OLYMPIC DREAMS- XU GUOQI
- “[An] accomplished study of China and sport...Where Olympic Dreams scores highest is in describing and explaining the importance of the Olympic Games to China's self-esteem and its sense of belonging on the international stage, and how successive leaders have focused on the powerful political platform the event provides.”
- —Clifford Coonan, South China Morning Post
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JERUSALEM- SIMON GOLDHILL
- “Goldhill takes the reader on a tour of recent digs in Jerusalem, visits important buildings, provides fresh readings of texts and discusses competing theories with consummate learning and expository skill...Chock-a-block with entertaining anecdotes--many, alas, tall tales--about this most solemn of cities...Goldhill explores Jerusalem's ancient ruins and texts...[with zestful vivacity in] his discussion of the unholy history of the holy city.”
- —Bernard Wasserstein, Times Higher Education Supplement
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A GOVERNMENT ILL EXECUTED- PAUL LIGHT
- The federal government is having increasing difficulty faithfully executing the laws, which is what Alexander Hamilton called “the true test” of a good government. This book diagnoses the symptoms, explains their general causes, and proposes ways to improve the effectiveness of the federal government.
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