The Second Amendment(Reprint) A Biography by MichaelWaldman Paperback, 272 Pages, Published 2015 by Simon & Schuster ISBN-13: 978-1-4767-4745-3, ISBN: 1-4767-4745-8
"Widely acclaimed at the time of its publication, the life story of the most controversial, volatile, misunderstood provision of the Bill of Rights.At a time of increasing gun violence in America, Waldman’s book provoked a wide range of discussion. This book looks at history to provide some surprising, illuminating answers. The Amendment was written to calm public fear that the new national government would crush the state militias made ..."
The Fight to Vote(Reprint) by MichaelWaldman Paperback, 400 Pages, Published 2017 by Simon & Schuster ISBN-13: 978-1-5011-1649-0, ISBN: 1-5011-1649-5
""An important new book" (The Washington Post) on the long struggle to win voting rights for all citizens by the author of The Second Amendment: A Biography and president of The Brennan Center, a legal think tank at NYU. Michael Waldman's The Second Amendment traced the ongoing argument on gun rights from The Bill of Rights to now. In this "timely contribution to the discussion of a crucial issue" (Kirkus Reviews), Waldman takes a succin ..."
The Fight to Vote(1st Edition) by MichaelWaldman Hardcover, 384 Pages, Published 2016 by Simon & Schuster ISBN-13: 978-1-5011-1648-3, ISBN: 1-5011-1648-7
"Important and engaging "The Washington Post" From the president of NYU s Brennan Center for Justice and the author of "The Second Amendment," the history of the long struggle to win voting rights for all citizens. In "The Second Amendment," Michael Waldman traced the ongoing argument on gun rights from the Bill of Rights to the current day. Now in "The Fight to Vote, "Michael Waldman takes a succinct and comprehensive look at a crucial ..."
The Second Amendment(1st Edition) A Biography by MichaelWaldman Hardcover, 272 Pages, Published 2014 by Simon & Schuster ISBN-13: 978-1-4767-4744-6, ISBN: 1-4767-4744-X
"By the president of the prestigious Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law, the life story of the most controversial, volatile, misunderstood provision of the Bill of Rights.At a time of renewed debate over guns in America, what does the Second Amendment mean? This book looks at history to provide some surprising, illuminating answers.The Amendment was written to calm public fear that the new national government would crush the ..."
"Accompanying the Channel 4 TV series, this text follows (100 years later) Mark Twain's bestselling account of his journey around the globe. The traveller is Sir Peter Ustinov, who sticks closely to Twain's original route, from luxurious cruise liner to the meat train from Bombay."
The Supermajority How the Supreme Court Divided America by MichaelWaldman Hardcover, Published 2023 by Simon & Schuster Jun 2023 ISBN-13: 978-1-66800-606-1, ISBN: 1-66800-606-5
Who Robbed America?(1st Edition) A Citizen's Guide to the S&L Scandal by MichaelWaldman Paperback, 249 Pages, Published 1990 by Random House ISBN-13: 978-0-679-73482-6, ISBN: 0-679-73482-1
"Discusses how the savings and loan scandal occurred, who is at fault, and its effects on the American economy and taxpayers"
"THE STORIES BEHIND the WORDS THAT MAKE HISTORY "Four Score and Seven Years Ago" The Gettysburg Address as told by an eyewitness of the event "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself" Franklin Delano Roosevelt's stirring call to courage "Ask Not What Your Country Can Do For You" John F. Kennedy's unforgettable inaugural address "Mr. Gorbachev, Tear Down This Wall" Ronald Reagan's demand for freedom for the people behind the Iron Cu ..."
A Return to Common Sense(1st Edition) Seven Bold Ways to Revitalize Democracy by MichaelWaldman Hardcover, 192 Pages, Published 2008 by Sourcebooks ISBN-13: 978-1-4022-1365-6, ISBN: 1-4022-1365-4
""Waldman's book is a call to arms, which everyone who cares about our democratic system should read, absorb, debate, and then use as a signpost for change." - Doris Kearns Goodwin "With Thomas Paine's gift for brilliant brevity, Michael Waldman tells us exactly what's wrong with our democracy and exactly how to fix it in the time it takes to watch a movie." - Jonathan Alter, Newsweek, author of The Defining Moment IMAGINE AN AMERICA IN ..."
POTUS Speaks(1st Edition) Finding the Words That Defined the Clinton Presidency by MichaelWaldman Hardcover, 288 Pages, Published 2000 by Simon & Schuster ISBN-13: 978-0-7432-0020-2, ISBN: 0-7432-0020-9
""POTUS" stands for "President of the United States." Michael Waldman served as a special assistant and then chief speechwriter to Bill Clinton from 1992 to 1999. During that time, he worked closely with the president to write or edit nearly two thousand speeches, including four State of the Union addresses and two inaugural addresses. More than rhetoric, these speeches are where policy, politics, and presidential personality come togeth ..."
"Learning in labour markets is a key feature concerning how labour markets operate. This single volume collection brings together classic and important recent contributions by leading scholars concerning how firms learn about worker abilities and other worker attributes. Topics covered include; theory of symmetric learning, evidence of symmetric learning and evidence from asymmetric learning. With an original introduction by the editor t ..."
"Complaining that the typical introductory or intermediate microeconomics course treats the economic theory of pricing as it stood circa 1960 and fails to take into account such important developments as the asymmetric information revolution, the use of game theory in analyzing pricing, and the connection of pricing to other firm decisions such as those concerning product design and marketing strategies, the editors (professors of econom ..."
The Fight to Vote by MichaelWaldman 384 Pages, Published 2016 by Simon And Schuster ISBN-13: 978-1-5011-1650-6, ISBN: 1-5011-1650-9
"The significant change came with the writing of historians influenced by the civil
rights movement, especially C. Vann ... Battle of the Civil War (New York: Farrar,
Straus & Giroux, 2006); Charles Lane, The Day Freedom Died: The Colfax
Massacre, the ... Garrett Epps, Democracy Reborn: The Fourteenth Amendment
and the Fight for Equal Rights in Post–Civil War America (New York: Henry Holt,
2006)."
The Second Amendment A Biography by MichaelWaldman 272 Pages, Published 2014 by Simon And Schuster ISBN-13: 978-1-4767-4746-0, ISBN: 1-4767-4746-6
"21 many of the most influential backers of the Constitution: Stanley Elkins and
Eric McKitrick, “The Founding Fathers: Young Men of the Revolution,” Political
Science Quarterly 76, no. 2 (1961): 181–216. David Hackett Fischer argues this
thesis was considerably overstated, and that there was little statistically
significant difference in the ages of Federalists and Anti-Federalists. David
Hackett Fischer, Historians' Fallacies (New ..."
"In original essays, Presidents Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton describe the talks that influenced them the most. Two FREE audio CDs contain the speeches in the text."