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12121) American carnage: on the front lines of the Republican civil war and the rise of President Trump
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Politico Magazine's chief political correspondent provides a rollicking insider's look at the making of the modern Republican Party -- how a decade of cultural upheaval, populist outrage, and ideological warfare made the GOP vulnerable to a hostile takeover from the unlikeliest of insurgents: Donald J. Trump. The 2016 election was a watershed for the United States. But, as Tim Alberta explains in [this book], to understand Trump's victory is to view...
Author
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"One of our most beloved comedians takes on our least-beloved President--star of The View Joy Behar hits Trump where it hurts the most in this hilarious alphabetical guide to everything that's wrong with the Orange One"--
"The brilliant and outspoken star of The View--and one of our most beloved comedians--hits the most unpopular president ever elected where it hurts (and makes us laugh and cheer) in this hilarious alphabetical guide to everything...
Author
Publisher
Regenery Publishing, a division of Salem Media Group
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"When China attacks is a fire bell in the night--a warning about a war that we are already losing. It offers a frightening, and well-founded, blow-by-blow account of what might happen next"--
Author
Publisher
Crown
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"A call to reform our antiquated political institutions before it's too late-from the New York Times bestselling authors of How Democracies Die. America is undergoing a massive experiment: It is moving, in fits and starts, toward a multiracial democracy, something few societies have ever done. But the prospect of change has sparked an authoritarian backlash that threatens the very foundations of our political system. Why is democracy under assault...
12126) Lady Bird
Publisher
PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
"Featuring interviews with Mrs. Johnson's daughters, Luci Baines Johnson and Lynda Johnson Robb; the late Washington post publisher Katharine Graham; Mrs. Johnson's former staff director Liz Carpenter; and other acquaintances and historians, Lady Bird offers a unique vantage point from which to fiew this extraordinary woman."--Container.
Author
Publisher
Penguin Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"From the pioneering co-founder of cliodynamics, the ground-breaking new interdisciplinary science of history, a brilliant big-picture explanation for America's civil strife and its possible endgames. Peter Turchin, one of the most interesting social scientists of our age by any measure, has infused the study of history with approaches and insights from other fields for over a quarter century. End Times is the culmination of his work to understand...
12128) Joe Biden: 46th US President
Author
Publisher
ReferencePoint Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Joe Biden was elected president in 2020. His supporters saw their candidate's ultimate victory as a triumph for their vision of America. Few political leaders in American history have had as long a career in politics and government as Biden"--
Author
Series
Publisher
Bluestocking Press
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
To build a better future we need to know how we got where we are today. The political trend that has dominated the world for 2,000 years, including the investment markets, remains almost unrecognized. Does America have the "Roman Disease"? Is there a cure? Or will America repeat the mistakes of Ancient Rome and collapse into poverty, decay, ruin and war?
12131) Iran
Publisher
Films for the Humanities & Sciences
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Description
"In the Islamic Republic of Iran, battle lines are drawn between conservative clerics claiming a God-given right to rule and reformers challenging their authority. This provocative program seeks to understand what happens when a modern state is recreated based on fundamentalist Islamic principles, and whether its society should be open and democratic or oppressed and authoritarian. From Iran's chaotic capital Tehran to its holy city of Qom, Iranians...
12132) Rise
Author
Publisher
FrontLine
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"YOU NEVER REALLY OWN FREEDOM, YOU ONLY PRESERVE IT FOR THE NEXT GENERATION." Issuing a bold wake-up call to America, Brigitte Gabriel reveals the people, organizations, and forces at work to dismantle our Judeo-Christian values and freedoms, destabilize and threaten our national security, and radically redefine our very way of life. Rise will empower you by: ---Providing a plan for preserving your values and freedoms before it's too late; ---Educating...
Author
Publisher
Crown
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"A radical, urgent plan for how the Democratic Party and its supporters can maintain power at one of the most pivotal moments in the history of our nation's democracy. Why do Democrats fail to win voters to their side, and what can they do to develop new winning political strategies-especially as the very fate of democracy hangs in the balance in 2024? Too often the carefully constructed, rational arguments of the Left meet a grisly fate at the polls,...
12136) Iraq in fragments
Publisher
Typecast Releasing
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
Arabic
Description
Documentary in three parts. Offers a series of intimate, passionately-felt portraits: A fatherless 11-year-old is apprenticed to the domineering owner of a Baghdad garage; Sadr followers in two Shiite cities rally for regional elections while enforcing Islamic law at the point of a gun; a family of Kurdish farmers welcomes the U.S. presence, which has allowed them a measure of freedom previously denied. American director James Longley spent more than...
12140) Deep fake
Author
Publisher
Forge, Tor Publishing Group
Pub. Date
Ã2023.
Language
English
Description
"The Cold War is back--but for some it never ended. Sarah Ridgeway is living the life she's always envisioned. She has a devoted husband, a loving daughter, and a comfortable home. The path to reach it, however, has not always been smooth. For twelve years her husband, Bryce, served in the Army, deployed to some of the world's worst trouble spots. After his service ended with a combat injury, the future had seemed precarious, but with Sarah's support...