Public Affairs category: 1291 books
by Sam Ohuabunwa
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2017
Nigeria was a promising country when it gained independence in 1960 and showed steady growth and good performance until 1966 when the military struck and destabilized the nation. But over thirty years since the war ended and fourteen unbroken years of democratic governance since 1999, the anticipated...
by Gil Troy
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2009
"They called it the Reagan revolution," Ronald Reagan noted in his Farewell Address. "Well, I'll accept that, but for me it always seemed more like the great rediscovery, a rediscovery of our values and our common sense." Nearly two decades after that 1989 speech, debate continues...
High Crimes and Misdemeanors
The Case Against Bill Clinton
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2011
*"Coulter is a pundit extraordinaire." - RUSH LIMBAUGH
"Ann Coulter is one of the fiery new breed of conservative commentators who don't worry what the Establishment thinks of them." - ROBERT D. NOVAK*
"A fluent polemicist with a gift for Menckenesque invective...she can harness such...
Statesmen and Mischief Makers:
Officeholders and Their Contributions to History from Kennedy to Reagan
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2015
Historically, when sweeping policy changes or legislation of indelible consequence are signed into law, Presidents receive the credit. There is a good reason for that. Without the Chief Executive putting his pen to paper, these advancements would have nary a chance of becoming reality. In most cases,...
Statesmen and Mischief Makers:
Officeholders Who Were Footnotes in the Developments of History from Kennedy to Reagan
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2015
History has produced many individuals who have impacted the times. Some are well known, others barely recognized. My book follows two paths. One examines officeholders who served between 1960 and 1988, famous or obscure, whose actions gave way to an even more famous person's career. Others are Governors...
by Orwell Kafka
Language: English
Release Date: July 4, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 4, 2012
Our nation is in rapid decline. We don't want to acknowledge it or believe it, but it's true.
If we don't change America will be history.
The good news is that there is still time to save our great nation from extinction.
We don't have to create anything, re-invent anything or do anything radical...
Conservative Conservationist
Russell E. Train and the Emergence of American Environmentalism
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2006
In the history of American environmentalism, Russell E. Train plays a starring role. Few individuals have been so influential in creating the United States' environmental policies and encouraging conservation efforts around the world. In this absorbing new biography, J. Brooks Flippen describes Train's...
Tainted by Suspicion
The Secret Deals and Electoral Chaos of Disputed Presidential Elections
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2016
The almost-presidencies of Aaron Burr or Al Gore would have created a different world.
Four presidential elections were not decided on election day, but were rather decided by another branch of government. And in three cases, large segments of Americans viewed the president...
Basic Income
A Transformative Policy for India
Language: English
Release Date: January 29, 2015
Would it be possible to provide people with a basic income as a right? The idea has a long history. This book draws on two pilot schemes conducted in the Indian State of Madhya Pradesh, in which thousands of men, women and children were provided with an unconditional monthly cash payment. In a context...
by Frederick Denny
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2015
An Introduction to Islam, Fourth Edition, provides students with a thorough, unified and topical introduction to the global religious community of Islam. In addition, the author's extensive field work, experience, and scholarship combined with his engaging writing style and passion for the subject...
How the Democrats Can Win by Leading America to a Better Future in 2010 and Beyond
An Update to The Audacity to Win (A Penguin Group eSpecial from Penguin Books)
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2010
Since David Plouffe helped design the plan that brought candidate Obama to the White House, the lessons of that plan have become only more relevant. Today, conservative forces led by figures like Sarah Palin and Glenn Beck threaten to derail the tremendous promise of Democrats’ recent gains, making...
Las identidades nacional populares
De la resistencia noventista a los años kirchernistas
Language: Spanish
Release Date: May 9, 2016
La asunción de Kirchner al gobierno nacional en 2003 trajo consigo la implementación de una política transversal que incluyó algunos movimientos “piqueteros” en sus filas y abrió un período signado por importantes cambios en las acciones y alineamientos de varias organizaciones. Este libro...
by The Iraq Study Group, James A. Baker, III
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2006
On March 15, 2006, members from both parties in Congress supported the creation of the bipartisan Iraq Study Group to review the situation on the ground and propose strategies for the way forward. For more than eight months, the Study Group met with military officers, regional experts, academics,...
Obama's Enforcer
Eric Holder's Justice Department
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2014
Under Attorney General Eric Holder, the Department of Justice has become a politicized hotbed of left-wing legal activism.
What is Eric Holder up to? When questioned by congressional committees on sensitive issues like the ATF "gunwalking" scandal or the surveillance of Fox News'...