Is there a public good? A prevalent view in political science is that democracy is unavoidably chaotic, arbitrary, meaningless, and impossible. Such scepticism began with Condorcet in the eighteenth century, and continued most notably with Arrow and Riker in the twentieth century. In this powerful book, Gerry Mackie confronts and subdues these long-standing doubts about democratic governance. Problems of cycling, agenda control, strategic voting, and dimensional manipulation are not sufficiently harmful, frequent, or irremediable, he argues, to be of normative concern. Mackie also examines every serious empirical illustration of cycling and instability, including Rikers famous argument that the US Civil War was due to arbitrary dimensional manipulation. Almost every empirical claim is erroneous, and none is normatively troubling, Mackie says. This spirited defence of democratic institutions should prove both provocative and influential.

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Neil A. Hamilton - Presidents, A Biographical Dict ionary, 3rd Edition (2010).jpg

The president of the United States is a highly visible public figure, a bearer of immense responsibility, and the subject of intense scrutiny. He is accountable for war, economic depression, domestic strife, national security, partisan politics, and overseas conflict.

Presidents, Third Edition closely examines the hopes and disappointments, the victories and defeats, and the integrity and weaknesses of the men who have held this office. Featuring up-to-date information, including the January 2009 inauguration of Barack Obama, the first African-American president of the United States, this new edition is an expertly written, detailed reference that narrates and explains the lives and careers of America's presidents. It is an essential guide for anyone seeking a complete understanding of the development and workings of the United States government, as well as a great read for students fascinated by the interplay of politics, power, career, and legacy. Comprehensive and accessible, Presidents, Third Edition contains biographies and portraits of all presidents, a detailed chronology of the life of each president, and suggested further reading about each president.

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Neil A. Hamilton - Presidents, A Biographical Dict ionary, 3rd Edition (2010) [PDF].rar

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Mark Berninger, Jochen Ecke, Gideon Haberkorn, Don ald E. Palumbo, C.W. Sullivan III - Comics as a Ne xus of Cultures, Essays on the Interplay of Media, Disciplines and International Perspectives (2010).jpg

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These essays from various critical disciplines examine how comic books and graphic narratives move between various media, while merging youth and adult cultures and popular and high art. The articles feature international perspectives on comics and graphic novels published in the U.S., Canada, Great Britain, Portugal, Germany, Turkey, India, and Japan. Topics range from film adaptation, to journalism in comics, to the current manga boom.

About the Author
Mark Berninger is a lecturer on British Studies in the department of English and Linguistics at Johannes Gutenberg-Universitat in Mainz, Germany. He has published widely on contemporary drama. Jochen Ecke is an accomplished film critic and comic expert. Gideon Haberkorn is in the department of English and Linguistics British Studies at Johannes Gutenberg-Universitat in Mainz, Germany. He has published a number of articles on popular culture topics. Donald E. Palumbo is a professor of English at East Carolina University in Greenville, North Carolina. He lives in Greenville. C.W. Sullivan III is also in the English department at East Carolina University.

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Mark Berninger, Jochen Ecke, Gideon Haberkorn, Don ald E. Palumbo, C.W. Sullivan III - Comics as a Ne xus of Cultures, Essays on the Interplay of Media, Disciplines and International Perspectives (2010).pdf

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Janine M. Benyus - Field Guide to Wildlife Habitat s of the Western United States (1989).jpg

This book is a useful tool for all people who love the outdoors. This book has insightful discriptions and lovely drawings that make you crave an outdoor adventure. It is very easy to follow and the tables are useful as well. I would reccomen this book to any teacher or person willing to gain more knowledge about the world around them

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Janine M. Benyus - Field Guide to Wildlife Habitat s of the Western United States (1989).pdf

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Janine M. Benyus - The Field Guide to Wildlife Hab itats of the Eastern United States (1989).jpg

A noted outdoors expert and an acclaimed illustrator have banded together to create a stunning picture of the wildlife in the eastern half of the United States. Complete with observation tips. 75 illustrations.

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Janine M. Benyus - The Field Guide to Wildlife Hab itats of the Eastern United States (1989).pdf

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Kenneth Morgan - Bristol and the Atlantic Trade in the Eighteenth Century (1993).jpg

This book offers the first detailed examination for many years of the transatlantic trade and shipping of Bristol during the eighteenth century. It compares the performance of Bristol as a port during this period with the growth of other out ports, especially Liverpool and Glasgow. Dr Morgan's analysis shows that the absolute growth of Bristol's Atlantic trade between 1700 and 1800 was concomitant with the relative decline of Bristol as a port; the main reasons for this decline were the lack of improvement to port facilities, increasing specialisation among the Bristol merchant community, the impact of war on trade, and the superior business acumen in the tobacco and slave trades manifested by Glasgow and Liverpool merchants respectively. Bristol and the Atlantic Trade is based on a great variety of primary sources in the British Isles, the USA, the West Indies, Australia and continental Europe.

