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Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72

by Hunter S. Thompson ...

The 50th anniversary edition of “the best account yet published of what it feels like to be out there in the middle of the American political process” (The New York Times Book Review) featuring a new foreword from Johnny Knoxville.A half-century after its original publication, Hunter S. Thompson’s Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail ’72 remains a cornerstone of American political journalism ... Read more

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The 50th anniversary edition of “the best account yet published of what it feels like to be out there in the middle of the American political process” (The New York Times Book Review) featuring a new foreword from Johnny Knoxville.A half-century after its original publication, Hunter S. Thompson’s Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail ’72 remains a cornerstone of American political journalism
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Master Plan

by David Sirota, Jared Jacang Maher ...

For decades, a shadowy network of corporate elites, political operatives, and Supreme Court justices has worked behind the scenes to dismantle campaign finance laws and rig the system in favor of the ultra-wealthy. Master Plan uncovers the hidden history of how unrestrained money and influence have transformed the United States into a full-fledged kleptocracy - where policy is bought, elections ... Read more

$9.99 USD

For decades, a shadowy network of corporate elites, political operatives, and Supreme Court justices has worked behind the scenes to dismantle campaign finance laws and rig the system in favor of the ultra-wealthy. Master Plan uncovers the hidden history of how unrestrained money and influence have transformed the United States into a full-fledged kleptocracy - where policy is bought, elections
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Revenge

The Inside Story of Trump's Return to Power

by Alex Isenstadt ...

From Axios’ Senior Political Reporter Alex Isenstadt, a fly-on-the-wall account of Donald Trump’s history-defying reelection campaign, illustrating how he overcame seemingly insurmountable challenges to return to the White House.Over the course of the last four years, the American public looked on as the former president faced a series of daunting obstacles to return to the White House. The ... Read more

$17.99 USD

From Axios’ Senior Political Reporter Alex Isenstadt, a fly-on-the-wall account of Donald Trump’s history-defying reelection campaign, illustrating how he overcame seemingly insurmountable challenges to return to the White House.Over the course of the last four years, the American public looked on as the former president faced a series of daunting obstacles to return to the White House. The
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This Is The Plan

How to End America's Meltdown and Save Democracy

by Ben Wikler ...

**A New York Times bestseller • A USA Today Bestseller • An Independent Press Bestseller"Ben Wikler is one of the most strategic and respected leaders of his generation. If we do what this book says, we will win."—Nancy PelosiFrom the most successful Democratic operative of the last decade, a revelatory account of what you—yes, you—can do to defeat Trumpism.**If you are looking at the spiraling ... Read more

$20.99 USD

**A New York Times bestseller • A USA Today Bestseller • An Independent Press Bestseller"Ben Wikler is one of the most strategic and respected leaders of his generation. If we do what this book says, we will win."—Nancy PelosiFrom the most successful Democratic operative of the last decade, a revelatory account of what you—yes, you—can do to defeat Trumpism.**If you are looking at the spiraling
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Parties and Elections in America

The Electoral Process

by L. Sandy Maisel, Mark D. Brewer ...

The 10th edition of this classic text introduces students to political parties and their critical role in representative democracy at the local, state, and national levels. Students will engage in fully up-to-date discussion of changes to presidential campaigns and elections, the ever-evolving world of campaign finance, rapidly changing media environment and much more. In addition, Parties and ... Read more

$64.99 USD

The 10th edition of this classic text introduces students to political parties and their critical role in representative democracy at the local, state, and national levels. Students will engage in fully up-to-date discussion of changes to presidential campaigns and elections, the ever-evolving world of campaign finance, rapidly changing media environment and much more. In addition, Parties and
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The Counterrevolution

The Fall and Rise of Donald Trump and the MAGA Movement

by Victor Davis Hanson ...

An Instant #1 New York Times BestsellerFrom the author of the New York Times best-selling The Case for Trump**, the story of Trump’s triumphant comeback and what his second term means for the future of our country.**“Victor Davis Hanson explains it all, and better than ever before. Get his historically important book now.”... ... Read more

$19.99 USD

An Instant #1 New York Times BestsellerFrom the author of the New York Times best-selling The Case for Trump**, the story of Trump’s triumphant comeback and what his second term means for the future of our country.**“Victor Davis Hanson explains it all, and better than ever before. Get his historically important book now.”...
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The Age of Acrimony

How Americans Fought to Fix Their Democracy, 1865-1915

by Jon Grinspan ...

