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  • CHRIS CHRISTIE
    BOB INGLE
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    19,79 €

  • Bolsonaro
    Rodney Lima
    Os artistas são unânimes quando afirmam esta frase clichê:A arte imita a vida . Bem, com base em tudo o que se passou no Brasil nestes últimos anos, eu, que combati o bom combate (como patriota), resolvi me inspirar em tais acontecimentos para escrever um romance. Sendo assim, eu não deixarei o sistema, com seu “Ministério da Verdade”, falar sozinho.BOLSONARO, O PALADINO DA LIB...
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    34,84 €

  • Estado Trágico
    Rafael Pereira De Menezes
    Por que a democracia brasileira, mesmo com eleições livres, uma Constituição extensa e um Judiciário poderoso, parece condenada a repetir as mesmas crises?De Camus às decisões do Supremo Tribunal Federal, de Flusser ao funcionamento do sistema educacional, de Freud à violência urbana, de Arendt ao esvaziamento da vida comunitária — Estado Trágico argumenta que a resposta não es...
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    21,32 €

  • Upstaters
    Bill Kauffman
    A native son on the history, literature, culture, and characters of the Upstate New York he loves.Over the last three-plus decades, Bill Kauffman has written about and interviewed upstate New York novelists, politicians, and civic activists who have given the region much of its pith, vitality, and distinctiveness. Upstaters collects the best of these, including profiles of upst...
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    22,12 €

  • The Work Is Never Done
    Allen G. Kukovich
    How do we strengthen our democracy in times of deep division? What does it really take to improve people’s lives through public service?From Allen Kukovich, architect of Pennsylvania’s pioneering Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP)-which became the model for the national program now providing health care to millions of children-comes a powerful and inspiring call to serv...
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    18,56 €

  • The Other Housing Crisis
    Why fixing America’s housing crisis requires repairing older homes—and not just building new onesThe United States is in the throes of a housing crisis, framed by the media as a crisis of affordability. People pay too much for housing—and the solution, it seems, is to increase the supply to drive down the cost. But the national conversation on housing affordability ignores the ...
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    37,70 €

  • Michael A. Musmanno
    John S. Haller Jr.
    Aimed at scholars and general readers alike, this book offers the first biography of Michael A. Musmmano, a Pittsburgh native, who found national and international fame in his storied roles as lawyer, judge, and author of sixteen books, two of which became Hollywood movies. Born to Italian immigrants, Musmanno began working as a coal loader when he was a teenager, and he later ...
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    50,78 €

  • The California Public Budget Challenge
    David E Fraser / David E. Fraser
    Public budgeting is more than balancing revenues and expenditures. It is the process through which governments establish priorities, respond to fiscal constraints, allocate limited resources, and make decisions that affect communities.The California Public Budget Challenge: A Semester-Long Applied Budget Practicum is an experiential learning resource that helps participants mov...
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    20,98 €

  • Luz Das Acácias
    Naldo Barros / Zazzá Barros
    Para os amantes do romance regionalista.Romance inspirado na música “Você é Linda”, do cantor e poeta Caetano Veloso. Uma disputa mortal entre o confuso e perturbador azul da alma de Rita de Acácia e a audácia da sensualidade do encarnado “vermelho” de sua irmã Rosa de Acácia. Drama épico, humor escrachado.Os temas abordados incluem religiosidade, preconceito, dores de amor e a...
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    40,51 €

  • Holocaust Education in America
    Jason Schulman
    While Holocaust education is a staple of American schooling, it is rarely studied as a product of the political machine. We often focus on what happens in the classroom, yet the path to those lessons begins years earlier in state legislatures and governors’ offices.This essential volume explores the development of Holocaust education in America from the early 1980s to the prese...
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    26,33 €

  • 10th Amendment
    Daniel H. Marchi
    The book describes the principles of the 10th Amendment that must be upheld to preserve a republican form of government. If these principles are violated, the government shifts away from a republic, thereby breaching the 10th Amendment-the final amendment in the Bill of Rights. The book also explores related topics, such as how mob rule can lead to violations of the 10th Amendm...
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    22,33 €

