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The Age of Acrimony: How Americans Fought to Fix Their Democracy, 1865-1915
Jon Grinspan
Format: Hardcover
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. Democracy was broken. Or that was what many Americans believed in the decades after the Civil War. Shaken by economic and technological disruption, they sought safety in aggressive, tribal partisanship. The results were the loudest, closest, most violent elections in U.S. history, driven... |
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The Impeachers: The Trial of Andrew Johnson and the Dream of a Just Nation
Brenda Wineapple - Random House
Pages: 576
Format: Hardcover
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"This absorbing and important book recounts the titanic struggle over the implications of the Civil War amid the impeachment of a defiant and temperamentally erratic American president." - Jon Meacham, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Soul of America When Abraham Lincoln... |
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Research-Based Planning for Public Libraries: Increasing Relevance in the Digital Age
Joseph R Matthews - Libraries Unlimited
Pages: 207
Format: Paperback
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"Research-Based Planning for Public Libraries: Increasing Relevance in the Digital Age" takes readers through a logical and effective process for developing a plan and implementing it within the various functions of the library. Grounded in research and best practices, the book... |
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Witch Hunt: The Plot to Destroy Trump and Undo His Election
Gregg Jarrett - Broadside Books
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover
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The author of the number-one New York Times bestseller The Russia Hoax picks up where that book ended with this hard-hitting, well-reasoned examination of the latest findings about "collusion" between the Trump Administration and the Russians, offering further proof that Special... |
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This Land Is Our Land: An Immigrant's Manifesto
Suketu Mehta - Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
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A timely argument for why the United States and the West would benefit from accepting more immigrantsThere are few subjects in American life that prompt more discussion and controversy than immigration. But do we really understand it? In This Land Is Our Land, the renowned author Suketu... |
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Authoritarianism: What Everyone Needs to Know
Erica Frantz - Oxford University Press
Pages: 202
Format: Hardcover
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Despite the spread of democratization following the Cold War's end, all signs indicate that we are living through an era of resurgent authoritarianism. Around 40 percent of the world's people live under some form of authoritarian rule, and authoritarian regimes govern about a third... |
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Tell Me Who You Are: Sharing Our Stories of Race, Culture, & Identity
Winona Guo - TarcherPerigee
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover
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An eye-opening exploration of race in AmericaIn this deeply inspiring book, Winona Guo and Priya Vulchi recount their experiences talking to people from all walks of life about race and identity on a cross-country tour of America. Spurred by the realization that they had nearly completed... |
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The Cost of Loyalty: Dishonesty, Hubris, and Failure in the U.S. Military
Tim Bakken - Bloomsbury Publishing
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover
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A courageous and damning look at the destruction wrought by the arrogance, incompetence, and duplicity prevalent in the U.S. military-from the inside perspective of a West Point professor of law.Veneration for the military is a deeply embedded but fatal flaw in America's collective identity.... |
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Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race
Reni Eddo-Lodge - Bloomsbury Publishing
Pages: 288
Format: Paperback
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"This is a book that was begging to be written. This is the kind of book that demands a future where we'll no longer need such a book. Essential." --Marlon James"The most important book for me this year." -Emma WatsonSelected by Emma Watson as the Our Shared Shelf... |
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