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Summary of Oliver Roeder's Seven Games
Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Sample Book Insights: #1 In 1990, Jonathan Schaeffer, a book collector, was going to dissect the moves made in 732 checkers games by Marion Tinsley, the greatest human checkers player ever. He was going to search for some hidden checkers secrets. #2 Checkers, the game Tinsley was playing, is a human invention that has been around for thousands of years. It is a friendly combat and an amusement for its own sake. #3 Marion Tinsley was a precocious student who excelled at math and memorized poems. He skipped four of the first eight grades. He was enrolled at Ohio State University, and he had visions of beating Mrs. Kershaw, the boarder who played checkers with him and his family. #4 Tinsley’s mother was religious, and he became a minister at a church. He also became a volunteer part-time minister at the Church of Christ, produced a biblical radio program, and taught the Book of Revelation in a weekly class.
Summary of Oliver Roeder's Seven Games
Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Book Preview: #1 In 1990, Jonathan Schaeffer, a book collector, was going to dissect the moves made in 732 checkers games by Marion Tinsley, the greatest human checkers player ever. He was going to search for some hidden checkers secrets. #2 Checkers, the game Tinsley was playing, is a human invention that has been around for thousands of years. It is a friendly combat and an amusement for its own sake. #3 Marion Tinsley was a precocious student who excelled at math and memorized poems. He skipped four of the first eight grades. He was enrolled at Ohio State University, and he had visions of beating Mrs. Kershaw, the boarder who played checkers with him and his family. #4 Tinsley’s mother was religious, and he became a minister at a church. He also became a volunteer parttime minister at the Church of Christ, produced a biblical radio program, and taught the Book of Revelation in a weekly class.
The Rich Get Richer and the Poor Get Prison
For nearly 40 years, this classic text has taken the issue of economic inequality seriously and asked: Why are our prisons filled with the poor? Why aren’t the tools of the criminal justice system being used to protect Americans from predatory business practices and to punish well-off people who cause widespread harm? The Rich Get Richer shows readers that much that goes on in the criminal justice system violates citizens’ sense of basic fairness. It presents extensive evidence from mainstream data that the criminal justice system does not function in the way it says it does nor in the way that readers believe it should. The authors develop a theoretical perspective from which readers mi...
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The Random Factor
"Luck, chance, and randomness are topics that virtually everyone can relate to and that each of us have been affected by. The Random Factor explores these subjects using a vast array of evidence, fresh insights, and compelling stories based upon the author's long standing research. The range of subjects and scholarship is far reaching and compelling. From history, to the natural world, to our everyday lives, chance is shown to play an important role in shaping various outcomes. Just as important, The Random Factor details the dynamics that determine the ways that luck and chance play themselves out, and it reveals the lessons to be learned in terms of guiding our personal lives and social policies. Mark Robert Rank leads his readers on a fascinating journey across the shifting sands of chance and luck. It is a journey that will change the way we fundamentally understand the world we live in and the manner in which our lives unfold"--
Deception
The ‘Russiagate’ affair is one of the most far-reaching political events of recent years. But what exactly was the nature and extent of Russian interference in the campaign that led to the presidency of Donald J. Trump? Richard Sakwa sets out the dramatic series of events that combined to create Russiagate and examines whether together they form a persuasive account of Russia’s role in the extraordinary 2016 American election. Offering a meticulous account of the multiple layers in play, his authoritative analysis challenges the claims of Russian interference and collusion. As we enter into a new cold war, this myth-busting, accessible and balanced account is essential reading to understand contemporary East-West relations.
Weak Strongman
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Excessive Punishment
The United States has by far the world’s largest population of incarcerated people. More than a million Americans are imprisoned; hundreds of thousands more are held in jails. This vast system has doled out punishment—particularly to people from marginalized groups—on an unfathomable scale. At the same time, it has manifestly failed to secure public safety, instead perpetuating inequalities and recidivism. Why does the United States see punishment as the main response to social harm, and what are the alternatives? This book brings together essays by scholars, practitioners, activists, and writers, including incarcerated and formerly incarcerated people, to explore the harms of this pun...
The Betrayal
Understanding the greatest catastrophic failure of American Government. In 2022, Ira Shapiro completed what Brooking scholar William A. Galston called “an epic trilogy” chronicling the disastrous decline of the once-great Senate. The Founding Fathers gave the Senate many functions, but it had one overriding responsibility: to provide a check against a dangerous president who threatened our democracy. Shapiro’s gripping portrait of Mitch McConnell and the Senate Republicans’ turning a blind eye to Donald Trump’s abuses of power remains the definitive chronicle of the most catastrophic failure of government in American history. The updated edition carries the story forward into the Biden presidency and the efforts to restore bipartisanship in bitterly contentious times.
"Prisons Make Us Safer"
An accessible guide for activists, educators, and all who are interested in understanding how the prison system oppresses communities and harms individuals. The United States incarcerates more of its residents than any other nation. Though home to 5% of the global population, the United States has nearly 25% of the world’s prisoners—a total of over 2 million people. This number continues to steadily rise. Over the past 40 years, the number of people behind bars in the United States has increased by 500%. Journalist Victoria Law explains how racism and social control were the catalysts for mass incarceration and have continued to be its driving force: from the post-Civil War laws that sta...