A penetrating, character-filled history “in the manner of David McCullough” (WSJ), revealing the deep roots of our tormented present-day politics.Democracy was broken. Or that was what many Americans believed in the decades after the Civil War. Shaken by economic and technological disruption, they sought safety in aggressive, tribal partisanship. The results were the loudest, closest, most violent ... Read more

$17.99 USD

A penetrating, character-filled history “in the manner of David McCullough” (WSJ), revealing the deep roots of our tormented present-day politics.Democracy was broken. Or that was what many Americans believed in the decades after the Civil War. Shaken by economic and technological disruption, they sought safety in aggressive, tribal partisanship. The results were the loudest, closest, most violent
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Win Bigly: Persuasion in a World Where Facts Don't Matter

by Scott Adams ...

The New York Times bestseller that changed how we understand reality itself—expanded and updated to include the first Trump administration, January 6th, and the 2024 electionScott Adams was one of the earliest public figures to predict Donald Trump's election. The mainstream media regarded Trump as a lucky clown, but Adams—best known as "the guy who created Dilbert"—recognized a level of ... Read more

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The New York Times bestseller that changed how we understand reality itself—expanded and updated to include the first Trump administration, January 6th, and the 2024 electionScott Adams was one of the earliest public figures to predict Donald Trump's election. The mainstream media regarded Trump as a lucky clown, but Adams—best known as "the guy who created Dilbert"—recognized a level of
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Regime Change

Inside the Imperial Presidency of Donald Trump

by Maggie Haberman, Jonathan Swan ...

INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER“Regime Change is exceptional. It transcends its genre...the book is packed with news that will stay news...This is reporting of consequence.” —David Remnick, The New Yorker“A flabbergasting feat of political reporting.” —Tina Brown“Riveting and richly textured...What the authors add is the vivid detail that make... ... Read more

$16.99 USD

INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER“Regime Change is exceptional. It transcends its genre...the book is packed with news that will stay news...This is reporting of consequence.” —David Remnick, The New Yorker“A flabbergasting feat of political reporting.” —Tina Brown“Riveting and richly textured...What the authors add is the vivid detail that make...
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When America Liked Ike

How Moderates Won the 1952 Presidential Election and Reshaped American Politics

by Gary A. Donaldson ...

The 2016 election cycle put in sharp relief the rifts that divide, and threaten to destroy, the Republican Party. While some claim these divisions originated in Nixon’s “Southern Strategy” or in Newt Gingrich’s tenure as Minority Whip, Gary Donaldson argues that the conflict has its origins much earlier, at least as far back as the 1952 presidential election. That election pitted the conservative ... Read more

$42.99 USD

The 2016 election cycle put in sharp relief the rifts that divide, and threaten to destroy, the Republican Party. While some claim these divisions originated in Nixon’s “Southern Strategy” or in Newt Gingrich’s tenure as Minority Whip, Gary Donaldson argues that the conflict has its origins much earlier, at least as far back as the 1952 presidential election. That election pitted the conservative
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White Rural Rage

The Threat to American Democracy

by Tom Schaller, Paul Waldman ...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A searing portrait and damning takedown of America’s proudest citizens—who are also the least likely to defend its core principles“This is an important book that ought to be read by anyone who wants to understand politics in the perilous Age of Trump.”—David Corn, New York Times bestselling author of American PsychosisWhite rural voters hold the greatest electoral sway ... Read more

$9.99 USD

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A searing portrait and damning takedown of America’s proudest citizens—who are also the least likely to defend its core principles“This is an important book that ought to be read by anyone who wants to understand politics in the perilous Age of Trump.”—David Corn, New York Times bestselling author of American PsychosisWhite rural voters hold the greatest electoral sway
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Trumpisms

by Seth Millstein ...

One may think that Donald Trump knows what he’s talking about. After all, the man-as he’ll remind you at every opportunity-has made a whopping $4 million as an entrepreneur and is far ahead of his competitors in the race to become the republican nominee for the 2016 presidential election. He’s also assertive, bold, self-assured, and argumentative. He talks as if he knows what he’s talking about. ... Read more

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One may think that Donald Trump knows what he’s talking about. After all, the man-as he’ll remind you at every opportunity-has made a whopping $4 million as an entrepreneur and is far ahead of his competitors in the race to become the republican nominee for the 2016 presidential election. He’s also assertive, bold, self-assured, and argumentative. He talks as if he knows what he’s talking about.
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Follow the Money

The Shocking Deep State Connections of the Anti-Trump Cabal

by Dan Bongino ...

