The Leading eBooks Store Online
for Kindle Fire, Apple, Android, Nook, Kobo, PC, Mac, Sony Reader...
Public Policy Disasters in Europe
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 180.00This book considers some recent and spectacular failures in policy-making and asks what is meant by policy 'disaster', the different forms that they can take and why they have occured. These issues are explored in nine contrasting cases drawn from both the European Union and its member states. These include: the devastating crisis in the Belgium political... more...
E-Governance
Palgrave Macmillan 2004; US$ 105.00The e-governance revolution is said to be changing everything, but will all the modelling tools, electronic meeting management systems and online consultations really change political judgement in policy formation? Using case studies from local and federal government in the US and Europe, Perri 6 examines these claims and presents a new theory of how... more...
Whitaker's Scottish Almanack 2004
A&C Black 2003; US$ 32.50Designed for those living in, working in or visiting Scotland, this book is a comprehensive guide to the people, history, culture and institutions of Scotland. This edition contains thousands of facts and figures and fully explores who's who and what's what in Scotland today. more...
Amazing True Stories of Execution Blunders
Summersdale Publishers Ltd. 2007; US$ 14.99Details the ridiculous ways in which a number of ill-fated unfortunates met (or failed to meet) their maker at the hands of lamentably inept executioners. With black and white illustrations, this book brings together a mixture of bungled executions, strange last requests, and classic one-liners from medieval times to the present day. more...
Execution
Summersdale Publishers Ltd. 2012; US$ 9.99Execution' is a gruesomely fascinating account of methods of judicial execution from around the world and through the ages, and includes such hair-raising categories as death by cannibalism, being sewn into an animals belly and a thousand cuts. In his own darkly humorous style, Geoffrey Abbott describes the instruments used and their effectiveness,... more...
Footwear Evidence
Charles C Thomas 1964; US$ 13.95John R. Abbott is recognized as one of the world's top identification experts. Almost three decades of personal experience and research are represented in FOOTWEAR EVIDENCE. It covers The Footwear Specialist in Court, The Crime Scene Examination, The Analysis of Surfaces, The Controlled Test Impression, and Establishing Footwear Ownership. Mr.... more...
Anti-Political Establishment Parties
Taylor and Francis 2003; US$ 44.95Drawing on a wide variety of examples from countries across the world, this book provides a detailed comparative analysis of anti-political establishment parties. more...
Institutions of American Democracy - The Executive Branch
Oxford University Press 2006; US$ 29.99DIRECTORY OF CONTRIBUTORS GENERAL INTRODUCTION: The Executive Branch as an Institution of American Constitutional Democracy, Jaroslav Pelikan INTRODUCTION: Presidents and Bureaucrats: The Executive Branch and American Democracy Joel D. Aberbach and Mark A. Peterson SECTION I: THE HISTORICAL AND COMPARATIVE CONTEXT 1. The Evolution of the Presidency:... more...
Inside The Mind Of A Killer
Profile 2004; US$ 14.38True crime at its most potent: a riveting account of tracking down and convicting an evil serial killer by the detective who trapped him. "In the duel between a small-town cop and France's most dangerous serial killer, the advantage appeared heavily in favour of Francis Heaulme, the criminal known as the 'man from nowhere', who may... more...
Campaigning to the New American Electorate
Stanford University Press 2010; US$ 22.95This is one of the first research endeavors to systematically compare the content of Spanish and English language campaign ads over an extended period of time (2000-2004) and across a variety of elections (Presidential, Congressional and Gubernatorial). Not only does it examine the way in which politicians have communicated to the nation's two largest... more...









