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Inside New York 2008

Author : James R. Williams
Publisher : Inside New York
ISBN 13 : 9781892768407
Total Pages : 380 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (684 download)

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Download or read book Inside New York 2008 written by James R. Williams and published by Inside New York. This book was released on 2008-05-27 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bookstores are filled with guides that tell you where to eat, where to shop, and what to see in New York, but can you really rely on their advice? In the interest of appealing to everyone, these guides recommend everything, regardless of whether the food, the stores, or the activities and events are actually worth your time and money. Written by actual New Yorkers who are committed to discovering the best the five boroughs have to offer, "Inside New York" provides a unique portal into our thrilling (and occasionally daunting) city. Compiled by a team of fearless students, the guide introduces the neighborhoods and nightlife that make New York truly unforgettable. "Inside New York"'s young writers aggressively search for new trends, the hippest nightclubs, and the best deals. They also visit perennial favorites, offering fresh perspectives on museums, monuments, and iconic landmarks. "Inside NY 2008" begins with an extensive city life section divided into such categories as public transportation, finding housing and jobs, eating out, locating the best hotels and hostels, classes and workshops, and LGBT events and resources. Then it breaks down the attractions, nightlife, restaurants, and shopping of seventeen Manhattan neighborhoods and four all-inclusive sections of the Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens, and Staten Island. Detailed color maps pinpoint each location.

Every Person in New York

Author : Jason Polan
Publisher : Chronicle Books
ISBN 13 : 1452153760
Total Pages : 414 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (521 download)

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Download or read book Every Person in New York written by Jason Polan and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2015-08-18 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jason Polan is on a mission to draw every person in New York, from cab drivers to celebrities. He draws people eating at Taco Bell, admiring paintings at the Museum of Modern Art, and sleeping on the subway. With a foreword by Kristen Wiig, Every Person in New York, Volume 1 collects thousands of Polan's energetic drawings in one chunky book. As full as a phone book and as invigorating as a walk down a bustling New York street, this is a new kind of love letter to a beloved city and the people who live there.

Game Change

Author : John Heilemann
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0061966207
Total Pages : 482 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (619 download)

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Download or read book Game Change written by John Heilemann and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2010-02-09 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The gripping inside story of the 2008 presidential election, by two of the best political reporters in the country. “It’s one of the best books on politics of any kind I’ve read. For entertainment value, I put it up there with Catch 22.” —The Financial Times “It transports you to a parallel universe in which everything in the National Enquirer is true….More interesting is what we learn about the candidates themselves: their frailties, egos and almost super-human stamina.” —The Financial Times “I can’t put down this book!” —Stephen Colbert Game Change is the New York Times bestselling story of the 2008 presidential election, by John Heilemann and Mark Halperin, two of the best political reporters in the country. In the spirit of Richard Ben Cramer’s What It Takes and Theodore H. White’s The Making of the President 1960, this classic campaign trail book tells the defining story of a new era in American politics, going deeper behind the scenes of the Obama/Biden and McCain/Palin campaigns than any other account of the historic 2008 election.

This Is All I Got

Author : Lauren Sandler
Publisher : Random House Trade Paperbacks
ISBN 13 : 039958997X
Total Pages : 353 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (995 download)

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Download or read book This Is All I Got written by Lauren Sandler and published by Random House Trade Paperbacks. This book was released on 2021-05-25 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK • From an award-winning journalist, a poignant and gripping immersion in the life of a young, homeless single mother amid her quest to find stability and shelter in the richest city in America LONGLISTED FOR THE PEN/JEAN STEIN BOOK AWARD • “Riveting . . . a remarkable feat of reporting.”—The New York Times Camila is twenty-two years old and a new mother. She has no family to rely on, no partner, and no home. Despite her intelligence and determination, the odds are firmly stacked against her. In this extraordinary work of literary reportage, Lauren Sandler chronicles a year in Camila’s life—from the birth of her son to his first birthday—as she navigates the labyrinth of poverty and homelessness in New York City. In her attempts to secure a safe place to raise her son and find a measure of freedom in her life, Camila copes with dashed dreams, failed relationships, the desolation of abandonment, and miles of red tape with grit, humor, and uncanny resilience. Every day, more than forty-five million Americans attempt to survive below the poverty line. Every night, nearly sixty thousand people sleep in New York City-run shelters, 40 percent of them children. In This Is All I Got, Sandler brings this deeply personal issue to life, vividly depicting one woman's hope and despair and her steadfast determination to change her life despite the myriad setbacks she encounters. This Is All I Got is a rare feat of reporting and a dramatic story of survival. Sandler’s candid and revealing account also exposes the murky boundaries between a journalist and her subject when it becomes impossible to remain a dispassionate observer. She has written a powerful and unforgettable indictment of a system that is often indifferent to the needs of those it serves, and that sometimes seems designed to fail. Praise for This Is All I Got “A rich, sociologically valuable work that’s more gripping, and more devastating, than fiction.”—Booklist “Vivid, heartbreaking. . . . Readers will be moved by this harrowing and impassioned call for change.”—Publishers Weekly “A closely observed chronicle . . . Sandler displays her journalistic talent by unerringly presenting this dire situation. . . . An impressive blend of dispassionate reporting, pungent condemnation of public welfare, and gritty humanity.” —Kirkus Reviews

