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  • Surveillance Nation

    by David Cole (Introduction), Richard Kreitner (Editor) ...
    We’ve been living in 1984 since 1941. That was the year the Justice Department first authorized the wiretapping of Americans. “We shudder to think of what its agents will do with this new authorization,” The Nation warned in an editorial that year.Ever since then, our writers have investigated, exposed and denounced gross violations of our most basic civil liberties.Now these articles have been ... Read more

    $14.08 CAD

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  • Complete Essays

    by Michel de Montaigne ...
    Michel de Montaigne was one of the most influential figures of the Renaissance, singlehandedly responsible for popularising the essay as a literary form. In 1572, Montaigne retired to his estates in order to devote himself to leisure, reading and reflection. There he wrote his constantly expanding 'essays', inspired by the ideas he found in books from his library and his own experience. He ... Read more

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  • When the Tea Party Came to Town

    Inside the U.S. House of Representatives' Most Combative, Dysfunctional, and Infuriating Term in Modern History

    by Robert Draper ...
    When the Tea Party Came to Towndemonstrates Robert Draper’s uncanny ability to ferret out news-making tidbits and provides us with the first look at this game-changing Congress—sure to be a classic work.In When the Tea Party Came to Town, Robert Draper delivers the definitive account of what may turn out to be the worst congressional term in United States history. As he did in writing about ... Read more

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  • Liberalism and the Social Problem

    by Winston Churchill ...
    These are the principal speeches I have made within the last four years. They have been chosen and collected with the idea of presenting a consistent and simultaneous view of the general field of British politics in an hour of fateful decision. I have exercised full freedom in compression and in verbal correction necessary to make them easier to read.-Winston Churchill ... Read more

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  • The Good Fight

    Hard Lessons from Searchlight to Washington

    by Harry Reid, Mark Warren ...
    After a childhood of shocking poverty, Harry Reid completed law school, working as a policeman to pay his way. He faced death threats as the head of the Nevada Gaming Commission trying to clean up Las Vegas. Eventually he rose to become Senate Majority Leader in Washington-without ever forgetting the mining town he came from, or the battles he fought along the way. This is that rare book by a ... Read more

    $6.99 CAD

  • Government Accountability and Legislative Oversight

    by Riccardo Pelizzo, Frederick Stapenhurst ...
    Series series Routledge Research in Comparative Politics
    The purpose of the book is to investigate parliaments’ capacity to oversee government activities, policies and budget legislation. By analysing the survey data that the World Bank Institute in collaboration with the Inter-Parliamentary Union collected from 120 parliaments, Pelizzo and Stapenhurst show what tools are available to parliaments worldwide, which tools are more or less common, how ... Read more

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  • The Practical Guide to the United States Constitution

    A historically accurate and entertaining owners' manual for the founding documents

    by Tom McHale ...
    Series Book 4 - Practical Guides
    The Practical Guide to the United States Constitution offers an accurate but entertaining look at the founding documents. It covers the how's, what's, and why's of the United States Constitution, but with a side of fun. The mission is simple: to make the Constitution so easy to understand that even a career politician can grasp it.This Practical Guide covers the underlying concepts of natural ... Read more

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  • Public Development for Mobile and Open Data

    Fostering innovation and social benefit through technology

    by Troy MacFarlane ...
    Open Data provides social and economic benefit for governments and citizens. Mobile applications are an enabler for Open Data to reach a broad range of citizens. This book will provide an overview of both Open Data and mobile technologies. The book will also profile organizations that are active in advocating Open Data and provide the reader with a glimpse of how they can get involved within their ... Read more

    $5.99 CAD

  • Summary and Analysis of Profiles in Courage

    Based on the Book by John F. Kennedy

    by Worth Books ...
    Series series Smart Summaries
    So much to read, so little time? This brief overview of Profiles in Courage tells you what you need to know—before or after you read John F. Kennedy's book.Crafted and edited with care, Worth Books set the standard for quality and give you the tools you need to be a well-informed reader.This short summary and analysis of Profiles in Courage includes:Historical contextChapter-by-chapter ... Read more

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  • Right Way to Lose a War

    America in an Age of Unwinnable Conflicts

    by Dominic Tierney ...
    Why has America stopped winning wars?For nearly a century, up until the end of World War II in 1945, America enjoyed a Golden Age of decisive military triumphs. And then suddenly, we stopped winning wars. The decades since have been a Dark Age of failures and stalemates-in Korea, Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghanistan-exposing our inability to change course after battlefield setbacks.In this provocative ... Read more

    $2.99 CAD

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  • On the Duty of Civil Disobedience

    by Henry David Thoreau, Ralph Waldo Emerson ...
    “Thoreau is more relevant than ever” – Boston Globe“I do not lend myself to the wrong which I condemn.” – Henry David Thoreau, On the Duty of Civil DisobedienceThoreau’s concept of Civil Disobedience inspired many public figures whose actions altered the flow of history: Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther King Jr., President John F. Kennedy; and influenced writers including Leo Tolstoy, Marcel Proust, ... Read more

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  • Fighting Bob La Follette

    The Righteous Reformer

    by Nancy C. Unger ...
    Robert “Fighting Bob” La Follette (1855–1925) was one of the most significant leaders of American progressivism. Nancy Unger integrates previously unknown details from La Follette’s personal life with important events from his storied political career, revealing a complex man who was a compelling mixture of failure and accomplishment, tragedy and triumph.Serving as U.S. representative from 1885 to ... Read more

    $31.19 CAD