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Why Adjudicate? by Christina L. Davis Publisher Comments The World Trade Organization (WTO) oversees the negotiation and enforcement of formal rules governing international trade. Why do countries choose to adjudicate their trade disputes in the WTO rather than settling their differences on their own? In Why... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price: $31.06 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Selecting a President (Fundamentals of American Government) by Eleanor Clift Publisher Comments The debut of a brand-new civics series for high school seniors and college freshmen, that clearly, concisely and cleverly explains how the United States elects its president Selecting a President explains the nuts and bolts of our presidential... (read more) Your price: $19.99 New - Hardcover
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The Post-American World: Release 2.0 by Fareed Zakaria Publisher Comments In a book fully updated to reflect recent events, the editor-at-large of Time and Emmy-nominated CNN host describes the surging economic growth of the economies of China, India and Brazil while America and other advanced economies have stalled. 70,000... (read more) List Price $26.95 Your price: $23.92 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Time to Start Thinking: America in the Age of Descent by Edward Luce Synopsis "Gentlemen, we have run out of money. It is time to start thinking."-Sir Ernest Rutherford, winner of the Nobel Prize in Nuclear Physics Time to Start Thinking is a book destined to spark debate among liberals and conservatives alike. Drawing on his... (read more) List Price $26.00 Your price: $17.95 Used - Hardcover
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Expelled: A Journalist's Descent Into the Russian Mafia State by Luke Harding Publisher Comments In 2007 Luke Harding arrived in Moscow to take up a new job as a correspondent for the British newspaper, The Guardian. Within months, mysterious agents from Russia's Federal Security Service --the successor to the KGB--had broken into his apartment. He... (read more) Your price: $28.00 New - Hardcover
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Selecting a President by Eleanor Clift Publisher Comments The debut of a brand-new civics series for high school seniors and college freshmen, that clearly, concisely and cleverly explains how the United States elects its president Selecting a President explains the nuts and bolts of our presidential electoral... (read more) Your price: $9.99 Google eBooks - Electronic
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It's Even Worse Than It Looks by Thomas E. Mann Publisher Comments Acrimony and hyperpartisanship have seeped into every part of the political process. Congress is deadlocked and its approval ratings are at record lows. America's two main political parties have given up their traditions of compromise, endangering our... (read more) List Price $26.00 Your price: $23.07 Adobe Digital Editions - Electronic
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Time: The United States Constitution: The Essential User's Guide by Richard (edt) Lacayo Publisher Comments Americans have debated the Constitution since the day its was signed, but rarely in its 223-year history have so many disagreed so fiercely about so much. Everywhere there seems to be debate about the Constitution's meaning and message. The Tea Party... (read more) Your price: $14.95 New - Hardcover
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The Terrorism Reader (Routledge Readers in History) by David J. (edt) Whittaker Publisher Comments The Terrorism Reader is an intriguing introduction to a notorious and disturbing international phenomenon. The book draws together material from a variety of experts and clearly explains their opinions on terrorism, allowing understanding, conjecture and... (read more) Your price: $43.95 New - Trade Paper
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Days of Defeat and Victory by Egor Timurovich Gaĭdar Publisher Comments Gaidar was one of Russia's first post-Soviet prime ministers and a principal architect of its transformation to capitalism. He offers his account of governing in the early 1990s, up to Yeltsin's cliffhanger re-election in 1996.... (read more) List Price $30.00 Your price: $26.62 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Leadership Matters (12 Edition) by Thomas E. Cronin Publisher Comments Exceptional leaders can guide us through bursts of energy and activity that fundamentally alter the status quo. But other leaders guide us quietly, and still others lead as followers or as students, citizens, and foot soldiers from every walk of life... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $22.95 New - Trade Paper
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Spoiled Rotten: How the Politics of Patronage Corrupted the Once Noble Democratic Party and Now Threatens the American Republic by Jay Cost Publisher Comments A popular columnist for The Weekly Standard, conservative journalist Jay Cost now offers a lively, candid, diligently researched revisionist history of the Democratic Party. In Spoiled Rotten, Cost reveals that the national political organization, first... (read more) Your price: $13.99 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Trickle Down Tyranny: Crushing Obama's Dream of the Socialist States of America by Michael Savage Publisher Comments This One Book Can Stop Obama's Tyranny The USA or the USSA? The United States of America or the Union of Socialist States of America? That is the question. Will President Obama transform the greatest engine of freedom the world has ever known into a... (read more) List Price $26.99 Your price: $18.50 Used - Hardcover
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Ron Paul's Revolution: The Man and the Movement He Inspired by Brian Doherty Publisher Comments Presidential candidate and longtime representative Ron Paul of Texas is a true enigma in American politics: at once a libertarian who believes in outlawing abortion and halting illegal immigration, and a traditional conservative who fervently opposes the... (read more) Your price: $13.99 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Nationalism and the Moral Psychology of Community by Bernard Yack Publisher Comments Nationalism is one of modern historys great surprises. How is it that the nation, a relatively old form of community, has risen to such prominence in an era so strongly identified with the individual? Bernard Yack argues that it is the inadequacy of our... (read more) Your price: $30.75 New - Trade Paper
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Why Kosovo Still Matters by Denis Macshane Publisher Comments The people of Kosovo--both the cleansed Albanians and the demagogically exploited Serbs--now know who their political and humanitarian friends were. One of the most outstanding European and parliamentary advocates has been Dr Denis MacShane. This will... (read more) List Price $17.95 Your price: $15.93 Adobe Digital Editions - Electronic
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China's Remarkable Economic Growth by John Knight Publisher Comments How has the Chinese economy managed to grow at such a remarkable rate--no less than ten per cent per annum--for over three decades? This well-integrated book combines economic theory, empirical estimation, and institutional analysis to address one of the... (read more) Your price: $53.50 New - Hardcover
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Presidential Campaign Posters: Two Hundred Years of Election Art by Library Of Congress (cor) Publisher Comments Here are 100 ready-to-frame political campaign posters from the annals of American history! The candidates range from Andrew Jackson (“Defender of Beauty and Booty”) and William Henry Harrison (“Have Some Hard Cider!”) to Richard... (read more) Your price: $40.00 New - Trade Paper
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The Anthropology of Labor Unions by E. Paul (edt) Durrenberger Publisher Comments The Anthropology of Labor Unions presents ethnographic data and analysis in eight case studies from several very diverse industries. It covers a wide range of topics, from the role of women and community in strikes to the importance of place in... (read more) Your price: $27.25 New - Trade Paper
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Big Media, Big Money: Cultural Texts and Political Economics by Ronald V. Bettig Publisher Comments Big Media, Big Money is a lively and scathing critique of the contemporary communications industry, examining how media ownership and the profit-making motive affect the messages we receive in alarming ways. Through close readings of recent news events... (read more) Your price: $43.50 New - Trade Paper
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