Modern Genocide [4 volumes]

Author : Paul R. Bartrop
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1610693647
Total Pages : 2433 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (16 download)

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Download or read book Modern Genocide [4 volumes] written by Paul R. Bartrop and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2014-12-17 with total page 2433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This massive, four-volume work provides students with a close examination of 10 modern genocides enhanced by documents and introductions that provide additional historical and contemporary context for learning about and understanding these tragic events. Modern Genocide: The Definitive Resource and Document Collection spans nearly 1,700 pages presented in four volumes and includes more than 120 primary source documents, making it ideal for high school and beginning college students studying modern genocide as part of a larger world history curriculum. The coverage for each modern genocide, from Herero to Darfur, begins with an introductory essay that helps students conceptualize the conflict within an international context and enables them to better understand the complex role genocide has played in the modern world. There are hundreds of entries on atrocities, organizations, individuals, and other aspects of genocide, each written to serve as a springboard to meaningful discussion and further research. The coverage of each genocide includes an introductory overview, an explanation of the causes, consequences, perpetrators, victims, and bystanders; the international reaction; a timeline of events; an Analyze section that poses tough questions for readers to consider and provides scholarly, pro-and-con responses to these historical conundrums; and reference entries. This integrated examination of genocides occurring in the modern era not only presents an unprecedented research tool on the subject but also challenges the readers to go back and examine other events historically and, consequently, consider important questions about human society in the present and the future.

Presidents

Author : Neil A. Hamilton
Publisher : Infobase Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1438127510
Total Pages : 513 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (381 download)

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Download or read book Presidents written by Neil A. Hamilton and published by Infobase Publishing. This book was released on 2010 with total page 513 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Praise for the previous editions:" ... well written and engagingly contemporary. Recommended ..."

Objective Troy

Author : Scott Shane
Publisher : Tim Duggan Books
ISBN 13 : 0804140308
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (41 download)

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Download or read book Objective Troy written by Scott Shane and published by Tim Duggan Books. This book was released on 2015-09-15 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Objective Troy tells the gripping and unsettling story of Anwar al-Awlaki, the once-celebrated American imam who called for moderation after 9/11, a man who ultimately directed his outsized talents to the mass murder of his fellow citizens. It follows Barack Obama’s campaign against the excesses of the Bush counterterrorism programs and his eventual embrace of the targeted killing of suspected militants. And it recounts how the president directed the mammoth machinery of spy agencies to hunt Awlaki down in a frantic, multi-million-dollar pursuit that would end with the death of Awlaki by a bizarre, robotic technology that is changing warfare—the drone. Scott Shane, who has covered terrorism for The New York Times over the last decade, weaves the clash between president and terrorist into both a riveting narrative and a deeply human account of the defining conflict of our era. Awlaki, who directed a plot that almost derailed Obama’s presidency, and then taunted him from his desert hideouts, will go down in history as the first United States citizen deliberately hunted and assassinated by his own government without trial. But his eloquent calls to jihad, amplified by YouTube, continue to lure young Westerners into terrorism—resulting in tragedies from the Boston marathon bombing to the murder of cartoonists at a Paris weekly. Awlaki’s life and death show how profoundly America has been changed by the threat of terrorism and by our own fears. Illuminating and provocative, and based on years of in depth reporting, Objective Troy is a brilliant reckoning with the moral challenge of terrorism and a masterful chronicle of our times.

Us versus Them

Author : Douglas Little
Publisher : UNC Press Books
ISBN 13 : 1469626810
Total Pages : 329 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (696 download)

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Download or read book Us versus Them written by Douglas Little and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2016-02-02 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this important new book, Douglas Little explores the political and cultural turmoil that led U.S. policy makers to shift their attention from containing the "Red Threat" of international communism to combating the "Green Threat" of radical Islam after 1989. Little analyzes America's confrontation with Islamic extremism through the traditional ideological framework of "us versus them" that has historically pitted the United States against Native Americans, Mexicans, Asian immigrants, Nazis, and the Soviets. The collapse of the Soviet Union seemed to signal that the doctrine of containment had served U.S. interests in the Middle East well, preserving Western access to Persian Gulf oil while protecting Israel and preventing communist subversion. Yet, although many Americans hoped that the end of the Cold War would enable the United States to redefine its diplomatic relationships in the Middle East and elsewhere, Little demonstrates that from Operation Desert Storm in 1991 to America's battle against ISIS today, U.S. foreign policy has been governed by "us versus them" thinking, with Islamophobia supplanting the threats of yesteryear.

