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Conservatism United States Cook, Frederick Albert 1865-1940 Peary, Robert E. (Robert Edwin) 1856-1920 Politics and government Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) Biography Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) Trump, Donald 1946- United States United States Politics and government 1861-1865 United States Politics and government 1865-1869Spencer, Kyle
Summary: "Using original reporting and unprecedented access, an award-winning journalist chronicles the people and organizations working to lure millions of unsuspecting young American voters into the far-right fold, harnessing social media in alarming ways and capitalizing on the democratization of celebrity culture"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 320.50973 SPEAchorn, Edward
Summary: "The vivid, behind-the-scenes story of perhaps the most consequential political moment in America's history--Abraham Lincoln's epochal nomination as the Republican Party's candidate for president in 1860. Illinois lawyer Abraham Lincoln had a record of political failure. In 1858, he had lost a celebrated Senate bid against incumbent Stephen Douglas, his second failed Senate run, and had not...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atlantic Monthly Press 2023
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1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 324.973 ACHKranish, Michael
Summary: Authoritative, timely, and provocative, this deeply researched biography of Donald Trump provides a complex portrait of the man who--despite broad skepticism--could be the next president of the United States. Despite decades of scrutiny, many aspects of Trump's life are not well known. Few individuals have ever roamed so widely through such diverse realms as real estate, sports, entertainment,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 TRUMP, DONALD KRAKeith, LeeAnna
Summary: "A history of antiracist and abolitionist activism in the Civil War-era Republican Party"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hill and Wang, a division of Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.7 KEIKeillor, Garrison.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2004
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 320.973 KEICheney, Liz
Summary: "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...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 CHECopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 921 CHENEY, LIZ CHE2 available in Browsing Hot Titles, Call number: HOT TITLE
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1 available in Adult, Call number: B CHENEY CHECalmes, Jackie
Summary: An award-winning investigative journalist presents an account of the life and confirmation of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, featuring interviews with his accusers and evidence of his deceptions amongst the Republican Party's drive toward the far right.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Twelve 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 347.73 CALPage, Susan
Summary: "As with many women of her era, Barbara Bush was routinely underestimated, her contributions often neither recognized nor acknowledged. But she became an astute and trusted political campaign strategist and a beloved First Lady. With her cooperation, this audiobook offers Barbara Bush's last words for history -- on the evolution of her party, on the role of women, on Donald Trump, and on her...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA 921 BUSH, BARBARA PAGBuchanan, Patrick J. (Patrick Joseph)
Summary: The former Nixon advisor traces the unanticipated political rise of Richard Nixon just six years after his gubernatorial loss, sharing insights into how he resurrected his career and reunited a divided Republican Party.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Inc 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.924 BUCMcCain, Meghan
Summary: "With the aptly titled Bad Republican, Meghan McCain expresses how it is to feel like you no longer fit in with your political party. She tells of growing up the daughter of an American icon who shaped her life and details the heartbreaking final momentsspent by his side. She recalls her (mis)adventures on the New York dating scene and brings us up to speed on meeting her now-husband. We hear...
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Publisher / Publication Date: BenBella Books, Inc. 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MCCAIN, MEGHAN MCCStevens, Stuart
Summary: "An indictment of the Republican Party from one of the most successful Republican political operative of his generation"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2020
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 324.2734 STECopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 324.2734 STEWilson, Rick
Summary: "In Everything Trump Touches Dies, political campaign strategist and commentator Rick Wilson brings his darkly funny humor and biting analysis to the absurdity of American politics in the age of Trump. Wilson mercilessly exposes the damage Trump has done to the country, to the Republican Party he served for decades, and to the conservative movement that has abandoned its principles for the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Free Press 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.933 WILBlumenthal, Sidney
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Publisher / Publication Date: Princeton University Press 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.931 BLUUnger, Craig.
Contents: Oedipus Tex -- Redeemer nation -- Birth of the neocons -- The foreshadowing -- Into the fray -- The prodigal son -- The age of unreason -- First son -- The righteous assassin -- Ripe for the plucking -- Dog whistle politics -- Grandmaster Cheney -- Cheney's gambit -- In the shadows -- Fear : the marketing campaign -- The good soldier -- Season of mirth -- An angel directs the storm.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.931 UNGZelizer, Julian E
Summary: "The story of how Newt Gingrich and his allies tainted American politics, launching an enduring era of brutal partisan warfare When Donald Trump was elected president in 2016, President Obama observed that Trump "is not an outlier; he is a culmination, alogical conclusion of the rhetoric and tactics of the Republican Party for the past ten, fifteen, twenty years." In Burning Down the House,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 328.73 ZELSwaby, Rachel
Summary: Aspiring scientists, young history enthusiasts, and children who enjoy learning about the world will be fascinated by these riveting snapshots--and parents who enjoyed the film Hidden Figures will find this to be the perfect extension. Covering important advancements made by women in fields such as biology, medicine, astronomy, and technology, author Rachel Swaby explains that people aren't...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Yearling Books 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920 SWAStahr, 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...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 921 STANTON, EDWIN StaMurphy, Jim
Summary: Learn how George Washington's crossing of the Delaware River helped save the American revolution.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2010
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Summary: "An award-winning author investigates the entangled history of her Jewish ancestors' land in South Dakota and the Lakota, who were forced off that land by the United States government. "A brilliantly conceived family history, one that places questions of responsibility and atonement at the center of the conversation about America's political future."--the Whiting Foundation. Growing up, Rebecca...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2023
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Summary: In April 2018, Nikki and Doug Mark's perfectly healthy twelve-year-old-son, Tommy, went to sleep one night and never woke up. They're still not exactly sure why. Devastated, Nikki embarked on an unconventional journey to create a legacy for Tommy and to heal her heart. She created a plan to transform neglected land in a Los Angeles public park into a state-of-the-art athletic field, honoring...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Union Square & Co. 2023
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Place a hold to request this item.Lester, Toby.
Contents: Awakening -- Old World. Matthew's maps ; Scourge of God ; The description of the world ; through the Ocean Sea ; Seeing is believing -- New World. Rediscovery ; Ptolemy the Wise ; the Florentine perspective ; Terrae incognitae ; Into African climes ; The learned men ; Cape of Storms ; Colombo ; The Admiral ; Christ-bearer ; Amerigo -- The whole world. Gymnasium ; World without end ; Afterworld...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Free Press 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 912.73 LESHeidgerd, William
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Publisher / Publication Date: Haviland-Heidgerd Historical Collection, Elting Memorial Library 1986
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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: GEN 929.1 HeidgLizzio, Kenneth P.
Summary: "An abolitionist and a spy, father and son, in the forgotten Western theater of the Civil War. The abolitionist legacies of Orville Brown and his son, Spencer, live on in this historic and daring 19th-century account. Journeying apart from each other, butwith similar passion, Orville and Spencer's stories span virtually every major abolitionist event: from the battles of Bleeding Kansas and the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Countryman Press, a division of W. W. Norton & Company 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 LIZLarson, Edward J. (Edward John)
Summary: "From the Pulitzer Prize-winning historian, an entwined narrative of the most adventurous year of all time, when three expeditions simultaneously raced to the top, bottom, and heights of the world. As 1909 dawned, the greatest jewels of exploration--set at the world's frozen extremes--lay unclaimed: the North and South Poles and the so-called Third Pole, the "pole of altitude," located in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018