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1) Enough
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English
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"Cassidy Hutchinson's desk was mere steps from the most controversial president in recent American history. Now, she provides a riveting account of her extraordinary experiences as an idealistic young woman thrust into the middle of a national crisis, where she risked everything to tell the truth about some of the most powerful people in Washington"--
Author
Publisher
Kaplan North America
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Whether you're a student or an adult looking to refresh your knowledge, Barron's Painless American Government provides review and practice in an easy, step-by-step format. Inside you'll find clear lear explanations for all topics, including the U.S. Constitution, civil liberties and civil rights, the branches of government, how public policy is shaped, and much more, painless tips, common misconceptions to avoid, and informative sidebars, easy-to-follow...
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National Geographic Kids
Pub. Date
2024
Lexile measure
1010L
Language
English
Description
"Weird But True! Know-It-All titles take the same classic branding of Weird But True and dive deeper to provide kids with a comprehensive overview of everything they need to know about a single subject, while packing in all the wacky, weird tidbits! This edition explores a complicated and timely subject: the government of the United States!"--
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Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"The Greater Middle East, the vast region between the Mediterranean and China encompassing much of the Arab world, parts of northern Africa, and Asia, existed for millennia as the crossroads of empire: Macedonian, Mongol, Ottoman, Russian, British. But with the dissolution of empires in the twentieth century, postcolonial states have struggled to maintain stability in the face of power struggles between factions, leadership vaccuums, and the fact...
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English
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"Rachel Maddow traces the fight to preserve American democracy back to World War II, when a handful of committed public servants and brave private citizens thwarted far-right plotters trying to steer our nation toward an alliance with the Nazis. Inspired by her research for the hit podcast Ultra, Rachel Maddow charts the rise of a wild American strain of authoritarianism that has been alive on the far-right edge of our politics for the better part...
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English
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"A gripping first-hand account from inside the halls of Congress as Donald Trump and his enablers betrayed the American people and the Constitution--leading to the violent attack on our Capitol on January 6th, 2021--by the House Republican leader who dared to stand up to it. In the aftermath of the 2020 presidential election, Donald Trump and many around him, including certain other elected Republican officials, intentionally breached their oath to...
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On November 6, 1860, Abraham Lincoln became the fluky victor in a tight race for president. The country was bitterly at odds; Southern extremists were moving ever closer to destroying the Union, with one state after another seceding and Lincoln powerless to stop them. Slavery fueled the conflict, but somehow the passions of North and South came to focus on a lonely federal fortress in Charleston Harbor: Fort Sumter. Master storyteller Erik Larson...
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Publisher
PublicAffairs
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"When Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, the world witnessed the creative, freewheeling, darkly humorous, and deeply resilient society that is contemporary Ukraine. In this timely and original history, a bestseller in Ukraine, the historian Yaroslav Hrytsak tells the sweeping story of his nation through a meticulous examination of the major events, conflicts, and developments that have shaped it over the course of centuries. Ukraine is essential reading...
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Publisher
Crown Forum
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"A Fox News political analyst tackles some of our communities' toughest challenges with timely insight from his own life: the story of how conservative values helped a kid from the South Side of Chicago find a life of opportunity." -- From Amazon.com summary.
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English
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Right-wing stalwart Mark R. Levin posits "that since its establishment, the [Democratic] Party has set out to rewrite history and destroy the foundation of freedom in America. More than a political party, it is the entity through which Marxism has installed its philosophy and its new revolution. As in a Thomas Paine pamphlet or a clarion call from Paul Revere, Levin believes that his fellow Americans [are facing] destruction, ... and rallies them...
15) The Biden malaise: how America bounces back from Joe Biden's dismal repeat of the Jimmy Carter years
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Publisher
Twelve
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Wall Street Journal columnist and bestselling author Kim Strassel argues that Joe Biden, like Jimmy Carter before him, has mired the country in weakness, inflation and political unease. Whether in politics or policy, the parallels between the Biden and Carter presidencies are now beyond striking. Two presidents-separated by nearly 50 years-beset by the same domestic and foreign policy morasses, politically swamped by a national ennui. However, THE...
16) Impeachment
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Series
Publisher
Mason Crest
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"When America's Founding Fathers were setting up the new government, they wanted to ensure their leaders would be held accountable. For that reason, they established rules and regulations around the practice of impeachment--the ability to charge, convict, and remove a public official should he or she become corrupted by power or fail to carry out the duties of the office. Today, the impeachment process remains one of the most serious government functions"--Back...
17) Women of the White House: the illustrated story of the first ladies of the United States of America
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Publisher
Welbeck
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Women of the White House looks at the work, lives and times of the 48 women officially recognized as FLOTUS, including the newest first lady Jill Biden. Through portraits, photographs and profiles, the book examines their contributions to the presidencies they supported and the 230-year history of the role"--
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Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"For three decades after Mao's death in 1976, China's leaders adopted a restrained approach to foreign policy. They determined that any threat to their power, and that of the Chinese Communist Party, came not from abroad but from within--a conclusion cemented by the 1989 Tiananmen crisis. To facilitate the country's inexorable economic ascendence, and to prevent a backlash, they reassured the outside world of China's peaceful intentions. Then, as...
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Publisher
Basic Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
When the Iron Curtain fell, East Germany ceased to be. For over forty years the German Democratic Republic presented a radically different Germany than what had come before and what exists today. Hoyer sets aside the usual Cold War caricatures of the GDR to offer a new vision of this vanished country. She reveals the rich political, social and cultural landscape that existed amid oppression and hardship.
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Publisher
Yale University Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Democratic socialism is ascending in the United States as a consequence of a widespread recognition that global capitalism works only for a minority and is harming the planet's ecology. This history of American democratic socialism from its beginning to the present day interprets the efforts of American socialists to address and transform multiple intersecting sites of injustice and harm. Comprehensive, deeply researched, and highly original, this...