Superpower Illusions

Author : Jack F. Matlock
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300155964
Total Pages : 453 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book Superpower Illusions written by Jack F. Matlock and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2010-01-05 with total page 453 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “This persuasive, occasionally provocative book corrects a number of pervasive myths about the Cold War”—from the former U.S. ambassador to the USSR (Publishers Weekly). In Superpower Illusions, Jack F. Matlock refutes the enduring idea that the United States forced the collapse of the Soviet Union by applying military and economic pressure—with wide-ranging implications for U.S. foreign policy. Matlock argues that Gorbachev, not Reagan, undermined Communist Party rule in the Soviet Union and that the Cold War ended in a negotiated settlement that benefited both sides. He posits that the end of the Cold War diminished rather than enhanced American power; with the removal of the Soviet threat, allies were less willing to accept American protection and leadership that seemed increasingly to ignore their interests. Matlock shows how, during the Clinton and particularly the Bush-Cheney administrations, the belief that the United States had defeated the Soviet Union led to a conviction that it did not need allies, international organizations, or diplomacy, but could dominate and change the world by using its military power unilaterally. Superpower Illusions is “a truly remarkable book, both wise and provocative, telling a sad yet instructive story of how the United States failed to exploit a triumph in the Cold War to build a new international order reflecting U.S. interests and principles” (Dimitri Simes, President and CEO, The Center for the National Interest). “A well written, clearly reasoned and thoroughly informed tour of the past half century of American diplomacy—including the roots of its successes and failures—led by a superbly qualified participant. A brilliant book.”—Sidney Drell, Stanford University

Monstrosity from the Inside Out

Author : Teresa Cutler-Broyles
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 1848882246
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (488 download)

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Download or read book Monstrosity from the Inside Out written by Teresa Cutler-Broyles and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2019-01-04 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Emerging from darkness, daring to take form and become something more than the Other, monsters stalk these pages, shifting form in true monstrous fashion as they inhabit literature and film, history and parallel communities modelled after our own. They become enmeshed in popular music, run rampant through cities, take androgynous form to rally for their own identities, their own futures, and their own families, and they hold up mirrors while we are caught shattering our sense of Self. Both the past and the future are rich fodder for the evil that monsters do, and from freak show to homunculus to serial killer to cyborg, they remind us that they are never far from sight - and that we cannot look away even if we wish to. Monstrosity from the Inside Out takes as the paradox that monsters are simultaneously impossible and very much a part of what it means to be human.

Inside Terrorism

Author : Bruce Hoffman
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 0231544898
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (315 download)

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Download or read book Inside Terrorism written by Bruce Hoffman and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2017-09-05 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bruce Hoffman's Inside Terrorism has remained the seminal work for understanding the historical evolution of terrorism and the terrorist mind-set. In this revised third edition of his classic text, Hoffman analyzes the latest developments in global terrorism, offering insight into new adversaries, motivations, strategies, and tactics. He focuses on the rise of ISIS and the resilience of al-Qaeda; terrorist exploitation of the Internet and embrace of social media; radicalization of foreign fighters; and potential future trends, including the repercussions of a post-caliphate ISIS. Hoffman examines the demographics of contemporary terrorist leaders and recruits; the continued use of suicide bombers; and the likelihood of a chemical, biological, radiological, or nuclear terrorist strike. He also considers the resurgence of violent antigovernment militants, including white supremacists and opponents of abortion. He argues that the war on terrorism did not end with Osama bin Laden's death and that ongoing instability and strife in Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, and Yemen, among other places, will both sustain terrorist movements and have broad implications for domestic and international security around the globe.

A Question of Command

Author : Mark Moyar
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300156014
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book A Question of Command written by Mark Moyar and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2009-10-20 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Moyar presents a wide-ranging history of counterinsurgency which draws on the historical record and interviews with hundreds of counterinsurgency veterans. He identifies the ten critical attributes of counterinsurgency leadership and reveals why these attributes have been more prevalent in some organizations than others.

