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Author
Publisher
Broadside Books
Pub. Date
[2024]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xix, 303 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
When Jesse Watters set out to interview a few dozen radical activists to find out where their wild ideas came from, he discovered two things that shocked him: First, he liked these people. Second, their political positions were not primarily from books, teachers, or other activists. They originated in personal drama. Most of these people didn't need legislation. They needed a therapist. Though a series of personal interviews with some of the...
Author
Publisher
Everyman's Library, Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
li, 281 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Franklin's autobiography has charmed readers of every generation since it appeared. Begun as a collection of anecdotes for his son, the memoir grew into a history of the father's remarkable achievements in the literary, scientific, and political realms. This volume brings together the text of the autobiography with selections from Franklin's humorous, philosophical, parodic, and satirical writings. -- Adapted from publisher description.
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Something's gone wrong in the Land of the Free and the Home of the Brave. We can all feel it, but if we're being honest, most of us don't understand it. At the end of the day, we don't have all the facts, and if you don't know how something works, how do you fix it? This is a concise, no-nonsense, dare we say fun, guide to how America works and a roadmap to reclaiming a government of, by, and for the people. If we truly want to be a land of freedom...
4) Common sense
Author
Series
Pub. Date
1982
Lexile measure
1260L
Physical Desc
128 pages : facsimile ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
Common Sense is a pamphlet written by Thomas Paine in 1775—76 advocating independence from Great Britain to people in the Thirteen Colonies. Written in clear and persuasive prose, Paine marshaled moral and political arguments to encourage common people in the Colonies to fight for egalitarian government. It was published anonymously on January 10, 1776, at the beginning of the American Revolution, and became an immediate sensation.
It was sold...
Author
Pub. Date
2004
Edition
New ed. /
Physical Desc
xx, 619 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
The Wealth of Nations is the magnum opus of the Scottish economist and moral philosopher Adam Smith. First published in 1776, the book offers one of the world's first collected descriptions of what builds nations' wealth, and is today a fundamental work in classical economics. By reflecting upon the economics at the beginning of the Industrial Revolution, the book touches upon such broad topics as the division of labour, productivity, and free markets....
Author
Pub. Date
1960
Physical Desc
123 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Published in 1960 under the name of Arizona Senator Barry Goldwater, The Conscience of a Conservative is a greatly influential and significant book on the American conservative political movement. Written at the height of the Cold War and in the wake of America's greatest experiment with big government, the New Deal, Goldwater's message was not only remarkable, but radical. He argued for the value and importance of conservative principles, freedom,...
Author
Pub. Date
1986
Physical Desc
xiii, 498 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., first revealed the sequences that governed American politics over the past two centuries in The Cycles of American History. Faced with a new century, a new millennium, and social and technological revolutions, Schlesinger confronts the possibility of a revolution in American political cycles.
Author
Publisher
Encounter Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
First American edition.
Physical Desc
xxxiv, 255 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"We are living in the midst of an American Awakening, without God and without forgiveness. The first two Awakenings brought religious renewal; the third-the social gospel movement and its aftermath (1880-1910)-invoked the authority of religion to bring about political and social transformation, but lost sight of Christianity along the way. The Awakening through which we are now living comprehends politics through the categories of religion without...
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
viii, 486 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
From journalist and historian Richard Kreitner, a "powerful revisionist account" of the most persistent idea in American history: these supposedly United States should be broken up (Eric Foner). The novel and fiery thesis of Break It Up is simple: the United States has never lived up to its name -- and never will. The disunionist impulse may have found its greatest expression in the Civil War, but as Break It Up shows, the seduction of secession wasn't...
Author
Publisher
Threshold Editions
Pub. Date
2013.
Edition
1st Threshold Editions hardcover ed.
Physical Desc
viii, 257 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
The nationally syndicated conservative talk radio host discusses how we can fix our "broken" government.
"The long-awaited new book on how to fix our broken government by the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Liberty and Tyranny and Ameritopia"--
"Mark Levin presents a proposal for new constitutional amendments to fix our broken country"--
Author
Publisher
SelectBooks, Inc
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xxiv, 331 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"Author seeks to heal America's political divisions and threats to democratic values; he advocates piecing together fragments of our history--including the influence on our founding fathers of Native American beliefs in natural rights, egalitarian justice, and mankind's deep connection to nature, thus revealing a sacred purpose: to bring all peoples and the living natural world together. Native Americans influenced what Parry sees as the sacred purpose...