Kleinknecht, William

Summary: Since Ronald Reagan left office--and particularly after his death--his shadow has loomed large over American politics: Republicans and many Democrats have waxed nostalgic, extolling the Republican tradition he embodied, the optimism he espoused, and his abilities as a communicator. This carefully calibrated image is complete fiction, argues journalist William Kleinknecht. The Reagan presidency...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Nation Books 2009

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Moyers, Bill D.

Summary: From Moyer's third PBS series, this text represents an unparalleled entree into the debates, the intellectual and cultural currents, and above all the fascinating people that have so powerfully shaped modern times.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: The New Press 2011

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Brokaw, Tom

Summary: The NBC news anchor and former White House correspondent evaluates the American dream of the past, present and future as experienced by four generations of his and other families.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House

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Moyers, Bill D.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: New Press 2004

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Conaway, James.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Shoemaker & Hoard 2007

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Bowden, Charles.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: North Point Press 2002

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Noonan, Peggy

Summary: Witty, incisive, at times prophetic, and always original, this collection offers the best of Peggy Noonan's writing. The book travels the path of her remarkable career, showing how she became one of the most influential voices in America. It begins with an essay about Noonan's motivations as a writer and thinker, followed by a personal talk on the day the space shuttle Challenger exploded and...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Twelve 2015

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Kaplan, Robert D.

Summary: "As a boy, Robert Kaplan recalls his father driving trucks across the country to earn a living for his family, a man who witnessed and understood America from a ground-level perspective. In Earning the Rockies, Kaplan undertakes his own cross-country journey to recapture an appreciation and understanding of American geography that is often lost in the jet age. Along the way, he witnesses both...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2017

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Lamb, David.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 1993

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Lévy, Bernard Henri.

Contents: Le voyage en Amérique -- First visions -- Moving west -- The Pacific wall -- Desert vertigo -- Gone with the South -- Eye of the hurricane -- The beautiful and the damned -- Reflections -- What does it mean to be an American? -- American ideology and the question of terrorism (the current state of affairs) -- Has America gone mad? -- Postscript.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2006

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Noonan, Peggy

Summary: "This is a book about love." So begins Peggy Noonan's enormously moving collection of her post-September 11 Wall Street Journal commentaries. On the morning of the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, Noonan began writing, and produced at least one essay every week through September 11, 2002. These candid, compassionate and sometimes heart-wrenching pieces are full of insights...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Free Press 2003

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