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This report, the first in a series on conflict prevention by the Center for Preventative Action (CPA) at the Council on Foreign Relations, presents recommendations to avert the spread of the ex-Yugoslav conflict into the South Balkans and to create a more enduring framework for peace and security in the region.

Twenty years undercover - one man's true story of life as an undercover cop. It's a story of his beginnings from a being a young east end apprentice to the mean streets he walks today - it reveals the many highs and the painful lows of going undercover.

New from The Century Foundation Press ' Richard A. Clarke and eight other experts propose a specific program for safe-guarding America and defeating international terrorism. . . . This clear and forceful guide brings the most authoritative thinking on how to prevail against the most serious security threat of our times.' -James F. Hoge, Jr., Editor, "Foreign Affairs

Rosemary Conley is one of the UK's most successful and best-loved diet and fitness experts. Rosemary Conley's Secrets of Staying Young is the book that she's been plannint to write for 20 years. In it she shares some of her own experiences of looking and feeling young as the years pass, as well as giving advice on diet, exercise (Including a special section of exercises for the over-70s, an age group that is often overlooked in beauty and fitn...

A brilliant collection of essays on one of the most important contemporary constitutional issues: when can and should the government be able to regulate campaign spending? Each essay offers original insights, and together they are a superb examination of the intersection of politics and constitutional law.

The popularization of the Internet has shepherded a revolution in business and personal communication. But how has online technology been used in mainstream American politics? In Politics Moves Online, Michael Cornfield provides a comprehensive guide to how the Internet has been used in political campaigns.

From the author of "The Life & Death Of Peter Sellars", this memoir charts Lewis's life growing up in South Wales, and how important comedians were to him. Contains incisive portraits of the world's most treasured performers, such as Chaplin, Tati, Hancock, Hawtrey, Williams and Milligan.

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This is the fascinating story of the Kray twins - renowned as Britain's most notorious gangsters - following their imprisonment. Once inside, the violence and intimidation didn't waver, as they began earning more money than they did on the outside.

Many policymakers, journalists, and members of the public are intimidated and mystified by the discipline of economics. In this volume, leading economists debunk conventional wisdom while clarifying distinctions between concrete evidence and theory.

Before 1995, about three-fourths of the nation's immigrants settled in just six states: California, Texas, Illinois, Florida, New York, and New Jersey.

Tells the story of how a working-class lad from the Liverpool suburbs went from living on a housing estate to buying one, and from comprehensive school dinners to lunch with the Queen.

The latest nostalgic and heartwarming saga from the author of "The Beggar Maid, A Loving Family" and many others. Lucy Pocker is born out of wedlock, and is brought up by her disreputable grandmother. Arrow has sold more than a million copies of Court's books.

Examines the changing relationship between Turkey and the United States, taking into account the continuing crisis in the Middle East and west Asia, the uncertainty over Cyprus, and the Turkish depression. The essays probe further the growth and complexity of the relationship and the evolution of Turkey's major internal problems.

Examines three cases - the Islamic Revolution in Iran, the proxy war with the Soviet Union in Afghanistan, and the 1998 embassy bombings in East Africa - to find the limitations of American policymakers in understanding some of the important developments around the world.

This book identifies government and corporate strategies that could continuously strengthen the skills and knowledge of workers and enhance the productivity of the American workforce, raising prospects for higher U.S. corporate profitability and economic growth. The report was prepared by a task force comprised of representatives from business, labor, government, and academia.

The news coming out of Washington, D.C., and reverberating around the nation increasingly sounds like a broken record: low or zero growth in employment, inadequate funds to pay future Social Security and Medicare obligations, declining rates of investment, cuts in funding for education and children's programs, arbitrary sequesters or cutbacks in good and bad programs alike, underfunded pensions, bankrupt cities, threats not to pay our nation's...

This volume realizes what is at stake for the future of the traditional newspaper and print media. As the fragmentation of audiences choose new and more exciting avenues for breaking news, Denton and Kurtz offer their thoughts and perspectives on where the newspaper and print media industry might be headed in 'Reinventing the Newspaper'.

Caplan explores the evolution of affirmative action law by the Supreme Court and demonstrates how this evolution is fundamentally at odds with the way that affirmative action has developed throughout America.

While it is unlikely that any serious presidential candidate would refuse the American public's appetite for open discussion, some issues-- such as what debate format works best-- are still not resolved. In continuation of its longstanding involvement in presidential debates, the Twentieth Century Fund initiated a task force to investigate such questions.