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A fascinating new angle on presidential history, assessing the performances of the presidents in their freshman year of the toughest job in the world.

An entertaining and important account of presidential elections in which the winner of the popular vote lost or came all too close to losing, focusing on the Constitutional Convention in 1787, the disputed elections of 1876 and 2000, the deadlocks of 1800 and 1824 (when the elections were thrown to the House of Representatives) and the close call during the tumultuous year of 1968.

After being sworn in as president, Richard Nixon told the assembled crowd that government will listen.

For the first time, readers will experience Americas gravest crisis through the eyes of the five former presidents who lived it.

Our One Common Country explores the most critical meeting of the Civil War.

It's beenfifty years since JFKs assassination and nearly twenty since Ronald Reagan disappeared from public life.

Seit Jahrtausenden strebt der Mensch nach Fortschritt, Ordnung und Sicherheit.

Six-time New York Times bestselling author, FOX News star, and radio host Mark R.

From #1 New York Times bestselling author and radio host Mark R.

A revelatory look at the Warren Burger Supreme Court finds that it was not moderate or transitional, but conservativeand it shaped todays constitutional landscape.

As the sun begins to set over Louisiana one October day in 1943, a young black man faces the final hours of his life: at midnight, eighteen-year-old Willie Jones will be executed by electric chair for raping a white girl - a crime some believe he did not commit.

What happens when the President of the United States engages in criminal activity?

'Everyone will find something they didn't know in this unexpectedly funny womb-to-tomb guide to looking after your money in Britain today - the laws, the loopholes, the pitfalls, and who to call if it all goes wrong' - The TelegraphManage your money, manage your life.

Winner of the Saltire Society First Book Award 2016An Economist Book of the Year 2016A Spectator Book of the Year 2016In 2011, Isabel Buchanan, a twenty-three-year-old Scottish lawyer, moved to Pakistan to work in a new legal chambers in Lahore.

Those of us in midlife are facing a dilemma: We are going through a period of multiple life-altering changes all at the same time - at work, at home and within.

WINNER OF THE LAKELAND BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 2022'A hilarious and depressing account of the shrivelling of local journalism' GRAHAM ROBB, Spectator Books of the Year 'For those who know about provincial newspapers, this will be a classic and a gem.

Learn from one of our leading conservative voices how we can return to the biblical values our nation was founded upon, especially the vital importance of the family, in order to secure a prosperous future for generations to come.

Agricultural (or "e;green"e;) biotechnology is a source of growing tensions in the global trading system, particularly between the United States and the European Union.

This fast-paced book by Yale professors Michael Graetz and Ian Shapiro unravels the following mystery: How is it that the estate tax, which has been on the books continuously since 1916 and is paid by only the wealthiest two percent of Americans, was repealed in 2001 with broad bipartisan support?

An essential primer on impeachment for today's divided public squareWe are witnessing an unprecedented moment in American politics in which impeachments are increasingly common.

All Our Todays is the first book about the BBC's most influential news and current affairs programme, published to celebrate Today's 40th anniversary in October 1997.

Members, wives, lovers.

For nearly fifty years, J.

The hazards of perfect memory in the digital ageDelete looks at the surprising phenomenon of perfect remembering in the digital age, and reveals why we must reintroduce our capacity to forget.

How do we fix a healthcare system that's too complex, costly, and often unequal?

The Insider dominated the media on publication in March 2005 and instantly became a No.

They were 'Cudlipp' and 'Mr King' when they met in 1935.

This companion provides a comprehensive survey of the life, work and legacy of Benjamin Franklin - the oldest, most distinctive, and multifaceted of the founders.

This companion provides a comprehensive survey of the life, work and legacy of Benjamin Franklin - the oldest, most distinctive, and multifaceted of the founders.

The book will enable readers to understand the purposes of the different budgets and forecasts and it will explain in detail how they are prepared and used.

Is this the right book for me?

"e;Democracy is the road to socialism.

Understand everything you need to know about our democratic systemfrom the Constitution to present-day electionswith The Everything American Government Book.

How did the federal judiciary transcend early limitations to become a powerful institution of American governance?

Reforms at Risk is the first book to closely examine what happens to sweeping and seemingly successful policy reforms after they are passed.

How can we ensure high-quality public services such as health care and education?

A comparative look at the astonishing economic rise of modern China and IndiaThe recent economic rise of China and India has attracted a great deal of attention-and justifiably so.

"e;The simple truth is that we've lost control of our own borders, and no nation can do that and survive.

Tom A.

America's greatness comes from people working hard to fulfill their dreams.

In a book that is as certain to be as controversial as it is meticulously researched, a former special assistant to the president for National Security Affairs and senior official of the Central Intelligence Agency shows that the U.

A hard-hitting, ruthlessly honest political biography of Sen.

The former Republican presidential candidate "e;advances new ideas .

Why was the government not capable of responding to human need in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina?

Take an exclusive look inside the Oval Office?

Tree-huggers may actually be squeezing the life out of the environment.

This is a book about winning elections in an age when security has trumped almost every other issue and the technology of political effectiveness is evolving with lightning quickness.

Has America, in its quest for goodness, sacrificed its sense of greatness?

Why policymaking in the United States privileges the rich over the poorCan a country be a democracy if its government only responds to the preferences of the rich?

Ever since the French Revolution, Madame de Pompadour's comment, "e;Apres moi, le deluge"e; (after me, the deluge), has looked like a callous if accurate prophecy of the political cataclysms that began in 1789.