Politics
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TITLE: Kent State: Four Dead in Ohio
AUTHOR: Derf Backderf WHERE TO FIND IT IN THE LIBRARY: 378 Bac - GRAPHIC SUMMARY: An account, in graphic novel form, of the May 4, 1970, killing of four unarmed Kent State University students who had been protesting the Vietnam War by the Ohio National Guardsmen. |
TITLE: Lafayette in the Somewhat United States
AUTHOR: Sarah Vowell WHERE TO FIND IT IN THE LIBRARY: 355 Vow SUMMARY: Chronicles how the Marquis de Lafayette came to fight with the colonists during the American Revolution and his role during that war and discusses his return tour of the United States in 1824 and his reception by the American people. |
TITLE: Republic of Lies: American Conspiracy Theorists and Their Surprising Rise to Power
AUTHOR: Anna Merlan WHERE TO FIND IT IN THE LIBRARY: 001.9 Mer SUMMARY: An examination of modern conspiracy theories in United States politics, exploring the causes and tenacity of fake news, Birthers, Pizzagate and more. |
TITLE: Into the Streets: A Young Person's Visual History of Protest in the United States
AUTHOR: Marke Bieschke WHERE TO FIND IT IN THE LIBRARY: 303.48 Bie SUMMARY: This lively book guides readers through the art and history of significant protests, sit-ins, and collective acts of resistance throughout US history. Photos, artwork, signs, and other visual elements highlight the history of social action, from American Indian resistance to colonists through Black Lives Matter and Women's Marches. |
TITLE: Shall We Wake the President?: Two Centuries of Disaster Management from the Oval Office
AUTHOR: Tevi Troy WHERE TO FIND IT IN THE LIBRARY: 973.099 Tro SUMMARY: Examines the evolving role of the president in dealing with disasters, explains how presidents have handled disasters throughout American history, and looks at the likelihood of similar disasters befalling modern America. |
TITLE: Stolen Justice: The Struggle for African American Voting Rights (Scholastic Focus): The Struggle for African American Voting Rights
AUTHOR: Lawrence Goldstone CALL NUMBER: 324.6 Gol SUMMARY: A thrilling and incisive examination of the post-Reconstruction era struggle for and suppression of African American voting rights in the United States. |
TITLE: Becoming
AUTHOR: Michelle Obama WHERE TO FIND IT IN THE LIBRARY: 921 Oba SUMMARY: An intimate memoir by the former First Lady chronicles the experiences that have shaped her remarkable life, from her childhood on the South Side of Chicago through her setbacks and achievements in the White House. |
TITLE: A Promised Land
AUTHOR: Barack Obama CALL NUMBER: 921 Oba SUMMARY: Barack Obama, the forty-fourth United States President discusses his life. |
TITLE: The Truths We Hold: An American Journey
AUTHOR: Kamala Harris CALL NUMBER: 921 Har SUMMARY: The civil rights leader, former Senator, former Attorney General of California, and Vice President of the United States draws on the lessons of her activist immigrant family to make recommendations for the universal issues of today, including economic inequality, health care and national security. |
TITLE: Unpresidented: A Biography of Donald Trump
AUTHOR: Martha Brockenbrough WHERE TO FIND IT IN THE LIBRARY: 921 Tru SUMMARY: Looks at the life of American businessman and president, Donald Trump |
TITLE: His Truth Is Marching On: John Lewis and the Power of Hope
AUTHOR: Jon Meacham CALL NUMBER: 921 Lew SUMMARY: A biography about civil rights leader and longtime U.S. Congressman John Lewis written using interviews with Lewis and his family and research into the civil rights movement. |
TITLE: Feel Free
AUTHOR: Zadie Smith WHERE TO FIND IT IN THE LIBRARY: 814 Smi SUMMARY: A collection of both previously unpublished works and classic essays includes discussions of recent cultural and political events, social networking, libraries, and the failure to address global warming. |
TITLE: On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century
AUTHOR: Timothy Snyder WHERE TO FIND IT IN THE LIBRARY: 321.6 Sny SUMMARY: On Tyranny is a call to arms and a guide to resistance, with invaluable ideas for how we can preserve our freedoms in the uncertain years to come. |
TITLE: One Person, No Vote: How Voter Suppression Is Destroying Our Democracy
AUTHOR: Carol Anderson CALL NUMBER: 324.6 And SUMMARY: Presents a timely history of voter suppression that exposes America's insidious history of policies that have blocked African-American voting participation, placing particular focus on the Supreme Court's 2013 Shelby ruling. |
TITLE: Sisters First: Stories from Our Wild and Wonderful Life
AUTHOR: Jenna Bush Hager and Barbara Pierce Bush WHERE TO FIND IT IN THE LIBRARY: 921 Bus SUMMARY: The fraternal twin daughters of the 43rd U.S. president share lighthearted and poignant personal stories and reflections from their lives within a powerhouse political dynasty, from their witness to their grandfather's presidency through their subsequent upbringing and work under the eyes of the Secret Service, public and paparazzi. |
TITLE: All Art Is Propaganda
AUTHOR: George Orwell WHERE TO FIND IT IN THE LIBRARY: 824 Orw SUMMARY: Collects critical essays written by George Orwell in the 1940s, in which he discusses the work of Charles Dickens, Rudyard Kipling, T. S. Eliot, Salvador Dali, and others; and also covers propaganda, politics, and more. |
TITLE: Nixonland: The Rise of a President and the Fracturing of America
AUTHOR: Rick Perlstein WHERE TO FIND IT IN THE LIBRARY: 973.924 Per SUMMARY: An account of the thirty-seventh presidency sets Nixon's administration against a backdrop of the tumultuous civil rights movement while offering insight into how key events in the 1960s set the stage for today's political divides. |
TITLE: Alexander Hamilton
AUTHOR: Ron Chernow WHERE TO FIND IT IN THE LIBRARY: 921 Ham SUMMARY: Presents a biography of Alexander Hamilton, one of the most important figures in the history of American politics never elected to the presidency, discussing his childhood as an orphan in the Caribbean, his marriage and family, and his death in a duel, and examining his multifaceted role in the formation of U.S. government. |
TITLE: The Assassins' Gate: America in Iraq
AUTHOR: George Packer WHERE TO FIND IT IN THE LIBRARY: 956.7 Pac SUMMARY: Examines how the United States attempted to change the history of the Middle East, profiling the people and ideas that influenced the Bush administration's war policy. |
TITLE: The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion
AUTHOR: Jonathan Haidt WHERE TO FIND IT IN THE LIBRARY: 201.615 Hai SUMMARY: The author of The Happiness Hypothesis presents a groundbreaking investigation into the origins of morality at the core of religion and politics, offering scholarly insight into the motivations behind cultural clashes that are polarizing America. |
TITLE: Fascism: A Warning
AUTHOR: Madeleine Albright WHERE TO FIND IT IN THE LIBRARY: 320.53 Alb SUMMARY: The former U.S. secretary of state presents a timely, considered, and personal look at the history and current resurgence of fascism and the virulent threat it poses to international freedom, prosperity, and peace. |