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The Sociology Book
Christopher Thorpe · DK Publishing
Pages: 352
Format: Print book
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The Sociology Book takes on some of humankind's biggest questions: What is society? What makes it tick? Why do we interact in the way that we do with our friends, coworkers, and rivals? The Sociology Book profiles the world's most renowned sociologists and more than 100 of their... |
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Terrorism: The Essential Reference Guide
Colin P Clarke · ABC-CLIO
Pages: 346
Format: Hardcover
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This reference is essential reading for anyone attempting to understand modern terrorism by studying the arc of terrorism throughout history, from anarchists to Al Qaeda, ISIS, and beyond. * Provides readers with an overview of how terrorism has changed over time and what new threats may be on the horizon*... |
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#NeverAgain: A New Generation Draws the Line
DAVID HOGG · Random House Trade Paperbacks
Pages: 128
Format: Paperback
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From two students of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School comes a declaration for our times, and an in-depth look at the making of the #NeverAgain movement that arose after the Parkland, Florida, shooting.On February 14, 2018, seventeen-year-old David Hogg and his fourteen-year-old sister,... |
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Beautiful Country Burn Again: Democracy, Rebellion, and Revolution
BEN FOUNTAIN · Ecco
Pages: 448
Format: Hardcover
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"Ben Fountain's BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY BURN AGAIN is the bravest, boldest, most bracing political book of the year." -Bill Moyers In a sweeping work of reportage set over the course of 2016, New York Times bestselling author Ben Fountain recounts a surreal year of politics... |
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God Save Texas: A Journey into the Soul of the Lone Star State
Lawrence Wright · Knopf
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover
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With humor and the biting insight of a native, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Looming Tower explores the history, culture, and politics of Texas, while holding the stereotypes up for rigorous scrutiny.
God Save Texas is a journey through the most controversial... |
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First in Line: Presidents, Vice Presidents, and the Pursuit of Power
KATE ANDERSEN BROWER · Harper
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover
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From the author of the New York Times bestsellers First Women and The Residence, an intimate, news-making look at the men who are next in line to the most powerful office in the world - the vice presidents of the modern era - from Richard Nixon to Joe Biden to Mike Pence. Vice... |
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Defining Documents in American History: The 1970s
Salem Press · Salem Press
Pages: 500
Format: Print book
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This important resource provides students and researchers new insights into the 1970s in the U.S., through an in-depth analysis of forty important primary source documents and their lasting effect on American history. |
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Collusion: Secret Meetings, Dirty Money, and How Russia Helped Donald Trump Win
LUKE HARDING · Vintage
Pages: 368
Format: Paperback
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With the recent indictments of Paul Manafort, Richard Gates, and George Papadopoulos, Russia expert Luke Harding lays out the most in-depth look to date at the Trump campaign's dealings with Russia. Beginning with a meeting with Christopher Steele, the man behind the shattering dossier... |
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The Matriarch: Barbara Bush and the Making of an American Dynasty
Susan Page · Twelve
Pages: 432
Format: Hardcover
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A vivid biography of former First Lady Barbara Bush, one of the most influential and under-appreciated women in American political history.
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Eleanor Roosevelt, Volume 3: The War Years and After, 1939-1962
Blanche Wiesen Cook · Viking
Pages: 688
Format: Print book
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"Outstanding ... A winning concluding volume in a series that does for Eleanor Roosevelt what Robert Caro has done for Lyndon Johnson." -Kirkus Reviews, Starred Review
The final volume in the definitive biography of America's greatest first lady.
Historians,... |
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The Conservative Sensibility
George F. Will · Hachette Books
Pages: 640
Format: Hardcover
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
From the Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist, an "astonishing" and "enthralling" (BOOKLIST ) new examination of how the Founders' belief in natural rights created a great American political tradition--"easily... |
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The Soul of America: The Battle for Our Better Angels
JON MEACHAM · Random House
Pages: 416
Format: Hardcover
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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jon Meacham helps us understand the present moment in American politics and life by looking back at critical times in our history when hope overcame division and fear.
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NPR * The... |
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Breathe: A Letter to My Sons
Imani Perry · Beacon Press
Pages: 184
Format: Hardcover
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Explores the terror, grace, and beauty of coming of age as a Black person in contemporary America and what it means to parent our children in a persistently unjust world.
Emotionally raw and deeply reflective, Imani Perry issues an unflinching challenge to society to see Black children... |
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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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