ISBN: 9780976669746 - How Things Really Work: Lessons from a Life in Politics (31 results)

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Bill Hobby has spent most of his life in and around Texas government, including a record eighteen years as the state's lieutenant governor. His candid recollections about his days in office, as well as his take on what state government should and should not do are part of How Things Really Work.…

Hardback. Condition: Good. Bill Hobby has spent most of his life in and around Texas government, including a record eighteen years as the state's lieutenant governor. His candid recollections about his days in office, as well as his take on what state government should and should not do are part of How Things Really Work.…

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Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Bill Hobby has spent most of his life in and around Texas government, including a record eighteen years as the state's lieutenant governor. His candid recollections about his days in office, as well as his take on what state government should and should not do are part of How Things Really Work.…

Hardback. Condition: Good. Bill Hobby has spent most of his life in and around Texas government, including a record eighteen years as the state's lieutenant governor. His candid recollections about his days in office, as well as his take on what state government should and should not do are part of How Things Really Work.…

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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. How Things Really Work : Lessons from a Life in Politics by Bill Hobby with Saralee Tiede. Signed by both authors on attached bookplate. Signed again by Hobby on full title page. Hardcover first edition published in 2010 by The University of Texas Press. Signed by Author(s).…

Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. Near Fine. First Edition stated. [xxvi], 214pp ---- Bookplate from both authors on front free endpaper; Inscribed and signed on title page by Bill Hobby [mild edge wear to dust jacket] Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. B&w illustrations (illustrator). Inscribed and Signed By the Author.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. Tan cloth with gold-color lettering on spine, xxiv, 214 pp., numerous photos, illustrated jacket. SIGNED by the author, Bill Hobby, with brief inscription on the title page. Excellent condition. No one knows more about Texas politics than Bill Hobby, and few people tell better stories. Anecdotes about Bill Clements, Ann Richards, Tom DeLay, and many other Texans are plentiful. Signed by the Authors.…

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Condition: New. Num Pages: 300 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 522. . 2010. First Edition. Hardcover. . . . .

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Condition: New. Num Pages: 300 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 522. . 2010. First Edition. Hardcover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - Bill Hobby has spent most of his life in and around Texas government, including a record eighteen years as the state's lieutenant governor. His candid recollections about his days in office, as well as his take on what state government should and should not do are part of 'How Things Really Work: Lessons from a Life in Politics', published by the Dolph Briscoe Center for American History. ''Nostalgia is not my purpose,'' Hobby writes in the book's preface. ''But I do hope to convey something of my admiration for the people that I had the honor to work with, the spirit of the times, and a sense of how things actually worked--at least in the legislative process.'' His no-holds-barred opinions about everything from partisan politics to efforts to rewrite the Texas Constitution to government wiretaps and the war on drugs are included, as are his memories of working with Texas politicians Ben Ramsey, Dolph Briscoe, Bill Clements, and Ann Richards. Hobby's years as lieutenant governor coincided with Texas's transition from a state dependent on oil and agriculture to one with a more diversified economy strengthened by the technology and health care industries. Through it all, Hobby emphasised the need for Texas to make education a priority. He enjoyed the nuts and bolts of the legislative process, especially appropriations and redistricting. ''To help people, government has to work,'' he says. ''Make the system work.…