Political science

  • Operation Nemesis : the assassination plot that avenged the Armenian genocide

    Creator

    Bogosian, Eric

    Abstract

    In 1921 a small group of self-appointed patriots set out to avenge the deaths of almost one million victims of the Armenian Genocide. Eric Bogosian casts fresh light on one of the great crimes of the twentieth century and one of history's most remarkable acts of political retribution.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    [New York]

    Hachette Book Group

    Not specified
  • Trump's war : his battle for America

    Creator

    Savage, Michael

    Abstract

    The "Godfather of Trumpmania," Michael Savage, examines the initial appointments, speeches, tweets, and history of Donald Trump and offers his insights and analysis.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    [New York]

    Hachette Book Group

    Not specified
  • A consequential president : the legacy of Barack Obama

    Creator

    D'Antonio, Michael

    Abstract

    Had he only saved the economy, Obama would be called a truly successful president. But he achieved so much more against great opposition that he can be counted as one of history's most consequential presidents. D'Antonio details achievements in health care, energy policies, climate-change efforts, and diplomacy abroad as proof that he delivered the hope and change he promised.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    [Ashland, Oregon]

    Blackstone Audio

    Not specified
  • Giant of the Senate

    Creator

    Franken, Al

    Abstract

    A book about an unlikely campaign that had an even more improbable ending: the closest outcome in history. It's a book about what happens when the nation's foremost progressive satirist gets a chance to serve in the United States Senate--and actually turns out to be good at it.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    [New York]

    Hachette Book Group

    Not specified
  • Whistlestop : my favorite stories from presidential campaign history

    Creator

    Dickerson, John

    Abstract

    Presidential campaigns are a battle for control of power. Whistlestop tells the stories reporters and campaign aides rehash at the bar, each one adding an unknown tidbit. These are human stories full of drama and switchbacks, failures of will, and the crack up of long-planned stratagems.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    [New York]

    Hachette Book Group

    Not specified
  • Red notice : a true story of high finance, murder and one man's fight for justice

    Creator

    Browder, Bill

    Abstract

    "November 2009. An emaciated young lawyer, Sergei Magnitsky, is led to a freezing isolation cell in a Moscow prison, handcuffed to a bed rail, and beaten to death by eight police officers. His crime? To testify against the Russian Interior Ministry officials who were involved in a conspiracy to steal

    Publisher (Source)

    Prince Frederick, Md.

    [Prince Frederick, Md.]

    Recorded Books

    [Distributed by] OneClick Digital

    Not specified
  • The operators : the wild and terrifying inside story of America's war in afghanistan

    Creator

    Hastings, Michael

    Abstract

    In June 2010, Michael Hastings published an article in Rolling Stone that made headlines around the world: In "The Runaway General," he reported on a week he spent in Europe with General Stanley McChrystal, the revered soldier in charge of the war in Afghanistan.McChrystal and his staff's unguarded remarks about the White House, our allies and the conduct of the war led President Obama to order McChrystal to the Oval Office, where he was fired unceremoniously.

    Publisher (Source)

    Old Saybrook, Conn

    [Prince Frederick, Md.]

    Tantor Media

    [Distributed by] OneClick Digital

    Not specified
  • Common sense

    Creator

    Paine, Thomas

    Abstract

    This pamphlet, which Paine published in 1776, put into print the word every man was thinking but no man dared say: Independence!

    Publisher (Source)

    Prince Frederick, MD

    [Prince Frederick, Md.]

    Recorded Books

    [Distributed by] OneClick Digital

    Not specified
  • The 48 laws of power

    Creator

    Greene, Robert

    Abstract

    Amoral, cunning, ruthless, and instructive, this piercing work distills three thousand years of the history of power into 48 well-explicated laws. This bold volume outlines the laws of power in their unvarnished essence, synthesizing the philosophies of Machiavelli, Sun-Tzu, Carl von Clausewitz, and other infamous strategists. The 48 Laws of Power will fascinate any reader interested in gaining, observing, or defending against ultimate control.

    Publisher (Source)

    Minneapolis, Minn

    [Prince Frederick, Md.]

    Highbridge Audio

    [Distributed by] OneClick Digital

    Not specified