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Author
Publisher
Threshold Editions
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
xvi, 384 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
From a #1 New York Times best-selling author and beloved television host comes a new book on how to come home to our core values, fortify our families and re-embrace self-determination and self-governance.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
ix, 341 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
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.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
1 volume ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"As a long-time book critic and columnist in Washington, Carlos Lozada dissects all manner of texts: commission reports, political reporting, Supreme Court decisions, and congressional inquiries to understand the controversies animating life in the capital. He also reads copious books by politicians and top officials: tell-all accounts by administration insiders, campaign biographies by candidates longing for high office, revisionist memoirs by those...
Author
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
xv, 335 pages : illustrations and maps ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"Populism has become a global movement associated with nationalism and strong-man politicians, but its root causes remain elusive. Mud, Blood, and Ghosts exposes one deep root in the soil of the American Great Plains. Julie Carr traces her own family's history through archival documents to draw connections between U.S. agrarian populism, spiritualism, and eugenics, helping readers to understand populism's tendency toward racism and exclusion. Carr...
Author
Publisher
Penguin Press
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
1 volume ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"From bestselling and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Steve Coll, the definitive story of the decades-long relationship between the United States and Saddam Hussein, and a deeply researched and news breaking investigation into how human error, cultural miscommunication, and hubris led to one of the greatest geopolitical conflicts of our time When the United States invaded Iraq in 2003, its message was clear: Iraq, under the control of strongman Saddam...
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
1 volume ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"It's an open secret that voters in smaller, less populous states have more electoral power than their urban counterparts, so why are these same voters the most eager to leave behind democratic principles? ... Thomas Schaller and Paul Waldman explore why, with all of this extra influence, these same voters fail to see real benefits, for instance suffering worse health and education outcomes than larger states, and why they are the most likely to rage...
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
1 volume ; 22 cm
Language
English
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Description
"On September 27, 2018, Christine Blasey Ford testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee which was considering the nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the United States Supreme Court. She described an alleged sexual assault by the Supreme Court nominee that took place at a high school party in the 1980s. Her words and courage on that day provided some of the most credible and unforgettable testimony our country has ever witnessed. In One Way...
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
1 volume ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"An intimate study of Abraham Lincoln's powerful vision of democracy, which guided him through the Civil War and is still relevant today-by best-selling historian and three-time winner of the Lincoln Prize Abraham Lincoln grappled with the greatest crisis of democracy that has ever confronted the United States. While many books have been written about his temperament, judgment, and steady hand in guiding the country through the Civil War, we know...
Author
Publisher
Basic Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
518 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"The defining moment of Hubert Humphrey's life occurred on the evening of August 29, 1968, as he rose to accept the nomination as Democratic candidate for president at the International Amphitheater in Chicago. As Humphrey recited what he hoped would be healing verses from St. Francis--"where there is hate, let me sow love"--a contingent of National Guardsman began firing tear gas at thousands of demonstrators outside. "The whole world is watching,"...
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