Vortex of Conflict

Author : Dan Caldwell
Publisher : Stanford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0804776660
Total Pages : 404 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (47 download)

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Download or read book Vortex of Conflict written by Dan Caldwell and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 2011-02-17 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than two million Americans have served in Afghanistan or Iraq; more than 5,000 Americans have been killed; and over 35,000 have been grievously wounded. The war in Afghanistan has become America's longest war. Most Americans do not understand the background of, or reasons for, the United States' involvement in these two wars. Using primary and secondary sources, author Dan Caldwell describes relevant historical, political, cultural, and ideological elements related to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. He demonstrates how they are interrelated. Beginning with the history of the two conflicts within the context of U.S. policies toward Afghanistan, Iraq, and Pakistan because American policy toward terrorism and Afghanistan cannot be understood without some consideration of Pakistan he outlines and analyzes major issues of the two wars. These include intelligence quality, war plans, postwar reconstruction, interagency policymaking, U.S. relations with allies, and shift from conventional to counterinsurgency strategy. He concludes by capturing the lessons learned from these two conflicts and points to their application in future conflict. His book is a one-volume resource for anyone who wishes to understand why and how the U.S. became involved in these two wars and in the affairs of Pakistan concurrently.

School Shootings

Author : Glenn W. Muschert
Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
ISBN 13 : 178052918X
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (85 download)

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Download or read book School Shootings written by Glenn W. Muschert and published by Emerald Group Publishing. This book was released on 2012-11-26 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book analyses the global (media) cultural phenomenon of school shootings in the context of mediatization in contemporary social and cultural life. It explores shootings from different, interconnected perspectives with a focus on the theoretical aspect, the practices of mediatization and an examination of the audiences, victims and witnesses.

Entrepreneurship in the Polis

Author : Inga Narbutaité Aflaki
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317142535
Total Pages : 330 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (171 download)

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Download or read book Entrepreneurship in the Polis written by Inga Narbutaité Aflaki and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-05-06 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dynamics of entrepreneurship have attracted growing attention from scholars of political science, policy studies, public administration and planning, as well as more recently, from the realms of international relations and foreign policy analysis. Under the banner of political entrepreneurship, this volume considers and maps out conceptual approaches to the study of entrepreneurship drawn from these fields, discusses synergies, envisages new analytical tools and offers contemporary empirical case studies, illustrating the diverse political contexts in which entrepreneurship takes place in the polis. Drawing upon an international cast of senior academics and cutting edge young researchers, the volume takes a closer look at key aspects of political entrepreneurship, such as, defining political entrepreneurs, how it relates to change, decision-making and strategies, organizational arrangements, institutional rules, varying contexts and future research agendas. By highlighting the political aspects of entrepreneurship, the volume presents new exciting opportunities for understanding entrepreneurial activities at regional, national and international levels. The volume will be of particular relevance to scholars and students of political science, policy studies, public administration, planning, international relations and business studies as well as practitioners interested in the nexus and utility of entrepreneurship in the modern-day political world.

The Director Within

Author : Rose Eichenbaum
Publisher : Wesleyan University Press
ISBN 13 : 0819574945
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (195 download)

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Download or read book The Director Within written by Rose Eichenbaum and published by Wesleyan University Press. This book was released on 2014-10-14 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Rose Eichenbaum’s latest book on the confluence of art making and human expression, she sits down with thirty-five modern day storytellers—the directors of theater, film, and television. Eichenbaum’s subjects speak with revealing clarity about the entertainment industry, the role and life of the director, and how theatrical and cinematic storytelling impacts our culture and our lives. The Director Within includes interviews with Peter Bogdanovich (The Last Picture Show), Julie Taymor (The Lion King), Mel Brooks (Blazing Saddles), Tim Van Patten (The Sopranos, Boardwalk Empire), Hal Prince (The Phantom of the Opera), Barry Levinson (Rain Man), and many others. The interviews are skillfully crafted, sensitively executed, and brimming with honesty and insight. The accompanying portraits demonstrate Eichenbaum’s mastery of photography and convey the truth, depth, and intimacy of their subjects. The Director Within is an inspirational, informative, and entertaining resource for anyone interested in creativity, art making, and artistic collaboration. The book includes a listing of works from each of the directors.

Foundations of Interior Design

Author : Susan J. Slotkis
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1501315919
Total Pages : 512 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (13 download)

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Download or read book Foundations of Interior Design written by Susan J. Slotkis and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2017-02-09 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Foundations of Interior Design, 3rd edition, offers a thorough update to this introduction to the creative, technical, and business aspects of the interior design profession. By surveying design history, the elements and principles of design, professional practice, and more, Susan Slotkis provides a practical and comprehensive overview. This new edition provides a wide range of examples of design in different styles and applications. Projects and applications designed by both individuals and as collaborative efforts locally and globally are featured, from rural America to modern Dubai. The contribution of many interior designers, those who work independently or as part of large firms is demonstrated in the choice of illustrations and case studies. They represent a balance of small and large, simple and complex, and residential and contract from throughout the United States and abroad. Foundations of Interior Design STUDIO -Study smarter with self-quizzes featuring scored results and personalized study tips -Review concepts with flashcards of terms and definitions