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Autocracy, Inc.: The Dictators Who Want to Run the World
Applebaum, Anne.
Ebook
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * From the Pulitzer-prize winning author, an alarming account of how autocracies work together to undermine the democratic world, and how we should organize to defeat them "A masterful guide to the new age of authoritarianism... clear...
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On freedom
Snyder, Timothy
Ebook
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * A brilliant exploration of freedom--what it is, how it's been misunderstood, and why it's our only chance for survival--by the acclaimed Yale historian and author of the #1 New York Times bestseller On Tyranny "A rigorous and...
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The originalism trap how extremists stole the constitution and how we the people can take it back
Dennie, Madiba K.
Ebook
A rallying cry for a more just approach to the law that bolsters social justice movements by throwing out originalism--the theory that judges should interpret the Constitution exactly as conservatives say the Founders meant it "The greatest trick conservatives ever pulled was...
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White rural rage the threat to American democracy
Schaller, Thomas F.
Ebook
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER . A searing portrait and damning takedown of America's proudest citizens-who are also the least likely to defend its core principles "This is an important book that ought to be read by anyone who wants to understand politics in the perilous Age...
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Our ancient faith Lincoln, democracy, and the American experiment
Guelzo, Allen C.
Ebook
An intimate study of Abraham Lincoln's powerful vision of democracy, which guided him through the Civil War and is still relevant today--by a best-selling historian and three-time winner of the Lincoln Prize *Winner of the 2024 Abraham Lincoln Institute Book Prize* "It...
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How to steal a presidential election
Lessig, Lawrence
Ebook
From two distinguished experts on election law, an alarming look at how the American presidency could be stolen--by entirely legal means "Their new book asks whether a second Trump attempt to subvert democracy could succeed. Their answer makes for...
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The year of living constitutionally one man's humble quest to follow the Constitution's original meaning
Jacobs, A. J.
Ebook
The New York Times bestselling author of The Year of Living Biblically chronicles his hilarious adventures in attempting to follow the original meaning of the Constitution, as he searches for answers to one of the most pressing issues of our time- How should we interpret America's...
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The primary solution : rescuing our democracy from the fringes
Troiano, Nick
Paper Book
In a divided America, the biggest solvable problem fueling political extremism and dysfunction is hiding in plain sight: party primaries. The Primary Solution is the "thought-provoking" (Arnold Schwarzenegger) answer the country needs. Congress has become an unproductive...
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New cold wars China's rise, Russia's invasion, and America's struggle to defend the West
Sanger, David E.
Ebook
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * The fast-paced inside story of America's plunge into a volatile rivalry with the other two great nuclear powers--Xi Jinping's China and Vladimir Putin's Russia--from the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and bestselling author of The Perfect Weapon
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We Are the Leaders We Have Been Looking For
Glaude, Eddie S., Jr.
Ebook
Eddie S. Glaude Jr. weaves personal anecdotes and meditations to offer a positive vision for Black politics: the importance of ordinary people assuming the mantle of leaders and heroes our democracy desperately needs. To build a better world, we must cultivate our best selves, not rely on the...
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Hit 'em where it hurts : how to save democracy by beating Republicans at their own game
Bitecofer, Rachel
Paper Book
A radical, urgent plan for how the Democratic Party and its supporters can win elections at one of the most pivotal moments in the history of our nation's democracy "Bitecofer hits hard against the GOP tactics of fear and anger and the Democrats' status quo narratives around...
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Rebellion how antiliberalism is tearing America apart-again
Kagan, Robert
Ebook
A chilling and clear-eyed warning about the threats to our democracy posed by the increasing radicalization of the Republican Party, from a leading historian and intellectual The 2024 election could be the last free election held in a unified America. So warns Robert Kagan in...
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Bringing Ben home a murder, a conviction, and the fight to redeem American justice
Bradley Hagerty, Barbara
Ebook
In 1989, Ben Spencer, a twenty-two-year-old Black man from Dallas, was convicted of murdering white businessman Jeffrey Young - a crime he didn't commit. From the day of his arrest, Spencer insisted that it was 'an awful mistake.' The Texas legal system didn't see it that way. It allowed shoddy...
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One nation under guns how gun culture distorts our history and threatens our democracy
Erdozain, Dominic
Ebook
This "brilliant and gut-wrenching" (The New York Times Book Review, Editors' Choice) takedown of American gun culture argues that the nation's founders did not intend the Second Amendment to guarantee an individual right to bear arms--and that this distortion of the record is an...
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The internationalists the fight to restore American foreign policy after Trump
Ward, Alexander
Ebook
When Joe Biden assumed the United States presidency, he brought with him a team of all-star talent, perhaps the most experienced ensemble of policy experts in modern U.S. history. Their mission: repair America's damaged reputation abroad and decide the course of its global future. The challenges and...
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America last : the Right's century-long romance with foreign dictators
Heilbrunn, Jacob
Paper Book
Why do Donald Trump, Tucker Carlson, and much of the far Right so explicitly admire the murderous and incompetent Russian dictator Vladimir Putin? Why is Ron DeSantis drawing from Victor Orbán's illiberal politics for his own policies as governor of Florida--a single American state that has more...
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John Lewis in search of the beloved community
Arsenault, Raymond
Ebook
The first full-length biography of civil rights hero and congressman John Lewis "The perfect book, at the right time."--Michael Henry Adams, The Guardian For six decades John Robert Lewis (1940-2020) was a...
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