Displaying the top 100 results that match your query. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/rssapi.jsp?Re=3295&Ne=7048&N=3+5712&No=60 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1692973 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1711541 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1664178 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1682485 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1694350 This is An Inconvenient Truth for everything, a sober assessment of the facts of the matters at hand, from population and partisanship to health and wealth to religion and technology. The consequential age we are living in will be remembered as one of the great turning points in civilization. Once we turn, though, where will we be? That is the compelling question Al Gore sets out to answer by examining the drivers of global change, and more. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1706119 The media dropped the ball in covering the 2012 election by focusing exclusively on trifles and distorations instead of serious, substantive journalism, writes David Freddoso, editorial page editor of The Washington Examiner, and in doing so failed in their responsibility to keep politicians honest and the public well-informed. Freddoso, a New York Times bestselling author and former congressional reporter for National Review, fills this volume not only with outrageous examples of media bias, but also with dozens of real stories that genuinely inquisitive reporters should have relished but that the overwhelmingly liberal press didnt even bother to cover. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1738307 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1705008 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1742083 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1716029 The attorney general of Virginia documents his fight against the overreach of the Obama administration, arguing that the goals of redistributing wealth and concentrating power in Washington are contrary to the Constitution. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1687132 To understand the problems that vast individual fortunes pose for democratic values, Robert Dalzell presents an intriguing cast of wealthy individuals from colonial times to the present, including George Washington, one of the richest Americans of his day, the robber baron John D. Rockefeller, and Oprah Winfrey, for all of whom extreme wealth is inextricably tied to social concerns. In the process Dalzell uncovers the sources of our contradictory feelings toward the very rich, how they have sought to be perceived as the good rich, and the reality behind the widespread notion that wealth and generosity go hand in hand in America. Finally, in a thoughtful and balanced conclusion, the author explores the cost of our long-standing attitudes toward the rich.--pub. desc. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1741988 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1738895 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1742041 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1738306 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1705033 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1713197 For twenty-five years, John E. Douglas worked for the FBI, where he headed the elite Investigative Support Unit. Hes had a brilliant and terrifying career, getting inside the minds of notorious murderers and serial killers. Through a series of character-driven case histories--from the earliest trials in Salem, Massachusetts, to the bungled trial of Amanda Knox--Douglas shows what happens when the system breaks down and bias, media coverage, and other influences get in the way of a dispassionate pursuit of the evidence. Here also are Douglas personal reflections on his ongoing search for the truth, from painful lessons learned early in his career to his controversial findings in the West Memphis Three and JonBenet Ramsey investigations. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1712797 For over 65 years, the United States war machine has been on auto pilot. Since World War II, the world has believed that US foreign policy means well, and that Americas motives in spreading democracy are honorable, even noble. In this startling and provocative book from William Blum, one of the United States leading non-mainstream chroniclers of American foreign policy and author of the popular online newsletter, Anti-Empire Reports, demonstrates that nothing could be further from the truth. Americas Deadliest Export is the in-depth exposé of the many contradictions surrounding the nature of US foreign policy. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1654017 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1738894 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1742983 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1694331 In this new collection of conversations, conducted from 2010 to 2012, Noam Chomsky explores the most immediate and urgent concerns: the future of democracy in the Arab world, the implications of the Fukushima nuclear disaster, the European financial crisis, the breakdown of American mainstream political institutions, and the rise of the Occupy movement. As always, Chomsky presents his ideas vividly and accessibly, with uncompromising principle and clarifying insight. The latest volume from a long-established, trusted partnership, this collection shows once again that no interlocutor engages with Chomsky more effectively than David Barsamian. These interviews will inspire a new generation of readers, as well as longtime Chomsky fans eager for his latest thinking on the many crises we now confront, both at home and abroad. They confirm that Chomsky is an unparalleled resource for anyone seeking to understand our world today. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1738893 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1696384 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1667870 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1645663 Investigative journalists and New York Times bestselling authors Aaron Klein and Brenda J. Elliott reveal the detailed blueprints for President Obamas second term in office--a progressive program to complete the fundamental transformation of America during the next four years that will eradicate equal opportunity for all, Constitutionally-limited government, economic freedom, and personal liberty. