Political science

  • Invasion : the inside story of Russia's bloody war and Ukraine's fight for survival

    Creator

    Harding, Luke

    Abstract

    New York Times bestselling author of Collusion and The Snowden Files Luke Harding's personal, frontline reporting on Russia's harrowing invasion of Ukraine, the biggest news event of the year and an inflection point in international politics"An excellent, moving account of an ongoing tragedy."--Anne Applebaum, New York Times bestselling author of Twilight of DemocracyIn a damning, inspiring, and breathtaking narrative of what is likely to be a turning point for Europe--and the world--Guardian correspondent and New York Times bestselling author Luke Harding reports firsth

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    Books on Tape

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  • Disability pride : dispatches from a post-ADA world

    Creator

    Mattlin, Ben

    Abstract

    An eye-opening portrait of the diverse disability community as it is today and how attitudes, activism, and representation have evolved since the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    Beacon Press

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  • Hitler's girl : the British aristocracy and the third Reich on the eve of WWII

    Creator

    Young, Lauren

    Abstract

    A timely, riveting book that presents for the first time an alternative history of 1930s Britain, revealing how prominent fascist sympathizers nearly succeeded in overturning British democracy--using the past as a road map to navigate the complexities of today's turn toward authoritarianism. Hitler's Girl is a groundbreaking history that reveals how, in the 1930s, authoritarianism nearly took hold in Great Britain as it did in Italy and Germany.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    HarperAudio

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  • The authoritarian moment : how the left weaponized America's institutions against dissent

    Creator

    Shapiro, Ben.

    Abstract

    How far are Americans willing to go to force each other to fall in line? According to the establishment media, the intelligentsia, and our political chattering class, the greatest threat to American freedom lies in right-wing authoritarianism. We've heard that some 75 million Americans who voted for Donald Trump represent the rise of American fascism; that conservatives have allowed authoritarianism to bloom in their midst, creating a grave danger for the republic.

    Audience
    Adult**
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  • The gulag archipelago, volume 1 : an experiment in literary investigation

    Creator

    Solzhenitsyn, Aleksandr I.

    Abstract

    "BEST NONFICTION BOOK OF THE 20TH CENTURY"--TimeVolume 1 of the gripping epic masterpiece, Solzhenitsyn's chilling report of his arrest and interrogation, which exposed to the world the vast bureaucracy of secret police that haunted Soviet society. Features a new foreword by Anne Applebaum."The greatest and most powerful single indictment of a political regime ever leveled in modern times."--George F.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Not specified
  • A good kind of trouble

    Creator

    Ramée, Lisa Moore

    Abstract

    From debut author Lisa Moore Ramée comes this funny and big-hearted debut middle grade novel about friendship, family, and standing up for what's right, perfect for fans of Angie Thomas's The Hate U Give and the novels of Renée Watson and Jason Reynolds.Twelve-year-old Shayla is allergic to trouble. All she wants to do is to follow the rules. (Oh, and she'd also like to make it through seventh grade with her best friendships intact, learn to run track, and have a cute boy see past her giant forehead.) But in junior high, it's like all the rules have changed.

    Audience
    Juvenile**
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  • I am malala : the girl who stood up for education and was shot by the Taliban

    Creator

    Yousafzai, Malala

    Abstract

    A MEMOIR BY THE YOUNGEST RECIPIENT OF THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE As seen on Netflix with David Letterman "I come from a country that was created at midnight. When I almost died it was just after midday." When the Taliban took control of the Swat Valley in Pakistan, one girl spoke out. Malala Yousafzai refused to be silenced and fought for her right to an education. On Tuesday, October 9, 2012, when she was fifteen, she almost paid the ultimate price. She was shot in the head at point-blank range while riding the bus home from school, and few expected her to survive.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    Little, Brown & Company

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  • Jesus and John Wayne : how white evangelicals corrupted a faith and fractured a nation

    Creator

    Du Mez, Kristin Kobes

    Abstract

    How did a libertine who lacks even the most basic knowledge of the Christian faith win 81 percent of the white evangelical vote in 2016? And why have white evangelicals become a presidential reprobate's staunchest supporters? These are among the questions acclaimed historian Kristin Kobes Du Mez asks in Jesus and John Wayne, which explains how white evangelicals have brought us to our fractured political moment.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    Prince Frederick

    Kalorama

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  • How to be an antiracist

    Creator

    Kendi, Ibram X.

    Abstract

    #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - From the National Book Award–winning author of Stamped from the Beginning comes a “groundbreaking” ( Time ) approach to understanding and uprooting racism and inequality in our society—and in ourselves.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    Random House Audio

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  • Game : an autobiography

    Creator

    Hill, Grant

    Abstract

    The full, frank story of a remarkable life’s journey—to the pinnacle of success as a basketball player, icon, and entrepreneur, to the depths of personal trauma and back, to a place of flourishing and peace—made possible above all by a family’s love Grant Hill always had game. His choice of college was a subject of national interest, and his arrival at Duke University cemented the program’s arrival at the top. In his freshman year, he led the team to its first NCAA championship, and three championship appearances in four years.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    Penguin Audio

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