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Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
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A panoramic yet intimate history of the American left--of the reformers, radicals, and idealists who have fought for a more just and human society, from the abolitionists to Noam Chomsky and Michael Moore--that gives us a revelatory new way of looking at two centuries of American politics and culture.
4) Some luck
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Series
Language
English
Description
"An epic novel that spans thirty years in the lives of a farm family in Iowa, telling a parallel story of the changes taking place in America from 1920 through the early 1950s"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher
Hanover Square Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Everyone wants the same things: To live a life of purpose and meaning. To leave a legacy for their children and grandchildren. To leave the world a better place. And yet people spend so much time wringing their hands over what's wrong and not nearly enough time fixing those things within their control. Rather than waiting on Washington, the solutions happen once people become leaders in their own lives and communities. Here, Kasich shares the ten...
6) Golden age
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Series
Last hundred years trilogy volume 3
Language
English
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Description
"The third book of a trilogy about a farm family from Iowa, which takes them from the late 1980s through the present and into the future"-- Provided by publisher.
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Publisher
North Atlantic Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"For readers of Hope in the Dark and Natural Causes--The myth of wellness is a lie. And until we learn to confront and dismantle its toxic systems, we can't ever be well"-- Provided by publisher.
The wellness industry promises to make you better, stronger, happier, healthy, and whole. "Buy this and you'll be happy"; "Eat this and you'll be healthy." And it sits back and profits from our sickness. Kelly examines the real-life cost of our obsession...
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Publisher
Broadside Books
Pub. Date
c2015.
Language
English
Description
"The prominent economist and president of the American Enterprise Institute--the leading intellectual think tank on the right--offers a bold new vision for conservatism as a movement for social and economic justice. In The Conservative Heart, Arthur C. Brooks contends that after years of focusing on economic growth and traditional social values, it is time for a new kind of conservatism--one that helps the vulnerable without mortgaging our children's...
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Publisher
The New Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"How do underdogs, facing far stronger opponents, sometimes win? In the tradition of Saul Alinsky's Rules for Radicals and Sun Tzu's The Art of War, Deepak Bhargava and Stephanie Luce's Practical Radicals offers winning strategies, history, and theory for a new generation of activists. Based on interviews with leading organizers, this groundbreaking book describes seven strategies to bring about transformative change. It incorporates stories of organizations...
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Publisher
Princeton University Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"From the acclaimed author of Unfinished Business, a story of crisis and change that can help us find renewed honesty and purpose in our personal and political lives"-- Provided by publisher.
"From the acclaimed author of Unfinished Business, a story of crisis and change that can help us find renewed honesty and purpose in our personal and political livesAmerica and much of the world are deeply divided over identity, equality, and history. Renewal...
Publisher
Metropolitan Books/Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
©2016.
Language
English
Description
"The Nation senior editor and founder of Jacobin draw on the perspectives of 10 leading cultural and political critics to outline provocative alternatives to American equality, proposing ideas in the areas of a Wall Street-free economy, limited work hours and new definitions of feminism,"--Amazon.com.
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Publisher
Ten Speed Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"An illustrated and informative primer on the progressive social change movements of the last 60 years as told through the stories of 60 diverse female and non-binary leaders in those movements, from the Civil Rights Movement and Stonewall riots through today. Inspiring a radical and inclusive approach to history, Modern HERstory celebrates 60 modern women and non-binary people who have changed the world. From the the civil rights movement and the...
15) Tailspin: the people and forces behind America's fifty-year fall--and those fighting to reverse it
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"From the award-winning journalist and best-selling author of America's Bitter Pill: a tour de force examination of 1) how and why major American institutions no longer serve us as they should, causing a deep rift between the vulnerable majority and the protected few, and 2) how some individuals and organizations are laying the foundation for real, lasting change. In this revelatory narrative covering the years 1967 to 2017, Steven Brill gives us...
Author
Publisher
Workman Publishing
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Inspired by her own foremothers' legacies and the friendships formed throughout her life, Rozella Kennedy centers and celebrates the stories of 100 Black, Brown, Asian, and Indigenous women--both famous and little-known--who changed the course of US history. In the beautiful pages of Our Brave Foremothers, discover an intergenerational, intercultural bouquet of Black, Brown, Asian, and Indigenous women lifted into the significance that they deserve....
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Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
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Description
"The National Road is a collection of essays about American places, each dealing with contentious matters: religion, politics, sex, race, poverty, loss and the stubborn persistence of national pride, despite abundant reasons for cynicism. An important question lies at the heart of this collection: what does it mean to "belong" in America in the midst of an era when rootedness to a particular piece of ground means less than at any time during our history?...
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Language
English
Description
"With Be A Revolution: How Everyday People are Fighting Oppression and Changing the World-and How You Can, Too, Oluo aims to show how people across America are working to create real positive change in our structures. Looking at many of our most powerful systems-like education, media, labor, health, housing, policing, and more-she highlights what people are doing to create change for intersectional racial equity. She also illustrates various ways...
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