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In his third book on France, the veteran international correspondent Joseph Harriss cautions that it is probably not the country you expect.  He explores persistent myths about that complex nation and analyzes its rapidly evolving situation today.  What have 70 years of Socialism done to it?  Are...

You do not have to know anything about the police, but it may harm your understanding of the world you live in if you do not read this book. Arresting 10-year-olds for for stealing sweets… Nicking adults for denying the existence of Santa Claus… Investigating Kelly's ex's new girlfriend's...

An emotional visit to the Vietnam Wall on its 30th anniversary. A solemn service at Arlington National Cemetery. The leader of the "Band of Brothers" remembered as a modest, dignified next-door neighbor in Hershey, Pennsylvania. Tiny Shanksville, Pennsylvania, becoming a town of memorials...

DESCRIPTION OF BOOK This philosophical book is targeted at both the serious general reader and matured student, e.g., the GCE “A” Level student, and, the SAT, GRE or GMAT testee. It has 52 selected essays which contain thoughts that have struck the author’s mind at one time or...

This final book in a series of three concludes our adventure together and marks the beginning of another. Revelations within it can be quite profound to those with an open mind and honest heart. Though a minimum amount of imagination may be required to comprehend the awareness of its most abstract...

MAKING MILLIONS — BOLD ABORIGINAL ENTREPRENEURS  — KIM BAIRD, CLARENCE LOUIE, TEWANEE JOSEPH, MANNY JULES — ARE REINVENTING CANADA’S ECONOMY  A growing number of aboriginal leaders – especially those blessed by geography – are unlocking the value of their lands in order...

Originally published in 1988, this revised and expanded edition of Donald C. MacDonald's acclaimed memoirs provides an inside look at provincial politics in Ontario through the eyes of a party leader. Dubbed "the Happy Warrior" by Tommy Douglas, MacDonald led the Ontario CCF/NDP for seventeen...

René Lévesque entered provincial politics in 1960 when Jean Lesage persuaded him to join his Liberal dream team. In 1968 he founded the Parti Québécois  (PQ). Under the PQ banner, Lévesque served as premier from 1976 to 1985.

Until his resignation in May 2015, Don Plusquellic had been the mayor of Akron, Ohio, for twenty-eight years. When he took office in 1987, Ronald Reagan was in the White House, the average price for a car was a little over $10,000, and later that year the US stock market would drop over 22 percent...

From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Friday Night Lights, the heart-wrenching and hilarious true story of an American city on its knees and a man who will do anything to save it. A Prayer for the City is acclaimed journalist Buzz Bissinger's true epic of Philadelphia mayor Ed Rendell,...

Amerika hat durch den Sturm kürzlich mit katastrophalen Ereignisse gewesen, die unsere Stärke und Glauben als Nation getestet. Jedoch wie immer Amerika standhaft, und jetzt ist es Zeit für Amerika, treu die Versprechungen der Demokratie durch die Verbesserung der Lebensbedingungen aller Amerikaner...

DEDICATION   Street children in Brazil and Bangkok Human trafficking Contemporary slavery Unfree labour Debt bondage Peon Penal labour Sexual slavery Wage slavery Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, especially Women and Children Convention against...

Keen to learn but short on time? Get to grips with the life and career of Andrew Jackson in next to no time with this concise guide. 50Minutes.com provides a clear and engaging analysis of the life, times and career of Andrew Jackson, the seventh president of the United States. Described by...

Male Nude Photography book. Text and photos from the October 2004, City of West Hollywood sponsored Town Hall public forum on Crystal Meth, and its relationship with the increasing number of HIV diagnoses. Panel participants included Actor Chad Allen, Singer Paul LeKakis, HIV AIDS Medical Doctor...