Political science

  • Trigger points : inside the mission to stop mass shootings in America

    Creator

    Follman, Mark

    Abstract

    Journalist Mark Follman examines never-before-told accounts from perpetrators and mass shooting survivors in order to offer hope and a way forward at a time when the costs of gun violence have never been higher.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    [New York]

    HarperCollins

    Not specified
  • The Trayvon generation

    Creator

    Alexander, Elizabeth

    Abstract

    In 2020 after the murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Ahmaud Arbery, Alexander turned a mother's eye to her sons' and students' generation, observing the race-based violence that they could not be shielded from.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    [New York]

    Hachette Book Group

    Not specified
  • Jill : a biography of the first lady

    Creator

    Superville, Darlene

    Pace, Julie

    Abstract

    Dr. Jill Biden has been described as President Biden's greatest political asset. Now that she is First Lady, there is more curiosity than ever about the ways she will shape the country.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    [New York]

    Hachette Book Group

    Not specified
  • The vortex : a true story of history's deadliest storm, an unspeakable war, and liberation

    Creator

    Miklian, Jason

    Carney, Scott

    Abstract

    In November 1970, a storm set a collision course with the most densely populated coastline on Earth. Over the course of just a few hours, the Great Bhola Cyclone would kill 500,000 people and begin a chain reaction of turmoil, genocide, and war. Scott Carney and Jason Miklian tell the dramatic story of how that storm sparked a country to revolution.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    [New York]

    HarperCollins

    Not specified
  • No escape : the true story of China's genocide of the Uyghurs

    Creator

    Turkel, Nury

    Abstract

    In recent years, China has rounded up three million Uyghurs, placing them in concentration camps. As a human rights attorney and Uyghur activist, Nury Turkel tells his personal story of this historic injustice.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    [Don Mills, Ontario, Canada]

    Harlequin Audio

    Not specified
  • Hitler

    Creator

    Wilson, A. N.

    Abstract

    A ruthless dictator who saved his country from economic ruin only to nearly destroy it in his quest for world domination, Adolf Hitler forever changed the course of history. Here, A. N. Wilson pulls back the curtain to reveal the man behind the mythic figure.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    [Ashland, Oregon]

    Blackstone Publishing

    Not specified
  • A Blue new deal : why we need a new politics for the ocean

    Creator

    Armstrong, Chris

    Abstract

    Chris Armstrong reveals how existing governing institutions are failing to respond to ocean crisis, arguing that we must do better to put equality, democracy, and sustainability at the heart of ocean politics.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    [Ashland, Oregon]

    Blackstone Publishing

    Not specified
  • The avoidable war : the dangers of a catastrophic conflict between the US and Xi Jinping's China

    Creator

    Rudd, Kevin

    Abstract

    Veteran diplomat and former Australian prime minister Kevin Rudd confronts the growing sense that the US-China relationship is beginning to hurtle out of control. The purpose of this book is to challenge politicians, strategists and generals on both sides as they happily embark on the slippery slope of decoupling, containment, confrontation, conflict and war.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    [New York]

    Hachette Book Group

    Not specified