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A must-listen book for every leader—and every American—who insists that their government deliver better results Broken. Ineffective. Dysfunctional. Those are the words Americans often use to describe the government they pay for and depend upon to meet some of their most basic needs. But what if governments routinely delivered better results? What if government leaders invested in more effective solutions that improved lives and saved taxpayer dollars? Do What Works shares stories of progress and impact from communities across the country where that's happening right now.

Bloomsbury presents California Dreams: The Making and Remaking of the University of California, by Miriam Pawel read by Christina Delaine. "Essential reading."— KAREEM ABDUL-JABBAR "A must read."—KAI BIRD "In a time of terminal cynicism, Pawel gives us hope."—JERRY BROWN Pulitzer Prize...

¿Quién manda en España? Una obra que se sumerge en los entresijos del Estado y pone el foco allí donde nadie lo ha hecho antes En los despachos donde se toman las grandes decisiones del país opera un poder tan determinante como invisible. Un círculo selecto, casi inaccesible y de apellidos...

"A powerful commentary and memoir that challenge Western narratives of Sierra Leone." †¢ Kirkus ReviewsSierra Leone is often sensationalized as a place of extreme violence and suffering —of blood diamonds, child soldiers, war amputations, and Ebola and now the highly addictive drug Kush. Before Before captures daily life in a different country, one Betsy Small first encountered as a Peace Corps worker between 1984 –1987, and then rediscovered when she returned decades later with her daughter.

Incluso antes de su arribo al poder en 2018, Andrés Manuel López Obrador criticó el sistema electoral, las leyes vigentes y los organismos autónomos constitucionales. Víctima de fraudes y complots—como las polémicas elecciones presidenciales de 2006—AMLO denostó al IFE (luego INE), al TEPJF y a los institutos electorales de los estados. ¿Qué efecto tuvo esto en la democracia mexicana?

By many measures, the US census is the government's largest nonwartime operation, and one of the world's oldest and biggest data-making endeavors. The 2020 census required more than a decade of planning and technical work―not to mention managing nearly a quarter of a million temporary workers...

Read by the author, Johnny Mercer. Brutally honest, insightful and darkly funny, No Way To Run A Country is former Cabinet minister Johnny Mercer’s account of a tumultuous nine years in Parliament, under five prime ministers, including Boris Johnson and Liz Truss. In this deeply personal...

Was bedeutet die »Zeitenwende« gerade für linkes Denken, das sich doch vor Kurzem noch für Fürsorge, Gewaltkritik und Friedenspolitik starkmachte? Wenn Pazifismus mittlerweile als lächerlich, verantwortungslos oder querdenkerisch gilt, sollten wir uns Sorgen um die Grundlagen unseres Miteinanders machen.

We’re living in an age of deep political anger and frustration. Where did it come from? All the Wrong Moves offers a new, eye-opening answer, rooted in history, business, and the author’s firsthand experience, that reveals the true origins of America’s current political crisis. This...

At a time when political division, cultural tension, and public distrust seem to be pulling Canadians apart, Towards a Better Canada offers a hopeful and constructive way forward. Drawing on nearly two decades of serving political leaders across the country, Tim Schindel invites Christians to reconsider the relationship between faith and public life. Through Scripture, Canadian history, and personal stories from the front lines of public service, he shows how ordinary people can make an extraordinary contribution to our nation’s future.

Congress, the central democratic institution in the United States, is hanging on by a thread. On January 6, 2021, a violent attack on the Capitol Building left five people dead, and threats and attacks against politicians are on the rise. In Stuck, Maya Kornberg chronicles the efforts of congressional reformers over the last fifty years and documents the mounting forces that have kept their reforms from creating meaningful change.

A concise history of the long struggle between two fundamentally opposing constitutional traditions from one of the nation’s leading constitutional scholars—a manifesto for renewing our constitutional republic. Americans today are deeply divided—politically, ideologically, and culturally...

A compelling and insightful audiobook that reclaims faith as a force for good in the age of Trump and rebukes those who use it to harm and discriminate. This program is read by the author, Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear. Beshear is the grandson of Baptist lay ministers, the son of a previous...

What makes a great American president? Moral purity—or decisive action? Vision—or results? Popular acclaim—or the hard, often ruthless ability to seize crisis and bend history's arc? In Great American Presidents, renowned historian Allan J. Lichtman offers a bold, unsentimental answer. Moving beyond polls, rankings, and reputation, he applies a rigorous new framework—the Ten Keys to Presidential Greatness—to assess twelve presidents who did more than occupy the Oval Office: they transformed the presidency and the nation itself.

The words of a president can change the course of history. In Quotes of Consequence: Words of U. S. Presidents that Shook the World, Forrest Tower explores the powerful words, defining moments, and lasting ideas that helped shape the United States. From George Washington’s defense of free speech, to Franklin D. Roosevelt’s call to overcome fear, to Ronald Reagan’s challenge to “tear down this wall,” these are more than famous quotations. They are windows into the decisions, conflicts, beliefs, and pressures that defined their time.

Reforging Excalibur is an exciting and unique proposal for restructuring America’s armed forces in order to better prepare us for Fourth-Generation warfare. After a withering critique of the bloat and waste of the Department of Defense and Pentagon’s “business as usual” attitude towards military spending, the authors disclose why this approach is unsustainable in terms of budget and combat readiness. In short, while our military is prepared to fight wars with other state militaries, it is woefully unprepared — psychologically and structurally — to succeed in Fourth-Generation warfare.

Maksim Gorki’nin otobiyografik eserlerinden Ekmeğimi Kazanırken, yazarın zorlu yaşam mücadelesini ve çalışma hayatını çarpıcı bir şekilde aktarır.

The explosive story of the biggest mistakes in US history – from White House insider turned host of hit podcast The Rest Is Politics: US , Anthony Scaramucci We’re living in an age of deep political anger and frustration. Where did it come from, and how do we get out? From Main Street to...

"The appeasement of Donald Trump is a sordid story. It is also, in Weisberg's hands, a gripping one." - JILL LEPORE For years now, people around the world have watched Donald Trump push the boundaries of presidential power and asked the same question: how has he been allowed to get away with it?...

AN AMAZON BESTSELLER IN PUBLIC AFFAIRS & ADMINISTRATION AN INGRAMSPARK BESTSELLER IN HEALTH POLICY Why do some ideas transform entire systems while others never spread? We celebrate startups for changing the world. We rarely ask how innovation happens inside government. Yet some of America's...