Political Science
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Success and Luck: Good Fortune and the Myth of MeritocracyFrom New York Times bestselling author and economics columnist Robert Frank, a compelling book that explains why the rich underestimate the importance of luck in their success, why that hurts everyone, and what we can do about it How important is luck in economic...
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White Flight: Atlanta and the Making of Modern ConservatismThe forgotten story of how southern white supremacy and resistance to desegregation helped give birth to the modern conservative movement During the civil rights era, Atlanta thought of itself as "The City Too Busy to Hate," a rare place in the South where the...
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Lawrence in Arabia: War, Deceit, Imperial Folly and the Making of the Modern Middle EastOne of the Best Books of the Year: The Christian Science MonitorNPRThe Seattle Times St. Louis Post-Dispatch Chicago Tribune A New York Times Notable Book Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award in BiographyThe Arab Revolt against the Turks in World War I...
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American Politics: A Very Short IntroductionAmerican politics seems to grow more contentious and complicated by the day, and whether American democracy works well is hotly debated. Amidst all this roiling partisan argument and confusing claims and counterclaims, there has never been a greater need for an impartial primer on...
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Streetfight: Handbook for an Urban RevolutionLike a modern-day Jane Jacobs, Janette Sadik-Khan transformed New York City's streets to make room for pedestrians, cyclists, buses, and green spaces. Describing the battles she fought to enact change, Streetfight imparts wisdom and practical advice that other cities can follow to make their...
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Democracy in AmericaOriginally penned in the mid-eighteenth century by Frenchman Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America remains one of the most penetrating and astute picture of American life, politics, and morals ever written, as relevant today as when it first appeared in print nearly two hundred...
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Weak Strongman: The Limits of Power in Putin's RussiaLooking beyond Putin to understand how today's Russia actually works Media and public discussion tends to understand Russian politics as a direct reflection of Vladimir Putin's seeming omnipotence or Russia's unique history and culture. Yet Russia is remarkably similar to other autocracies--and recognizing this...
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Blood Money: How Criminals, Militias, Rebels, and Warlords Finance ViolenceIt is convenient to think that bad guys are drumming up money for their activities far away and in shady back alleys, but the violent non-state actors (VNSAs) of the world are hiding in plain sight. They peddle knockoff sneakers, pass the hat at ethnic festivals, take a cut...
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1,001 Voices on Climate Change: Everyday Stories of Flood, Fire, Drought, and Displacement from Around the WorldJoin journalist Devi Lockwood on this "monumental achievement" (Richard Moor, bestselling author of On Trails) as she bikes around the world collecting personal stories about how flood, fire, drought, and rising seas are changing communities. It's official: apocalyptic climate predictions finally came true. Catastrophic...
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Thematic Mapping: 101 Inspiring Ways to Visualise Empirical DataFirst place winner in Educational Products at the 2021 International Cartographic Conference Maps are ubiquitous, yet maps are not made equally, nor are they read equally. Every map is a product of its maker and its reader, and maps are rarely right or wrong...
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Civil Service Exam Study Guide 2021-2022: Preparation Book with Practice Test Questions for the Civil Service Exams (Police Officer, Firefighter, ClerUpdated for 2021, Trivium Test Prep's unofficial, NEW Civil Service Exam Study Guide 2021-2022: Preparation Book with Practice Test Questions for the Civil Service Exams (Police Officer, Firefighter, Clerical, and More) isn't your typical exam prep! Because we know your time is limited, we've...
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From the New Deal to the War on Schools: Race, Inequality, and the Rise of the Punitive Education StateIn an era defined by political polarization, both major U.S. parties have come to share a remarkably similar understanding of the education system as well as a set of punitive strategies for fixing it. Combining an intellectual history of social policy with a sweeping...
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PersistA New York Times Bestseller "Part memoir, part political manifesto, this call to arms by the Massachusetts senator draws on pivotal moments from her life to make the case for personal perseverance and progressive policy goals . . . Moving."--The New York Times Book...
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She Proclaims: Our Declaration of Independence from a Man's WorldTake action and shatter the glass ceiling with this empowering and optimistic feminist guide from the #1 New York Timesbestselling author of Dear Madam President.In an era marked by a frustrating sense of stagnation for women, Jennifer Palmieri has found a way to move...
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A Clouded Leopard in the Middle of the Road: New Thinking about Roads, People, and WildlifeA Clouded Leopard in the Middle of the Road is an eye-opening introduction to the ecological impacts of roads. Drawing on over ten years of active engagement in the field of road ecology, Darryl Jones sheds light on the challenges roads pose to wildlife--and...
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The New Economics: A ManifestoIn 1517, Martin Luther nailed his 95 theses to the wall of Wittenberg church. He argued that the Church's internally consistent but absurd doctrines had pickled into a dogmatic structure of untruth. It was time for a Reformation. Half a millennium later, Steve Keen...
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Flying Camelot: The F-15, the F-16, and the Weaponization of Fighter Pilot NostalgiaFlying Camelot brings us back to the post-Vietnam era, when the US Air Force launched two new, state-of-the art fighter aircraft: the F-15 Eagle and the F-16 Fighting Falcon. It was an era when debates about aircraft superiority went public--and these were not uncontested...
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Bad Faith: Race and the Rise of the Religious RightA surprising and disturbing origin story There is a commonly accepted story about the rise of the Religious Right in the United States. It goes like this: with righteous fury, American evangelicals entered the political arena as a unified front to fight the legality...
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From Urbanization to Cities: The Politics of Democratic MunicipalismFrom Urbanization to Cities is a sweeping history of the city, not as a destination for capitalist exchange and individual gratification but as a locus for directly democratic politics. Just as ecosystems rely on participation and mutualism, so must cities--and their citizens--rediscover these qualities,...
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Hannah ArendtHannah Arendt is one of the most renowned political thinkers of the twentieth century, and her work has never been more relevant than it is today. Born in Germany in 1906, Arendt published her first book at the age of twenty-three, before turning away...
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