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A Time to Fight
Reclaiming a Fair and Just America
Written by Jim Webb
Format: Trade Paperback, 272 pages
On Sale: May 12, 2009
Price: $14.95
“I’m the only person in the history of Virginia elected to statewide office with a Union card, two Purple Hearts, and three tattoos."
Jim Webb—the bestselling author and now the celebrated, outspoken U.S. Senator from Virginia—presents a clear-eyed, hard-hitting plan of attack for putting government to work for the people, rather than... Read more >
Reclaiming a Fair and Just America
Written by Jim Webb
Format: Trade Paperback, 272 pages
On Sale: May 12, 2009
Price: $14.95
“I’m the only person in the history of Virginia elected to statewide office with a Union card, two Purple Hearts, and three tattoos."
Jim Webb—the bestselling author and now the celebrated, outspoken U.S. Senator from Virginia—presents a clear-eyed, hard-hitting plan of attack for putting government to work for the people, rather than... Read more >
Also available as an
abridged audio CD,
abridged audiobook download,
unabridged audiobook download,
eBook and a
hardcover.
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Pennsylvania Avenue
Profiles in Backroom Power: Making Washington Work Again
Written by John Harwood and Gerald F. Seib
Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: April 28, 2009
Price: $16.00
Prizewinning journalists John Harwood and Gerald F. Seib show how today’s Washington power game really works. With unprecedented access to capital insiders and with deep understanding of the unspoken rules of the political road, the authors illuminate what it takes to succeed in the high-stakes game of governing and provide insights... Read more >
Profiles in Backroom Power: Making Washington Work Again
Written by John Harwood and Gerald F. Seib
Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: April 28, 2009
Price: $16.00
Prizewinning journalists John Harwood and Gerald F. Seib show how today’s Washington power game really works. With unprecedented access to capital insiders and with deep understanding of the unspoken rules of the political road, the authors illuminate what it takes to succeed in the high-stakes game of governing and provide insights... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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Kids' Letters to President Obama
Edited by Bill Adler
Format: eBook, 160 pages
On Sale: April 14, 2009
Price: $15.00
Barack Obama has inspired millions of people around the world–and an unwavering chorus of those admirers are children. This delightfully charming collection includes more than two hundred letters that kids have written to President Obama. Some of these messages are humorous, some are heartwarming, all of them are sincere–making this volume... Read more >
Edited by Bill Adler
Format: eBook, 160 pages
On Sale: April 14, 2009
Price: $15.00
Barack Obama has inspired millions of people around the world–and an unwavering chorus of those admirers are children. This delightfully charming collection includes more than two hundred letters that kids have written to President Obama. Some of these messages are humorous, some are heartwarming, all of them are sincere–making this volume... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover.
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Kids' Letters to President Obama
Edited by Bill Adler
Format: Hardcover, 192 pages
On Sale: April 14, 2009
Price: $15.00
Barack Obama has inspired millions of people around the world–and an unwavering chorus of those admirers are children. This delightfully charming collection includes more than two hundred letters that kids have written to President Obama. Some of these messages are humorous, some are heartwarming, all of them are sincere–making this volume... Read more >
Edited by Bill Adler
Format: Hardcover, 192 pages
On Sale: April 14, 2009
Price: $15.00
Barack Obama has inspired millions of people around the world–and an unwavering chorus of those admirers are children. This delightfully charming collection includes more than two hundred letters that kids have written to President Obama. Some of these messages are humorous, some are heartwarming, all of them are sincere–making this volume... Read more >
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The Way It Works
Inside Ottawa
Written by Eddie Goldenberg
Format: eBook, 408 pages
On Sale: February 24, 2009
Price: $17.95
The ultimate insider takes us behind the scenes, in the book everyone is waiting for.
As Jean Chrétien’s right-hand man for thirty years in Ministries all over Ottawa, Eddie Goldenberg got to know how things worked — especially from 1993 to 2003, when he was Senior Policy Advisor to the Prime Minister.
What... Read more >
Inside Ottawa
Written by Eddie Goldenberg
Format: eBook, 408 pages
On Sale: February 24, 2009
Price: $17.95
The ultimate insider takes us behind the scenes, in the book everyone is waiting for.
As Jean Chrétien’s right-hand man for thirty years in Ministries all over Ottawa, Eddie Goldenberg got to know how things worked — especially from 1993 to 2003, when he was Senior Policy Advisor to the Prime Minister.
What... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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So Damn Much Money
The Triumph of Lobbying and the Corrosion of American Government
Written by Robert G. Kaiser
Format: Hardcover, 416 pages
On Sale: January 20, 2009
Price: $27.95
The startling story of the monumental growth of lobbying in Washington, D.C., and how it undermines effective government and pollutes our politics.
