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Poetry and Power: John F. Kennedy's Vision for America
STEPHEN KENNEDY SMITH · Harper Pages: 493 Format: Hardcover
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Published in commemoration of the centennial of President John F. Kennedy's birth, here is the definitive compendium of JFK's most important and brilliant speeches, accompanied by commentary and reflections by leading American and international figures - including Senator Elizabeth Warren,... |
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Untitled on HRC
Jonathan Allen · Crown Pages: 448 Format: Print book
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It was never supposed to be this close. And of course she was supposed to win. How Hillary Clinton lost the 2016 election to Donald Trump is the tragic story of a sure thing gone off the rails. For every Comey revelation or hindsight acknowledgment about the electorate, no explanation of defeat... |
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Big Agenda: President Trump's Plan to Save America
David Horowitz · Humanix Books Pages: 208 Format: Hardcover
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Donald Trump's victory in the 2016 election was more than a historic upset. It was the beginning of a major political, economic, and social revolution that will change America - and the world.One of the nation's foremost conservative commentators, New York Times bestselling author, and a mentor... |
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Dear Ijeawele, or A Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions
CHIMAMANDA NGOZI ADICHIE · ALFRED A KNOPF Pages: 80 Format: Print book
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From the best-selling author of Americanah and We Should All Be Feminists comes a powerful new statement about feminism today--written as a letter to a friend. A few years ago, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie received a letter from a dear friend from childhood, asking her how to raise her baby... |
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Substitute : going to school with a thousand children.
Nicholson Baker · Penguin Books Pages: 736 Format: Print book
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In 2014, after a brief orientation course and a few fingerprinting sessions, Nicholson Baker became an on-call substitute teacher in a Maine public school district. He awoke to the dispatcher's five-forty a.m. phone call and headed to one of several nearby schools; when he got there, he did his best... |
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Legal Guide for Lesbian & Gay Couples, A
Frederick Hertz · Nolo Pages: 456 Format: Print book
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Laws affecting LGBT couples are changing rapidly, and while it's 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, it's important that you take the proper... |
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Gender Failure
Ivan E. Coyote · Arsenal Pulp Press Format: Paperback
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Being a girl was something that never really happened for me.—Rae SpoonIvan E. Coyote and Rae Spoon are accomplished, award-winning writers, musicians, and performers they are also both admitted gender failures. In their first collaborative book, Ivan and Rae explore and expose their... |
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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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Democracy in Black: How Race Still Enslaves the American Soul
Eddie S. Glaude Jr. · Broadway Books Pages: 304 Format: Print book
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A powerful polemic on the state of black America that savages the idea of a post-racial society America's great promise of equality has always rung hollow in the ears of African Americans. But today the situation has grown even more dire. From the murders of black youth by the police,... |
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ISIS: An Introduction and Guide to the Islamic State
Brian L. Steed · ABC-CLIO Pages: 197 Format: Hardcover
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ISIS also referred to as ISIL, the Islamic State, or Daesh began to assert its power and gain recognition for its militant and terroristic activities in April 2013. After the coordinated attacks in Paris on November 13th, 2015, ISIS has captured the full attention of observers in the West.... |
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The American Spirit: Who We Are and What We Stand For
DAVID MCCULLOUGH · SIMON & SCHUSTER Pages: 176 Format: Print book
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A timely collection of speeches by David McCullough, the most honored historian in the United States - winner of two Pulitzer Prizes, two National Book Awards, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom, among many others - that reminds us of fundamental American principles.Over the course of his distinguished... |
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Al Franken, Giant of the Senate
Al Franken · Grand Central Publishing Pages: 304 Format: Hardcover
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From the #1 bestselling author - the story of an award-winning comedian who decided to run for office and then discovered why award-winning comedians tend not to do that. AL FRANKEN, GIANT OF THE SENATE is a book about an unlikely campaign that had an even more improbable ending: the closest... |
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This Fight Is Our Fight: The Battle to Save America's Middle Class
Elizabeth Warren · Henry Holt Pages: 352 Format: Print book
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The fiery U. S. Senator from Massachusetts and bestselling author offers a passionate, inspiring book about why our middle class is under siege and how we can win the fight to save it
Senator Elizabeth Warren has long been an outspoken champion of America's middle class, and by the time... |
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Five Easy Theses: Commonsense Solutions to America's Greatest Economic Challenges
James Martin Stone · Houghton Mifflin Pages: 288 Format: Print book
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A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A business leader and esteemed economic thinker outlines simple solutions to America's five most pressing public policy issues, from healthcare to education to inequality. America today confronts a host of urgent problems, many of them seemingly intractable,... |
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