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1585308 Moves beyond commentary-driven media reports to provide the presidential candidates direct quotes on numerous leading issues, from his views on health care to his thoughts on Guantanamo Bay. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1674747 From the moment John Roberts, the chief justice of the United States, blundered through the Oath of Office at Barack Obamas inauguration, the relationship between the Supreme Court and the White House has been confrontational. Both men are young, brilliant, charismatic, charming, determined to change the course of the nation, and completely at odds on almost every major constitutional issue. One is radical; one essentially conservative. The surprise is that Obama is the conservative: a believer in incremental change, compromise, and pragmatism over ideology. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1566274 Will the Arab worlds struggle for change succeed in building open societies, or will authoritarian regimes regain their grip? Lynch follows the struggles from Tunisia and Egypt to Yemen, Syria, and Libya, and to the cautious reforms of the regions monarchies, and reveals how America must adjust to the new realities. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1647919 In this blockbuster follow-up to the New York Times-bestseller The Roots of Obamas Rage, DSouza reveals how President Obamas recent actions prove his anti-colonialist roots and predicts how much worse America will be if President Obama wins a second term. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1669067 Americas war over gun control has raged since the 1960s. In 2008, the Supreme Court startled the left by concluding that with the Second Amendment the founders elevated above all other interests the right to bear arms in defense of hearth and home. Liberals feared the NRA would succeed in rolling back regulations nationwide. Discussion about guns in America has been stalemated, shortcircuited, and dominated by rigidly and mutually intolerant ideologies. Yet we may be closer to a solution than either side may imagine.In Living With Guns, veteran New York Times editor Craig Whitney carefully reexamines Americas relationship with guns, showing how guns are an important part of American culture. The earliest colonists needed them to survive. We have nearly 300 million of them today. Trying to restrict gun ownership doesnt effectively deter crime--we need to get serious about what actually works. Whitney shows that, if we focus on controlling violence rather than guns themselves, the Second Amendment may not be so lethal as the left would like to think-- Provided by publisher. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1522524 The Soviet Union was built on 20th-century magic called the planned economy, which was going to gush forth an abundance of good things that capitalism could never match. And just for a little while, in the late 1950s, the magic seemed to be working. This book is about that moment in history, and how it came, and how it went away. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1615559 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1668087 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1615814 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1713334 ... These works not only chronicle a leading dissidents struggle against tryranny but enrich the record of universal longing for freedom and dignity. Liu writes pragmatically, yet with deep-seated passion, about peasant land disputes, the Han Chinese in Tibet, child slavery, the CCPs Olympic strategy, the Internet in China, the contemporary craze for Confucius, and the Tiananmen massacre. Also presented are poems written for his wife, public documents and a foreward by Vclav Havel--Jacket flap. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1624036 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1577696 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1616378 A former congressman draws on his first-hand experience with legislative battles to present a solution-based, practical way to break the stranglehold of the political party system and banish the negative effects of partisan warfare. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1668550 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1687253 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1652964 James Meredith engineered two of the most epic events of the American civil rights era: the desegregation of the University of Mississippi in 1962, which helped open the doors of education to all Americans; and the March Against Fear in 1966, which helped open the floodgates of voter registration in the South. Part memoir, part manifesto, A Mission from God is James Meredith?s look back at his courageous and action-packed life and his challenge to America to address the most critical issue of our day: how to educate and uplift the millions of black and white Americans who remain locked in the chains of poverty by improving our public education system. Born on a small farm in Mississippi, Meredith returned home in 1960 after nine years in the U.S. Air Force, with a master plan to shatter the system of state terror and white supremacy in America. He waged a fourteen-month legal campaign to force the state of Mississippi to honor his rights as an American citizen and admit him to the University of Mississippi. He fought the case all the way to the Supreme Court and won. Meredith endured months of death threats, daily verbal abuse, and round-the-clock protection from federal marshals and thousands of troops to became the first black graduate of the University of Mississippi in 1963. In 1966 he was shot by a sniper on the second day of his ?Walk Against Fear? to inspire voter registration in Mississippi. Though Meredith never allied with traditional civil rights groups, leaders of civil rights organizations flocked to help him complete the march, one of