Thermonuclear Monarchy: Choosing Between Democracy and Doom (Scarry Elaine)(Paperback)

Thermonuclear Monarchy: Choosing Between Democracy and Doom (Scarry Elaine)(Paperback)

During his impeachment proceedings, Richard Nixon boasted, 'I can go into my office and pick up the telephone and in twenty-five minutes seventy million people will be dead.' Nixon was accurately describing not only his own power but also the power of every American president in the nuclear age

Thinking in an Emergency (Scarry Elaine)(Paperback)

In Thinking in an Emergency, Elaine Scarry lays bare the realities of 'emergency' politics and emphasizes what she sees as the ultimate ethical concern: 'equality of survival.' She reveals how regular citizens can reclaim the power to protect one another and our democratic principles. Government

Development and Democracy: Relations in Conflict (Seplveda Vctor Manuel Figueroa)(Paperback)

Development and Democracy: Relations in Conflict examines the conflicting relations between technological development and democracy as they unfold in a new and ever more challenging environment

Candyfloss (Wilson Jacqueline)(Paperback)

CHOOSING BETWEEN PARENTS AND FRIENDS Candyfloss is the perfect introduction to Jacqueline Wilson. When Floss's mother and stepfather announce they are moving to Australia for six months, Floss has to decide whether to go with them or stay home with Dad--inept, but loving and always lots of fun. And

On Beauty and Being Just (Scarry Elaine)(Paperback)

Have we become beauty-blind? For two decades or more in the humanities, various political arguments have been put forward against beauty: that it distracts us from more important issues; that it is the handmaiden of privilege; and that it masks political interests. In On Beauty and Being Just

The Art of Cruelty: A Reckoning (Nelson Maggie)(Paperback)

Writing in the tradition of Susan Sontag and Elaine Scarry, Maggie Nelson has emerged as one of our foremost cultural critics with this landmark work about representations of cruelty and violence in art. From Sylvia Plath's poetry to Francis Bacon's paintings, from the Saw franchise to Yoko Ono's

Rationality and Power: Democracy in Practice (Flyvbjerg Bent)(Paperback)

'It's like the story of Little Town,' an influential actor says in Rationality and Power when choosing a metaphor to describe how he manipulated rationality to gain power, 'The bell ringer . . . has to set the church clock. So he calls the telephone exchange and asks what time it is, and the

The Body in Pain: The Making and Unmaking of the World (Scarry Elaine)(Paperback)

Part philosophical meditation, part cultural critique, The Body in Pain is a profoundly original study that has already stirred excitement in a wide range of intellectual circles. The book is an analysis of physical suffering and its relation to the numerous vocabularies and cultural

Costly Democracy: Peacebuilding and Democratization After War (Zrcher Christoph)(Paperback)

Peacebuilding is an interactive process that involves collaboration between peacebuilders and the victorious elites of a postwar society. While one of the most prominent assumptions of the peacebuilding literature asserts that the interests of domestic elites and peacebuilders coincide, Costly

Shopaholic to the Stars - (Shopaholic Book 7) (Kinsella Sophie)(Paperback / softback)

But in between choosing clutch bags and chasing celebrities, Becky loses touch with her family and her best friend . Caught up in the whirlwind of Tinseltown, has Becky gone too far this time?Everybody loves Sophie Kinsella:'I almost cried with laughter' Daily Mail'Hilarious

Milling Machine - And Accessories, Choosing and Using (Hall Harold)(Paperback / softback)

This book deals with choosing and using a milling machine and its accessories - the cutters, cutter chucks, workpiece clamps, vices, angle plates, dividing heads, rotary tables, boring heads and other minor items. The usage of each machine and accessory is described in sufficient detail for the

Planes and Rockets and Things That Fly (Scarry Richard)(Paperback / softback)

An amazing new Richard Scarry collection filled with hilarious stories about jet planes, rockets, spacecraft and other things that fly! It's the perfect partner to Cars and Trucks and Things that Go and set to be a new Scarry favourite.In this collection Huck takes flying lessons, we learn how

Designing Social Equality: Architecture, Aesthetics, and the Perception of Democracy (Gage Mark Foster)(Paperback)

In Designing Social Equality, Mark Foster Gage proposes a dramatic realignment between aesthetic thought, politics, social equality, and the design of our physical world. By reconsidering historic concepts from aesthetic philosophy and weaving them with emerging intellectual positions from a

Miniature Food Masterclass: Materials and Techniques for Model-Makers (Scarr Angie)(Paperback)

This exciting new book from Angie Scarr presents a voyage of discovery and inspiration for all miniaturists to delve into. Here, Angie shares the secrets of her amazingly intricate work in polymer clay and invites us to join in with her passion for miniature ingredients. The projects are more

Busiest People Ever (Scarry Richard)(Paperback / softback)

Take a trip to the world of Richard Scarry and find out about all the jobs people do. From the everyday to the not so

The Heartsick Diaspora, and Other Stories (Chiew Elaine)(Paperback)

Elaine Chiew's stories are inter-laced with humour, compassion and the importance of food and cooking, and the memories that meals evoke, as her characters negotiate unfamiliar worlds, raise children in another country or introduce parents to partners who don't speak their language. In the title

Best Counting Book Ever (Scarry Richard)(Paperback / softback)

Make learning to count easy and fun with this busy busy book from Richard Scarry! Join Willy Bunny and count your way from 1 to 100 with wonderful illustrations along the

Deliberative Democracy: Issues and Cases (Elstub Stephen)(Paperback)

Deliberative democracy is the darling of democratic theory and political theory more generally, and generates international interest. In this book, a number of leading democratic theorists address the key issues that surround the theory and practice of deliberative democracy. They outline the

Monarchy and Matrimony: The Courtships of Elizabeth I (Doran Susan)(Paperback)

Monarchy and Matrimony is the first comprehensive study of Elizabeth I's courtships. Susan Doran argues that the cult of the Virgin Queen' was invented by her ministers, and that Elizabeth was forced into celibacy by political necessity. Doran's detailed examination of the different suits is based

Capitalism, Socialism, and Democracy: Third Edition (Schumpeter Joseph A.)(Paperback)

Little Badman and the Time-travelling Teacher of Doom (Arshad Humza)(Paperback / softback)

Richard Scarry's Best Busytown Games & Activity Book (Scarry Richard)(Paperback)

A fun-filled Richard Scarry activity book bursting with mazes, puzzles and game cards--plus all your favorite friends from Busytown Boys and girls ages 3 to 7 will love this full-color activity book featuring all their favorite friends from Richard Scarry's Busytown Kids can enjoy hours of fun

The Habsburg Monarchy, 1618-1815 (Ingrao Charles W.)(Paperback)

Geographically and linguistically diverse, by 1789 the Habsburg monarchy had laid the groundwork for a single European polity capable of transcending its unique cultural and historic heritage. Challenging the conventional notion of the Habsburg state and society as peculiarly backward, Charles W

Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy (Schumpeter Joseph A.)(Paperback)

Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy remains one of the greatest works of social theory written in the twentieth Century. Schumpeter's contention that the seeds of capitalism's decline were internal, and his equal and opposite hostility to centralist socialism have perplexed, engaged and infuriated