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  • President-Making in the Gilded Age

    The Nominating Conventions of 1876-1900

    by Stan M. Haynes ...
    Nominating conventions were the highlight of presidential elections in the Gilded Age, an era when there were no primaries, no debates and nominees did little active campaigning. Unlike modern conventions, the outcomes were not so seemingly predetermined.Historians consider the late 19th century an era of political corruption, when party bosses controlled the conventions and chose the nominees. ... Read more

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  • Our Revolution

    A Future to Believe In

    by Bernie Sanders ...
    The New York Times–bestselling memoir by the longest-serving political independent in Congressional history.When Bernie Sanders began his race for the presidency, it was considered a "fringe" campaign by the political establishment and the media—something not to be taken seriously. After all, he was just an Independent senator from a small state with little name recognition. His campaign had no ... Read more

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  • The Way Forward

    Renewing the American Idea

    by Paul Ryan ...
    From the intellectual leader of the Republican party, an unvarnished look into the state of the conservative movement today and a clear plan for what needs to be done to save the American Idea.The Way Forward challenges conventional thinking, outlines his political vision for 2014 and beyond, and shows how essential conservatism is for the future of our nation.Beginning with a careful analysis of ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

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  • Friends Divided

    John Adams and Thomas Jefferson

    by Gordon S. Wood ...
    **A New York Times Book Review Notable Book of 2017From the great historian of the American Revolution, New York Times-bestselling and Pulitzer-winning Gordon Wood, comes a majestic dual biography of two of America's most enduringly fascinating figures, whose partnership helped birth a nation, and whose subsequent falling out did much to fix its course.**Thomas Jefferson and John Adams could ... Read more

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  • Big Mouths: The Playboy Interview

    50 Years of the Playboy Interview

    by Playboy, Howard Cosell, Gene Siskel, Roger Ebert, Rush Limbaugh, Howard Stern, Bob Novak, Rowland Evans, Bill O'Reilly, Michael Moore, Donald Trump, Mark Cuban, Simon Cowell, Keith Olbermann, Michael Savage ...
    These outspoken men never met an opinion that they didnt like—or an opinion that they didnt feel like sharing with everyone else. In this case, they shared their opinions in probing, wide-ranging and provocative interviews that first appeared in Playboy magazine. From the original frenemies Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert to conservative firebrands Rush Limbaugh and Michael Savage to the acid-tongued ... Read more

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  • Virtual Caliphate: Exposing the Islamist State on the Internet

    by Yaakov Lappin ...
    In 1924, the last caliphate—an Islamic state as envisioned by the Koran—was dismantled in Turkey. With no state in existence that matches the radical Islamic ideal since, al Qaeda, which sees itself as a government in exile, along with its hundreds of affiliate organizations, has failed to achieve its goal of reestablishing the caliphate. It is precisely this failure to create a homeland, ... Read more

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  • Understanding American Exceptionalism

    by D.M. Nordmark ...
    Is America an Exceptional Nation? If so, how did it get that way? Are the qualities that made America exceptional still in existence today? Just what does this phrase mean anyway?In Understanding American Exceptionalism, David Nordmark explores the roots of just what made America unique to begin with. He looks at how America's "Bottom Up" style of government allowed for the creation of an ... Read more

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  • Taking It to the Hill

    The Complete Guide to Appearing Before Parliamentary Committees

    by David McInnes ...
    Series series Governance Series
    The standing committees of the House of Commons and Senate make it possible for practically any person or group to access the policy-making process and become a lobbyist. This handy and complete guide coaches prospective witnesses to do it right. Targeted primarily at those who have a stake in advancing a cause "on the hill," this guide reveals the lessons and advice of experienced ... Read more

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  • The State and the Stork

    The Population Debate and Policy Making in US History

    by Derek S. Hoff ...
    "A powerful model of how to understand the complex array of issues that will shape the political economy of population in the future."— American Historical ReviewFrom the founders' fears that crowded cities would produce corruption, luxury, and vice to the zero population growth movement of the late 1960s to today's widespread fears of an aging crisis as the Baby Boomers retire, the American ... Read more

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  • First Inaugural Address

    by Barack Obama ...
    Barack Hussein Obama II (born August 4, 1961) is the 44th and current President of the United States. He is the first African American to hold the office and the first president born outside the continental United States. Born in Honolulu, Hawaii, Obama is a graduate of Columbia University and Harvard Law School, where he was president of the "Harvard Law Review". He was a community organizer in ... Read more

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  • This Is Not America

    by Alan Friedman ...
    What has happened to America, and what's become of the American dream?Behind the self-confident image of world's most influential country, we now see a nation tearing itself apart. The United States may be arguably the world's only superpower, but its internal tensions are a symptom of suffering and division, a condition only exacerbated by the election of President Donald Trump.In this searing ... Read more

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  • The Policy State

    An American Predicament

    by Karen Orren, Stephen Skowronek ...
    The steady accretion of public policies over the decades has fundamentally changed how America is governed. The formulation and delivery of policy have emerged as the government’s entire raison d’être, redefining rights and reconfiguring institutional structures. The Policy State looks closely at this massive unnoticed fact of modern politics and addresses the controversies swirling around it. ... Read more

    $34.49 USD