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Dare Not Linger: The Presidential Years
NELSON MANDELA · Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
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The long-awaited second volume of Nelson Mandela's memoirs, left unfinished at his death and never before available, are here completed and expanded with notes and speeches written by Mandela during his historic presidency, making for a moving sequel to his worldwide bestseller Long Walk... |
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Lords of Secrecy: The National Security Elite and America's Stealth Warfare
Scott Horton · Nation Books
Format: Hardcover
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Forty years ago, a majority of Americans were highly engaged in issues of war and peace. Whether to go to war or keep out of conflicts was a vital question at the heart of the country's vibrant, if fractious, democracy. But American political consciousness has drifted. In the last decade,... |
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John McCain: American Maverick
ELAINE S POVICH · Sterling
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover
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This lavishly illustrated volume provides a compelling look at the life and career of Senator John McCain from his early years to today, exploring his legacy, his impact, and his place in American history. As of January 3, 2018, John Sidney McCain III, one of the most influential statesmen... |
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No Is Not Enough: Resisting Trump's Shock Politics and Winning the World We Need
NAOMI KLEIN · Haymarket Books
Pages: 288
Format: Paperback
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The election of Donald Trump is a dangerous escalation in a world of cascading crises. Trump's vision -- a radical deregulation of the US economy in the interest of corporations, an all-out war on "radical Islamic terrorism," and sweeping aside climate science to unleash a domestic... |
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The Netanyahu Years
BEN CASPIT · Thomas Dunne Books
Pages: 512
Format: Hardcover
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Benjamin Netanyahu is currently serving his fourth term in office as Prime Minister of Israel, the longest serving Prime Minister in the country's history. Now Israeli journalist Ben Caspit puts Netanyahu's life under a magnifying glass, focusing on his last two terms in office. Caspit... |
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A Path Appears: Transforming Lives, Creating Opportunity
Nicholas D. Kristof · Knopf
Format: Hardcover
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An essential, galvanizing narrative about making a difference here and abroad—a road map to becoming the most effective global citizens we can be.In their number one New York Times best seller Half the Sky, husband-and-wife team Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn brought to light struggles... |
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Exploding Data: Reclaiming Our Cyber Security in the Digital Age
MICHAEL CHERTOFF · Atlantic Monthly Press
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
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The most dangerous threat we -- individually and as a society and country -- face today is no longer military, but rather the increasingly pervasive exposure of our personal information; nothing undermines our freedom more than losing control of information about ourselves. And yet, as daily... |
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American Democracy: A Great Leap of Faith
Harry R Rubenstein · Smithsonian Books
Pages: 192
Format: Hardcover
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American Democracy: A Great Leap of Faith is the companion volume to an exhibition at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History that celebrates the bold and radical experiment to test a wholly new form of government. Democracy is still a work in progress, but it is at the core... |
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Social Insecurity: 401
James W. Russell · Beacon Press
Format: Hardcover
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How 401(k) s have gutted retirement security, from charging exorbitant hidden fees to failing to replace the income of traditional pensionsNamed one of PW's Top 10 for Business & Economics A retirement crisis is looming. In 2008, as the 401(k) fallout rippled across the country,... |
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A Legal Guide for Lesbian & Gay Couples
Frederick Hertz · NOLO; Seventeenth Edition edition
Format: Paperback
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Laws affecting LGBT couples are changing rapidly, and while its an exciting time for all gay and lesbian partners, keeping up with the myriad ways the shifting legal landscape touches your family life can be daunting. Now more than ever, its important that you take the proper legal steps... |
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The RDA Workbook: Learning the Basics of Resource Description and Access
Margaret V. Mering · Libraries Unlimited; Pap/Dvdr W edition
Format: Paperback
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Whether a library catalogs its own materials or not, librarians still need to have some understanding of RDA. Designed to be used by academic, public, and school librarians, this is the perfect introduction.* Focuses on the new RDA rules and conventions and their implementation, particularly... |
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Harpoon: Inside the Covert War Against Terrorism's Money Masters
Nitsana Darshan-Leitner · Hachette Books
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover
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NATIONAL BESTSELLER A revelatory account of the cloak-and-dagger Israeli campaign to target the finances fueling terror organizations--an effort that became the blueprint for U.S. efforts to combat threats like ISIS and drug cartels. ISIS boasted $2.4 billion of revenue in 2015, yet for too long... |
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Gorsuch: The Judge Who Speaks for Himself
John Greenya · Threshold Editions
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover
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Learn all about Neil Gorsuch, the youngest judge to be nominated to the Supreme Court in twenty-five years, with this comprehensive and fascinating biography.When forty-nine-year-old Neil Gorsuch was nominated to the Supreme Court by President Donald Trump, he was told by a senator, "We... |
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