Local Government category: 1701 books
The House Will Come To Order
How the Texas Speaker Became a Power in State and National Politics
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2010
In a state assumed to have a constitutionally weak governor, the Speaker of the Texas House wields enormous power, with the ability to almost single-handedly dictate the legislative agenda. The House Will Come to Order charts the evolution of the Speaker's role from a relatively obscure office to...
Evolutionary Leadership
Conscious Leadership in an Age of Transition
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2014
Peter Merry interviewed by Psychiatrist Dr Nicholas Beecroft. Peter is an evolutionary leader who operates at the evolutionary edge of our civilization. He describes himself as a the human being, author, speaker, global activist, leader, consultant, trainer, synnervator, human ecologist, father, folk...
by Diana McCaulay
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2010
Told in two voices, educated Jamaican English and the nation-language of the people, this dramatic novel tells the story of a well-meaning, middle-class woman and a young boy from the ghetto whom she desperately wants to help. Alternating between the perspectives of the woman and the boy, the story...
Old Ghosts in New Sheets
European Populist Parties and Foreign Policy
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2011
This research paper analyses the foreign policy positions of five populist parties of the Right and Left in Western Europe. It focuses on foreign policy, an often ignored dimension of their ideas. It aims to fill a hole in policy debates by showing that European populism poses a coherent threat to...
by Austin Andrews
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2017
Shadow Hymns is an exploration of photojournalism and foreign correspondence by filmmaker Austin Andrews. Photo spreads in the book include Desert Sundials: Angles on the Sand Seas of Namibia; Pyramiden: Midnight Latitudes of Svalbard, and Frontier Empire of Ascension Island.
An Emergency Plan That Could Save Thousands
Based on Experiences of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Medical Planning FDA Scam and Soft Targets: Third Edition
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2018
An Emergency Plan That Could Save Thousands
By: Norman Ende M.D.
The explosion of the atom bomb at Hiroshima and Nagasaki had a great significance to anyone in the military, nationally and worldwide. It not only ended the war; it directly affected those in uniform. When the bombs...
by Stephen D. Cummings|and Patrick B. Reddy
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
As Arnold Schwarzenegger begins to end his internationally famous and historic governorship, the intense jockeying to replace him has started. National figures like Dianne Feinstein, Jerry Brown, Gavin Newsome and Antonio Villaraigosa are among the contenders. California after Arnold provides historic...
The Military and the State in Central Asia
From Red Army to Independence
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2009
The military played a pivotal role in the political development, state functions, foreign policy and the daily lives of the people in the Central Asian states from the early twentieth century until the present. This book is the first major, in-depth study of the military institutions in Central Asian...
by Christian M. Allen
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2013
Latin American cocaine trafficking organizations comprise an indigenous, globally competitive, multinational industry. Their business operations are deeply ingrained within the economic and political systems of countries throughout the region. While criminal enterprises operate in a more complex and...
by Joseph Spark
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2014
Police for some is friend and for others is foe. This book will take you on a journey with the formation of the modern day police force to current events. We will analyze police activity and give insight for each event. You will need to decide whether the police force is hired to protect the rich or the broad public.
by Ron Wood
Language: English
Release Date: July 9, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 9, 2014
All Roads Lead to Manyberries is like a script torn right out of Coronation Street, except it’s Canadian and it all happens in a little place called The Just One More Saloon in the Prairie town of Manyberries, Alberta. It’s a chair-dragging-across-the-saloon-floor earthy read. Ron Wood pokes fun...
The Third House
Lobbyists and Lobbying in the States
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2000
The book, which has drawn praise for its inviting and accessible style, thoroughly examines the lobbying scene: the settings in which lobbying takes place, the types and styles of lobbyists, the broad range of approaches and techniques used by lobbyists, and the role and influence of lobbying in our...
by Aaron Garrison
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2014
The typical soapbox comes with strings attached: an agenda to be pushed, an ego to be stroked, a donation box to be filled. This book, on the other hand, attempts to fulfill the soapbox’s original ideal, as a fount of goodwill and ideas.
Aaron Garrison, author of Learn Yourself: A Manual...
Qi=mc2
Science: Qualium Leap in Evolution
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2014
Qi=mc2 is available in digital print and in MP3 recorded versions. The book is in two volumes to mirror the thinking of the two-hemisphere brain so that each volume stands alone and readers may choose their principal way of knowing to grasp the emerging world-view underlying the chaotic events in...