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The Prince of the City is at once a fascinating character study of one of America's most charismatic public figures, a history of New York over the last forty years, and a classic inquiry into the issue of how cities thrive or die. Siegel's story...

"Fighting the Mafia" is his dramatic tale of witness and survival, of his effort to expose Mafia infiltration of the highest levels of Italy's national politics, and of the movement he helped build-in the schools and churches, and at the ballot box - to...

Russ Feingold is a rarity in American politics. A staunch civil libertarian, he was the only member of the U.S. Senate who voted against the ill-conceived USA Patriot Act that was rushed through Congress in the wake of the September 11 terrorist attacks...

In this first post-9/11 account of the career of the man who established himself as "America's Mayor" in the dark days after America was attacked, Fred Siegel shows how Rudy Giuliani's successes in New York--restoring law and order, cutting taxes and...

In l990, a car bomb in Oakland almost killed radical Earth First! leader Judi Bari and her passenger, a co-leader and onetime lover, Darryl Cherney. The FBI accused the pair of transporting the explosive device knowingly as part of a violent campaign of...

"Fighting the Mafia" is Leoluca Orlando's dramatic tale of witness and survival, of his effort to expose Mafia infiltration of the highest levels of Italy's national politics, and of the movement he helped build-in the schools and churches, and at the...

The man who would be President, Al Gore, claims he invented the internet. He also claims that he and Tipper inspired Love Story. And he says that after his sister died of lung cancer he promised to fight smoking "until his last breath," although he...

Bourdieu's Secret Admirer in the Caucasus is a gripping account of the developmental dynamics involved in the collapse of Soviet socialism. Fusing a narrative of human agency to his critical discussion of structural forces, Georgi M. Derluguian...

Robert Dallek, a luminary in the field of political biography--author of the Pulitzer Prize finalist Nixon and Kissinger and the New York Times bestselling biography of John F. Kennedy--offers here a look at the life of William Dodd, an American diplomat...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781982175771Author Dan MorainFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 140g

This critical edition documents Frederick Douglass's relationship with Britain through unexplored oratory and print culture. With an unprecedented and comprehensive 60,000-word introduction that places the speeches, letters, poetry and images printed...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780791432020Author Masaki MoriFormat PaperbackPage Count 261Imprint State University of New York PressPublisher State University of New York...

In 1909, while still in South Africa, Gandhi publicly decried the caste system for its inequalities. Shortly after his return to India though, he spoke of the generally beneficial aspects of caste. Gandhi's writings on caste reflect contradictory views...

Jawarharlal Nehru played a crucial part in shaping Indian nationalism and in the creation of modern India. His life encompassed the high-noon of the British Raj, but also its collapse and the creation of a Commonwealth of independent states. As India's...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780791432044Author Pauline E. HeadFormat PaperbackPage Count 166Imprint State University of New York PressPublisher State University of New York...

Lord Ashley (later the 7th Earl of Shaftesbury), the 'Poor Man's Earl', is widely remembered as a leading aristocratic philanthropist whose concern for suffering and the oppressed victims of Victorian 'progress' saw him champion a range of social,...

Published in association with the Japan Society and containing 57 essays, this ninth volume in the series continues to celebrate the life and work of the men and women, both British and Japanese, who over time played an interesting and significant role...

Colin Ward and the Art of Everyday Anarchy is the first full account of Ward's life and work. Drawing on unseen archival sources, as well as oral interviews, it excavates the worlds and words of his anarchist thought, illuminating his methods, and...

The Master of Seventh Avenue is the definitive biography of David Dubinsky (1892-1982), one of the most controversial and influential labor leaders in 20th-century America. A "character" in the truest sense of the word, Dubinsky was both...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781476756776Author Claire McCaskillFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 249g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780307949639Author Robert M. GatesFormat PaperbackPage Count 672Imprint Vintage BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 748gDimensions(mm) 234mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781501178405Author Hillary Rodham ClintonFormat PaperbackPage Count 560Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 522g

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781487592080Author Charles M JohnstonFormat PaperbackPage Count 322Imprint University of Toronto PressPublisher University of Toronto PressWeight(grams) 472g

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781487591229Author Robert MacGregor DawsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 544Imprint University of Toronto PressPublisher University of Toronto...

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781487592004Author R Warren JamesFormat PaperbackPage Count 440Imprint University of Toronto PressPublisher University of Toronto PressWeight(grams) 640g

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781566567596Author Nick CaistorFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Interlink BooksPublisher Interlink BooksWeight(grams) 259gDimensions(mm) 226mm * 150mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781982106416Author Chris WhippleFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint Scribner Book CompanyPublisher Scribner Book CompanyWeight(grams) 140g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781487599300Author Lionel GroulxFormat PaperbackPage Count 106Imprint University of Toronto PressPublisher University of Toronto PressWeight(grams) 127g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781487591571Author Brian D HeeneyFormat PaperbackPage Count 242Imprint University of Toronto PressPublisher University of Toronto PressWeight(grams) 358g

Born in a paper mill town in Maine's western foothills, Muskie was one of six children of a Polish immigrant and a Polish-American mother whose English was worse than her husband's. His arc through his formative years was singular and unpredictable, an...

“Harold Washington was one of the most spellbinding and irresistible characters I have encountered in my 40 years in journalism and politics. Part philosopher, part street brawler and always entertaining, Harold was as big and ebullient as the town he...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781947534346Author Jonathan MillerFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Scribe USPublisher Scribe USWeight(grams) 499gDimensions(mm) 234mm * 152mm * 30mm