Kennedy, Robert F.

Summary: "In honor of the fiftieth anniversary of Robert Kennedy's death, an inspiring collection of his most famous speeches accompanied by commentary from notable historians and public figures. Twenty-five years after Robert Kennedy was assassinated, RFK: Collected Speeches, a celebration of Kennedy's life and legacy, was published and immediately became the standard for activists, elected officials,...

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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2018

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 815 KEN

Brill, Steven

Summary: "From the award-winning journalist and best-selling author of America's Bitter Pill: a tour de force examination of 1) how and why major American institutions no longer serve us as they should, causing a deep rift between the vulnerable majority and the protected few, and 2) how some individuals and organizations are laying the foundation for real, lasting change. In this revelatory narrative...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2018

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306 BRI

Kornacki, Steve

Summary: "From MSNBC correspondent Steve Kornacki, a lively and sweeping history of the 1990s--one that brings critical new understanding to our current political landscape"--

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Publisher / Publication Date: Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2018

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.2 KOR

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1 available in Adult, Call number: 306.20973 KOR

Horowitz, David

Summary: Filled with stories that demonstrate the mind-numbing reasons behind the secular left's smug disdain for Christianity, Horowitz traces the history of religious liberty from the Founding Fathers to now. He shows how the Founding Fathers put aside their own skepticisms about God and religion to write The Declaration of Independence. Today, he writes Donald Trump's "genuine love for his country"...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Humanix Books 2018

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 322 HOR

Pirro, Jeanine

Summary: We are victims of a subterfuge and sabotage of the presidency that we've never witnessed before. Nevertheless, President Trump continues to fight every day to keep his promise to Make America Great Again. 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...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Street 2018

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.933 PIR

VanDeMark, Brian

Summary: Many books have been written on the tragic decisions regarding Vietnam made by the young stars of the Kennedy and Johnson administrations. Yet despite millions of words of analysis and reflection, no historian has been able to explain why such decent, brilliant, and previously successful men stumbled so badly, until now.

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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins Publishers 2018

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 959.7 VAN

Tomasky, Michael

Summary: Presents a revisionist assessment of the origins of political polarization in America that outlines ambitious recommendations in the areas of ranked-choice voting, at-large congressional elections, and civics education.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company 2019

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 320.973 TOM

Lepore, Jill

Summary: "In the most ambitious one-volume American history in decades, award-winning historian ... Jill Lepore offers a magisterial account of the origins and rise of a divided nation, an urgently needed reckoning with the beauty and tragedy of American history. Written in elegiac prose, Lepore's groundbreaking investigation places truth itself--a devotion to facts, proof, and evidence--at the center...

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Publisher / Publication Date: W. W. Norton & Company 2018

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973 LEP

O'Toole, Patricia

Summary: "By the author of acclaimed biographies of Theodore Roosevelt and Henry Adams, a penetrating biography of one of the most high-minded, consequential, and controversial US presidents, Woodrow Wilson (1856-1924). The Moralist is a cautionary tale about the perils of moral vanity and American overreach in foreign affairs."--Provided by publisher.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2018

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 WILSON, WOODROW OTO

Gingrich, Newt

Summary: Gingrich knows what it is like to fight the Washington swamp and challenge the establishment-- he has done it his entire career. Now he shows how Trump is leading our country's great comeback. He presents a clear picture of this historic presidency and the tremendous, positive impact it is having on our nation and the world, while unmasking the various branches of the anti-Trump coalition that...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Street 2018

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Williams, Juan

Summary: The political analyst and civil-rights expert presents a forceful critique of how key decisions by the Trump administration are rolling back advances in voting rights, integration, and racial discrimination.

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Publisher / Publication Date: PublicAffairs 2018

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1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 323.1196 WIL

Corsi, Jerome R.

Summary: Argues that there is a secret conspiracy between leftist extremists, the mainstream media, government holdovers from the previous administration, and shadowy forces within the U.S. intelligence community to destroy the Trump presidency, and explains what Trump must do to prevail.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Humanix Books 2018

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1 available in Adult, Call number: 328 COR

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.933 COR