We compiled #TheResistanceReadingList for #TheResistance movement
2016 Democratic Nominee for President of the United state Hillary Rodham Clinton’s inside look at the choices and challenges she has faced is “a subtle, finely calibrated work…with succinct and often shrewd appraisals of the complex web of political, economic, and historical forces in play around the world” (The New York Times).In the aftermath of her 2008 presidential run…
The Origins of Totalitarianism:
Hannah Arendt’s definitive work on totalitarianism and an essential component of any study of twentieth-century political history The Origins of Totalitarianism begins with the rise of anti-Semitism in central and western Europe in the 1800s and continues with an examination of European colonial imperialis…
This Fight Is Our Fight The fiery U.S. Senator from Massachusetts and bestselling author offers a passionate, inspiring book about why our middle class is under siege and how we can win the fight to save it Senator Elizabeth Warren has long been an outspoken champion of America’s middle class, and by the time the people of Massachusett…
The Case for Impeachment: NATIONAL BESTSELLER “Lichtman has written what may be the most important book of the year.” —The Hill “It is still striking to see the full argument unfold and realize that you don’t have to be a zealot to imagine some version of it happening…Lies. Abuse of power. Treason. Crimes against humanity. Martial law. Lichtman throws every…
Oh Myyy!: There Goes The Internet How did a 75-year old actor from Star Trek become a social media juggernaut? Why does everything he posts spread like wildfire across the ether, with tens or even hundreds of thousands of likes and shares? And what can other sites, celebrities and companies do to attain his stratospheric engagement levels, which hover or top 100 percent while theirs languish in the single digits? Read about Ge…
The Nonviolence Handbook: A Guide for Practical Action
“Nonviolence is not the recourse of the weak but actually calls for an uncommon kind of strength; it is not a refraining from something but the engaging of a positive force,” renowned peace activist Michael Nagler writes. Here he offers a step-by-step guide to creatively using nonviolence to confront any probl…
Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America
Only Winner of The 2016 National Book Award For Nonfiction The Most Ambitious Book of 2016 —The Washington Post A Boston Globe Best Book of 2016 A Washington Post Notable Book of 2016 A Kirkus Best History Book of 2016 A Kirkus Best Book of 2016 To Explain Current Politics A Kirkus Best Heart…
Sh*t My President Says: The Illustrated Tweets of Donald J. Trump FDR had radio. JFK had TV. Trump has Twitter. Eisner Award-winning cartoonist Shannon Wheeler tackles the 140-character president. For the first time, these revealing snapshots of the world’s most powerful man are collected, curated, and brought to memorable new life as cartoo…
April 2014 marks the 75th anniversary of the first Viking hardcover publication of Steinbeck’s crowning literary achievement
First published in 1939, Steinbeck’s Pulitzer Prize-winning epic of the Great Depression chronicles the Dust Bowl migration of the 1930s and tells the story of one Oklahoma farm family, the Joads, driven from their homestead and forced to travel west to the promised land of California. Out of their trials and their repeated collisions against the hard realities of an America divided into haves and have-nots evolves a drama that is intensely human yet majestic in its scale and moral vision, elemental yet plainspoken, tragic but ultimately stirring in its human dignity.
Defeating ISIS: Who They Are, How They Fight, What They Believe
A New York Times bestseller!This reference shows how to understand the history and tactics of the global terror group ISIS?and how to use that knowledge to defeat it.ISIS?the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria?has taken on the mantle of being the single most dangerous terrorist threat to global security …
