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The Invisible Soldiers: How America Outsourced Our Security
Ann Hagedorn · Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover
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The urgent truth about the privatization of America's national security that exposes where this industry came from, how it operates, where it's heading - and why we should be concerned.Thirty years ago there were no private military and security companies (PMSCs) ; there were only... |
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The Bully Pulpit: Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and the Golden Age of Journalism
Doris Kearns Goodwin · Simon & Schuster; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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One of the Best Books of the Year as chosen by The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Economist, Time, USA TODAY, Christian Science Monitor, and more. "A tale so gripping that one questions the need for fiction when real life is so plump with drama and intrigue" (Associated... |
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The Optimistic Leftist: Why the 21st Century Will Be Better Than You Think
Ruy Teixeira · St Martin'S Press
Pages: 272
Format: Print book
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The words "optimism" and "the left" do not seem to go together very well these days. The dominant view on the left--reinforced by the election of Donald Trump--is as follows: (1) progress in today's world has largely stopped and in many ways reversed; (2) the left... |
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What Happened
HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 494
Format: Hardcover
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"In the past, for reasons I try to explain, I've often felt I had to be careful in public, like I was up on a wire without a net. Now I'm letting my guard down." - Hillary Rodham Clinton, from the introduction of What HappenedFor the first time, Hillary Rodham Clinton reveals... |
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Walk in Their Shoes: Can One Person Change the World?
Jim Ziolkowski · Simon & Schuster; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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THE STORY OF REAL CHANGE CAN START WITH JUST ONE PERSON Twenty-one years ago, Jim Ziolkowski gave up a fast-track career in corporate finance to dedicate his life to buildOn, an organization that turns inner-city teens into community leaders at home and abroad. He set out to show not that... |
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Pay Any Price: Greed, Power, and Endless War
James Risen · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2014.
Pages: 285
Format: Print book
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War corrupts. Endless war corrupts absolutely. Ever since 9/11 America has fought an endless war on terror, seeking enemies everywhere and never promising peace. In Pay Any Price, James Risen reveals an extraordinary litany of the hidden costs of that war: from squandered and stolen dollars,... |
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A Good Month for Murder: The Inside Story of a Homicide Squad
Del Quentin Wilber · Henry Holt and Company
Pages: 273
Format: Print book
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Bestselling author Del Quentin Wilber tells the inside story of how a homicide squad---a dedicated, colorful team of detectives -- does its almost impossible jobTwelve homicides, three police-involved shootings and the furious hunt for an especially brutal killer--February 2013 was a good... |
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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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Stanton: Lincoln's War Secretary
WALTER STAHR · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 720
Format: Hardcover
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Walter Stahr, award-winning author of the New York Times bestseller Seward, tells the story of Abraham Lincoln's indispensable Secretary of War, Edwin Stanton, the man the president entrusted with raising the army that preserved the Union.Of the crucial men close to President Lincoln, Secretary... |
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A More Beautiful and Terrible History: The Uses and Misuses of Civil Rights History
JEANNE THEOHARIS · Beacon Press
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
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Explodes the fables that have been created about the civil rights movementThe civil rights movement has become national legend, lauded by presidents from Reagan to Obama to Trump, as proof of the power of American democracy. This fable, featuring dreamy heroes and accidental heroines, has shuttered... |
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The War on Cops: How the New Attack on Law and Order Makes Everyone Less Safe
Heather Mac Donald · Encounter Books
Pages: 248
Format: Print book
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Violent crime has been rising sharply in many American cities after two decades of decline. Homicides jumped nearly 17 percent in 2015 in the largest 50 cities, the biggest one-year increase since 1993. The reason is what Heather Mac Donald first identified nationally as the "Ferguson... |
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Women Will Vote: Winning Suffrage in New York State
Susan Goodier · Three Hills
Pages: 248
Format: Hardcover
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Women Will Vote celebrates the 2017 centenary of women's right to full suffrage in New York State. Susan Goodier and Karen Pastorello highlight the activism of rural, urban, African American, Jewish, immigrant, and European American women, as well as male suffragists, both upstate and downstate,... |
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War on Peace: The End of Diplomacy and the Decline of American Influence
Ronan Farrow · W. W. Norton & Company
Pages: 392
Format: Hardcover
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A harrowing exploration of the collapse of American diplomacy and the abdication of global leadership, by the winner of the 2018 Pulitzer Prize in Public Service.US foreign policy is undergoing a dire transformation, forever changing America's place in the world. Institutions of diplomacy... |
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The Gatekeepers: How the White House Chiefs of Staff Define Every Presidency
Chris Whipple · Crown
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover
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The first in-depth, behind-the-scenes look at the White House Chiefs of Staff, whose actions - and inactions - have defined the course of our country. What do Dick Cheney and Rahm Emanuel have in common? Aside from polarizing personalities, both served as chief of staff to the president... |
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