the last great marches of the civil rights era. Decades later, Meredith says, ?Now it is time for our next great mission from God. . . . You and I have a divine responsibility to transform America.? http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1623864 From the early months of the 2008 campaign and through the first two and a half years of the Obama administration, Arun Chaudhary had a unique perspective on the president of the United States. Im sort of like President Obamas wedding videographer, he explains, if every day was a wedding with the same groom but a constantly rotating set of hysterical guests. Some of the moments Chaudhary captures are small, like the president throwing warm-up pitches deep inside Busch Stadium in St. Louis before the All-Star game. Some are intensely emotional, as when Obama comforts a grieving teenager whose father had died in a devastating tornado. And some are just plain bizarre--like getting thrown out of the Indian parliament by his belt, or being trapped in a White House bathroom while Obama conducts a YouTube town hall on the other side of the door. Film and politics have been intertwined ever since the first Edison reels rattled in projection halls a century ago. But with the advent of new technologies and a new public that is hungry for images of their leaders, Chaudhary has been in the right place at the right time to participate in the interplay of film and politics at the very highest level. His entertaining and eye-opening book--which includes stories and images of key players such as Barack and Michelle Obama, Joe Biden, and Hillary Clinton, among others--gives readers a unique view of their government and their president in these historic and challenging times-- http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1695485 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1562911 The spellbinding story behind the longest debate in U.S. Senate history: the Compromise of 1850, which brought together Senate luminaries on the eve of the Civil War in a desperate effort to save the Union. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1668196 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1697513 Along with Mikhail Gorbachev, Helmut Kohl, and Francois Mitterand, Jacques Chirac is one of the most iconic statesmen of the twentieth century. Two-time president of France, mayor of Paris, and international politician, a recent poll voted him the most admired political figure in France, with current president Nicolas Sarkozy ranking in 32nd place. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1687025 Provides an overview of the great thinkers and philosophical leaders from across Asia who helped change and shape the modern continent, including Tagore and Gandhi in India, Liang Qichao in China and Abdurreshi al Ibrhim in the Ottoman Empire. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1674543 A close presidential election in November could well come down to contested states or even districts--an election decided by vote theft? It could happen this year. Based on Greg Palast and Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.s investigative reporting for Rolling Stone and BBC television, Billionaires & Ballot Bandits: Election Games 2012 might be the most important book published this year--one that could save the election._ Billionaires & Ballot Bandits names the filthy-rich sugar-daddies who are super-funding the Super-PACs of both parties--billionaires with nicknames like The Ice Man, The Vulture and, of course, The Brothers Koch. Told with Palasts no-holds-barred, reporter-on-the-beat style, the facts as he lays them out are staggering. What emerges in Billionaires & Ballot Bandits is the never-before-told-story of the epic battle being fought behind the scenes between the old money banking sector that still supports Obama, and the new hedge fund billionaires like Paul Singer who not only support Romney but also are among his key economic advisors. Although it has not been reported, Obama has shown some backbone in standing up to the financial excesses of the men behind Romney. Billionaires & Ballot Bandits exposes the previously unreported details on how operatives plan to use the hundreds of millions in Super-PAC money pouring into this election. We know the money is pouring in, but Palast shows us the convoluted ways the money will be used to suppress your vote. The story of the billionaires and why they want to buy an election is matched with the nine ways they can steal the election. His story of the sophisticated new trickery will pick up on Palasts giant New York Times bestseller, The Best Democracy Money Can Buy-- http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1544315 Describes the authors childhood in a desperately poor family with his siblings and mentally ill mother, and details his rise from poverty to become a White House writer, focusing on his faith and determination through hard times. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1733160 Collected texts written by Camila Vallejo -- president of the Federacin de Estudiantes de la Unviersidad de Chile -- in 2011, including opinion articles and an unedited interview with Vallejo by Francisco Herreros, a Chilean journalist. Subjects include the discrepancies within Student Confederation of Chile (CONFECH), the fall of former Minster of Education Joaqun Lavn and the relation between the student movement and political parties. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1650595 Based on the explosive article Lofgren wrote when he resigned in disgust after the debt ceiling crisis, The Party Is Over is a funny and impassioned expos of everything that is wrong with Washington. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1667573 A timely look at the evolution of US immigration policy and how the increasingly hostile anti-immigrant climate is detrimental to our nations economic well-being-- http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1682420 Labor unions are infiltrating our government and corrupting our political process. They have organized federal, state, and local government employees without their consent, and now government employee unions are a threat to our workers freedoms, our free and fair elections, and even our American way of life. Factor reveals whats coming next: how unions are targeting millions of Americans for forced unionization so that unions can collect billions more in forced dues and exert an even greater influence over American politics. