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Illinois

Government

The origin of capitalism and modern industrialism--and, not unrelated, the birthplace of Marxism--modern Europe provided the perfect conditions for a great number of political revolutions. From the monarchical terror of the Middle Ages to the mangled Europe of the twenty-first century, A People's History of Modern Europe tracks the history of the continent through the deeds of those whom mainstream history tries to forget.

 

Along the way, William A. Pelz examines the German peasant wars of Thomas Müntzer, the bourgeoisie revolutions of the eighteenth century, the rise of the industrial worker in England, the turbulent journey of the Russian Soviets, the role of the European working class throughout the Cold War, and the revolutionary students in 1968. He then brings his story to the present day, where we continue to fight to forge an alternative to a heartless and often barbaric economic system. 

 

As Germany and Greece argue over who owes what, with the very idea of Europe crumbling around them, Pelz's accessible, provocative history could not be timelier. Sure to resonate with fans of books like Howard Zinn's A People's History of the United States, this people's history sweeps away the tired platitudes of the privileged and provides an opportunity to understand the story of Europe from the ground up.

A People's History of Modern Europe

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California

100 Years of Politics and Culture in America

To commemorate the 100th anniversary of The New Republic, an extraordinary anthology of essays culled from the archives of the acclaimed and influential magazine.

Founded by Herbert Croly and Walter Lippmann in 1914 to give voice to the growing progressive movement, The New Republic has charted and shaped the state of American liberalism, publishing many of the twentieth century’s most important thinkers.

Insurrections of the Mind is an intellectual biography of this great American political tradition. In seventy essays, organized chronologically by decade, a stunning collection of writers explore the pivotal issues of modern America. Weighing in on the New Deal; America’s role in war; the rise and fall of communism; religion, race, and civil rights; the economy, terrorism, technology; and the women’s movement and gay rights, the essays in this outstanding volume speak to The New Republic’s breathtaking ambition and reach. Introducing each article, editor Franklin Foer provides colorful biographical sketches and amusing anecdotes from the magazine’s history. Bold and brilliant, Insurrections of the Mind is a celebration of a cultural, political, and intellectual institution that has stood the test of time.

Contributors include: Virginia Woolf, Vladimir Nabokov, George Orwell, Graham Greene, Philip Roth, Pauline Kael, Michael Lewis, Zadie Smith, William Faulkner, Ralph Ellison, James Wolcott, D. H. Lawrence, John Maynard Keynes, Langston Hughes, John Updike, and Margaret Talbot.

Insurrections of the Mind

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Pat Robertson

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

How the Supreme Court Is Usurping the Power of Congress and the People

In this book, Pat Robertson examines the threat of "no judicial limits" to the Christian heritage of our country, and how it has steadily eroded the power of both representative government and democracy itself.

Courting Disaster

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New Jersey

A Novel

An ambitious chief of staff risks her career and her heart when she falls hard for her new colleague in this steamy workplace romance from the author of Getting His Game Back.

"A sexy and sensitive love story set against a backdrop of political intrigue . . . I loved it!"-Ava Wilder, author of How to Fake It in Hollywood

After nearly a decade of experience in state politics, Isadora Maris is damn good at her job. Aggressive lobbyists and stonewalling senators are no match for her diplomacy and her unflappable commitment to her principles. If all goes according to her meticulous plan, she'll soon be managing her boss's successful campaign for U.S. representative and finally land her dream role- congressional aide in Washington, D.C., where she can really make a difference.

But Isadora's cool professionalism is knocked off-kilter when she meets Karim Sarda.Karimis gorgeous and brilliant and seems to share many of her ideals. So why is he working for the California senate's most detestable scumbag? Given their bosses' fierce political rivalry, Isadora finds she can't risk tarnishing her reputation by flirting with the enemy, and she's been betrayed enough times to want to keep people at a distance. So she deems Karim off-limits-no matter how flustered she feels whenever he enters the room.

Karim knows that struggle all too well- Still processing the wounds from his failed marriage, he's ready for a fresh start. But Karim can't hide his attraction to Isadora's commanding presence. Her strength is captivating, even as he recognizes something fragile beneath its surface.

