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The U.S. House of Representatives: Fundamentals of American Government
Matthew Spieler · Thomas Dunne Books
Pages: 192
Format: Hardcover |
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The third book in the Fundamentals of American Government civics series explores the inner workings of this important part of the legislative branch. As with Selecting a President and The U.S. Senate, this book is written for all audiences, but voiced toward high school seniors and college... |
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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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Hillary's America
Dinesh D'Souza · Regnery Publishing
Pages: 294
Format: Print book |
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Dinesh D'Souza has a warning: We are on the brink of losing our country forever. After eight years of Obama, four years -- or possibly eight years -- of Hillary Clinton as president of the United States would so utterly transform America as to make it unrecognizable. No more will America... |
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The Last Thousand: One School's Promise in a Nation at War
Jeffrey E Stern · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 325
Format: Print book |
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There, a few thousand students are learning not just to read and write and add, but to question, criticize, make provocative art. To sing, poke fun at one another, to protest. The Teacher named the school "Marefat" because it means "knowledge" but also all its derivatives:... |
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Social Security Handbook 2015: Overview of Social Security Programs
Social Security Administration · Bernan Press |
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The Social Security Handbook: Overview of Social Security Programs, 2015 provides information about Social Security programs and services, and identifies rights and obligations under the Social Security laws. The handbook also contains information about related programs administered by agencies... |
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Handcuffed: What Holds Policing Back, and the Keys to Reform
Malcolm K Sparrow · Brookings Institution Press
Pages: 262
Format: Print book |
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Whatever happened to community and problem-oriented policing? How the current crisis in policing can be traced to failures of reform.The police shooting of an unarmed young black man in the St. Louis suburb of Ferguson, Missouri, in August 2014 sparked riots and the beginning of a national... |
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Shame: How America’s Past Sins Have Polarized Our Country
Shelby Steele · Basic Books
Format: Hardcover |
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The United States today is hopelessly polarized the political Right and Left have hardened into rigid and deeply antagonistic camps, preventing any sort of progress. Amid the bickering and inertia, the promise of the 1960swhen we came together as a nation to fight for equality and universal... |
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Year of Programs for Millennials and More
Amy J Alessio , · Amer Library Assn Editions |
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Needless to say, programming for teens can be a dubious fit for library users in their 20s; and what appeals to Baby Boomers isn't necessarily ideal for those in their 30s and 40s. Millennials deserve their own programs. This handy guide specifically targets those on the cusp of the born-digital... |
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