100 Best Citizenship Books of All Time (Updated for 2026)

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Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption

Bryan Stevenson

5.0

A powerful true story about the potential for mercy to redeem us, and a clarion call to fix our broken system of justice—from one of the most brilliant and influential lawyers of our time

Bryan Stevenson was a young lawyer when he founded the Equal Justice Initiative, a legal practice dedicated to defending those most desperate and in need: the poor, the wrongly condemned, and women and children tr

Recommended by Richard Branson, Chris Sacca, Howard Schultz, and 4 others.

Richard Branson

Founder/Virgin Group

Today is World Book Day, a wonderful opportunity to address this #ChallengeRichard sent in by Mike Gonzalez of New Jersey: Make a list of your top 65 books to read in a lifetime. [source]

Chris Sacca

Proud that @crystale and I could help fund the making of a film about one of our heroes, Bryan Stevenson. If you’ve read the book, then you know how powerful this film is. #JustMercy https://t.co/vNfXK4Imwr [source]

Howard Schultz

CEO/Starbucks

Perhaps one of the most powerful and important stories of our time. [source]

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Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business

Neil Postman

4.8

Preview Summary

Television has conditioned us to tolerate visually entertaining material measured out in spoonfuls of time, to the detriment of rational public discourse and reasoned public affairs. In this eloquent, persuasive book, Neil Postman alerts us to the real and present dangers of this state of affairs, and offers compelling suggestions as to how to withstand the media onslaught. Before we hand over pol

Recommended by Austin Kleon, Kara Nortman, Stephen Kinsella, and 3 others.

Austin Kleon

Earlier this year Postman’s son Andrew wrote an op-ed with the title, “My dad predicted Trump in 1985 — it’s not Orwell, he warned, it’s Brave New World.” Postman wrote: “What Orwell feared were those who would ban books. What Huxley feared was that there would be no reason to ban a book, for there would be no one who wanted to read one.” [source]

Kara Nortman

@andrewchen Also a great book on the topic - Amusing Ourselves to Death https://t.co/yWLBxKumLQ [source]

Stephen Kinsella

@AlanReillyIRL @t0nyyates @WhelanKarl Yes! Fantastic book. So glad you're re-reading it. [source]

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Between the World and Me

Ta-Nehisi Coates

4.7

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER [[ LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD [[ Hailed by Toni Morrison as "required reading," a bold and personal literary exploration of America's racial history by "the single best writer on the subject of race in the United States" (The New York Observer)

"This is your country, this is your world, this is your body, and you must find some way to live within the all of

Recommended by Barack Obama, Jack Dorsey, Doug McMillon, and 5 others.

Barack Obama

Former USA President

The president also released a list of his summer favorites back in 2015: All That Is, James Salter The Sixth Extinction, Elizabeth Kolbert The Lowland, Jhumpa Lahiri Between the World and Me, Ta-Nehisi Coates Washington: A Life, Ron Chernow All the Light We Cannot See, Anthony Doerr [source]

Jack Dorsey

Co-Founder/Twitter

Q: What are the books that had a major influence on you? Or simply the ones you like the most. : Tao te Ching, score takes care of itself, between the world and me, the four agreements, the old man and the sea...I love reading! [source]

Doug McMillon

CEO/Walmart

Here are some of my favorite reads from 2017. Lots of friends and colleagues send me book suggestions and it's impossible to squeeze them all in. I continue to be super curious about how digital and tech are enabling people to transform our lives but I try to read a good mix of books that apply to a variety of areas and stretch my thinking more broadly. [source]

4

On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century

Timothy Snyder

4.5

A historian of fascism offers a guide for surviving and resisting America’s turn towards authoritarianism.

On November 9th, millions of Americans woke up to the impossible: the election of Donald Trump as president. Against all predictions, one of the most-disliked presidential candidates in history had swept the electoral college, elevating a man with open contempt for democratic norms and institu

Recommended by George Saunders, Maya Wiley, and Tom Holland.

George Saunders

Please read this book. So smart, so timely. [source]

Maya Wiley

Prof. Tim Snyder, author of “In Tyranny” reminded us in that important little book that we must protect our institutions. #DOJ is one of our most important in gov’t for the rule of law. This is our collective house & #Barr should be evicted. https://t.co/PPxM9IMQUm [source]

Tom Holland

"There isn’t a page of this magnificent book that does not contain some fascinating detail and the narrative is held together with a novelist’s eye for character and theme." #Dominion https://t.co/FESSNxVDLC [source]

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Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City

Matthew Desmond

4.5

Preview Summary

In Evicted, Princeton sociologist and MacArthur "Genius" Matthew Desmond follows eight families in Milwaukee as they struggle to keep a roof over their heads. Evicted transforms our understanding of poverty and economic exploitation while providing fresh ideas for solving one of 21st-century America's most devastating problems. Its unforgettable scenes of hope and loss remind us of the centrality

Recommended by Bill Gates, Satya Nadella, Noah Kagan, and 1 others.

Bill Gates

CEO/Microsoft

If you want a good understanding of how the issues that cause poverty are intertwined, you should read this book about the eviction crisis in Milwaukee. Desmond has written a brilliant portrait of Americans living in poverty. He gave me a better sense of what it is like to be poor in this country than anything else I have read. [source]

Satya Nadella

CEO/Microsoft

Nadella is using this season to learn more in a variety of subjects. By the looks of it, he is interested in, among other things, virtual reality, the refugee crisis, and housing for the urban poor. [source]

Noah Kagan

Founder/Sumo

Surprising insights into the lives of people who were evicted. I make a lot of assumptions about these people. Turns out I was wrong WHY they get evicted. [source]

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Citizen: An American Lyric

Claudia Rankine

4.5

A provocative meditation on race, Claudia Rankine's long-awaited follow up to her groundbreaking book Don't Let Me Be Lonely: An American Lyric.

