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Barack and Joe: The Making of an Extraordinary Partnership
Steven Levingston · Hachette Books
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover
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A vivid and inspiring account of the "bromance" between Barack Obama and Joe Biden.The extraordinary partnership of Barack Obama and Joe Biden is unique in American history. The two men, their characters and styles sharply contrasting, formed a dynamic working relationship that... |
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American Radicals: How Nineteenth-Century Protest Shaped the Nation
Holly Jackson · Crown
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover
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A dynamic, timely history of nineteenth-century activists - free-lovers and socialists, abolitionists and vigilantes - and the social revolution they sparked in the turbulent Civil War era"In the tradition of Howard Zinn's people's histories, American Radicals reveals a forgotten... |
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Border Wars: Inside Trump's Assault on Immigration
Hirschfeld Davis, Julie · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
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Two New York Times Washington correspondents provide an inside account with never-before-told stories of the defining issue of Donald Trump's presidency: his steadfast opposition to immigration to the US.As his campaign rhetoric in the 2018 midterms demonstrated, no issue matters more... |
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Represent Yourself in Court: Prepare & Try a Winning Civil Case
Bergman, Paul · NOLO
Pages: 552
Format: Paperback
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How to prepare and present a winning civil court case Many disputes are too big for small claims court but too small to justify a lawyer's fee. Fortunately, if you are willing to learn the courtroom ropes, you can successfully handle your own case from start to finish. Represent Yourself... |
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Melania and Michelle: First Ladies in a New Era
Vigil, Tammy R. · Red Lightning Books
Pages: 216
Format: Hardcover
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At home or at the podium, the First Lady is uniquely poised to serve as advisor, confidant, and campaigner, with the power to shape American political and social conversation. At first blush, First Ladies Michelle Obama and Melania Trump appear categorically different from each other; however,... |
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Crisis of Conscience: Whistleblowing in an Age of Fraud
Tom Mueller · Riverhead Books
Pages: 608
Format: Hardcover
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"A call to arms and to action, for anyone with a conscience, anyone alarmed about the decline of our democracy." - New York Times-bestselling author Wendell Potter"Powerful...His extensively reported tales of individual whistleblowers and their often cruel fates are compelling...They... |
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Here We Are: American Dreams, American Nightmares
Shahani, Aarti Namdev · Celadon Books
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover
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A heartfelt memoir about the immigrant experience from NPR correspondent Aarti Shahani.Who really belongs in America? That question has chased every newcomer and many native born since the founding of the republic. In this heart-wrenching, vulnerable and witty memoir, journalist Aarti Shahani... |
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Permanent Record
Edward Snowden · Metropolitan Books
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLEREdward Snowden, the man who risked everything to expose the US government's system of mass surveillance, reveals for the first time the story of his life, including how he helped to build that system and what motivated him to try to bring it down.In 2013, twenty-nine-year-old... |
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The Accidental President: Chester A. Arthur
Pafford, John M. · Regnery History
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover
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When he was nominated as vice president on the 1880 Republican ticket, Chester Alan Arthur had never held elected office. Expectations of him - or of the vice presidential office - were virtually non-existant. Years earlier in 1839, Daniel Webster had turned down the vice presidency with... |
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