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Perspectives on American progressIsenberg, Nancy
Summary: "John and John Quincy Adams: rogue intellectuals, unsparing truth tellers, too uncensored for their own political good. They held that political participation demanded moral courage. They did not seek popularity (and it showed). They lamented the fact that hero worship in America substituted idolatry for results, and they made it clear that they were talking about Benjamin Franklin, George...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 ISEHomayoonfar, Nioucha
Summary: This coming-of-age memoir, set during the Iranian Revolution, tells the true story of a young girl who moves to Tehran from the U.S. and has to adjust to living in a new country, learning a new language, and starting a new school during one of the most turbulent periods in Iran's history. When five-year-old Nioucha Homayoonfar moves from the U.S. to Iran in 1979, its open society means a life...
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Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic 2019
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 921 HOMMcGinty, Alice B.
Summary: Documents the 1930 Satyagraha protest movement, describing how Gandhi led a twenty-four-day march to the sea to demonstrate against Great Britain's salt tax while offering insight into his beliefs about non-violent civil disobedience.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Amazon Children's Pub. 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 GANFerling, John E.
Summary: "A spellbinding history of the epic rivalry that shaped our republic: Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton, and their competing visions for America... The decade of the 1790s has been called the 'age of passion.' Fervor ran high as rival factions battled over the course of the new republic-- each side convinced that the other's goals would betray the legacy of the Revolution so recently fought...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.09 FERGuelzo, Allen C.
Summary: What carried this one-term congressman from obscurity to fame was his Senate campaign against the country's most formidable politician, Stephen A. Douglas, in the summer and fall of 1858. Lincoln challenged Douglas directly in one of his greatest speeches--"A house divided against itself cannot stand"--and confronted Douglas on the questions of slavery and the inviolability of the Union in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.68 GUEUllrich, Volker
Summary: "From the author of Hitler: Ascent, 1889-1939--a riveting account of the dictator's final years, when he got the war he wanted but his leadership led to catastrophe for his nation, the world, and himself."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Bodley Head 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 HITLER, ADOLF ULLRicks, Thomas E.
Summary: A "dual biography of Winston Churchill and George Orwell, with a focus on the pivotal years from the mid-1930s through the 1940s, when their farsighted vision and inspired action in the face of the threat of fascism and communism helped preserve democracy for the world"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2017
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 920 RICCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 RICSavage, Charlie.
Summary: A critical investigation into how the Bush-Cheney administration has worked to increase presidential power at the cost of democratic constitutional balance reveals a range of questionable executive practices, from wiretapping and conservative judicial nominations to torture and imprisonment without trial.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.931 SAVEbrahim, Zak
Summary: "What is it like to grow up with a terrorist in your home? Zak Ebrahim was only seven years old when, on November 5th, 1990, his father El-Sayed Nosair shot and killed the leader of the Jewish Defense League. While in prison, Nosair helped plan the bombing of the World Trade Center in 1993. In one of his infamous video messages, Osama bin Laden urged the world to "Remember El-Sayed Nosair." In...
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Publisher / Publication Date: TED Books, Simon & Schuster, Inc. 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 EBRAHIM, ZAK EBRRoosevelt, Eleanor
Summary: "Experience the timeless wit and wisdom of Eleanor Roosevelt in this annotated collection of candid advice columns that she wrote for more than twenty years. In 1941, Eleanor Roosevelt embarked on a new career as an advice columnist. She had already transformed the role of first lady with her regular press conferences, her activism on behalf of women, minorities, and youth, her lecture tours,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atria Books 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.917 ROOHarris, Duchess
Summary: Eleanor Roosevelt is well known for her time as First Lady of the United States, but she also made important contributions to women's rights before, during, and after her husband's presidency. Eleanor Roosevelt Champions Women's Rights examines her efforts from multiple perspectives, including those of Roosevelt herself, her husband, Franklin, and later feminist activists.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Core Library, An Imprint of Abdo Publishing 2019
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J973.917 HARDarman, Jonathan.
