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Makers and Takers: The Rise of Finance and the Fall of American Business
Rana Foroohar · Crown Business Pages: 388 Format: Print book
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Eight years on from the biggest market meltdown since the Great Depression, the key lessons of the crisis of 2008 still remain unlearned - and our financial system is just as vulnerable as ever. Many of us know that our government failed to fix the banking system after the subprime mortgage... |
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Trumpocracy: The Corruption of the American Republic
David Frum · Harper Pages: 304 Format: Hardcover
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Builds on the author's March 2017 "How to Build an Autocracy" column in The Atlantic to explain how Donald Trump has undermined America's most important institutions as part of a carefully crafted plan to institute authoritarianism, in an account that explains how ongoing changes... |
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Unwarranted: Policing Without Permission
Barry Friedman · Farrar Pages: 448 Format: Print book
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As the debate about out-of-control policing heats up, an authority on constitutional law offers a provocative account of how our rights have been erodedIn June 2013, documents leaked by Edward Snowden sparked widespread debate about secret government surveillance of Americans. Just over... |
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A Generation of Sociopaths: How the Baby Boomers Betrayed America
Bruce Cannon Gibney · Hachette Books Pages: 384 Format: Print book
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What happens when a society is run by people who are anti-social? Welcome to Baby Boomer America. In A Generation of Sociopaths, Bruce Cannon Gibney shows how America was hijacked by the Boomers, a generation whose reckless self-indulgence degraded the foundations of American prosperity.... |
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Bunny Mellon: The Life of an American Style Legend
Meryl Gordon · Grand Central Publishing Pages: 528 Format: Hardcover
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A new biography of Bunny Mellon, the style icon and American aristocrat who designed the White House Rose Garden for her friend JFK and served as a living witness to 20th Century American history, operating in the high-level arenas of politics, diplomacy, art and fashion. |
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Looking behind the Label: Global Industries and the Conscientious Consumer
Tim Bartley · Indiana University Press Format: Hardcover
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What does it mean when consumers shop with a conscience and choose products labeled as fair or sustainable? Does this translate into meaningful changes in global production processes? To what extent are voluntary standards implemented and enforced, and can they really govern global industries?... |
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Our Revolution: A Future to Believe In
Anonymous. · St Martin'S Press Pages: 304 Format: Print book
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Throughout the Presidential campaign, Bernie Sanders galvanized voters with his progressive platform and vision for America. In the book, Sanders shares experiences from the campaign trail and outlines his ideas for continuing a political revolution to fight for a progressive economic,... |
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The Big Stick: The Limits of Soft Power and the Necessity of Military Force
Eliot A Cohen · Basic Books Pages: 304 Format: Print book
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In The Big Stick, Eliot A. Cohen argues that the United States must use military power in support of its foreign policy, but that doing so will be increasingly difficult. The United States must continue to assume primary responsibility for maintaining world order, or risk a chaotic international... |
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The Nordic Theory of Everything: In Search of a Better Life
Anu Partanen · Harpercollins Pages: 432 Format: Print book
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A Finnish journalist, now a naturalized American citizen, asks Americans to draw on elements of the Nordic way of life to nurture a fairer, happier, more secure, and less stressful society for themselves and their children.Moving to America in 2008, Finnish journalist Anu Partanen quickly... |
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The Storm Before the Storm: The Beginning of the End of the Roman Republic
Mike Duncan · PublicAffairs Pages: 352 Format: Hardcover
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The creator of the massively popular, award-winning podcast series The History of Rome brings to life the story of the tumultuous years that set the stage for the fall of the Roman Republic.The Roman Republic was one of the most remarkable achievements in the history of civilization. After... |
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Fantasyland: How America Went Haywire: A 500-Year History
Kurt Andersen · Random House Pages: 480 Format: Hardcover
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A razor-sharp thinker offers a new understanding of our post-truth world and explains the American instinct to believe in make-believe, from the Pilgrims to P. T. Barnum to Disneyland to zealots of every stripe . . . to Donald Trump. In this sweeping, eloquent history of America, one of our sharpest... |
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Anatomy of Terror: From the Death of bin Laden to the Rise of the Islamic State
ALI H SOUFAN · W W NORTON Pages: 384 Format: Print book
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A compelling, definitive account of how and why bin Laden's ideology keeps rising from the dead.When Osama bin Laden was killed by a U.S. Navy SEAL, many prophesied al-Qaeda's imminent demise. In reality the opposite has occurred. Why?Watching the Arab Spring from his Pakistani safe house,... |
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Strangers in Their Own Land: Anger and Mourning on the American Right
Arlie Russell Hochschild · New Press Pages: 351 Format: Print book
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2016 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST FOR NONFICTIONA 2016 NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOKNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERA KIRKUS BEST BOOK OF 2016One of "6 Books to Understand Trump's Win" according to the New York Times the day after the election"This is a smart, respectful and compelling... |
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The Challenge of Library Management: Leading With Emotional Engagement
Wyoma vanDuinkerken · Amer Library Assn Editions Format: Book
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Change is inevitable and essential to any functioning institution. But change can be stressful, especially when it upsets established routines and patterns. Library managers need to be able to lead staff through episodes of change while remaining empathetic, and this book shows them how toEngage... |
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