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A Professor's Journey

by Erwin Hargrove ...

Mark Twain wrote that one of his books was “mostly true.” That is so with this book of sketches from the life of Erwin Hargrove, professor of political science. This is a lightly rendered memoir of his academic career at Brown and Vanderbilt Universities from 1960 to 2000. Though some of the details have been enhanced, this book is an accurate account of Dr. Hargove’s experience rising through the ... Read more

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Mark Twain wrote that one of his books was “mostly true.” That is so with this book of sketches from the life of Erwin Hargrove, professor of political science. This is a lightly rendered memoir of his academic career at Brown and Vanderbilt Universities from 1960 to 2000. Though some of the details have been enhanced, this book is an accurate account of Dr. Hargove’s experience rising through the
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The Politician

by Erwin Hargrove ...

Politics comes naturally to John Page, and doors keep opening in his career. The call seems to be clear. But there are choices to be made. How far will he go? And how long will he follow the call? ... Read more

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Politics comes naturally to John Page, and doors keep opening in his career. The call seems to be clear. But there are choices to be made. How far will he go? And how long will he follow the call?
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Love Stories

by Erwin Hargrove ...

Four short stories and one novella about the mystery we call "romance:" - A Remembrance - A Chance Encounter - Amor Francaise - A Surprise Letter - Love Across the Sea. Stories of the heart perfect for Valentine's Day or anytime to celebrate love's longings. ... Read more

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Four short stories and one novella about the mystery we call "romance:" - A Remembrance - A Chance Encounter - Amor Francaise - A Surprise Letter - Love Across the Sea. Stories of the heart perfect for Valentine's Day or anytime to celebrate love's longings.
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"Only Connect"

A Book of Stories

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EM Forster wrote in Howards End about two families that were very different. One family lived for the outer world and the other family cultivated the inner life. The book is about their efforts to combine the two approaches to life. Forster summed this up with a phrase that has been quoted over and over.“ Only connect the prose and the passion.” This book of stories is about people who are trying ... Read more

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EM Forster wrote in Howards End about two families that were very different. One family lived for the outer world and the other family cultivated the inner life. The book is about their efforts to combine the two approaches to life. Forster summed this up with a phrase that has been quoted over and over.“ Only connect the prose and the passion.” This book of stories is about people who are trying
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American Journeys

Stories of Three Lives

by Erwin Hargrove ...

This is a story of three men and their lives from 1930 to 2000. They are respectively a psychiatrist, a historian, and a journalist. They work respectively at Cornell Medical School, Brown University, and the Baltimore Sun. They pursue their professions in times of major insitutional changes. Their five wives also tell their stories. This is, in part, a story of a generation. ... Read more

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This is a story of three men and their lives from 1930 to 2000. They are respectively a psychiatrist, a historian, and a journalist. They work respectively at Cornell Medical School, Brown University, and the Baltimore Sun. They pursue their professions in times of major insitutional changes. Their five wives also tell their stories. This is, in part, a story of a generation.
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Danger in Paris

A Mystery

by Erwin Hargrove ...

In 1988, Vanderbilt University professor John Page and his wife, Julie, move to Paris to accept a one-year teaching appointment. He decides to take advantage of his European location and do some research into his mothers life in Paris in the 1920s.He meets an old friend of his mothers, who refers him to some of their French circle. Excited to find so many good clues into an enduring family mystery ... Read more

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In 1988, Vanderbilt University professor John Page and his wife, Julie, move to Paris to accept a one-year teaching appointment. He decides to take advantage of his European location and do some research into his mothers life in Paris in the 1920s.He meets an old friend of his mothers, who refers him to some of their French circle. Excited to find so many good clues into an enduring family mystery
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The President And The Council Of Economic Advisors

Interviews With Cea Chairmen

by Erwin C Hargrove, Samuel A Morley ...

