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The Hellfire Papers

Author : Derek Wilson
Publisher : Sphere
ISBN 13 : 1405522585
Total Pages : 243 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (55 download)

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Download or read book The Hellfire Papers written by Derek Wilson and published by Sphere. This book was released on 2012-11-30 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When the Master of St Mary's House, Cambridge, hires Tim Lacy to retrieve a collection of eighteenth-century documents willed to it by a wealthy past member of the college, he omits to mention that these manuscripts have a possible connection with the suicide of the late Dean and that there are those who remain determined to ensure that the documents never reach the College library. Supposedly penned by a scandal-mongering member of the notorious Hellfire Club, these papers, if genuine, could be of enormous historical significance and monetary value. And their significance is not lost on Lacy when an academic friend who has been helping him on the case is murdered. When it emerges that the Hellfire Club has repercussions into the highest circles of the current day, Lacy must fight to reveal a dark, long-kept secret before anyone else pays with their life...

Grit

Author : Greg Donaghy
Publisher : UBC Press
ISBN 13 : 0774829141
Total Pages : 497 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (748 download)

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Download or read book Grit written by Greg Donaghy and published by UBC Press. This book was released on 2015-05-01 with total page 497 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “I am not afraid to be called a politician,” declared Paul Martin Sr., defending his life’s work in politics. “Next to preaching the word of God, there is nothing nobler than to serve one’s fellow countrymen in government.” First elected to the House of Commons in 1935, Martin served in the cabinet of four prime ministers and ran for the Liberal Party leadership three times. This book examines his remarkable career as a liberal reformer and politician who tackled the issues of his day with consummate political skill and gritty determination. Cutting a broad swath through the history of twentieth-century Canada, Greg Donaghy uses extensive interviews and untapped archival sources to challenge the prevailing view of Martin as simply an ambitious Windsor ward heeler and party operator. Martin embraced a tolerant politics of compromise and accommodation that sought to unite Canadians in search of a more just and equitable world. Though some mocked his ambition and doubted his progressive politics, his resolute championing of health care and pension rights, new meanings for Canadian citizenship, and internationalism in world affairs would leave an indelible mark on Canada’s political landscape.

Political Ambition

Author : Linda L. Fowler
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780300049015
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (49 download)

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Download or read book Political Ambition written by Linda L. Fowler and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 1989-01-01 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How do politicians decide whether or not to run for Congress? What is involved in the winnowing process that dictates, months before the election, the choices available to voters on the ballot? Using extensive interviews and analyses of district data and opinion polls, Linda Fowler and Robert McClure argue that House elections are intelligible only if we look beyond that declared candidates to those who could have run but chose not to. Their book, set in New York’s can Congressional District during the elections of 1984 and 1986, assesses the personal and contextual factors that motivate some individuals to enter a House race and induce others to remain on the sidelines. By uncovering the hidden obstacles that line the road to Washington, Fowler and McClure reveal why only the most ambitious men and women complete the journey. Fowler and McClure contend that the cost cna complexity of competitive House races now demand a level of commitment and advance planning that only those with a highly focused desire to serve in Congress can sustain. Despite the increased presence of national parties and PACs in congressional races, they say, it is the local political context that dominates the decision to run. Within this setting, individual candidates, not party organizations develop the strategies, manage the resources, and define the alternatives in most House races. Fowler and McClure discuss how changes in American politics such as reapportionment, the redistribution of power away from Washington, and the transformation of parties and interest groups affect the nation's supply of competitive office-seekers. And they devote special attention to the recruitment of female legislators, offering insight into the continued failure of women to make significant inroads into the House of Representatives.

Kicking Away the Ladder

Author : Ha-Joon Chang
Publisher : Anthem Press
ISBN 13 : 0857287613
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (572 download)

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Download or read book Kicking Away the Ladder written by Ha-Joon Chang and published by Anthem Press. This book was released on 2002-07-01 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How did the rich countries really become rich? In this provocative study, Ha-Joon Chang examines the great pressure on developing countries from the developed world to adopt certain 'good policies' and 'good institutions', seen today as necessary for economic development. His conclusions are compelling and disturbing: that developed countries are attempting to 'kick away the ladder' with which they have climbed to the top, thereby preventing developing countries from adopting policies and institutions that they themselves have used.

