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American Dreams: Restoring Economic Opportunity for Everyone
Marco Rubio · Sentinel
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover |
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Dear Friends, My parents came to the United States in 1956. The country they found was truly a land of opportunity, where hardworking people with grade school educations could afford a home, a car, and college for their kids. A country where maids and bartenders could raise doctors, lawyers,... |
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American Made: Why Making Things Will Return Us to Greatness
Dan DiMicco · Palgrave Macmillan
Pages: 246
Format: Print book |
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American manufacturing is on life support -- at least, that's what most people think. The exodus of jobs to China and other foreign markets is irreversible, and anything that is built here requires specialized skills the average worker couldn't hope to gain. Not so, says Dan DiMicco, chairman... |
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The Crash of 2016: The Plot to Destroy America--and What We Can Do to Stop It
Thom Hartmann · Twelve
Format: Hardcover |
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The United States is more vulnerable today than ever before-including during the Great Depression and the Civil War-because the pillars of democracy that once supported a booming middle class have been corrupted, and without them, America teeters on the verge of the next Great Crash. The United... |
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The Party's Over: How the Extreme Right Hijacked the GOP and I Became a Democrat
Charlie Crist · Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
Pages: 352
Format: Book |
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Charlie Crist, the former Republican governor of Florida, spent years in the party's inner circle. In this no-holds-barred memoir, he shows why he switched sides and became a Democrat.After serving as a Republican governor - one who was on the short list for the vice presidency in 2008... |
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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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Disaster Preparedness: A Living Free Guide
Rod Brouhard · Alpha Books
Pages: 286
Format: Paperback |
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Disaster preparedness is a topic that everyone should consider. No matter where people live, the potential for a natural or manmade disaster exists. Disaster Preparedness: a Living Free Guide, is a practical and essential reference to preparing for the worst. This book teaches you the essentials... |
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Trainwreck: The Women We Love to Hate, Mock, and Fear . . . and Why
Sady Doyle · Melville House Publishing
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover |
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She's everywhere once you start looking for her: the trainwreck. She's Britney Spears shaving her head, Whitney Houston saying, "crack is whack," and Amy Winehouse, dying in front of millions. But the trainwreck is also as old (and as meaningful) as feminism itself. From... |
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Fighting for Common Ground: How We Can Fix the Stalemate in Congress
Olympia Snowe · Weinstein Books
Format: Hardcover |
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An outspoken centrist, Senator Snowe stunned Washington in February 2012 when she announced she would not seek a fourth term and offered a sharp rebuke to the Senate, citing the dispiriting gridlock and polarization. After serving in the legislative branch at the state and federal levels... |
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Blue Collar Conservatives: Recommitting to an America That Works
Rick Santorum · Regnery Publishing
Pages: 216
Format: Print book |
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Once upon a time, Ronald Reagan was a Republican leader so charismatic he won over an entire segment of "Reagan Democrats." Today, the Republican party can barely muster its own base. Former Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum provides a game plan for Republicans to bounce... |
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Social Security Handbook 2011: Overview of Social Security Programs
Federal Government · Bernan Press |
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The Social Security Handbook: Overview of Social Security Programs, 2011 provides information about Social Security programs and services, and identifies rights and obligations under the Social Security laws. The Handbook also contains information about related programs administered by agencies... |
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China's Second Continent: How a Million Migrants Are Building a New Empire in Africa
Howard W French · Alfred A. Knopf, 2014.
Pages: 285
Format: Paperback |
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A New York Times Notable Book One of the Best Books of the Year at * The Economist * The Guardian * Foreign AffairsChinese immigrants of the recent past and unfolding twenty-first century are in search of the African dream. So explains indefatigable traveler Howard W. French, prize-winning... |
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17 Carnations: The Royals, the Nazis, and the Biggest Cover-Up in History
Andrew Morton · Grand Central Publishing
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover |
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"Morton tells the story of the feckless Edward VIII, later Duke of Windsor, his American wife Wallis Simpson, the bizarre wartime Nazi plot to make him a puppet king after the invasion of Britain, and the attempted cover-up by Churchill, General Eisenhower, and King George VI of the Duke's... |
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