Claudia Rankine's bold new book recounts mounting racial aggressions in ongoing encounters in twenty-first-century daily life and in the media. Some of these encounters are slights, seeming slips of the tongue, and some are intentional offensives in the cl

Recommended by Cheryl Strayed and Jeremy Noel-Tod.

Cheryl Strayed

A really important book for us to be reading right now. [source]

Jeremy Noel-Tod

Obviously, it’s been admired and acclaimed, but I do feel the general reception of it has underplayed its artfulness. Its technical subtlety and overall arrangement has been neglected, because it has been classified as a kind of documentary work. [source]

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Little Bee

Chris Cleave

4.3

From the author of the international bestseller Incendiary comes a haunting novel about the tenuous friendship that blooms between two disparate strangers—one an illegal Nigerian refugee, the other a recent widow from suburban London.

Recommended by David Miliband.

David Miliband

It’s about Little Bee, a Nigerian refugee. [source]

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The MAGA Doctrine: The Only Ideas That Will Win the Future

Charlie Kirk

4.3

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER.

The movement that brought Donald Trump to the White House has better ideas than the old right or the new left. It’s time that the rest of America started listening.

The Tea Party began as a protest for patriots who feared Big Government. President Trump has become a hero for patriots who are against Big Everything.

Fed up with Silicon Valley, the media, liberal higher educ

Recommended by Donald J. Trump, Jt Lewis, Kimberly Guilfoyle, and 3 others.

Donald J. Trump

USA President

Watch Mark Levin interview of Charlie Kirk tonight at 11:00 P.M. on @FoxNews. Amazing!!! And, while you’re at it, go get Charlie’s new book, “The MAGA Doctrine: The Only Ideas That Will Win the Future”...This is a really GREAT book. Support Charlie Kirk! [source]

Jt Lewis

Congrats to a great guy, Charlie Kirk, on writing The #MAGADoctrine. Charlie has had a “front row seat to one of the most extraordinary presidencies in American history”, and his book captures it all. It’s a must-read! https://t.co/NNaL0qG4kX [source]

Kimberly Guilfoyle

Can’t wait to read this. @charliekirk11 is one of the most brilliant conservatives of his generation & he is leading a movement that is engaging young people in the political process. Everyone has something they can learn from Charlie! ❤️ Pick up a copy of his new book today! https://t.co/bQiB4FuGiU [source]

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America (The Book): A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction

Jon Stewart

4.3

Jon Stewart, host of the Emmy and Peabody Award-winning The Daily Show, and his coterie of patriots, deliver a hilarious look at American government.

American-style democracy is the world's most beloved form of government, which explains why so many other nations are eager for us to impose it on them. But what is American democracy? In America (The Book), Jon Stewart and The Daily Show writing staf

Recommended by Lee Camp.

Lee Camp

There’s not much of a political agenda in this book, although I guess the writers are largely on the left, but it’s just fall-off-your-chair funny. They go through the entire history of America and satirise accepted mythology in brilliant fashion. It’s made up like a textbook. It’s so funny it’s almost too much for a book. There are 20 good jokes per page and it’s 400 pages long. By the time you make your way through you’ll be in awe of the ability of the writers. [source]

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Separation of Church and Hate: A Sane Person's Guide to Taking Back the Bible from Fundamentalists, Fascists, and Flock-Fleec

John Fugelsang

4.3

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Rules for Radicals: A Practical Primer for Realistic Radicals

Saul David Alinsky

4.3

First published in 1971, Rules for Radicals is Saul Alinsky's impassioned counsel to young radicals on how to effect constructive social change and know “the difference between being a realistic radical and being a rhetorical one.” Written in the midst of radical political developments whose direction Alinsky was one of the first to question, this volume exhibits his style at its best. Like Thomas

Recommended by Ryan Holiday, Mad Bitcoins, Mark Bloomfield, and 1 others.

Ryan Holiday

Author

This is the 48 Laws of Power written in more of an idealist, activist tone. Alinsky was the liaison for many civil rights, union and student causes in the late 50’s and 60’s. He teaches how to implement your radical agenda without using radical tactics, how to disarm with words and media as opposed to arms and Utopian rhetoric. [source]

Mad Bitcoins

I just read this fantastic book by Saul Alinsky and I tell you what, I think @AOC has read it as well. Trump should be very afraid. https://t.co/n7rlmetqzW [source]

Mark Bloomfield

I recently browsed through the book and remembered that Alinsky said ‘The Prince was written by Machiavelli for the haves on how to hold power. Rules for Radicals is written for the have-nots on how to take it away.’ [source]

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The Daniel Prayer: Prayer That Moves Heaven and Changes Nations

Anne Graham Lotz

4.2

Bestselling author Anne Graham Lotz will teach you how to pray effectively for your nation, for your families, and for yourself.

