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Library of America 263Huckabee, Mike
Summary: "In Mike Huckabee's new book God, Guns, Grits and Gravy, he asks the question, "Have I been taken to a different planet than the one on which I grew up?" The New York Times bestselling author explores today's American culture, drawing from his travels as a presidential candidate to present average, small-town people and families, and their optimistic resilience in the face of hard times; their...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2015
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973 HUCCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: 973 HUCWalker, Jesse
Summary: Presents a comprehensive history of conspiracy theories in American culture and politics, from the colonial era to the War on Terror.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
Copies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Social Pol WalkerBaker, Gerard
Summary: American breakdown dissects how, in the space of a generation, the pillars that sustained the once-dominant superpower have been dangerously eroded. From government to business, from media to medicine—the strength and security of the American experiment have been weakened by a widening gap between the elites who control these institutions and the public. At the root of this breakdown is...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Twelve 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973 BAKCarson, Ben.
Summary: Tackling the issues at the forefront of the American mind--healthcare, education, capitalism, and more America the Beautiful is indispensable reading. From four-time bestselling author, internationally renowned neurosurgeon, and humanitarian Dr. Ben Carson, here is a sobering and inspiring manifesto of America's greatness, her failings, and the values and changes it will take to carry our...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Zondervan 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973 CARSavage, Michael
Summary: Argues that progressives and radical Islamists are working toward similar ends by compromising democratic principles to instill a government of absolute power without representation.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Street 2015
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 320.5109 SAVHuckabee, Mike
Summary: Huckabee asks the question, 'Have I been taken to a different planet than the one on which I grew up?' He explores today's American culture, drawing from his travels as a presidential candidate to present average, small-town people and families, and their optimistic resilience in the face of hard times. At times lighthearted, at others bracingly realistic, Huckabee discusses the reintroduction...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA 921 HUCKABEE, MIKE HUCCarson, Ben
Summary: Offers the author's thoughts on addressing the nation's growing debt, deteriorating morals, educational shortcomings, and elitist media, as well as the worsening discourse and inability to take action to solve our problems.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Group USA 2014
Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: 306.0973 CARCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973 CARMeacham, Jon
Summary: "The current climate of partisan fury is not new, and in The Soul of America, Meacham shows us how what Lincoln called the "better angels of our nature" have won the day. Painting surprising portraits of Presidents, including Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, Ulysses S. Grant, Woodrow Wilson, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman, Dwight Eisenhower, Lyndon B. Johnson, and others, and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2018
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 973 MEACopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973 MEACopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Adult, Call number: 973 MEACopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Hist US MeachamMarrs, Jim.
Contents: The escape of Adolf Hitler -- A definition of terms -- Communism vs. National Socialism -- 1. THE HIDDEN HISTORY OF THE THIRD REICH. A New Reich begins -- The strange case of Rudolf Hess -- Nazi wonder weapons -- A treasure trove -- The writing on the wall -- II. THE REICH CONSOLIDATES. The Ratlines -- Project paperclip and the space race -- Nazi mind control -- Business as usual -- Kennedy and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperLuxe 2008
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 320.53 MARWill, George F.
Summary: America's most widely read and most influential commentator casts his gimlet eye on our singular nation. Moving far beyond the strict confines of politics, George F. Will offers a fascinating look at the people, stories, and events--often unheralded--that make the American drama so endlessly entertaining and instructive. With Will's signature erudition and wry wit always on display, One Man's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Forum 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973 WILNiebuhr, Reinhold
Summary: This volume includes four books written by the author: Leaves from the notebook of a tamed cynic, Moral man and immoral society, The children of light and the children of darkness, and The irony of American history. There is also a selection of lectures, sermons, essays, and prayers.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Literary Classics of the United States, Inc. 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 230 NIEGingrich, Newt
Summary: The struggle between the defenders of America as an exceptional nation and the forces of anti-Americanism is reaching a fever pitch. These forces have grown so large, so well-financed, so entrenched and aggressive that they must be studied closely and understood completely if America is to survive this imminent civil war. In Beyond Biden, bestselling author Newt Gingrich brings together the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Street 2021