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NATIONAL BESTSELLER
To get ahead today, you have to be a jerk, right?
Divisive politicians. Screaming heads on television. Angry campus activists. Twitter trolls. Today in America, there is an "outrage industrial complex" that prospers by setting American against American, creating a "culture of contempt"—the habit of seeing people who disagree with us not as merely incorrect, but as worthless
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Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
ix, 341 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
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English
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Discussing the "primary problem" in our politics today, the founding Executive Director of Unite America makes a bold proposal to abolish party primaries in our country to offer voters across the political spectrum a realistic roadmap to a more representative and functional democracy.
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Publisher
W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
xii, 337 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
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"One of America's finest reporters and essayists explores the powerful currents beneath the roiled waters of a nation coming apart. Across the country, men 'of God' glorify materialism, a gluttony of the soul, while citing Scripture and preparing for civil war--a firestorm they long for as an absolution and exaltation. Lies, greed, and glorification of war boom through microphones at hipster megachurches that once upon a time might have preached...
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Publisher
Bombardier Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
xiv, 303 pages ; 21 cm
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English
Description
The events of January 6, 2021, are being exploited by the Democratic Party and the national news media to criminalize political protest and free speech in America. Americans were shocked and outraged to see chaos unfold at the Capitol on January 6, 2021. The melee shut down plans by some Republican lawmakers to object to Congress's official certification of the 2020 presidential election results. Democrats, the news media, and many leading Republicans...
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Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
1 volume
Language
English
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"Brent Cummings, an Iraq war veteran, has come home feeling he survived one war only to find himself in the midst of another one. The country he loves and defended for twenty-eight years seems to be unraveling in front of his eyes. Raised to believe in a vision of America that values fairness, honesty, and respect for others, Cummings is increasingly engulfed by the fear and anger sweeping through his beloved country as he tries to hold onto hope...
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English
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"Americans have never been more divided, and we're ripe for a breakup. The bitterness, the gridlock, the growing tolerance of violence, invite us to think that we'd be happier were we two different countries. In all the ways that matter, save for the naked force of law, we are already two nations. There's a second reason why secession beckons. We're over-big, one of the biggest countries in the world. Smaller countries are happier and less corrupt....
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English
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Something has been going wrong on many college campuses in the last few years. Speakers are shouted down. Students and professors say they are walking on eggshells and are afraid to speak honestly. Rates of anxiety, depression, and suicide are rising--on campus as well as nationally. How did this happen? First Amendment expert Greg Lukianoff and social psychologist Jonathan Haidt show how the new problems on campus have their origins in three terrible...
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Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
c2012
Physical Desc
xxxi, 557 p. ; 25 cm.
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English
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Pulitzer Prize winner Hedrick Smith’s new book is an extraordinary achievement, an eye-opening account of how, over the past four decades, the American Dream has been dismantled and we became two Americas. In his bestselling -- This book is essential reading for all of us who want to understand America today, or why average Americans are struggling to keep afloat. Smith reveals how pivotal laws and policies were altered while the...
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Publisher
Worthy Books
Pub. Date
2024.
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pages cm
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English
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"American life today is consumed by politics. Even our churches are tearing themselves apart over political candidates, cultural flashpoints, and debates about whether certain pastors are vessels for the Holy Spirit or an unholy political agenda. So how should Christians approach our lives in this time of strife and division? How should we engage in politics and respond when we find that our beliefs are at odds with the culture? And how do we keep...
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