Author: Barack Obama
Publisher: PublicAffairs
Keywords: words, own, obama, barack
Number of Pages: 224
Published: 2007-03-27
List price: $12.95
ISBN-10: 0786720573
ISBN-13: 9780786720576

Since delivering his keynote speech at the 2004 Democratic National Convention, Barack Obama has been hailed as the clear savior of not only the Democratic party, but of the integrity of American politics. Despite the fact that he burst onto the national scene seemingly overnight, his name recognition has grown by leaps and bounds ever since.Barack Obama in His Own Words, a book of quotes from the Illinois Senator, allows those who aren’t as familiar with his politics to learn quickly where he stands on abortion, religion, AIDS, his critics, foreign policy, Iraq, the War on Terror, unemp

Author: George Soros
Publisher: PublicAffairs
Keywords: crisis, means, credit, markets, paradigm, financial, new
Number of Pages: 208
Published: 2008-05-05
List price: $22.95
ISBN-10: 1586486837
ISBN-13: 9781586486839

In the midst of the most serious financial upheaval since the Great Depression, legendary financier George Soros explores the origins of the crisis and its implications for the future. Soros, whose breadth of experience in financial markets is unrivaled, places the current crisis in the context of decades of study of how individuals and institutions handle the boom and bust cycles that now dominate global economic activity. “This is the worst financial crisis since the 1930s,” writes Soros in characterizing the scale of financial distress spreading across Wall Street and other fina

Author: Muhammad Yunus
Publisher: PublicAffairs
Keywords: future, capitalism, business, social, world, poverty, creating
Number of Pages: 296
Published: 2008-01-07
List price: $26.00
ISBN-10: 1586484931
ISBN-13: 9781586484934

The winner of the Nobel Peace Prize outlines his vision for a new business model that combines the power of free markets with the quest for a more humane world--and tells the inspiring stories of companies that are doing this work today. In the last two decades, free markets have swept the globe, bringing with them enormous potential for positive change. But traditional capitalism cannot solve problems like inequality and poverty, because it is hampered by a narrow view of human nature in which people are one-dimensional beings concerned only with profit. In fact, human beings have many ot

Authors:Brian Lamb, Susan Swain, C-SPAN,
Publisher: PublicAffairs
Keywords: sixteenth, president, historians, american, lincoln, abraham
Number of Pages: 400
Published: 2008-10-27
List price: $27.95
ISBN-10: 1586486764
ISBN-13: 9781586486761

In a handsome, gift-quality volume celebrating the 200th anniversary of Lincoln’s birth, America’s top Lincoln historians offer their diverse perspectives on the life and legacy of America’s sixteenth president. Spanning Lincoln’s life—from his early career as a Springfield lawyer, to his presidential reign during one of America’s most troubled historical periods, to his assassination in 1865—these essays, developed from original C-SPAN interviews, provide a compelling, composite portrait of Lincoln, one that offers up new stories and fresh insights on

Author: Evan Thomas
Publisher: PublicAffairs
Keywords: coming, time
Number of Pages: 256
Published: 2009-01-06
List price: $22.95
ISBN-10: 1586486071
ISBN-13: 9781586486075

Since 1984, Newsweek has been renowned for its vivid, in-depth special election coverage of the ordeal of running for the presidency. A year before the election, Newsweek assigns reporters to get inside the campaigns of the Republican and Democratic candidates. Newsweek promises not to publish any information until after the votes are cast, and in exchange, the reporters receive remarkable access. They travel with the candidates, are there at crucial turning points and confidential meetings, and uncover stories not covered in day-to-day reporting. In this book, a compelling narrative by Evan T

Author: Patrick Tyler
Publisher: PublicAffairs
Keywords: china, presidents, six, wall
Number of Pages: 512
Published: 2000-09-05
List price: $19.95
ISBN-10: 1586480057
ISBN-13: 9781586480059

The "riveting and endlessly fascinating story" (The Boston Globe) of the complex and often tormented relationship between the U.S. and China--a finalist for the Helen now in paperback. Hailed as "absorbing" by the New York Times and "suspense-filled" by Foreign Affairs, Patrick Tyler’s A Great Wall became an instant classic; a must-read for anyone concerned with the complicated and combative relationship between the world’s biggest and the world’s most powerful nations. And no one could tell this story better than Patrick Tyler, veteran journalist and former Beijing bur

Author: Lisa Rogak
Publisher: PublicAffairs
Keywords: words, own, obama, barack
Number of Pages: 208
Published: 2008-12-15
List price: $12.95
ISBN-10: 1586487590
ISBN-13: 9781586487591

Since delivering his keynote speech at the 2004 Democratic National Convention, Barack Obama has been hailed as the clear savior of not only the Democratic party, but of the integrity of American politics. Despite the fact that he burst onto the national scene seemingly overnight, his name recognition has grown by leaps and bounds ever since.Barack Obama in His Own Words, a book of quotes from the Illinois Senator, allows those who aren’t as familiar with his politics to learn quickly where he stands on abortion, religion, AIDS, his critics, foreign policy, Iraq, the War on Terror, unemp