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Six Amendments: How and Why We Should Change the Constitution
John Paul Stevens · Little, Brown and Company
Format: Hardcover |
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For the first time ever, a retired Supreme Court Justice offers a manifesto on how the Constitution needs to change. By the time of his retirement in June 2010, John Paul Stevens had become the second longest serving Justice in the history of the Supreme Court. Now he draws upon his more... |
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Heretic: Why Islam Needs a Reformation Now
Ayaan Hirsi Ali · Harper
Format: Audiobook |
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Continuing her journey from a deeply religious Islamic upbringing to a post at Harvard, the brilliant, charismatic and controversial New York Times and Globe and Mail 1 bestselling author of Infidel and Nomad makes a powerful plea for a Muslim Reformation as the only way to end the horrors... |
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Enough: Our Fight to Keep America Safe from Gun Violence
Gabrielle Giffords · Scribner
Format: Hardcover |
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Former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords-- disabled from an assassination attempt in Tucson, Arizona-- and her husband, astronaut Mark Kelly, share their impassioned argument for responsible gun ownership and more responsible gun control laws, despite being gun owners and staunch supporters... |
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Putin's Kleptocracy: Who Owns Russia?
Karen Dawisha · Simon & Schuster; 1St Edition edition
Format: Hardcover |
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The raging question in the world today is who is the real Vladimir Putin and what are his intentions. Karen Dawishas brilliant Putins Kleptocracy provides an answer, describing how Putin got to power, the cabal he brought with him, the billions they have looted, and his plan to restore... |
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Apps for Librarians: Using the Best Mobile Technology to Educate, Create, and Engage
Nicole Hennig · Libraries Unlimited
Pages: 197
Format: Print book |
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Smartphones and other mobile devices that support downloadable applications - universally referred to as "apps" - can be used to foster productivity, conduct research, or read and study. Additionally, savvy librarians can better serve their communities by gaining expertise in mobile... |
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The Utopia of Rules: On Technology, Stupidity, and the Secret Joys of Bureaucracy
David Graeber · Melville House
Format: Hardcover |
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From the author of the international bestseller Debt: The First 5,000 Years comes a revelatory account of the way bureaucracy rules our lives Where does the desire for endless rules, regulations, and bureaucracy come from? How did we come to spend so much of our time filling out forms?... |
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Hands Off My Gun: Defeating the Plot to Disarm America
Dana Loesch · Center Street
Format: Hardcover |
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Respected conservative talk show host, blogger and TV commentator Dana Loesch gives her views on the history and intent of the Second Amendment and discusses what she believes gun confiscation would mean to Americans basic rights as citizens. How many people in America today are truly well-versed... |
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Library Services for Adults in the 21st Century
Elsie Okobi · Libraries Unlimited
Pages: 300
Format: Paperback |
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Public librarians are directly responsible for providing a large proportion of the American population with access to the Internet and guidance in obtaining important government information. Effectively servicing today's adult library users is already a pressing need, and will only... |
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One Nation: What We Can All Do to Save America's Future
Ben Carson · Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover |
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Dear Reader, In February 2013 I gave a speech at the National Prayer Breakfast. Standing a few feet from President Obama, I warned my fellow citizens of the dangers facing our country and called for a return to the principles that made America great.Many Americans heard and responded, but our nation's... |
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Success with Library Volunteers
Leslie Edmonds Holt · Libraries Unlimited
Format: Paperback |
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In these tough economic times, librarians must maximize the potential of their volunteer programs. This innovative guide not only provides readers with the practical information they need to recruit, manage, and retain effective volunteers, but also demonstrates how to create a dynamic... |
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Countdown to Zero Day: Stuxnet and the Launch of the World's First Digital Weapon
Kim Zetter · Broadway Books
Format: Print book |
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Top cybersecurity journalist Kim Zetter tells the story behind the virus that sabotaged Iran’s nuclear efforts and shows how its existence has ushered in a new age of warfare—one in which a digital attack can have the same destructive capability as a megaton bomb. In January... |
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Hillary's America
Dinesh D'Souza · Regnery Publishing
Pages: 294
Format: Print book |
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Dinesh D'Souza has a warning: We are on the brink of losing our country forever. After eight years of Obama, four years -- or possibly eight years -- of Hillary Clinton as president of the United States would so utterly transform America as to make it unrecognizable. No more will America... |
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The Secret State: A History of Intelligence and Espionage
John Hughes-Wilson · Pegasus Books
Pages: 528
Format: Print book |
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A ground-breaking history of intelligence -- from its classical origins to the onset of the surveillance state in the digital age -- that lifts the veil of secrecy from this clandestine world. Comprehensive and authoritative, The Secret State skillfully examines the potential pitfalls of the traditional... |
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