Many people today find that their prayers don’t “work.” And like a broken cell phone, DVD player, or TV remote, they throw prayer out as unnecessary “clutter” in their busy lives. Anne Graham Lotz has found that while prayer does work, sometimes the “pray-ers” don’t. So s

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Impossible Subjects: Illegal Aliens and the Making of Modern America - Updated Edition

Mae M. Ngai

4.2

This book traces the origins of the illegal alien in American law and society, explaining why and how illegal migration became the central problem in U.S. immigration policy--a process that profoundly shaped ideas and practices about citizenship, race, and state authority in the twentieth century. Mae Ngai offers a close reading of the legal regime of restriction that commenced in the 1920s--its s

Recommended by Ana Minian.

Ana Minian

Ngai explores the origins of the concept of the ‘illegal alien’ in the United States. [source]

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US Citizenship Test Study Guide 2019: Civics Test Study Guide for the Naturalization Test: Covers all 100 USCIS Questions and Answers

Greg Bridges

4.2

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Dear America: Notes of an Undocumented Citizen

Jose Antonio Vargas

4.2

THE NATIONAL BESTSELLER

“This riveting, courageous memoir ought to be mandatory reading for every American.”—Michelle Alexander, New York Times bestselling author of The New Jim Crow

“l cried reading this book, realizing more fully what my parents endured.” —Amy Tan, New York Times bestselling author of The Joy Luck Club and Where the Past Begins

“This book couldn’t be more timely and more necessary.

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The Dying Citizen: How Progressive Elites, Tribalism, and Globalization Are Destroying the Idea of America

Victor Davis Hanson

4.2

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Resistance (At All Costs): How Trump Haters Are Breaking America

Kimberley Strassel

4.2

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
Wall Street Journal columnist and bestselling author Kim Strassel argues how the all-out "Resistance" has become dangerously reckless in its obstruction of President Trump.

Among the most consistent and aggressive criticisms of Donald Trump is that he is a threat to American democracy -- a human wrecking ball demolishing our most basic values and institutions.

Recommended by Donald J. Trump.

Donald J. Trump

USA President

A great book by a brilliant author. Buy it now! https://t.co/L8XC5Nnj4N [source]

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The Lost Heir (Ari Ara Series #2)

Rivera Sun

4.2

Two warring nations. One royal heir. A world about to explode.

Mariana Capital is in an uproar! A half-wild orphan has been discovered to be the long-lost daughter of the King of the Desert and the Queen of Mariana. As the heir to two thrones, Ari Ara is thrust into a world of nobles and street urchins, warriors and merchants, high fashion and dangerous plots. The splendor dazzles her until the day

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Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race

Reni Eddo-Lodge

4.2

In 2014, award-winning journalist Reni Eddo-Lodge wrote about her frustration with the way that discussions of race and racism in Britain were being led by those who weren't affected by it. She posted a piece on her blog, entitled: 'Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race' that led to this book.

Exploring issues from eradicated black history to the political purpose of white dominance,

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Understanding Your Place in God's Kingdom: Your Original Purpose for Existence

Myles Munroe

4.2

This book is about your original purpose for existence and the source of meaning behind your life. In these pages you will discover the Creator’s divine motivation, design, and mandate for His creation and your role in that creation. After reading this book, you will be equipped with the knowledge to answer some of the questions addressing the heart cries of humanity in our search for a better wor

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The Conscience of a Conservative

Barry Goldwater

4.2

For a huge number of Republicans, Goldwater's book, The Conscience of a Conservative was must reading. I believe it is just as vital today as it was then, and Senator Goldwater addresses many topics that could be torn from today's headlines. In this book, Goldwater offered a clear warning about impending dangers to the survival of our American freedoms with recommendations of appropriate action to

Recommended by Karl Rove.

Karl Rove

I think I was 12 or 13 when it came out, in the run-up to the 1964 elections. I remember someone giving it to me and, I hate to say it, but I think it was someone who was associated with the John Birch Society, in Sparks, Nevada. I read it and I wasn’t a Bircher, in fact I was with William Buckley on the issue of the Birchers. I remember reading it and just being blown away. I was a westerner – he spoke in a western vernacular and he spoke about things that as westerner I felt familiar with – and it was a rip-roaring good read. [source]

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I Pledge Allegiance

Pat Mora, Libby Martinez, Patrice Barton

4.2

Patriotism across the generations as a little girl and her great aunt learn the Pledge of Allegiance together.

Libby's great aunt, Lobo, is from Mexico, but the United States has been her home for many years, and she wants to become a U.S. citizen. At the end of the week, Lobo will say the Pledge of Allegiance at a special ceremony. Libby is also learning the Pledge this week, at school-at the end

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Tell Me How It Ends: An Essay in Forty Questions

Valeria Luiselli

4.2

Structured around the forty questions Luiselli translates and asks undocumented Latin-American children facing deportation, Tell Me How It Ends (an expansion of her 2016 Freeman's essay of the same name) humanizes these young migrants and highlights the contradiction of the idea of America as a fiction for immigrants with the reality of racism and fear both here and back home."

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Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of America

Heather Cox Richardson

4.2

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Hidden Figures

Margot Lee Shetterly

4.2

Based on the New York Times bestselling book and the Academy Award–nominated movie, author Margot Lee Shetterly and illustrator Laura Freeman bring the incredibly inspiring true story of four black women who helped NASA launch men into space to picture book readers!

Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson, Katherine Johnson, and Christine Darden were good at math…really good.