Pearls, Politics, and Power

Author : Madeleine Kunin
Publisher : Chelsea Green Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1603580727
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (35 download)

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Download or read book Pearls, Politics, and Power written by Madeleine Kunin and published by Chelsea Green Publishing. This book was released on 2008-04-15 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pearls, Politics, and Power is a call to action for new political engagement and leadership from the women of America. Informed by conversations with elected women leaders from all levels, former three-term Vermont Governor and Ambassador to Switzerland Madeleine M. Kunin asks: What difference do women make? What is the worst part of politics, and what is the best part? What inspired these women to run, and how did they prepare themselves for public life? How did they raise money, protect their families' privacy, deal with criticism and attack ads, and work with the good old boys? Kunin's core message is that America needs an infusion of new leadership to better address the major problems of our time. To see how women can achieve that goal, she combines her personal experience in politics; the lessons of past women's movements; the stories of young women today who have new ideas about their role in society; and interviews with a wide range of women in positions of power, looking for clues to their leadership, as well as the effects of gender stereotyping. She interviews Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, analyzes her campaign, and addresses the question: "Is the country ready?" Other interviewees include U.S. Representatives Loretta Sanchez, Linda Sanchez, Deborah Pryce, and Tammy Baldwin, and U.S. Senators Susan Collins, Amy Klobuchar, and Carol Moseley Braun, and Governors Kathleen Sibelius and Janet Napolitano. The next generation of women will be inspired to lead by seeing women like Nancy Pelosi wielding the gavel, and seeing themselves reflected in the portraits in statehouses, courthouses, corporate and university boardrooms, and the White House. Pearls, Politics, and Power will help ensure that this inspiration is not soured or deflected, but channeled into successful candidacies by America's leaders of tomorrow. What will it take for women to assume their rightful places in the political corridors of power?

Everybody's Magazine

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 682 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (117 download)

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Download or read book Everybody's Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1905 with total page 682 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Blood of Patriots

Author : Bill Fulton
Publisher : BenBella Books, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1944648089
Total Pages : 253 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (446 download)

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Download or read book The Blood of Patriots written by Bill Fulton and published by BenBella Books, Inc.. This book was released on 2017-09-19 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Bill Fulton arrived in Alaska, he was filled with optimism and big dreams. When he left, it was under FBI escort. Bill was Army Infantry. When his knees gave out, he opened the Drop Zone, a military surplus store in Anchorage, and started hiring fellow vets. Sharpshooting hippies, crew-cutted fundamentalists, PTSD sufferers—all seeking purpose and direction. Alaska gave it to them. The Last Frontier is vast. The perfect refuge for fugitives and the perfect place for vets itching for a mission, Alaska is a giant icebox full of people either running to or away from something. More than 400 fugitives would meet Bill and company on the wrong side of a gun, and he would learn many lessons along the way—like even tiptoeing through subzero snow can get you shot, and removing a gun from the butt crack of a 300-pound man is just as fun as it sounds. Bill was enjoying the ride until, one day, the FBI asked him to go undercover, and his road forked. Schaeffer Cox was a sovereign citizen who believed no government had authority over him and a private militia commander amassing an arsenal and plotting to kill judges and law enforcement officers. Bill's mission: to take down Cox and his militia without a shot being fired. The Blood of Patriots traverses a wide swath of rugged territory. Raucously funny and stark, it depicts men, once brothers in arms serving their country, who now find themselves on opposite sides of those arms in a deadly test of the intricacies of liberty, the proper role of government, and the true meaning of patriotism. It offers a witty and unsettling look at political rhetoric gone haywire and a movement the FBI considers the single greatest threat to law enforcement in the nation—all set in the beautiful, terrifying landscape of our 49th State.

Rising to the Deadline

Author : Alexandra Bell
Publisher : Trafford Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1426944594
Total Pages : 222 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (269 download)

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Download or read book Rising to the Deadline written by Alexandra Bell and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2010-11-29 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sorcha is a young country girl who makes it to the top in the big, bad world of newspapers. From a farming family, she learns her trade in country papers before graduating to a main newspaper in the big smoke, Dublin. There, she rises to the top in a profession renowned for its back biting and betrayals, making it on her own verve, skills, and sheer tenacity. Along the way, she has a lot fun. Sorcha quickly finds that she has no sexual inhibitions, with either men or women. She takes great pleasure in her many sexual adventuressome of which turn out to be hilarious. But despite all the fun and games, she also enjoys in her upward journey in the newspaper world. As she works, she learns more and more about what really goes on behind the scenes in the arcane atmosphere of newspaper production. Rising to the Deadline is a story of raw, thrusting sexuality, but its also a touching story of how a young, talented country girl, with no important connections, makes a huge impact in the newspaper business, beating the old boys network at their own game.

