Автор: Caro Robert A. Название: Passage of Power: The Years of Lyndon Johnson, Vol. IV ISBN: 0375713255 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780375713255 Издательство: Random House (USA) Цена: 1743.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD, THE LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZE, THE MARK LYNTON HISTORY PRIZE, THE AMERICAN HISTORY BOOK PRIZE Book Four of Robert A. Caro's monumentalThe Years of Lyndon Johnsondisplays all the narrative energy and illuminating insight that led theTimesof London to acclaim it as ';one of the truly great political biographies of the modern age. A masterpiece.'
The Passage of Powerfollows Lyndon Johnson through both the most frustrating and the most triumphant periods of his career1958 to1964.
It is a time that would see him trade the extraordinary power he had created for himself as Senate Majority Leader for what became the wretched powerlessness of a Vice President in an administration that disdained and distrusted him. Yet it was, as well, the time in which the presidency, the goal he had always pursued, would be thrust upon him in the moment it took an assassin's bullet to reach its mark.
By 1958, as Johnson began to maneuver for the presidency, he was known as one of the most brilliant politicians of his time, the greatest Senate Leader in our history. But the 1960 nomination would go to the young senator from Massachusetts, John F.
Kennedy. Caro gives us an unparalleled account of the machinations behind both the nomination and Kennedy's decision to offer Johnson the vice presidency, revealing the extent of Robert Kennedy's efforts to force Johnson off the ticket. With the consummate skill of a master storyteller, he exposes the savage animosity between Johnson and Kennedy's younger brother, portraying one of America's great political feuds.
Yet Robert Kennedy's overt contempt for Johnson was only part of the burden of humiliation and isolation he bore as Vice President. With a singular understanding of Johnson's heart and mind, Caro describes what it was like for this mighty politician to find himself altogether powerless in a world in which power is the crucial commodity.
For the first time, in Caro's breathtakingly vivid narrative, we see the Kennedy assassination through Lyndon Johnson's eyes. We watch Johnson step into the presidency, inheriting a staff fiercely loyal to his slain predecessor; a Congress determined to retain its power over the executive branch; and a nation in shock and mourning.
We see how within weeksgrasping the reins of the presidency with supreme masteryhe propels through Congress essential legislation that at the time of Kennedy's death seemed hopelessly logjammed and seizes on a dormant Kennedy program to create the revolutionary War on Poverty. Caro makes clear how the political genius with which Johnson had ruled the Senate now enabled him to make the presidency wholly his own. This was without doubt Johnson's finest hour, before his aspirations and accomplishments were overshadowed and eroded by the trap of Vietnam.
In its exploration of this pivotal period in Johnson's lifeand in the life of the nationThe Passage of Poweris not only the story of how he surmounted unprecedented obstacles in order to fulfill the highest purpose of the presidency but is, as well, a revelation of both the pragmatic potential in the presidency and what can be accomplished when the chief executive has the vision and determination to move beyond the pragmatic and initiate programs designed to transform a nation.
It is an epic story told with a depth of detail possible only through the peerless research that forms the foundation of Robert Caro's work, confirming Nicholas von Hoffman's verdict that ';Caro has changed the art of political biography.'
Автор: Thackeray, William Makepeace Название: Barry lyndon ISBN: 0199537461 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780199537464 Издательство: Oxford Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 2058.00 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Описание: New edition.
Автор: Stacey, Lyndon Название: Time to Pay ISBN: 009948708X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780099487081 Издательство: Random House - Penguin Рейтинг: Цена: 2243.00 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Disturbed by his findings, Gideon soon finds himself drawn deeper into the mystery, one that he must solve before the marksman targets his next victim... [NB This book was previously published with the title Six to One Against]
Автор: Stacey, Lyndon Название: Deadfall ISBN: 0099463385 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780099463382 Издательство: Random House - Penguin Рейтинг: Цена: 2243.00 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Bay Tremayne, heir to a viscountcy and manager of his father`s Dorset estate, has one burning ambition - to be selected to ride on the British Olympic three-day eventing team.
Автор: Stacey, Lyndon Название: Murder in Mind ISBN: 0099487098 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780099487098 Издательство: Random House - Penguin Рейтинг: Цена: 2243.00 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Can he find the truth behind what appears to be a motiveless murder?As Matt begins to uncover some dark secrets - secrets that someone will kill to protect - he soon learns that loyalty at all costs carries a lethal price.
