Survival of the Richest is a fantastically well-researched book, and should join Robert Reich and Barbara Ehrenreich on the must-read bookshelf on wealth disparity.
Have you ever looked at your email, then texts, then Facebook, then Twitter, then email, then Instagram, then Candy Crush, then texts, then Snapchat, then texts again, and now youve wasted the time you had set aside for more important things?
USA TodayBestsellerFrom the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Residence and First Womenalso a New York Times bestsellercomes a poignant, news-making look at the lives of the five former presidents in the wake of their White House years, including the surprising friendships they have formed through shared perspective and empathy.
A concise history of the long struggle between two fundamentally opposing constitutional traditions, from one of the nations leading constitutional scholarsa manifesto for renewing our constitutional republic.
From the preeminent historian of Reconstruction (New York Times Book Review),an updated abridged edition ofReconstruction, the prize-winning classic work on the post-Civil War period which shaped modern America.
';Every thinking American must read' (The Washington Book Review) this startling and ';insightful' (The New York Times) look at how concentrated financial power and consumerism has transformed American politics, and business.
In ';an unabashedly biased, deeply researched book' (SF Gate), Ed Asnerthe actor who starred as Lou Grant on The Mary Tyler Moore Showreclaims the Constitution from the right-wingers who think that they and only they know how to interpret it.
Chris Hedges's profound and unsettling examination of America in crisis is ';an exceedinglyprovocative book, certain to arouse controversy, but offering a point of view that needs to be heard' (Booklist), about how bitter hopelessness and malaise have resulted in a culture of sadism and hate.
From Governor Greg AbbottTexas governor and rising star in the Republican Party and one of the first prominent politicians to govern from a wheelchaircomes this deeply personal and inspiring life story and a plan to restore America to greatness in what Newt Gingrich calls a bold and compelling read.
Named a Best Book of the Year by Kirkus Reviews A New York Times Editor's Choice Nautilus Award Winner ';A worthy and necessary addition to the contemporary canon of civil rights literature.
The in-flight explosion of TWA Flight 800 on July 17, 1996, was one of the deadliest disasters in American history, spurring the most expensive airline investigation ever undertaken by the U.
How cable television upended American political life in the pursuit of profits and influenceAs television began to overtake the political landscape in the 1960s, network broadcast companies, bolstered by powerful lobbying interests, dominated screens across the nation.
In the vein of Taylor Branch's classic Parting of the Waters, Supreme Court lawyer and political pundit Linda Hirshman delivers the enthralling, groundbreaking story of the gay rights movement, revealing how a dedicated and resourceful minority changed America forever.
*** WINNER OF INTERNATIONAL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR AT THE SUNDAY TIMES SPORTS BOOK AWARDS 2023 ***'fascinating, informative and revealing' Mail on SundayBeloved bestselling author and golf aficionado Rick Reilly channels his insatiable curiosity, trademark sense of humour, and vast knowledge of the game of golf in 80 original pieces about what it has meant to him and to others, and all the reasons we love it.
Fans of Suzanne Brockmann, Maya Banks, Christy Reece, Julie Ann Walker and Cindy Gerard will adore Pamela Clare's expertly plotted romantic suspense series, which sets the pages alight with sizzling chemistry.
The New York Times bestseller about Flight ninety-three's brave men and women on September eleven, 2001-the day that changed how Americans view the world and themselves.
"e;White unites a novelist's knack of dramatization and a historian's sense of significance with a synthesizing skill that grasps the reader by the lapels.
As battle lines are drawn for the next midterm elections, Dick Morris and Eileen McGannauthors of the smash #1 New York Times bestseller Catastrophe, as well as bestsellers Fleeced and Outrageare back with 2010: Take Back America.
Here are the facts:The United States has released 425 terrorists from Guantnamo, at least 50 of whom have returned to the battlefield to fight our troops.
In The Bush Agenda, Antonia Juhasz exposes a radical corporate globalization agenda that has been refined by leading members and allies of the Bush administration over decades and reached its fullest, most aggressive implementation under George W.
Jewelry isnt ordinarily a tool of political persuasion, but in this beautiful book, Madeleine Albright, American ambassador to the United Nations and then the nations first female secretary of state, tells the compelling story of how these small objects became part of her personal diplomatic arsenal.
In the spirit of Barbarians at the Gate and Liar's Poker comes The Sellout, the definitive book on the recent collapse of Wall Street, one of the most dramatic and anxiety-ridden era in national socioeconomic history.
