Charlotte has entered a golden age of craft brewing. Join author Daniel Hartis for a journey into the center of this of the Queen City's beer scene. While the fermented frenzy of Charlotte's craft brewing fans may feel altogether new, it evokes a forgotten heritage that dates back to colonial days. Beginning with Captain James Jack, whose tavern was a Patriot haven burned by the British during the American Revolution. Local beer writer, and founder of charlottebeer.com, author Daniel Harti...

The essential resource on military and political strategy and the making of the modern worldThe New Makers of Modern Strategy is the next generation of the definitive work on strategy and the key figures who have shaped the theory and practice of war and statecraft throughout the centuries. Featuring entirely new entries by a who’s who of world-class scholars, this new edition provides global, comparative perspectives on strategic thought from antiquity to...

"This is a book that needed to be written. Eric Cantor’s defeat was not only shocking but it runs against everything we teach in our election courses. By extracting the lessons from Cantor’s defeat, Slingshot helps to inform our more general understanding of campaigns & elections."-Professor Kirby Goidel, Texas A&M UniversityIncumbents don′t lose. So how did nationally prominent House Majority Leader Eric Cantor lose a primary battle to college professor David Brat,...

Questo lavoro è l'organizzazione in forma di saggio di scritti apparsi sul sito web dell'autore, ericbandini.com, quale estimazione ed apprezzamento della lettura del romanzo JR di William Gaddis.JR Vansant, un ragazzo di undici anni, costituisce un «impero» finanziario dall'anonimato della sua età, mettendo di fatto in ridicolo il "sistema finanziario" stesso; questa è la sinossi più stringata possibile del noto romanzo di Willian Gaddis, che in questo sag...