Powerful forces of change are at the core of Obamacare—and they could either strengthen or destroy our family doctors. It’s a perfect storm that threatens our hope for more effective and personalized medical care and it holds the...
Political science
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Author:Anderson, Peter B., Ramey, Bud, Emswiller, TomSummary: - Author:Smith, BarbaraSummary:
On August 27, 1927, five women gathered at a house on Edmonton's Southside to sign a letter that would change the course of Canadian history. Those women were Emily Murphy, Nellie McClung, Louise McKinney, Irene Parlby, and...
- Author:Hamilton, Alexander, Madison, James, Jay, JohnSummary:
Alexander Hamilton, John Jay and James Madison pulled off the incredible feat of outlining an entire democratic government with rhetorical and syntactical flair in this collection of 85 articles and essays. Written under a pseudonym,...
- Author:Fish, StanleySummary:
From celebrated public intellectual and New York Times bestselling author, Stanley Fish, comes an urgent and sharply observed look at one of the most hotly debated issues of our time: freedom of speech. How does the First Amendment...
- Author:Small, MichaelSummary:
In the early hours of April 22, 1914, American President Woodrow Wilson sent Marines to seize the port of Veracruz in an attempt to alter the course of the Mexican Revolution. As a result, the United States seemed on the brink of war...
- Author:Angelos, JamesSummary:
The author presents the contrasting images of Greece, a nation both romanticized for its classical past and castigated for its dysfunctional present. With vivid character-driven narratives and engaging reporting that offers an immersive...
- Author:Collier, PaulSummary:
Deep new rifts are tearing apart the fabric of Western societies: thriving cities versus rural counties, the highly skilled elite versus the less educated, wealthy versus developing countries. Economist Paul Collier outlines original...
- Author:Lowenthal, Mark M.Summary:
Intelligence is, by definition, a shadowy business. Yet many aspects of this secret world are now more openly analyzed and discussed, a trend which has inevitably prompted lively debate about intelligence gathering and analysis: what...
- Author:Morley, JeffersonSummary:
CIA spymaster James Jesus Angleton was one of the most powerful unelected officials in the United States government in the mid-20th century, a ghost of American power. From World War II to the Cold War, Angleton operated beyond the view...
- Author:Sellar, Sam, Thompson, Greg, Rutkowski, David, Berliner, David C., Sahlberg, PasiSummary:
A global education race now pits countries, regions, and school systems against one another. The racecourse has been created by a small number of influential international testing programs, and the popular media announces winners and...
- Author:Langford, WillSummary:
"Will Langford has produced an important and valuable book. The Global Politics of Poverty in Canadaexamines the Canadian dimension of the 'development' phenomenon from an expansive perspective. At once global and local in scope, it...
- Author:Arbour, LouiseSummary:
The world is facing the worst humanitarian crisis since the Second World War. Over 300,000 are dead in Syria, and one and half million are either injured or disabled. Four and a half million people are trying to flee the country. And...
- Author:Arbour, Louise, Schama, Simon, Farage, Nigel, Steyn, MarkSummary:
The world is facing the worst humanitarian crisis since the Second World War. Over 300,000 are dead in Syria, and one and half million are either injured or disabled. Four and a half million people are trying to flee the country. And...
- Author:Krznaric, RomanSummary:
Krznaric reveals six practical ways we can retrain our brains to think of the long view. His aim is to shift our allegiance from this generation to all humanity, to save our planet and our future.
- Author:Ghosh, AmitavSummary:
Indian novelist Amitav Ghosh examines our inability to grasp the scale and violence of climate change, and asks us to imagine other forms of human existence, a task to which fiction is the best suited of all cultural forms.
- Author:Volner, IanSummary:
During his campaign for the presidency, one of Donald Trump's signature promises was that he would build a "great great wall" on the border between the United States and Mexico, and Mexico was going to pay for it. A year and a half into...
- Author:Appadurai, ArjunSummary:
We are living through a period of dramatic political change ' Brexit, the election of Trump, the rise of extreme right movements in Europe and elsewhere, the resurgence of nationalism and xenophobia and a concerted assault on the...
- Author:Swift, RichardSummary:
Any attempt to restore responsible environmental policies, revive and expand our social programs, rebuild our crumbling infrastructure, and boost our flagging economy will be inadequate unless we also address the need to increase...
- Author:Philippon, ThomasSummary:
Why are cellphone plans so much more expensive in the United States than in Europe? It seems a simple question. But the search for an answer took Thomas Philippon on an unexpected journey through some of the most complex and hotly...
- Author:Hartnett, Lynne Ann.Summary:
The great revolutions of the past 300 years have profoundly shaped the social, cultural, political, and military landscape of the 21st century. These epic changes tore down established orders and built new ones in their place. What...
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