A Necessary Evil: A History of American Distrust of Government - Garry Wills

In A Necessary Evil, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Garry Wills shows that distrust of government is embedded deep in the American psyche. From the ...

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Reducere. From Pulitzer Prize-winner Garry Wills, the story of Augustine's Confessions In this brief and incisive book, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Garr...

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Reducere. In this brief and incisive book, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Garry Wills tells the story of the Confessions--what motivated Augustine to dicta...

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Now in paperback, this is the second novel set in India in the 1920s, featuring Sergeant Banerjee of the Calcutta Police Force, following }A Rising...

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Hibbert tries to show by reference to history of punishments, to the reactions of those who suffered them or have been threatened by them, and to t...

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Finance is the evil we cannot live without. It governs almost every aspect of our lives and has the power to liberate as well as enslave. With the ...

Reducere. The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Lincoln at Gettysburg brings his eloquence, wit, and on-target perceptions of American life and politics to th...

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Reducere. After the breakup of the Beatles in 1971, Paul McCartney formed Wings with his wife Linda on keyboards, ex-Moody Blues guitarist Denny Laine, and A...

DescriptionThe first history of the American hiking community and its contributions to the nation's vast network of trails In the mid-nineteenth ce...

DescriptionColleges and universities are among the most cherished--and controversial--institutions in the United States. In this updated edition of...

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Reducere. What went wrong in Vietnam? Michael Lind casts new light on one of the most contentious episodes in American history in this controversial bestsell...

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"You have to take the children away."--Donald Trump Taking Children argues that for four hundred years the United States has taken children for pol...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - When did America give up on fairness? The author of Fantasyland tells the epic history of how America decided that big ...

Reducere. "You asked me what compels me to speak up? A peculiar thing: my conscience." Victor HugoThe Catholic Church's desire to control its faithful receiv...

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Largely out of sight, they rapidly built and funded a new empire of think tanks and academic institutions and professional organisations, lobbying ...

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Publisher: Schiffer Publishing LtdAuthor(s): Garry R. PapeIllustration(s): over 100 b/w photos and line schemesNumber of pages: 48Publication date:...