Elections category: 1210 books
How To Lose A Referendum
The Definitive Story of Why The UK Voted for Brexit
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2017
Did David Cameron have to call a referendum? Did history put a gun to his head? And was Britain's departure from the EU destined from the moment he called it? Was it a lost cause, or did the Prime Minister lose it?
Sky News senior political correspondent Jason Farrell teams up with political...
by Theodore H. White
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2010
“[White] revolutionized the art of political reporting.” —William F. Buckley
A national bestseller, The Making of the President 1964 is the critically acclaimed account of the 1964 presidential campaign, from the assassination of JFK though the battle for power between Lyndon B. Johnson...
by Timothy Crouse
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2013
Cheap booze. Flying fleshpots. Lack of sleep. Endless spin. Lying pols.
Just a few of the snares lying in wait for the reporters who covered the 1972 presidential election. Traveling with the press pack from the June primaries to the big night in November, Rolling Stone reporter Timothy Crouse...
by Nick Clegg
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2017
*THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER*
Keep calm – but do not carry on. There is nothing remotely inevitable about Brexit – except that it will be deeply damaging if it happens. Extricating Britain from Europe will be the greatest challenge this country has faced since the Second World War. And as negotiations...
Clean Brexit
Why Leaving the EU Still Makes Sense - Building a Post-Brexit Economy for All
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2018
UPDATED FOREWORD BY GISELA STUART AND UPDATED AFTERWORD BY JACOB REES-MOGG
On 23 June 2016, in the biggest ever vote in British history, 17.4 million people chose to leave the EU. So what does the future now hold after this momentous decision? What will life be like in Britain after we end...
Why Vote UKIP 2015
The Essential Guide
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2014
Will UKIP follow their European election success of 2014 and make unprecedented gains at the next general election? In this concise and accessible guide, UKIP's deputy chairman Suzanne Evans explains what the UK would look like under the leadership of Nigel Farage, and why a vote for UKIP is a vote...
Why Vote Conservative 2015
The Essential Guide
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2014
The Conservative Party wants to win the 2015 general election with an outright majority. But what should be the party's purpose in government? In this unique guide, Conservative MP Nick Herbert explores the values that have ensured the party's success for the better part of the last hundred years,...
The Great Revolt
Inside the Populist Coalition Reshaping American Politics
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2018
A CNN political analyst and a Republican strategist reframe the discussion of the “Trump voter” to answer the question, What’s next?
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY FOREIGN AFFAIRS • “Unlike most retellings of the 2016 election, The Great Revolt provides a cohesive, non-wild-eyed...
How Trump Won
The Inside Story of a Revolution
Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 2017
A book to challenge the status quo, spark a debate, and get people talking about the issues and questions we face as a country!
Uncovering Trump
The Truth Behind Donald Trump's Charitable Giving
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2017
From David A. Fahrenthold, winner of the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting, comes a fascinating behind-the-scenes look at the stories and scandals of Donald Trump’s campaign.
In February of 2016, Donald Trump promised $6 million in donations, including $1 million from his own pocket,...
Choosing Truman
The Democratic Convention of 1944
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2000
As Franklin D. Roosevelt's health deteriorated in the months leading up to the Democratic National Convention of 1944, Democratic leaders confronted a dire situation. Given the inevitability of the president's death during a fourth term, the choice of a running mate for FDR was of profound importance....
by Al Franken
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2005
**The #1 New York Times bestseller by Senator Al Franken, author of Giant of the Senate
Senator Al Franken’s landmark bestseller, Lies (And the Lying Liars Who Tell Them): A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right, was praised as a “bitterly funny assault” (The New York Times) that rang...
Hopeless
Barack Obama and the Politics of Illusion
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2012
"Those who feel that like lemmings they are being led over a cliff would be well-advised not to read this book. They may discover that they are right."—Noam Chomsky
“Jeffrey St. Clair and Joshua Frank have skillfully smoked out the real Barack Obama . . . the technofascist military...
All the President's Spin
George W. Bush, the Media, and the Truth
Language: English
Release Date: August 17, 2004
All the President's Spin, the first book from the editors of the acclaimed nonpartisan website Spinsanity, unmasks the tactics of deception and media manipulation that George W. Bush has used to sell his agenda to the American people.
From his campaigns for tax cuts to the debate over war in...