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  • The Federalistby Alexander Hamilton; James Madison; John Jay; Terence Ball; Raymond Geuss; Quentin Skinner

    Cambridge University Press 2003; US$ 26.00

    The most accessible rendition ever of a classic of political thought in action. Terence Ball presents all eighty-five Federalist papers, along with the sixteen letters of 'Brutus', the New York Antifederalist. Each is systematically cross-referenced to the other, and both to the appended Articles of Confederation and US Constitution. more...

  • Works of Jean-Jacques Rousseauby MobileReference

    MobileReference.com 2007; US$ 5.99

    Indulge Yourself with the best classic literature on Your PDA. Navigate easily to any chapter from Table of Contents or search for the words or phrases. Author''s biography and an essay in the trial version. Table of Contents. The Confessions of Jean Jacques Rousseau. Considerations on the Government of Poland. Constitutional Project for Corsica. The Creed of a Savoyard Priest (From Emile). Discourse on the Arts and Sciences. Discourse on the Origin of Inequality Among Men. Discourse on Political Economy. Emile, or On Education. Narcissus, or The Self-Admirer: A Comedy. The Social Contract. Appendix:. Jean-Jacques Rousseau Biography. List of Works in Chronological Order. About and Navigation. . more...

  • How Evil Worksby David Kupelian

    Threshold Editions 2010; US$ 9.99

    David Kupelian, veteran journalist and bestselling author of The Marketing of Evil, probes the millennia-old questions of evil—what it is, how it works, and why it so routinely and effortlessly ruins our lives—once again demonstrating his uncanny knack for demystifying complex, elusive, and intimidating subjects with fresh insights into the hidden mechanisms of seduction, corruption, religion, and power politics. Analyzing today’s most electrifying news stories and hot-button topics, Kupelian explores such profoundly troubling questions as Why are big lies more believable than little ones? How does terrorism really work? Why do so many celebrities who “have it all” end up self-destructing? Why are... more...

  • The Federalist Papersby James Madison

    MobileReference.com 2010; US$ 3.99

    The Federalist Papers are a series of 85 articles advocating the ratification of the United States Constitution. Seventy-seven of the essays were published serially in The Independent Journal and The New York Packet between October 1787 and August 1788. A compilation of these and eight others, called The Federalist, was published in 1788 by J. and A. McLean.— Excerpted from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. more...

  • The New New Rulesby Bill Maher

    Penguin Group US 2011; US$ 12.99

    From bestselling author and host of HBO's Real Time , Bill Maher's new book of political riffs serves up a savagely funny set of rules for preserving sanity in an insane world. A follow-up to the New York Times -bestselling New Rules, The New New Rules delivers a series of hilarious, intelligent rants on everything from same-sex marriage to health care, from Republican agendas to celebrity meltdowns, with all the razor-sharp insight that has made Bill Maher one of the most influential comedic voices shaping the political debate today. With another presidential campaign on the horizon and a stellar set of real-life characters to have fun with-New Rule: If Charlie Sheen's home life means he can't have a TV show, then I say Newt Gingrich... more...

  • J.S. Mill's On Liberty in Focusby John Gray; G. W. Smith

    Routledge 1991; US$ 45.95

    This book gathers together for the first time J.S. Mill's On Liberty and a selection of important essays by the eminent scholars Isaiah Berlin, Alan Ryan, John Rees C.L. Ten and Richard Wollheim on Mill's seminal work. more...

  • Critical and Historical Essays, Volume Iby Thomas Babington MacAulay

    Electric Book Company 1999; US$ 4.95

    Until about 1844 Macaulay?s writings appeared chiefly in the Edinburgh Review. These collected articles, which expressed the complacency of the English middle classes over their new prosperity and growing political power, are perhaps the most widely known critical and historical essays in the language. more...

  • Reflections on the Revolution in Franceby Edmund Burke

    Electric Book Company 1998; US$ 4.95

    Burke supported the American revolution but fought against the French. With his major work Reflections on the Revolution in France, written in 1790, he attacked the revolution and its rationalism and at the same time created a weapon for the counter revolution in England. Burke predicted with uncanny accuracy the Reign of Terror which lay ahead. more...

  • The Communist Manifestoby Karl Marx; Frederick Engels

    Electric Book Company 1998; US$ 3.95

    After the London Congress of the Communist League, Marx and Engels worked togther on the organization's manifesto, which was completed in December 1847. In January 1848 it was approved by the Central Authority of the Communist League. In February 1848, it was first printed (in German) at League member J. E. Burghard's London printshop (46 Liverpool Street). The Manifesto remains one of the world's greatest political documents in content, style and influence. more...

  • Considerations on Representative Governmentby John Stuart Mill

    Electric Book Company 1998; US$ 4.95

    In this powerful work John Stuart Mill sets forth representative government as the most sensible compromise between unreflective rule by the masses and the self-indulgence of the few. On Representative Government is one of the most compelling political essays of the 19th century. more...