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U.S. Presidency Inaugural Addresses
MobileReference.com 2010; US$ 3.99The book was designed for optimal navigation on the Kindle, PDA, Smartphone, and other electronic readers. It is formatted to display on all electronic devices including the Kindle, Smartphones and other Mobile Devices with a small display.The books uncludes Inaugural Addresses by the following Presidents:1. George Washington 2. John Adams3. Thomas... more...
Americans at the Gate
Princeton University Press 2008; US$ 42.00Unlike the 1930s, when the United States tragically failed to open its doors to Europeans fleeing Nazism, the country admitted over three million refugees during the Cold War. This dramatic reversal gave rise to intense political and cultural battles, pitting refugee advocates against determined opponents who at times successfully slowed admissions.... more...
Black, Brown, Yellow, and Left
University of California Press 2005; US$ 29.95Laura Pulido traces the roots of third world radicalism in Southern California during the 1960s and 1970s in this accessible, wonderfully illustrated comparative study. Focusing on the Black Panther Party, El Centro de Acción Social y Autonomo (CASA), and East Wind, a Japanese American collective, she explores how these African American, Chicana/o,... more...
The Audacity of Hope
Crown Publishing Group 2006; US$ 7.99In July 2004, Barack Obama electrified the Democratic National Convention with an address that spoke to Americans across the political spectrum. One phrase in particular anchored itself in listeners? minds, a reminder that for all the discord and struggle to be found in our history as a nation, we have always been guided by a dogged optimism in the... more...
Living Blue in the Red States
University of Nebraska Press 2007; US$ 19.95Shows what politically progressive creative writers were feeling in the wake of George W Bush's re-election. This book presents the work of essayists who look beyond the passions of the moment - the war in Iraq, the rallying of the Right around social issues, the Democrats' failure in 2004 - to the need for unity. more...
Breaking the Political Glass Ceiling
Taylor and Francis 2010; US$ 43.95Why has the integration of women into Congress been so slow? Is there a "political glass ceiling" for women? Although women use the same strategic calculations as men to decide when to run, the decision regarding where to run is something else. While redistricting has increasingly protected incumbents, it also has the unintended consequence of shaping... more...
The Political Mind
Penguin Group US 2008; US$ 12.99A groundbreaking scientific examination of the way our brains understand politics from a New York Times bestselling author One of the world 's best-known linguists and cognitive scientists, George Lakoff has a knack for making science make sense for general readers. In his new book, Lakoff spells out what cognitive science has discovered about... more...
After Bush
Cambridge University Press 2008; US$ 29.00Analyzes the future of US foreign policy after George W. Bush, arguing for continuity. more...
Millennial Makeover
Rutgers University Press 2008; US$ 23.95This new in paperback edition includes a new afterword written specifically for this volume. Morley Winograd and Michael D. Hais review the developments of the 2008 presidential election and demonstrate how the coming of age of a millennial generation and the expansion of a new communication technology produced another realignment, just as these... more...
Speaking of Freedom
Scribner 2009; US$ 19.99Through the lens of more than forty speeches from his presidency, George H. W. Bush takes a special look back on the momentous global events of 1989-1992 -- the fall of the Berlin Wall, the collapse of the Soviet Union, and the liberation of Kuwait, to name a few -- and reminisces about what it was like to be president through such unprecedented times.... more...









