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When Lions Roar: The Churchills and the Kennedys
Thomas Maier · Crown
Pages: 767
Format: Book
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The first comprehensive history of the deeply entwined personal and public lives of the Churchills and the Kennedys and what their "special relationship" meant for Great Britain and the United States When Lions Roar begins in the mid-1930s at Chartwell, Winston Churchill's country... |
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Haters: Harassment, Abuse, and Violence Online
Bailey Shoemaker Richards · Potomac Books
Pages: 312
Format: Print book
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Cybersexism is rampant and can exact an astonishingly high cost. In some cases, the final result is suicide. Bullying, stalking, and trolling are just the beginning. Extreme examples such as GamerGate get publicized, but otherwise the online abuse of women is largely underreported. Haters... |
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The Fortunes of Africa: A 5000-Year History of Wealth, Greed, and Endeavor
Martin Meredith · PublicAffairs; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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Africa has been coveted for its riches ever since the era of the Pharaohs. In past centuries, it was the lure of gold, ivory, and slaves that drew fortune-seekers, merchant-adventurers, and conquerors from afar. In modern times, the focus of attention is on oil, diamonds, and other valuable... |
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Vanishing New York: How a Great City Lost Its Soul
JEREMIAH MOSS · Dey Street Books
Pages: 480
Format: Hardcover
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"ESSENTIAL READING FOR FANS OF JANE JACOBS, JOSEPH MITCHELL, PATTI SMITH, LUC SANTE AND CHEAP PIEROGI."--VANITY FAIRAn unflinching chronicle of gentrification in the twenty-first century and a love letter to lost New York by the creator of the popular and incendiary blog Vanishing... |
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Democracy: Stories from the Long Road to Freedom
Condoleezza Rice · Twelve
Pages: 496
Format: Hardcover
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p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Arial} From the former secretary of state and bestselling author -- a sweeping look at the global struggle for democracy and why America must continue to support the cause of human freedom.From the end of the Cold War and the collapse... |
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Who is Hillary Clinton?: Two Decades of Answers from the Left
Richard Kreitner · I.B. Tauris
Pages: 372
Format: Print book
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"She's a radical feminist. She's just a wife. She's Emma Goldman in a pantsuit. She's a corporate sellout. She's a liberal. She's conservative. She'll move all women forward. Yeah, right: The only woman she cares about is herself." -- from Katha Pollitt's introduction Who is Hillary... |
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Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis
J D Vance · Harper
Pages: 264
Format: Hardcover
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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER, NAMED BY THE TIMES AS ONE OF "6 BOOKS TO HELP UNDERSTAND TRUMP'S WIN" AND SOON TO BE A MAJOR-MOTION PICTURE DIRECTED BY RON HOWARD "You will not read a more important book about America this year." - The Economist "A riveting book."... |
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The girl with seven names : a escape from North Korea
Hyeonseo Lee · William Collins
Pages: 304
Format: Print book
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In 1997 the author, aged 17, escaped North Korea for China. Her mother's first words over the telephone to her lost daughter were "don't come back". The reprisals for all of them would have been lethal. Twelve years later she returned to the North Korean border in a daring... |
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Real American: A Memoir
JULIE LYTHCOTT-HAIMS · Henry Holt and Co.
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
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A fearless debut memoir in which beloved and bestselling How to Raise an Adult author Julie Lythcott-Haims pulls no punches in her recollections of growing up a biracial black woman in America.Bringing a poetic sensibility to her prose to stunning effect, Lythcott-Haims briskly and stirringly... |
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Our Revolution: A Future to Believe In
Anonymous. · St Martin'S Press
Pages: 304
Format: Print book
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Throughout the Presidential campaign, Bernie Sanders galvanized voters with his progressive platform and vision for America. In the book, Sanders shares experiences from the campaign trail and outlines his ideas for continuing a political revolution to fight for a progressive economic,... |
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Churchill and Orwell: The Fight for Freedom
Thomas E Ricks · Penguin Press
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover
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From #1 New York Times bestselling author Thomas E. Ricks, a dual biography of Winston Churchill and George Orwell, whose farsighted vision and inspired action preserved democracy from the threats of authoritarianism, from the left and right alikeBoth George Orwell and Winston Churchill... |
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I Like Ike: The Presidential Election of 1952
John Robert Greene · University Press of Kansas
Pages: 254
Format: Paperback
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When the 1952 presidential election campaign began, many assumed it would be a race between Harry Truman, seeking his second full term, and Robert A. Taft, son of a former president and, to many of his fellow partisans, "Mr. Republican." No one imagined the party standard bearers... |
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iWar: War and Peace in the Information Age
Bill Gertz · Threshold Editions
Pages: 364
Format: Print book
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New York Times bestselling author and veteran Washington Times columnist explains how the United States can beat China, Russia, Iran, and ISIS in the coming information-technology wars.America is at war, but most of its citizens don't know it. Covert information warfare is being waged by world... |
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A Fighting Chance
Elizabeth Warren · Metropolitan Books
Pages: 365
Format: Hardcover
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A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER An unlikely political star tells the inspiring story of the two-decade journey that taught her how Washington really works -- and really doesn't -- in A Fighting ChanceAs a child in small-town Oklahoma, Elizabeth Warren yearned to go to college and then become... |
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