A true insider, Robert G. Kaiser has monitored American politics for The Washington Post for nearly half a century. In this sometimes shocking and always riveting book, he explains how... Read more >
The Triumph of Lobbying and the Corrosion of American Government
Written by Robert G. Kaiser
Format: Hardcover, 416 pages
On Sale: January 20, 2009
Price: $27.95
The startling story of the monumental growth of lobbying in Washington, D.C., and how it undermines effective government and pollutes our politics.
A true insider, Robert G. Kaiser has monitored American politics for The Washington Post for nearly half a century. In this sometimes shocking and always riveting book, he explains how... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook and a
trade paperback.
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The Almanac of Political Corruption, Scandals & Dirty Politics
Written by Kim Long
Format: eBook, 368 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2008
Price: $14.00
Watergate. Billygate. Iran-Contra. Teapot Dome. Monica Lewinsky.American history is marked by era-defining misdeeds, indiscretions, and the kind of tabloid-ready scandals that politicians seem to do better than anyone else. Now, for the first time, one volume brings together 300 years of political wrongdoing in an illustrated history of politicians gone wild—proving... Read more >
Written by Kim Long
Format: eBook, 368 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2008
Price: $14.00
Watergate. Billygate. Iran-Contra. Teapot Dome. Monica Lewinsky.American history is marked by era-defining misdeeds, indiscretions, and the kind of tabloid-ready scandals that politicians seem to do better than anyone else. Now, for the first time, one volume brings together 300 years of political wrongdoing in an illustrated history of politicians gone wild—proving... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover.
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Pierre
Colleagues and Friends Talk about the Trudeau They Knew
Edited by Nancy Southam
Format: eBook, 408 pages
On Sale: November 19, 2008
Price: $16.50
#1 national bestseller
When Pierre Elliott Trudeau died in 2000, the outpouring of emotion was extraordinary. Thousands of people across Canada — and all over the world — mourned the loss of one of our greatest prime ministers, a man who touched the hearts and challenged the minds of a nation. In... Read more >
Colleagues and Friends Talk about the Trudeau They Knew
Edited by Nancy Southam
Format: eBook, 408 pages
On Sale: November 19, 2008
Price: $16.50
#1 national bestseller
When Pierre Elliott Trudeau died in 2000, the outpouring of emotion was extraordinary. Thousands of people across Canada — and all over the world — mourned the loss of one of our greatest prime ministers, a man who touched the hearts and challenged the minds of a nation. In... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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The 12-Step Bush Recovery Program
A Lifesaving Guide to Shaking Off the Horrors of the Last Eight Years, with Practical Advice on Relapse, Remission, and Recounts
Written by Gene Stone
Format: eBook
On Sale: October 21, 2008
Price: $10.00
The first step is admitting that you have a Bush problem–and that you have ten bucks for this book.
• Do you think that after eight years of George Bush, this country is in good shape?
• Do you feel that the U.S. Constitution has too many Amendments?
• Do you often dream... Read more >
A Lifesaving Guide to Shaking Off the Horrors of the Last Eight Years, with Practical Advice on Relapse, Remission, and Recounts
Written by Gene Stone
Format: eBook
On Sale: October 21, 2008
Price: $10.00
The first step is admitting that you have a Bush problem–and that you have ten bucks for this book.
• Do you think that after eight years of George Bush, this country is in good shape?
• Do you feel that the U.S. Constitution has too many Amendments?
• Do you often dream... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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The 12-Step Bush Recovery Program
A Lifesaving Guide to Shaking Off the Horrors of the Last Eight Years, with Practical Advice on Relapse, Remission, and Recounts
Written by Gene Stone
Format: Trade Paperback, 144 pages
On Sale: October 21, 2008
Price: $10.00
The first step is admitting that you have a Bush problem–and that you have ten bucks for this book.
• Do you think that after eight years of George Bush, this country is in good shape?
• Do you feel that the U.S. Constitution has too many Amendments?
• Do you often dream... Read more >
A Lifesaving Guide to Shaking Off the Horrors of the Last Eight Years, with Practical Advice on Relapse, Remission, and Recounts
Written by Gene Stone
Format: Trade Paperback, 144 pages
On Sale: October 21, 2008
Price: $10.00
The first step is admitting that you have a Bush problem–and that you have ten bucks for this book.
• Do you think that after eight years of George Bush, this country is in good shape?
• Do you feel that the U.S. Constitution has too many Amendments?
