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Jesse Stone novel (Audio) ; 18Macy, Beth
Summary: In this masterful work, Beth Macy takes us into an epicenter of America's twenty-plus year struggle with opioid addiction. The first to chart the tragic spread of prescription and street drugs from distressed small communities in Central Appalachia to wealthy suburbs, disparate cities, and once-idyllic farm towns, a trajectory that explains how the crisis persisted for so long and became so...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
Copies Available at East Bay
1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 362.2 MACCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 362.2 MACMacy, Beth
Summary: In this masterful work, Beth Macy takes us into an epicenter of America's twenty-plus year struggle with opioid addiction. The first to chart the tragic spread of prescription and street drugs from distressed small communities in Central Appalachia to wealthy suburbs, disparate cities, and once-idyllic farm towns, a trajectory that explains how the crisis persisted for so long and became so...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA 362.2 MACGrandin, Greg
Summary: Grandin offers a new perspective on America's most controversial diplomat and his continuing influence, arguing that Kissinger's militarized version of American exceptionalism has led to never-ending wars abroad and political polarization at home.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2015
Copies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 921 KISSINGER, HENRY GraCheney, Liz
Summary: This first-hand account of the January 6 events tells of those who helped Trump spread the stolen election lie, those whose actions preserved our constitutional framework, and the risks we still face.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Audiobook Display, Call number: CD 921 CHENEY, DICK CHEMeacham, Jon
Summary: Jon Meacham chronicles the life and moral evolution of Abraham Lincoln and explores why and how Lincoln confronted secession, threats to democracy, and the tragedy of slavery in order to expand the possibilities of America. This book tells the story of Lincoln from his birth on the Kentucky frontier in 1809 to his leadership during the Civil War to his tragic assassination at Ford's Theater on...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Audio 2022
Copies Available at East Bay
1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 921 LINGore, Albert
Summary: "At the time George W. Bush ordered American forces to invade Iraq, 70 percent of Americans believed Saddam Hussein was linked to 9/11. Voters in Ohio, when asked by pollsters to list what stuck in their minds about the 2004 presidential campaign, most frequently named two Bush television ads that played to fears of terrorism. We live in an age when the 30-second television spot is the most...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Books on Tape 2007
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 973.931 GORCarr, Brian Allen
Summary: During a week-long suspension from school, a teenage transplant to impoverished rural Indiana searches for a job, the whereabouts of his vanished drug-addicted guardian, and meaning in the America of the Trump years.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Highbridge Audio 2019
Copies Available at East Bay
1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC CARWhipple, Chris
Summary: The first in-depth, behind-the-scenes look at how the American presidency has hinged on the effectiveness of the White House chiefs of staff, and how their decisions have dictated the course of the country.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA 353 WHIKingsolver, Barbara
Summary: An Appalachian boy braves the modern perils of life in a beautiful, poverty-ridden place he can't imagine leaving. Steered by a teacher and a best friend, he comes to learn how to cope with outside forces.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: HarperAudio 2022
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2 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC KINCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC KINLarson, Erik
Summary: 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...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Audio 2024
Copies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CDA 973.711 LARKeillor, Garrison.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: HighBridge 2004
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 320.973 KEIMaddow, Rachel.
Summary: Identifying what the author believes to be a battle between the priorities of civilian life and the war, the host of the critically acclaimed The Rachel Maddow show explains that today's focus on national security is actually compromising national stability, tracing the historical events and contributing factors that have promoted a deeply militarized American culture.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2012
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 306.2 MADColeman, Reed Farrel
Summary: When a popular cheerleader dies of a suspected overdose, Police Chief Stone battles school administrators, teachers, distrustful students, and overprotective parents as he tries to unravel the drug supply chain and expose the criminals behind it.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC COLCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD Fiction Coleman 2019Huckabee, Mike
Summary: An optimistic manifesto for America's future government by the former presidential candidate. The book outlines recommendations for upholding the nation's founding principles and overcoming election-focused politics.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Books on Tape 2011
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 320.52 HUCWest, Allen
Summary: An engrossing account of the inspiring life and uncensored views of a veteran, patriot, former Congressman, conservative icon, and warrior for personal liberty.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Tantor Media, Inc. 2014
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 328.73 WESStahr, Walter
Summary: "Walter Stahr, author of the ... bestseller Seward, now tells the amazing story of Lincoln's secretary of war, Edwin Stanton, the most powerful and controversial of the men close to the president. Stanton raised an army of a million men and directed it from his Washington telegraph office, with Lincoln often at his side. He arrested and imprisoned thousands for "war crimes," some serious and...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 921 STANTON, EDWIN StaFrank, Barney
Summary: Growing up in Bayonne, New Jersey, the fourteen-year-old Barney Frank made two vital discoveries about himself: he was attracted to government, and to men. He resolved to make a career out of the first attraction and to keep the second a secret. Now, fifty years later, his sexual orientation is widely accepted, while his belief in government is embattled. Frank: A Life in Politics from the...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA FIC FRASchweikart, Larry.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Books on Tape 2011
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 320.6 SCHRohde, David W.
Summary: A two- time Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist's eye-opening investigation of the so-called deep state. A recent poll found that 74 percent of Americans believe that a group of unelected government and military officials is secretly manipulating or directing national policy. But does an American deep state really exist? This sweeping exploration of the intelligence community and FBI scandals of...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 364.1 ROHPaul, Ron
Summary: Ron Paul, an eleven-term congressman from Texas and one-time presidential candidate, advocates for the reduction of federal power throughout the government in the United States.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Hachette Audio 2009
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 332.11 PAUKudlow, Lawrence.
Summary: John F. Kennedy was the first president since the 1920s to slash tax rates across-the-board. One person who followed JFK's tax-cut growth model was Ronald Reagan. The never before told story is the link between JFK and Ronald Reagan. This is the secret history of American prosperity.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Findaway World, LLC 2016
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1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA 330.9 KUDMatthews, Chris
Summary: Based on interviews with some of his closest associates, a portrait of the thirty-fifth president discusses his privileged childhood, military service, struggles with a life-threatening disease, and career in politics.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Audio 2011
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 921 KENNEDY, JOHN F. JR. MATMcClellan, Scott
Summary: The former White House press secretary examines how and why the Bush administration went awry, providing a look at George W. Bush and his top aides in terms of such crises as Hurricane Katrina, the Iraq war, and Washington's political infighting.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Blackstone Audiobooks 2008
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 973.931 MCCHughley, D. L. (Darryl L.)
Summary: Legendary satirist D. L. Hughley here uses humor to draw attention to injustice, sardonically offering advice on a number of lessons--a much-needed antidote in these distressing times.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018