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The Swamp: Washington's Murky Pool of Corruption and Cronyism?and How Trump Can Drain It
ERIC BOLLING · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 228
Format: Hardcover
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The Instant New York Times and USA Today Bestseller!When Washington D.C. was first built, it was on top of a swamp that had to be drained. Donald Trump says it's time to drain it again. In The Swamp, bestselling author and Fox News Channel host Eric Bolling presents an infuriating, amusing,... |
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Jailhouse Lawyers: Prisoners Defending Prisoners v. the USA
Mumia Abu-Jamal · City Lights Books
Pages: 286
Format: Paperback
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"Expert and well-reasoned commentary on the justice system. . . . His writings are dangerous." - The Village VoiceIn Jailhouse Lawyers, award-winning journalist and death-row inmate Mumia Abu-Jamal presents the stories and reflections of fellow prisoners-turned-advocates who have... |
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The Saboteur: The Aristocrat Who Became France's Most Daring Anti-Nazi Commando
PAUL KIX · Harper
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
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In the tradition of Agent Zigzag comes this breathtaking biography, as fast-paced and emotionally intuitive as the very best spy thrillers, which illuminates an unsung hero of the French Resistance during World War II - Robert de La Rochefoucald, an aristocrat turned anti-Nazi saboteur... |
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(((Semitism) ) ) : Being Jewish in America in the Age of Trump
Jonathan Weisman · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover
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Michael Eric Dyson, author of Tears We Cannot Stop: "With eloquence and poignancy Weisman shows how hatred can slowly and quietly chew away at the moral fabric of society. We now live in an age where more than ever bigotry and oppression no longer need to hide in fear of reproach.... |
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Soundtrack of the Revolution: The Politics of Music in Iran
Nahid Siamdoust · Stanford University Press
Pages: 368
Format: Paperback
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Music was one of the first casualties of the Iranian Revolution. It was banned in 1979, but it quickly crept back into Iranian culture and politics. The state made use of music for its propaganda during the Iran-Iraq war. Over time music provided an important political space where artists... |
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Brave New Weed: Adventures into the Uncharted World of Cannabis
Joe Dolce · Harperwave
Pages: 288
Format: Print book
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The former editor-in-chief of Details and Star adventures into the fascinating "brave new world" of cannabis, tracing its history and possible future as he investigates the social, medical, legal, and cultural ramifications of this surprisingly versatile plant.Pot. Weed. Grass.... |
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When the World Seemed New: George H. W. Bush and the End of the Cold War
Jeffrey A Engel · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 608
Format: Hardcover
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Based on unprecedented access to previously classified documents and dozens of interviews with key policymakers, here is the untold story of how George H. W. Bush faced a critical turning point of history - the end of the Cold War. The end of the Cold War was the greatest shock to international... |
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Defeat is an Orphan: How Pakistan Lost the Great South Asian War
Myra MacDonald · Hurst
Pages: 320
Format: Print book
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When India and Pakistan held nuclear tests in 1998, they restarted the clock on a competition that had begun half a century earlier. Nuclear weapons restored strategic parity, erasing the advantage of India's much larger size and conventional military superiority. Yet in the years that... |
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The Democratic Faith: Essays on Democratic Citizenship
Paul M Sniderman · Yale University Press
Pages: 200
Format: Hardcover
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Can the citizens of a democracy be trusted to run it properly? Modern political science has concentrated on cataloguing voters' failings - their lack of knowledge, tolerance, or consistency in political thinking. While it would be a mistake to think this portrait of citizens is simply... |
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Enough Said: What's Gone Wrong with the Language of Politics?
Mark Thompson · St Martin'S Press
Pages: 352
Format: Print book
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There's a crisis of trust in politics across the western world. Public anger is rising and faith in conventional political leaders and parties is falling. Anti-politics, and the anti-politicians, have arrived. In Enough Said, President and CEO of The New York Times Company Mark Thompson... |
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Global Punk: Resistance and Rebellion in Everyday Life
Kevin C Dunn · Bloomsbury Academic
Pages: 272
Format: Print book
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Global Punk examines the global phenomenon of DIY (do-it-yourself) punk, arguing that it provides a powerful tool for political resistance and personal self-empowerment. Drawing examples from across the evolution of punk - from the streets of 1976 London to the alleys of contemporary... |
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Suzanne's Children: A Daring Rescue in Nazi Paris
Anne Nelson · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover
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A story of courage in the face of evil. The tense drama of Suzanne Spaak who risked and gave her life to save hundreds of Jewish children from deportation from Nazi Paris to Auschwitz. This is one of the untold stories of the Holocaust.Suzanne Spaak was born into the Belgian Catholic elite... |
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The Unexpected President: The Life and Times of Chester A. Arthur
Scott S Greenberger · Da Capo Press
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover
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When President James Garfield was shot, no one in the United States was more dismayed than his Vice President, Chester Arthur. For years Arthur had been perceived as unfit to govern, not only by critics and his fellow citizens but by his own conscience.From his promising start, Arthur had become... |
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