Get other William Gibson Books here Now available in a tall Premium Edition Gibson’s “New York Times” bestseller tells the story of an investigative journalist who is assigned the task of finding a spook an intelligence agent who refuses to sleep in the same place twice. CLICK HERE -Spook Country William Gibson Paperback at www.science-fiction-books.com.au
Get other General Politics hereThe author of “The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order” turns his attention to the cultural rifts in this country. The patriotic response to 9-11 only highlighted the loss of American identity here at home says Huntington and already the flag-waving has begun to subside.
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Get other Fantasy Science Fiction Books hereUrsula the Yellow youngest wizard of Castle Greyrock is manipulated into accepting a quest by the Speaker of the Council to destroy the Necromancer Seliah who has ravaged the country of Melvorne. During the quest Ursula realizes her destiny and quickly learns to control her powers. CLICK HERE -Ursula the Yellow Gary L. Lester Paperback at www.science-fiction-books.com.au
Get other Susan Arnout Smith here It’s the dead of night and Professor Thaddeus Bartholomew is crawling through a field to stay alive. With moments to act he types out a text message a name right as his stalker takes aim. Across the country crime scene tech Grace Descanso has gone on vacation with her daughter to put the last few weeks behind her but the FBI tracks her down when her name turns up on the professor’s phone. Authorities found him with a hole in his chest shot with a crossbow. While Grace doesn’t know how he could know her she can either join the investigation or becoming a suspect but she can’t walk away. A gripping sequel to her series debut Susan Arnout Smith’s Out at Night entangles Grace in a conspiracy that hits dangerously close to home.
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Get other General Politics hereIn “The Price of Right ” Alicia Morgan explodes the myth that is modern conservatism: the myth of the free market the invisible hand the magical trickle-down theory the myth that all you need are bootstraps and that a rising tide lifts all boats. In graphic detail she shows why the conservative agenda is inherently antidemocratic and how the 25-year experiment that began with Reagan may have done the country irreparable harm. Ending on a grace note she outlines what citizens can do to take back their country.
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Get other General Politics hereIn Russian politics reliable information is scarce formal relations are of relatively little significance and things are seldom what they seem. Applying an original theory of political language to narratives taken from interviews with 34 of Russia’s leading political figures Michael Urban explores the ways in which political actors construct themselves with words. By tracing individual narratives back to the discourses available to speakers he identifies what can and cannot be intelligibly said within the bounds of the country’s political culture and then documents how elites rely on the personal elements of political discourse at the expense of those addressed to the political community. Urban shows that this discursive orientation is congruent with social relations prevailing in Russia and helps to account for the fact that despite two revolutions proclaiming democracy in the last century Russia remains an authoritarian state.
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Get other General Politics hereThe Singapore Perspectives series is a yearly publication that provides critical analysis of emerging trends and issues Singapore faces in terms of social economic and political development. It is a quick and essential reference for understanding the broad policy discussions that animate thought leaders policy-makers and the public in the country during the immediate period or that are likely to do so in the short and medium term. This edition focuses on how Singapore will cope with the social impact of first the development of a dual economy and second the adoption of new communications technologies. There is a section on the political implications of an aggressive new policy to promote immigration as Singapore’s response to the global competition for talent and finally the future of
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Get other General Politics hereLiberty Under Siege is an extraordinary book. Here finally is a reveille for reality a call to stop this long intoxication with illusion and look at what has been happening to our republic. Walter Karp combines the passion of Tom Paine with the urgency of Paul Revere to sound a patriot’s alarm for his country.
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Get other General Politics here This edited volume provides an overview on US involvement in Iraq from the 1958 Iraqi coup to the present-day offering a deeper context to the current conflict. Using a range of innovative methods to interrogate US foreign policy ideology and culture the book provides a broad set of reflections on past present and future implications of US-Iraqi relations and especially the strategic implications for US policy-making. In doing so it examines several key aspects of relationship such as: the 1958 Iraqi Revolution; the impact of the 1967 Arab-Israeli War; the impact of the Nixon Doctrine on the regional balance of power; US attempts at rapprochement during the 1980s; the 1990-91 Gulf War; and finally sanctions and inspections. Analysis of the contemporary Iraq crisis sets US plans against the ‘reality’ they faced in the country and explores both attempts
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Get other Popular Fiction hereThe fact that he is fighting for his country against racist Nazis drives hypocritical truths home to Nick who¿s left frustrated wondering about his role fighting in a segregated American Army where Jim Crow policy is the order of the day. Nick witnesses war and destruction Nazi atrocities committed in concentration camps he has helped liberate and the humiliating discrimination endured by African American troops. Taking all this in rather than reinforcing Nick¿s doubts about the probability of any good being in mankind Nick channels these negative experiences into the mature honorable tolerant acceptance of others.
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