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Shut Up, I'm Talking
And Other Diplomacy Lessons I Learned in the Israeli Government--A Memoir
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2008
Shut Up, I'm Talking is a smart, hilarious insider take on Israeli politics that reads like the bastard child of Thomas Friedman and David Sedaris. Now a political writer for Salon, Gregory Levey stumbled into a job as speechwriter for the Israeli delegation to the United Nations at age twenty-five...
by Talcott Parsons
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2010
A Collection of essays which studies the theoretical problem of relationships between social structure and personality, and how these different relationships merit distinct treatment for particular purposes. Parsons concludes that in the larger picture, their interdependencies are so intimate that...
by Adam Seligman
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 1992
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 1992
As the countries of East-Central Europe struggle to create liberal democracy and the United States and other Western nations attempt to rediscover their own tarnished civil institutions, Adam Seligman identifies the neglect of the idea of "civil society" as a central concern common to both cultures...
by James E. Austin
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2008
James E. Austin’scase studies are designed to help managers effectively compete in the Third World business environment.
Designed for business school courses and in-house company training programs, this companion to Managing in Developing Countries presents 35 case studies organized around...
Ike's Gamble
America's Rise to Dominance in the Middle East
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2016
“Deeply researched, tightly argued, and accessibly concise” (The New York Times Book Review)—a major retelling of the Suez Canal Crisis of 1956, a seminal event in the history of US relations with the Middle East, and why President Eisenhower sided with Egypt rather than Britain, France, and...
by James G. March, Johan P. Olsen
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2010
The authors propose a new theory of political behavior that re-invigorates the role of institutions—from laws and bureaucracy to rituals and symbols—as essential to understanding the modern political and economic systems that guide contemporary life.
A Bound Man
Why We Are Excited About Obama and Why He Can't Win
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2007
In Shelby Steele's beautifully wrought and thoughtprovoking new book, A Bound Man, the award-winning and bestselling author of The Content of Our Character attests that Senator Barack Obama's groundbreaking quest for the highest office in the land is fast becoming a galvanizing occasion beyond mere...
by Shanto Iyengar, Stephen Ansolabehere
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2010
Political advertising has been called the worst cancer in American society. Ads cost millions, and yet the entire campaign season is now filled with nasty and personal attacks. In this landmark six-year study, two of the nation's leading political scientists show exactly how cancerous the ad spot has become. 16 illustrations.
by John Ralston Saul
Language: English
Release Date: December 25, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 25, 2012
With a new Introduction by the author, this “erudite and brilliantly readable book” (The Observer, London) expertly dissects the political, economic, and social origins of Western civilization to reveal a culture cripplingly enslaved to crude notions of rationality and expertise.
With a...
This Is Your Brain On Sex
The Science Behind the Search for Love
Language: English
Release Date: January 3, 2012
Previously published as Dirty Minds: How Our Brains Influence Love, Sex, and Relationships.
PHILOSOPHERS, THEOLOGIANS, ARTISTS, AND BOY BANDS HAVE WAXED poetic for centuries about the nature of love. But what does the brain have to say about the way we carry our hearts? In the wake of a divorce,...
Dogtown
Death and Enchantment in a New England Ghost Town
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2009
The area known as Dogtown -- an isolated colonial ruin and surrounding 3,000-acre woodland in storied seaside Gloucester, Massachusetts -- has long exerted a powerful influence over artists, writers, eccentrics, and nature lovers. But its history is also woven through with tales of witches, supernatural...
The 188th Crybaby Brigade
A Skinny Jewish Kid from Chicago Fights Hezbollah--A Memoir
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2010
Look at me. Do you see me? Do you see me in my olive-green uniform, beret, and shiny black boots? Do you see the assault rifle slung across my chest? Finally! I am the badass Israeli soldier at the side of the road, in sunglasses, forearms like bricks. And honestly -- have you ever seen anything quite...
Obama on the Couch
Inside the Mind of the President
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2011
Even though he’s three years into his term as President, many Americans feel like they don’t know the “real” Barack Obama. From the idealistic campaigner who seemed to share our dreams, and who promised to fulfill our lofty expectations, to pragmatic politician who has repeatedly compromised...
The Triple Whammy Cure
The Breakthrough Women's Health Program for Feeling Good Again in 3 Weeks
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2006
Is this your life? You've been feeling just plain awful for far too long -- depressed, exhausted, achy, stressed-out, bloated, and forgetful. In fact, you're beginning to find it hard to remember the last time you felt really well -- or even just okay. So you go to the doctor -- perhaps even a series...