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Them: Why We Hate Each Other--and How to Heal
Ben Sasse · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover
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From the New York Times bestselling author of The Vanishing American Adult, an intimate and urgent assessment of the existential crisis facing our nation.Our culture has always had tribalism. Different political parties, preferred media outlets, and shifts in positions when politically... |
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How Democracies Die
STEVE LEVITSKY · Crown
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER"Comprehensive, enlightening, and terrifyingly timely." - New York Times Book Review"Cool and persuasive... How Democracies Die comes at exactly the right moment." - The Washington PostDonald Trump's presidency has raised a question that many... |
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From the Corner of the Oval
REBECCA DOREY-STEIN · Spiegel & Grau
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover
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The compulsively readable, behind-the-scenes memoir that takes readers inside the Obama White House, through the eyes of a young staffer learning the ropes, falling in love, and finding her place in the world. In 2012, Beck Dorey-Stein was just scraping by in DC when a posting on Craigslist... |
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The Defender: How the Legendary Black Newspaper Changed America
Ethan Michaeli · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 633
Format: Print book
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"An extraordinary history ... Deeply researched, elegantly written ... a towering achievement that will not be soon forgotten." - Brent Staples, New York Times Book Review Giving voice to the voiceless, the Chicago Defender condemned Jim Crow, catalyzed the Great Migration,... |
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The Purpose-Based Library: Finding Your Path to Survival, Success, and Growth
John J. Huber · Neal-Schuman Publishers
Format: Print book
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In the years since John Huber's trailblazing Lean Library Management was published, budget pressures on libraries have only increased. Yet libraries who have adopted his strategies have turned conventional management thinking that if budgets are reduced, customer service suffers on its head.... |
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The Black Presidency: Barack Obama and the Politics of Race in America
Michael Eric Dyson · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 368
Format: Print book
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A provocative and lively deep dive into the meaning of America's first black presidency, from "one of the most graceful and lucid intellectuals writing on race and politics today" (Vanity Fair) . Michael Eric Dyson explores the powerful, surprising way the politics of race have... |
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Antisemitism: Here and Now
Deborah E. Lipstadt · Schocken
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
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The award-winning author of The Eichmann Trial and Denial: Holocaust History on Trial gives us a penetrating and provocative analysis of the hate that will not die, focusing on its current, virulent incarnations on both the political right and left: from white supremacist demonstrators... |
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The Sun Does Shine: How I Found Life and Freedom on Death Row
Anthony Ray Hinton · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover
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A powerful, revealing story of hope, love, justice, and the power of reading by a man who spent thirty years on death row for a crime he didn't commit.In 1985, Anthony Ray Hinton was arrested and charged with two counts of capital murder in Alabama. Stunned, confused, and only twenty-nine... |
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Click Here to Kill Everybody: Security and Survival in a Hyper-connected World
BRUCE SCHNEIER · W. W. Norton & Company
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
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The internet is powerful, but it is not safe. As "smart" devices proliferate the risks will get worse, unless we act now. From driverless cars to smart thermostats, from autonomous stock-trading systems to drones equipped with their own behavioral algorithms, the internet now has direct... |
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Tell Me How It Ends: An Essay in 40 Questions
VALERIA LUISELLI · Coffee House Press
Pages: 128
Format: Paperback
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A damning confrontation between the American dream and the reality of undocumented children seeking a new life in the US. |
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The Woman's Hour: The Great Fight to Win the Vote
ELAINE F WEISS · Viking
Pages: 416
Format: Hardcover
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The nail-biting climax of one of the greatest political battles in American history: the ratification of the constitutional amendment that granted women the right to vote. "Anyone interested in the history of our country's ongoing fight to put its founding values into practice--as... |
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1619: Jamestown and the Forging of American Democracy
James P P Horn · Basic Books
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
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An extraordinary year in which American democracy and American slavery emerged hand in handAlong the banks of the James River, Virginia, during an oppressively hot spell in the middle of summer 1619, two events occurred within a few weeks of each other that would profoundly shape the course... |
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The Road to Camelot: Inside the Kennedy Campaign
Tom Oliphant · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 448
Format: Hardcover
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"A must-read for fans of presidential history." - USA TODAY "Splendid ... a gripping, authoritative campaign history." - The Boston Globe "Terrific ... a tougher and more balanced account of the long campaign than anybody's written yet." - The Christian... |
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Kompromat: How Russia Undermined American Democracy
JEFF PEGUES · Prometheus Books
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
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A CBS correspondent presents an in-depth examination of Russian interference in the 2016 presidential campaign and measures to protect US voting systems against future cyber attacks.In this compelling account of how the Russians hacked the 2016 election, CBS News Justice and Homeland Security... |
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