Politics & Government

Curse of the BlackGold: 50 Years of Oil in the Niger Delta takes a graphic look at the profound cost of oil exploitation in West Africa. Featuring images b...

When civil war broke out in his home country in 2011, Hassan Al Kontar was a young Syrian living and working in the UAE. After a series of setbacks, he was ...

The fate of poor and working-class African Americans-who are unquestionably represented among neoliberalism's victims-is inextricably linked to that of oth...

Parliament LtdCategories: Politics & Social Sciences Politics & GovernmentSpecific Topics

Using history to challenge Communist Party rule.Sparks: China's Underground Historians and their Battle for the Future describes how some of China's best-kn...

USA Today bestseller!\Do recent changes in the Middle East signal peace? One Arab country after another is signing historic, game-changing peace, trade, inv...

Ever since Fidel Castro assumed power in Cuba in 1959, Americans have been obsessed with the socialist nation ninety miles south of Florida, an obsession f...

The First Nine Months Of Donald Trump's Term Were Stormy, Outrageous -- And Absolutely Mesmerizing. Now, Thanks To His Deep Access To The West Wing, Bestsel...

Scum Manifesto Was Considered One Of The Most Outrageous, Violent, And Certifiably Crazy Tracts When It First Appeared In 1968. Valerie Solanas, The Woman W...

Jared Diamond.Categories: Politics & Social Sciences AnthropologyCultural

Traces the history of the Hudson's Bay Company from the second half of the nineteenth century and the reign of Donald Alexander Smith to the company's conte...

In the Age of Terrorism, the United States has become a much more dangerous place-for activists and dissenters, whose First Amendment rights are all too fr...

To Hell in a Handbasket is a chilling account of how Jimmy Carter’s abandonment of a longtime U.S. ally in favor of a murderous mullah thirty years ago e...

a Harrowing Yet Poignant Examination Of A Famous Lynching That Considers America's Ongoing Struggles With Race, Equality, And Justice. washington Post Bo...

A Respected Economist And Columnist For The New York Times Shares A Collection Of His Most Influential Columns, Along With Commentary, That Critically Analy...

Things have turned black at the House of Night. Zoey Redbird’s soul has shattered. With everything she’s ever stood for falling apart, it’s seeming m...

A new tool for mapping urban land cover that integrates design principles and ecological knowledge for understanding cities as complex, patchy and dynamic ...

on September 4, 1995, Several Stoney Point Natives Entered Ipperwash Provincial Park, Near Sarnia, Ontario, And Began A Peaceful Protest Aimed At Reclaiming...

the student Atlas Series Combines Full-color Maps And Data Sets To Introduce Students To The Importance Of The Connections Between Geography And Other Are...

Betrayed, the second installment in the bestselling House of Night series from P. C. Cast and Kristin Cast, is dark and sexy, and as thrilling as it is utt...

Like it or not, all of us who live in modern society are organization men and women. The author shows how pervasive these patterns of relationship are in ou...

An introduction to the unparalleled achievements of ancient China and the inventions, discoveries, and scientific advances that helped inspire the European ...

A congregational community is an ideal place to share and strengthen faith, form lasting relationships, and develop special gifts and talents. Too often, t...

Throughout Our History, Americans Have Been Simultaneously Inspired And Seduced By The American Presidency And Concerned About The Misuse Of Presidential Po...

Edited By Leon Stein. Includes Index.Categories: Politics & Social Sciences Politics & Government Ideologies & DoctrinesDemocracy

Employing analytical tools borrowed from game theory, Carles Boix offers a complete theory of political transitions. It is one in which political regimes ul...

Freedom's Sword is the first history to detail the remarkable, lasting achievements of the NAACP's first sixty years. From its pivotal role in overturning ...

The first comprehensive philosophical examination of our duties to future generations, Dr de-Shalit argues that they are a matter of justice, not charity or...

From Pulitzer Prize winner and bestselling author Rick Atkinson comes an eyewitness account of the war against Iraq and a vivid portrait of a remarkable gro...

"An indispensable book for anyone who cares about the future of privacy, not just in the United States but throughout the world...." National Post Inv...

minor corner wearCategories: Biographies & MemoirsMemoirs

We Often Think Of Our Capacity To Experience The Suffering Of Others As The Ultimate Source Of Goodness. Many Of Our Wisest Policy-makers, Activists, Scient...

This textbook offers a fresh approach to the study of comparative politics and public policy. Instead of concentrating on why countries differ, Learning Fro...

In His 1988 Cbc Massey Lectures, Noam Chomsky Inquires Into The Nature Of The Media In A Political System Where The Population Cannot Be Disciplined By Forc...

An Instant New York Times Bestseller!China has concentration camps now. Why do Westerners claim our sins are unique?It is now in vogue to celebrate non-West...

Here We Stand : What A Forensic Scientist Does / Jon J. Nordby -- Section I. Forensic Pathology And Related Specialties -- The Role Of The Forensic Patholog...

an Icon Of The Environmental Movement Outlines A Provocative Approach For Reclaiming Our Planet according To Stewart Brand, A Lifelong Environmentalist Wh...

In Dead Aid, Dambisa Moyo Describes The State Of Postwar Development Policy In Africa That Has Channeled Billions Of Dollars In Aid But Failed To Reduce Pov...

This Book Is A Global History Of The Interwar Period, Which Posits A New History For The Origins Of The Second World War. Jonathan Haslam Argues That It Was...

Glenda Gilmore Explores The Pivotal And Interconnected Roles Played By Gender And Race In North Carolina Politics From The Period Immediately Preceding The ...

In this enterprising new text, Ted Glenn equips fledgling public sector communications professionals with the information they need to be successful in thei...

Why are we selling off the impressive public enterprises we often battled as a nation to create? In the early 1900s, thousands of Canadians battled wealthy...

In this saga of brilliant triumphs and magnificent failures, David E. Hoffman, the former Moscow bureau chief for the Washington Post, sheds light on the hi...

Product Description Academy Award–winning director Michael Curtiz (1886–1962)―whose best-known films includeCasablanca (1942), Yankee Doodle Dand...

rethinking Domestic Violence Is The Third In A Series Of Books By Donald Dutton Critically Reviewing Research In The Area Of Intimate Partner Violence (ipv...

the Outsiders Is A Book That Delves Deeply Into The Hearts, Minds, And Stories Of A Group That Had No Voice Before S. E. Hinton Gave Them One. She Began Wr...

Take a random walk through your life and you’ll find it is awash in industrial, often toxic, chemicals. Sip water from a plastic bottle and ingest bisphe...

The Business Of L'oreal Is Beauty. It Is The World's Largest Cosmetics Firm. This Startling Book Shows The Other Face Of Beauty. It Is The Story Of How This...