Encyclopedia of the United States Cabinet: (3 Volumes)
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Encyclopedia of the United States Cabinet: (3 Volumes)
Mark Grossman
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Encyclopedia of the United States Cabinet covers the history of each cabinet department and all the individuals who served as cabinet secretaries, from the founding of the republic to the present. The work is organized into 20 chapters covering all cabinet departments and offices, with each chapter providing a thorough overview of the department or office, then detailed biographical and historical entries of each of the individuals who have occupied the top position in that department. Readers will gain insight into the workings of politics and government over time, while absorbing some truly fascinating facts.

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1 out of 5 stars ABC-CLIO STEALS FROM THEIR AUTHORS.......2006-01-09

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The Supreme Court of the United States: A Student Companion (Oxford Student Companions to American Government)
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    The Supreme Court of the United States: A Student Companion (Oxford Student Companions to American Government)
    John J. Patrick
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    4. The Oxford Companion to the Supreme Court of the United States The Oxford Companion to the Supreme Court of the United States

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    The Supreme Court of the United States is an illustrated A-to-Z guide that covers virtually all aspects of the U.S. Supreme Court, including biographical articles on all of the Justices, summaries and analysis of key decisions of the Court, articles on legal terms and statutes associated with
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    Encyclopedia of Governance - 2 volume set
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      Encyclopedia of Governance - 2 volume set

      Manufacturer: Sage Publications, Inc
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      The language of governance extends to patterns of rule found throughout our daily lives. Governance also provides us with a language with which to remake our world. We might ask how to make markets, networks, international organizations, corporations, and other associations democratically accountable. We might also ask what values we want to uphold in our practices of governance. It is important for us to address these questions because, by doing so, we make the future.

      The Encyclopedia of Governance provides a one-stop point of reference for the diverse and complex topics surrounding governance for the period between the collapse of the post-war consensus and the rise of neoliberal regimes in the 1970s. This comprehensive resource concentrates primarily on topics related to the changing nature and role of the state in recent times and the ways in which these roles have been conceptualized in the areas of Political Science, Public Administration, Political Economy, and Sociology.

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      Scholastic Encyclopedia Of The Presidents And Their Times (updated 2005)
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      • great learning tool
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      Scholastic Encyclopedia Of The Presidents And Their Times (updated 2005)
      DAVID RUBEL
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      ASIN: 043928323X

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      Great for homework, this nice effort includes a couple of large pages on each United States president, headlines from his administration, neat trivia (Herbert Hoover was the first president to have an asteroid named for him. Abe Lincoln was the first to wear a beard in office), a context in popular culture from Johnny Appleseed to virtual reality, and plenty of solid history in clear English. It's a wonderful jumping-off place for an emerging historian or a child curious about who is that guy on the U.S. dime. (For ages 10-11 and up and a great reference for the whole family)

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      The Scholastic Encyclopedia of the Presidents and Their Times documents the tenure of each of the American presidents. It also includes information about the headlines, people, and fads that were defining America during each presidency. It is an easy-to-use resource that reflects events through the election of the next president in the 2004 election. Each profile includes a fact box that lists the president's birthday, birthplace, vice president, wife, children, and nickname. It also lists the president's full name and years he was in office. (see extended summary)

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      1 out of 5 stars Was John F. Kerry an actual US President????.......2007-06-11

      Do NOT buy this book unless you want your children seriously misinformed. The 2005 edition of this book actually lists John Kerry after George W. Bush as the 44th president in its table of contents!!! Whatever you may have wanted for the 2004 presidential electioin, it is irresponsible to publish a table of contents insinuating that John F. Kerry is our 44th president. Shame on the editors for letting this one "slip"....

      5 out of 5 stars great learning tool.......2007-05-24

      We originally checked this book out at the library for my 6 year old son. With this book he managed to memorize all of the presidents in order and out of order. It has a lot of interesting facts and I would highly recommend it for children below the 4th grade level, which is recommended, and that are able to read at a higher level.

      We have had this book for months and not until reading these reviews was I very pleased to learn of the accurate portrayal in it of W. I suppose you could tear those pages out if you had an aversion to them though! I love it personally, there is no reason why our kids should be kept in the dark anymore than we should.