• Do you often dream... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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The Bush Tragedy
Written by Jacob Weisberg
Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: October 14, 2008
Price: $16.00
This is the book that cracks the code of the Bush presidency. Unstintingly yet compassionately, and with no political ax to grind, Slate editor in chief Jacob Weisberg methodically and objectively examines the family and circle of advisers who played crucial parts in George W. Bush’s historic downfall.
In this revealing and... Read more >
Written by Jacob Weisberg
Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: October 14, 2008
Price: $16.00
This is the book that cracks the code of the Bush presidency. Unstintingly yet compassionately, and with no political ax to grind, Slate editor in chief Jacob Weisberg methodically and objectively examines the family and circle of advisers who played crucial parts in George W. Bush’s historic downfall.
In this revealing and... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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The Nine
Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court
Written by Jeffrey Toobin
Format: eBook
On Sale: September 30, 2008
Price: $15.95
Bestselling author Jeffrey Toobin takes you into the chambers of the most important—and secret—legal body in our country, the Supreme Court, and reveals the complex dynamic among the nine people who decide the law of the land.
Just in time for the 2008 presidential election—where the future of the Court will be... Read more >
Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court
Written by Jeffrey Toobin
Format: eBook
On Sale: September 30, 2008
Price: $15.95
Bestselling author Jeffrey Toobin takes you into the chambers of the most important—and secret—legal body in our country, the Supreme Court, and reveals the complex dynamic among the nine people who decide the law of the land.
Just in time for the 2008 presidential election—where the future of the Court will be... Read more >
Also available as an
abridged audio CD,
abridged audiobook download,
unabridged audiobook download,
hardcover and a
trade paperback.
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The Nine
Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court
Written by Jeffrey Toobin
Format: Trade Paperback, 480 pages
On Sale: September 9, 2008
Price: $15.95
In The Nine, acclaimed journalist Jeffrey Toobin takes us into the chambers of the most important—and secret—legal body in our country, the Supreme Court, revealing the complex dynamic among the nine people who decide the law of the land. An institution at a moment of transition, the Court now stands at... Read more >
Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court
Written by Jeffrey Toobin
Format: Trade Paperback, 480 pages
On Sale: September 9, 2008
Price: $15.95
In The Nine, acclaimed journalist Jeffrey Toobin takes us into the chambers of the most important—and secret—legal body in our country, the Supreme Court, revealing the complex dynamic among the nine people who decide the law of the land. An institution at a moment of transition, the Court now stands at... Read more >
Also available as an
abridged audio CD,
abridged audiobook download,
unabridged audiobook download,
eBook and a
hardcover.
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The Almanac of Political Corruption, Scandals and Dirty Politics
Written by Kim Long
Format: Trade Paperback, 368 pages
On Sale: August 26, 2008
Price: $14.00
Watergate. Billygate. Iran-Contra. Teapot Dome. Monica Lewinsky.American history is marked by era-defining misdeeds, indiscretions, and the kind of tabloid-ready scandals that politicians seem to do better than anyone else. Now, for the first time, one volume brings together 300 years of political wrongdoing in an illustrated history of politicians gone wild—proving... Read more >
Written by Kim Long
Format: Trade Paperback, 368 pages
On Sale: August 26, 2008
Price: $14.00
Watergate. Billygate. Iran-Contra. Teapot Dome. Monica Lewinsky.American history is marked by era-defining misdeeds, indiscretions, and the kind of tabloid-ready scandals that politicians seem to do better than anyone else. Now, for the first time, one volume brings together 300 years of political wrongdoing in an illustrated history of politicians gone wild—proving... Read more >
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A Time to Fight
Reclaiming a Fair and Just America
Written by Jim Webb
Format: Hardcover, 272 pages
On Sale: May 19, 2008
Price: $24.95
Reclaiming a Fair and Just America
Written by Jim Webb
Format: Hardcover, 272 pages
On Sale: May 19, 2008
Price: $24.95
“I’m the only person in the history of Virginia elected to statewide office with a Union card, two Purple Hearts, and three tattoos."
Jim Webb—the bestselling author and now the celebrated, outspoken U.S. Senator from Virginia—presents a clear-eyed, hard-hitting plan of attack for putting government to work for the people, rather than...
Also available as an
abridged audio CD,
abridged audiobook download,
unabridged audiobook download,
eBook and a
trade paperback.
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A Time to Fight
Written by Jim Webb
Read by Jim Webb
Format: Abridged Compact Disc
On Sale: May 19, 2008
Price: $27.95
“I’m the only person in the history of Virginia elected to statewide office with a Union card, two Purple Hearts, and three tattoos."