As seen on The Ben Shapiro Show!Follow the Money exposes the labyrinth of connections between D.C.’s slimiest swamp creatures—Democrat operatives, lying informants, desperate and destructive FBI agents, Obama power brokers, CIA renegade John Brennan, George Soros, and more—who conspired to attack Trump by manufacturing one bogus scandal after another.Bestselling author, podcast favorite, and Fox ... Read more

$14.99 USD

As seen on The Ben Shapiro Show!Follow the Money exposes the labyrinth of connections between D.C.’s slimiest swamp creatures—Democrat operatives, lying informants, desperate and destructive FBI agents, Obama power brokers, CIA renegade John Brennan, George Soros, and more—who conspired to attack Trump by manufacturing one bogus scandal after another.Bestselling author, podcast favorite, and Fox
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Our Time Is Now

Power, Purpose, and the Fight for a Fair America

by Stacey Abrams ...

From New York Times bestselling author of Lead From The Outside and political leader Stacey Abrams, a blueprint to end voter suppression, empower our citizens, and take back our country."With each page, she inspires and empowers us to create systems that reflect a world in which all voices are heard and all people believe and feel that they matter." **—**Kerry WashingtonA recognized expert on fair ... Read more

$14.99 USD

From New York Times bestselling author of Lead From The Outside and political leader Stacey Abrams, a blueprint to end voter suppression, empower our citizens, and take back our country."With each page, she inspires and empowers us to create systems that reflect a world in which all voices are heard and all people believe and feel that they matter." **—**Kerry WashingtonA recognized expert on fair
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Una lección para todas

Aciertos y errores de tres mujeres en campaña

by Katia D´Arrtigues ...

¿Qué hay que hacer para que a las mujeres se les haga más fácil llegar al poder? ¿A qué se enfrentarán durante ese camino y cómo deben prepararse? Éstas y otras preguntas son respondidas por tres destacadas mexicanas que buscaron la Presidencia de México.A través de entrevistas realizadas por la periodista Katia D'Artigues, Patricia Mercado, Cecilia Soto y Josefina Vázquez Mota no sólo comparten ... Read more

$4.99 USD

¿Qué hay que hacer para que a las mujeres se les haga más fácil llegar al poder? ¿A qué se enfrentarán durante ese camino y cómo deben prepararse? Éstas y otras preguntas son respondidas por tres destacadas mexicanas que buscaron la Presidencia de México.A través de entrevistas realizadas por la periodista Katia D'Artigues, Patricia Mercado, Cecilia Soto y Josefina Vázquez Mota no sólo comparten
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Renegade

The Making of a President

by Richard Wolffe ...

Before the White House and Air Force One, before the TV ads and the enormous rallies, there was the real Barack Obama: a man wrestling with the momentous decision to run for the presidency, feeling torn about leaving behind a young family, and figuring out how to win the biggest prize in politics.This book is the previously untold and epic story of how a political newcomer with no money and an ... Read more

$14.99 USD

Before the White House and Air Force One, before the TV ads and the enormous rallies, there was the real Barack Obama: a man wrestling with the momentous decision to run for the presidency, feeling torn about leaving behind a young family, and figuring out how to win the biggest prize in politics.This book is the previously untold and epic story of how a political newcomer with no money and an
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Rendezvous with Destiny

Ronald Reagan and the Campaign That Changed America

by Craig Shirley ...

"A first-rate work of insider history . . . A monumental accomplishment." — National ReviewThe election that changed everything: Craig Shirley's masterful account of the 1980 presidential campaign reveals how a race judged "too close to call" as late as Election Day became a Reagan landslide—and altered the course of history.To write Rendezvous with Destiny, Shirley gained unprecedented access to ... Read more

$13.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

"A first-rate work of insider history . . . A monumental accomplishment." — National ReviewThe election that changed everything: Craig Shirley's masterful account of the 1980 presidential campaign reveals how a race judged "too close to call" as late as Election Day became a Reagan landslide—and altered the course of history.To write Rendezvous with Destiny, Shirley gained unprecedented access to
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Flipped

How Georgia Turned Purple and Broke the Monopoly on Republican Power

by Greg Bluestein ...

The untold story of the unlikely heroes, the cutthroat politics, and the cultural forces that turned a Deep South state purple—by a top reporter at The Atlanta Journal-ConstitutionFlipped is the definitive account of how the election of Reverend Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff transformed Georgia from one of the staunchest Republican strongholds to the nation’s most watched battleground state—and ... Read more

$10.99 USD

The untold story of the unlikely heroes, the cutthroat politics, and the cultural forces that turned a Deep South state purple—by a top reporter at The Atlanta Journal-ConstitutionFlipped is the definitive account of how the election of Reverend Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff transformed Georgia from one of the staunchest Republican strongholds to the nation’s most watched battleground state—and
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Republic, Lost

How Money Corrupts Congress—and a Plan to Stop It

by Lawrence Lessig ...

