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Conform: Exposing the Truth About Common Core and Public Education
Glenn Beck · Threshold editions/Mercury Radio Arts, 2014.
Pages: 272
Format: Print book
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PUBLIC EDUCATION IS NEVER MENTIONED IN THE CONSTITUTION. WHY? BECAUSE OUR FOUNDERS KNEW THAT IT WAS AN ISSUE FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS--NOT THE FEDERAL ONE. It's not a coincidence that the more the federal government has inserted itself into public education over the years, the worse... |
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Listen, Liberal: Or, What Ever Happened to the Party of the People?
Thomas Frank · Metropolitan Books
Pages: 305
Format: Print book
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From the bestselling author of What's the Matter With Kansas, a scathing look at the standard-bearers of liberal politics -- a book that asks: what's the matter with Democrats?It is a widespread belief among liberals that if only Democrats can continue to dominate national elections, if only... |
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Debriefing the President: The Interrogation of Saddam Hussein
John Nixon · Blue Rider Press
Pages: 242
Format: Print book
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Set for release on the 10th anniversary of Saddam Hussein's execution, a riveting, revealing and newsmaking account of the CIA's interrogation of Saddam, written by the CIA agent who conducted the questioning. In December 2003, after one of the largest, most aggressive manhunts in history,... |
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Blood in the water : the Attica prison uprising of 1971 and its legacy
Heather Ann Thompson · Pantheon
Pages: 752
Format: Print book
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The first definitive account of the infamous 1971 Attica prison uprising, the state's violent response, and the victims' decades-long quest for justice - including information never released to the public - published to coincide with the forty-fifth anniversary of this historic event.On... |
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When to Rob a Bank: ...And 131 More Warped Suggestions and Well-Intended Rants
Steven D. Levitt · William Morrow
Pages: 400
Format: Print book
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In celebration of the 10th anniversary of the landmark book Freakonomics comes this curated collection from the most readable economics blog in the universe. It's the perfect solution for the millions of readers who love all things Freakonomics. Surprising and erudite, eloquent and witty,... |
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Earning the Rockies: How Geography Shapes America's Role in the World
Robert D Kaplan · Random House
Pages: 224
Format: Print book
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A concise and deeply moving portrait of the American landscape from coast to coast, Earning the Rockies offers a detailed and pragmatic framework for our foreign policy by examining the specific geography from which American power springs. As a boy, Kaplan listened to his truck-driver father... |
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A Higher Loyalty: Truth, Lies, and Leadership
JAMES COMEY · Flatiron Books
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
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In his forthcoming book, former FBI director James Comey shares his never-before-told experiences from some of the highest-stakes situations of his career in the past two decades of American government, exploring what good, ethical leadership looks like, and how it drives sound decisions.... |
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Freedom of Speech: Mightier Than the Sword
David K. Shipler · Knopf Publishing Group
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover
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A provocative, timely assessment of the state of free speech in America With his best seller The Working Poor, Pulitzer Prize winner and former New York Times veteran David K. Shipler cemented his place among our most trenchant social commentators. Now he turns his incisive reporting to a critical... |
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This Fight Is Our Fight: The Battle to Save America's Middle Class
Elizabeth Warren · Metropolitan Books
Pages: 337
Format: Hardcover
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#1 New York Times bestsellerThe 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 itSenator Elizabeth Warren has long been an outspoken champion of America's... |
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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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Together We Rise: Behind the Scenes at the Protest Heard Around the World
CONDE NAST & THE WOMEN'S MARCH. · Dey Street Books
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
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WITH ESSAYS BY: ROWAN BLANCHARD * SENATOR TAMMY DUCKWORTH * AMERICA FERRARA * ROXANE GAY * ILANA GLAZER * ASHLEY JUDD * VALARIE KAUR * CINDI LEIVE * DAVID REMNICK * JILL SOLOWAY * YARA SHAHIDI * JIA TOLENTINO * CONGRESSWOMAN MAXINE WATERS * ELAINE WELTEROTH * JOSE ANTONIO... |
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Stop the Coming Civil War: My Savage Truth
Michael Savage · Center St
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
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In his trademark in-your-face style, bestselling author and top conservative talk-show host, Michael Savage has a lot to say about the state of the country in STOP THE COMING CIVIL WAR. According to Michael Savage, OUR NATION IS IN REAL TROUBLE and the seeds of a second conflagration have... |
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The Nixon Tapes: 1971–1972
Douglas Brinkley · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2014.
Pages: 758
Format: Print book
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The famous -- and infamous -- Nixon White House tapes that reveal forthe first time President Richard Nixon uncensored, unfiltered, and in hisown wordsPresident Nixon's voice-activated taping system captured every wordspoken in the Oval Office, Cabinet Room, and other key locations... |
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