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Henry Butterfield Ryan - The Vision of Anglo-Ameri ca, The US-UK Alliance and the Emerging Cold War, 1943-1946 (1987).jpg

USA Books - Henry Butterfield Ryan - The Vision of Anglo-America, ...UK Alliance and the Emerging Cold War, 1943-1946 1987.jpg

Dr Ryan's innovative study demonstrates with great clarity the importance of the decline of British power in the creation of the Cold War. The author subjects to detailed analysis the concerted attempts made by the British wartime coalition to forge a perpetual merger with the USA in international affairs to arrest this global decline. He reveals the origins of this policy, the great efforts made towards its realisation, and the ultimate impossibility of its aims. Dr Ryan uses the Polish and Greek crises of the mid-I940s as case histories to demonstrate his thesis that both the Churchill and Attlee governments recognised the need for the American connection and to provide examples of how they set about obtaining it. Thus, the study explores the roots of the Anglo-American alliance which, while never as close as Churchill hoped, became and remains basic to British foreign policy.

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Henry Butterfield Ryan - The Vision of Anglo-Ameri ca, The US-UK Alliance and the Emerging Cold War, 1943-1946 (1987).pdf

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Dmitry Orlov - Reinventing Collapse, The Soviet Ex ample and American Prospects (2008).jpg

The title of this book is Reinventing Collapse, and I have to say that's exactly what this book manages to do. It's a short book, so you could reqad it in just a few hours, but it is packed with information and "make you think" moments. Orlov's unique perpsective on American life engages the reader and opens your eyes to what life in America is like to an outsider.
Without a doubt the most useful aspect of this book are the details of what the situation was like in Russia after their political collapse. This book is a tutorial on how the reader might modify thier life in the future if (or when) America collapses.
Reviewed by Matt Mayer - Groovy Green

In the waning days of the American empire, we find ourselves mired in political crisis, with our foreign policy coming under sharp criticism and our economy in steep decline. These trends mirror the experience of the Soviet Union in the early 1980s. Reinventing Collapse examines the circumstances of the demise of the Soviet superpower and offers clear insights into how we might prepare for coming events.

Rather than focusing on doom and gloom, Reinventing Collapse suggests that there is room for optimism if we focus our efforts on personal and cultural transformation. With characteristic dry humor, Dmitry Orlov identifies three progressive stages of response to the looming crisis:

* Mitigation—alleviating the impact of the coming upheaval
* Adaptation—adjusting to the reality of changed conditions
* Opportunity—flourishing after the collapse

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William Scott Jr. Swearingen - Environmental City, People, Place, Politics, and the Meaning of Moder n Austin (2010).jpg

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As Austin grew from a college and government town of the 1950s into the sprawling city of 2010, two ideas of Austin as a place came into conflict. Many who promoted the ideology of growth believed Austin would be defined by economic output, money, and wealth. But many others thought Austin was instead defined by its quality of life. Because the natural environment contributed so much to Austin's quality of life, a social movement that wanted to preserve the city's environment became the leading edge of a larger movement that wanted to retain a unique sense of place. The "environmental movement" in Austin became the political and symbolic arm of the more general movement for place.
This is a history of the environmental movement in Austin--how it began; what it did; and how it promoted ideas about the relationships between people, cities, and the environment. It is also about a deeper movement to retain a sense of place that is Austin, and how that deeper movement continues to shape the way Austin is built today. The city it helped to create is now on the forefront of national efforts to rethink how we build our cities, reduce global warming, and find ways that humans and the environment can coexist in a big city.

About the Author
WILLIAM SCOTT SWEARINGEN, JR., teaches Environmental Science and Policy, Urban Sociology, and Environmental Sociology at St. Edward's University in Austin, Texas. He has been involved in the environmental movement in Austin for two decades.

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Edward E. Curtis IV, Danielle Brune Sigler - The N ew Black Gods, Arthur Huff Fauset and the Study of African American Religions (2009).jpg

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Taking the influential work of Arthur Huff Fauset as a starting point to break down the false dichotomy that exists between mainstream and marginal, a new generation of scholars offers fresh ideas for understanding the religious expressions of African Americans in the United States. Fauset's 1944 classic, Black Gods of the Metropolis, launched original methods and theories for thinking about African American religions as modern, cosmopolitan, and democratic. The essays in this collection show the diversity of African American religion in the wake of the Great Migration and consider the full field of African American religion from Pentecostalism to Black Judaism, Black Islam, and Father Divine's Peace Mission Movement. As a whole, they create a dynamic, humanistic, and thoroughly interdisciplinary understanding of African American religious history and life. This book is essential reading for anyone who studies the African American experience.

