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"Over 175 years ago, Alexis de Tocqueville, an astute political scientist, came to the United States to evaluate the meaning and actual functioning of democracy. Here, Tocqueville discusses the advantages and dangers of majority rule?which he thought could be as tyrannical as the rule of a monarchy. He analyzes the influence of political parties and the press on the government and the effect of equality on the social, political, and economic life...
3) Bon voyage
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Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004], c2003
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1 DVD (115 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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Following the premiere of her latest picture Viviane finds herself with a dead man in her apartment. Fre?de?ric is a writer who's been falsely accused of murder, thanks to Viviane. Viviane has fled Paris for Bordeaux with a cabinet minister, and once Fre?de?ric escapes from prison, he is not far behind. Once they reach the city, which is in chaos, they become entangled in a plot involving a rickety physicist, his endlessly resourceful assistant, an...
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Having quit his job, Toru Okada is enjoying a pleasant stint as a "house husband", listening to music and arranging the dry cleaning and doing the cooking--until his cat goes missing, his wife becomes distant and begins acting strangely, and he starts meeting enigmatic people with fantastic life stories. They involve him in a world of psychics, shared dreams, out-of-body experiences, and shaman-like powers, and tell him stories from Japan's war in...
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"Now more than ever, it's so important for everyone to understand our government: where it came from, how it works, and how we can bring about change. And, after all, in the words of author and government teacher Jeff Foster, "If you don't participate, you can't complain." This book is a comprehensive and entertaining guide that answers questions like: What is the Constitution? What are the branches of the government? What is the Electoral College?...
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Criterion collection volume 61
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
c1999
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1 DVD (94 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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The Pythons satirize religion, capital punishment, revolutionary politics, terrorism, graffiti, science fiction, and a host of other topics through the story of Brian, a first-century Judean.
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Hachette Book Group USA
Pub. Date
[2018]
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336 pages ; cm
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Retired Intelligence officer and New York Times bestselling author of The Plot to Hack America, Malcolm Nance, offers a provocative, comprehensive analysis of the Russian Federation's master plan to destroy democracy, the methodologies used in the 2016 election, what will be their next steps, and how to stop them.
"The Plot to Destroy Democracy reveals the dramatic story of how blackmail, espionage, assassination, and psychological warfare were used...
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He played baseball for Yale, graduated with honors from Harvard Law School, and served in Iraq and in the halls of Congress. But in all these places, Ron DeSantis learned the same lesson: He didn’t want to be part of the leftist elite. His heart was always for the people of Florida, one of the most diverse and culturally rich states in the union. Since becoming governor of the Sunshine State, he has fought—and won—battle after battle, defeating...
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Dutton, An imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2020]
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368 pages
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"From writer and political analyst Jared Yates Sexton comes a journey through the history of the United States, from the nation's founding to the twenty-first century, which examines and debunks the American myths we've always told ourselves. In recent years, Americans have faced a deluge of horrifying developments in politics and culture: stolen elections, fascist rallies, families torn apart and locked away. A common refrain erupts at each new atrocity:...
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2021.
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"The true story of what took place in Donald Trump's White House during a disastrous 2020 has never before been told in full. What was really going on around the president, as the government failed to contain the coronavirus and over half a million Americans perished? Who was influencing Trump after he refused to concede an election he had clearly lost and spread lies about election fraud? To answer these questions, Phil Rucker and Carol Leonnig reveal...
13) Advise & consent
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2005
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1 DVD (138 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
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A Senate subcommittee meets to confirm the President's controversial nominee for Secretary of State.
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As one of the strategists behind the famous 2012 RNC “autopsy,” Miller conducts his own forensic study on the pungent carcass of the party he used to love, cutting into all the hubris, ambition, idiocy, desperation, and self-deception for everyone to see. In a bracingly honest reflection on both his own past work for the Republican Party and the contortions of his former peers in the GOP establishment, Miller draws a straight line between the...
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Grijalbo
Pub. Date
2023.
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277 pages ; 23 cm
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Elena Chavez nos sumerge una vez mas en las entranas de un sistema politico donde la corrupcion parece haberse convertido en la norma. A traves de testimonios contundentes, se pone al descubierto como el presidente y sus complices han creado intrincados esquemas ilegales en beneficio propio. En esta investigacion, la autora aborda casos alarmantes que van desde la Secretaria de Educacion Publica, convertida en una escuela de malversacion, hasta la...
20) House of Saud
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PBS Video
Pub. Date
c2005
Physical Desc
1 DVD (120 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
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"... explores how the Al Saud family maintains its hold on power in the face of growing tensions between Islam and modernity. Through interviews with members of the royal family, government officials, and other experts from Saudi Arabia and the U.S., the two-hour documentary also traces America's relations with the Saudi royal family from their first alliance in the 1930s through September 11 and beyond to the present day"--Container.
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