WhenKarim and Isadora succumb to their undeniable chemistry, their initial desire blossoms into something more-something real.But if Karim's boss takes control of the California senate, everything Isadora worked for could be destroyed.Will workplace politics shattertheir chance at love?

Not the Plan

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Updated in a new 9th edition, Politics in America provides straightforward, descriptive coverage of American politics and government.  Using the Harold Lasswell definition of politics Tom Dye employs this classic, and still resonant, interpretation as the lens through which he examines the foundations, institutions, behaviors, and policies of the American political system.

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Politics in America, Texas Edition

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Augusto Boal

Pristine paperback copy with no markings in book and an unbroken spine. New Edition

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Washington

a So remarkable and so ground-breaking ... [it is] the most important [book] on the theatre in modern times.a George Wellwarth"

Theater of the Oppressed

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New book, no writing inside/unused. Have 2 available. Price negotiable just let me know!

History

Black Athletes, a Divided America, and the Politics of Patriotism

Following in the footsteps of Robeson, Ali, Robinson and others, today’s Black athletes re-engage with social issues and the meaning of American patriotism Named a best book of 2018 by Library Journal It used to be that politics and sports were as separate from one another as church and state. The ballfield was an escape from the world’s worst problems, top athletes were treated like heroes, and cheering for the home team was as easy and innocent as hot dogs and beer. “No news on the sports page” was a governing principle in newsrooms. That was then. Today, sports arenas have been transformed into staging grounds for American patriotism and the hero worship of law enforcement. Teams wear camouflage jerseys to honor those who serve; police officers throw out first pitches; soldiers surprise their families with homecomings at halftime. Sports and politics are decidedly entwined. But as journalist Howard Bryant reveals, this has always been more complicated for black athletes, who from the start, were committing a political act simply by being on the field. In fact, among all black employees in twentieth-century America, perhaps no other group had more outsized influence and power than ballplayers. The immense social responsibilities that came with the role is part of the black athletic heritage. It is a heritage built by the influence of the superstardom and radical politics of Paul Robeson, Jackie Robinson, Muhammad Ali, Tommie Smith, and John Carlos through the 1960s; undermined by apolitical, corporate-friendly “transcenders of race,” O. J. Simpson, Michael Jordan, and Tiger Woods in the following decades; and reclaimed today by the likes of LeBron James, Colin Kaepernick, and Carmelo Anthony. The Heritage is the story of the rise, fall, and fervent return of the athlete-activist. Through deep research and interviews with some of sports’ best-known stars—including Kaepernick, David Ortiz, Charles Barkley, and Chris Webber—as well as members of law enforcement and the military, Bryant details the collision of post-9/11 sports in America and the politically engaged post-Ferguson black athlete.

The Heritage

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David Axelrod

Very good clean tight copy, in very good dust jacket. First printing.

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

New York

My Forty Years in Politics

David Axelrod has always been a believer. Whether as a young journalist investigating city corruption, a campaign consultant guiding underdog candidates against entrenched orthodoxy, or as senior adviser to the president during one of the worst crises in American history, Axelrod held fast to his faith in the power of stories to unite diverse communities and ignite transformative political change. Now this legendary strategist, the mastermind behind Barack Obama's historic election campaigns, shares a wealth of stories from his forty-year journey through the inner workings of American democracy. Believer is the tale of a political life well lived, of a man who never gave up on the deepest promises our country has to offer.

Believer reveals the roots of Axelrod's devotion to politics and his faith in democratic change. As a child of the 60s in New York City, Axelrod worked his first campaigns during a tumultuous decade that began with soaring optimism and ended in violence and chaos. As a young newspaperman in Chicago during the 1970s and '80s, Axelrod witnessed another world transformed when he reported on the dissolution of the last of the big city political machines--Richard Daley, Dan Rostenkowski, and Harold Washington--along with the emergence of a dynamic black independent movement that ultimately made Obama's ascent possible.

After cutting his teeth in the rollicking world of Chicago journalism, Axelrod switched careers to become a political strategist. His unorthodox tactics during his first campaign helped him get Paul Simon unexpectedly elected to the Senate, and soon Axelrod's counsel was sought by the greatest lights of the Democratic Party. Working for path breakers like Hillary Clinton, Deval Patrick, and Rahm Emanuel--and morally conflicted characters like Rod Blagojevich and John Edwards--Axelrod, for better and worse, redefined the techniques by which modern political campaigns are run.