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1590331 Presents conversations with men and women from such fields as medicine, education, sports, the military, and finance who embody the truest sense of moral courage and leadership by personal example. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1538669 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1649022 An insiders account of the momentous ideological war between the John Roberts Supreme Court and the Obama administration. From the moment John Roberts, the Chief Justice of the United States, flubbed the Oath of Office at Barack Obamas inauguration, the relationship between the Supreme Court and the White House has been confrontational. Both men are young, brilliant, charismatic, charming, determined to change the course of the nation--and completely at odds on almost every major constitutional issue. One is radical; one essentially conservative. The surprise is that Obama is the conservative--a believer in incremental change, compromise, and pragmatism over ideology. Roberts--and his allies on the Court--seek to overturn decades of precedent: in short, to undo the victory FDR achieved in the New Deal. And now they are linked in history by Robertss stunning vote to uphold Obamacare. As the nation prepares to vote for President in 2012, the future of the Supreme Court is also on the ballot--From publisher description. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1599630 In this book, the author focuses on southern Afghanistan in the year of Obamas surge. This is the story of the long arc of American involvement, and of the campaign to salvage a victory in southern Afghanistan on Obamas watch., and reveals the epic tug of war that occurred between the President and a military that, once on the ground, increasingly went its own way. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1657672 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1582580 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1652565 A history of the four decades leading up to the Vietnam War offers insights into how the U.S. became involved, identifying commonalities between the campaigns of French and American forces while discussing relevant political factors. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1587479 Governor Ed Rendell explains why Americas leaders rarely call for sacrifice for the greater good-to avoid making any sacrifices themselves!Rendell has seen job security become the primary consideration of any person with power in America-their own job security! Most politicians and bureaucrats can see no further ahead than the next election, sometimes no further than the next press conference. Americans are rarely afraid of sacrifice and hard work when they mean building a better future, but when was the last time you heard of a leader of anything making a sacrifice for the greater good? The people can only win when they make it clear to the powers that be that making the right choices, even the hard ones, is the key to winning the next election. Explains in rollicking stories ranging from the profane to the profound that most hard choices are only hard because the polls conflict with your principles Ed Rendell rose to the top of Philadelphia, then Pennsylvania, then national politics, by doing what he thought was right, and there were plenty of times that looked like it would be his downfall as well This book revisits the high points of Ed Rendells career and current landscape to define the political fights his peers seem just as afraid of winning as losing Rendell is a former head of the Democratic National Committee, and a current MSNBC Senior Political Analyst --Provided by publisher. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1657343 The U.S. Senator from Kentucky defends his assertion that the government is out of control and running amok through thousands of regulations that serve as a source of unconstitutional abuse of the good, honest, tax-paying citizens of America. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1584685 Recounts Project AZORIAN, the clandestine Cold War efforts of the CIA, under the guise of an undersea mining operation, to recover the sunken Soviet ballistic-missile submarine K-129 from the depths of the Pacific Ocean. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1694441 This is the first book to explore President Obamas abilities as a leader, by unearthing new details of his biggest successes and failures. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1676180 The Rehnquist Court, which lasted almost twenty years, was molded in his image. In thirty-three years on the Supreme Court, from 1972 until his death in 2005 at age 80, Rehnquist was at the center of the Courts dramatic political transformation. He was a partisan, waging a quiet, constant battle to imbue the Court with a deep conservatism favoring government power over individual rights. He left behind no memoir and during his lifetime he made an effort to ensure that journalists would have scant material to work with. Jenkins explores the roots of his political and judicial convictions and showing how a brilliantly instinctive jurist created the ethos of the modern Supreme Court. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1664429 On October 28, 1962, Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev agreed to remove nuclear missiles from Cuba. Conventional wisdom has marked that day as the end of the Cuban Missile Crisis, a seminal moment in American history. As President Kennedys secretly recorded White House tapes now reveal, the reality was not so simple. Nuclear missiles were still in Cuba, as were nuclear bombers, short-range missiles, and thousands of Soviet troops. From October 29, Kennedy had to walk a very fine line--push hard enough to get as much nuclear weaponry out of Cuba as possible, yet avoid forcing the volatile Khrushchev into a combative stance. On the domestic front, an election loomed and the press was bristling at White House news management. Using new material from the tapes, historian David G. Coleman puts readers in the Oval Office during one of the most highly charged, and in the end most highly regarded, moments in American history.