They participated in some of N

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How to Have Impossible Conversations: A Very Practical Guide

Peter Boghossian, James Lindsay

4.2

"This is a self-help book on how to argue effectively, conciliate, and gently persuade. The authors admit to getting it wrong in their own past conversations. One by one, I recognize the same mistakes in me. The world would be a better place if everyone read this book." -- Richard Dawkins, author of Science in the Soul and Outgrowing God

In our current political climate, it seems impossible to have

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Having Everything: Artemesia's Story

Jeanne Arlene Gale, Charles Carlisle, et al.

4.2

To save her family's hope of citizenship, Artemisia steps into the lair of powerful, vindictive deceivers. HAVING EVERYTHING is a story of life in a migrant camp and the importance of joyful moments. Racial tension and greed embolden a powerful family to act with malice when Artemisia tries to right past wrongs against her father. Inspired by true events, this gripping story of joy and tragedy lay

28

On Tyranny Graphic Edition: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century

Timothy Snyder and Nora Krug

4.2

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Battle for the American Mind: Uprooting a Century of Miseducation

Pete Hegseth and David Goodwin

4.2

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What Happened

Hillary Rodham Clinton

4.2

“In the past, for reasons I try to explain, I’ve often felt I had to be careful in public, like I was up on a wire without a net. Now I’m letting my guard down.” —Hillary Rodham Clinton, from the introduction of What Happened

For the first time, Hillary Rodham Clinton reveals what she was thinking and feeling during one of the most controversial and unpredictable presidential elections in history.

Recommended by Bobby Voicu and Brianne Miller.

Bobby Voicu

"I also have Hillary Clinton's book 'What Happened' on the go right now and love it ... although not specifically business related, it centres around female leadership and the challenges that we face. Really eye opening & inspiring!" BRIANNE MILLER (Fo… https://t.co/QztUoai6Sx [source]

Brianne Miller

I also have Hillary Clinton's book 'What Happened' on the go right now and love it ... although not specifically business related, it centres around female leadership and the challenges that we face. Really eye opening & inspiring! [source]

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A True History of the United States: Indigenous Genocide, Racialized Slavery, Hyper-Capitalism, Militarist Imperialism and Ot

Daniel A. Sjursen

4.2

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The Small and the Mighty: Twelve Unsung Americans Who Changed the Course of History, from the Founding to the Civil Rights Mo

Sharon McMahon

4.2

An updated edition of the breakout bestseller that inspired a new generation of history loversIn The Small and the Mighty, “America’s Government Teacher” Sharon McMahon brings her signature clarity, warmth, and humor to bear on a cast of twelve improbable champions who will challenge everything you thought you knew about who makes America great. You’ll meet a woman astride a white horse riding dow

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The Red Tree

Shaun Tan

4.2

When a child awakens with dark leaves drifting into her bedroom, she feels that 'sometimes the day begins with nothing to look forward to, and things go from bad to worse.'

Feelings too complex for words are rendered into an imaginary landscape where the child wanders, oblivious to the glimmer of promise in the shape of a tiny red leaf.

Everything seems hopeless until the child returns to her room

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Hellhound on His Trail: The Stalking of Martin Luther King, Jr. and the International Hunt for His Assassin

Hampton Sides

4.2

On April 23, 1967, Prisoner #416J, an inmate at the notorious Missouri State Penitentiary, escaped in a breadbox. Fashioning himself Eric Galt, this nondescript thief and con man—whose real name was James Earl Ray—drifted through the South, into Mexico, and then Los Angeles, where he was galvanized by George Wallace’s racist presidential campaign.

On February 1, 1968, two Memphis garbage men were

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Study Guide for the US Citizenship Test in English and Chinese: 2019 (Study Guides for the US Citizenship Test Book 9)

Mike Swedenberg

4.2

The U.S. Citizenship Services (USCIS) administers a verbal test to all immigrants applying for citizenship. This study guide tutors Chinese speaking immigrants for the USCIS verbal citizenship test in English and Chinese. The questions have been selected from questions used on past exams by the USCIS

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Lillian's Right to Vote: A Celebration of the Voting Rights Act of 1965

Jonah Winter, Shane W. Evans

4.2

An elderly African American woman, en route to vote, remembers her family’s tumultuous voting history in this picture book publishing in time for the fiftieth anniversary of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

As Lillian, a one-hundred-year-old African American woman, makes a “long haul up a steep hill” to her polling place, she sees more than trees and sky — she sees her family’s history. She sees the

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The Case for America: An Argument on Behalf of Our Nation – A Thoughtful Defense of Our History, Values, and National Character in Divisive Times

Bret Baier

4.1

#1 New York Times BestsellerBret Baier makes the case for America—an inspiring defense of our history, values, and national character by Fox News Channel's Chief Political Anchor“An eloquently written and splendidly reasoned homage to the founding principles of the Declaration of Independence.” —Douglas BrinkleyCan the Founders’ ideals still inspire and unite the nation 250th years after the Decla

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NOW Classrooms, Grades 3-5: Lessons for Enhancing Teaching and Learning Through Technology (Supporting ISTE Standards for Students and Digital Citizenship)

Meg Ormiston, Sheri DeCarlo, et al.

4.1

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The War on Warriors: Behind the Betrayal of the Men Who Keep Us Free

Pete Hegseth

4.1

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OMG WTF Does the Constitution Actually Say?: A Non-Boring Guide to How Our Democracy is Supposed to Work

Ben Sheehan

4.1

Do you know what the Constitution ACTUALLY says?

This witty and highly relevant annotation of our founding documents is the go-to guide to the ins and outs of how our government really works.

