David Faris Books

The book provides a comprehensive guide to significant sporting events throughout the year, focusing on the twelve months leading up to October 2009. It highlights key events like the World Series and offers insights into how external factors, including legal, economic, and cultural developments, influence the sports landscape. Readers can expect to gain a deeper understanding of both anticipated sports events and the broader context that shapes them.

The book features a comprehensive collection of writings by literary scholars and biographers, focusing on the works of Ernest Hemingway, a Nobel and Pulitzer Prize-winning author. It includes analyses and summaries for each of his seventeen published books, highlighting their significance in American literature. This resource serves as an insightful exploration of Hemingway's literary legacy, showcasing the extensive impact of his short stories and novels on both readers and scholars alike.

Delve into the history, culture, and significance of baseball, often referred to as America's national pastime. This exploration highlights key moments, legendary players, and the evolution of the game, showcasing its impact on American society. Readers will gain insights into the sport's traditions, rules, and the passionate communities that surround it, making it a compelling read for both fans and newcomers alike. The book emphasizes the enduring legacy of baseball in shaping the American identity.

During the Arab uprisings of early 2011, which saw the overthrow of Zine el-Abadine Ben Ali in Tunisia and Hosni Mubarak in Egypt, the role of digital media and social networking tools was widely reported. This was also recognized by the very authorities fighting against popular pressure for change, and the Egyptian government's attempt to block internet and mobile phone access in January 2011 demonstrated the extent to which it was seen as powerful and potentially subversive tool. What is yet to be examined is the local context that allowed digital media to play this role: Egypt, for example, a history of online activism laid important ground work for the scenes in Tahrir Square. Here, David Faris argues that it was circumstances particular to Egypt, more than the 'spark' from Tunisia, that allowed the revolution to take off: namely blogging and digital activism stretching back into the 1990s, combined with sustained and numerous protest movements and an independent press. Dissent and Revolution in a Digital Age tracks the rocky path taken by Egyptian bloggers operating in Mubarak's authoritarian regime to illustrate how the state monopoly on information was eroded, making space for dissent and digital activism.

This crystal ball look into the future of American politics shows how the brewing generational shift to the Left is only the beginning of the transformations to come.A demographic apocalypse is coming for the Republican Party. Its most reliable voters are dying, and Republican elites have been unable to convince young people to vote for them in significant numbers for nearly 30 years. And yet, we find ourselves locked in a political stalement, and have twice this century sent the loser of the popular vote to the White House.In The Kids Are All Left, political scientist David Faris examines how young voters are poised to end this partisan gridlock. He explores the policy transformations that young Americans will pursue, what this new society will look like, and how the remnants of the GOP could be changed into a more public spirited, reality-based organization of the center-right. Faris offers progressives a hopeful vision of the future, but he is realistic about the institutional obstacles that stand between voters and true majority rule. The result is a first look at America after Donald Trump.

The American electoral system is clearly failing, more horrifically in the 2016 presidential election than ever before. Faris offers party leaders and supporters concrete strategies for lasting political reform-- and in doing so lays the groundwork for a more progressive future. With equal parts playful irreverence and persuasive reasoning, his book is essential reading as we head toward the 2018 midterms. and beyond-- adopted from publisher info