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Walk in Their Shoes: Can One Person Change the World?
Jim Ziolkowski · Simon & Schuster; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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THE STORY OF REAL CHANGE CAN START WITH JUST ONE PERSON Twenty-one years ago, Jim Ziolkowski gave up a fast-track career in corporate finance to dedicate his life to buildOn, an organization that turns inner-city teens into community leaders at home and abroad. He set out to show not that... |
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Confronting Capitalism: Real Solutions for a Troubled Economic System
Philip Kotler · AMACOM--American Management Association, 2015.
Pages: 256
Format: Print book
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With the fall of the Berlin Wall, one economic model emerged triumphant. Capitalism - spanning a spectrum from laissez faire to authoritarian - shapes the market economies of all the wealthiest and fastest-growing nations. But trouble is cracking its shiny veneer. In the U.S., Europe, and Japan,... |
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Unprecedented: The Election That Changed Everything
Thomas Lake · Melcher Media
Pages: 288
Format: Print book
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Unprecedented's second printing features a new cover for the inauguration, with an exclusive portrait of the president-elect.Packed with exclusive photojournalism and new revelations straight from the front lines, Unprecedented: The Election That Changed Everything chronicles the most hard-... |
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Supercharged Storytimes: An Early Literacy Planning and Assessment Guide
Kathleen Campana · Amer Library Association, 2015.
Pages: 176
Format: Print book
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Based on the groundbreaking research of VIEWS2 the first systematic study of storytimes done to date this book recommends simple interactive ways to emphasize early literacy techniques and encourage children to use and practice their pre-reading skills while preserving the delight inherent... |
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The Undocumented Mark Steyn
Mark Steyn · Regnery Publishing; 1st edition
Format: Hardcover
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Hes brash, brilliant, and drawn to controversy like a moth to a flame. For decades, Mark Steyn has dazzled readers around the world with his raucous wit and brutal honesty. Whether hes sounding off on the tyranny of political correctness, the existential threat of Islamic extremism, the nationalization... |
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The Watergate: Inside America's Most Infamous Address
JOSEPH RODOTA · William Morrow
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover
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In the vein of The Residence and This Town, this absorbing history features a remarkable cast of politicians, journalists, socialites, and spies who made the Watergate the most famous - and some say infamous - private address in Washington.Opened in 1965 and located along the Potomac River... |
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The White Devil's Daughters: The Fight Against Slavery in San Francisco's Chinatown
Julia Flynn Siler · Knopf
Pages: 448
Format: Hardcover
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A revelatory history of the trafficking of young Asian girls that flourished in San Francisco during the first century of Chinese immigration (1848-1943) and the "safe house" on the edge of Chinatown that became a refuge for those seeking their freedomFrom 1874, a house on the edge... |
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The World as It Is: A Memoir of the Obama White House
BEN RHODES · Random House
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover
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From one of Obama's closest aides comes a revelatory, behind-the-scenes account of his presidency - and how idealism can confront harsh reality and still survive - in the tradition of Arthur Schlesinger, Jr.'s A Thousand Days: John F. Kennedy in the White House. For nearly ten years,... |
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Reading with Patrick: A Teacher, a Student, and a Life-Changing Friendship
Michelle Kuo · Random House
Pages: 296
Format: Hardcover
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A memoir of race, inequality, and the power of literature told through the life-changing friendship between an idealistic young teacher and her gifted student, jailed for murder in the Mississippi Delta "Reading with Patrick could be the most affecting book you'll read this year."... |
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Rising Star: The Making of Barack Obama
DAVID GARROW · William Morrow
Pages: 960
Format: Hardcover
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERRising Star is the definitive account of Barack Obama's formative years that made him the man who became the forty-fourth president of the United States - from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Bearing the CrossBarack Obama's speech at the 2004 Democratic National... |
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17 Carnations: The Royals, the Nazis, and the Biggest Cover-Up in History
Andrew Morton · Grand Central Publishing
Pages: 370
Format: Hardcover
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For fans of the Netflix series The Crown, a meticulously researched historical tour de force about the secret ties among Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, the Duke of Windsor, and Adolf Hitler before, during, and after World War II.Andrew Morton tells the story of the feckless Edward... |
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The Two-State Delusion: Israel and Palestine – A Tale of Two Narratives
Padraig O'Malley · Viking; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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"A thoughtful autopsy of the failed two-state paradigm . . . Evenhanded, diplomatic, mutually respectful and enormously useful." - Kirkus, starred reviewDisputes over settlements, the right of return, the rise of Hamas, recognition of Israel as a Jewish state, and other intractable... |
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Overload: Finding the Truth in Today's Deluge of News
BOB SCHIEFFER · Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Pages: 190
Format: Hardcover
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We are in the midst of a communications revolution. We have access to more information than any people in history. But are we more informed or just overwhelmed by so much information we can't process? In Overload, legendary television journalist Bob Schieffer examines today's journalism... |
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