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The behind-the-scenes story of the rise and reign of the world's strangest and most elusive tyrant, Kim Jong Un, by the journalist with the best connections and insights into the bizarrely dangerous world of North Korea.

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'Simon Hoggart is the P. G. Wodehouse of Westminster.' -- P. J. O'Rourke

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Shows how democracy today faces threats that we ignore at our own risk. Tracing democracy's history and development, this title revisits the assumptions on which it is founded. What exactly is democracy Why should we value it What are its flaws And could we do any better

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Whether seen as a bumbling buffoon or a charismatic leader, no one can deny Boris has a ready wit and a flamboyant way with words.

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Some people think that etiquette is fine for tea parties, but there's no room for it when important political business has to be done, writes Miss Manners, otherwise known as Judith Martin.

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In March to the Majority, New York Times bestselling author Newt Gingrich takes readers behind the scenes of the Republican Revolution in 1994 and the rise of the modern GOP.

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CHOSEN BY BILL GATES AS A BOOK OF THE YEAR 2016

Archie Brown challenges the widespread belief that 'strong leaders', dominant individual wielders of power, are the most successful and admirable.

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Previously published as Naked Diplomacy.

Who will be in power in the 21st century Governments Big business Internet titans And how do we influence the future

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The New India is the unforgettable account of the struggle between modern forces and ancient ideas to shape the young country's destiny. It reveals a picture of a nation on the precipice of dramatic change.

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Chilling portraiture of the Supreme Court--the people and personalities who determine America's future.

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A 'timely and instructive call to action' by a star report at the Nation.

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Hess brings not only first-rate credentials, but a cool, dispassionate perspective, an incisive analytical approach, and a willingness to stick his neck out in making judgments.... - American Political Science Review

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The complete rankings of our best -- and worst -- presidents, based on C-SPAN's popular Historians Surveys of Presidential Leadership.

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The complete rankings of our best -- and worst -- presidents, based on C-SPAN's popular Historians Surveys of Presidential Leadership.

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Explores the formal powers of the Prime Minister and how each incumbent has made the job his or her own. Drawing on unparalleled access to many of the leading figures, as well as the key civil servants and journalists of each period, the author has built up a picture of the hidden nexus of influence and patronage surrounding the office.

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A landmark history of the men and women who have defined the UK's role in the modern world - and what makes them special - by a seasoned political journalist.

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Machiavellis highly influential treatise on political power

'It is far safer to be feared than loved...'

The Prince shocked Europe on publication with its advocacy of ruthless tactics for gaining absolute power and its abandonment of conventional morality.

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With keen and original insight, Vox journalist Zack Beauchamp traces how a reactionary antidemocratic ethos born and bred in America has come to infect democracies around the world

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The classic, award-winning history of the cornerstone of American democracy, updated throughout and including a new chapter on voting rights since 2000.

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Described by the "Chicago Tribune" as "a classic, "The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt" stands as one of the greatest biographies of our time.

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A chronicling of CIA operative Edward Lansdale, this biography definitively reframes our understanding of the Vietnam war.

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Not since Pearl Harbor has an American president gone to Congress to request a declaration of war. Nevertheless, since then, one president after another, from Truman to Obama, has ordered American troops into wars all over the world. This book deals with this topic.