Hayek: A Collaborative Biography: Part VIII: The Constitution of Liberty: 'Shooting in Cold Blood', Hayek's Plan for the Future of Democracy (Leeson Robert)(Pevná vazba)

Hayek: A Collaborative Biography: Part VIII: The Constitution of Liberty: 'Shooting in Cold Blood', Hayek's Plan for the Future of Democracy (Leeson Robert)(Pevná vazba)

Part I: Crony Capitalists and Their 'Free' Market School Of Economics1. 'Free' Market 'Knowledge' 2. The Deception Plans of the 'Aristocratic Revolution': 'von' Hayek I, II and III 3. The Deluding and the Deluded 4. Summoned by Bells to Aristocratic Service 5. 'Free' Market 'Knowledge': Seven

We the Fallen People: The Founders and the Future of American Democracy (McKenzie Robert Tracy)(Pevná vazba)

The success and survival of American democracy have never been guaranteed. Political polarization, presidential eccentricities, the trustworthiness of government, and the prejudices of the voting majority have waxed and waned ever since the time of the Founders, and there are no fail-safe

We the People: The Constitution of the United States (Spier Peter)(Pevná vazba)

The U.S. Constitution brought to life for young readers! In this visual celebration of the U.S. Constitution and America's founding fathers, Caldecott Medalist Peter Spier tells the stirring American tale of how this most important document came to symbolize freedom, justice, equality, and hope for

The Case for Space: How the Revolution in Spaceflight Opens Up a Future of Limitless Possibility (Zubrin Robert)(Pevná vazba)

'In his new book, The Case For Space: How the Revolution in Spaceflight Opens Up a Future of Limitless Possibility, famed astronautical engineer Bob Zubrin talks about the how and the why of our new exploratory era. It's a must-read for anyone interested in the subject, and will probably be read by

Future in Five Minutes - The biography of Jacqueline Hill (Bremner Louise)(Pevná vazba)

Mass Political Culture Under Stalinism: Popular Discussion of the Soviet Constitution of 1936 (Velikanova Olga)(Pevná vazba)

1. Introduction.- 2. Sources.- Part I. Government Goals for the Constitution Revision and National Discussion.- 3. The Origins of Constitutional Reform.- 4. Moderation in the Policies of the Mid-1930s.- 5. Motives for the New Constitution.- 6. Soviet Sociopolitical Mobilizations.- 7. The State's

Calhoun: American Heretic (Elder Robert)(Pevná vazba)

A new biography of the intellectual father of Southern secession--the man who set the scene for the Civil War, and whose political legacy still shapes America today. John C. Calhoun is among the most notorious and enigmatic figures in American political history. First elected to Congress in 1810,

Liberty or Love! and Mourning for Mourning (Desnos Robert)(Pevná vazba)

Mystery, the marvelous, the city of Paris transmuted by love, and Sanglot the Corsair's pursuit of the siren Louise Lame: these are the essential ingredients of Liberty or Love , a masterpiece of early Surrealism written by Robert Desnos (1900-1945) and first published in 1924 to immediate acclaim

In Cold Blood (Capote Truman)(Pevná vazba)

Selected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best nonfiction books of all time From the Modern Library's new set of beautifully repackaged hardcover classics by Truman Capote--also available are Breakfast at Tiffany's and Other Voices, Other Rooms (in one volume), Portraits and Observations,

Thomas Cromwell: A Revolutionary Life (MacCulloch Diarmaid)(Pevná vazba)

The long-awaited biography of the genius who masterminded Henry VIII's bloody revolution in the English government, which reveals at last Cromwell's role in the downfall of Anne Boleyn This a book that - and it's not often you can say this - we have been awaiting for four hundred years. --Hilary

Beatles - All These Years - Volume One: Tune In (Lewisohn Mark)(Pevná vazba)

The first part of the definitive three-volume biography of the

The Art of Leading Collectively: Co-Creating a Sustainable, Socially Just Future (Kuenkel Petra)(Pevná vazba)

A guide to collaborative impact for leaders in industry, government, and social change networks Our world is facing unsustainable global trends--from climate change and water scarcity to energy insecurity, unfair labor practices, and growing inequality. Tackling these crises effectively requires a

