Books with author Sargent/Sargent

In An Uncivil War, the Washington Post’s Greg Sargent sounds an urgent alarm about the deeper roots of our democratic backsliding—and how we can begin to turn things around between now and 2020. American democracy is facing a crisis as fraught as we’ve seen in decades. Donald Trump’s presidency has raised the specter of authoritarian rule. Extreme polarization and the scorched-earth war between the parties drags on with no end in sight. The recent Kavanaugh confirmation hearings are only the latest example of this, and of the GOP’s continued ability to steamroll the Democrats and their supporters.At the heart of this dangerous moment is a paradox: It took a figure as uniquely menacing as Trump to rivet the nation’s attention on the fragility of our democracy. Yet the causes of our dysfunction are long-running—they predate Trump, helped facilitate his rise, and, distressingly, will outlast his presidency.In An Uncivil War, Sargent reveals why we’ve fallen into the ditch—and how to get out of it. Drawing upon years of research and reporting, he exposes the unparalleled sophistication and ambition of GOP tactics, including computer-generated gerrymandering, underhanded voter suppression, and ever-escalating legislative hardball. We are also plagued by other brutal, seemingly intractable problems such as dismal turnout and powerful, built-in temptations to tilt the political playing field with unscrupulous partisan trickery. All of this has been accompanied by foreign-government intervention and an unprecedented level of political disinformation that threatens to undermine the very possibility of shared agreement on facts and poses profound new challenges to the media’s ability to inform the citizenry. Yet the Republican Party is only part of the problem. As Sargent provocatively reveals, Democrats share culpability for helping to accelerate this slide.But our plight is far from hopeless, and Sargent offers a series of doable prescriptions for saving our democracy, including a shift of focus toward state legislatures, creative voter registration policies, innovative approaches to fairer districting, and a new sense of purpose. The result is a book that could not be more essential as we head toward the elections that most matter.

The Detroit Tigers gave a memorable performance in the pennant race against the New York Yankees in 1961, the American League's first expansion season. Starting faster, the Tigers held first place for more than half the season, until the Yankees caught up in late July. They met in a climactic three-game series at Yankee Stadium. The Bronx Bombers swept all three, winning the pennant for the eleventh time in 13 seasons. But the 18 games the Tigers and Yankees played against each other were some of the most exciting contests of '61. The Yankees' saga is well known but the Tigers' tale has largely been ignored. This book chronicles the season highlights, such as the home run duel between Roger Maris, who slugged a record 61, and Mickey Mantle, who hit a personal best 54. Other outstanding performances were given by the Tigers' Norm Cash, who led the league with a .361 average, and Rocky Colavito, who hit 45 home runs.

A compilation of the Middenheim Sourcebook "Warhammer City" and the part four of The Enemy Within Campaign "Power Behind the Throne". "In middenheim, He waited. Eventually, there was a knock at the door and a woman entered the room. 'Well?' He asked. she approached the throne and knelt before Him, her eyes lowered. 'Magister Magistri, Chosen One of the Great Mutator,' she began, 'they have her. She is safe and unharmed.' the man's lips stretched in a smile that was belied by the cruel glint in his eyes as he allowed himself a sigh of satisfaction. 'So it begins,' he said, 'so it begins.'" A savage attack on a small Reikland village, and the Hand of chaos begins to tighten arround the greatest City State in the Empire. The Enemy Within campaign continues as the player characters face their greatest challenge yet, finding themselves entangled in a web of violence, deceit and intrigue. For the citizens of middenheim, Carnival week is fast approaching, and preparations are well in hand to celebrate in style. But even as the adventurers join the fun, rumours of discontent can be heard, and soon they must race against time to prevent Chaos' total victory! This book contains: + A detailed guide to the City State of Middenheim, including a brief history, campaign suggestions, cameo adventures, ready-to-run-NPC's, and dozens of detailed locations. A large, full colour map of the City. + A complete adventure which can be run as a one-off or as part of the Enemy Within campaign, following on from events in Death on the Reik in the Warhammer Adventure. 18 pages of player hand-outs and GM's play aids.

Endorsed by Cambridge Assessment International EducationNow including Brian Sargent in the expert author team, alongside first edition authors Graham Brown and David Watson, this book has been fully revised and updated to cover every part of the latest Cambridge IGCSE ICT (0417) syllabus.- Written by experts, who bring a wealth of theoretical knowledge and practical experience to both the book and the CD- Ensures that students are fully prepared for both the written theory paper as well as the two practical papers- Covers each section of the syllabus with clear explanations and plenty of tasks and activitiesEvery Student's Book includes a CD that contains source files for the tasks and activities.Answers to all questions can be found on the Teacher's CD Rom.