The Immigrant Superpower: How Brains, Brawn, and Bravery Make America Stronger

An insightful, persuasive, and honest defense of immigration as central to the United States' economic power and national security.\nAmerica was built by immigrants, yet there has long been strong political opposition to immigration. In recent years, the hostility toward immigration has reached a tipping point. While partisan fighting and confusion over basic policy dominate a broken conversation, we often overlook a fundamental American truth: immigration makes America great.\nIn The Immigrant Superpower, Tim Kane argues that immigration has been a source of American strength and American exceptionalism since the nation's founding. This book explores how immigration is essential to the military strength, economic power, and innovation of the United States. By combining stories of immigrants who have contributed to the American experience, including in the military and business, with analysis of immigration's effects on wages and unemployment, Kane presents a clear defense of greater immigration as a matter of national security. The only way to win the great power competition of the twenty-first century is to embrace America's identity as a nation of immigrants. As politicians in Washington continue to negotiate with no intention to reach an agreement, Kane exposes the immigration consensus hiding in plain sight. Using original, in-depth surveys of American attitudes toward immigration reform he maps out a step-by-step process to achieve reform.\nStraight-talking and full of common sense, The Immigrant Superpower stands in sharp contrast to the wholly dysfunctional debate about immigration in the United States.

History

Kane, Tim

Historical Study & Educational Resources

Oxford University Press

Tim Kane analyzes the strengths and weaknesses of the US armed forces leadership culture and personnel management. He proposes a blueprint for reform that empowers troops as well as local commanders. Kane’s proposals extend the All-Volunteer Force reforms of 1973 further along the spectrum of volunteerism, emphasize greater individual agency during all stages of a US military career, and restore diversity among the services.

Total Volunteer Force: Lessons from the US Military on Leadership Culture and Talent Management (Hoover Institution Press Publication)

Engineering & Transportation

Engineering

Hoover Institution Press

In this groundbreaking book, two economists explain why economic imbalances cause civil collapse—and why America could be next. In this groundbreaking book, two economists explain why economic imbalances cause civil collapse— and why the United States could be next. From the Ming Dynasty to Ottoman Turkey to imperial Spain, the Great Powers of the world emerged as the greatest economic, political, and military forces of their time—only to collapse into rubble and memory. What is at the root of their demise—and how can the United States stop this pattern from happening again? A quarter century after Paul Kennedy’s The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers, Glenn Hubbard and Tim Kane present a bold, sweeping account of why powerful nations and civilizations break down under the heavy burden of economic imbalance. Introducing a profound new measure of economic power, Balance traces the triumphs and mistakes of imperial Britain, the paradox of superstate California, the long collapse of Rome, and the limits of the Japanese model of growth. Most importantly, Hubbard and Kane compare the twenty-first-century United States to the empires of old and challenge Americans to address the real problems of our country’s dysfunctional fiscal imbalance. If there is not a new economics and politics of balance, they show that there will be an inevitable demise ahead.

Balance: The Economics of Great Powers from Ancient Rome to Modern America

Business & Money

Hubbard, Glenn

Economics

Simon&Schuster

“Hubbard and Kane synthesize economics, politics, and psychology to develop a new audacious theory of why countries decline. Compulsory reading for anyone who wants to understand the major issues that America now faces” (James Robinson, coauthor of Why Nations Fail). From the Ming Dynasty to Ottoman Turkey to imperial Spain, the Great Powers of the world emerged as the supreme economic, political, and military forces of their time—only to collapse into rubble and memory. What is at the root of their demise, and how can the United States stop it from happening again? A quarter century after Paul Kennedy’s The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers, Glenn Hubbard and Tim Kane present a bold, sweeping account of why powerful nations and civilizations break down under the heavy burden of economic imbalance. Introducing a profound new measure of economic power, Balance traces the triumphs and mistakes of imperial Britain, the paradox of superstate California, the long collapse of Rome, and the limits of the Japanese model of growth. Most importantly, Hubbard and Kane compare the twenty-first-century United States to the empires of old and challenge Americans to address the real problems of our country’s fiscal imbalance. If there is not a new economics and politics of balance, they portend that inevitable demise is ahead. This is more than another analysis of our nation’s economy; it is a groundbreaking look at the patterns of the past and a “thought-provoking analysis that has compelling relevance for America’s future” (Nobel Peace Prize–winner Henry A. Kissinger).

