American Government

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780815734093Author Morton H. HalperinFormat PaperbackPage Count 416Imprint Brookings InstitutionPublisher Rowman & LittlefieldWeight(grams)...

Only One of Me is a stunning collection of the best-loved children's poems from award-winning poet James Berry, filled with warm and colourful memories of a Caribbean childhood, and featuring a new introduction by much-loved children's poet, John Agard...

Sd.Kfz. 173 Jagdpanther is a German tank destroyer developed by Krupp and Daimler-Benz. The order was placed in August 1943 and the vehicle entered service in the first months of 1944. It was armed with a very effective anti-tank tank gun. PaK 43 cal. 88...

A sitting justice reflects upon the authority of the Supreme Court-how that authority was gained and how measures to restructure the Court could undermine both the Court and the constitutional system of checks and balances that depends on it.A growing...

States are often minimally present in the rural periphery. Yet a limited presence does not mean a limited impact. Isolated state actions in regions where the state is otherwise scarce can have outsize, long-lasting effects on society. The Scarce State...

This fifth Carcanet collection from the author of Joy (title poem won Forward Prize for Best Single Poem) deals with the women's experience of emigration, displacement and changed identity.Book InformationISBN 9781784108984Author Sasha DugdaleFormat...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781781894910Author Marie LavalFormat PaperbackImprint Choc Lit PublishingPublisher Choc Lit Publishing

Who were the greatest commanders of the American Civil War, and what made them so? In The Great Commanders of the American Civil War, the best military leaders of both sides are pitted against each other and their strengths and weaknesses examined -...

The 'Russiagate' affair is one of the most far-reaching political events of recent years. But what exactly was the nature and extent of Russian interference in the campaign that led to the presidency of Donald J. Trump? Richard Sakwa sets out the...

Age range 6+ From the author and illustrator of If You Had Your Birthday Party on the Moon, a new out-of-this-world account of New Horizons-the spacecraft that journeyed to Pluto and changed the way scientists study outer space. Ride along with the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781914399855Author Olivia NorfolkFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Sparsile Books LtdPublisher Sparsile Books Ltd

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781916885202Author Gary JamesFormat PaperbackPage Count 356Imprint James WardPublisher James WardWeight(grams) 900gDimensions(mm) 210mm * 148mm * 20mm

This book provides a complete overview of the American Founders' political theory, covering natural rights, natural law, state of nature, social compact, consent, and the policy implications of these ideas. The book is intended as a response to the...

In this trenchant new interpretation of America's origins, Max Edling shows that the Federalists were primarily concerned with building a government that could act vigorously in defense of American interests. The Constitution transferred the powers of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780307279590Author Ari Rabin-HavtFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Anchor BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 238gDimensions(mm) 202mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781845278038Author Gwyn ParryFormat PaperbackPage Count 184Imprint Gwasg Carreg GwalchPublisher Gwasg Carreg Gwalch

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781925815764Author Kelly CanbyFormat HardbackPage Count 32Imprint Fremantle PressPublisher Fremantle PressWeight(grams) 499gDimensions(mm) 304mm * 233mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781760980160Author Elizabeth HewsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint PlumPublisher Pan Macmillan AustraliaWeight(grams) 691gDimensions(mm) 242mm * 182mm...

America is in crisis. In the space of a generation, it has become more than ever a country of winners and losers, as industries have failed, institutions have disappeared and the country's focus has shifted to idolise celebrity and wealth. George Packer...

The US Supreme Court is the chief institution responsible for guarding minority rights and equality under the law, yet, in order to function authoritatively, the Court depends on a majority of Americans to accept its legitimacy and on policymakers to...

Since 2014, Alessandra Sanguinetti has been returning to the small town of Black River Falls in Wisconsin, creating the photographs that would come to form the stark and elliptical series 'Some Say Ice'. The same town is the subject of 'Wisconsin Death...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143128359Author David AxelrodFormat PaperbackPage Count 544Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 435g

This is the only anthropological book about the British Parliament. It marks the first time a researcher has had almost untrammelled access, and every significant aspect of the Upper Chamber has been inquired into. The result is a unique portrait,...

The 8th edition, already significantly updated, has now been further updated in 2023 to include the likely impact of the post-pandemic cutbacks, the overturning of Roe v Wade, and the Trump indictments on the 2024 national elections. These factors could...

From the Revolution to our own time, freedom has been America's strongest cultural bond and its most perilous fault line, a birthright for some Americans and a cruel mockery for others. Eric Foner takes freedom not as a timeless truth but as a value...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780805086713Author Noam ChomskyFormat PaperbackPage Count 223Imprint Metropolitan BooksPublisher Metropolitan BooksWeight(grams) 200g

This Element discusses the consequences on the social bond of the conjoint action of the economic and social model inspired by the premises of neoliberalism and of the powerful pressures for the democratization of social relations in Chilean society. It...

This is the first systematic overview of the science of letters (ilm al-huruf) according to the great Andalusian spiritual master, scholar, poet and philosopher Ibn Arabi (d. 1240). Ibn Arabi defined the science of letters as familiarity with the...

A distinguished and experienced appellate court judge, Richard A. Posner offers in this new book a unique and, to orthodox legal thinkers, a startling perspective on how judges and justices decide cases. When conventional legal materials enable judges to...

Over its long history, the concept of ideology has acquired a vast and at times incommensurable roster of meanings: positive and negative, analytic and critical, philosophical, psychological and scientific. But how precisely should we understand and...

A work that "deeply reconceptualizes the New Deal and raises countless provocative questions" (David Kennedy), Fear Itself changes the ground rules for our understanding of this pivotal era in American history. Ira Katznelson examines the New Deal...

Border regions are often considered to be the neglected margins. In this book, Paul Nugent argues that through a comparison of the Senegambia and the trans-Volta (Ghana/Togo), we can see that the geographical margins have shaped notional centres at least...

This is an authoritative, one-volume, and independent treatment of the history, functioning and nature of the European integration. Written by a selection of leading scholars. It covers the major institutions, policies, and events in the history of...

An original account of contemporary US-Latin American relations, this book utilises neo-Gramscian and historical materialist approaches to build a novel conceptual framework for analysing US hegemony, extending critical theory in new and exciting...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913793562Author Antony DunfordFormat PaperbackPage Count 254Imprint Hobeck Books LimitedPublisher Hobeck Books Limited

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780062947369Author Azar NafisiFormat HardbackPage Count 224Imprint Dey Street BooksPublisher Dey Street BooksWeight(grams) 646g

The half-century before the Civil War was beset with conflict over equality as well as freedom. Beginning in 1803, many free states enacted laws that discouraged free African Americans from settling within their boundaries and restricted their rights to...

Started in the wake of George Zimmerman's 2013 acquittal in the death of Trayvon Martin, the #BlackLivesMatter movement has become a powerful and uncompromising campaign demanding redress for the brutal and unjustified treatment of black bodies by law...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780735220324Author Justin A FrankFormat HardbackPage Count 304Imprint Prentice Hall PressPublisher Prentice Hall Press

Resolving Environmental Disputes presents detailed case studies from the key contemporary themes in resource management and environmental protection, such as: access to the countryside for recreation, sustainable forestry, pollution and risks to health,...