Softly Fiji

Author : K. Vuataki
Publisher : WestBow Press
ISBN 13 : 1449789951
Total Pages : 413 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (497 download)

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Download or read book Softly Fiji written by K. Vuataki and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2013 with total page 413 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The loss of the father and the son resulted in war and cannibalism in Fiji. Learn of the original worship of the father and the son in Fiji. How the son took away his protection and the land fell into the period of the "Rooster Wars." With the advent of the Christian missionaries in Fiji, the country entered a period of the "Return of the Father and Son." Christian Missionaries then advised cession to Queen Victoria as Defender of the Faith, and arms were laid down on 10 October 1874, to take up the rule of law. The country then entered a period of "taking up arms" from the coup of 1987, the attempted coup of 2000, the coup of 2006, and the Declaration of a new legal order in 2010. With the Constitution Commission of 2012, Fiji now enters a period of "The Search for Answers" as it tries to go back to constitutional rule. The author was called by the Lord to help the Fijian people. This he did from 1986 to 2012 and for the first time he reveals some of the hard facts behind it.

Forging Reform in China

Author : Edward S. Steinfeld
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521778619
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (786 download)

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Download or read book Forging Reform in China written by Edward S. Steinfeld and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The greatest economic challenge facing China in the post-Deng era is the reform of unprofitable, state-owned enterprises (SOEs) which threaten to drag down the rest of the economy. Despite an array of well-intentioned, market-oriented reform measures, these firms have never truly been forced to face the pressure of a bottom line, or the threat of bankruptcy. Forging Reform in China explains how and why these measures have not been sweepingly successful to date, and what it would take to achieve meaningful reform. The author investigates firm-level processes, including case studies of China's steel industry giants, revealing institutional and systemic barriers to market-oriented performance. This book makes a compelling argument that private ownership cannot work in China's current system until governance over complex economic factors has been established, that is, until credit is tightened and market selection processes made to work.

Vote of Faith

Author : Maya Mayblin
Publisher : Fordham Univ Press
ISBN 13 : 1531509118
Total Pages : 255 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (315 download)

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Download or read book Vote of Faith written by Maya Mayblin and published by Fordham Univ Press. This book was released on 2024-12-03 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A richly cinematic and compelling look at priest-politicians in Brazil and their religious and secular entanglements What does desire have to reveal about the nature of power? Through a detailed focus on the lives and loves of Catholic priests as they enter the profane world of party politics, Maya Mayblin explores the complex intersection of democracy, patriarchy, and religiosity in Brazil. For over a hundred years, Catholic priests have been running for government office, challenging Brazil’s constitutional separation of church and state and its self-image as a modern, secular nation. Priests find themselves walking a tightrope between religious and secular demands in one of Brazil’s poorest regions. Vote of Faith is a beautifully crafted ethnography based upon decades of fieldwork that tells the story of the ambiguous and frequently transgressive relationship between Catholicism and state governance, a relationship ultimately mediated by kinship, gender, and sexuality. For the protagonists of Vote of Faith, democracy becomes a sphere in which divine will and human ambition compete with one another, a tension embedded in the vernacular concept of faith. In the Brazilian context, faith signifies a complex set of assumptions about the nature of the world, assumptions derived not just from Christianity, but also from Afro-Brazilian and secular ideas about power, causation, and human agency. In combining ethnographic, theological, and feminist perspectives, Vote of Faith places desiring bodies at the very heart of Catholicism’s complex connection to multiple forms of power and offers provocative new angles on the question of the secular. The first work by an anthropologist to explore the unique phenomenon of the mayor-priest, this book offers an essential new angle on emerging debates about secularity as the condition of separation of the religious from the political. Brimming with originality, Vote of Faith is required reading for those interested in the gendered and sexual dimensions of the secular, the plasticity of religion, and the fundamental nature of the world’s largest religious institution.

