| Politics / Political Subjects |
The Politics of Meaning : Restoring Hope and Possibility in an Age of Cynicism
- Drawing on ideas presented in the Bible, Jewish teachings, and his experience as a psychotherapist, Lerner examines the roots of the
vague discontent felt by so many Americans about our political system and explains how values can be put back into these broken politics |
Uncovering Clinton
- by Michael Isikoff
- a complete picture of the scandals and politics inside the White House between 1992-1998. New and titilating details are revealed to my surprise after all the recent media coverage. Izzy does a great job helping us understand the truth about the President. |
One Nation, After All
- by Alan Wolfe
- Hardcover, March 1998
- What Americans Really Think About God, Country, Family, Racism, Welfare, Immigration, Homosexuality, Work, The Right, The Left and Each Other |
All Too Human : A Political Education
- A personal and candid memoir by the former senior counselor to the president about life in the White House during Clinton's first term. A brilliant combination of pragmatic insight and idealism, "All Too Human" will do to politics what "Liar's Poker" did to Wall Street. |
The Secret Lives of Citizens : Pursuing the Promise of American Life
- This book presents the author's evolution through government work and civic activism. It also presents a neat, personalized history of recent progressive politics. This mix of memoir and history has been criticized by some book reviews, but actually contributes to the effectiveness of the book |
The Decline of the Arab-Israeli Conflict:
- Middle East Politics & the Quest for Regional Order
- The changing political behavior of the regional Arab system in the Palestine conflict, from total enmity to negotiated peace with Israel. ...reflection of state formation process and constant thrust of ruling elites to disengage from compelling supra-state commitments stemming from Pan-Arab nationalist ideology and Islamic political culture. |
Down With Big Brother - The Fall of the Soviet Empire
- by Michael Dobbs
- Ever wonder what it would be like to witness a series of historical turning points? As a longtime foreign correspondent for the Washington Post, Dobbs personally witnessed many of the great events in the final decade of the Iron Curtain. A definitive study of the fall of the world's last great empire. |
Confucius Lives Next Door : Why East Asia Has the Safest Streets, Strongest Families, and Best Schools
- Despite setbacks, the economic "miracles" achieved by many Asian countries have been impressive. This entertaining and thoughtful book invites the reader to consider East Asia's other miracle: its dramatically low rates of crime, divorce, drug abuse, and other social ills
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