      1 out of 5 stars A warning of the liberal bias would have been nice........2006-06-13

      I purchased this ENCYCLOPEDIA for my 11-year-old son, expecting an objective review of each of the President's terms of Office. Obviously, I was sorely disappointed. Although none of us would agree with every decision made by any President, as loyal Americans, we can and should certainly respect the Office and each man who has served in it. David Rubel's book will be filed in my trash can as soon as I finish typing this, and I will be sure to warn all of my acquaintances against purcahasing anything with his name on it. GOD BLESS AMERICA!!!! (I laugh heartily when I see the entry in the Table of Contents for the next President--John F. Kerry!)

      5 out of 5 stars This is my Bible.......2006-02-15

      This book should have been titled "David Rubel - Mind Reader"

      This book was offered at my son's book fair last year and I didn't buy it then because it was such a page-turner, I read the whole volume that day. I've been kicking myself ever since. Not only does this guy read my mind on W, but he also reads my mind when it comes to my horrible memories of Reagan and Herbert Walker Bush as well.

      5 out of 5 stars Great Study Tool for AP US History.......2005-11-29

      As a Junior in High School I find this book an invaluable tool for studying for my AP US History class's exams...it gives a very complete summary of almost every topic discussed in detail in class and in our bulky textbook. It also helps because unlike textbooks, it keeps things in chronological order. I have the 1994 edition, assuming the author changed little for the earlier presidents, this book is a balanced view of this country's historical and political past.
      Encyclopedia of the Reagan-Bush Years
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        Encyclopedia of the Reagan-Bush Years
        Peter B. Levy
        Manufacturer: Greenwood Press
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        This is the first and only ready-reference source on the Reagan-Bush years, 1980-1992. No other single volume provides readily available and concise information on the key developments and figures of this period. Organized A-Z, it features over 250 entries on key personalities, issues, events, political and governmental developments, foreign and domestic concerns, laws, terms and catchphrases, and social and cultural trends of the era. Entries are 100-1,000 words in length and conclude with a list of suggested readings. The work also features a chronology of events, statistical charts and tables, and photographs and is thoroughly cross-referenced in boldface for ease of use. The organizing principle of the work is a focus on individuals and events that directly relate to Presidents Reagan and Bush and their administrations. In addition there are entries on social trends, world events, and popular culture. The book presents a balanced account of the Reagan-Bush years. Entries favor description over judgment while at the same time offering a sense of the controversy that surrounded and in some cases still surrounds the events and actions of the Reagan-Bush presidencies. Biographies of key figures in their administrations, Supreme Court appointments, related players on the national and world stage, summaries of significant pieces of legislation, and balanced analyses of their domestic and foreign policies are featured. Entries also include many terms and catchphrases such as Reaganomics, "No New Taxes," and "A Thousand Points of Light." This is the perfect first-stop for information on all aspects of this important period in American history and will fill a gap in public and high school library reference collections.
        Defrauding America: Encyclopedia of Secret Operations by the CIA, DEA, and Other Covert Agencies
        Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
        • Excellent reource documenting government crimes and coverups
        • The perfect bible for skeptics!
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        • Citizens of the world:READ THIS BOOK
        Defrauding America: Encyclopedia of Secret Operations by the CIA, DEA, and Other Covert Agencies
        Rodney Stich
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        ASIN: 0932438091
        Release Date: 2001-04-01

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        Defrauding America is a detailed and documented description of various forms of criminal activities involving people in a literal secret goverrnment, operating like Trojan horses, inflicting enormous harm upon the people and the United States. It is written by a former government agent with input from many other government insiders, former drug smugglers, and former Mafia figures.

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        4 out of 5 stars Excellent reource documenting government crimes and coverups.......2001-05-23

        This book is a very well documented and thorough analysis of the corruption within the U.S. system of government.

        Stich details his involvement with governmental misuse of power when he tries to bring to light the serious lack of safety precautions in the airline industry and how mandatory training programs were being inadequately done, and often not done at all. He experienced stonewalling, as well as retaliation, in the FAA's management when he would try to fulfill his duties as a federal air-safety inspector/investigator and was subverted from fulfilling his responsiblities all the way through to the federal courts by the Department of Justice. Despite these problems obviously leading to airplane crashes across the country, the FAA hierarchy refused to legally prosecute any of the airlines or personnel involved and subsequently allowed the crashes to continue due to their complacency.

        As a result of Stich's continuous whistleblowing, retaliation ensued when his assets were seized (to take away the funding of Stich's activist activities) through misuse of chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings, and his refusal to "surrender" eventually led to him being sentenced to prison on trumped up charges. (This happens. My father had a similar experience where his assets were unlawfully seized by somone with millions of dollars behind him and a judge in his pocket.)

