Democracy
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Minority Rule: The Right-Wing Attack on the Will of the People–And the Fight to Resist It
$30.00 Read moreA riveting account of the decades-long effort by reactionary white conservatives to undermine democracy and entrench their power—and the movement to stop them.
The mob that stormed the Capitol on Janu- Author: Berman, Ari
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: April 23 2024
- ISBN10: 037460021X
- Language: English
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It Could Happen Here: Why America Is Tipping from Hate to the Unthinkable-And How We Can Stop It
$19.99 Add to cart“Refreshingly candid . . . Get off Instagram and read this book.” –Sacha Baron Cohen
From the dynamic head of ADL, an impassioned argument about the terrifying path that America finds itself on today
- Author: Greenblatt, Jonathan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: March 21 2023
- ISBN10: 0063269139
- Language: English
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The American Revolution: A History
$20.00 Add to cartNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
“An elegant synthesis done by the leading scholar in the field, which nicely integrates the work on the American Revolution over the last three decades but never loses contact… [more below]- Series: Modern Library Chronicles
- Author: Wood, Gordon S.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: August 19 2003
- ISBN10: 0812970411
- Language: English
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A People’s History of the United States
$27.99 Add to cartTHE CLASSIC NATIONAL BESTSELLER
“A wonderful, splendid book–a book that should be read by every American, student or otherwise, who wants to understand his country, its true history, and its hope for
- Series: Harper Perennial Deluxe Editions
- Author: Zinn, Howard
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 784
- Publish Date: June 28 2016
- ISBN10: 0061965596
- Language: English
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Democracy in America and Two Essays on America
$16.00 Add to cartA contemporary study of the early American nation and its evolving democracy, from a French aristocrat and sociologist
In 1831 Alexis de Tocqueville, a young French aristocrat and ambitious civil serv- Series: Penguin Classics
- Author: Tocqueville, Alexis de
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 992
- Publish Date: July 01 2003
- ISBN10: 0140447601
- Language: English
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Democracy: Stories from the Long Road to Freedom
$44.00 Add to cartFrom the former secretary of state and bestselling author — a sweeping look at the global struggle for democracy and why America must continue to support the cause of human freedom.
“This heartfelt- Author: Rice, Condoleezza
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 496
- Publish Date: May 09 2017
- ISBN10: 1455540188
- Language: English
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Our Unfinished March: The Violent Past and Imperiled Future of the Vote-A History, a Crisis, a Plan
$20.00 Read moreA brutal, bloody, and at times hopeful history of the vote; a primer on the opponents fighting to take it away; and a playbook for how we can save our democracy before it’s too late–from the former U… [more below]
- Author: Holder, Eric
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: June 06 2023
- ISBN10: 0593445767
- Language: English
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Democracy in a Hotter Time: Climate Change and Democratic Transformation
$24.95 Read moreThe first major book to deal with the dual crises of democracy and climate change as one interrelated threat to the human future and to identify a path forward.
Democracy in a Hotter Time calls for re- Author: Orr, David W.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 296
- Publish Date: September 19 2023
- ISBN10: 0262048590
- Language: English
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The Revolt of the Elites and the Betrayal of Democracy
$21.00 Add to cartIn a front-page review in the Washington Post Book World, John Judis wrote: “Political analysts have been poring over exit polls and precinct-level votes to gauge the meaning of last November’s electi… [more below]
- Author: Lasch, Christopher
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: March 21 2011
- ISBN10: 0393313719
- Language: English
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School Moms: Parent Activism, Partisan Politics, and the Battle for Public Education
$28.95 Read moreAn investigative study of the far-right’s attack on education and an on-the-ground look at the parent activist battle, on either side of the debate, to control the future of public schools
For well ov- Author: Pappano, Laura
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 232
- Publish Date: January 30 2024
- ISBN10: 0807012661
- Language: English
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Democracy in America: Abridged Edition
$18.99 Add to cartThe abridged edition of the enduring masterwork–a classic portrait of America’s culture and people.
Originally penned in the mid-nineteenth century by Frenchman Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in Ame
- Series: P.S.
- Author: de Tocqueville, Alexis
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: June 01 2007
- ISBN10: 0060008733
- Language: English
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What Does the Constitution Say?: A Kid’s Guide to How Our Democracy Works
$19.99 Add to cartIf you’ve never read the Constitution, let this guidebook help you! Featuring fun facts, cool illustrations, and even hilarious jokes, What Does the Constitution Say? will help you understand how our
- Author: Sheehan, Ben
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: September 28 2021
- ISBN10: 0762498471
- Language: English
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Merchants of the Right: Gun Sellers and the Crisis of American Democracy
$49.92 Add to cartAn eye-opening portrait of the gun sellers who navigated the social turmoil leading up to the January 6 Capitol attack
Gun sellers sell more than just guns. They also sell politics. Merchants of the R- Author: Carlson, Jennifer
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: May 02 2023
- ISBN10: 0691230390
- Language: English
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The Ancient Art of Thinking for Yourself: The Power of Rhetoric in Polarized Times
$30.00 Add to cartHow rhetoric–the art of persuasion–can help us navigate an age of misinformation, conspiracy theories, and political acrimony
The discipline of rhetoric was the keystone of Western education for ov- Author: Reames, Robin
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: March 19, 2024
- ISBN10: 1541603974
- Language: English
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A Short History of the United States
$18.99 Add to cart“In 2008, Americans face war, terrorism, recession and the rising economies of China and India. Yet the author avers there is still reason to hope for good leadership. Astute assessments of an evolvin
- Author: Remini, Robert V.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: December 1, 2009
- ISBN10: 0060831456
- Language: English
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Defending Democracy from Its Christian Enemies
$21.99 Add to cartAmerican democracy is in danger. How do we protect it from authoritarian reactionary Christianity?
On January 6, 2021, hundreds of Americans stormed the Capitol to prevent the certification of their
- Author: Gushee, David P.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 235
- Publish Date: October 03 2023
- ISBN10: 0802882935
- Language: English
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Democracy in America
$8.95 Add to cartFrench nobleman Alexis de Tocqueville’s classic treatise on the American way of life.
Over 175 years ago, Alexis de Tocqueville, an astute political scientist, came to the United States to evaluate th- Series: Signet Classics
- Author: Tocqueville, Alexis de
- Binding: Mass Market Paperbound
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: July 06 2010
- ISBN10: 0451531604
- Language: English
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The Civic Bargain: How Democracy Survives
$49.92 Add to cartA powerful case for democracy and how it can adapt and survive–if we want it to
Is democracy in trouble, perhaps even dying? Pundits say so, and polls show that most Americans believe that their coun- Author: Manville, Brook
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 312
- Publish Date: September 19 2023
- ISBN10: 0691218609
- Language: English
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Democracy in America
$26.00 Add to cartAlexis de Tocqueville (1805-59) came to America in 1831 to see what a great republic was like. What struck him most was the country’s equality of conditions, its democracy. The book he wrote on his re… [more below]
- Author: Tocqueville, Alexis De
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 722
- Publish Date: April 01 2002
- ISBN10: 0226805360
- Language: English
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The Flag, the Cross, and the Station Wagon: A Graying American Looks Back at His Suburban Boyhood and Wonders What the Hell Happened
$18.99 Add to cartOne of the New Yorker‘s Best Books of 2022
Bill McKibben–award-winning author, activist, educator–is fiercely curious. “I’m curious about what went so suddenly sour with American patriotism, America- Author: McKibben, Bill
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: April 11 2023
- ISBN10: 1250871433
- Language: English