The heart of Believer is Axelrod's twenty-year friendship with Barack Obama, a warm partnership that inspired both men even as it propelled each to great heights. Taking a chance on an unlikely candidate for the U.S. Senate, Axelrod ultimately collaborated closely with Obama on his political campaigns, and served as the invaluable strategist who contributed to the tremendous victories of 2008 and 2012. Switching careers again, Axelrod served as senior adviser to the president during one of the most challenging periods in national history: working at Obama's side as he battled an economic disaster; navigated America through two wars; and fought to reform health care, the financial sector, and our gridlocked political institutions. In Believer, Axelrod offers a deeper and richer profile of this extraordinary figure--who in just six years vaulted from the Illinois State Senate to the Oval Office--from the perspective of one who was at his side every step of the way.

Spanning forty years that include corruption and transformation, turmoil and progress, Believer takes readers behind the closed doors of politics even as it offers a thrilling call to democratic action. Axelrod's Believer is a powerful and inspiring memoir enlivened by the charm and candor of one of the greatest political  strategists in recent American history.

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Kansas

My Leadership Journey

Carly Fiorina was the first female chairman of a Fortune 20 company, after being both chairman and CEO for Hewlett-Packard. In this memoir she shares the lessons she's learned from her difficulties and triumphs in both her professional and personal lives. Drawing on her experience as a leader, a politically active citizen and a parent, she diagnoses the largest problem facing our country today: untapped potential. By tapping into that potential, Fiorina believes anyone can overcome struggles. An inspiring book with wide appeal.

Rising to the Challenge

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Peril

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Candace Owens

Larry Elder

How Black America Can Make Its Second Escape from the Democrat Plantation

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER It’s time for a black exit. Political activist and social media star Candace Owens addresses the many ways that Democrat Party policies hurt, rather than help, the African American community, and why she and many others are turning right. Black Americans have long been shackled to the Democrats. Seeing no viable alternative, they have watched liberal politicians take the black vote for granted without pledging anything in return. In Blackout, Owens argues that this automatic allegiance is both illogical and unearned. She contends that the Democrat Party has a long history of racism and exposes the ideals that hinder the black community’s ability to rise above poverty, live independent and successful lives, and be an active part of the American Dream. Instead, Owens offers up a different ideology by issuing a challenge: It’s time for a major black exodus. From dependency, from victimhood, from miseducation—and the Democrat Party, which perpetuates all three. Owens explains that government assistance is a double-edged sword, that the Left dismisses the faith so important to the black community, that Democrat permissiveness toward abortion disproportionately affects black babies, that the #MeToo movement hurts black men, and much more. Weaving in her personal story, which ushered her from a roach-infested low-income apartment to1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, she demonstrates how she overcame her setbacks and challenges despite the cultural expectation that she should embrace a victim mentality. Well-researched and intelligently argued, Blackout lays bare the myth that all black people should vote Democrat—and shows why turning to the right will leave them happier, more successful, and more self-sufficient.

Blackout

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Minnesota

Presents a collection of hypothetical and satirical terms and phrases that may be sometime in the future, when the Bush administration is not in power.

Future Dictionary of America

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Signed copy. Includes card that provides background on signing. #hardcover #nonfiction #signed #socialscience #politics #hilaryclinton

Connecticut

And Other Lessons Children Teach Us

In celebration of the tenth anniversary of "It Takes a Village," this splendid edition includes photographs and a new Introduction by Senator Clinton. As relevant as ever, this anniversary edition makes it abundantly clear that the choices made by parents today about how to raise children and how to support families will determine how the nation will face the challenges of the 21st century.

It Takes a Village - Signed

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Epic story from a World War II setting. As with all Herman Wouk novels, historical facts have been meticulously researched and the story is compelling and interesting and heartbreaking and so many other emotions. I’ve read these books several times and am keeping my personal copies to read again. 
These copies are the Book Club Editions. Although the dust jackets are showing wear, the books themselves are in fantastic shape and display beautifully. 
The first book is The Winds of War and the sequel is War and Remembrance in a 2 volume set. No writing, dog ears or tears. Spines intact. Outer page edges clean. Covers are almost like new. 

