Civics category: 1212 books
From Voice to Influence
Understanding Citizenship in a Digital Age
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2015
How have online protests—like the recent outrage over the Komen Foundation’s decision to defund Planned Parenthood—changed the nature of political action? How do Facebook and other popular social media platforms shape the conversation around current political issues? The ways in which we gather...
America the Beautiful
Rediscovering What Made This Nation Great
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2012
What is America becoming? Or, more importantly, what can she be if we reclaim a vision for the things that made her great in the first place? In the Zondervan ebook, America the Beautiful, Dr. Ben Carson helps us learn from our past in order to chart a better course for our future. From his personal...
by Henry David Thoreau
Language: English
Release Date: May 26, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: May 26, 2015
Thoreau advocates for nonviolent protest in his classic manifesto
Motivated by his disgust with the US government, Henry David Thoreau’s seminal philosophical essay enjoins individuals to stand against the ruling forces that seek to erase their free will. It is the duty of a good citizen,...
Tell Me How It Ends
An Essay in 40 Questions
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2017
"Part treatise, part memoir, part call to action, Tell Me How It Ends inspires not through a stiff stance of authority, but with the curiosity and humility Luiselli has long since established." -Annalia Luna, Brazos Bookstore
"Valeria Luiselli's extended essay on her volunteer...
Democracy Now!
Twenty Years Covering the Movements Changing America
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2016
A celebration of the revolutionary change Amy and David Goodman have witnessed during the two decades of their acclaimed television and radio news program Democracy Now!—and how small individual acts from progressive heroes have produced lasting results.
In 1996 Amy Goodman began hosting...
Soul of a Citizen
Living with Conviction in Challenging Times
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2010
Soul of a Citizen awakens within us the desire and the ability to make our voices heard and our actions count. We can lead lives worthy of our convictions.
A book of inspiration and integrity, Soul of a Citizen is an antidote to the twin scourges of modern life--powerlessness and cynicism....
47 Percent
Uncovering the Romney Video That Rocked the 2012 Election
Language: English
Release Date: October 9, 2012
From the reporter who broke the Romney video story, 47 Percent reveals for the first time the dramatic tale of how David Corn, Washington Bureau chief at Mother Jones, MSNBC analyst and author of the New York Times bestseller Showdown, learned of its existence, located the source, authenticated the...
America by Heart
Reflections on Family, Faith, and Flag
Language: English
Release Date: July 2, 2013
In the fall of 2009, with the publication of her #1 national bestselling memoir, Sarah Palin had the privilege of meeting thousands of everyday Americans on her extraordinary 35-city book tour. Inspired by these encounters, her new book, America By Heart: Reflections on Family, Faith, and Flag, celebrates...
The Heritage
Black Athletes, a Divided America, and the Politics of Patriotism
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2018
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...
The American Spirit
Who We Are and What We Stand For
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2017
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.
“Insightful and inspirational,...
Twilight of American Sanity
A Psychiatrist Analyzes the Age of Trump
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2017
“Unravel[s] the national psyche that brought our politics to this moment.” — Evan Osnos, The New Yorker
A landmark book, from “one of the world’s most prominent psychiatrists” (The Atlantic): Allen Frances analyzes the nation, viewing the rise of Donald J. Trump as darkly symptomatic...
What You Should Know About Politics . . . But Don't
A Nonpartisan Guide to the Issues That Matter
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2016
Engaging and inspiring . . . Reading this book should make you want to vote.” -Barack Obama
In a world of sound bites, deliberate misinformation, and a political scene that is colored by the blue versus red partisan divide. How does the average educated American find a reliable source that’s...
The Death of Truth
Notes on Falsehood in the Age of Trump
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2018
**NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
NEW YORK TIMES Editors' Choice
From the Pulitzer Prize-winning critic comes an impassioned critique of America’s retreat from reason**
We live in a time when the very idea of objective truth is mocked and discounted by the occupants of the White House. Discredited...
Uprising
How Scott Walker Betrayed Wisconsin and Inspired a New Politics of Protest
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2012
On February 11, 2011, Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker announced he would strip collective bargaining rights from public employees and teachers. In response, people rose up in mass protest, and Wisconsin became a reference point for a renewal of labor militancy and radical politics. These protests...