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How debates over secrecy and transparency in politics during the
eighteenth century shaped modern democracy  Does democracy
die in darkness, as the saying suggests? This book reveals that
modern democracy was born in secrecy, despite the widespread
conviction that transparency was its very essence.  In
the years preceding the American and French revolutions, state
secrecy came to be seen as despotic—an instrument of monarchy.
But as revolutionaries sought to fashion representative government,
they faced a dilemma. In a context where gaining public trust
seemed to demand transparency, was secrecy ever legitimate? Whether
in Philadelphia or Paris, establishing popular sovereignty required
navigating between an ideological imperative to eradicate secrets
from the state and a practical need to limit transparency in
government. The fight over this—dividing revolutionaries and
vexing founders—would determine the nature of the world’s first
representative democracies.  Unveiling modern democracy’s
surprisingly shadowy origins, Carter reshapes our understanding of
how government by and for the people emerged during the Age of
Revolutions.
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Summer Days (Paperback)
Lisa Jackson, Elizabeth Bass, Mary Carter, Holly Chamberlin
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R256
R210
Discovery Miles 2 100
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Over 400 of the best hometown recipes from America's Hometown
Magazine.
"American Profile" magazine celebrates hometown life in America.
Over the years, "American Profile" has invited readers to send in
their favorite recipes for publication, including the stories
behind them―tales of recipes passed from generation to generation,
traded among dear friends, or created to meet the needs of a family
on a budget.
In this extraordinary cookbook, you'll find traditional American
favorites with a unique twist alongside ethnic creations from
around the world, such as:
- Apple-Sausage Pancakes
- Prairie-Fire Chicken Strips
- Holiday Spiced Tea
- Aunt Lillian's Pumpkin Bread
- Tamale Soup
- Pistachio and Pasta Salad
- Grandma's Swiss Steak
- Chicken Dumplings
- Snapper Tropical
- Lazy Pierogi
- Apple Cake
- Tiramisu Torte
Also included are helpful tips from "American Profile's" test
kitchen as well as 30 articles on hometown festivals and fairs
across the nation that give you a sneak peek into the lives of the
ordinary citizens that make up hometown America.
Whether it's a simple soup for the family or a full meal for
visitors, the "American Profile Hometown Cookbook" has just the
right recipe to make any gathering a special occasion.
Psychic Clair Ivars has a flair for reading tarot cards, yet a
total blind spot when it comes to predicting her own future -
especially matters of the heart. Which might explain why she's
surprised to find herself accidentally engaged to vodka magnate
Jack Heron after knowing him for only a few hours. What it doesn't
explain, however, is an increasingly strange series of events...
and it definitely doesn't explain the peculiar way Clair keeps
thinking about Jack's business partner, the tall, dark, mysterious
and infuriatingly sexy Mike...
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Dressing a Tiger (Paperback)
Elizabeth Stein; Illustrated by Marie Carter; Marie Carter
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R409
Discovery Miles 4 090
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Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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Ava Wilder s home in small-town Iowa is her sanctuary. A talented
sketch artist with severe agoraphobia, Ava spends her days drawing
a far more adventurous life than her invisible disability allows.
Until she receives a package from London, explaining that she has
inherited her Aunt Beverly s entire estate on condition that she
lives in Bev s West End flat for a year. Once overseas, Ava wonders
if she s simply swapped one prison for another. The streets and
shops are intimidating, and Bev s home appears to be a drop-in
center for local eccentrics. Worst of all, Bev left a list of
impossible provisos to be overseen by her quirky, attractive
solicitor. Ava is expected to go out to experience clubs, pubs, and
culture; to visit Big Ben, Hyde Park, and the London Eye. After
years of viewing the world through a pane of glass, she s at the
messy, complicated center of it. As exhilarated as she is
terrified, will she be able to step up, step out, and claim the
life she was meant for? In an insightful, poignant novel, Mary
Carter delves deep into self-discovery and the meaning of courage,
exploring the fears that serve to protect us until life calls us to
connect at last."
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