Milton Friedman on Freedom: Selections from the Collected Works of Milton Friedman (Friedman Milton)(Pevná vazba)

In this book, Robert Leeson and Charles Palm have assembled an amazing collection of Milton Friedman's best works on freedom. Even more amazing is that the selection represents only 1 percent of the 1,500 works by Friedman that Leeson and Palm have put online in a user-friendly format--and an even

Empires of the Mind: The Colonial Past and the Politics of the Present (Gildea Robert)(Pevná vazba)

'The empires of the future would be the empires of the mind' declared Churchill in 1943, envisaging universal empires living in peaceful harmony. Robert Gildea exposes instead the brutal realities of decolonisation and neo-colonialism which have shaped the postwar world. Even after the rush of

Inventing Equality: Reconstructing the Constitution in the Aftermath of the Civil War (Bellesiles Michael)(Pevná vazba)

The evolution of the battle for true equality in America seen through the men, ideas, and politics behind the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments passed at the end of the Civil War. On July 4, 1852, Frederick Douglass stood in front of a crowd in Rochester, New York, and asked, 'What to the slave is

Future Luxe: What's Ahead for the Business of Luxury (Rambourg Erwan)(Pevná vazba)

In Future Luxe: What's Ahead for the Business of Luxury, Erwan Rambourg identifies the major forces and emerging trends that are set to reshape luxury over the next decade. The expansion of Chinese consumption and the boost in women's spending power around the world will fuel continued growth in

Muslim American Politics and the Future of Us Democracy (Curtis IV Edward E.)(Pevná vazba)

Reveals the important role of Muslim Americans in American politics Since the 1950s, and especially in the post-9/11 era, Muslim Americans have played outsized roles in US politics, sometimes as political dissidents and sometimes as political insiders. However, more than at any other moment in

Red Tigress (Zhao Amlie Wen)(Pevná vazba)

For fans of Children of Blood and Bone comes the sequel to Blood Heir. The second book in an epic fantasy series about a princess hiding a dark secret and the con man she must trust to clear her name for her father's murder. Ana Mikhailov is the only surviving member of the royal family of

Saving Freedom: Truman, the Cold War, and the Fight for Western Civilization (Scarborough Joe)(Pevná vazba)

The host of MSNBC's Morning Joe reveals how President Harry Truman defended democracy against the Soviet threat at the dawn of the Cold War.Harry Truman had been vice president for less than three months when President Franklin Roosevelt died. Suddenly inaugurated the leader of the free world, the

Blood Royal: Dynastic Politics in Medieval Europe (Bartlett Robert)(Pevná vazba)

Throughout medieval Europe, for hundreds of years, monarchy was the way that politics worked in most countries. This meant power was in the hands of a family - a dynasty; that politics was family politics; and political life was shaped by the births, marriages and deaths of the ruling family. How

Robert Ludlum's (TM) The Bourne Evolution (Freeman Brian)(Pevná vazba)

After the death of his wife in a mass shooting, secret agent Jason Bourne is convinced that there is more to her murder than it seems, and that the agency that trained him and made him who he is - Treadstone - is behind the

Sweet Taste of Liberty: A True Story of Slavery and Restitution in America (McDaniel W. Caleb)(Pevná vazba)

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for History The unforgettable saga of one enslaved woman's fight for justice--and reparations Born into slavery, Henrietta Wood was taken to Cincinnati and legally freed in 1848. In 1853, a Kentucky deputy sheriff named Zebulon Ward colluded with Wood's employer,

A Fire in the Wilderness: The First Battle Between Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee (Reeves John)(Pevná vazba)

The riveting account of the first bloody showdown between Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee--a battle that sealed the fate of the Confederacy and changed the course of American history. In the spring of 1864, President Lincoln feared that he might not be able to save the Union. The Army of the

Curepedia: An A-Z of The Cure - Simon Price

A playful literary biography of The Cure in the form of an A-Z of the band: for trainspotters and casual fans alike The Cure are arguably the biggest alternative rock band in the world. Between 1985 and 2000 every album they released went to at least Gold in the UK, the US or both. In America they