A comprehensive exploration of how labor unions, broadly conceived, shape party loyalties in the American mass public.How and why do labor unions matter for American mass party loyalties, specifically party identification and vote choice? Labor Unions and American Mass Politics marshals a wide range of survey data to test two different ways through which labor unions can shape mass party loyalties. The first is via people's personal affiliation with organi...

Winner, ISHS Annual Award for a Scholarly Publication, 2017Fort de Chartres, built in 1719-1720 in the heart of what would become the American Midwest, embodied French colonial power for half a century. Lives of Fort de Chartres, by David MacDonald, details the French colonial experience in Illinois from 1720 to 1770 through vivid depictions of the places, people, and events around the fort and its neighboring villages.In the first section, MacDonald explores the f...

The Meeting PlaceBy: David MacDonaldBooks are written. Sometimes people write the book; other times, something comes through the person. The question becomes, “what comes through?”Many writers, artists, musicians have recognized this distinction, and most have been at a loss to describe it, although they know and sense the “something.” Perhaps in the reading, or the listening, we also connect to the “something,” and in the connection, there is a shift in mood, awaren...

**“Zelda is a marvel, a living, breathing three-dimensional character with a voice so distinctive she leaps off the page.” —**The New York TimesSometimes life isn’t as simple as heroes and villains in this “heartwarming and unforgettable” (People) debut novel perfect for fans of Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine and The Rosie Project.**For Zelda, a twenty-one-year-old Viking enthusiast who liv...

This first comprehensive account of the Illinois village of Kaskaskia covers more than two hundred years in the vast and compelling history of the state. David MacDonald and Raine Waters explore Illinois’s first capital in great detail, from its foundation in 1703 to its destruction by the Mississippi River in the latter part of the nineteenth century, as well as everything in between: successes, setbacks, and the lives of the people who inhabited the space.At the outset the Kaskas...

Adapted by Robert David MacDonald from Gitta Sereny's Into That Darkness"Robert David MacDonald’s In Quest of Conscience, based on Gitta Sereny’s Into That Darkness, a record of her interviews with death camp commandant Franz Stangl, takes it for granted that the Holocaust was a shocking crime against humanity; what it wants to know, with an urgency amounting to desperation, is how it happened, and how it can be prevented from happening again." - Joyce Macmillan, S...

Includes the plays De Sade Show, Persons Unknown and Salto MoltaleA second series of plays, originally written for and performed by the Glasgow Citizens' Theatre.As witty as they are alarming, these three plays cover a considerable range of settings and offer unusual and rewarding opportunities to the actors. De Sade Show presents a gruesome picture of the notorious philosopher and his intimate friends, Salto Mortale take the audience by tortuous route to t...

Considered by many to be the greatest account of The Beatles at work, song by song. It's full of revelations about how and why some of the best known songs in the world were created.

Calling all Dirty Bertie fans! Dirty Bertie – the boy with nose-pickingly disgusting habits – is back for another helping of comic chaos! With ever-increasing madcap schemes and crazy capers, Bertie continues to delight his legions of fans who revel in his revolting ways. Join Bertie as he finds fame in front of the cameras, gets into a spot of bother on a fishing trip and becomes a modern-day Robin Hood. Dirty Bertie is a hugely popular series created by award-winning illustrator, David R...

Dirty Bertie - the boy with nose-pickingly disgusting habits - is back for another helping of comic chaos! Join Bertie as he takes on the challenge of beating Know-all Nick in a sledge race, breaks a revolting world record, and changes the course of history during a battle re-enactment...

Calling all Dirty Bertie fans! Dirty Bertie – the boy with nose-pickingly disgusting habits – is back for another helping of comic chaos! With ever-increasing madcap schemes and crazy capers, Bertie continues to delight his legions of fans, who revel in his revolting ways.Join Bertie in Poop! his 34th adventure as he tries to prove Whiffer isn't the mystery pooper, scuppers Miss Boot's chances of winning Teacher of the Year and steals the spotlight on the set of a ...

Join Bertie for three comically chaotic Christmas stories as he makes his very own Christmas crackers, performs in the school nativity play and has to dress up as an elf to help out at Santa's Grotto.