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Gaining Access: Congress and the Farm Lobby, 1919-1981 (American Politics and Political Economy Series)
John Mark Hansen

University Of Chicago Press, 1991

Through a comprehensive analysis of American agricultural politics in the past half-century, Gaining Access shows when, how, and why interest groups gain and lose influence in the policy deliberations of the United States Congress. By consulting with policy advocates, John Mark Hansen argues, lawmakers offset their uncertainty about the policy stands that will bolster or impede their prospects for reelection. The advocates provide legislators ...

The Lurker in the Lobby: The Guide to Lovecraftian Cinema

2 reviews
Andrew Migliore, John Strysik, ...

Night Shade Books, 2006

Enjoyable and witty
This is a light, crispy diversion for fans of Lovecraft and genre cinema, that asks the compelling question: "What in the name of Yog-Sothoth is a 'real' Lovecraft film adaptation?" It is sprinkled with droll witticisms that lovers of Lovecraft will relish. For example, of the silly-sounding eldritch lines spoken by Dean Stockwell's Wilber Whateley, in "The Dunwich Horror" (1970, which ...

Lobby Design

1 review

daab, 2007

An Excellent Idea Book for Architects and their Clients
The lobby of an industrial building is an interesting place that often is required to fulfill several purposes. First it is a transitory space. It is an area between the outside that is open to anyone, and the inner sanctum where only employees and invited guests may go. It is where the guests are 'screened' for a business reason to enter, their hosts called, paperwork to be filled out, perhaps ...

The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy

192 reviews
John J. Mearsheimer, Stephen M. Walt

Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2008

All the stars in the sky wouldn't be enough to rate this book
Simply put, this is the most important political book of our day. Mearsheimer and Walt bravely take on one of the last remaining taboos in our society today. Exhaustively researched, this book is a treasure trove of information. Mearsheimer and Walt clearly lay out that Israel has not only not been a strategic asset as claimed, but has been an enormous strategic liability. Drawing on ...

Lobby Hero

4 reviews
Kenneth Lonergan

Dramatist's Play Service, 2002

Great 4 Character Drama
The play reads well, and I can imagine it playing even better live. The main character, Jeff, is reminiscent of other characters that Lonergan has written for Mark Ruffalo. Read it, get the rights, do it.

The People's Lobby: Organizational Innovation and the Rise of Interest Group Politics in the United States, ...
Elisabeth S. Clemens

University Of Chicago Press, 1997

In this pathbreaking work, Elisabeth S. Clemens recovers the social origins of interest group politics in the United States. Between 1890 and 1925, a system centered on elections and party organizations was partially transformed by increasingly prominent legislative and administrative policy-making as well as the insistent participation of non-partisan organizations. Clemens sheds new light on how farmers, workers, and women invented ...

The Deadliest Lies: The Israel Lobby and the Myth of Jewish Control

36 reviews
Abraham H. Foxman

Palgrave Macmillan, 2007

an admirer from denver
This book is an easy read that gets to the heart of the matter immediately. It is neither simply a response or an attack but rather uses "the deadlest lies" to teach about historical and contemporary issues. as the author says he is combatting hurtful speech not with censorship but rather with more speech, and the truth. well written and thoughtful.

Will the Vampire People Please Leave the Lobby? (True Adventures in Cult Fandom)

22 reviews
Allyson Beatrice

Sourcebooks Trade, 2007

A sarcastic, self-deprecating, caustically humorous book!
Allyson Beatrice is a writer gifted for using humorous, laugh out loud phrases while viewing the world through an honest pair of glasses. Her comments about the generosity and wonderfulness of the online community is smack-on and is universal not only to the Buffy boards, but to places like Bookcrossing.com as well. The book is a quick read and made me want to somehow hang out with her. Yup, ...