Interviews with ten former chairmen of the Council of Economic Advisers--from the Truman to the Carter administrations--are gathered in this book to examine the relationship between economic advisers and the president and the institutional relationships among the CEA, executive departments, and federal financial agencies. The interviews also reconstruct major presidential decisions since the ... Read more

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Interviews with ten former chairmen of the Council of Economic Advisers--from the Truman to the Carter administrations--are gathered in this book to examine the relationship between economic advisers and the president and the institutional relationships among the CEA, executive departments, and federal financial agencies. The interviews also reconstruct major presidential decisions since the
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Effective Presidency

Lessons on Leadership from John F. Kennedy to Barack Obama

by Erwin C. Hargrove ...

The second edition of this classic work adds a new chapter on Barack Obama and updates coverage of the end of the George W. Bush administration. Presidential scholar Erwin C. Hargrove extends his analytical framework of presidential effectiveness to show how Obama combines eventful leadership with pragmatism to move the nation forward in an intensely polarized partisan environment.Features of the ... Read more

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The second edition of this classic work adds a new chapter on Barack Obama and updates coverage of the end of the George W. Bush administration. Presidential scholar Erwin C. Hargrove extends his analytical framework of presidential effectiveness to show how Obama combines eventful leadership with pragmatism to move the nation forward in an intensely polarized partisan environment.Features of the
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Prisoners of Myth

The Leadership of the Tennessee Valley Authority, 1933-1990

by Erwin C. Hargrove ...

Series series Princeton Studies in American Politics
Prisoners of Myth is the first comprehensive history of the Tennessee Valley Authority from its creation to the present day. It is also a telling case study of organizational evolution and decline. Building on Philip Selznick's classic work TVA and the Grass Roots (1949), a seminal text in the theoretical study of bureaucracy, Erwin Hargrove analyzes the organizational culture of the TVA by ... Read more

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Prisoners of Myth is the first comprehensive history of the Tennessee Valley Authority from its creation to the present day. It is also a telling case study of organizational evolution and decline. Building on Philip Selznick's classic work TVA and the Grass Roots (1949), a seminal text in the theoretical study of bureaucracy, Erwin Hargrove analyzes the organizational culture of the TVA by
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Impossible Jobs in Public Management

Edited by Erwin C. Hargrove, John C. Glidewell ...

Series series Studies in Government and Public Policy
If you think your job is hopelessly difficult, you may be right. Particularly if your job is public administration.Those who study or practice public management know full well the difficulties faced by administrators of complex bureaucratic systems. What they don’t know is why some jobs in the public sector are harder than others and how good managers cope with those jobs.Drawing on leadership ... Read more

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If you think your job is hopelessly difficult, you may be right. Particularly if your job is public administration.Those who study or practice public management know full well the difficulties faced by administrators of complex bureaucratic systems. What they don’t know is why some jobs in the public sector are harder than others and how good managers cope with those jobs.Drawing on leadership
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The Curiosity of School

Education And The Dark Side Of Enlightenment

by Zander Sherman ...

It's one thing we all have in common. We've all been to school. But as Zander Sherman shows in this fascinating, often shocking account of institutionalized education, sending your kids off to school was not always normal. In fact, school is a very recent invention. Taking the reader back to 19th-century Prussia, where generals, worried about soldiers' troubling individuality, sought a way to ... Read more

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It's one thing we all have in common. We've all been to school. But as Zander Sherman shows in this fascinating, often shocking account of institutionalized education, sending your kids off to school was not always normal. In fact, school is a very recent invention. Taking the reader back to 19th-century Prussia, where generals, worried about soldiers' troubling individuality, sought a way to
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The Skies Belong to Us

Love and Terror in the Golden Age of Hijacking

by Brendan I. Koerner ...

The true stroy of the longest-distance hijacking in American history.In an America torn apart by the Vietnam War and the demise of '60s idealism, airplane hijackings were astonishingly routine. Over a five-year period starting in 1968, the desperate and disillusioned seized commercial jets nearly once a week, using guns, bombs, and jars of acid. Some hijackers wished to escape to foreign lands; ... Read more

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The true stroy of the longest-distance hijacking in American history.In an America torn apart by the Vietnam War and the demise of '60s idealism, airplane hijackings were astonishingly routine. Over a five-year period starting in 1968, the desperate and disillusioned seized commercial jets nearly once a week, using guns, bombs, and jars of acid. Some hijackers wished to escape to foreign lands;
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