Автор: Stacey, Lyndon Название: Cut-throat ISBN: 0099429454 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780099429456 Издательство: Random House - Penguin Рейтинг: Цена: 2375.00 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Jealousy and greed form a deadly alliance in the highly charged world of international showjumping. Ross Wakelin, a talented American rider with a chequered past, has come to England hoping for a fresh start.
Автор: Stacey Lyndon Название: No Second Chances ISBN: 1847517137 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781847517135 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 2619.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Lorna Myers thinks she knows where her businessman husband is - until two men come looking for him one October evening. By chance, ex-police officer Daniel Whelan and his German Shepherd dog Taz happen to be on hand to take control of the situation. But for Lorna it's the start of a nightmare. If Harvey isn't abroad working, then where is he?
Автор: Stacey Lyndon Название: Nothing but Lies: A British Police Dog-Handler Mystery ISBN: 072788400X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780727884008 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 3993.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Third in the exciting new mystery series featuring ex-police dog handler Daniel Whelan Daniel's ex-colleague, police officer Joey Matsuki, has asked for his help. Joey is concerned for the safety of his fianc e, Tami, who has reported sightings of a sinister, hoodie-clad figure lurking in the area. Joey fears the involvement of a notorious local criminal recently released from prison. But with nothing concrete to go on and police resources scarce, he's asked Daniel to keep an eye on Tami on his behalf. Working undercover as Tami's temporary horsebox driver, Daniel soon begins to believe there may be more to the situation than meets the eye. As he questions Tami's friends and neighbours, it becomes clear that something is not quite right. There are things people aren't telling him; small but significant incidents that can't be explained. Events take a tragic turn when there is a fatal hit-and-run incident. But was it really an accident - and could Tami herself have been the intended target?
Автор: Stacey Lyndon Название: Nothing but Lies: A British Police Dog-Handler Mystery ISBN: 184751538X ISBN-13(EAN): 9781847515384 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 2619.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Third in the exciting new mystery series featuring ex-police dog handler Daniel Whelan Daniel's ex-colleague, police officer Joey Matsuki, has asked for his help. Joey is concerned for the safety of his fianc e, Tami, who has reported sightings of a sinister, hoodie-clad figure lurking in the area. Joey fears the involvement of a notorious local criminal recently released from prison. But with nothing concrete to go on and police resources scarce, he's asked Daniel to keep an eye on Tami on his behalf. Working undercover as Tami's temporary horsebox driver, Daniel soon begins to believe there may be more to the situation than meets the eye. As he questions Tami's friends and neighbours, it becomes clear that something is not quite right. There are things people aren't telling him; small but significant incidents that can't be explained. Events take a tragic turn when there is a fatal hit-and-run incident. But was it really an accident - and could Tami herself have been the intended target?
Автор: Shanley, Mary Lyndon (independent Scholar, Uk) Название: Feminism, marriage and the law in victorian england, 1850-95 ISBN: 1350189073 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781350189072 Издательство: Bloomsbury Academic Рейтинг: Цена: 5067.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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"Important both for political theorists and for women's studies. She explores with great care and thoroughness the connections between nineteenth century feminist argument and activism on the one hand, and familiar liberal principles of justice and equality on the other" - Nannerl 0. Keohane, Wellesley College
Traditional studies of the women's movement in Victorian England focused on the battle for suffrage and other public rights. In this new study, however, Mary Lyndon Shanlev explores how Victorian women campaigned to reform the laws which related to marriage and the married state. Arguing that without a fundamental transformation of the marriage relationship there would be no justice for women, they fought a series of campaigns to change laws governing divorce, married women's property, infanticide, protective labour legislation, child custody, wife abuse, marital rape and the "restitution of conjugal rights". Women involved in these campaigns exposed the connection between the privileged position of men in both public and private life and the reluctance of Parliament to enact the reforms women sought. In a series of case studies Shanley explores the demands of the reformers, and the response of Parliament. In an Epilogue, Shanley warns of the dangers to liberal feminism in relying exclusively on equal rights in the law as a formula for change.
Автор: Harris, Lyndon Название: Thomas` sentencing referencer 2021 ISBN: 0414080408 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780414080409 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 13781.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: "Illuminating and original combination of biographical, historical, literary, and critical sources for Mrs. Dalloway by the leading Woolf scholar who edited the annotated edition of the novel. Diary and letter selections provide fresh contexts. Superb resource for teachers and students!"-Susan Stanford Friedman, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Автор: Megarrity, Lyndon Название: Northern dreams ISBN: 1925984575 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781925984576 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 3960.00 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Описание: The book brings to life the passionate arguments about Northern Australia`s national significance and analyses the political debates that have periodically drawn the public`s attention northwards.
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