Harvard Law School professor Lawrence Lessig investigates the most vexing problem in American democracy: how money corrupts our nation's politics, and the critical campaign to stop it.In an era when special interests funnel huge amounts of money into our government-driven by shifts in campaign-finance rules and brought to new levels by the Supreme Court in *Citizens United v. Federal Election ... Read more

$18.99 USD

Harvard Law School professor Lawrence Lessig investigates the most vexing problem in American democracy: how money corrupts our nation's politics, and the critical campaign to stop it.In an era when special interests funnel huge amounts of money into our government-driven by shifts in campaign-finance rules and brought to new levels by the Supreme Court in *Citizens United v. Federal Election
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Truman's Triumphs

The 1948 Election and the Making of Postwar America

by Andrew E. Busch ...

Series series American Presidential Elections
The Chicago Tribune headline “DEWEY DEFEATS TRUMAN” remains infamously wrong about the outcome of the 1948 presidential election. But, as Andrew Busch reveals, there is much more to this story than the well-worn image of a victorious and beaming President Harry Truman parading the newspaper’s erroneously headlined front page for all to see.Primarily a contest between Truman and challenger Thomas ... Read more

$15.99 USD

The Chicago Tribune headline “DEWEY DEFEATS TRUMAN” remains infamously wrong about the outcome of the 1948 presidential election. But, as Andrew Busch reveals, there is much more to this story than the well-worn image of a victorious and beaming President Harry Truman parading the newspaper’s erroneously headlined front page for all to see.Primarily a contest between Truman and challenger Thomas
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Political Black Girl Magic

The Elections and Governance of Black Female Mayors

Edited by Sharon D. Wright Austin ...

Political Black Girl Magic explores black women’s experiences as mayors in American cities. The editor and contributors to this comprehensive volume examine black female mayoral campaigns and elections where race and gender are a factor—and where deracialized campaigns have garnered candidate support from white as well as Hispanic and Asian American voters. Chapters also consider how Black female ... Read more

$28.99 USD

Political Black Girl Magic explores black women’s experiences as mayors in American cities. The editor and contributors to this comprehensive volume examine black female mayoral campaigns and elections where race and gender are a factor—and where deracialized campaigns have garnered candidate support from white as well as Hispanic and Asian American voters. Chapters also consider how Black female
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The Inevitable Party

Why Attempts to Kill the Party System Fail and How they Weaken Democracy

by Seth Masket ...

Seth Masket's The Inevitable Party is a study of anti-party reforms and why they fail. Numerous reform movements over the past century have designated parties as the enemy of democracy, and they have found a willing ally in the American people in their efforts to rein in and occasionally root out parties. Masket investigates several of these anti-party reform efforts - from open primaries to ... Read more

$32.99 USD

Seth Masket's The Inevitable Party is a study of anti-party reforms and why they fail. Numerous reform movements over the past century have designated parties as the enemy of democracy, and they have found a willing ally in the American people in their efforts to rein in and occasionally root out parties. Masket investigates several of these anti-party reform efforts - from open primaries to
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Checkmate

How the BJP Won and Lost Maharashtra

by Sudhir Suryawanshi ...

On 28 November 2019, Uddhav Thackeray, the Shiv Sena chief, was sworn in as the eighteenth chief minister of Maharashtra. This event marked the culmination of a high-voltage political drama that had the entire nation glued to their television sets for days on end. With no party being able to claim a majority in the assembly, President's Rule was imposed in the state. This book takes its readers ... Read more

$3.99 USD

On 28 November 2019, Uddhav Thackeray, the Shiv Sena chief, was sworn in as the eighteenth chief minister of Maharashtra. This event marked the culmination of a high-voltage political drama that had the entire nation glued to their television sets for days on end. With no party being able to claim a majority in the assembly, President's Rule was imposed in the state. This book takes its readers
... Read more
Presidential Leadership in Political Time

Reprise and Reappraisal

by Stephen Skowronek ...

In this expanded third edition, renowned scholar Stephen Skowronek, addresses Donald J. Trump’s presidency. Skowronek’s insights have fundamentally altered our understanding of the American presidency. His “political time” thesis has been particularly influential, revealing how presidents reckon with the work of their predecessors, situate their power within recent political events, and assert ... Read more

$21.99 USD

In this expanded third edition, renowned scholar Stephen Skowronek, addresses Donald J. Trump’s presidency. Skowronek’s insights have fundamentally altered our understanding of the American presidency. His “political time” thesis has been particularly influential, revealing how presidents reckon with the work of their predecessors, situate their power within recent political events, and assert
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