We are living in a very difficult time. The United States is greatly polarized. Important institutions are failing. People have lost confidence in the government. The country is in decline.What are the indications of decline? How did we get here? Which divisions are most harmful to the country? Can these trends be reversed? Can the divisions he healed? What can we do about it?In this book James F. Booth answers these questions and many more.

_______________'Superb … Booth's psychology is subtler than Motion's and more convincing' - Peter J. Conradi, Spectator'Booth's diligence is unquestionable and even readers who think they know the poems will see nuances they had previously missed … should render further attention by biographers superfluous for several years' - Guardian'Those of us who never warmed to Larkin the man or poet,...

What is it to do justice to the absent victims of past injustice, given the distance that separates us from them? Grounded in political theory and guided by the literature on historical justice, W. James Booth restores the dead to their central place at the heart of our understanding of why and how to deal with past injustice. Testimonies and accounts from the race war in the United States, the Holocaust, post-apartheid South Africa, Argentina’s Dirty War and the conflict in Northern Irela...

The right to keep and bear arms has proved to be an invaluable civil right throughout history. And Americans have valued gun rights vey highly. These rights have served the nation very well. They are no less important today, as are all Constitutional rights. The Founding Fathers knew well that suppression of gun rights is a tactic that is employed by all autocratic regimes. They also knew the importance of these rights in the protection of liberties.

This book is the factual story of the development of armed helicopters in the US Army and their first employment in combat. The story is dramatically told by the courageous men who lived it--flying daily into enemy infested areas facing murderous fire from automatic and anti-aircraft weapons. In late 1961 the US Government deployed five Transportation Helicopter Companies (H-21 lift ships) to South Vietnam to increase the mobility of South Vietnamese ground forces. The Viet Cong quickly re...

A six-part BBC Radio 4 crime drama set in nineteenth-century LondonIt is 1830, a year after Sir Robert Peel’s creation of the Metropolitan Police, known as the 'Peelers'. As the brand new bobbies patrol the beat in their smart blue uniforms, armed only with truncheons and rattles, they form the first line of defence against crime.But as this thrilling series opens, the fledgling detective force is proving unpopular, sparking deep political unrest and public...

Epicurus of Samos (341-270 BCE) was the founder of the philosophical system to which he gave his name: Epicureanism. It is a label that is often misused and misunderstood today, with ‘a life of pleasure’ as the key aim misinterpreted as a life of indulgence. In fact, the philosophy of Epicurus demonstrated also by his life, was anything but! He established a school in Athens called The Garden, underpinned by his system of ethics.He promoted, by his own example, a simple, ordered, c...

WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZEBooth Tarkington's Pulitzer Prize-winning masterpiece, The Magnificent Ambersons, chronicles the grandeur and downfall of a once-great family. Set against the backdrop of a rapidly transforming Midwest, Tarkington weaves a mesmerizing tale of pride, passion, and the decline of American aristocracy in the face of industrialization and social upheaval. George Amberson Minafer, the only child of Major Amberson and his wife Isabel, ...

Collects Captain America (1996) #1-12, Fantastic Four (1996) #12, Avengers (1996) #12, Iron Man (1996) #12, material from Heroes Reborn (1996) #1/2. In 1996, the hottest creators of the day teamed up to reimagine and reinvigorate Marvel’s greatest heroes. The Avengers and Fantastic Four were reborn with bold new looks on a brave new world, their origins re-envisioned with a raw vitality and contemporary sensibility! Steve Rogers seems to have found the life of his dreams — but when the Red...

Health Promotion Ethics: A Framework for Social Justice critically considers the ethical dimensions of promoting health with individuals and communities, encouraging a nuanced understanding of health promotion in the context of fairness, empowerment and social justice.The concept of social justice, indeed, is central. The book explores how health promotion should be considered in relation to moral, social and legal issues, from individual responsibility to government inter...

'The perfect book to curl up with, whether beach or fireside. I absolutely loved it!’ Celia AndersonBook editor Lucy Thomas has just inherited her grandmother’s windswept Cornish home, and with it, a library bathed in sunlight, a spiral staircase that leads to secrets, and a battered box filled with unfinished stories…To honour her grandmother’s last wish, Lucy must finish what was left undone – and discover the magic hiding between the lines.Filled with war...

Do you love stories with sexy, romantic heroes who have it all—wealth, status, and incredibly good looks? Harlequin® Desire brings you all this and more with these three new full-length titles in one collection!LONE STAR BABY SCANDALTexas Cattleman's Club: Blackmailby Lauren CananWhen sexy former rodeo champion turned billionaire Clay Everett sets his sights on his spunky secretary, he's sure he holds the reins in the...