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Legislative
A Time to Fight: Reclaiming a Fair and Just America
Jim Webb
Broadway
, 2008
Senator Jim Webb's plan to restore America's greatness
Senator Webb successfully makes the case for civic action to change American society from one in which there are only two classes: wealthy and poor; to one in which there is, again, a middle class that dominates and brings back ethics and hope for America to remain a ...
Congress and Its Members (Congress and Its Members)
Roger H. Davidson
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Walter J. Oleszek
, ...
CQ Press
, 2007
One of the best textbooks on the subject
I have ordered this book in its many editions for classes that I have taught on Congress and Legislative Politics. It is one of the best general texts available--and readily accessible to those who are simply interested in the politics of Congress. One of the key ...
SOLOMON'S KEY THE CODIS PROJECT: A CONSPIRACY THRILLER (Solomon's Key)
R, DOUGLAS WEBER
ERISTA-HUTTON-HAUSER
, 2007
Fast and Furious the Makings of great movie!
Thrills, chills, and juicy conspiracies. A Mossad agent and an Italian-American secret agent square off against an al-Qaeda terrorist. But there's trickery and manipulation on a world-wide scale. A New-Age cult, similar to Scientology, and its power-crazed, ...
The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream
Barack Obama
Three Rivers Press
, 2007
For those who are concerned that they don't yet know Barack Obama
I read this book a year ago. I knew little about Barack Obama except the obvious; he was an inspiring public speaker and Democratic Senator. I admit, it was his passionate and profoundly moving speeches that piqued my curiousity. I wanted to know if he was genuine as ...
The Case Against Barack Obama: The Unlikely Rise and Unexamined Agenda of the Media's Favorite Candidate
David Freddoso
Regnery Publishing
, 2008
Finally! The truth...
This book is a terrific read and takes on the courage to expose the truths about BO and how frightening his lack of experience and outright unethical style will destroy this country. If you're someone who wants to have a true view into who BO is without being forced to ...
Know Your Power: A Message to America's Daughters
Nancy Pelosi
,
Amy Hill Hearth
Doubleday
, 2008
Makes a good fuel source.
I can use this oversized, self-important, rainforest destroying tripe to heat my home this winter. HEY! Is this one of those alternative fuel sources she's trying to make us use while she rapes us at the fuel pump?
Broken Government: How Republican Rule Destroyed the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial Branches
John W. Dean
Viking Adult
, 2007
Informative and solidly written
John W. Dean has worked in government at the highest levels, has stellar credentials and credibility, and is definitely qualified to discuss this Republican administration's actions. Being Republican himself, I consider his views even more objective and valuable than ...
Who Killed the Constitution?: The Fate of American Liberty from World War I to George W. Bush
Thomas E. Woods Jr.
,
Kevin R. C. Gutzman
Crown Forum
, 2008
The Death of the United States Constitution.
Let no more be heard of confidence in man, but bind him down from mischief by the chains of the Constitution. - Thomas Jefferson. _Who Killed the Constitution: The Fate of American Liberty from World War I to George W. Bush_, published in 2008, by Thomas E. Woods ...
Making Government Work
Ernest F. "Fritz" Hollings
,
Fritz Hollings
University of South Carolina Press
, 2008
A Smart and Saucy Book
For almost four decades, Ernest F. "Fritz" Hollings had the quickest mind and sharpest wit of anyone in the U.S. Senate, which sometimes caused him troubles with the media and his political colleagues. Retiring in 2005, Senator Hollings has written a political memoir ...
Politics of Congressional Elections (Longman Classics in Political Science), The (7th Edition) (Longman ...
Gary C. Jacobson
Longman
, 2008
The Bible on Congressional Elections
Anyone involved in running for a congressional seat, working on a congressional election or just interested in national politics will find this book enormously interesting. It's short. It's down to earth. It's up-to-date. And, it's one of the best on the subject. ...
Reclaiming Conservatism: How a Great American Political Movement Got Lost--And How It Can Find Its Way Back
Mickey Edwards
Oxford University Press, USA
, 2008
Agree
I totally agree and cannot add more to the reviews already here. The Republican Party up until about 1990 was a party of optimism ("It's Morning in America"), belief in individual freedom, anti-communism, and belief in a strong national defense, and "getting government ...
Showdown at Gucci Gulch
Alan Murray
Vintage
, 1988
awesome
the best book I was ever required to read for a class
Fire-Breathing Liberal: How I Learned to Survive (and Thrive) in the Contact Sport of Congress
Robert Wexler
,
David Fisher
Thomas Dunne Books
, 2008
Fire-Breathing Liberal
I didn't THINK I was going to like this book, because of the title, but I'm so glad that I did read it! This man gives a good analysis of why things don't get done in Washington. This man also gives me hope that maybe people will wake up and get rid of those who ...
The American Congress
Steven S. Smith
,
Jason M. Roberts
, ...
Cambridge University Press
, 2007
The American Congress provides the most insightful, up-to-date treatment of congressional politics available in an undergraduate text. Informed by the authors' Capitol Hill experience and nationally recognized scholarship, this book presents a crisp introduction to all major features of Congress: its party and committee systems, leadership, and ...
Men in Black: How the Supreme Court Is Destroying America
Mark Levin
Regnery Publishing, Inc.
, 2006
Thought provoking history and analysis of the Supreme Court.
Mark Levin gives wonderful insight on the most important legal decisions and the men and women who wrote these decisions. He does a particularly good job in discussing Hugo Black and how his anti-Catholicism led to 'separation of church and state' entering ...
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