Written by political savant and entertainment veteran, Ben Sheehan, and vetted for accuracy by dozens of experts in the field of constitutional law, OMG WTF Does the Constitution Say? is an entertaining and

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I Am a Good Citizen

Mary Ann Hoffman

4.1

What does it mean to be a good citizen? It means being helpful and following the rules. Readers discover that they can do their part to make their communities better one small action at a time. Colorful photographs show kids being the best citizens they can be at school, at home, and with their friends.

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The American Spirit: Who We Are and What We Stand For

David McCullough

4.1

A New York Times Bestseller

A timely collection of speeches by David McCullough, the most honored historian in the United States—winner of two Pulitzer Prizes, two National Book Awards, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom, among many others—that reminds us of fundamental American principles.

Over the course of his distinguished career, David McCullough has spoken before Congress, the White House,

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Plato: The Complete Works

Plato

4.1

This ebook contains Plato's complete works.

This edition has been professionally formatted and contains several tables of contents. The first table of contents (at the very beginning of the ebook) lists the titles of all novels included in this volume. By clicking on one of those titles you will be redirected to the beginning of that work, where you'll find a new TOC that lists all the chapters an

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What Can a Citizen Do?

Dave Eggers, Shawn Harris

4.1

Across the course of several seemingly unrelated but ultimately connected actions by different children, we watch how kids turn a lonely island into a community—and watch a journey from what the world should be to what the world could be.

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Ordinary People, Extraordinary Times: How to Reclaim Your Power, Fight for Freedom, and Reimagine Democracy

Skye Perryman

4.1

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “A manual for people who are tired of wringing their hands and are ready to roll up their sleeves.”—HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON Skye Perryman—TIME 100 honoree and CEO of Democracy Forward—offers an urgent, inspiring blueprint for how ordinary people can fight for freedom in extraordinary times. “A clarion call for everyone ready to meet this national and global crisis—and wi

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Profiles in Courage

John F Kennedy

4.1

The Pulitzer Prize winning classic by President John F. Kennedy, with an introduction by Caroline Kennedy and a foreword by Robert F. Kennedy.

Written in 1955 by the then junior senator from the state of Massachusetts, John F. Kennedy's Profiles in Courage serves as a clarion call to every American.

In this book Kennedy chose eight of his historical colleagues to profile for their acts of astounding

Recommended by Ryan Holiday.

Ryan Holiday

Author

Written by President Kennedy when he was bedridden after back surgery, Profiles in Courage recounts the inspiring acts of eight different American Senators, including John Quincy Adams, Daniel Webster, Sam Houston, and Robert A. Taft. Kennedy had recently been elected as the junior Senator from Massachusetts and was inspired to write a book after reading a passage from The Price of Union about an act of courage by John Quincy Adams while serving in the Senate. It was heartening to read about Senators willing to cross party lines and stand up for their principles given the current state of our Congress. [source]

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Life Will Be the Death of Me: . . . and You Too!

Chelsea Handler

4.1

In a haze of vape smoke on a rare windy night in L.A. in the fall of 2016, Chelsea Handler daydreams about what life will be like with a woman in the White House. And then Donald Trump happens. In a torpor of despair, she decides that she's had enough of the privileged bubble she's lived in--a bubble within a bubble--and that it's time to make some changes, both in her personal life and in the wor

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The Nerd Reich: Silicon Valley Fascism and the War on Democracy

Gil Durán

4.1

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “This transfixing debut from journalist Durán investigates the antidemocratic ideologies espoused by tech billionaires linked to the second Trump administration...It’s an ominous look at an insular elite arrayed against American democracy.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review) A fearless and urgent chronicle of the tech-authoritarian movement from its early days in San F

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History Matters

David McCullough

4.1

In this posthumous collection of thought-provoking essays—many published here for the first time—Pulitzer Prize–winning historian and bestselling author David McCullough affirms the value of history, how we can be guided by its lessons, and the enduring legacy of American ideals.History Matters brings together selected essays by beloved historian David McCullough, some published here for the first

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Love Your Enemies: How Decent People Can Save America from the Culture of Contempt

Arthur C. Brooks

4.1

NOW A NATIONAL BESTSELLER!

To get ahead today, you have to be a jerk, right?

Divisive politicians. Screaming heads on television. Angry campus activists. Twitter trolls. Today in America, there is an “outrage industrial complex” that prospers by setting American against American, creating a “culture of contempt”—the habit of seeing people who disagree with us not as merely incorrect, but as worthles

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The Essential Second Amendment Guide

Wayne LaPierre

4.1

The Second Amendment of the Bill of Rights guarantees your right to keep and bear arms. You have a right to own a gun for defense of family and home. You have a right to own a gun for hunting, shooting or collecting. You have the right to own a gun to break the chains of tyranny. Our Founding Fathers said it. Our Constitution guarantees it. Our courts affirm it. Our laws protect it. Yet there are

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What's Next: A Backstage Pass to The West Wing, Its Cast and Crew, and Its Enduring Legacy of Service

Melissa Fitzgerald, Mary McCormack, Allison Janney, and Aaron Sorkin

4.1

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A Return to Common Sense: How to Fix America Before We Really Blow It

Leigh Mcgowan

4.1

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Digital Citizenship in Action: Empowering Students to Engage in Online Communities

Kristen Mattson

4.1

For years, much of the available curricula for teaching digital citizenship focused on “don’ts.” Don’t share addresses or phone numbers. Don’t give out passwords. Don’t bully other students. But the conversation then shifted and had many asking, “Why aren’t we teaching kids the power of social media?” Next, digital citizenship curriculum moved toward teaching students how to positively brand thems

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The White Ally Toolkit Workbook: Using Active Listening, Empathy, and Personal Storytelling to Promote Racial Equity

Dr. David W. Campt

4.1

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That's What She Said: Wise Words from Influential Women

Kimothy Joy

4.1

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Pass the Citizenship Test!

