A Cerami: 3 books
Dinner at Mr. Jefferson's
Three Men, Five Great Wines, and the Evening That Changed America
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2011
The Constitution was two years old and the United States was in serious danger. Bitter political rivalry between former allies and two surging issues that inflamed the nation led to grim talk of breaking up the union. Then a single great evening achieved compromises that led to America's great expansion....
Permanent Emergency Welfare Regimes in Sub-Saharan Africa
The Exclusive Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2013
This book examines the relationship between development economics, social protection and democratization in the specific context of Sub-Saharan Africa. Moving existing theories of transformation into a new terrain, it sheds light on the exclusive origins of dictatorship and democracy.
Benjamin Banneker
Surveyor, Astronomer, Publisher, Patriot
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2008
The first biography of a major figure in early US and African American history
A household name and unparalleled hero revered in every African American household, Benjamin Banneker was a completely self-taught mathematical genius who achieved professional status in astronomy, navigation, and...