Local Government category: 1701 books
New Magna Carta
A Psychiatrist's Prescription for Western Civilization
Language: English
Release Date: May 26, 2015
The New Magna Carta is a bold vision and strategy to rejuvenate Western Civilization. On the 800th anniversary of the original ‘Great Charter,’ Dr Nicholas Beecroft proposes a clear vision of who we are, what we believe, what we value, where we want to get to and the necessary steps to get...
The Future of Europe
A View from Inside the European Union
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2014
Helen Titchen Beeth interviewed by Psychiatrist Dr Nicholas Beecroft. Helen Titchen Beeth is an evolutionary leader operating at the heart of Europe as a linguist and change consultant in the European Union Commission Headquarters in Brussels. She is a committed European and describes herself as a...
Arizona Firestorm
Global Immigration Realities, National Media, and Provincial Politics
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2012
In 2010, the governor of Arizona signed a controversial immigration bill (SB 1070) that led to a news media frenzy, copycat bills in twenty-two states, and a U.S. Supreme Court battle that put Arizona at the cross-hairs of the immigration debate. Arizona Firestorm brings together well-respected experts...
In Search of George Washington
The Story of the 28Th Amendment
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2011
In Search of George Washington (The Story of the 28th Amendment) chronicles the amazing flashback that was the "Prairie Fire" that swept the country over 18 months in 2012 and 2013. See how America cried out for Her heroes and Her history and Her heritage and how a strange re-visitation...
by Gail Ellis
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2013
Introduction
Stealing paintings from museums is not a new phenomenon. The practice has gone on for centuries but various factors saw a rise in art theft during the last century. The theft of the Mona Lisa in 1911 raised many issues of museum security and sentencing issues. The outbreak of...
by Steve Bareham
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2013
Why do people kill? Is violent behaviour part of human nature? These are important social questions. And while murder and war are grim subject matters, they are difficult to ignore. There are 468,000 murders every year around the world, and that number would be quadrupled were it not for fast ambulances...
by Varshini Tripura
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2017
உலகில் ஒரு மூலையில் உள்ள தகவல்களை ஓரிடத்திலிருந்து மற்றொரிடத்திற்கு மைக்ரோ செகண்டுகளில் கொண்டு வந்து சேர்த்த...
by John J. Kennedy
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2014
Pennsylvania Elections provides a systematic and thorough analysis of every statewide election in Pennsylvania since 1950. The five chapters are divided between U.S. Senate elections, gubernatorial contests, statewide row offices, and presidential campaigns. Each of the 106 elections that have taken...
Red Scare
Right-Wing Hysteria, Fifties Fanaticism, and Their Legacy in Texas
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2014
Winner of the Texas State Historical Association Coral Horton Tullis Memorial Prize for Best Book on Texas History, this authoritative study of red-baiting in Texas reveals that what began as a coalition against communism became a fierce power struggle between conservative and liberal politics.
by Claude Renaud
Language: French
Release Date: September 9, 2015
Language: French
Release Date: September 9, 2015
Rien ne destinait l'auxiliaire de justice qu'était Claude Renaud à se métamorphoser en voyou, en délinquant à col blanc. Pourtant, c'est ce qu'il fit !
Puisque rien ne semblait pouvoir arrêter la spirale dans laquelle il se complaisait, son séjour au sein de ce fleuron...
Defending Equality
The History of the Fight for LGBT Rights
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2017
Defending Equality is a book about the fight for LGBTQ rights in the United States and around the world. It is no secret that LGBTQ people are not treated with dignity and respect by many and must... More > fight for their rights as human beings, they always have had to. This book shows the history of the movement and what is next in the fight
A Just Cause
The Impeachment and Removal of Governor Rod Blagojevich
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2015
Illinois State Historical Society Certificate of Excellence 2016
During the predawn hours of December 9, 2008, an FBI team swarmed the home of Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich and took him away in handcuffs. The shocking arrest, based on allegations of corruption and extortion, launched a...
by Donald L. Anderson, Hildegarde Hannum
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 1996
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 1996
The collection of lectures and publications from the Schumacher Center for a New Economics represents some of the foremost voices on a new economics.
Donald Anderson highlights the necessity in the fight against poverty to first and foremost organize communities and let them decide their courses...
Padre!
A Place Whose Rules Rearrange Your Own
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2013
Described as 'that missing voice from Generation X' by Roger Muntu from Voice of America, Raven fashions you front row seats to the ride of a lifetime.
She is a cultural, nonfictionist tyrannosaurus rex (roar!) and her narration of the lives of Ivoiriens during her 2 years living in...