The best in Short Mystery Fiction Mystery Weekly is a monthly mystery magazine that presents crime and mystery short stories by some of the world's best established and emerging mystery writers. The original stories selected for each issue include noir, cozy, hardboiled, locked room, comic, and historical mysteries--plus occasional genre-busting stories that lean toward speculative or literary fiction. However you classify them, all of our stories feature strong writing and unsurpassed entertainment value. In this issue... "Creme de la Merde," by Robb White: An Ohio private investigator seeks a runaway girl in Florida, but when he discovers the sordid circumstances of her death, he decides to get justice for her grieving parents. "Our Man In Gravel City," by Tim Kane: The Chicago Blade's homeless freelance newspaper reporter finds himself covering front-page news in suburban Gravel City. "The Minnesota Plan," by Benjamin Cooper: Struggling to come to terms with a recent breakup, a college student planned the perfect murder, or so he thought. "Hot Tea and a Drone," by Maddi Davidson: Mad at the Hatter, who will kill him first: Tweedledum, the Queen of Hearts, or a March Hare? "The Youngstown Tuneup," by Tom Barlow: Blackmailing a hitman for the mob is rarely a smart proposition.

Mystery Weekly Magazine: February 2016 (Mystery Weekly Magazine Issues)

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

White, Robb

Carter, C.F.

Cooper, Benjamin

Davidson, Maddi

Barlow, Tom

Mystery

Independently published

An expert on the most popular trucks in the world, monster trucks, Tim Kane revisits the current stars of this family-friendly sport and explores how these racing machines have evolved in the past few years. The bodies of these beasts may have slimmed down, but the tires, springs, and shock absorbers have grown, allowing the trucks to soar over obstacles with more spectacular jumps and at much faster speeds. Monster Mega Trucks documents the acrobatic maneuvers and the breathtaking stunts of these oversized vehicles and the derring-do of the monster truck drivers. Readers will enjoy the photos of all the big crashes and how these trucks jump, fly, and weave, often on only one or two wheels, with 1,500-horsepower racing motors. In addition, Kane explores other real-life Transformers that can walk, fly, crawl, and swim. These are true shape-shifting creatures that travel by air, water, and land and perform important tasks, such as eating litter or sucking up oil after a spill.

Monster Mega Trucks: . . . And Other Four-Wheeled Creatures

Children's Books

Cars, Trains & Things That Go

Triumph Books

A HOLIDAY STORY We'd put out a nice book: Alternative Holidays. It had a fancy cover. The stories a perfect fit. So I was sitting there. Basking in success. And a story skitters across the floor. And then another, and another... And then, a slight sobbing sound. Then there came a most tremulous voice. "We want a book cover too." I reached down and picked up one of the stories. It settled in and started to purr. Then I picked up another, and another. They were so good. It was like the Island of Misfit Toys. Perfectly good stories that just had trouble fitting in. So I gave them a cover, nothing fancy. And now, they just need a Reader to appreciate them. YOU, can be that Reader.

Holiday Leftovers

Literature & Fiction

Miller, Megan

Wright, Jim

Hanson, Michael H.

Anderson, KG

Leen, Gerri

James, Marissa

Chamberlain, Phillip

Short Stories & Anthologies

B Cubed Press

Change doesn’t happen overnight. It starts as a whisper before it crescendos into a roar. One event, one decision becomes the catalyst to change life as we know it. And then we must deal with the consequences. 
In this collection, we have ten stories about navigating those ruins to regroup, rebuild, renew. In the rebuilding process sacrifices must be made, reparations must be given, histories must be rewritten. We must do the future justice with our actions.\nStories included: 
1. What You Sow - Holly Schofield 
2. Wolf in Sheep's Clothing - Tim Kane 
3. Tooth and Claw - Anna Ziegelhof 
4. The Scrap Pile - Lamont Turner 
5. Automaton Vale - Callum Rowland 
6. God of the Supine Obelisk - Gregory J. Glanz 
7. Light Keeper - A'liya Spinner 
8. Leave Nothing to Chance - Anna Ziegelhof 
9. Astromancy at the End of the Universe - Isabel Huntoon 
10. A Billion Paper Stars - A.J. Van Belle

Navigating Ruins: A WriteHive Anthology

Schofield, Holly

Van Belle, A.J.

Ziegelhof, Anna

Huntoon, Isabel

Glanz, Gregory J.

Spinner, A'liya

Rowland, Callum

Turner, Lamont

Inked in Gray

American Vistas: The Life and Art of John Van Alstine

Arts & Photography

History & Criticism

Clovercroft Publishing

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