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Publisher
Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"The twists and turns of American politics are unpredictable, but the tone is a troubling given. It's one of grievance. More and more Americans are convinced that they're losing because somebody else is winning. More and more tally their slights, measuretheir misfortune, and assign particular people responsibility for it. The blame game has become the country's most popular sport and victimhood its most fashionable garb. Grievance needn't be bad....
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Audio
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
Bill Maher revisits more than a decade of editorial segments from his show Real Time on free speech, cops, drugs, race, religion, the generations, cancel culture, and more, rewriting, reimagining, updating them, and adding new material to speak exactly to the moment we're in.
Author
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"From the New York Times bestselling and award-winning author of the epic adventure tale The Emerald Mile comes the most dramatic and deeply moving account ever of walking the Grand Canyon, a highly dangerous, life-changing 750-mile trek. The Grand Canyonis an American treasure, visited by more than 6 million people a year, many of whom are rendered speechless by its vast beauty, mystery, and complexity. Now, in A Walk in the Park, author Kevin Fedarko...
Author
Publisher
Simon Element
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"For Emmanuel Acho and Noa Tishby no question about Jews is off-limits. They go there. They cover Jews and money. Jews and power. Jews and privilege. Jews and white privilege. The Black and Jewish struggle. Emmanuel asks, Did Jews kill Jesus? To which Noaresponds, "Why are Jewish people history's favorite scapegoat?" They unpack Judaism itself: Is it a religion, culture, a peoplehood, or a race? And: Are you antisemitic if you're anti-Zionist? The...
Author
Publisher
Salem Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"In an earnest and searing wake-up call, the author of the bestseller Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy warns of the haunting similarities between today's American church and the German church of the 1930s. Echoing Bonhoeffer's prophetic call, Eric Metaxas exhorts his fellow Christians to repent of their silence in the face of evil before it is too late."Silence in the face of evil is itself evil. Not to speak is to speak. Not to act is to...
Author
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"This book is about how American religious parents approach the handing on of their religious practices and beliefs to their children. We know a lot about the importance of parents in faith transmission and factors that influence its effectiveness. But we know much less about the actual beliefs, feelings, and activities of the parents themselves when it comes to the intergenerational transmission of religious faith and practice"--
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Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"For many, the story of the weeks of protests in the summer of 2020 began with the horrific nine minutes and twenty-nine seconds when Police Officer Derek Chauvin killed George Floyd on camera, and it ended with the sweeping federal, state, and intrapersonal changes that followed. It is a simple story, wherein white America finally witnessed enough brutality to move their collective consciousness. The only problem is that it isn't true. George Floyd...
10) Christians against Christianity: how right-wing Evangelicals are destroying our nation and our faith
Author
Publisher
Beacon Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Shows the many ways today's right-wing evangelical Christianity is the antithesis of the message of Jesus, and how their dangerous and false of the Christian faith is destroying both the faith and American society"--
Hendricks Jr. challenges right-wing evangelicals on their own religious claims, exposing the falsehoods, contradictions, and misuses of the Bible that are embedded in their rabid homophobia, their poorly veiled racism and demonizing...
Author
Publisher
William Morrow, An Imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"A fascinating new history of America, told through the stories of a diverse cast of ten extraordinary-and often overlooked-adventurers, from Sacagawea to Sally Ride, who pushed the boundaries of discovery and determined our national destiny"--
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Taking readers to K Street and into the offices of the most powerful men in Washington, two veteran investigative journalists present an intense and infuriating portrait of 50 years of corporate influence to infiltrate American politics and undermine ourdemocracy.
Author
Publisher
Dey St., an imprint of William Morrow
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
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n his candid, laidback memoir, written with his friend, Emmy Award-nominated actor and comedian Paul Reiser, the Rock & Roll Hall of Famer, Grammy Award-winning and platinum-selling icon tells the story of his life and music, relaying the lessons he's learned along the way.
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Millions of Americans have lost confidence in our political and economic system. After years of stagnant wages, volatile job markets, and an unwillingness to deal with profound threats such as climate change, there is a mounting sense that the system is fixed, serving only those select few with enough money to secure a controlling stake. With the characteristic clarity and passion that has made him a central civil voice, Robert B. Reich shows how...
Author
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"How do religiously-observant American parents pass on their religion to their children? Sociologist Christian Smith and his team sought to answer this question by interviewing over two hundred parents from across the U.S. affiliated with religious congregations of various types. The book presents the voices of parents from diverse socioeconomic and religious backgrounds interested in passing on their religious convictions and practices to their children,...
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Series
Publisher
Bearport Publishing Company
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"The president makes sure everybody follows the laws. They are responsible for keeping the federal government moving. But what do you know about this important office of government? Explore presidential powers, see how those powers are balanced, and meet the cabinet that helps the president do their important work. It's key social studies curriculum made approachable for all!"--
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Series
Publisher
Bearport Publishing Company
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"The United States government is strong. But no single person has all that power. What do you know about checks and balances? Discover the roles of the three branches of government, how their power is divided, and the systems that stop any one part of government from getting too strong. It's key social studies curriculum made approachable for all!"--
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"The lavishly illustrated The Call to Serve is an intimate, illuminating portrait of the 41st U. S. President, a man many know mainly through his politics. Jon Meacham brings the leader vividly to life, including as a man dedicated to political and moralleadership, and to a life marked by the strong values of integrity and respect for others that Bush learned during his childhood. Bush pursued a life of service to America and to others, including...