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Two towering figures of American history collide in this riveting account of how the struggle between Lincoln and his defiant general John C. Frémont shaped the Civil War and emancipation. "... a masterwork of history. . .Bicknell deftly interweaves Frémont's story with the grander narrative...

En russisk invasion af Ukraine, sabotage af gasledninger, energikrise, en frygt for tredje verdenskrig - læg dertil Brexit, nationalistiske bevægelser, pandemi og et selvsikkert Kina. Det håb om en fri og fredelig verden, der voksede frem, da Berlinmuren faldt, er godt tre årtier senere lagt...

An incisive examination of free speech's global decline and a framework for preserving expression in democratic societies. The Future of Free Speech confronts a stark truth: the right to speak freely is under siege. Once celebrated as a cornerstone of democratic societies, free expression is now met with growing suspicion and retaliation across the globe. Jacob Mchangama and Jeff Kosseff present a panoramic view of how we arrived at this pivotal moment.

In this incisive book, Reason editor Jacob Sullum untangles America’s twin crusades against guns and drugs, suggesting better-tailored alternatives that do more good while causing less harm. Does gun control work? What about drug prohibition? In this cogent examination of two of America’s...

Nirenberg: The Education of a Texas Public Servant offers a compelling portrait of Ron Nirenberg’s eight-year tenure as mayor of San Antonio, the seventh largest city in the United States. From 2017 to 2025, Nirenberg guided the city through times of crisis and opportunity with a compassionate, pragmatic approach that defied partisan expectations and earned broad popular support. Winning six elections and numerous referenda, he became San Antonio’s longest-serving mayor since Henry Cisneros.

Den Kolde Krig sluttede fredeligt … Troede vi indtil den 24. februar 2022, da Rusland invaderede Ukraine. For mange europæere var det en øjenåbnende begivenhed, og datoen 24.02 kom til at rumme sin helt egen fortælling. Men hvorfor havde vi europæere ikke set det komme? Ukraine er...

Whip & Ride: The Hard-Charging Early Years of the Institute for Justice tells the story of how a small group of visionary founders built one of the nation’s most influential public interest law firms. Through pivotal decisions, defining moments, and unforgettable personalities, the book captures the entrepreneurial spirit, risks, and lessons that shaped IJ’s rise.

‘इन सबकी शुरुआत उड़ीसा में 1972 में हुए उप-चुनाव से हुई। लाखों रुपए खर्च कर नंदिनी को राज्य की विधानसभा के लिए चुना...

मुंबईतल्या गरीब, कष्टकरी आणि जगण्याशी रोज झगडा करणा-या वस्त्यांचे नि तिथल्या माणसांच्या जगण्याचे कंगोरे...

ఎవరు చదివినా చదవకపోయినా కాలం నిజాయితీగా తన చరిత్రను తాను రాసుకుంటూనే ఉంటుంది. అక్కడక్కడ కొన్ని సంఘటనలను...

The United States was founded based on the monumental idea that everyone deserves the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Yet throughout our two hundred and fifty years as an independent country, we have faced many obstacles to these self-evident truths: slavery, wars, economic...

No one is more qualified to give a fully rounded, objective portrait of our forty-first president than Tom Wicker. A political correspondent for The New York Times for more than thirty years, Wicker was a first-hand witness to and reporter of George H. W. Bush’s political rise and presidential...

Listen to the definitive narrative history of the people, politics, and events of the Second World War - the conflict that shaped the modern world. From the build-up to the fighting, through to the reverberations still felt in the aftermath, this is a compelling, accessible, and immediate...

This invaluable, easy-to-understand guide to world politics and government offers an accessible introduction to more than 80 of the most important theories and big ideas of leaders and politicians throughout history. The Politics Book makes government and politics easy to understand by...

A brilliant and bracing account of the Supreme Court’s rise, its unraveling, and what it will take to save it, from the New York Times bestselling author of The Shadow Docket Richard Nixon turned over the Watergate tapes and Dwight Eisenhower sent the Army into Little Rock for the same reason...

Draw the Line in Ohio by legal analyst Rory Riley Topping and Washington correspondent Josh Rultenberg offers a grounded, firsthand overview of unfair redistricting through the story of Ohio’s recent gerrymandering fight.

What happens when political survival matters more than principle? In Politics, legendary American journalist and cultural critic H. L. Mencken turns his famously sharp wit toward Congress, political machines, elections, and the people who make their careers within them. With characteristic...

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...

From 2015 to 2023, every crisis landed on the Austin mayor’s desk—and every decision carried immediate, real-world consequences. Hot Seat—Hot City is Adler’s unflinching, first-person account of what governing actually looks like when there are no great options. Not a campaign memoir or partisan argument—this is written by someone accountable for outcomes, not rhetoric. As national politics grows more dysfunctional, cities have become the front line of American democracy.

Governor Tim Waltz explores what neighborliness really means, how it works, and why it can bring about positive change for communities all over America...