Issues in Urban Economics

Author : Harvey S. Perloff
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134001215
Total Pages : 614 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (34 download)

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Download or read book Issues in Urban Economics written by Harvey S. Perloff and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-10-18 with total page 614 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Classic economic considerations applied to the crucial urban problems of poverty, racial segregation, urban renewal, transportation, and education. Originally published in 1968

Birch Bayh

Author : Robert Blaemire
Publisher : Indiana University Press
ISBN 13 : 0253039193
Total Pages : 421 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (53 download)

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Download or read book Birch Bayh written by Robert Blaemire and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2019-04-12 with total page 421 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A biography of the US senator from Indiana who was behind such monumental legislation as the 25th Amendment and Title IX. A remarkable history of one of the most legendary US senators of our time, Birch Bayh: Making a Difference reveals a life and career dedicated to the important issues facing Indiana and the nation, including civil rights and equal rights for women. Born in Terre Haute, Indiana, right before the Great Depression, Birch Bayh served more than 25 years in the Indiana General Assembly (1954–1962) and the United States Senate (1963–1981). His influence was seen in landmark legislation over his tenure, including Title IX, the 25th Amendment, the 26th Amendment, Civil Rights of the Institutionalized, Juvenile Justice & Delinquency Prevention Act, and the Bayh-Dole Act. Bayh was also the author, chief Senate sponsor, and floor leader of the Equal Rights Amendment and successfully led the opposition to two Nixon nominees to the Supreme Court. Robert Blaemire profiles not only the prolific career of this remarkable senator but also an era when compromise and bipartisanship were common in Congress. “Bayh has long needed a comprehensive biography, and Robert Blaemire has provided an insider’s account of Bayh’s life and career and places him among Indiana’s leading political figures.” —Ray E. Boomhower, author of Robert F. Kennedy and the 1968 Indiana Primary “The story of Birch Bay’s political career is completely inspiring, especially in an era that has lost touch with bipartisanship and civility. A must read for Hoosiers and for anyone interested in how democracy worked, when it really worked.” —Ted Widmer, historian and former presidential speechwriter

The Politics of the Presidency

Author : Joseph A. Pika
Publisher : CQ Press
ISBN 13 : 150636778X
Total Pages : 454 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (63 download)

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Download or read book The Politics of the Presidency written by Joseph A. Pika and published by CQ Press. This book was released on 2017-07-06 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Trace the opening rounds of the Trump administration: highlighting the 2016 election, transition, inauguration, and first one hundred days. Never losing sight of the foundations of the office, The Politics of the Presidency maintains a balance between historical context, the current political environment, and contemporary scholarship on the executive branch, providing a solid foundation for any presidency course. In addition to offering readers a comprehensive framework for understanding the expectations, powers, and limitations of the executive branch, the Revised Ninth Edition uses the most up-to-date coverage and analysis of the 2016 election and Trump administration to demonstrate key concepts. New to the Revised Ninth Edition A new chapter dedicated to the Trump transition and first one hundred days examines important topics such as the immigration ban and other executive orders; efforts at deregulation; the targeted military strikes in Syria; and the war on the intelligence community and the deconstruction of the administrative state. Recent congressional relations analyzed, including the confirmation of Supreme Court justice Neil Gorsuch after Senate Republicans employed the "nuclear option" and took away the opportunity to filibuster Supreme Court nominees; efforts to repeal and replace Obamacare; fiscal 2017 and 2018 budget negotiations; and congressional investigations of the Trump campaign’s ties to Russia, his firing of FBI director James Comey, and the appointment of a special counsel in the matter. An assessment of the public presidency reviews Trump’s approval ratings, communications strategies, and media coverage. Discussions of Trump’s leadership challenges in a polarized age explain the difficulties of unifying a nation after a bitter election, launching an administration, and structuring the executive branch.

Mighty Minutes with the Master

Author : David Wilson
Publisher : Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 164569481X
Total Pages : 762 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (456 download)

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Download or read book Mighty Minutes with the Master written by David Wilson and published by Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2019-09-23 with total page 762 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Minutes are what life is made up of. Aware of the dimension of time at a reader's disposal, Mr. Wilson has compressed and packed thousands of insightful thoughts into his book, which bursts with life-changing ideas from cover to cover. The results of his virile and focused mind is an explosion of vivid and inspiring thoughts on every page! Mr. Wilson's works are powerful and aimed at turning your life around, upside down, and inside out!

The Nation

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 540 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Nation written by and published by . This book was released on 1874 with total page 540 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Japanese Economic Development

Author : Carl Mosk
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135982899
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (359 download)

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Download or read book Japanese Economic Development written by Carl Mosk and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2007-11-26 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Japanese Economic Development presents three distinct approaches to understanding how and why Japan made the transition from a relatively low-income country mainly focused on agriculture to a high-income nation centered on manufacturing and services. In offering an eclectic account of Japan‘s economic development, this book appeals to students in a