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Lincoln, Abraham 1809-1865 Lincoln, Abraham 1809-1865 Friends and associates Political leadership Political leadership United States Political leadership United States Case studies Presidents Presidents United States Presidents United States Biography United States United States Politics and government 2017-Glaude, Eddie S.
Summary: "Based on the Du Bois Lectures delivered at Harvard in 2011, We Are the Leaders We Have Been Looking For argues for the importance of self-cultivation in pursuit of justice as a critical feature of Black politics, what Eddie S. Glaude Jr. calls Black democratic perfectionism. Building on the political scientist Adolph Reed's work on 'Black custodial politics' Glaude critiques our impulse to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harvard University Press 2024
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 323.0420973 GLABeschloss, Michael R.
Summary: Presidential historian Michael Beschloss uses original letters, diaries, declassified documents, and interviews to bring us into the room and into the minds of a procession of Chief Executives who took the nation into major conflicts, mobilized Americans for victory, and seized greater power for themselves. From James Madison and the War of 1812 to Lyndon Johnson and Vietnam, we see these...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 355.00973 BESSCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: 355.00973 BOSMiniter, Richard.
Summary: "In the first book to explore President Obama's leadership style by digging into the details of his biggest successes and failures, New York Times bestselling journalist Richard Miniter investigates the secret world of the West Wing and the combative personalities that shape world events. Based on exclusive interviews, inside sources, and never-before-published material, Leading from Behind...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.932 MINAlter, Charlotte
Summary: "A new generation is stepping up. There are now twenty-six millennials in Congress--a fivefold increase gained in the 2018 midterms alone. They are governing Midwestern cities and college towns, running for city councils, and serving in state legislatures. They are acting urgently on climate change (because they are going to live it); they care deeply about student debt (because they have it);...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 320.973 ALTGoodwin, Doris Kearns
Summary: "In this culmination of five decades of acclaimed studies in presidential history, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Doris Kearns Goodwin offers an illuminating exploration into the early development, growth, and exercise of leadership. Are leaders born or made? Where does ambition come from? How does adversity affect the growth of leadership? Does the man make the times or do the times make the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2018
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 973.09 GOOCopies Available at Woodmere
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 973.09 GOOInskeep, Steve
Summary: "From journalist and historian Steve Inskeep, a compelling and nuanced exploration of the political acumen of Abraham Lincoln via sixteen encounters before and during his presidency, bringing to light not only the strategy of a great politician who inherited a country divided, but lessons for our own disorderly present. In 1855, as the United States found itself at odds over the issue of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.7092 INSHennessey, Susan
Summary: "How Donald Trump has reshaped the norms of the American presidency"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.933 HENDionne, E. J
Summary: "New York Times bestselling author and Washington Post columnist E. J. Dionne, Jr. sounds the alarm in Code Red, calling for an alliance between progressives and moderates to seize the moment and restore hope to America's future for the 2020 presidentialelection. Will progressives and moderates feud while America burns? Or will these natural allies take advantage of the greatest opportunity...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.2 DIOPosner, Eric A.
Summary: "Cuts through the hyperbole and hysteria that often distorts assessments of our republic, particularly at this time." - Alan Taylor, winner of the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for History What-and who-is a demagogue? How did America's Founders envision the presidency? What should a constitutional democracy look like-and how can it be fixed when it appears to be broken? Something is definitely wrong with...
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Publisher / Publication Date: All Points Books 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.2 POSGreenwald, Glenn.
