Can Democracy Work?. A Short History of a Radical Idea, from Ancient Athens to Our World, Hardback - Prof. James Miller

Is democracy a force for good or something much more dangerous?

Is democracy a force for good or something much more dangerous?

Reducere. DescriptionA new history of the world's most embattled ideaToday, democracy is the world's only broadly accepted political system, and yet it has b...

Reducere. Bradley C. S. Watson has devoted a significant part of his career to studying the nature of American progressivism as it formed in the twentieth ce...

Reducere. In the midst of this once-in-a-century public health crisis, the United States was almost toppled from within by one of the two national political ...

The power of the court to overturn a law or decree--called judicial review--is a critical feature of modern democracies. Contemporary American judg...

Chosen by BusinessWeek as One of the Top Ten Business Books of the YearWith apologies to Hegel, Marx, and Lenin, the basic unit of modern society i...

Reducere. A revolutionary new history of humankind through the prism of work, from the origins of life on Earth to our ever-more automated present'A fascinat...

What are the origins of the Syrian crisis, and why did no one do anything to stop it? Since the upsurge of the Arab Spring in 2011, the Syrian civi...

Reducere. Wounds and disease were as devastating on the battlefields of the ancient world as they are today. In an age of bloody combat, how did physicians a...

Author: Ion Bulei

Bill Bryson describes himself as a reluctant traveller: but even when he stays safely in his own study at home, he can't contain his curiosity abou...

Reducere. Natural philosophy encompassed all natural phenomena of the physical world. It sought to discover the physical causes of all natural effects and wa...

Reducere. Here is a fast paced, highly readable and interesting Catholic world history. It clearly illustrates that Christ is the central figure in all of hi...

Reducere. A Short World History of Black People in Ancient Times, provides a history of the numerous Black and African civilizations that existed between 60,...

Authoritative, fascinating, and eye-opening, this short history of malaria concludes with policy recommendations for improving control strategies a...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Publisher: Sourcebooks, IncAuthor(s): Miry WhitehillNumber of pages: 32Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 236 x 286 x 12Cover type: HardbackIllustra...

Doctors and patients alike trust the medical profession and its therapeutic powers; Alarming and optimistic, Taking the Medicine is essential readi...

Reducere. If you want to discover the captivating history of the Jews, then keep reading...The Jewish people are one of the oldest living people groups on th...

The first assessment of religious violence throughout the whole of Antiquity, with a particular focus on Late Antiquity where a much more nuanced p...

Reducere. A Short History of England is a history book written by G. K. Chesterton in which he summarizes British history from the time of Roman provinces on...

Published in the year that The Olympics returns to Athens, this is the illuminating story of the making of the modern games, the multinational grou...

During a day we meet 24 ancient Athenians from all levels of society and get to know what the real Athens was like by spending an hour in their com...

Ion Bulei 978-606-7500-16-5

From the air we breathe, to our oceans and plant life, algae has helped create and sustain our world - and may just save it...

A lively and accessible guide to the history, doctrine and practices. 10 b/w illus.

Reducere. DescriptionAn internationally bestselling, fresh, and entertaining take on the 2, 000-year history of Germany--a country at the heart of the West's...

Publisher: Harvard Business Review PressAuthor(s): Noel WeyrichNumber of pages: 256Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 163 x 243 x 26Cover type: Hard...

Now translated to English and extensively annotated, The Kings of Strength records and preserves the biographies of more than 200 strength performe...

"The American people sees itself advance across the wilderness, draining swamps, straightening rivers, peopling the solitude, and subduing nature, ...

A history of world's fairs and expositions from London to Shanghai 1851-2010.

Reducere. Charged with the responsibility of interpreting the Constitution, the Supreme Court has the awesome power to strike down laws enacted by our electe...

Reducere. A Short History of British Civilisation, From the Earliest Times to the Seventeenth Century This book has arisen out of my love of Britain and of a...

Reducere. If you want to discover the captivating history of Armenia, then keep reading...The tale of Armenia has its beginnings as a glorious ancient kingdo...

Wherever the idea of a world appears, there is an expression of cosmography. Cosmography, here, is defined as the rhetoric of cosmology: the art of...

A guide to a journey back in time to ancient Athens in 432 bc. It describes various places to stay and shop, what to do, and what to avoid. It is s...

Explore the fascinating history of south-east Asia A Short History of South-East Asia, Sixth Edition is the latest in a series of updated texts spo...

A moving journey through the history of the Vietnam War, packed with gripping accounts of struggle, sacrifice, and braveryThis is the definitive st...

Reducere. "Kagan, faithful to his lifelong fascination with Pericles . . . gives us an accessible and invaluable account of his life and deeds."--Allan Bloom...

One of the most important books on political regimes written in a generation.--Steven Levitsky, New York Times-bestselling author of How Democracie...

A new understanding of how and why early democracy took hold, how modern democracy evolved, and what this teaches us about the futureHistorical acc...

Reducere. If you want to discover the captivating history of Armenia, then keep reading...The tale of Armenia has its beginnings as a glorious ancient kingdo...