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Reaganism, Thatcherism, and the social novel
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Colin Hutchinson |
"Reagan and Thatcher changed everything - even fiction, which is often seen as a bastion of left-liberal thought. This insightful book examines the work of both British and American authors over the … |
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All the King's Men
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Robert Penn Warren |
The story is about Willie Stark, a slick politician of humble birth, who was based on real-life Huey Long, a Louisiana governor, but the real main character is Jack Burden, a reporter who serves to n… |
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Election day 2084
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Elma Wentz,Randall Garrett,Christopher Anvil,Martin H. Greenberg,Larry Eisenberg,Frederik Pohl,Michael Shaara,Frank Hebert,Arthur C. Clarke,Wyman Guin,Robert A. Heinlein,John Jakes,Isaac Asimov,Sam Sackett,Ward Moore,Stanley Schmidt,R. A. Lafferty,Barry N. Malzberg |
Franchise - short story by Isaac Asimov
Death and the Senator - short story by Arthur C. Clarke
Committee of the Whole - short story by Frank Herbert
Political Machine - short story by John Jakes … |
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The gay place
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Billy Lee Brammer |
A smarmy, boring tome about characters who interact with Governor Arthur Fenstermaker, a machiavellian political character styled after Lyndon Baynes Johnson. Low points of the book are unnecessary … |
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The politics of Ernest Hemingway
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Cooper, Stephen |
x, 164 p. ; 24 cm |
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African American satire
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Darryl Dickson-Carr |
"Satire's real purpose as a literary genre is to criticize through humor, irony, caricature, and parody, and ultimately to defy the status quo. In African American Satire, Darryl Dickson-Carr provide… |
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American foreign policy and the utopian imagination
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Susan M. Matarese |
"With the collapse of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War, American decision makers have been forced to confront anew questions about the role of the United States in world affairs. What are… |
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The bravo
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James Fenimore Cooper |
Originally published in 1831, this novel is set in Venice in the bygone days of the Doges. It was inspired by Cooper's travels in Italy. The author has intended to give his countrymen, writes Cooper … |
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