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After reading this intriguing book, a glass of wine will be more than hints of blackberries or truffles on the palate. Written by the author of the popular, award-winning website DrVino.com, Wine Politics exposes a little-known but extremely influential aspect of the wine business–the politics behind it. Tyler Colman systematically explains how politics affects what we can buy, how much it costs, how it tastes, what appears on labels, and more. He offers an insightful comparative view of wine-making in Napa and Bordeaux, tracing the different paths American and French wines take as they travel from vineyard to dining room table. Colman also explores globalization in the wine business and illuminates the role of behind-the-scenes players such as governments, distributors, and prominent critics who wield enormous clout. Throughout, Wine Politics reveals just how deeply politics matters– right down to the taste of the wine in your glass tonight.

Wine Politics: How Governments, Environmentalists, Mobsters, and Critics Influence the Wines We Drink

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What is the status of the U.S. economy? Are we chugging ahead at a steady but strong pace, or has the recent downturn in housing removed a previous engine of growth, leaving the economy vulnerable to inflation? At the 2007 Milken Institute Global Conference, Forbes Inc.’s Steve Forbes moderated a panel of leaders in the financial community that included Congressional Budge Office Director Peter Orszag, Countrywide Financial’s Chairman, Angelo Mozilo, BNP Paribas’ chief U.S. economist for North America and Guggenheim Partners’ managing partner. The panelists debated what they saw on our economic horizon.

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2007 Global Conference: Understanding Politics and Culture in a Diverse Arab World

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U.S. Gov & Politics AP* Exam Prep program takes a look at factors that influenced the adoption of the Constitution, the institutions of National Government, and much more! Topics are taught in a lively and accessible style combining colorful graphics with fun and entertaining programming. Light Speed Advanced Placement videos reviews the 30 most tested topics, provides tips and strategies on passing the test, and gives insightful advance on writing the short-response answers. This is the first program of its kind, so go paperless and use this test-prep video to pass the exam! Digital Workbook included with handouts, quizzes, and activities to reinforce the topic before and after the video.

Light Speed AP U.S. Gov. & Politics Exam Prep

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In What’s the Matter with Kansas?, Thomas Frank pointed out that a great number of Americans actually vote against their own interests. In The Political Mind, George Lakoff explains why.

As it turns out, human beings are not the rational creatures we’ve so long imagined ourselves to be. Ideas, morals, and values do not exist somewhere outside the body, ready to be examined and put to use. Instead, they exist quite literally inside the brain—and they take physical shape there. For example, we form particular kinds of narratives in our minds just like we form specific muscle memories such as typing or dancing, and then we fit new information into those narratives. Getting that information out of one narrative type and into another—or building a whole new narrative altogether—can be as hard as learning to play the banjo. Changing your mind isn’t like changing your body—it’s the same thing.

But as long as progressive politicians and activists persist in believing that people use an objective system of reasoning to decide on their politics, the Democrats will continue to lose elections. They must wrest control of the terms of the debate from their opponents rather than accepting their frame and trying to argue within it.

This passionate, erudite, and groundbreaking book will appeal to readers of Steven Pinker and Thomas Frank. It is a fascinating read for anyone interested in how the mind works, how society works, and how they work together.

The Political Mind: Why You Can’t Understand 21st-Century American Politics with an 18th-Century Brain