Snyder, Timothy
Summary: The author argues that American society is leaning toward despotism and totalitarianism and looks back at the 20th century for examples of how totalitarianism has taken over before.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ten Speed Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 321.9 SNYMachiavelli, Niccolò
Summary: Niccolo Machiavelli's The Prince is a political treatise sometimes claimed to be one of the first works of modern philosophy, especially modern political philosophy, in which the effective truth is taken to be more important than any abstract ideal. It was also in direct conflict with the dominant Catholic and scholastic doctrines of the time concerning how to consider politics and ethics. The...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Classics, an imprint of Penguin Books 2014
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Summary: All you need to know to pass the naturalization exam free from anxiety. English and civic tests easily explained and a helpful study plan to save time.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Michael Gates 0000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 323.623 GATComey, James B.
Summary: "James Comey, former FBI Director and New York Times bestselling author of A Higher Loyalty, uses his long career in federal law enforcement to explore issues of justice and fairness in the US justice system. James Comey might best be known as the FBI director that Donald Trump fired in 2017, but he's had a long, varied career in the law and justice system. He knows better than most just what a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Flatiron Books 2021
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Summary: "In a series of poignant vignettes, a preeminent historian makes a compelling case for Machiavelli as an unjustly maligned figure with valuable political insights that resonate as strongly today as they did in his time. Whenever a tempestuous period in history begins, Machiavelli is summoned, because he is known as one for philosophizing in dark times. In fact, since his death in 1527, we have...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Other Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MACHIAVELLI, NICCOLO BOUWilson, Joseph C. (Joseph Charles)
Summary: Wilson recounts his career in the U.S. Foreign Service, his public challenge to President George W. Bush's claim that Iraqi president Saddam Hussein sought uranium from Africa, the subsequent disclosure of the CIA undercover status of his wife, and his allegations that the Bush administration fabricated and manipulated intelligence to bolster its case for the invasion of Iraq.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Carroll & Graf Publishers 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 327.73 WILHavel, Václav.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 1997
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 943.71 HAVReich, Robert B
Summary: "...Clear-eyed manifesto for re-centering our economics and politics on the idea of the common good. Robert B. Reich...demonstrates that a common good not only exists but in fact constitutes the very essence of any society or nation...We must weigh the moral obligations of citizenship and carefully consider how we as a country should relate to honor, shame, patriotism, truth, and the meaning of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2018
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Publisher / Publication Date: Westminster John Knox Press 2001
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Summary: A former Secret Service official explores what he sees as "the personal and political dysfunction of the Clinton White House, so consumed by scandal and destroying their enemies, real and imagined, ... that governing was an afterthought."
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Street 2016
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Publisher / Publication Date: Duncan Baird Publishers 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 320 MACTrump, Mary L.
Summary: The #1 bestselling author of Too Much and Never Enough examines America's national trauma, rooted in our history but dramatically exacerbated by the impact of current events and the Trump administration's corrupt and immoral policies, and reveals what must be done to rebuild our faith in leadership.
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2021
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Summary: "Do you crave the power to shape the world in your image? Can you tell lies without blinking an eye? Do you see enemies all around you? If you answered yes to all of the above, then this is the job for you! And if becoming a dictator sounds intriguing, well, you've just stumbled upon the playbook that will guide you step by step towards making your big lie a reality. Join Gaslit Nation co-hosts...
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Publisher / Publication Date: First Second 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 321.9 KENRiemen, Rob
Summary: An international bestseller, To Fight Against This Age consists of two beautifully written, cogent, and urgent essays about the rise of fascism and the ways in which we can combat it. In “The Eternal Return of Fascism,” Rob Riemen explores the theoretical weakness of fascism, which depends on a politics of resentment, the incitement of anger and fear, xenophobia, the need for scapegoats, and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Company 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 320.5 RIEGoodin, Robert E.
Contents: Introduction -- Modes of settling: where this is heading, settling down, settling in, settling up, settling for, settling one's affairs, settling on: the master notion -- The value of settling: settling as an aid to planning and agency, settling, commitment, trust, and confidence, settling the social fabric -- What settling is not: settling is not just compromising, settling is not just...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Princeton University Press 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 172 GOOSnyder, Timothy
Summary: "The Founding Fathers tried to protect us from the threat they knew, the tyranny that overcame ancient democracy. Today, our political order faces new threats, not unlike the totalitarianism of the twentieth century. We are no wiser than the Europeans who saw democracy yield to fascism, Nazism, or communism. Our one advantage is that we might learn from their experience."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tim Duggan Books 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 321.9 SNYCollinsworth, Eden
Summary: On a quest to understand morality's place in modern culture, Eden Collinsworth taps a wide variety of impressive authorities, from authors and CEOs to scientists and pop stars. Media executive and business consultant Eden Collinsworth investigates the surprisingly complex foundations of contemporary morality. From repentant murderers to corporate whistle-blowers, from the boardroom of Ashley...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Nan A. Talese/Doubleday 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 170 COLNiebuhr, 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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Publisher / Publication Date: A.A. Knopf 1992
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 943.7043 HAVCripps, Elizabeth
Summary: Philosopher Elizabeth Cripps approaches climate justice not just as an abstract idea but as something that should motivate us all. Using clear reasoning and poignant examples, starting from irrefutable science and uncontroversial moral rules, she explores our obligations to each other and to the non-human world, unravels the legacy of colonialism and entrenched racism, and makes the case for...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury Continuum 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 363.738 CRIPhillips, Kevin P.
Summary: Former Republican strategist Phillips takes an uncompromising view of the political coalition, led by radical religion, that is driving America to the brink of disaster. From Ancient Rome to the British Empire, Phillips demonstrates that every world-dominating power has been brought down by a related set of causes: a lethal combination of global over-reach, militant religion, resource problems,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.93 PHIThompson, C. Bradley
Summary: "The purpose of America's Revolutionary Mind is twofold: first, to elucidate the logic, principles, and significance of the Declaration of Independence as the embodiment of the American mind; and, second, to shed light on what John Adams called the real American Revolution--that is, the moral revolution that occurred in the minds of the people in the fifteen years before what Ralph Waldo...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Encounter Books 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.3 THOSummary: The average American family today carries 10 credit cards. With credit card debt and personal bankruptcies now at an all time high, this episode of Frontline examines how the credit card industry became so pervasive, so lucrative, and so powerful. The program investigates why there were no legal limits on the amount of interest or fees that can be charged and how credit cards have become the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2004
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Summary: It all began on a fateful weekend in September of 2008 when the American economy was on the verge of melting down. Then-Secretary of the Treasury Henry Paulson, his former protege John Thain, and Ken Lewis, one of the most powerful bankers in the country, secretly cut a deal to merge Bank of America and Merrill Lynch. This episode of Frontline draws on high-profile interviews with key players...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009