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The Fall of the House of Roosevelt
Brokers of Ideas and Power from FDR to LBJ
Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 2004
In the 1930s a band of smart and able young men, some still in their twenties, helped Franklin D. Roosevelt transform an American nation in crisis. They were the junior officers of the New Deal. Thomas G. Corcoran, Benjamin V. Cohen, William O. Douglas, Abe Fortas, and James Rowe helped FDR build...
Democracy, Equality, and Justice
John Adams, Adam Smith, and Political Economy
Language: English
Release Date: July 27, 2007
Challenging common interpretations of the political thought of John Adams and Adam Smith, Democracy, Equality and Justice offers an engaging and novel portrait of the political economy in America at its founding. The founders believed that liberty should not trump community, but should exist within...
A Time to Fight
Reclaiming a Fair and Just America
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2008
“I’m the only person in the history of Virginia elected to statewide office with a Union card, two Purple Hearts, and three tattoos."
Jim Webb—the bestselling author and now the celebrated, outspoken U.S. Senator from Virginia—presents a clear-eyed, hard-hitting plan of attack...
by Sanford L. Jacobs
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2014
Politics. It’s a word that carries a great deal of weight, and there have been many words spoken about it ever since human beings decided it might be a good idea to come down from the trees and form some kind of government. The Little Black Book of Political Wisdom is an engaging collection of the...
Big, Hot, Cheap, and Right
What America Can Learn from the Strange Genius of Texas
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2013
Texas may well be America's most controversial state. Evangelicals dominate the halls of power, millions of its people live in poverty, and its death row is the busiest in the country. Skeptical outsiders have found much to be offended by in the state's politics and attitude. And yet, according to...
Soldiers to Citizens
The G.I. Bill and the Making of the Greatest Generation
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2007
"A hell of a gift, an opportunity." "Magnanimous." "One of the greatest advantages I ever experienced." These are the voices of World War II veterans, lavishing praise on their beloved G.I. Bill. Transcending boundaries of class and race, the Bill enabled a sizable portion of the hallowed "greatest...
by Various
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2013
Collected here in one volume is the United States Constitution, with all of the Amendments, and seven important Ant-Federalist papers by writers such as Patrick Henry, Samuel Adams, and George Clinton. The Anti-Federalists were opposed to a strong federal government. They were concerned that if too much power was given to the federal government, states' rights would necessarily be eroded.
by Joseph Smith
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2015
It’s 1844 and only 4 months before the martyrdom of the prophet Joseph Smith. Just one month prior to this publication, as a Lt. General, Joseph Smith announced his intent to run election for the President of the United States. In the politically charged paper written by the presidential...
The Hill to Die On
The Battle for Congress and the Future of Trump's America
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2019
**NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The inside story of Donald Trump’s first two years in Washington as viewed from Capitol Hill, a startling account that turns “Congress into a Game of Thrones book” (Trevor Noah, The Daily Show).
Taking readers into secret strategy calls and closed-door...
Legacy of Secrecy
The Long Shadow of the JFK Assassination
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2009
From the authors of Ultimate Sacrifice—”Explosive new material, based mainly on government documents from the National Archives” (Vanity Fair).
John F. Kennedy’s assassination launched a frantic search to find his killers. It also launched a flurry of covert actions by Lyndon Johnson,...
by John McAdams
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2011
The mother of all conspiracy theories is about the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. Many of its elements have become part of American folklore: the single bullet, the Grassy Knoll shooter, and the mysterious deaths of interested parties.JFK Assassination Logic shows how to approach such conspiracy...
The Post-American Presidency
The Obama Administration's War on America
Language: English
Release Date: July 27, 2010
Popular conservative blogger Pamela Geller and New York Times bestselling author Robert Spencer sound a wake-up call for Americans to stop the Obama administration from limiting our hard-won freedoms, silencing our democratic voices, and irreparably harming America for generations to come.
America...
Jesse Ventura's Marijuana Manifesto
How Lies, Corruption, and Propaganda Kept Cannabis Illegal
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2016
New York Times Bestselling Author!
In this groundbreaking book – for the first time in paperback and fully-updated with all the latest legal information - outspoken freethinker Jesse Ventura lays out his philosophy. Now more than ever before, our country needs full legalization of medical/recreational...
Realigning America
McKinley, Bryan, and the Remarkable Election of 1896
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2017
The presidential election of 1896 is widely acknowledged as one of only a few that brought about fundamental realignments in American politics. New voting patterns replaced old, a new majority party came to power, and national policies shifted to reflect new realities. R. Hal Williams now presents...