Angelo Tropea

4.1

EASY TO USE AND GREAT STUDY GUIDE FOR THE NATURALIZATION TEST!
COVERS ALL 100 USCIS OFFICIAL QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS - and all 100 Civics Lessons with EASY ANSWERS!
Everything you need for the reading and writing sections, including all the vocabulary and easy-practice sentences. Everything you need to pass the exam!

Includes:

1. Description of Naturalization Interview with USCIS Officer

2. All 100 OF

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The U.S. Constitution and Fascinating Facts about It

Terry L. Jordan

4.1

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Un-Trumping America: A Plan to Make America a Democracy Again

Dan Pfeiffer

4.1

Dan Pfeiffer, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Yes We (Still) Can and cohost of Pod Save America, is back -- a sharp political playbook for defeating Trump and saving the nation from Republican-driven disaster.

Recommended by Samantha Power, Scott Galloway, and Steve Kerrigan.

Samantha Power

Just devoured this remarkable, urgent book, out tmrrw (2/18).@danpfeiffer tells us how @GOP became anti-democratic, how the hell @TheDemocrats lost so many state legislatures/governorships during Obama years & above all, how we beat @realDonaldTrump AND Trumpism in Nov-ORDER NOW! https://t.co/GvgE9jHnon [source]

Scott Galloway

“The GOP has only 1 principle & that principle is winning. Playing the game against people who will do anything to win while you adhere to the rules is a losing proposition.” great book—Dem strategies for a new era @danpfeiffer https://t.co/CjVyCpQeAY [source]

Steve Kerrigan

Great job today on @NBCNews @MeetThePress by @danpfeiffer - really well done. Oh and buy his book...great read. Un-Trumping America: A Plan to Make America a Democracy Again https://t.co/BA39HJoLtY [source]

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Civil Disobedience and Other Essays

Henry David Thoreau

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On Tyranny (Expanded Audio Edition): Updated with Twenty New Lessons from Russia's War on Ukraine

Timothy Snyder

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Tomorrow's Change Makers: Reclaiming the Power of Citizenship for a New Generation

Marilyn Price-Mitchell Ph.D.

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Each and every day, families, schools, and communities play important roles in raising compassionate young citizens. But how does this happen? How do we support young people to become their best selves in a global society?

Tomorrow’s Change Makers reveals new and surprising research, and delivers hopeful answers.

Linking the latest research on civic engagement with positive youth development, Tomo

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Canadian Citizenship Made Easy: A Study Guide in Simple English

Drew Smith

4.1

Canadian Citizenship Made Easy is a study guide for the Canadian Citizenship Exam. All of the information you need to pass the Citizenship Exam is found in this book. Canadian Citizenship Made Easy uses simple, easy-to-understand English to help you prepare for the exam. Each chapter is followed by Multiple-Choice questions and some optional review questions for discussion.

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The American Patriot's Handbook: The Writings, History, and Spirit of a Free Nation

George Grant

4.1

This revised and updated edition of The American Patriot's Handbook gives an authoritative and concise introduction to the ideas, events, and personalities that have shaped American freedom, ideals, and values. Included are important and inspirational speeches, poems and song lyrics along with profiles of presidents and prominent individuals who have shaped the nation's history.

Key documents featu

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Over Ruled: The Human Toll of Too Much Law

Neil Gorsuch and Janie Nitze

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Rebooting the American Dream: 11 Ways to Rebuild Our Country

Thom Hartmann

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The Digital Citizenship Handbook for School Leaders: Fostering Positive Interactions Online

Mike Ribble and Marty Park

4.1

In today's schools and districts, just saying "no" to bad technology practices is not enough. This leadership posture can take the form of extreme blocking and filtering of websites, providing little access to devices and declining to integrate digital tools and resources into learning out of fear of what else a student might do. Such a mindset can also lead to adults choosing not to engage -- or

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Them: Why We Hate Each Other - and How to Heal

Ben Sasse

4.1

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Vanishing American Adult, an intimate and urgent assessment of the existential crisis facing our nation.

Something is wrong. We all know it.

American life expectancy is declining for a third straight year. Birth rates are dropping. Nearly half of us think the other political party isn’t just wrong; they’re evil. We’re the richest country in history,

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The Heritage: Black Athletes, a Divided America, and the Politics of Patriotism

Howard Bryant

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Following in the footsteps of Robeson, Ali, Robinson and others, today's Black athletes re-engage with social issues and the meaning of American patriotism

Named a best book of 2018 by Library Journal

It used to be that politics and sports were as separate from one another as church and state. The ballfield was an escape from the world's worst problems, top athletes were treated like heroes, and che

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Sister Citizen: Shame, Stereotypes, and Black Women in America

Melissa V. Harris-Perry

4.1

Jezebel's sexual lasciviousness, Mammy's devotion, and Sapphire's outspoken anger—these are among the most persistent stereotypes that black women encounter in contemporary American life. Hurtful and dishonest, such representations force African American women to navigate a virtual crooked room that shames them and shapes their experiences as citizens. Many respond by assuming a mantle of strength

