"From bestselling author and longtime New York Times columnist Frank Bruni comes a lucid, powerful examination of the ways in which grievance has come to define our current culture and politics, on both the right and left"-- Provided by publisher.

Twelve strangers wake up in a clearing. They don't know where they are, or how they got there. They don't know they've been chosen for a very specific purpose.

Imagine the informed Thomas Friedman (of the World is Flat), the provocative Christopher Hitchens (The Trial of Henry Kissinger) and the witty Maureen Dowd (Bush World) producing daily commentaries on international current events. And that is what Anthony Livingston Hall, author of the The iPINIONS Journal weblog, offers in this riveting review of the major events of 2005. So, if you're tired of partisan talking points masquerading as informed debate,...

Is there more social protest now than there was prior to the movement politics of the 1960s, and if so, does it result in a distinctly less civil society throughout the world? If everybody protests, what does protest mean in advanced industrial societies? This volume brings together scholars from Europe and the U.S., and from both political science and sociology, to consider the ways in which the social movement has changed as a political form and...

The information in this book goes much deeper than the unveiling of Mitt Romneys political record. For the first time in history, we could see a Mormon President at the helm. Do you have any idea what this possible next President believes? Why should his religious beliefs matter to you? When you get through Part I of this book, these questions will be answered. This is NOT a Kennedy Catholic moment. Mitt Romneys beliefs and convictions are so uncanny...

Changing Politics in Japan is a fresh and insightful account of the profound changes that have shaken up the Japanese political system and transformed it almost beyond recognition in the last couple of decades. Ikuo Kabashima-a former professor who is now Governor of Kumamoto Prefecture-and Gill Steel outline the basic features of politics in postwar Japan in an accessible and engaging manner. They focus on the dynamic relationship between voters...

A biography of the person seen by many as the honest face of Australian politics, this intimate exploration of Bob Brown's world details his difficult adolescence, shy struggles with sexuality, search for intimacy, and conversion from conservative country doctor to environmental activist and political revolutionary.

« Au tournant des années 1960, tous s'accordaient pour dire que le Québec venait au monde et cela suscitait l'enthousiasme de la population. De nos jours, on chercherait en vain de telles espérances. L'époque est au ressentiment et à la résignation, car on ne désire pas l'État néolibéral. On le subit comme une fatalité. Tout bilan des quinze années de pouvoir du Parti libéral du Québec doit prendre acte de ce fait et l'expliquer: le...

"The seven-time #1 New York Times bestselling author, radio host, and Fox News star returns to the page to reveal the radically dangerous Democrat agenda that is upending American life"--Dust jacket flap. Levin proves that since its establishment, the Democrat Party has set out to rewrite history and destroy the foundation of freedom in America. Here he alerts his fellow Americans to the destruction this country is facing, as the Democrats install...