American Government

From the acclaimed author of Art Sex Music comes a vital meditation on womanhood, creativity and self-expression, and a revelatory exploration into the lives of three visionary artists.'A fascinating tale of the interlinking lives of three legendary...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593296318Author Mark LeibovichFormat HardbackPage Count 352Imprint Bantam PressPublisher Random House USA Inc

From 'Neighbours' TV teen queen to Stock Aitken Waterman's megastar, the rise of Kylie Minogue to the top of the charts is one of the biggest smash hit success stories in pop music. Across 15 studio albums her transition from SexKylie (with help from...

P.J. O'Rourke says we've worked ourselves into a state of anger and perplexity, and it's no surprise because perplexed and angry is what America has always been all about. This uproarious look at the current state of the United States includes essays...

"The blue and white print has the night-time glow of a Joseph Cornell ice-cube box or a Stan Brakhage film, the poppy glows candescent but is gone. Anna Atkins' dirty fingernails are pressing the damp skin of the poppy into cotton wadding and blotting...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780684813233Author Fred EmeryFormat PaperbackPage Count 592Imprint TouchstonePublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 859gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 33mm

INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The former attorney general provides a candid account of his historic tenures serving two vastly different presidents, George H.W. Bush and Donald J. Trump.William Barr's first tenure as attorney general under...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781523085996Author Thom HartmannFormat PaperbackPage Count 168Imprint Berrett-Koehler PublishersPublisher Berrett-Koehler Publishers

When he lands a starring role in the school Christmas play of The Owl and the Pussycat, Michael is over the moon. He is going to be Owl - Too-wit-too-woo! And when his best friend, Belinda, is chosen to be Cat, Michael can't believe his luck - Miaow! ...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780743204132Author J. ToobinFormat PaperbackPage Count 452Imprint TouchstonePublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 659gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 25mm

Our Daily Bread charmingly weaves together the customs, rituals, anecdotes, legends and sayings that tell the story of bread, from Mesopotamia, through Egypt, to the Far East, ancient Greece, ancient Rome, and the New World. Matvejevic shows how bread...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780063389427Author Pete HegsethFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint HarperCollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers Inc

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The Roman occupation of Britain lasted over 350 years. Seventeen years after the Romans arrived in force in AD43, Queen Boudica led an uprising which resulted in the destruction of Colchester, London and St Albans. The rebellion was short lived and...

Here is an up-to-the-moment history of the Lone Star State, together with an insider's look at the people, politics, and events that have shaped Texas from the beginning right up to our days. Never before has the story been told with more vitality and...

Why are religious minorities well represented and politically influential in some democracies but not others? Focusing on evangelical Christians in Latin America, this book argues that religious minorities seek and gain electoral representation when they...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780316449861Author Lindy WestFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Hachette BooksPublisher Hachette BooksWeight(grams) 218gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 138mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781645170013Author Editors of Canterbury ClassicsFormat PaperbackPage Count 2512Imprint Canterbury ClassicsPublisher Canterbury ClassicsWeight(grams)...

Off-street parking requirements are devastating American cities. So says the author in this no-holds-barred treatise on the way parking should be. Free parking, the author argues, has contributed to auto dependence, rapid urban sprawl, extravagant energy...

The Complexity of Self Government represents a revolutionary approach to political science. Bottom-up theory turns political and social analysis upside down by focusing analytic attention not on vacuous abstractions but on the individual men and women...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781914079108Author Jamie GreenFormat HardbackPage Count 64Imprint Graffeg LimitedPublisher Graffeg Limited

'Eye-popping analysis of politicians' finances... a ground-breaking study... a fascinating and important work.' Sunday Times'Immaculately researched... A powerful reminder that reporters can serve the public good... Should make journalists proud - and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781739831448Author Lynn MannFormat PaperbackPage Count 286Imprint Coxstone PressPublisher Coxstone Press

Masha is a little girl who loves to paint. The Firebird asks Masha to help hide her eggs from the witch, Baba Yaga. Masha paints them to match the four elements - earth, water, air and fire - but has to do even more when Baba Yaga gets her hands on the...

Shortlisted for the Saskatchewan Book Award (Poetry Book) 2023. Shortlisted for the Saskatchewan Book Award (City of Saskatoon) 2023. Shortlisted for the Derek Walcott Prize for Poetry 2022. Shortlisted for the Pat Lowther Memorial Award 2022. ...

In June 2016, more than 17 million people voted for Britain to leave the European Union. The fallout of this momentous referendum has been tumultuous and unpredictable. Now, from the authors of the highly-acclaimed Brexit: Why Britain Voted to Leave the...

A renowned political philosopher updates his classic book on the American political tradition to address the perils democracy confronts today.The 1990s were a heady time. The Cold War had ended, and America's version of liberal capitalism seemed...

A story of a brilliant musician who prevailed against race and gender prejudices to become the first Black woman to be recognised as a symphonic composer and be performed by a major American orchestra in 1933.Book InformationISBN 9781736533406Author...

The fateful story of Adolf Hitler's transformation from awkward, feckless loner to lethal, charismatic demagogue. The story of the making of Adolf Hitler that we are all familiar with is the one Hitler himself wove in his 1924 trial, and then expanded...

Readers around the world have been enthralled by journalist and New York Times bestselling author Bill O'Reilly's Killing series - riveting works of nonfiction that explore the most famous events in history. Now, O'Reilly turns his razor-sharp...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781595230843Author Donald RumsfeldFormat PaperbackPage Count 832Imprint SentinelPublisher Sentinel

During the Cold War, freedom of expression was vaunted as liberal democracy's most cherished possession-but such freedom was put in service of a hidden agenda. In The Cultural Cold War, Frances Stonor Saunders reveals the extraordinary efforts of a...

On the morning after Boat Race Day, a man's body is found in a nature reserve beside the Thames. He has been viciously stabbed, his tongue cut out, and an Oxford college scarf stuffed in his mouth. The body is identified as that of Nick Bellamy, last...

What will you learn from this book? If you have an idea for a killer Android app, this fully revised and updated edition will get you up and running in a jiffy. You'll go beyond syntax and how-to manuals and learn how to think like a great Android...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781935487180Author Joseph P. FarrellFormat PaperbackPage Count 344Imprint Adventures Unlimited PressPublisher Adventures Unlimited PressWeight(grams) 1g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781916041684Author Sara CooperFormat HardbackImprint Eiderdown BooksPublisher Eiderdown Books

The EU faces a serious crisis of democratic legitimacy. Citizens believe that the EU is run by distant and non-responsive political elites. The EU's perceived lack of responsiveness to ordinary citizens poses a threat to its very survival. This timely...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781908867247Author Jonathan BallFormat PaperbackPage Count 214Imprint Footsteps PressPublisher Footsteps PressDimensions(mm) 178mm * 254mm * 11mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781648411144Author Friday GladheartFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Microcosm PublishingPublisher Microcosm Publishing

"One of the most interesting, exhilarating, and informative aspects of the presidency was my time with the CIA analysts and my PDB briefers." -George W. Bush, correspondence with the author, November 2012.Every day, a member of the CIA presents to the...