Ben: 3397 books
by Haim Ben-Asher
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2010
What is the use of Zionism?
To restore our pride as Jews, comes the ready answer. Now just when did we lose this precious pride? Could it be that, without the State of Israel, Zionists might be ashamed of being Jews? And how can one be proud of a country that drops white phosphorous bombs on defenseless...
Remembering Palestine in 1948
Beyond National Narratives
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2011
The war of 1948 in Palestine is a conflict whose history has been written primarily from the national point of view. This book asks what happens when narratives of war arise out of personal stories of those who were involved, stories that are still unfolding. Efrat Ben-Ze'ev examines the memories...
by Ben Raiche
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2013
The book stretches from classic to pun filled prose and "Dittyography". This word has been invented in order to better explain the varied styles of rhymes interspersed along with the articles contained. Ben has written for many Free Press Papers primarily read by senior citizens across the...
Lines in the Water
Nature and Culture at Lake Titicaca
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2002
This beautifully written book weaves reflections on anthropological fieldwork together with evocative meditations on a spectacular landscape as it takes us to the remote indigenous villages on the shore of Lake Titicaca, high in the Peruvian Andes. Ben Orlove brings alive the fishermen, reed cutters,...
What It Takes: The Way to the White House
The Way to the White House
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2011
A masterpiece of political reportage that exposes the emotional reality of the modern American campaign system
Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Richard Ben Cramer cracks open the heart of the American political system in this classic exploration of the 1988 presidential campaign. Cramer...
Not Without Honor
The Life of John H. Reagan
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2014
John H. Reagan was one of the most important figures in Texas history; this was the first biography of him to be published. Reagan, who was born in Sevier County, Tennessee, in 1818, came to Texas twenty-one years later—while Texas was still a republic—and stayed to play many major roles in its later...
The Coal Question (Routledge Revivals)
Political Economy and Industrial Change from the Nineteenth Century to the Present Day
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2013
The coal industry has always occupied a symbolic place in British economic and political life, inspiring debates and arousing passions throughout the last two centuries. This account of the economics of coal, first published in 1990, is unique in its comprehensive three-part approach. First, Ben Fine...
Traitor to the Crown
The Untold Story of the Popish Plot and the Consipiracy Against Samuel Pepys
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2009
“The meticulousness of the Longs’ research is awesome” in this historical account of the plot to brand a British naval official as a Catholic traitor (The Guardian).
1679, England: Fear of conspiracy and religious terrorism have provoked panic in politicians and a zealous reaction from...
by Ben Dupre
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2011
At a time of widespread popular cynicism and profound international unease, the need for clarity over the basic concepts of politics has never been greater.
The forces of Fundamentalism endanger our Liberty and Security, while government responses to it may pose a basic threat to Justice, Democracy...
A More Perfect Union
What We the People Can Do to Reclaim Our Constitutional Liberties
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2015
**Dear Reader,
Many people have wondered why I’ve been speaking out on controversial issues for the last few years. They say I’ve never held political office. I’m not a constitutional scholar. I’m not even a lawyer. All I can say to that is “Guilty as charged.”**
It’s true...
Crazy Like a Fox
One Principal's Triumph in the Inner City
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2010
The inspiring true story of "one of the country's finest educators" (National Review) and the school he changed forever.
Under the leadership of highly unorthodox principal Dr. Ben Chavis, Oakland's American Indian Public Charter School was hailed as an "education miracle"...
One Vote
Make Your Voice Heard
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2017
Discover the True Power of the Ballot
The vast majority of Americans feel that our nation is moving in the wrong direction, but we feel powerless to do anything about it. Maybe, that’s why in the presidential election of 2012, more people did not vote than voted for either candidate. We, the people,...
Miracle Boy Grows Up
How the Disability Rights Revolution Saved My Sanity
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2012
An NPR commentator’s memoir of surviving, and thriving, against all odds with spinal muscular atrophy.
Ben Mattlin lives a normal, independent life. Why is that interesting? Because Mattlin was born with spinal muscular atrophy, a congenital muscle weakness from which he was expected to die...
by Ben Ghazi
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2012
The US election has been won- now Congress must agree to budgetary measures to see the US through the next year. Again the focus will be tax increases on the rich and the Republicans will fight those increases. But it doesn't need to be this way.The solution is simple, take the decision of tax...