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How are metropolitan regions governed? What makes some regions more effective than others in managing policies that cross local jurisdictional boundaries? Political coordination among municipal gove……続きを見る

This report is a pilot cross-country study that summarizes 10 years (1998-2008) of the World Bank's engagement at the state level in selected large federal countries and combines elements of a count……続きを見る

The dreams and visions began January 1997. The writer shares astonishing end-time revelation knowledge concerning three heavenly bodies with their symbolic meaning and prophetic calling that will le……続きを見る

Il “miracolo” economico italiano è stato in realtà un disastro. Dietro la favola della crescita e del progresso si è nascosto un sistema industriale che ha avvelenato un Paese intero. La maggior par……続きを見る

After the United States purchased Louisiana, many inhabitants of the new American territory believed that Louisiana would quickly be incorporated into the Union and that they would soon enjoy rights……続きを見る

Are you looking for a journey that will take you through 100 of the Most Popular Men's Jean Brands, along with funny comments and a word puzzle? Then this book is for you. Whether you are looking at……続きを見る

This past January, the newly elected governor Scott Walker declared war on Wisconsin's progressive roots. Under the guise of budget repair, he and his Republican colleagues in the state legislature ……続きを見る

In this timely and provocative book, social entrepreneur Colin Crooks makes startling revelations about the true scale and dispiriting depth of the workless problem in the UK. He shows, through uniq……続きを見る

An emotional visit to the Vietnam Wall on its 30th anniversary. A solemn service at Arlington National Cemetery. The leader of the "Band of Brothers" remembered as a modest, dignified next-door neig……続きを見る

Peter Elkind presents an in-depth look at the ambitious career and sudden disgrace of former New York governor Eliot Spitzer. The result is a gripping narrative of one man's noble intentions and fat……続きを見る

En el presente proyecto titulado se muestran de manera introductoria al tema los antecedentes del origen de las área en mención: Criminología-Criminalística, revisando b……続きを見る

The Death of an American Jewish Community: A Tragedy of Good Intentions by Hillel Levine and Lawrence Harmon (128,000 words, 19 illustrations) Written by a sociologist and a journalist, The Death of……続きを見る

"And so a tortuous, roundabout refugee trail sprang up: Guatemala City to Tecún Umán, across the Río Suchiate to Tapachula, then by third-class bus or foot along the Pacific coast to Arriaga in the ……続きを見る

First published in 1989, The Undeserving Poor was a critically acclaimed and enormously influential account of America's enduring debate about poverty. Taking stock of the last quarter century, Mich……続きを見る

Are you looking for a journey that will take you through 100 Countries With the Beautiful Women, along with funny comments and a word puzzle? Then this book is for you. Whether you are looking at th……続きを見る

The U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has prepared human resources guidance for agencies and employees on administrative furloughs. An administrative furlough is a planned event by an agency……続きを見る

Is the man who blows up an airplane and kills dozens of civilians a murderous terrorist... or a valiant freedom fighter? Is the man who tries to stop the bomber a threat to national security... or a……続きを見る

Through readings of literature, canonical history texts, studies of museum displays and media analysis, this work explores the historical formation of myths of Canadian national identity and then ho……続きを見る

This study focuses on first- and second-generation Cubans, Dominicans and Puerto Ricans living in the New York City area. In particular, the author creates a sociolinguistic profile of these cohorts……続きを見る

Deal With Information Overload Do You Suffer From IO? Q: What is IO? A: Information Overload If you say no, you are probably fibbing. It comes at you from all directions every single day. Television……続きを見る

What becomes of a child who struggles with Attention Deficiet Disorder and Hyper-Activity and how he survived and overcame it in time! 続きを見る

The conflict in South Ossetia in the summer of 2008 and the Ukrainian energy crisis in early 2009 served to highlight the tensions that continue to influence EU-Russia relations in regard to the reg……続きを見る

For more than ten years, Caracas Chronicles (CaracasChronicles.com) has distilled Hugo Chávez’s Venezuela for English-speaking readers, providing both context and a home for lively discussio……続きを見る

Elected six times to the House from the state of Georgia, Cynthia McKinney cut a trail through Congressional deceit like a hot ember through ash. She discovered legislators who passed laws without r……続きを見る

Torture, according to the United Nations Convention Against Torture (an advisory measure of the UN General Assembly) is: ...any act by which severe pain or suffering, whether physical or mental, is ……続きを見る

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Diana McCaulay’s newspaper columns, collected in Writing Jamaica: People, Places, Struggles, deliver a fascinating look at Jamaica, far beyond the island’s image as a tourist paradise.  From t……続きを見る

Anti-Americanism has now become an imperative for the sanity and stability of the world. Over the past 30 years almost every foreign adventure of the US has led to failure in compounding existing pr……続きを見る

As I watch the current election campaign unfold, I had sick. In this short manifesto, I offer a simple idea for changing America and having a better informed electorate. You can download this f……続きを見る

From 2003 to 2009 sensational judicial bribery scandals rocked Mississippi's legal system. Famed trial lawyers Paul Minor and Richard (Dickie) Scruggs and renowned judge and former prosecutor Bobby ……続きを見る