LIBROS DEL AUTOR: richard b faber

3 resultados para LIBROS DEL AUTOR: richard b faber

  • The American Presidents Ranked by Performance, 1789-2012, 2d ed.
    Charles F. Faber / Richard B. Faber
    This is a revision and an updating of the first edition, published in 2000. Presidents from Washington to Obama (not included are William Henry Harrison and James A. Garfield because of very short terms) are rated in five categories: Foreign Relations, Domestic Programs, Administration and Intergovernmental Relations, Leadership and Decision Making, and Presidential Comportm...
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    66,18 €

  • Domestic Programs of the American Presidents
    Elizabeth A. Bedford / Richard B. Faber
    Since the Constitution delegates presidential powers in general rather than specific terms, the domestic influence of the president has varied over time according to the nature of the person holding the office. From George Washington to George W. Bush, this volume takes an in-depth look at the domestic programs of America’s 43 presidents. Written from a non-partisan viewpoin...
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    57,48 €

  • Spitballers
    Charles F. Faber / Richard B. Faber
    On September 10, 1934, grizzled reliever Burleigh Grimes helped the Pittsburgh Pirates to an inconsequential 9-7 win over the New York Giants in the Polo Grounds. For Grimes, the September contest marked his 270th and final win. For baseball, it marked the last time a legal spitballer would win a major league contest. Though the pitch had been banned in 1920, the American ...
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    43,91 €