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Man Enough?: Hillary Clinton and the Politics of Presidential Masculinity
Jackson Katz · Olive Branch Press
Pages: 320
Format: Print book
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WHY HAS THE U.S. NEVER HAD A WOMAN PRESIDENT?The big story about gender in the 2016 presidential year was supposed to be about Hillary Clinton, and her quest to become the first woman president of the United States. Then Donald Trump s candidacy for the Republican nomination took off, and the narrative... |
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My Turn: Hillary Clinton Targets the Presidency
Doug Henwood · Seven Stories Press
Pages: 208
Format: Print book
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Hillary Clinton is running for the presidency with a message of hope and change. But, as Doug Henwood makes clear in this concise, devastating indictment, little trust can be placed in her campaign promises. Rigorously reviewing her record, Henwood shows how Clinton's positions on key issues... |
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Transparent Government: What It Means and How You Can Make It Happen
Donald Gordon · Prometheus Books, 2014.
Pages: 273
Format: Paperback
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Provides a blueprint for more effective government and greater citizen participation."Transparency" has become the new mantra of politicians and pundits alike. But what does it mean in practice? In this informative, clearly written book community activist Donald Gordon defines... |
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The Making of Black Lives Matter: A Brief History of an Idea
Christopher J Lebron · Oxford University Press
Pages: 216
Format: Hardcover
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Started in the wake of George Zimmerman's 2013 acquittal in the death of Trayvon Martin, the #BlackLivesMatter movement has become a powerful and uncompromising campaign demanding redress for the brutal and unjustified treatment of black bodies by law enforcement in the United States.... |
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Old School: Life in the Sane Lane
ANONYMOUS. · Holt, Henry & Company, Inc.
Pages: 192
Format: Print book
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Old School is in session....You have probably heard the term Old School, but what you might not know is that there is a concentrated effort to tear that school down.It's a values thing. The anti-Old School forces believe the traditional way of looking at life is oppressive. Not inclusive.... |
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More on War
Martin L Van Creveld · Oxford University Press
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover
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"War is the most important thing in the world," writes Martin van Creveld, military historian and author of the monumental work, The Rise and Decline of the State. The survival of every country, government, and individual is ultimately dependent on war - or the ability to wage... |
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Living Black: Social Life in an African American Neighborhood
Mark S Fleisher · The University of Wisconsin Press,
Pages: 176
Format: Print book
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Living Black breaks the stereotype of poor African American neighborhoods as dysfunctional ghettos of helpless and hopeless people. Despite real and enduring poverty, the community described here - the historic North End of Champaign, Illinois - has a vibrant social life and strong ties... |
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Havana without Makeup: Inside the Soul of the City
HERMAN PORTOCARERO · Turtle Point Press
Pages: 304
Format: Paperback
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"The story Portocarero weaves here is rich and fascinating, and vital to understanding an often mysterious place." - Patrick Oppmann, CNN Havana Correspondent and Bureau Chief Havana without Makeup is the ultimate insider's view of Havana, a wide-ranging exploration of its complex... |
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If You Can Keep It: The Forgotten Promise of American Liberty
Eric Metaxas · Viking
Pages: 260
Format: Print book
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#1 New York Times bestselling author Eric Metaxas delivers an extraordinary book that is part history and part rousing call to arms, steeped in a critical analysis of our founding fathers' original intentions for America.In 1787, when the Constitution was drafted, a woman asked Ben Franklin... |
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Digital Keywords: A Vocabulary of Information Society and Culture
Benjamin Peters · Princeton University Press
Pages: 352
Format: Print book
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In the age of search, keywords increasingly organize research, teaching, and even thought itself. Inspired by Raymond Williams's 1976 classic "Keywords, " the timely collection "Digital Keywords" gathers pointed, provocative short essays on more than two dozen keywords... |
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I Work At A Public Library: A Collection of Crazy Stories from the Stacks
Gina Sheridan · Adams Media Corporation
Pages: 157
Format: Paperback
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Straight from the library--the strange and bizarre, ready to be checked out!From a patron's missing wetsuit to the scent of crab cakes wafting through the stacks, I Work at a Public Library showcases the oddities that have come across Gina Sheridan's circulation desk. Throughout... |
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