        In a federal corrections facility he meets Gunther Russbacher, a CIA asset with a very high covert position in the agency, who relates to him, through many subsequent contacts (with Stich out of prison), the large amount of conspiracies against the American public being perpetrated by high-level political leaders and governmental agencies. Thus ensues his exposure to extreme government corruption on all levels and the huge extent of this corruption as though there is another government behind the one which we think exists.

        Stich has contacts with other CIA operatives, as well as DEA officials, federal employees, and many other deep-cover intelligence operatives (almost all of whom are named, and extensive documentation is given) who want to expose the crimes being perpetrated by the U.S. government against the citizens of the U.S. and the world.

        Among the many crimes, the ones elucidated on the most are:

        (1)the October Surprise cover-up involving the bribing of Iranians to withhold the U.S. hostages until Regan was elected President (causing Carter to lose face before the election, and involving George Bush at the center of the bribing)

        (2)the Iran-Contra scandals, which were the subsequent consequences of the October Surprise situation, where the U.S. gov. sold arms to Iranians (supposedly for hostages), and the profits were used to buy more arms which were then exchanged to the contras in South America for drugs which they provided, and the training of assassination squads by the CIA

        (3)CIA and DEA drug traficking, from heroin in Vietnam to cocaine in South America, making many politiicans, gov. officials, and private corporations rich, all with the supposed intent of keeping the trade out of the hands of the left-wing radicals

        (4)the seizing of many people's properties in fraudulently run bankruptcy courts

        (5)the looting of Housing and Urban Developement by federal officials and the "Denver group"

        (6) CIA involevement in the looting of the savings and loan, how it was done and why

        (7)money laundering by the CIA and affiliates through Nugan-Hand bank and Bishop, Baldwin, Rewald, Dillingham and Wong

        (8)the theft of Inslaw's PROMIS software by the U.S. Justice Department and subsequent sales to foreign governments and various coverup murders

        (9)BCCI and its contacts with Bank of America, the CIA, other banks, and the Justice Department coverup

        (10)U.S. funding of Iraq and Saddam Hussein

        (11)the silencing of "whistleblowers" by threats, false prosecutions, killings, and mysterious deaths

        (12)mainstream media's involvement in covering up high-level conspiracies through non-reporting and campaigns of out-right disinformation

        (13)the CIA's hand-in-glove association with Israel's Mossad agency (Barry Chamish knows this)

        (14)Supreme Court complicity in the coverups

        (15)Clinton's associations and dealings with sex, drugs, frauds, the CIA, and other illegal dealings

        and many, many other felonious activities committed by those whom you would think could be trusted.

        This is a book definitely worth getting for one to understand the extent of the "beast" within our government and around the globe.

        As for why this corruption hasn't been brought to the attention of most Americans, my response is that it has. Even though it is largely ignored by mainstream media...many documentaries, television specials, articles in magazines and newspapers, and books have been done exposing at least some of the frauds and crimes, but the vast majority go ignored and without reaction. I have seen many of these types of publications and broadcasts myself, even on TBS. Some of these sources are documented in Stich's book along with MANY inside informants who DO come out and try to reveal the truth to people despite retalitaions by those they are informing against.

        This book is extensively documented and very well put together. The only reason I didn't give it five stars is because it is so in-depth and so many names are dropped that it can turn some people off and leave one's head spinning due to TOO MUCH detail.

        4 out of 5 stars The perfect bible for skeptics!.......2001-03-24

        It is a bible considering the number of pages, but it's all worth it! It's a perfect read not just for conspiracy theorists. I definitely recommend this book to those who still believe that America is the guardian of human rights, freedom, and justice. Don't hate America for its flaws, change it, because we're capable for so much more!

        1 out of 5 stars Self Serving or Genuine ??.......2000-09-08

        That's what I tried to determine while reading this book. I did strongly rely on previous reviews to acquire Stich's work, but in the end I'm not as enthusiastic as other readers.... Right up front, Stich makes an awful lot of pages about his personal crusade and how he got mistreated by a system which offered him but a deaf hear...Okay...got it, loud and clear.

        Not satisfied with spreading his personal struggle, Stich too often feels compelled to repeat names and functions (as if the average reader was too dumb to remember the previous 2 pages), and makes constant, annoying references to his personal crusade even when he gets onto discussing other subjects.

