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The Laws
$18.00 Read moreIn The Laws, Plato describes in fascinating detail a comprehensive system of legislation in a small agricultural utopia he named Magnesia. His laws not only govern crime and punishment, but also form … [more below]
- Series: Penguin Classics
- Author: Plato
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 560
- Publish Date: June 28 2005
- ISBN10: 0140449841
- Language: English
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The House That Madigan Built: The Record Run of Illinois’ Velvet Hammer
$29.95 Read moreMichael Madigan rose from the Chicago machine to hold unprecedented power as Speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives. In his thirty-six years wielding the gavel, Madigan outlasted governors, … [more below]
- Author: Long, Ray
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 312
- Publish Date: February 15 2022
- ISBN10: 0252044479
- Language: English
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Lessons from North Carolina: Race, Religion, Tribe, and the Future of America
$16.95 Read moreNorth Carolina had a big, unfortunate headstart on now-common attacks on democratic institutions-the lessons learned as NC makes its way out of the chaos can benefit other states.
Attacks from the rad… [more below]
- Author: Nichol, Gene R.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 250
- Publish Date: April 25 2023
- ISBN10: 195888801X
- Language: English
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Philadelphia, Corrupt and Consenting: A City’s Struggle Against an Epithet
$30.00 Read moreMore than a century after muckraking journalist Lincoln Steffens derided the city of Philadelphia as being “corrupt and contented,” Philadelphia struggles to rise above this unfortunate characterizati… [more below]
- Author: Mandel, Brett H.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: May 05 2023
- ISBN10: 1439924279
- Language: English
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Inventing Idaho: The Gem State’s Eccentric Shape
$26.95 Add to cartAs Idaho’s State Historian, the question Keith Petersen heard most was, “How did Idaho get such a strange shape?” That curiosity is fitting, because those peculiar borders have held enormous influence
- Author: Petersen, Keith C.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 228
- Publish Date: September 23 2022
- ISBN10: 0874224187
- Language: English
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Down Ballot: How a Local Campaign Became a National Referendum on Abortion
$21.95 Read moreWhen an obscure primary election met the culture wars
In 1990, a suburban Chicago race for the Republican Party nomination for state representative unexpectedly became a national proxy battle over abo
- Author: Wohl, Patrick
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 200
- Publish Date: January 09 2024
- ISBN10: 0252087585
- Language: English
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Anatomy of a Purple State: A North Carolina Politics Primer
$22.00 Add to cartNorth Carolina represents a perfect distillation of the promise and peril of modern American democracy: hyperpartisanship, gerrymandering, dissatisfaction with the two-party system, the urban-rural di… [more below]
- Author: Cooper, Christopher A.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 216
- Publish Date: October 15 2024
- ISBN10: 1469681714
- Language: English
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From Blue to Red: The Rise of the GOP in Arkansas
$52.43 Read moreOn the morning of Election Day 2010, Democrats occupied three of the four Arkansas seats in the US House of Representatives, both US Senate seats, all state constitutional offices, and decisive majori… [more below]
- Author: Davis, John C.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 146
- Publish Date: March 01 2024
- ISBN10: 1682262448
- Language: English
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Mexico: Biography of Power
$25.00 Add to cartA History of Modern Mexico, 1810-1996
“A magisterial history. . . . Will surely stand for many years as the standard history of postcolonial Mexico.” — Wall Street Journal
The concentration of power in
- Author: Krauze, Enrique
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 896
- Publish Date: June 03 1998
- ISBN10: 0060929170
- Language: English
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In the Loop: A Political and Economic History of San Antonio
$34.95 Add to cartIn the Loop: A Political and Economic History of San Antonio, is the culmination of urban historian David Johnson’s extensive research into the development of Texas’s oldest city. Beginning with San … [more below]
- Author: Johnson, David R.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 576
- Publish Date: October 06 2020
- ISBN10: 1595349227
- Language: English
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Secret Empires
$19.99 Add to cart#1 New York Times Bestseller
Peter Schweizer has been fighting corruption–and winning–for years. In Throw Them All Out, he exposed insider trading by members of Congress, leading to the passage of t
- Author: Schweizer, Peter
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: November 22 2023
- ISBN10: 0062569376
- Language: English
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The Big Truth: Upholding Democracy in the Age of “The Big Lie”
$29.99 Read moreA Revelatory Account Of The 2020 Election–The Most Secure, Verifiable, And Transparent In American History–And The Heroes Brave Enough To Get It Right>
The Big Truth illuminates a crowning achievemen
- Author: Garrett, Major
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: September 20 2022
- ISBN10: 1635767849
- Language: English
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A Pea River Progeny: Alabama’s Colorful and Controversial Governor James E. “Big Jim Folsom
$31.95 Add to cart“A Pea River Progeny: Alabama’s Colorful and Controversial Governor James E. “Big Jim” Folsom chronicles the life of a 20th century Deep South politician who left behind a memorable legacy. A Populist… [more below]
- Author: Smith, Jeffrey K.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 390
- Publish Date: November 24 2022
- ISBN10: 1977259634
- Language: English
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Inside the Carnival: Unmasking Louisiana Politics
$24.95 Add to cartWith both an entertainer’s eye and a social scientist’s rigor, Wayne Parent subjects Louisiana’s politics to rational and empirical analysis, seeking and finding coherent reasons for the state’s well-
- Author: Parent, Wayne
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: September 01, 2006
- ISBN10: 0807131989
- Language: English
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The Party Is Over: The New Louisiana Politics
$39.95 Add to cartFor decades, the Louisiana political scene has been a source of interest and intrigue for scholars and casual observers alike. In recent years, the state’s political, economic, and environmental chall
- Author: Maloyed, Christie L.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: February 16, 2022
- ISBN10: 0807176583
- Language: English
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Democrats 101: A Primer for Us
$10.99 Add to cartWhat is a Democrat? Why is it so hard to define, and why do we keep letting the Republicans do it? Why do we squabble when we should be united? Why do we drift endlessly into policy disputes when bigg
- Author: Purvis, James
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: October 01 2021
- ISBN10: 1737251302
- Language: English
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Indecent Assembly: The North Carolina Legislature’s Blueprint for the War on Democracy and Equality
$16.95 Add to cartFirebrand constitutional attorney and professor Gene Nichol describes how the Republican-majority NC legislature became a blueprint for dismantling democracy.
The war is still raging. A
- Author: Nichol, Gene R.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: April 14 2020
- ISBN10: 1949467279
- Language: English
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Of Goats & Governors: Six Decades of Colorful Alabama Political Stories
$25.95 Add to cartFew states have as colorful a political history as Alabama, especially in the post-World War II era. During the past six decades, the state played a central role in the civil rights movement, largely
- Author: Flowers, Steve
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: July 01 2018
- ISBN10: 1588383865
- Language: English
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One House: The Unicameral’s Progressive Vision for Nebraska
$24.95 Add to cartWhen Nebraskans voted to trade in their bicameral, partisan legislature for a one-house, nonpartisan body in 1934, it was a revolutionary decision. George Norris, a U.S. senator from Nebraska, argued
- Author: Berens, Charlyne
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 286
- Publish Date: January 01 2014
- ISBN10: 0803235194
- Language: English
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Marijuana: A Short History
$36.58 Add to cartFrom “Reefer Madness” to legal purchase at the corner store
With long-time legal and social barriers to marijuana falling across much of the United States, the time has come for an accessible and infor
- Series: Short Histories
- Author: Hudak, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 268
- Publish Date: June 30 2020
- ISBN10: 0815738315
- Language: English