Summary: Jonathan Darman tells the story of two giants of American politics, Lyndon Johnson and Ronald Reagan, and how these two men changed American politics forever.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tantor Media, Inc. 2014
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 320 DARSebestyen, Victor
Summary: "Victor Sebestyen's riveting biography of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin--the first major biography in English in nearly two decades--is not only a political examination of one of the most important historical figures of the twentieth century but also a fascinating portrait of Lenin the man. Brought up in comfort and with a passion for hunting and fishing, chess, and the English classics, Lenin was...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pantheon Books 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 LENIN, VLADIMIR ILYICH SEBDean, John W. (John Wesley)
Summary: "Former White House counsel & bestselling author John Dean reveals how the Bush White House has set America back decades; employing a worldview & tactics of deception that he claims will do more damage to the nation than Nixon at his worst. No author or commentator possesses such unique knowledge of Bush's presidential ploys & their striking comparisons to Nixon's, an irresitible hook for an...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Co. 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.931 DEAHendershot, Heather
Summary: "Few conservatives are as revered and admired as William F. Buckley. Buckley is best known for founding National Review, the flagship journal of the right. But his long-running talk show Firing Line was equally important, because it allowed him to reach beyond the conservative enclave and engage millions of mainstream Americans. When Firing Line premiered in 1966, only two years after Barry...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Broadside 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 070 HENWallace, Max
Summary: "In this powerful new history, New York Times bestselling author Max Wallace draws on groundbreaking research to reframe Helen Keller's journey after the miracle, vividly bringing to light her rarely discussed, lifelong fight for social justice across gender, class, race, and ability. Raised in Alabama, she sent shockwaves through the South when she launched a public broadside against Jim Crow...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grand Central Publishing, Hachette Book Group 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 KELLER, HELEN WALO'Reilly, Bill
Summary: Identifies the fundamental differences between Snowflakes, who take offense to views that challenge their own, and traditional Old Schoolers, and evaluates the Snowflake movement's efforts to diminish Old School philosophies. Did you get up this morning knowing there are mountains to climb-- and deciding how you are going to climb them? Or did you wake up whining about safe spaces and trigger...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt & Co. 2017
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Paperbacks 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.931 BEGFoley, Michael S.
Summary: "Johnny Cash was an American icon, known for his level bass-baritone voice and somber demeanor, for huge hits like 'Ring of Fire' and 'I Walk the Line.' He's one of the best-selling musicians of all time, and his crossover appeal earned him inductions into the Country Music, Gospel Music, and Rock and Roll Halls of Fame. But he was also the most prominent political artist in the United States,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Basic Books 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 CASH, JOHNNY FOLDeRose, Chris (Christopher)
Summary: DeRose tells the never-before-told story of the 1789 congressional election in Virginia's 5th district and of the two men who fought it: James Madison and James Monroe. They were friends and political allies for most of their lives, but their paths diverged when they found themselves at odds with each other in the battle over the Constitution.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Regnery Pub. 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.5 DERBrands, H. W.
Summary: "From master storyteller and historian H.W. Brands, twice a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, comes the riveting story of how President Harry Truman and General Douglas MacArthur squared off to decide America's future in the aftermath of World War II. At the height of the Korean War, President Harry S. Truman committed a gaffe that sent shock waves around the world. When asked by a reporter...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.918 BRADobbs, Michael
Summary: "The powerfully told story of a group of German Jews desperately seeking American visas to escape the Nazis, and an illuminating account of America's struggle with the refugee crisis caused by the rise of Hitler. Official tie-in to the U.S. Holocaust Museum multi-year exhibit"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.53 DOBScalia, Antonin
Summary: "By any measure, Antonin Scalia lived an extraordinary life. A Supreme Court justice for three decades, he transformed the way that judges and lawyers think about the law. Married to his beloved Wife, Maureen, for more than fifty years, a father to nine children, and a grandfather to dozens, he was devoted to his family and his faith. He was gregarious, energetic, and a friend to people of all...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Forum 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 815 SCAHarris, Kamala D.
Summary: Harris communicates a vision of shared struggle, shared purpose, and shared values while offering a master class in problem solving, in crisis management, and leadership in challenging times. In examining the core truths that unite us, and the long struggle to discern what those truths are and how best to act upon them, she shows how our shared efforts will continue to sustain us and this great...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2019