  • This Book Places an Indictment on the Federal Government and 16th Amendment
    Daniel H. Marchi
    In 17th Amendment...Rescind!!, Daniel H. Marchi takes on one of the most significant yet controversial shifts in American constitutional history-the ratification of the Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. According to Marchi, this amendment fundamentally altered the balance of power between the states and the federal government by eliminating the original m...
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    20,27 €

  • Amor Político
    Yuri Felix Araujo
    Quando você era o capeta, a gente ganhava todas as eleições; agora que quer ir pro céu, não ganhamos mais.Foi o que um amigo disse ao autor deste livro — marqueteiro político com quase quatro décadas de campanhas, conhecido por demolir adversários e moldar a opinião pública, até que um encontro com Jesus Cristo, em 2011, virou sua vida e sua profissão do avesso.Em um mundo marc...
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    11,96 €

  • El Gobierno de Horacio Vásquez
    Eduardo J Tejera
    Este libro aspira a describir y analizar el Gobierno del General Horacio Vásquez del período de 1924 al 1930. Horacio Vásquez fue tres veces presidente de la República Dominicana, brevemente en el 1899, por casi un año en el 1903 y en el período de seis años que estudiamos. Sin embargo es un hombre y político olvidado por la historia. Por eso en esta obra intento rescatar la hi...
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    15,08 €

  • The New USA
    Dinesh Shah
    A PROPOSAL TO REDO THE USAIn a story about frustrated Americans, management consultant and author Dinesh Shah presents evidence that America’s carefully designed system of governance (the U.S. Constitution, the three branches of government, and the system of checks and balances) has been tampered with. When a computer system is hacked, it creates problems for the victim, whethe...
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    26,67 €

  • The County
    Henry S. Gilbertson
    This XpressRead Cram Edition of The County: The 'Dark Continent' of American Politics pairs the complete original text with carefully prepared study materials, designed for deeper engagement with this classic.H.S. Gilbertson’s 'The County: The 'Dark Continent ' of American Politics' delves into the often-overlooked realm of county government in the United States. This seminal ...
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    27,07 €

  • The Hypocrisy of the Pro-life
    Dr Jane Abucha
    The Hypocrisy of the Pro-life: Listen to the Crying Voices Across America is a powerful and unflinching examination of the contradictions embedded within modern American policy.Through a critical lens, Dr. Jane M. Abucha exposes how systems designed to protect life often fail the very individuals they claim to serve. From restrictive welfare policies to the economic realities f...
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    20,60 €

  • A Most Disorderly Court
    Martin A. Dyckman
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    22,14 €

  • Failure at the Seams
    Josh Luberisse
    On May 24, 2022, nearly 400 officers from at least four agencies gathered in the hallway of Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas. Every one of them had been trained in incident command. Every one carried the certification. And for seventy-seven agonizing minutes, no one was in charge. Nineteen children and two teachers died on the other side of a door while the largest conce...
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    62,38 €

  • FROM STREETS TO SUITES; The Sex Trade in the Prairie Cities of Canada at the Turn into the 21st Century
    Richard Thatcher
    The book describes the contemporary sex trade and its causes andconsequences as it has manifested in the cities of Canada’s prairieprovinces. It concludes with recommendations for a realistic publicpolicy and programming framework to guide the future developmentof a sexual services sector and to regulate its ongoing operations. ...
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    37,12 €

  • Enhancing Community Empowerment Through Digital Transformation in Local Governance
    Hakikur Rahman
    Digital transformation is reshaping local governance, offering new opportunities to strengthen transparency, service delivery, and citizen participation at the grassroots. As communities become increasingly interconnected through technology, local governments are under growing pressure to modernize their systems and adopt more responsive, data-driven approaches. While e-governa...
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    282,99 €

