Political Science
BLOWOUT: CORRUPTED DEMOCRACY, ROGUE STATE RUSSIA, AND THE RICHEST, MOST DESTRUCTIVE INDUSTRY ON EARTH
Written by Maddow, Rachel
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - Big Oil and Gas Versus Democracy--Winner Take All "A rollickingly well-written book, filled with fascinating, exciting, and alarming stories about the impact of the oil and gas industry on the world today."--The New York Times Book Review In 2010, the words "earthquake swarm" entered the lexicon in Oklahoma.
POSTCAPITALIST DESIRE: THE FINAL LECTURES
Written by Fisher, Mark
A collection of transcripts from Mark Fisher's final series of lectures at Goldsmiths, University of London, in late 2016. Edited and with an introduction by Matt Colquhoun, this collection of lecture notes and transcriptions reveals acclaimed writer and blogger Mark Fisher in his element -- the classroom -- outlining a project that Fisher's death left so bittersweetly unfinished.
SUPREME INEQUALITY: THE SUPREME COURT'S FIFTY-YEAR BATTLE FOR A MORE UNJUST AMERICA
Written by Cohen, Adam
"With Supreme Inequality, Adam Cohen has built, brick by brick, an airtight case against the Supreme Court of the last half-century...Cohen's book is a closing statement in the case against an institution tasked with protecting the vulnerable, which has emboldened the rich and powerful instead." --Dahlia Lithwick, senior editor, Slate A revelatory examination of the conservati
TEN LESSONS FOR A POST-PANDEMIC WORLD
Written by Zakaria, Fareed
Lenin once said, There are decades when nothing happens and weeks when decades happen. This is one of those times when history has sped up. CNN host and best-selling author Fareed Zakaria helps readers to understand the nature of a post-pandemic world: the political, social, technological, and economic consequences that may take years to unfold.
TYRANNY OF MERIT: WHAT'S BECOME OF THE COMMON GOOD?
Written by Sandel, Michael J
A Times Literary Supplement's Book of the Year 2020A New Statesman's Best Book of 2020A Bloomberg's Best Book of 2020A Guardian Best Book About Ideas of 2020
DONALD TRUMP V. THE UNITED STATES: INSIDE THE STRUGGLE TO STOP A PRESIDENT
Written by Schmidt, Michael S
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - With unparalleled reporting, a Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times reporter chronicles the clash between a president and the officials of his own government who tried to stop him. "A meticulously reported volume that clearly benefits from the author's extraordinary access . . .
HOW TO DO NOTHING: RESISTING THE ATTENTION ECONOMY
Written by Odell, Jenny
** A New York Times Bestseller ** NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY: Time - The New Yorker - NPR - GQ - Elle - Vulture - Fortune - Boing Boing - The Irish Times - The New York Public Library - The Brooklyn Public Library
IN THE HANDS OF THE PEOPLE: THOMAS JEFFERSON ON EQUALITY, FAITH, FREEDOM, COMPROMISE, AND THE ART OF CITIZENSHIP
Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Jon Meacham offers a collection of inspiring words about how to be a good citizen, from Thomas Jefferson and others, and reminds us why our country's founding principles are still so important today. Thomas Jefferson believed in the covenant between a government and its citizens, in both the government's responsibilities to its people and also the people
AMERICAN CRISIS: LEADERSHIP LESSONS FROM THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC
Written by Cuomo, Andrew
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - Governor Andrew Cuomo tells the riveting story of how he took charge in the fight against COVID-19 as New York became the epicenter of the pandemic, offering hard-won lessons in leadership and his vision for the path forward.
MEDIOCRE: THE DANGEROUS LEGACY OF WHITE MALE AMERICA
Written by Oluo, Ijeoma
From the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller So You Want to Talk About Race, an "illuminating" (New York Times Book Review) history of white male identity. What happens to a country that tells generation after generation of white men that they deserve power?