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What Unites Us: Reflections on Patriotism

Dan Rather

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AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

“I find myself thinking deeply about what it means to love America, as I surely do.” —Dan Rather

At a moment of crisis over our national identity, venerated journalist Dan Rather has emerged as a voice of reason and integrity, reflecting on—and writing passionately about—what it means to be an American. Now, with this collection of original essays, he reminds u

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The Psychology of Totalitarianism

Mattias Desmet

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America: A Patriotic Primer

Lynne Cheney, Robin Preiss Glasser

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America: A Patriotic Primer is a succinct history of the United States, an ABC of the principles on which this country was founded, and a book for children and families to pore over, discuss, and cherish.
A is for America,
the land that we love.
B is for the Birthday
of this country of ours....
To choose the twenty-six people and ideas that comprise the book, Lynne Cheney has drawn on a lifetime

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But It's Just a Game

Julia Cook and Michelle Hazelwood Hyde

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(Grades 2-6) Meet Jasper! A young boy who is totally absorbed with playing video games "With my game controller in my hands, I'm the boss of my whole world! I can be who I want and do as I please. I can get the highest score. I get all the chances that I need. If I make a mistake it's ok. Everyone thinks I'm 'it on a stick!' And the bad stuff all goes away"

Video game addiction is on the rise, but

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Exit West

Mohsin Hamid

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In a country teetering on the brink of civil war, two young people meet—sensual, fiercely independent Nadia and gentle, restrained Saeed. They embark on a furtive love affair and are soon cloistered in a premature intimacy by the unrest roiling their city. When it explodes, turning familiar streets into a patchwork of checkpoints and bomb blasts, they begin to hear whispers about doors—doors that

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Tyranny of the Minority: Why American Democracy Reached the Breaking Point

Steven Levitsky

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The Bill of Obligations: The Ten Habits of Good Citizens

Richard Haass

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A User's Guide to Democracy: How America Works

Nick Capodice, Hannah McCarthy, and Tom Toro

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Resistance: A Songwriter's Story of Hope, Change, and Courage

Tori Amos

4.1

Since the release of her first, career-defining solo album Little Earthquakes, Tori Amos has been one of the music industry's most enduring and ingenious artists. From her unnerving depiction of sexual assault in "Me and a Gun" to her post-9/11 album Scarlet's Walk to her latest album Native Invader, her work has never shied away from intermingling the personal with the political.

Amos began playin

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Democracy in One Book or Less: How It Works, Why It Doesn’t, and Why Fixing It Is Easier Than You Think

David Litt

4.1

Bill Bryson meets Thomas Frank in the true story of how power-hungry politicians broke American democracy — and why fixing it is easier than you think — from the New York Times bestselling author of Thanks, Obama

Here’s something true for almost every American. The democracy you live in today is different – completely different – than the democracy you were born into.

Since 1980, the number of Ameri

81

How We Show Up: Reclaiming Family, Friendship, and Community

Mia Birdsong

4.0

An Invitation to Community and Models for Connection

After almost every presentation activist and writer Mia Birdsong gives to executives, think tanks, and policy makers, one of those leaders quietly confesses how much they long for the profound community she describes. They have family, friends, and colleagues, yet they still feel like they're standing alone. They're "winning" at the American Dr

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Unequal Protection: How Corporations Became "People"—and How You Can Fight Back

Thom Hartmann

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San Fransicko: Why Progressives Ruin Cities

Michael Shellenberger

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84

On Courage: How to Be a Dissident in an Age of Fear

Julia Angwin, Ami Fields-Meyer

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READ BY RACHEL MADDOWFrom a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist and a former White House senior advisor, a deeply reported manual about how anyone can defy an authoritarian – based on original interviews with more than 100 dissidents, activists, and theorists across the world.The United States is only the latest country to face a leader who wields fear as a weapon, punishes political e

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Open Borders: The Science and Ethics of Immigration

Bryan Caplan and Zach Weinersmith

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Economist Bryan Caplan makes a bold case for unrestricted immigration in this fact-filled graphic nonfiction.

American policy-makers have long been locked in a heated battle over whether, how many, and what kind of immigrants to allow to live and work in the country. Those in favor of welcoming more immigrants often cite humanitarian reasons, while those in favor of more restrictive laws argue the

86

Paper Girl: A Memoir of Home and Family in a Fractured America

Beth Macy

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An Instant National Bestseller Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award One of Barack Obama's Favorite Books of the Year Named a Best Book of the Year by The New Yorker and Vanity Fair"There couldn’t be a timelier book . . . searingly poignant, essential . . . Macy follows closely in the footsteps of . . . Barbara Ehrenreich and Tracy Kidder, combining memoir with reportage, a raft of s

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The Art of Power: My Story as America's First Woman Speaker of the House

Nancy Pelosi

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What Do You Stand For? For Kids: A Guide to Building Character

Barbara A. Lewis

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Even elementary school children can build positive character traits like caring, citizenship, cooperation, courage, fairness, honesty, respect, and responsibility. The true stories, inspiring quotations, thought-provoking dilemmas, and activities in this book help kids grow into capable, moral teens and adults. Previously titled Being Your Best, this award-winning book has a fresh new cover and up

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They Can't Kill Us All: Ferguson, Baltimore, and a New Era in America’s Racial Justice Movement

Wesley Lowery

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A deeply reported book that brings alive the quest for justice in the deaths of Michael Brown, Tamir Rice, and Freddie Gray, offering both unparalleled insight into the reality of police violence in America and an intimate, moving portrait of those working to end it

Conducting hundreds of interviews during the course of over one year reporting on the ground, Washington Post writer Wesley Lowery tra

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Becoming a U.S. Citizen: A Guide to the Law, Exam & Interview

Ilona M. Bray

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Everything you need to become a naturalized U.S. citizen

For a green card holder, taking the next step to U.S. citizenship offers a host of benefits. But the application process itself can be long and confusing. With Becoming a U.S. Citizen, you can save months, or even years. Best of all, you'll know that you are taking each needed step in the most efficient way.