  • GRASSROOTS
    Timothy Patrick O’Reilly
    In this captivating memoir, Judge Timothy Patrick O’Reilly (Ret.) recounts his surprising grassroots election to the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas in 1995. A lifelong Democrat and political newcomer, O’Reilly defied the odds by winning the Republican nomination in the primary and going on to defeat the Democratic nominee in the general election, despite Democrats outnu...
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    12,03 €

  • Tá Na Hora Do Jair
    Fábio Oliveira / leonardo Alves / Marcos leiwilson Silva
    Contamos parte da vida de Jair. Um menino de 10 anos de idade, negro, pobre e residente em uma favela de uma grande metrópole brasileira. Podendo ser a minha ou a sua cidade. O garoto, alegre e irreverente vive vários conflitos. Muitos deles devido à situação econômica de sua família. Seus problemas aumentam quando tem seu nome cantado por milhões de brasileiros. A criança, que...
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    26,52 €

  • A Máscara Do Messias
    Ricardo Jorge Dos Santos
    O fascismo não desapareceu.Ele apenas mudou de rosto.A liberdade pode ser manipulada.A democracia pode ser seduzida.E o fascismo pode voltar — com outra cara.A Máscara do Messias é um alerta necessário sobre o avanço de movimentos autoritários que, em vez de recusarem a democracia, usam-na como disfarce. Baseado em factos, exemplos atuais e observação crítica, este livro desmon...
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    16,64 €

  • Why Democrats Keep Losing
    Paul Karl Arthur Kell
    Why do Democrats keep losing voters even when their policies poll well?In Why Democrats Keep Losing: Culture, Identity, and the Collapse of Liberal Persuasion, author Paul Karl Arthur Kell argues that the modern Democratic Party suffers from a deeper problem than weak slogans or bad candidates. Democrats govern procedurally while Republicans communicate tribally.This provocativ...
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    23,30 €

  • Desconexão Do Mundo Contemporâneo
    Sandro Alex Batsta
    Este livro é uma compilação de uma coletânea de textos escritos em meu blog no período de 2005 a 2021. Nestes textos são abordados diferentes assuntos que incluem crônicas, poesias, narrativas filosóficas, política, economia, tecnologia outros. Cada texto traz em si uma particularidade autoral para fazer com que o leitor possa refletir e se deleitar com os textos. Abordo temas ...
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    17,16 €

  • The Shame of the Cities (Cram Edition)
    Lincoln Steffens
    This XpressRead Cram Edition of The Shame of the Cities pairs the complete original text with carefully prepared study materials, designed for deeper engagement with this classic.Lincoln Steffens’s 'The Shame of the Cities' is a landmark work of investigative journalism that fearlessly exposes political corruption in early 20th-century American municipal government. A pioneerin...
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    23,13 €

  • Give Me Liberty
    Thomas Jefferson Wertenbaker
    This XpressRead Cram Edition of Give Me Liberty pairs the complete original text with carefully prepared study materials, designed for deeper engagement with this classic.Explore the origins of American liberty in Thomas J. Wertenbaker’s 'Give Me Liberty: The Struggle for Self-Government in Virginia.' This meticulously researched historical account delves into Virginia’s pivota...
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    27,85 €

  • Gerrymandering
    Jim Stovall
    The word 'gerrymander' was coined in 1812 from a newspaper cartoon of a district shaped like a salamander, signed by a governor who found the whole thing distasteful and signed it anyway. The practice it names is older than the word - Patrick Henry tried to gerrymander James Madison out of a congressional seat before the Bill of Rights was written. Madison won anyway and went o...
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    8,72 €

  • Mulher: Entre Correntes E Asas
    Valdira Abreu Magalhães Nina Lee De Sá
    Entre Correntes e Asas: A Verdadeira História do Ser é uma jornada emocionante e reveladora pela história das mulheres ao longo das civilizações. Da condição de propriedade às conquistas de voz e espaço, este livro lança luz sobre as dores silenciosas, as lutas invisíveis e a força resiliente que marcou e ainda marcaa trajetória feminina. Entre histórias de opressão, resistênci...
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    21,32 €