Cuomo argues that in today's charged political climate, Abraham Lincoln--founding member of the Republican Party--would be hard-pressed to recognize the issues in the contemporary GOP.
Offers a critical view of the 1994 Republican victory, arguing that only a practical assessment of government's strengths will solve such problems as the deficit and welfare dependency.
This anthology of Lincoln's speeches, writings and conversations is the first to bring together the 16th president's views on liberty, freedom, equality, and self-determination. It documents the development of this extraordinary leader and his ideas as he evolved from local office-seeker into the author of the Gettysburg Address. Illustrated.
A collection of thirty-one speeches by New York governor Mario Cuomo, including his Democratic Convention speeches of 1984 and 1992, shows the power, vision, and political insight of this celebrated orator.
Repudiating the era of "fend-for-yourself Federalism", three-term governor Mario Cuomo looks back over a decade in office and ahead to his state's role in the 21st century. In the process, he creates a blueprint for restoring the promise of the American dream. Royalties paid to the state of New York. 24 pages of photos.
The host of "The Open Mind" follows up his million-selling "Documentary History of the United States" with a provocative mosaic of conversation with the most important personalities and thinkers of the past 50 years.
An Italian immigrant says, "I came to America because I heard the streets were paved with gold. When I got here, I found out three things: first, the streets weren't paved with gold; second, they weren't paved at all; and third, I was expected to pave them". Against all odds - a new language, new customs, and the ethnic slurs and catcalls of ...
Back in print after ten years, this unique book brings together 141 speeches, speech excerpts, letters, fragments, and other writings by Lincoln on the theme of democracy. Selected by leading historians, the writings include such standards as the Emancipation Proclamation and the Gettysburg Address, but also such little-seen writings as a letter ...
Cuomo's Commission on Competitiveness argues that America must reform its economic and social policies and institutions to reverse the weakening of its industrial leadership, the erosion of living standards and escalating social problems. Topics include public investment, urban poverty, health care, the environment, fiscal policy and international ...
From its unparalleled achievements in art and architecture (the Sistine Chapel), science and exploration (Galileo Galilei), music and literature (Stradivarius and Dante), the country of Italy has had a lasting and profound impact on the world. In C is for Ciao: An Italy Alphabet, young readers are invited to explore Italy's rich history, diverse ...
Back in print after more than ten years, this unique book brings together 141 speeches, speech excerpts, letters, fragments, and other writings by Lincoln on the theme of democracy. Selected by leading historians, the writings include such standards as the Emancipation Proclamation and the Gettysburg Address, but also such little-seen writings as ...
The American Family Album series tells the often heroic stories of American immigrant groups, largely through their own words and pictures. Like any family album, the pages contain period photographs, memorabilia, selections from diaries, letters, memoirs, and newspapers. Each book is a pictorial and written record of the country left behind, the ...
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