Learn how to:

make sure you are eli

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What's So Great About America

Dinesh D'Souza

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With What's So Great About America, Dinesh D'Souza is not asking a question, but making a statement. The former White House policy analyst and bestselling author argues that in the aftermath of September 11, 2001, American ideals and patriotism should not be things we shy away from. Instead he offers the grounds for a solid, well-considered pride in the Western pillars of "science, democracy and c

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The Revolt of The Public and the Crisis of Authority in the New Millennium

Martin Gurri

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In the words of economist and scholar Arnold Kling, Martin Gurri saw it coming.

Technology has categorically reversed the information balance of power between the public and the elites who manage the great hierarchical institutions of the industrial age government, political parties, the media.

The Revolt of the Public tells the story of how insurgencies, enabled by digital devices and a vast inform

Recommended by Marc Andreessen.

Marc Andreessen

Co-Founder/Andreessen Horowitz

All over the world, elite institutions from governments to media to academia are losing their authority and monopoly control of information to dynamic amateurs and the broader public. This book, until now only in samizdat (and Kindle) form, has been my #1 handout for the last several years to anyone seeking to understand this unfolding shift in power from hierarchies to networks in the age of the Internet. [source]

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Finding My Voice: My Journey to the West Wing and the Path Forward

Valerie Jarrett

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A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
Finalist for the NAACP Image Award for "Outstanding Literary Work"

"Valerie has been one of Barack and my closest confidantes for decades... the world would feel a lot better if there were more people like Valerie blazing the trail for the rest of us."--Michelle Obama

"The ultimate Obama insider" ( The New York Times ) and longest-serving senior advisor in the Obama White

Recommended by Christina Reynolds.

Christina Reynolds

Loved @ValerieJarrett’s book and her great story. This daughter of a Marine One pilot especially appreciates her love of the presidential helicopter. https://t.co/PU714z42jq [source]

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The Infographic Guide to American Government: A Visual Reference for Everything You Need to Know

Carissa Lytle and Jara Kern

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This vibrant, illustrated guide to the ins and outs of United States politics provides a clearer understanding of the current events and regular processes that shape this nation and the world.

Decipher the American political system with this clear, easy-to-understand guide to the basics of the United States political system, from the founding of the thirteen colonies, to the foundations of the cons

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Multicultural Citizenship: A Liberal Theory of Minority Rights

Will Kymlicka

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The increasingly multicultural fabric of modern societies has given rise to many new issues and conflicts, as ethnic and national minorities demand recognition and support for their cultural identity. This book presents a new conception of the rights and status of minority cultures. It argues that certain "collective rights" of minority cultures are consistent with liberal democratic principles, a

Recommended by Tariq Modood.

Tariq Modood

Well, I think the first thing to say about the book is that multiculturalism as a political theory began in the late 1980s and we are actually indebted to Canadian theorists. Canada was the first country to declare itself a multicultural state and Will Kymlicka, with this book in particular, is really pioneering this theory. This is one of the first major statements of a political theory of multiculturalism and Will Kymlicka is really the leading liberal exponent of multiculturalism; meaning that he thinks individual freedom is the highest good. For him multicultural citizenship is about extending our politics to accommodate minority groups. But he says the reason we should do this is because individuals will lead more fulfilling lives. They will be more themselves if we do this. So unlike others he actually says the highest good is not accommodating groups but allowing individuals the maximum amount of freedom and opportunity to develop themselves. [source]

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How We Fight White Supremacy

Akiba Solomon

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This celebration of Black resistance, from protests to art to sermons to joy, offers a blueprint for the fight for freedom and justice-and ideas for how each of us can contribute

Many of us are facing unprecedented attacks on our democracy, our privacy, and our hard-won civil rights. If you're Black in the US, this is not new. As Colorlines editors Akiba Solomon and Kenrya Rankin show, Black Americ

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The Good Immigrant: 26 Writers Reflect on America

Nikesh Shukla

4.0

By turns heartbreaking and hilarious, troubling and uplifting, these "electric" essays come together to create a provocative, conversation-sparking, multivocal portrait of modern America (The Washington Post).

From Trump's proposed border wall and travel ban to the marching of white supremacists in Charlottesville, America is consumed by tensions over immigration and the question of which bodies a

98

The Pocket Guide for Facing Down a Civil War: Surprising ideas from everyday people who shifted the cycles of violence

John Paul Lederach

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Say It Well: Find Your Voice, Speak Your Mind, Inspire Any Audience

Terry Szuplat

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100

King & King

Linda de Haan, Stern Nijland

4.0

Once there lived a lovelorn prince whose mother decreed that he must marry by the end of the summer. So began the search to find the prince's perfect match and lo and behold... his name was Lee. You are cordially invited to join the merriest, most unexpected wedding of the year. King & King is a contemporary tale about finding true love and living happily ever after, sure to woo readers of any age