Oversized Hardcover (4 to 6 lbs)

Michigan

The Winds of War and War and Remembrance 

#Signed on bookplate by George H.W. Bush on free front end paper #nonfiction #biography #politics #history #letters

My Life in Letters and Other Writings

SIGNED — All the Best, George Bush

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Why We Need Smart Government For a Strong Economy 

SIGNED—Back to Work

#Signed #Vintage #Collectible #Hardcover Limited Numbered Signature Edition (1977). Bound in green faux-leather boards with gold-gilt lettering and full Presidential signature on title page. Number 1,414 of 5,000 printed. Small dent on bottom (picture 9). #nonfiction #biography #autobiography #politics

SIGNED — Why Not The Best?

Published 1961, Heritage Press Collector's Edition; illustrated with slipcase and Sandglass insert

Rights of Man

Signed First Edition, 1st Printing, numbered 988 of 1,000. #Vintage copy bound in midnight blue cloth with gilt lettering on front cover.

SIGNED—Major Campaign Speeches of Adlai E. Stevenson, 1952

FirstEdition, 1st Printing. Limited edition in burgundy slipcase.

Please do not confuse this copy with the Warner Books limited edition of 2,500 numbered copies.

SIGNED — The Real War

Published 1975, #Hardcover #FirstEdition #Signed by former Vice President on title page. Very Good condition. Dust jacket in mylar cover. Clean, unmarked text. #nonfiction #Vintage #politics #government #OldBooks

Toward a Responsible Presidency

SIGNED—The Accountability of Power

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#SIGNED - The Challenge to Liberty By Herbert Hoover (1935, #Hardcover); #FirstEdition, 3rd Printing. Inscribed by author on front free endpaper: "The Compliments of Herbert Hoover." Original dust jacket. #Vintage #OldBooks #Rare #Antique #Politics  

SIGNED—The Challenge to Liberty

Jim Acosta

A Dangerous Time to Tell the Truth in America





A New York Times bestseller.

From CNN's veteran Chief White House Correspondent Jim Acosta, an explosive, first-hand account of the dangers he faces reporting on the current White House while fighting on the front lines in President Trump's war on truth, featuring new material exclusive to the paperback edition. 



In Mr. Trump's campaign against what he calls "Fake News," CNN Chief White House Correspondent, Jim Acosta, is public enemy number one. From the moment Mr. Trump announced his candidacy in 2015, he has attacked the media, calling journalists "the enemy of the people."

Acosta presents a damning examination of bureaucratic dysfunction, deception, and the unprecedented threat the rhetoric Mr. Trump is directing has on our democracy. When the leader of the free world incites hate and violence, Acosta doesn't back down, and he urges his fellow citizens to do the same.

At Mr. Trump's most hated network, CNN, Acosta offers a never-before-reported account of what it's like to be the President's most hated correspondent. Acosta goes head-to-head with the White House, even after Trump supporters have threatened his life with words as well as physical violence.

From the hazy denials and accusations meant to discredit the Mueller investigation, to the president's scurrilous tweets, Jim Acosta is in the eye of the storm while reporting live to millions of people across the world. After spending hundreds of hours with the revolving door of White House personnel, Acosta paints portraits of the personalities of Sarah Huckabee Sanders, Stephen Miller, Steve Bannon, Sean Spicer, Hope Hicks, Jared Kushner and more. Acosta is tenacious and unyielding in his public battle to preserve the First Amendment and #RealNews.

The Enemy of the People SIGNED with CoA

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William P. Barr

Memoirs of an Attorney General

The former attorney general provides a candid account of his historic tenures serving two vastly different presidents, George H.W. Bush and Donald J. Trump. William Barr's first tenure as attorney general under President George H.W. Bush was largely the result of chance, while his second tenure under President Donald Trump a deliberate and difficult choice. In this candid memoir, Barr takes readers behind the scenes during seminal moments of the 1990s, from the LA riots to Pan Am 103 and Iran Contra. Thirty years later, Barr faced an unrelenting barrage of issues, such as Russiagate, the COVID outbreak, civil unrest, the impeachments, and the 2020 election fallout. One Damn Thing After Another is vivid, forthright, and essential not only to understanding the Bush and Trump legacies, but also how both men viewed power and justice at critical junctures of their presidencies.

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