Elections category: 1210 books
One Minute To Ten
Cameron, Miliband and Clegg. Three Men, One Ambition and the Price of Power
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2015
10 PM, on the 7 May. The exit poll predicting the result of the 2015 General Election is announced.
In that instant three lives are changed for ever.
David Cameron, Ed Miliband and Nick Clegg were three very different men, from very different backgrounds. But they shared one ambition....
A Declaration of Independents
How We Can Break the Two-Party Stranglehold and Restore the American Dream
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2016
In 2014, Greg Orman made headlines with his historic Independent run for the U.S. Senate in Kansas. Voters gravitated to Orman’s campaign in unprecedented numbers, challenging the entrenched dominance of the two major parties over American politics. In A Declaration of Independents Orman describes...
Do the Right Thing
Inside the Movement That's Bringing Common Sense Back to America
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2008
When Governor Mike Huckabee entered the Republican presidential race, he was the ultimate dark horse, with almost no money, no consultants, and no name recognition beyond Arkansas. The so-called experts were highly amused by this former small state governor from blue-collar roots who also played bass...
Barack Obama: His Love and Dream for America
A Presidency Rising Above Conflicts and Challenges
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2012
Here we are in the twenty-first century and one man named; Barack Obama has changed the meaning of democracy and freedom for a lifetime. Unfortunately, like progress and freedom, negative people want to question Barack Obama his citizenship, competence and duty to serve as commander in chief. But...
The Gospel According to the Fix
An Insider's Guide to a Less than Holy World of Politics
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2012
A divine guide to deciphering the sinful world of American politics, from the author of the Washington Post's The Fix
The political world is full of acronyms, shortcuts, and lingoes that stand as a barrier to entry for anyone not in the business. The onset of social media has only made that...
Quarterly Essay 63 Enemy Within
American Politics in the Time of Trump
Language: English
Release Date: August 29, 2016
In Enemy Within, Don Watson takes a memorable journey into the heart of the United States in the year 2016 – and the strangest election campaign that country has seen.
Travelling in the Midwest, Watson reflects on the rise of Donald Trump and the “thicket of unreality” that is the American...
You Can Lead a Politician to Water, But You Can't Make Him Think
Ten Commandments for Texas Politics
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2007
And Kinky Said Unto the People: Why the Hell Not?
So the good people of Texas weren't able to get the Kinkster into the Governor's Mansion in 2006. It was a solid race, and he fought the good fight. Getting on the ballot as an independent -- a feat that had not been achieved in over a century...
The Power of Populism
Geert Wilders and the Party for Freedom in the Netherlands
Language: English
Release Date: August 12, 2016
This book discusses the Party for Freedom (PVV), a political party in the Netherlands, founded and led by Geert Wilders. Attaining between 10 and 18% of the votes, the PVV has become one of the largest parties in the Netherlands and is the only political party worldwide without members. Between 2010...
Breakthrough
Our Guerilla War to Expose Fraud and Save Democracy
Language: English
Release Date: June 18, 2013
In this New York Times bestseller, controversial ambush journalist James O’Keefe takes a hard-hitting look at how the media and government conspire to protect the status quo: “A spine-tingling, true crime thriller about the quest for truth in the age of media obfuscation” (Gavin McInnes, FOX...
The American Revolution of 1800
How Jefferson Rescued Democracy from Tyranny and Faction—and What This Means Today
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2014
In this brilliant historical classic, Dan Sisson provides the definitive window into key concepts that have formed the backdrop of our democracy: the nature of revolution, stewardship of power, liberty, and the ever-present danger of factions and tyranny. Most contemporary historians celebrate Jefferson’s...
Change We Can Believe In
Barack Obama's Plan to Renew America's Promise
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2008
At this defining moment in our history, Americans are hungry for change. After years of failed policies and failed politics from Washington, this is our chance to reclaim the American dream. Barack Obama has proven to be a new kind of leader–one who can bring people together, be honest about the...
Mike
The Memoirs of the Rt. Hon. Lester B. Pearson, Volume Two: 1948-1957
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2016
One of Canada’s most dynamic prime ministers, Lester B. Pearson lived a life which took him from a childhood in rural Ontario to the apex of international politics. In the second volume of his memoirs, he provides a first-person account of the busy and challenging decade that followed his entry...
by Byron York
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2005
“We have to fight back.” —Al Franken
The Left is angry—angry at President George W. Bush, the war in Iraq, the “right-wing media,” and more. And as National Review investigative writer Byron York reveals in this stunning, meticulously reported book, liberal activists have harnessed...
The Myth of Russian Collusion
The Inside Story of How Donald Trump REALLY Won
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2019
For the first time in paperback, New York Times best-selling author Roger Stone’s insider tell-all about the presidential campaign that shocked the world. This consummate political strategist continues to be front page news and has updated the book to respond to Robert Mueller’s charges.
Two...