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Author
Publisher
Thomas Dunne Books
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
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Description
"When Bernie Sanders began his race for the presidency, it was considered by the political establishment and the media to be a "fringe" campaign, something not to be taken seriously. After all, he was just an independent senator from a small state with little name recognition. His campaign had no money, no political organization, and it was taking on the entire Democratic Party establishment. By the time Sanders's campaign came to a close, however,...
Author
Publisher
Hachette Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
In the greatest intelligence operation in the history of the world, Donald Trump was made President of the United States with the assistance of a foreign power. [This book] reveals the dramatic story of how blackmail, espionage, assassination, and psychological warfare were used by Vladimir Putin and his spy agencies to steal the 2016 U.S. election--and attempted to bring about the fall of NATO, the European Union, and western democracy. It will show...
Author
Language
English
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Description
In The Case for Trump, award-winning historian and political commentator Victor Davis Hanson explains how a celebrity businessman with no political or military experience triumphed over sixteen well-qualified Republican rivals, a Democrat with a quarter-billion-dollar war chest, and a hostile media and Washington establishment to become president of the United States -- and an extremely successful president. Trump alone saw a political opportunity...
Author
Publisher
Encounter Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First American edition.
Language
English
Description
"The election of Donald Trump in 2016 didn't just shock the country, it rattled the Republican Party and forced an overdue reckoning between rank-and-file Republicans and party leadership. Stung by his ascendancy as Republican voters rejected one establishment candidate after another during the presidential primaries, conservative leaders banded together to form what is known as "NeverTrump." This cabal of self-proclaimed conservatives included prominent...
Author
Publisher
Threshold Editions
Pub. Date
2009
Edition
1st Threshold Editions hardcover ed.
Language
English
Description
Describes the life and career of the Alaskan governor, from her early life and education to her political career and her Vice-Presidential candidacy in the 2008 Presidential election.
Author
Publisher
Macmillan Audio
Pub. Date
2020
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
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Description
"This is a narrative that describes the urgency that compels me and millions more to push for a different American story than the one being told today. It's a story that is one part danger, one part action, and all true. It's a story about how and why we fight for our democracy and win."
This program is read by the author
Celebrated national leader and bestselling author Stacey Abrams offers a blueprint to end voter suppression, empower
Publisher
Columbia Pictures Corp
Pub. Date
�2006
Language
English
Description
This is the story of working class hero Southern demagogue Willie Stark--rising from the mud of the back country--and his long climb to the top, followed by his longer drop to the bottom. Abetted by newspaper reporter Jack Burden, who becomes his chronicler, Stark's career begins with running for county treasurer and losing. Through law school, private practice, and finally as people's advocate against corruption, he moves up the political ladder....
Author
Publisher
Humanix Books
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"Timed for the critical presidential election season, New York Times bestselling author and noted political commentator Dick Morris provides a strategy and position on the issues for Republicans to attract crucial new voters to the party in order to win back the White House in 2016 and put an end to the Obama agenda of ruinous socialism. The presidential election of 2016 is truly America's Armageddon -- a decisive battle that will determine the future...
70) Yours in scandal
Author
Series
Man of the year volume 1
Publisher
Montlake
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
New York City's youngest mayor, Robert Davenport, decides it is time to strategize. Next move: a bid for the governor's seat. In his way: an incumbent with a flawless reputation. He also has an Achilles' heel: an estranged wild-child daughter with a past so scandalous it could be Robert's ticket to victory. Adeline Blake, New York's premier event planner, is all about reform and respectability. When she's approached by Robert to organize the party...
Author
Language
English
Description
"On November 6, 1860, Abraham Lincoln became the fluky victor in a tight race for president. The country was bitterly at odds; Southern extremists were moving ever closer to destroying the Union, with one state after another seceding and Lincoln powerless to stop them. Slavery fueled the conflict, but somehow the passions of North and South came to focus on a lonely federal fortress in Charleston Harbor: Fort Sumter. Master storyteller Erik Larson...
72) Cocalero
Publisher
First Run Features
Pub. Date
2006
Edition
[Widescreen version].
Language
Español
Description
An Aymara Indian coca leaf grower named Evo Morales travels through the Andes and Amazon in jeans and sneakers, leading a historic bid to become Bolivia's first indigenous president. The filmmakers capture the intimate moments and Morales' rise to power.
73) Man of the year
Publisher
Universal Pictures
Pub. Date
[2007]
Edition
[Full screen ed.].
Language
English
Description
Tom Dobbs makes an offhand comment on his late night talk show that he would be a better president than the leader who currently occupies the White House. A grassroots campaign conducted by his legions of fans finds him unexpectedly ushered into the Oval Office and forced to live up to his promise. Unfortunately for Dobbs, he finds out that his surprise victory was actually the result of a voting computer glitch and not winning the majority vote leaves...
76) Primary
Publisher
New Video Group
Pub. Date
c2003
Language
English
Description
A political documentary of the 1960 Wisconsin Democratic presidential primary campaigns in which Senator John F. Kennedy upset Senator Hubert H. Humphrey.
77) The war room
Series
Criterion collection volume 602
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2012]
Edition
Director-approved two DVD special ed.
Language
English
Description
The 1992 presidential election was a triumph not only for Bill Clinton but also for the new breed of strategists who guided him to the White House and changed the face of politics in the process. For this thrilling, behind-closed-doors account of that campaign, the filmmakers closely followed the brainstorming and bull sessions of Clinton's crack team of consultants. Fleet-footed and entertaining, this is a vivid document of a political moment whose...
Author
Publisher
Howard Books
Pub. Date
2011
Edition
1st Howard Books hardcover ed.
Language
English
Description
Presents an insider view of Sarah Palin's term as governor of Alaska and her vice presidential run in 2008, from the point of view of an early ardent supporter who came to have a dimmer view of her after personally witnessing how she governed.
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