Jim Webb—the bestselling author and now the celebrated, outspoken U.S. Senator from Virginia—presents a clear-eyed, hard-hitting plan of attack for putting government to work for the people, rather than... Read more >
Written by Jim Webb
Read by Jim Webb
Format: Abridged Compact Disc
On Sale: May 19, 2008
Price: $27.95
“I’m the only person in the history of Virginia elected to statewide office with a Union card, two Purple Hearts, and three tattoos."
Jim Webb—the bestselling author and now the celebrated, outspoken U.S. Senator from Virginia—presents a clear-eyed, hard-hitting plan of attack for putting government to work for the people, rather than... Read more >
Also available as an
abridged audiobook download,
unabridged audiobook download,
eBook,
hardcover and a
trade paperback.
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A Time to Fight
Written by Jim Webb
Read by Jim Webb
Format: Abridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: May 19, 2008
Price: $14.00
“I’m the only person in the history of Virginia elected to statewide office with a Union card, two Purple Hearts, and three tattoos."
Jim Webb—the bestselling author and now the celebrated, outspoken U.S. Senator from Virginia—presents a clear-eyed, hard-hitting plan of attack for putting government to work for the people, rather than... Read more >
Written by Jim Webb
Read by Jim Webb
Format: Abridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: May 19, 2008
Price: $14.00
“I’m the only person in the history of Virginia elected to statewide office with a Union card, two Purple Hearts, and three tattoos."
Jim Webb—the bestselling author and now the celebrated, outspoken U.S. Senator from Virginia—presents a clear-eyed, hard-hitting plan of attack for putting government to work for the people, rather than... Read more >
Also available as an
abridged audio CD,
unabridged audiobook download,
eBook,
hardcover and a
trade paperback.
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A Time to Fight
Reclaiming a Fair and Just America
Written by Jim Webb
Format: eBook, 208 pages
On Sale: May 19, 2008
Price: $14.95
“I’m the only person in the history of Virginia elected to statewide office with a Union card, two Purple Hearts, and three tattoos."
Jim Webb—the bestselling author and now the celebrated, outspoken U.S. Senator from Virginia—presents a clear-eyed, hard-hitting plan of attack for putting government to work for the people, rather than... Read more >
Reclaiming a Fair and Just America
Written by Jim Webb
Format: eBook, 208 pages
On Sale: May 19, 2008
Price: $14.95
“I’m the only person in the history of Virginia elected to statewide office with a Union card, two Purple Hearts, and three tattoos."
Jim Webb—the bestselling author and now the celebrated, outspoken U.S. Senator from Virginia—presents a clear-eyed, hard-hitting plan of attack for putting government to work for the people, rather than... Read more >
Also available as an
abridged audio CD,
abridged audiobook download,
unabridged audiobook download,
hardcover and a
trade paperback.
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Pennsylvania Avenue
Profiles in Backroom Power
Written by John Harwood and Gerald F. Seib
Format: eBook
On Sale: May 13, 2008
Price: $16.00
Prizewinning journalists John Harwood and Gerald F. Seib show how today’s Washington power game really works, through stories of people who are making a difference on Pennsylvania Avenue, America’s power street. These new power brokers, some of whom are rarely seen and are largley unknown, have figured out how to make... Read more >
Profiles in Backroom Power
Written by John Harwood and Gerald F. Seib
Format: eBook
On Sale: May 13, 2008
Price: $16.00
Prizewinning journalists John Harwood and Gerald F. Seib show how today’s Washington power game really works, through stories of people who are making a difference on Pennsylvania Avenue, America’s power street. These new power brokers, some of whom are rarely seen and are largley unknown, have figured out how to make... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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The Supreme Court Phalanx
The Court's New Right-Wing Bloc
Written by Ronald Dworkin
Format: Trade Paperback, 96 pages
On Sale: May 13, 2008
Price: $12.95
George W. Bush’s nominations of John Roberts and Samuel Alito to the Supreme Court in 2005 were widely expected to turn it sharply to the right. But no one foresaw the rapidity or the revolutionary zeal with which, as Ronald Dworkin writes, the Court would begin “overruling, most often by stealth... Read more >
The Court's New Right-Wing Bloc
Written by Ronald Dworkin
Format: Trade Paperback, 96 pages
On Sale: May 13, 2008
Price: $12.95
George W. Bush’s nominations of John Roberts and Samuel Alito to the Supreme Court in 2005 were widely expected to turn it sharply to the right. But no one foresaw the rapidity or the revolutionary zeal with which, as Ronald Dworkin writes, the Court would begin “overruling, most often by stealth... Read more >
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A Tragic Legacy
How a Good vs. Evil Mentality Destroyed the Bush Presidency
Written by Glenn Greenwald
Format: Trade Paperback, 336 pages
