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The majority of Americans are far closer in values than the ideological opinion-shapers lead us to believe. This book asks how we can restore the civic unity that our political elites have worked for years to dismantle.

In 2011, Syrians took to the streets demanding freedom. Brutal government repression transformed peaceful protests into one of the most devastating conflicts of our times, killing hundreds of thousands and displacing millions. The Home I Worked to Make takes Syria's refugee outflow as its point of departure. Based on hundreds of interviews conducted across more than a decade, it probes a question as intimate as it is universal: What is home?

Quali forme assume il discorso politico? Come parla un leader ai cittadini? È possibile dire tutta la verità, parlare con franchezza, quando si tratta di questioni controverse e divise, quando il clima politico è teso fino alla lacerazione, o occorre invece nascondere la verità e giocare sulla presa delle emozioni? Queste e altre domande sulla comunicazione politica lampeggiano, con inquietante lucidità e spietata analisi, nei discorsi che Tucidide fa pronunciare ai protagonisti del suo racconto storico nei contesti del dibattito assembleare dell'Atene del Quinto secolo.

The dazzling, inimitable Molly Ivins is back, with her own personal Hall of Fame of America’s most amazing and outlandish politicians–the wicked, the wise, the witty, and the witless–drawn from more than twenty years of reporting on the folks who attempt to run our government (in some...

The dazzling, inimitable Molly Ivins is back, with her own personal Hall of Fame of America’s most amazing and outlandish politicians–the wicked, the wise, the witty, and the witless–drawn from more than twenty years of reporting on the folks who attempt to run our government (in some...