New Lobbies and Waiting Rooms (Loft Publications)
Daniela Santos Quartino

Collins Design, 2008

Beyond their role of reception area, lobbies and waiting rooms present an opportunity for designers to create a dynamic space that reinforces a company's brand and personality. This gloriously illustrated volume covers 45 projects, divided into three categories: Commercial (hotels, day spas, sports centers, senior centers, assisted living facilities) Public (museums, schools, government buildings) Corporate (offices, medical clinics) ...

They Dare to Speak Out: People and Institutions Confront Israel's Lobby

89 reviews
Paul Findley

Lawrence Hill Books, 2003

Harder Read But Most Worthy, Start with the Other Book
This book is a perfect counter-point to The Power of Israel in the United States. I review that book also, and recommend both books to every American, just as I also recommend the books that document how the Saudis have bought the Bush Family and the Republican and Democratic parties, neither of which represents We the People. Completely apart from the venal immorality of Dick Cheney (see my ...

Israel Lobby and U.s. Foreign Policy
John J. Mearsheimer, 2008

The Lobby

1 review
Christopher A. Durish

Sense of Wonder, 2008

The Lobby opens your mind into a new world...
This new and upcoming writer thrills your senses and takes your mind into a picturesque world of the unknown terror that one man has created for himself...Durish's tale of a man's reflection of his own evil ways made the pages of this book come to life; it was as if I were watching a movie in my mind. The Lobby was my first encounter in the horror genre and this story had me not wanting to put ...

Ethnic Lobbies And Us Foreign Policy
David M. Paul

Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2008

Dozens of ethnic groups work determinedly to achieve specific policy goals in Washington, but to what degree do they actually wield power? Which groups are the most influential, and why? David Paul considers the relative impact of 38 ethnic lobbies to determine whether - and if so, how - they affect the course of US foreign policy.Paul systematically examines the impact of ethnic-group influence in six policy areas: aid, immigration, human ...

U.S. Foreign Policy in the Middle East: The Role of Lobbies and Special Interest Groups

1 review
Janice Terry

Pluto Press, 2005

The power of lobbies
How did we end up in Iraq? Who voted to go to war? Congress has abdicated its Constitutional responsibility to declare war, and now the President and his neocon cronies have embroiled us in a mess we may never get out of, in the sense of ever having normal relations with the Muslim countries of the Middle East. Professor Terry does a very good job of explaining how lobbies and special ...

Things, Its and Aliens! Lobby Card Posters from Sci-Fi Shockers!
Denis Gifford

H.C. Blossom, 1991

Things, Its and Aliens! Lobby Card Posters from Sci-Fi Shockers! A collection of 45 Lobby Card Posters in one oversize book. Includes movies from 1953-1965. Some of the many posters include Target Earth, Project Moonbase, Conquest of Space, King Dinosaur, The Beast with 1000 eyes, Forbidden Planet, World Without End, The Mole People, Space Master X-7, Queen of Outer Space, Attack of the Puppet People, The Cosmic Man, Caltiki the Immortal ...

The Israel Lobby and US Foreign Policy
John J. Mearsheimer, Stephen M. Walt

Allen Lane, 2007

The disaster lobby;: Prophets of ecological doom and other absurdities

1 review
Melvin J Grayson

Follett Pub. Co, 1973

early enviro bashing
The authors (Thomas Shepard as well as Melvin Grayson) take on a number of "liberal" causes, especially environmentalism and consumer advocacy. This book (and others) set the tone for later works, using methods such as name calling (environmentalists are "irate fish-worshipers" and "professional nature lovers") and questionable science.

Snakes in the Lobby

5 reviews
Scott MacLeod

Morningstar Publications (NC), 2003

A Real Truth not limited to Music Industry Only!
Snakes in the Lobby is not a ficticous tale... it is real. The vision that Scott MacLeod encountered surrounds the realms of the Music Industry. This book speaks not only there but to the corporate masses, and most piercing... The Church. Scott's sensitivity to the revelatory realm has brought us a mirror to see what part are we playing? What role(s)have we become? This vision can bring ...

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