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Publisher
Custom House
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
It has been called the political crime of the century: a foreign government, led by a brutal authoritarian leader, secretly interfering with the American presidential election to help elect the candidate of its choice. Now two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post national security reporter Greg Miller investigates the truth about the Kremlin's covert attempt to destroy Hillary Clinton and help Donald Trump win the presidency.
22) Peril
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Edition
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Language
English
Description
The transition from President Donald J. Trump to President Joseph R. Biden Jr. stands as one of the most dangerous periods in American history.
But as # 1 internationally bestselling author Bob Woodward and acclaimed reporter Robert Costa reveal for the first time, it was far more than just a domestic political crisis.
Woodward and Costa interviewed more than 200 people at the center of the turmoil, resulting in more than 6,000 pages of transcripts—and...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2013
Edition
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
viii, 370 pages, [8] pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"With a searching new analysis of primary sources, NBCC award winner James Tobin reveals how FDR's fight against polio transformed him from a callow aristocrat into the energetic, determined statesman who would rally the nation in the Great Depression and lead it through World War II. When polio paralyzed Franklin Roosevelt at thirty-nine, people wept to think that the young man of golden promise must live out his days as a helpless invalid. He never...
Author
Language
English
Description
A rare, insiders look at the life of Donald Trump from Bill O'Reilly, the bestselling author of the Killing series, based on exclusive interview material and deep research Readers around the world have been enthralled by journalist and New York Times bestselling author Bill OReillys Killing series riveting works of nonfiction that explore the most famous events in history. Now , OReilly turns his razor-sharp observations to his most compelling subject...
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xii, 291 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Voter suppression has plagued America since its inception, and so has the issue of identity-who is really American and what that means. When tied together, as they are in our modern politics, citizens are harmed in overt, subtle, and even personal ways. Stacey Abrams experienced the effects firsthand, running one of the most unconventional races in modern politics as the Democratic nominee for the governorship in Georgia and the first black woman...
Author
Publisher
Thomas Dunne Books, St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
450 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
"When Bernie Sanders began his race for the presidency, it was considered by the political establishment and the media to be a "fringe" campaign, something not to be taken seriously. After all, he was just an independent senator from a small state with little name recognition. His campaign had no money, no political organization, and it was taking on the entire Democratic Party establishment. By the time Sanders's campaign came to a close, however,...
Author
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First Scribner hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
ix, 177 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
-- The New Yorker Former vice president Joseph R. Biden Jr. has been called both the luckiest man and the unluckiest--fortunate to have sustained a fifty-year political career that reached the White House, but also marked by deep personal losses and disappointments that he has suffered. Yet even as Biden's life has been shaped by drama, it has also been powered by a willingness, rare at the top ranks of politics, to confront his shortcomings, errors,...
Author
Publisher
Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xxvii, 314 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"An intimate account of Bernie Sanders as we have never seen him before, finally revealing the man behind the enigmatic progressive icon. Bernie Sanders is one of the most influential figures of our time, a politician who inspires fervent love and, even among his enemies, a measure of grudging respect-yet we know comparatively little about this famously private left-wing firebrand. Now, Ari Rabin-Havt, a trusted Sanders aide, is able to take us where...
Author
Publisher
Twelve
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xi, 339 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Explains how Vladimir Putin and Russia hacked an American election as part of a covert operation to subvert the United States' democracy and help Donald Trump win the presidency.
Author
Publisher
Center Street
Pub. Date
2018
Physical Desc
274 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"At this point in American history, we are the victims of a liberal sabotage of the presidency unlike anything we've ever witnessed. Nevertheless President Trump continues to fight every day to keep his promise to Make America Great Again. Today that bold idea has already led to a conservative judge on the Supreme Court, tax reform, and deregulation that has unleashed an economy stronger than anyone could have imagined. But there are dark forces that...
Author
Language
English
Description
""Promise me, Dad," Beau had told his father. "Give me your word that no matter what happens, you're going to be all right." Joe Biden gave him his word. Promise Me, Dad chronicles the year that followed, which would be the most momentous and challenging in Joe Biden's extraordinary life and career. Vice President Biden traveled more than a hundred thousand miles that year, across the world, dealing with crises in Ukraine, Central America, and Iraq....
Author
Publisher
Crown
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xvii, 346 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"A bold blueprint for moving beyond the "era of institutional failure" by transforming our outmoded political and economic systems to be resilient to twenty-first-century problems, from the entrepreneur, bestselling author, and popular political truth-teller. Despite being written off by the media, Andrew Yang's shoestring 2020 presidential campaign-powered by his proposal for a Universal Basic Income of $1,000 a month for all Americans-jolted the...
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
The House Republican leader who dared to take a stand against the January 6th insurrection, which she witnessed first-hand, and then helped lead the ensuing investigation, tells the story of this perilous moment in our history, the betrayal of the American people and the Constitution and the risks we still face.