers a sharp challenge to the advocates of participatory development. Some c...

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Gathering of InfidelsIn 1899, a small group of men under the leadership of Charles Albert Watts founded the Rationalist Press Association (RPA) in London. Its mission was, among other goals, to promote rationalism and secular education as well as to publish freethought books at affordable prices. For more than a century the RPA has served as a bastion of reason in an often-irrational world. Its Honorary Associates have included such luminaries...

This is the first biography of Joseph McCabe (1867-1955), a former Catholic preist who became one of the best-known champions and a prolific popularizer of freethought and rationalism in the first half of the 20th century. McCabe's encyclopedic curiosity, rigorous scholarship, and above all his unswerving intellectual honesty led him through a tumultuous career of public lecturing and debating, and an incredible output of over 200 books. He ta...

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Batman-Storys von einem Meister der Moderne! Der 2016 viel zu früh verstorbene Darwyn Cooke gilt als einer der herausragendsten Comic-Künstler und gewann dreizehnmal (!) den begehrten Eisner Award, den sogenannten "Comic-Oscar", achtmal den Harvey Award und fünfmal den Joe Shuster Award! Dieser Band enthält eine Reihe außergewöhnlicher Geschichten mit dem Kulthelden Batman, wie nur Cooke sie schreiben und zeichnen konnte!

In 2015 Warrington was named by the Royal Society of Arts as the 'least culturally alive town in England'. But was this a fair evaluation? In his new book, Bill Cooke offers a dramatic reexamination of the town. Looking back on its fascinating history dating back to the Romans, The Story of Warrington demonstrates an extensive cultural history.

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The story of energy and its extraordinary impact on San Antonio, Texas

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In a world where change happens at light speed, discovering and mastering the power of change can transform your business and your life.

In the tradition of Voltaire's Philosophical Dictionary, Ambrose Bierce's Devil's Dictionary, and Joseph McCabe's Rationalist Encyclopedia, this accessible dictionary addresses the contemporary need for a reference book that succinctly summarizes the key concepts, current terminology, and major contributions of influential thinkers broadly associated with atheism, skepticism, and humanism. In the preface, author Bill Cooke notes that his work ...

Sam Slade didn't believe in Gorgo until he saw the monster's hideous scaly face, its slimy green talons and the massive mouth that could swallow a killer whale. If this was not enough he was to have even bigger problems in his future. The story mixes familiarity with a couple of neat plot twists, the special effects are ambitious and oftentimes stunning, and the use of a man in a rubber dinosaur suit, a technique usually met with derision, is ...

In Bright Sparks, read all about ideas that will make your head spin.

There is a "dark place" in each of their souls, where only guilt and fear seems to feed. Anne La Fleur and her son, Matthew, must open to light or die.