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Edward E. Curtis IV, Danielle Brune Sigler - The N ew Black Gods, Arthur Huff Fauset and the Study of African American Religions (2009).pdf

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Frank P. Jozsa Jr., John Maxymuk - Football Fortun es, The Business, Organization and Strategy of the NFL (2010).jpg

USA Books - Frank P. Jozsa Jr., John Maxymuk - Football Fortunes, ...he Business, Organization and Strategy of the NFL 2010.jpg

Football may be sport, but the National Football League is at heart a business--how else to account for the stratospheric salaries of the players and coaches? Yet most people are unaware of how that business developed. This book details the growth of an industry that generates billions of dollars in revenue; explains the intricacies of the league's expansions and mergers, territories and relocations; the operation and organization of franchises; the role of stadiums and markets; and the effect of the NFL on domestic and foreign affairs.

About the Author
Frank P. Jozsa, Jr., is professor emeritus of economics and business administration at Pfeiffer University in Charlotte, North Carolina. The author of numerous books about sports, he lives in Fort Mill, South Carolina.

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Frank P. Jozsa Jr., John Maxymuk - Football Fortun es, The Business, Organization and Strategy of the NFL (2010).pdf

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Matthew Wilhelm Kapell - Star Trek as Myth, Essays on Symbol and Archetype at the Final Frontier (20 10).jpg

In the past, the examination of myth has traditionally been the study of the "Primitive" or the "Other." More recently, myth has been increasingly employed in movies and in television productions. Nowhere is this more apparent than in the Star Trek television and movie franchise. This collection of essays on Star Trek brings together perspectives from scholars in fields including film, anthropology, history, American studies and biblical scholarship. Together the essays examine the symbolism, religious implications, heroic and gender archetypes, and lasting effects of the Star Trek "mythscape."

About the Author
Matthew Wilhelm Kapell works in the Department of Political and Cultural Studies at Swansea University in Wales.

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Thomas Dain Stucky - Urban Politics, Crime Rates, And Police Strength (2005).jpg

Stucky argues, using insights from political resource theory, that the local political context (form of government, city council structure and partisanship of elections) affects the ability of citizens to make their concerns heard in local government and, consequently, their ability to organize against crime. Additionally, he argues that local political systems that are more susceptible to citizen pressure will have relatively more police. These hypotheses are tested on U.S. cities with 25,000 or more residents in 1991. Results suggest that the effect of social disorganization on crime rates depends on the local political system. Results also suggest that the relative size of police departments in 1991 varies by local political context.

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Theodore Fernald, Paul Platero - The Athabaskan La nguages, Perspectives on a Native American Languag e Family (2000).jpg

USA Books - Theodore Fernald, Paul Platero - The Athabaskan Langua...Perspectives on a Native American Language Family 2000.jpg

The Native American language family called Athabaskan has recieved incresing attention from linguists and educators. The linguistic chapters in this volume focus on syntax and semantics, but also involve morphology, phonology, and historical linguistics. Included is a discussion of whether religion and secular issues can be separated in Navajo classrooms.

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Theodore Fernald, Paul Platero - The Athabaskan La nguages, Perspectives on a Native American Languag e Family (2000).pdf

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Lori Ann LaRocco - Thriving in the New Economy, Le ssons from Today's Top Business Minds (2009).jpg

These are make-or-break times for business leaders. In today's defining moment, the "New Economy," CEOs and other leaders in a wide variety of industries must face unprecedented conditions.

Thriving in the New Economy gives you a unique look into some of today's best economic and business minds. A series of close profiles, the book offers inspirational personal stories, useful advice, and actionable strategies you can use immediately to skirt financial peril, seize opportunities, and flourish in the New Economy.

• Profiles include financial publisher Steve Forbes, The Vanguard Group founder Jack Bogle, Former National Economic Council Director and Former Special Assistant to the President on Economic Policy Lawrence Lindsey, former FDIC chair Donald Powell, Saks CEO Steve Sadove, Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A. President Jim Lentz, legendary vulture investor Wilbur Ross and more
• Looks at how leaders in economics, banking, automobiles, real estate, and retail are not just avoiding the unraveling economy, but actively evolving and growing their businesses
• Foreword by H. Wayne Huizenga; Afterword by Rudy Giuliani

If you're looking for the way forward through today's business wilderness, Thriving in the New Economy lets you in on how some leaders use challenges not just to survive but thrive.

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