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The President Will See You Now: My Stories and Lessons from Ronald Reagan's Final Years
Peggy Grande · Hachette Books
Pages: 272
Format: Print book
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An affectionate and intimate memoir about Ronald Reagan by his longtime personal assistant, who worked closely with the president for 10 years after he left the White House.In The President Will See You Now, devoted Reagan insider Peggy Grande shares behind-the-scenes stories, intimate... |
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Social Media and Politics
Glenn W Richardson · Praeger
Pages: 567
Format: Hardcover
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This two-volume set explores the various ways social media are profoundly changing politics in America.* Covers key political and cultural issues in today's discourse -- such as gay marriage, race, gender, "big data," and hyper-surveillance -- from a variety of perspectives... |
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One Person, No Vote: How Voter Suppression Is Destroying Our Democracy
CAROL ANDERSON · Bloomsbury Publishing
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover
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From the award-winning, New York Times bestselling author of White Rage, the startling--and timely--history of voter suppression in America, with a foreword by Senator Dick Durbin.In her New York Times bestseller White Rage, Carol Anderson laid bare an insidious history of policies that... |
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A Sovereign People: The Crises of the 1790s and the Birth of American Nationalism
Carol Berkin · Basic Books
Pages: 336
Format: Print book
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Today the United States is the dominant power in world affairs, and that status seems assured. Yet in the decade following the ratification of the Constitution, the republic's existence was contingent and fragile, challenged by domestic rebellions, foreign interference, and the always-present... |
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Liars, Leakers and Liberals
JEANINE PIRRO · Center Street
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover
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As host of her own show on Fox for many years, Judge Jeanine Pirro has seen firsthand how narratives take form, whether they are based in truth or not. In her explosive new book, she will write about some of the most egregious lies she's seen, and take on the Liars, Leakers, and Liberals. |
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Above and Beyond: John F. Kennedy and America's Most Dangerous Cold War Spy Mission
CASEY SHERMAN · PublicAffairs
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover
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From the authors of the bestselling The Finest Hours, the riveting, deeply human story of President John F. Kennedy and two U-2 pilots, Rudy Anderson and Chuck Maultsby, who risked their lives to save America during the Cuban Missile Crisis. During an infamous thirteen-day stretch of October... |
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Chow Chop Suey: Food and the Chinese American Journey
Anne Mendelson · Columbia University Press
Pages: 352
Format: Print book
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Chinese food first became popular in America under the shadow of violence against Chinese aliens, a despised racial minority ineligible for United States citizenship. The founding of late-nineteenth-century "chop suey" restaurants that pitched an altered version of Cantonese cuisine... |
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50 Events That Shaped American Indian History
Donna Martinez · Greenwood
Pages: 853
Format: Hardcover
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This powerful two-volume set provides an insider's perspective on American Indian experiences through engaging narrative entries about key historical events written by leading scholars in American Indian history as well as inspiring first-person accounts from American Indian peoples.*... |
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Blackballed: The Black and White Politics of Race on America's Campuses
Lawrence Ross · St. Martin's Press, 2016.
Pages: 288
Format: Print book
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"College" is a word that means many things to many people: a space for knowledge, a place to gain lifelong friends, and an opportunity to transcend one's socioeconomic station. Today, though, this word also recalls a slew of headlines that have revealed a dark and persistent... |
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Unbelievable: My Front-Row Seat to the Craziest Campaign in American History
KATY TUR · Dey Street Books
Pages: 291
Format: Hardcover
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INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER"Compelling ... this book couldn't be more timely." - Jill Abramson, New York Times Book Review FROM THE RECIPIENT OF THE 2017 Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in JournalismCalled "disgraceful," "third-rate," and "not nice"... |
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This Fight Is Our Fight: The Battle to Save America's Middle Class
Elizabeth Warren · Metropolitan Books
Pages: 337
Format: Hardcover
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#1 New York Times bestsellerThe fiery U.S. Senator from Massachusetts and bestselling author offers a passionate, inspiring book about why our middle class is under siege and how we can win the fight to save itSenator Elizabeth Warren has long been an outspoken champion of America's... |
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American Radical: Inside the World of an Undercover Muslim FBI Agent
TAMER ELNOURY · Dutton
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover
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The explosive memoir of a Muslim American FBI agent fighting terror from the insideIt's no secret that federal agencies are waging a broad, global war against terror. But for the first time in this memoir, an active, Muslim American federal agent reveals his experience infiltrating and bringing... |
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1941: Fighting the Shadow War: A Divided America in a World at War
Marc Wortman · Atlantic Monthly Press
Pages: 416
Format: Print book
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Officially, America entered World War II on December 8, 1941 the day after the bombing of Peal Harbor, but even before that infamous day America had been at war. Long before, Franklin D. Roosevelt had been supporting the Allies. While Americans were sympathetic to the people being crushed... |
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From Marx to Gramsci: A Reader in Revolutionary Marxist Politics
Paul Le Blanc · Haymarket Books
Pages: 364
Format: Print book
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From Marx to Gramsci offers a readable introduction to the historical contexts, lives, and revolutionary ideas of six central thinkers in the Marxist tradition - Karl Marx, Frederick Engels, Rosa Luxemburg, V. I. Lenin, Leon Trotsky, and Antonio Gramsci. A clear and well-documented introduction... |
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