        Last but not least, I just find hard to believe such a gigantic conspiracy would exist, without someone involved turning his coat. I mean, in any criminal organization, someone sooner or later feels wronged, feels he/she did not get his/her fair share of the cake...Well, not in Stich's world. His crooks are highly professional thugs, who never would betray the system...Yeah right! There are good things in Stich's book, impressive testimonies, official documents etc...But it's just slightly to militant in tone to convince of the veracity of its speech. Faced to so much adversity, I can't understand why such a loudmouth, so-called whistleblower, has not yet ended up looking down the wrong end of a pistol, or taking his second amendment rights in hand litterally by grabing a good old 1911 to wipe out the herd of crooked Justice officials...

        I wasted 28 bucks.

        5 out of 5 stars Defrauding America:.......2000-02-24

        this book is amazing! im not quite through it yet but, it amazes me that people just sit there and let all this stuff go on....anyways AWESOME book i would reccomend it to anyone!

        5 out of 5 stars Citizens of the world:READ THIS BOOK.......2000-02-02

        This book should be required reading for all citizens of the earth. If I had the money, (and people still read books) I would put a copy of this book in every highschool library. There is enough evidence in this book to put 50 years worth of "elected" leaders, judges, etc. in jail or in the ground. The crimes are hard to digest at times because of the extent of which most Americans swallow the big lie hook line and sinker. The most painful read is the "october Surprise" scandal and how Bush caused the hostage situation to prolong. George Bush. To the gallows with him and the rest of the lot.
        Immigration in America Today: An Encyclopedia
        Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
        • An excellent supplement for any collection
        Immigration in America Today: An Encyclopedia

        Manufacturer: Greenwood Press
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        America today is witnessing the largest and most sustained wave of immigrants its borders have ever seen. Although factors like the Great Depression, World War II, and quota restrictions had slowed the massive influx of Europeans from the early part of the 20th century, policies like the 1965 Immigration and Nationality Act have relaxed quotas and opened America's doors to hundreds of thousands of immigrants a year, from both Eastern and Western hemispheres, to reach a height of over 9 million immigrants in the 1990s. Today, immigrants and policy-makers alike grapple with issues regarding employment, education, refugee status, and family reunification; as well as illegal immigrants--many from Mexico, whose legal immigration alone accounts for more than 20% of immigrants in the US. Despite this, this comprehensive reference source allows a glimpse of the same motivating factors that drove earlier immigrants through Ellis Island's gates--the promise of economic opportunity and the hope of a better life. Over 70 A-Z entries address topical and timely aspects of modern US immigration, including:
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        5 out of 5 stars An excellent supplement for any collection.......2007-06-17

        From adoption and gangs to crime, domestic work, legal issues and social conflicts, the encyclopedia Immigration in America Today is a top, recommended pick for any high school to college-level collection strong in social issues. Entries here do more than define: they offer often pages of detail and insights, conclude with bibliographic references for further reading and research, and provide background history essential to understanding the foundations of modern immigrant rights and debates. An excellent supplement for any collection seeking a definitive starting point on immigration history and issues.

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        Encyclopedia of Politics: The Left and the Right
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          Encyclopedia of Politics: The Left and the Right

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          Although the distinction between the politics of the left and the right is commonly assumed in the media and in treatments of political science and history, the terms are used so loosely that the student and the general reader are often confused: What exactly are the terms left and right supposed to imply? This two-volume Encyclopedia of Politics: The Left and the Right contains over 450 articles on individuals, movements, political parties, and ideological principles, with those usually thought of as left in the left-hand volume (Volume 1), and those considered on the right in the right-hand volume (Volume 2).

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          U.S. Supreme Court (Magill's Choice)
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              Jonathon Green , and Nicholas J. Karolides
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              1. Epicenter: Why Current Rumblings in the Middle East Will Change Your Future
              2. Erin's Daughters in America: Irish Immigrant Women in the Nineteenth Century (The Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political Science)
              3. Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds
              4. FAT!SO? : Because You Don't Have to Apologize for Your Size
              5. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream
              6. FEMININE MISTAKE, THE: ARE WE GIVING UP TOO MUCH?
              7. Foreign to Familiar: A Guide to Understanding Hot - And Cold - Climate Cultures
              8. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
              9. Groovy in Action
              10. Handbook of Hypnotic Suggestions and Metaphors

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