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With authoritative reporting honed through eight presidencies from Nixon to Obama, author Bob Woodward reveals in unprecedented detail the harrowing life inside President Donald Trump’s White House and precisely how he makes decisions on major f[...]
ISBN (or other code): 978-1-5011-7551-0 Article on page: XXII,420 p. Class number: 973.933092 Tags: Trump, Donald, 1946- ; Presidents--United States--Biography ; United States--Politics and government--2017- ; United States--Politics and government--Decision making Languages: English Books
In this culmination of five decades of acclaimed studies in presidential history, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Doris Kearns Goodwin offers an illuminating exploration of the early development, growth, and exercise of leadership. Are leaders bor[...]
ISBN (or other code): 978-1-4767-9592-8 Article on page: XVI, 473 p. Class number: 973.09/9 Tags: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 ; Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919 ; Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945 ; Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973 ; Presidents--United States ; Political leadership--United States--Case studies ; Character--Case studies ; Crisis management--United States--Case studies ; Political culture--United States--History ; United States--Politics and government--Case studies Languages: English Books
"Why were no bankers put in prison after the financial crisis of 2008? Why do CEOs seem to commit wrongdoing with impunity? The problem goes beyond banks deemed "Too Big to Fail" to almost every large corporation in America-- to pharmaceutical c[...]
ISBN (or other code): 978-1-5011-2136-4 Article on page: XXI, 377 p. Class number: 345.73/0268 Tags: Executives--Legal status, laws, etc--United States ; Commercial crimes ; Corporations--Corrupt practices ; Criminal justice, Administration of--Social aspects ; Prosecution ; Prosecution--Decision making ; White collar crimes ; Corporation law--United States--Criminal provisions Languages: English Books
At ninety, Jimmy Carter reflects on his public and private life with a frankness that is disarming. He adds detail and emotion about his youth in rural Georgia that he described in his magnificent An Hour Before Daylight. He writes about racism [...]
ISBN (or other code): 978-1-5011-1564-6 Article on page: 257 p. Class number: 973.926092 Tags: Carter, Jimmy, 1924- ; Presidents--United States--Biography ; United States--Politics and government--1977-1981 Languages: English Books
`He is an absolute hero'. Piers Morgan 'A riveting, unvarnished and wholly unforgettable portrait of America's most storied commandos at war.' - Joby Warrick, author of Black Flags: The Rise of ISIS, winner of the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for General[...]
ISBN (or other code): 978-1-4711-4813-2 Article on page: IX, 358 p. Class number: 359.984 Tags: Ben Laden, Oussama, 1957-2011--Assassination ; United States. Navy. SEALs--History--21st century ; United States. Navy. SEALs--Biography ; Special operations (Military science)--United States--History--21st century ; Special operations (Military science)--Pakistan ; War on Terrorism, 2001-2009--Personal narratives, American ; Afghan War, 2001--Commando operations--United States Languages: English Books
In 1975, Ray Dalio founded an investment firm, Bridgewater Associates, out of his two-bedroom apartment in New York City. Forty years later, Bridgewater has made more money for its clients than any other hedge fund in history. Dalio himself has [...]
ISBN (or other code): 978-1-5011-2402-0 Article on page: XVIII, 567 p. Class number: 650.1 Tags: Dalio, Ray, 1949- ; Goal (Psychology) ; Management (E) ; Ethics ; Life skills ; Investment advisors--United States--Biography ; Success in business ; Decision making Languages: English RefBooks
“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,[...]
ISBN (or other code): 978-1-5011-7556-5 Article on page: 494 p. Tags: Clinton, Hilary Rodham, 1947- ; Legislators--United States--Biography ; Presidents--United States--Election--2016 ; Presidential candidates--United States--Biography Languages: English Books
Travel the world with Eric Weiner, the New York Times bestselling author of The Geography of Bliss, as he journeys from Athens to Silicon Valley—and throughout history, too—to show how creative genius flourishes in specific places at specific ti[...]
ISBN (or other code): 978-1-4516-9165-8 Article on page: 353 p. Class number: 153.9/809 Tags: Geography--Psychological aspects ; Cities and towns ; Voyages and travels ; Gifted persons--Miscellanea Languages: English Books
The first serious book to examine what happens when the ancient boundary between war and peace is erased.Once, war was a temporary state of affairs--a violent but brief interlude between times of peace. Today, America's wars are everywhere and f[...]
ISBN (or other code): 978-1-4767-7786-3 Article on page: VIII, 438 p. Class number: 355.033 573 Tags: Strategic culture--United States ; War (International law)--Philosophy ; Armed Forces--Operations other than war ; Terrorism--Prevention--Government policy--United States ; National security--United States ; Terrorism--Prevention--Government policy ; United States--History, Military--20th century--Anecdotes ; United States--History, Military--21st century--Anecdotes Languages: English Thesis
Bob Woodward exposes one of the final pieces of the Richard Nixon puzzle in his new book The Last of the President's Men. Woodward reveals the untold story of Alexander Butterfield, the Nixon aide who disclosed the secret White House taping syst[...]
Article on page: 291 p. Tags: Nixon, Richard Milhous, President of the United States, 1913-1994 ; Butterfield, Alexander Porter, 1926- ; Watergate Affair, 1972-1974 ; Political corruption--United States ; Political corruption Languages: English Books
Part road-trip comedy and part social science experiment, a scientist and a journalist detail their epic quest to discover the secret behind what makes things funny. Dr. Peter McGraw, founder of the Humor Research Lab at the University of Colora[...]
ISBN (or other code): 978-1-4516-6542-0 Article on page: XV, 239 p. Class number: 152.4/3 Tags: Wit and humor--Psychological aspects Languages: English Thesis
The renowned blogger and Middle East expert Juan Cole illuminates the role of today’s Arab youth—who they are, what they want, and how they will affect world politics. Beginning in January 2011, the revolutionary wave of demonstrations and prote[...]Books
The most important book yet from the author of the international bestseller The Shock Doctrine, a brilliant explanation of why the climate crisis challenges us to abandon the core “free market” ideology of our time, restructure the global econom[...]
ISBN (or other code): 978-1-84614-505-6 Article on page: X, 566 p. Class number: 363.738/74 Tags: Environmental economics ; Environmental policy--Economic aspects ; Climatic changes--Economic aspects ; Global environmental change--Economic aspects ; Capitalism Languages: English Books
This twenty-fifth anniversary edition of Stephen Covey's cherished classic commemorates the timeless wisdom of the 7 Habits. CONSIDERED ONE OF THE MOST INSPIRING BOOKS EVER WRITTEN, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People has guided generations [...]
Edition statement: Twenty-fifth anniversary edition ISBN (or other code): 978-1-4711-2939-1 Article on page: XXX, 391 p. Class number: 158.1 Tags: Success--Psychological aspects Languages: English Books
The Insurgents is the inside story of the small group of soldier-scholars, led by General David Petraeus, who plotted to revolutionize one of the largest, oldest, and most hidebound institutions—the United States military. Their aim was to build[...]
ISBN (or other code): 978-1-4516-4263-6 Article on page: 418 p. Class number: 355.02/180973 Tags: Petraeus, David Howell, 1952- ; Counterinsurgency--United States--History ; Strategic culture--United States--History ; Generals--United States--Biography ; Counterinsurgency--Iraq--History--21st century ; Iraq War, 2003-2011--Campaigns ; Afghan War, 2001--Campaigns ; United States--Armed Forces--Officers--Education ; United States--Military policy--Planning ; United States--Military policy--History Languages: English