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The Revolution of Robert Kennedy: From Power to Protest After JFK
JOHN R BOHRER · Bloomsbury Press
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover
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A groundbreaking account of how Robert F. Kennedy transformed horror into hope between 1963 and 1966, with style and substance that has shaped American politics ever since. On November 22nd, 1963, Bobby Kennedy received a phone call that altered his life forever. The president, his brother,... |
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Reference Shelf: Campaign Trends & Election Law
H.W. Wilson Company. · Grey House Publishing
Pages: 200
Format: Print book
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In the run-up to the 2016 national election, many issues involving election law have come to the fore. This volume will explore such timely topics as campaign finance and the corporate funding of elections in the aftermath of Citizens United vs. Federal Election Commission (2010) , which... |
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The Age of Earthquakes: A Guide to the Extreme Present
Douglas Coupland · Blue Rider Press
Pages: 256
Format: Paperback
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A highly provocative, mindbending, beautifully designed, and visionary look at the landscape of our rapidly evolving digital era.50 years after Marshall McLuhan's ground breaking book on the influence of technology on culture in The Medium is the Massage, Basar, Coupland and Obrist... |
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Pillars of Justice: Lawyers and the Liberal Tradition
Owen M Fiss · Harvard University Press
Pages: 209
Format: Hardcover
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Pillars of Justice explores the purpose and possibilities of life in the law through moving accounts of thirteen lawyers who shaped the legal world during the past half century.Some, such as Thurgood Marshall, were Supreme Court Justices. Others, like John Doar and Burke Marshall, set the civil... |
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Ojibwa: People of Forests and Prairies
Michael Johnson · Firefly Books
Pages: 160
Format: Print book
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Ojibwa describes the history and culture of the people, and introduces their most important figures. It offers the most up-to-date and essential facts on identity, kinships, locations, populations and cultural characteristics. It presents extensive visual coverage of tribal dress and cultural... |
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Unaccountable: How Elite Power Brokers Corrupt our Finances, Freedom, and Security
Janine Wedel · Pegasus; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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A groundbreaking book that challenges Americans to reevaluate our views on how a new and more sophisticated style of corruption and private interests have infiltrated every level of society.From the Tea Party to Occupy Wall Street, however divergent their political views, these groups seem... |
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The Road to Somewhere: The Populist Revolt and the Future of Politics
David Goodhart · Hurst
Pages: 278
Format: Hardcover
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A robust and timely investigation into the political and moral fault-lines that divide Brexit Britain and Trump's America -- and how a new settlement may be achieved.Several decades of greater economic and cultural openness in the West have not benefited all our citizens. Among those who have... |
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The Way of the Strangers: Encounters with the Islamic State
Graeme Wood · Random House
Pages: 352
Format: Print book
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The author of the explosive Atlantic cover story "What ISIS Really Wants" has written the definitive, electrifying account of the strategy, psychology, and theology driving the Islamic StateTens of thousands of men and women have left comfortable, privileged lives to join the Islamic... |
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Fractured Continent: Europe's Crises and the Fate of the West
WILLIAM DROZDIAK · W. W. Norton & Company
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover
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An urgent examination of how the political and social volatility in Europe impacts the United States and the rest of the world.The dream of a United States of Europe is unraveling in the wake of several crises now afflicting the continent. The single Euro currency threatens to break apart... |
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Black Detroit: A People's History of Self-Determination
Herb Boyd · Amistad
Pages: 352
Format: Print book
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The author of Baldwin's Harlem looks at the evolving culture, politics, economics, and spiritual life of Detroit - a blend of memoir, love letter, history, and clear-eyed reportage that explores the city's past, present, and future and its significance to the African American legacy... |
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Be Like the Fox: Machiavelli In His World
ERICA BENNER · W. W. Norton & Company
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover
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The dramatic, myth-shattering story of how Machiavelli, the most misunderstood thinker of all time, fought to change his corrupt world.Since the publication of The Prince five centuries ago, Machiavelli has been associated with political amorality. But that characterization is unfair. In Be Like... |
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