A thoroughly researched case for abolishing the Electoral College and an intimate story collection of America’s immigrants–both in this nonfiction round-up. LET THE PEOPLE PICK THE PRESIDENT: The Case for Abolishing the Electoral College by Jesse Wegman “Wegman (member, New York Times editorial board) explores arguments for abolishing the Electoral College, therefore enabling the election […]
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Nonfiction Round-Up (1/22/20)
The powers of the American presidency in today’s political climate + a six-step approach to finding your true calling + an examination of minimalism’s historical roots = today’s nonfiction round-up. UNMAKING THE PRESIDENCY: Donald Trump’s War on the World’s Most Powerful Office by Susan Hennessey and Benjamin Wittes “Two Lawfare editors and senior fellows at the Brookings […]
Politics Shmolitics
You can’t go anywhere these days without running into some kind of political discussion, and these new and forthcoming books will keep your patrons in the know. DEMOCRACY MAY NOT EXIST, BUT WE’LL MISS IT WHEN IT’S GONE by Astra Taylor What is democracy really? What do we mean when we use the term? And […]
Drop-In Alert! Bill O’Reilly + Trump
The Trump exposé you’ve been waiting for comes this Fall from Bill O’Reilly, the bestselling author of the Killing series, in THE UNITED STATES OF TRUMP: How the President Really Sees America. Not a partisan pro-Trump or anti-Trump book, this is an up-to-the-minute, intimate view of the man and his sphere of influence–of “how Donald […]
Amy Klobuchar Joins the 2020 Presidential Race
Another Macmillan author has joined the 2020 Presidential Race! Keep your patrons in the know with Senator Amy Klobuchar’s optimistic, plainspoken and often very funny memoir. THE SENATOR NEXT DOOR: A Memoir from the Heartland Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar has tackled every obstacle she’s encountered–her parents’ divorce, her father’s alcoholism and recovery, her political campaigns […]
Bernie Sanders Enters the 2020 Presidential Race
Bernie Sanders announced his intention to join the 2020 presidential race, and Macmillan has the books to reacquaint your patrons with his core beliefs and his plans for the future if elected. OUR REVOLUTION: A Future to Believe In Sanders shares his personal experiences from the 2016 campaign trail, recounting the details of his historic […]
Friday Reads — March 2018 Nonfiction
Our #FridayReads picks are all the excellent nonfiction titles available this month! THE SUN DOES SHINE: How I Found Life and Freedom on Death Row by Anthony Ray Hinton, with an introduction by Bryan Stevenson Also available in audio Two starred reviews! A powerful, revealing story of hope, love, justice, and the power of reading […]
Stars for PRESIDENT CARTER
Stuart Eizenstat was President Carter’s chief domestic policy adviser, and he draws on his 5,000+ pages of contemporaneous notes, as well as declassified documents, and 350 interviews with the era’s key players from both parties, to write the definitive history of the Carter Administration in PRESIDENT CARTER: The White House Years. PRESIDENT CARTER has THREE […]
Presidential Reads
Today is Inauguration Day! Make sure your library has these presidential books on its shelves: A CONSEQUENTIAL PRESIDENT: The Legacy of Barack Obama by Michael D’Antonio A bold assessment of the lasting successes and major achievements of President Obama. “Obama’s historic presidency during a time of great divisiveness in Washington and the country is an […]
