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Trudeaumania: The Rise to Power of Pierre Elliott Trudeau
Robert Wright · Harpercollins
Pages: 384
Format: Print book
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Nearly twenty years after his death and more than thirty since his retirement from active politics, Pierre Elliott Trudeau is at long last receding from the lived memory of Canadians. But despite the distance of time, he still holds court in the minds of many, and today his son Justin now lives... |
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Fit for the Presidency?: Winners, Losers, What-Ifs, and Also-Rans
Seymour Morris · Potomac Books
Pages: 400
Format: Print book
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Every four years Americans embark on the ultimate carnival, the Super Bowl of democracy: a presidential election campaign filled with endless speeches, debates, handshakes, and passion. But what about the candidates themselves? In Fit for the Presidency? Seymour Morris Jr. applies... |
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Overruled: The Long War for Control of the U.S. Supreme Court
Damon Root · Palgrave Macmillan Trade
Format: Hardcover
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Should the Supreme Court defer to the will of the majority and uphold most democratically enacted laws? Or does the Constitution empower the Supreme Court to protect a broad range of individual rights from the reach of lawmakers? In this timely and provocative book, Damon Root traces the long... |
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Americans from Africa: Slavery and Its Aftermath
Peter Isaac Rose · Transaction Publishers
Pages: 488
Format: Print book
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Americans from Africa seeks to convey varying perspectives on the "Black Experience" in the United States and its controversial history. This volume, Slavery and Its Aftermath, deals with four major issues: the extent of African influences on the lives of those enslaved and brought... |
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17 Carnations: The Royals, the Nazis, and the Biggest Cover-Up in History
Andrew Morton · Grand Central Publishing
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover
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"Morton tells the story of the feckless Edward VIII, later Duke of Windsor, his American wife Wallis Simpson, the bizarre wartime Nazi plot to make him a puppet king after the invasion of Britain, and the attempted cover-up by Churchill, General Eisenhower, and King George VI of the Duke's... |
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Lone Wolf Terrorism: Understanding the Growing Threat
Jeffrey D Simon · Prometheus Books
Pages: 336
Format: Print book
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A new era in terrorism is emerging and the lone wolf is at the forefront. From Anders Breivik in Norway, who murdered scores of young people in a bombing and mass-shooting attack, to Nidal Malik Hasan in the United States, who killed many of his fellow soldiers after opening fire at a military... |
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The Despot's Accomplice: How the West is Aiding and Abetting the Decline of Democracy
BRIAN KLAAS · Oxford University Press
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover
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For the first time since the end of the Cold War, the world is steadily becoming less democratic. The true culprits are dictators and counterfeit democrats. But, argues Klaas, the West is also an accomplice, inadvertently assaulting pro-democracy forces abroad as governments in Washington,... |
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A Generation of Sociopaths: How the Baby Boomers Betrayed America
Bruce Cannon Gibney · Hachette Books
Pages: 384
Format: Print book
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What happens when a society is run by people who are anti-social? Welcome to Baby Boomer America. In A Generation of Sociopaths, Bruce Cannon Gibney shows how America was hijacked by the Boomers, a generation whose reckless self-indulgence degraded the foundations of American prosperity.... |
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This Brave New World: India, China and the United States
Anja Manuel · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 384
Format: Print book
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In the next decade and a half, China and India will become two of the world's indispensable powers - whether they rise peacefully or not. During that time, Asia will surpass the combined strength of North America and Europe in economic might, population size, and military spending. Both... |
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The Art of Doing Good: Where Passion Meets Action
Charles Bronfman · Jossey-Bass; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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How to turn personal passion into an organization with impact For anyone setting out to change the world, launching a nonprofit venture can be a powerful way to enact change. Whether bringing donated eyeglasses to children who have never seen clearly, revamping inner city schools, or bringing... |
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Ctrl Z: The Right to Be Forgotten
Meg Leta Jones · New York University Press
Pages: 267
Format: Print book
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This is going on your permanent record is a threat that has never held more weight than it does in the Internet Age, when information lasts indefinitely. The ability to make good on that threat is as democratized as posting a Tweet or making blog. Data about us is created, shared, collected,... |
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