On Sale: April 8, 2008
Price: $14.95
The first true character study of a lost president and his disastrous legacy
In this fascinating, timely book, Glenn Greenwald examines the Bush presidency and its long-term effect on the nation, charting the rise and steep fall of the current administration, dissecting the rhetoric, and revealing the faulty ideals upon which George... Read more >
How a Good vs. Evil Mentality Destroyed the Bush Presidency
Written by Glenn Greenwald
Format: Trade Paperback, 336 pages
On Sale: April 8, 2008
Price: $14.95
The first true character study of a lost president and his disastrous legacy
In this fascinating, timely book, Glenn Greenwald examines the Bush presidency and its long-term effect on the nation, charting the rise and steep fall of the current administration, dissecting the rhetoric, and revealing the faulty ideals upon which George... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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Bush's Law
The Remaking of American Justice
Written by Eric Lichtblau
Format: Hardcover, 384 pages
On Sale: April 1, 2008
Price: $26.95
In the aftermath of 9/11, President Bush and his top advisors declared that the struggle against terrorism would be nothing less than a war–a new kind of war that would require new tactics, new tools, and a new mind-set. Bush’s Law is the unprecedented account of how the Bush administration employed... Read more >
The Remaking of American Justice
Written by Eric Lichtblau
Format: Hardcover, 384 pages
On Sale: April 1, 2008
Price: $26.95
In the aftermath of 9/11, President Bush and his top advisors declared that the struggle against terrorism would be nothing less than a war–a new kind of war that would require new tactics, new tools, and a new mind-set. Bush’s Law is the unprecedented account of how the Bush administration employed... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook and a
trade paperback.
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Bush's Law
The Remaking of American Justice
Written by Eric Lichtblau
Format: eBook
On Sale: April 1, 2008
Price: $16.00
In the aftermath of 9/11, President Bush and his top advisors declared that the struggle against terrorism would be nothing less than a war–a new kind of war that would require new tactics, new tools, and a new mind-set. Bush’s Law is the unprecedented account of how the Bush administration employed... Read more >
The Remaking of American Justice
Written by Eric Lichtblau
Format: eBook
On Sale: April 1, 2008
Price: $16.00
In the aftermath of 9/11, President Bush and his top advisors declared that the struggle against terrorism would be nothing less than a war–a new kind of war that would require new tactics, new tools, and a new mind-set. Bush’s Law is the unprecedented account of how the Bush administration employed... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover and a
trade paperback.
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The Bush Survival Bible
250 Ways to Make It Through the Next Four Years Without Misunderestimating the D angers Ahead, and Other Subliminable Strategeries
Written by Gene Stone
Format: eBook, 144 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $9.99
Here is the reality: Bush won; Kerry lost.
Here is your reaction: AA#RGH*HG@GHW&WGRWW!!?!
Here is your salvation: The Bush Survival Bible
Although many of you may try, you can’t really do anything about the election results. But you can do something about your postelection stress disorder. Here are 250 ways to help you... Read more >
250 Ways to Make It Through the Next Four Years Without Misunderestimating the D angers Ahead, and Other Subliminable Strategeries
Written by Gene Stone
Format: eBook, 144 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $9.99
Here is the reality: Bush won; Kerry lost.
Here is your reaction: AA#RGH*HG@GHW&WGRWW!!?!
Here is your salvation: The Bush Survival Bible
Although many of you may try, you can’t really do anything about the election results. But you can do something about your postelection stress disorder. Here are 250 ways to help you... Read more >
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The Almanac of Political Corruption, Scandals & Dirty Politics
Written by Kim Long
Format: Hardcover, 368 pages
On Sale: September 25, 2007
Price: $24.00
Watergate. Billygate. Iran-Contra. Teapot Dome. Monica Lewinsky.American history is marked by era-defining misdeeds, indiscretions, and the kind of tabloid-ready scandals that politicians seem to do better than anyone else. Now, for the first time, one volume brings together 300 years of political wrongdoing in an illustrated history of politicians gone wild—proving... Read more >
Written by Kim Long
Format: Hardcover, 368 pages
On Sale: September 25, 2007
Price: $24.00
Watergate. Billygate. Iran-Contra. Teapot Dome. Monica Lewinsky.American history is marked by era-defining misdeeds, indiscretions, and the kind of tabloid-ready scandals that politicians seem to do better than anyone else. Now, for the first time, one volume brings together 300 years of political wrongdoing in an illustrated history of politicians gone wild—proving... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
