William J Bennett: 27 books
by William J. Bennett
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2007
William J. Bennett reacquaints America with its heritage in two volumes of America: The Last Best Hope.
While national test scores reveal that American students know startlingly little about their history, former U.S. Education Secretary William J. Bennett offers one of the most gripping and...
by William J. Bennett
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2019
A single-volume edition of William J. Bennett's bestselling series, thoroughly revised and updated.
*"The role of history is to inform, inspire, and sometimes provoke us, which is why Bill Bennett's wonderfully readable book is so important." *--Walter Isaacson
A decade...
America: The Last Best Hope (Volume I)
From the Age of Discovery to a World at War
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2007
America, how well do you know your history?
Who quelled a coup d'etat by putting on a pair of reading glasses?
Which U.S. senator was nearly caned to death on the Senate floor?
Which first lady refused to serve alcohol in the White House?
What famous inventor was called to find the assassin's...
The Fight of Our Lives
Knowing the Enemy, Speaking the Truth, and Choosing to Win the War Against Radical Islam
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2012
Refocus on the fight.
Ten years ago, when radical Islamist terrorists used three U.S. airplanes to kill nearly three thousand of our countrymen, America was angry. It was a focused and justified anger—one that generated clear objectives and a willingness to meet them. But that resolve...
Going to Pot
Why the Rush to Legalize Marijuana Is Harming America
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2015
William J. Bennett, former director of the National Drug Control policy under President George H.W. Bush and bestselling author of The Book of Virtues, and co-author Robert White provide strong societal and scientific arguments against the legalization of marijuana.
Marijuana, once considered...
The Broken Hearth
Reversing the Moral Collapse of the American Family
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2002
Bestselling author William Bennett addresses the central social issue of our time—the deline of the family—in a book as intellectually provocative and politically controversial as his landmark The Death of Outrage.
Our recent economic prosperity has masked the devastation of the American...
A Century Turns
New Hopes, New Fears
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2010
In A Century Turns, William J. Bennett explores America's recent and momentous history?the contentious election of 1988, the fall of the Berlin Wall and the collapse of global Communism, the presidency of William Jefferson Clinton, the technological and commercial boom of the 1990s, the war on terror,...
The Death of Outrage
Bill Clinton and the Assault on American Ideals
Language: English
Release Date: December 24, 1998
Today we see little public outrage about Bill Clinton's misconduct. With enormous skill, the president and his advisors have constructed a defensive wall built of bricks left over from Watergate: diversion, half-truth, equivocation, and sophistry. It is a wall that has remained unbreached. Until now.
In...
America: The Last Best Hope (Volume III)
From the Collapse of Communism to the Rise of Radical Islam
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2011
America began to breathe easy at the close of the Cold War and loosened its grip on the fear of nuclear confrontation for the first time since World War Two. Peace was palpable, but in retrospect the years between 1988 and 2008 were as rocky as they were uncertain. Turbulence, not tranquility, marked...
Tried by Fire
The Story of Christianity's First Thousand Years
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2016
Full of larger-than-life characters, stunning acts of bravery, and heart-rending sacrifice, Tried by Fire narrates the rise and expansion of Christianity from an obscure regional sect to the established faith of the world’s greatest empire with influence extending from India to Ireland, Scandinavia...
The Educated Child
A Parents Guide From Preschool Through Eighth Grade
Language: English
Release Date: December 24, 1999
If you care about the education of a child, you need this book. Comprehensive and easy to use, it will inform, empower, and encourage you.
Just as William J. Bennett's The Book of Virtues has helped millions of Americans teach young people about character, The Educated Child delivers what you need...
The Index of Leading Cultural Indicators
American Society at the End of the Twentieth Century
Language: English
Release Date: August 3, 2011
For decades Americans have turned to the Commerce Department's Index of Leading Economic Indicators to spot trends in the economy. The Index of Leading Cultural Indicators brings a similar kind of empirical analysis to the moral, social, and behavioral condition of American society from 1960 to the...
The Book of Man
Readings on the Path to Manhood
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2013
WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A MAN
Raising up men has never been easy, but today is seems particularly tough. The young and old need heroes to embody the eternal qualities of manhood: honor, duty, valor, and integrity. InThe Book of Man, William J. Bennett points the way, offering a positive, encouraging,...
Why We Fight
Moral Clarity and the War on Terrorism
Language: English
Release Date: May 14, 2002
The events of September 11, 2001, were an unforgettable tragedy, but they also revealed that the spirit of America is strong and undiminished. Not since the shocking attack on Pearl Harbor has the nation pulled together with such unity and purpose, resolving to endure whatever hardships may be necessary...
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