Summary: Constitutional law expert Greenwald examines the George W. Bush presidency and its long-term effect on the nation, dissecting the rhetoric and revealing the faulty ideals upon which Bush built his policies. On September 12, 2001, Bush presented a clear view of what was to come--a view that can be said to define his entire presidency: "a monumental struggle of good versus evil." Based on his own...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Publishers 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.9310 GREEmanuel, Rahm
Summary: "At a time of anxiety about the effectiveness of our national government, Rahm Emanuel provides a clear vision, for both progressives and centrists, of how to get things done in America today--a bracing, optimistic vision of America's future from one of our most experienced and original political minds"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 352.23 EMAO'Reilly, Bill
Summary: "Every American president, from Washington to Biden: Their lives, policies, foibles, and legacies, assessed with clear-eyed authority and wit. Authors of the acclaimed Killing books, the #1 bestselling narrative history series in the world, Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard begin a new direction with Confronting the Presidents. From Washington to Jefferson, Lincoln to Franklin Delano Roosevelt,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2024
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1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 973.09 O'REO'Reilly, Bill
Summary: Every American president, from Washington to Biden: Their lives, policies, foibles, and legacies, assessed with clear-eyed authority and wit.Authors of the acclaimed Killing books, the #1 bestselling narrative history series in the world, Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard begin a new direction with Confronting the Presidents. From Washington to Jefferson, Lincoln to Franklin Delano Roosevelt,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2024
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 CLIFrank, Justin A.
Summary: No president in the history of the United States has inspired more alarm and confusion than Donald Trump. As questions and concerns about his decisions, behavior, and qualifications for office have multiplied, they point to one primary question: Does he pose a genuine threat to our country? The American Psychiatric Association's Goldwater Rule constrains psychiatrists from offering diagnoses on...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Avery, an imprint of Penguin Random House 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.933 FRAHagel, Charles Timothy
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperLuxe 2008
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 973.93 HAGStephanopoulos, George
Summary: "George Stephanopoulos, former senior advisor to President Clinton and for more than 20 years host of This Week and Good Morning America, recounts never-before-told crises that decided the course of history, from the place 12 presidents made their highest-pressure decisions: the White House Situation Room. No room better defines American power and its role in the world than the White House...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grand Central 2024
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.09 STECopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.09 STECarbone, Gerald M.
Summary: Before he became the "Father of our Country," George Washington was the father of the American Army. He took an army with no experience, no tradition, and no training, and fought a protracted war against the British - the best, most disciplined force in the world. In Washington, award-winning author Gerald M. Carbone offers a compelling new look at the military career, lessons, and legacy of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2010
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 921 WASGoodwin, Doris Kearns.
Summary: An analysis of Abraham Lincoln's political talents identifies the character strengths and abilities that enabled his successful election, in an account that also describes how he used the same abilities to rally former opponents in winning the Civil War.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Paperbacks 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 LINGoodwin, Doris Kearns.
Summary: When the 1860 Republican National Convention chose Abraham Lincoln over three seasoned politicians, his rivals were shocked and humilated. Lincoln immediately went about mending fences by inviting them to join his cabinet. Historian Doris Kearns Godwin reveals how Lincoln brilliantly converted former political foes and used them to strengthen his presidency.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Audio 2005
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 921 GoodwHolcombe, Larry.
Summary: "The UFO enigma has been part of our culture since the 1940s and building to a worldwide explosion of acceptance today. Now, as governments around the world open their files and records on internal UFO investigations, the US remains steadfast in its denial of interest in the UFO issue. As more of the world's population accepts the possibility of an extraterrestrial presence, the demand is...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 001.9 HOLIacocca, Lee A.
Summary: Lee Iacocca answers the tough questions that Americans face.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Audio 2007
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 303.34 IACGoodwin, Doris Kearns.
Summary: This multiple biography is centered on Lincoln's mastery of men and how it shaped the most significant presidency in the nation's history. Historian Goodwin illuminates Lincoln's political genius, as the one-term congressman rises from obscurity to prevail over three gifted rivals to become president. When Lincoln emerged as the victor at the Republican National Convention, his rivals were...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2005
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 921 LINCopies Available at Woodmere
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 LinSummary: This program examines presidential leadership in an era of an increasingly divided government. The American presidency was conceived as a part of a larger system of institutions, and its effectiveness rests, in part, upon a good measure of cooperation among the branches. However, as revealed in the program, as our constitutional system has developed, this cooperation has broken down at crucial...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2000