--From publisher description. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1608972 Renowned economist Jeff Faux explains why neither partys leaders have a plan to remedy Americas unemployment, inequality, or long economic slide. Americas political and economic elite spent so long making such terrible decisions that they caused the collapse of 2008. So how can they continue down the same road? The simple answer, that no one in charge wants to publicly acknowledge: because things are still pretty great for the people who run America. It was an accident of history, Jeff Faux explains, that after World War II the U.S. could afford a prosperous middle class, a dominant military, and a booming economic elite at the same time. For the past three decades, all three have been competing, with the middle class always losing. Soon the military will decline as well. The most plausible projections Faux explores foresee a future economy nearly devoid of production and exports, with the most profitable industries existing to solely to serve the wealthiest 1%. The authors last book, The Global Class War, sold over 20,000 copies by correctly predicting the permanent decline of our debt-burdened middle class at the hands of our off-shoring executives, out of control financiers, and their friends in Washington Since his last book, Faux is repeatedly asked what either party will do to face these mounting crises. After looking over actual policies, proposed plans, non-partisan reports, and think tank papers, his astonishing conclusion: more of the same-- http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1605129 For conservative Wisconsin native and former U.S. Navy Lieutenant Commander Dr. M. Zuhdi Jasser, the post-9/11 era meant a new reality for a devout Muslim and a patriot--a certain betrayal within his faith, and a need to answer a question that crossed the minds of even the most sensitive and politically correct: Can a good Muslim be a good American as well? Jasser founded the American Islamic Forum for Democracy (AIFD) to instill in young American Muslims an appreciation for the positive impact that this nations ideals of liberty have had upon the world. As a nationally recognized expert on Muslim radicalization, he offers non-Muslims a comprehension of the difference between Islam and the spiritual cancer known as Islamism, or political Islam, and how violence and extremism run counter to Islams true teachings. As he argues, until we acknowledge the threat of Islamism in all its forms, the majority of Americans will be gulled into recognizing only the most obvious: terrorism.--From publisher description. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1667952 Portrays how the 19th century struggle against slavery erupted in Washington DC, thrusting the ambitious District Attorney Francis Scott Key into a uniquely American battle for justice. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1594871 Argues that the Obama administrations policies are jeopardizing the black community and the nation at large, contending that progressive programs are actually promoting poverty at the expense of both the working and privileged classes. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1629318 When Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker threatened the collective bargaining rights of the states public-sector employees in early 2011, the huge protests that erupted in response put the labor movement back on the nations front pages. It was a fleeting reminder of a not-so-distant past when the labor question-and the power of organized labor-was part and parcel of a century-long struggle for justice and equality in America. Now, on the heels of the expansive Occupy Wall Street movement, the lessons of history-in seemingly short supply-are a vital handhold for the thousands of activists and citizens everywhere who sense that something has gone terribly wrong. This pithy but accessible volume provides readers with an understanding of the history that is directly relevant to the economic and political crises working people face today, and points the way to a revitalized twenty-first-century labor movement. With original contributions from leading labor historians, social critics, and activists, Labor Rising makes crucial connections between the past and present, and then looks forward, asking how we might imagine a different future for all Americans-- http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1629073 When the wartime 1944 presidential election campaign geared up late that spring, Franklin D. Roosevelt had already occupied the White House years longer than any other president. Sensing likely weakness, the Republicans mounted an energetic and expensive campaign, hitting hard at FDRs liberal domestic policies and the wars ongoing cost. Despite gravely deteriorating health, FDR and his feisty running mate, the unexpected Harry Truman, campaigned vigorously against young governor Thomas E. Dewey of New York and old-line Ohio governor John Bricker. Roosevelts charm and wit, as well as the military successes in Europe and the Pacific, contributed to his sweeping electoral victory. But the hard-fought campaign would soon take its toll on Americas only four-term president. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1669049 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1615544 Dinesh DSouza shows how President Obama is applying his anticolonial ideology to unmake America, arguing that if hes reelected he will destroy Americas future. Obamas America reveals what unchecked power will do to this great nation. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1671224 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1673083 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1668881 Jake Tapper exposes the origins of this tragic and confounding story, exploring the history of the camp and detailing the stories of soldiers heroic and doomed, shadowed by the recklessness of their commanders in Washington, D.C. and a war built on constantly shifting sands. