Civics category: 1212 books
Generation Change
150 Ways We Can Change Ourselves, Our Country, and Our World
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2009
On November 4, 2008, the world entered a new era as Barack Obama was elected 44th president of the United States of America. With this momentous occasion, a new generation of foot soldiers was mobilized, ready to work for and with a man who convinced them that real change was possible. Yes we can!”...
MoveOn's 50 Ways to Love Your Country
How to Find Your Political Voice and Become a Catalyst for Change
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2010
With more than 2 million members, MoveOn is at the cutting edge of a new model for political activism. In their first-ever book, they take their message offline with MoveOn's 50 Ways to Love Your Country: How to Find Your Political Voice and Become a Catalyst for Change, in an effort to jumpstart...
America Adrift—Righting the Course
The Decline of America’S Great Values
Language: English
Release Date: December 27, 2011
The values that made America a great and respected nation are in decline causing consequences across all segments of our society. In this passionate and deeply personal account, author John W. Zimmerman Sr. issues a call to all Americans to take up this challenge and preserve Americas promise, dream,...
How We Changed Toronto
The inside story of twelve creative, tumultuous years in civic life, 1969-1980
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2015
By the mid-1960s Toronto was well on its way to becoming Canada's largest and most powerful city. One real estate firm aptly labelled it Boomtown. Expressways, subways, shopping centres, high-rise apartments, and skyscraping downtown office towers were transforming the city. City officials were cheerleaders...
Daring Democracy
Igniting Power, Meaning, and Connection for the America We Want
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2017
An optimistic book for Americans who are asking, in the wake of Trump’s victory, What do we do now? The answer: We need to organize and fight to protect and expand our democracy.
Americans are distraught as tightly held economic and political power drowns out their voices and values. Legendary...
The Leaderless Revolution
How Ordinary People Will Take Power and Change Politics in the 21st Century
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2011
The Leaderless Revolution explains why our government institutions are inadequate to the task of solving major problems and offers a set of steps we can take to create lasting and workable solutions ourselves. In taking these steps, we can not only reclaim the control we have lost, but also a sense...
Front Porch Politics
The Forgotten Heyday of American Activism in the 1970s and 1980s
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2013
"Reading this book revives the spirit of civic action today for those who are unjustifiably forlorn about overcoming injustice."—Ralph Nader
An on-the-ground history of ordinary Americans who took to the streets when political issues became personal
The 1960s are widely seen...
Civitas by Design
Building Better Communities, from the Garden City to the New Urbanism
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2011
Since the end of the nineteenth century, city planners have aspired not only to improve the physical living conditions of urban residents but also to strengthen civic ties through better design of built environments. From Ebenezer Howard and his vision for garden cities to today's New Urbanists, these...
Constitution Café: Jefferson's Brew for a True Revolution
Jefferson's Brew for a True Revolution
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2011
“A provocative extension of Jefferson’s original plan.”—Kirkus Reviews
Thomas Jefferson believed that every generation of Americans should rewrite our Constitution from scratch—to mirror the progress of the human mind and, most of all, to maintain the revolutionary spirit. He would...
by Gary Hart
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2015
Former Senator Gary Hart’s The Republic of Conscience is a meditation on the growing gap between the founding principles of the United States Constitution and our current political landscape.
Going back as early as 400 BC, the idea of a true republic has been threatened by narrow, special...
The People Are Going to Rise Like the Waters Upon Your Shore
A Story of American Rage
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2017
"Sexton grapples with the Trump campaign from the perspective of the crowds reveling in the candidate’s presence and message. It is a useful vantage point given the increasingly blatant bigotry in the months since the election." —The Washington Post
The People Are Going to Rise Like the...
by Lt. Col. Robert K. Brown USAR (Ret.)
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2012
For over thirty years, Soldier of Fortune magazine has been the go to magazine for supporting those individuals who have the courage to fight. Whether they fight for those who cannot defend themselves or they fight simply to uphold their beliefs...whomoever is in service to others and is willing to stand...
Belonging
The Paradox of Citizenship
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2014
Never has the world experienced greater movement of peoples from one country to another, from one continent to another. These seismic shifts in population have brought about huge challenges for all societies. In this year’s Massey Lectures, Canada’s twenty-sixth Governor General and bestselling...
by Mel Hurtig
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2015
For more than four decades, Canadian nationalist, publisher and best-selling author, Mel Hurtig, has been warning Canadians about the negative influences of the excessive corporate takeover of Canada, including the impacts of foreign ownership and so-called free-trade agreements. In this short but important...