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  • A Room in Chelsea Square

    by Michael Nelson ...
    '[Nelson's] style is swift and straightforward, his narrative gift considerable ... Consistently diverting, this may be the novel about homosexuality to end all novels on the subject .. . [W]ill make many a reader's day.' - Julian MacLaren-Ross, Punch'Talented, amusing ... the story is told with sustained suspense: the various men in it are not merely types, but flesh and blood, even if one wishes ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • Clinton's Elections

    1992, 1996, and the Birth of a New Era of Governance

    by Michael Nelson ...
    Series series American Presidential Elections
    In the presidential elections of 1980, 1984, and 1988, the three Democratic nominees won an average of about 10 percent of the Electoral College vote—a smaller share than any party in any three consecutive presidential elections in US history. In the next seven elections, Democrats won the popular vote in all but one (2004), a feat not achieved by a political party since the Democratic Party’s ... Read more

    $15.89 USD

  • Vaulting Ambition

    FDR's Campaign to Pack the Supreme Court

    by Michael Nelson ...
    Series series Landmark Presidential Decisions
    Nothing embodied Franklin D. Roosevelt’s campaign to lastingly embed the New Deal in the major institutions of American government more than his effort to pack the Supreme Court. Vaulting Ambition, the inaugural volume in the Landmark Presidential Decisions series, presents a balanced assessment of FDR’s 1937 effort to fundamentally change the highest court in the land.Unlike most work on the ... Read more

    $21.59 USD

  • The Development of Tropical Lands

    Policy Issues in Latin America

    by Michael Nelson ...
    Series series RFF Global Environment and Development Set
    First Published in 2011. Latin America today is similar to Canada in the early 1900s-a sleeping giant, basically underpopulated, whose potential rests on the exploitation of enormous land, forest, mineral, and water reserves. This study, carried out over the period 1967-69, has involved travel throughout much of Latin America north of the Tropic of Capricorn and discussions with people in many ... Read more

    $73.99 USD

  • Fear No More

    by Michael Nelson ...
    A journalist on holiday in a small French village in the 1950s discovers an enigmatic memorial plaque, dedicated to a British soldier who died in World War II "and to his black cat whom he loved". Intrigued by the curious inscription and sensing a story, he sets out to uncover the young man's fate, but he quickly finds that no one in the village wants to talk about it. All he is able to learn is ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • Knock or Ring

    by Michael Nelson ...
    Business is slow at the provincial bookshop owned by young Michael Ransome, which suits him fine, since he'd rather be asleep or drunk than at work anyway. Unfortunately, there's the small problem of earning a living, but Ransome thinks he's found a solution. Sir Jeremy Etchingham's library is set to be auctioned off, and there is a legend that a unique and priceless bibliographical rarity is ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • Trump

    The First Two Years

    by Michael Nelson ...
    Series series Miller Center Studies on the Presidency
    On the first anniversary of Donald Trump’s presidency, Michael Nelson, one of our finest and most objective presidential scholars, published Trump’s First Year, a nonpartisan assessment that was widely hailed as the best account of one of the most unusual years in presidential history. At the midpoint of Trump’s term, Nelson has updated his book to include the second year, which if anything has ... Read more

    $23.79 USD

  • Resilient America

    Electing Nixon in 1968, Channeling Dissent, and Dividing Government

    by Michael Nelson ...
    Series series American Presidential Elections
    Richard E. Neustadt AwardThe paperback edition includes new material based on sources made available after the hardback’s publication in 2014.To look at the partisan polarization that paralyzes Washington today is to see what first took shape with the presidential election of 1968. This book explains why. Urban riots and the Tet Offensive, the assassinations of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Robert F ... Read more

    $11.59 USD

  • Statistics in Nutrition and Dietetics

    by Michael Nelson ...
    Statistics in Nutrition and Dietetics is a clear and accessible volume introducing the basic concepts of the scientific method, statistical analysis, and research in the context of the increasingly evidence-based field of nutrition and dietetics. Focusing on quantitative analysis and drawing on short, practical exercises and real-world examples, this reader-friendly textbook helps students ... Read more

    $62.00 USD

  • Guide to the Presidency

    by Michael Nelson ...
    The Guide to the Presidency is an extensive study of the most important office of the U.S. political system. Its two volumes describe the history, workings and people involved in this office from Washington to Clinton.The thirty-seven chapters of the Guide, arranged into seven distinct subject areas (ranging from the origins of the office to the powers of the presidency to selection and removal) ... Read more

    $600.00 USD

  • Sustaining Lean in Healthcare

    Developing and Engaging Physician Leadership

    by Michael Nelson ...
    Among the first books to focus on physician engagement during a Lean effort, Sustaining Lean in Healthcare: Developing and Engaging Physician Leadership explains how to ensure ongoing physician participation long after the consultant leaves. Dr. Michael Nelson, an early adopter of Lean in healthcare, explains how to use these synergic tools to achieve consistently high levels of quality and ... Read more

    $89.99 USD

  • Trump's First Year

    by Michael Nelson ...
    Series series Miller Center Studies on the Presidency
    Donald Trump took office in January 2017 under mostly favorable conditions. He inherited neither a war nor an economic depression, and his party controlled both houses of Congress. He leveraged this successfully in some ways by delivering on his campaign promises to roll back regulations on business, and he saw his nominee for the Supreme Court, Neil Gorsuch, approved swiftly and with little ... Read more

    $20.89 USD