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1681613 America desperately needs real heroes. Tragically, liberal historians and educators have virtually erased traditional American heroes from history. According to the Left, the Founding Fathers werent noble architects of America but selfish demagogues, and self-made entrepreneurs like Rockefeller were robber barons and corporate polluters. Instead of honoring great men from Americas past, kids now idolize rock stars, pro athletes, and Hollywood celebrities. Here Brion McClanahan rescues the legendary deeds of the greatest Americans and shows why we ought to venerate heroes like Captain John Smith, adventurer Daniel Boone, General Robert E. Lee, and many more. This book not only resuscitates Americas forgotten heroes but sheds light on the Lefts most cherished figures, including Franklin Delano Roosevelt and the Kennedys. In Americas hour of peril, McClanahans book is a timely and entertaining call to remember the heritage of this great nation and the heroes who built it. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1580480 Two leading experts on Congress outline recommendations for ending obstructionist tactics and artificial barriers to compromise, suggesting specific institutional restructuring measures while calling on the public and media to work with government to correct problems rather than perpetuating acerbic campaign cycles. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1511113 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1628054 Ann Coulter fearlessly explains the real history of race relations in this country, including how white liberals twist that history to spring the guilty, accuse the innocent, and engender racial hatreds, all in order to win politically. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1526981 Chronicles the battles of the Civil War, how they influenced the future of the generals who fought in them, and how they impacted the election of 1864. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1748072 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1677536 Jake Tapper exposes the origins of one of the Afghan Wars deadliest battles for U.S. forces and details the stories of soldiers heroic and doomed, shadowed by the recklessness of their commanders in Washington, D.C. and a war built on constantly shifting sands. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1669124 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1669100 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1657372 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1668482 Mike Huckabee writes to his grandchildren about the things that matter most to him in life. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1566292 This book is a behind-the-scenes portrait of the Irish power brokers who forged and fractured twentieth-century Boston. It tells the hidden story of Boston politics, the cold blooded ward bosses, the smoke-filled rooms, the larger-than-life pols who became national figures. It includes Honey Fitz, the crafty stage Irishman and grandfather to a president; the pugilistic Rascal King, Michael Curley; the hectored Kevin White who tried to hold the city together during the busing crisis; and Ray Flynn, the Southie charmer who was truly the last hurrah for Irish-American politics in the city. For almost a century, the Irish dominated Boston politics with their own unique, clannish brand of coercion and shaped its future for good and ill. The author, a former Boston Globe investigative reporter takes the reader through the entire journey from the famine ships arriving in Massachusetts Bay to the wresting of power away from the Brahmins of Beacon Hill to the Title I wars of attrition over housing to the rending of the city over busing to the Boston of today, which somehow through it all became a modern, revitalized city, albeit with a growing divide between the haves and have-nots. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1577302 In this guide, journalist Brian Doherty details Pauls career, traces the evolution of his ideas, and explores his significance in American politics. -- Provided by publisher. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1687038 An account of the famine that killed roughly thirty-six million Chinese during the Great Leap Forward examines how the communist ideologies and collectivization campaigns perpetuated by the countrys leaders caused the catastrophe. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1453402 Profiles 12 men who have run for the presidency and lost, but who, even in defeat, have had a greater impact on American history than many of those who have served as president -- Publisher. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1685759 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1549884 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1483087 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1675389 A behind-the-scenes, sixtieth anniversary commemoration of the thirty-seventh Presidents famous Checkers speech demonstrates how it salvaged a psychologically troubled Nixons position on Eisenhowers Republican ticket, set the tone for the 1952 campaign, and reflected period politics and culture. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1673245 Drawing on evolutionary history and the emergent science of human nature, this book argues that humans have an innate sense of fairness. While these impulses can easily be subverted by greed and demagoguery, they can also be harnessed for good. The author brings together the latest findings from the behavioral and biological sciences to propose a new Biosocial Contract including sweeping economic and political reforms based on three principles of fairness--equality, equity, and reciprocity. His conclusion is that the proper response to bank bailouts and financial chicanery isnt to get mad--its to get fair. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1545238 The Indian-American governor of South Carolina relates the inspiring story of her life and rising career in politics. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1656409