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Allen and Unwin
Pub. Date
2016.
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1 online resource (368 pages)
Language
English
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The even more elaborately-titled sequel to The Short and Excruciatingly Embarrassing Reign of Captain Abbott, this is a tale of a muddling and middling prime minister and his attempts to steer his inertia-heavy government away from electoral disaster. Fairfax columnist Andrew P Street details the litany of gaffes, blunders, and questionable calls that have followed from the bold promise of mature politics offered by Malcolm Turnbull on the day he...
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English
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David Halberstam’s masterpiece, the defining history of the making of the Vietnam tragedy, with a new Foreword by Senator John McCain.
"A rich, entertaining, and profound reading experience.”—The New York Times
Using portraits of America’ s flawed policy makers and accounts of the forces that drove them, The Best and the Brightest reckons magnificently with the most important abiding question...
"A rich, entertaining, and profound reading experience.”—The New York Times
Using portraits of America’ s flawed policy makers and accounts of the forces that drove them, The Best and the Brightest reckons magnificently with the most important abiding question...
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Publisher
Allen and Unwin
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (320 pages)
Language
English
Description
In August 2013, Australia welcomed its new prime minister, Tony Abbott. This promised to be a marriage between responsible government and a nation tired of the endless drama of the Gillard/Rudd years. The honeymoon, however, proved to be short. Fairfax columnist Andrew P. Street details the litany of gaffes, goofs, and questionable captain's calls that have characterized the subsequent reign of the Abbott government, following the trail from bold...
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"Donald Trump's presidency has raised a question that many of us never thought we'd be asking: Is our democracy in danger? Harvard professors Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt have spent more than twenty years studying the breakdown of democracies in Europe and Latin America, and they believe the answer is yes. Democracy no longer ends with a bang--in a revolution or military coup--but with a whimper: the slow, steady weakening of critical institutions,...
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English
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The columnist presents his reflections on everything from embryo research to entitlement reform, from Halley's Comet to border collies, from Christopher Columbus to Martin Luther King, from drone warfare to American decline. Features a special, highly autobiographical introduction.
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English
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In his analysis of Europe's ambivalence toward jihadist terror and the spread of aggressive Islamism, with particular emphasis on the European responses--or lack thereof--to this violent anti-modernism, Russell A. Berman describes how some European countries opt for appeasement and apologetics, whereas others muster the strength to defend their way of life and stand up for freedom. He describes a complex continent of different nations and traditions...
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In How I Saved the World, Jesse Watters takes readers on a tour of his life from basement-dwelling Fox minion to pampered champion of right-thinking Americans. He has divined great truths about the nature of our country while stumbling across beaches asking oblivious college students basic political questions and while stumbling out of Air Force One with the President.
50) Putin
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English
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"Vladimir Putin is the world's most dangerous man. Alone among world leaders, he has the power to reduce the United States and Europe to ashes in a nuclear firestorm and has threatened to do so. He invades his neighbors, most recently Ukraine, meddles in western elections, and orders assassinations inside and outside Russia. His regime is autocratic and deeply corrupt. But that is only half the story. Unflinching, hard-hitting, and objective, Philip...
51) Decision points
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.5 - AR Pts: 33
Language
English
Description
Decision points is the memoir of America's 43rd president. George W. Bush offers a candid journey through the defining decisions of his life and his presidency, writing about his flaws and mistakes, as well as his accomplishments.
Publisher
Mill Creek Entertainment
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (45 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
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English
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A leader of the American Revolution and the first President of the United States, George Washington became a symbol of democracy and an ideal candidate for honoring on Mount Rushmore..
Publisher
Mill Creek Entertainment
Pub. Date
2015.
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1 online resource (streaming video file) (22 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
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English
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The planning and construction of Mount Rushmore took nearly two decades. In this episode, meet the minds and sculptors behind one of America’s most iconic landmarks..
Publisher
Mill Creek Entertainment
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (26 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Surrounding Mount Rushmore is a beautiful national park. Explore the landscape, the caves, and the vantages of Mount Rushmore National Park!.
55) Thomas Jefferson
Publisher
Mill Creek Entertainment
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (45 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
The author of the Declaration of Independence, a strong voice for the defense of liberty, and the architect behind the largest territorial expansion in United States history, this episode examines Thomas Jefferson’s rightful place on Mount Rushmore..
Publisher
Mill Creek Entertainment
Pub. Date
2015.
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1 online resource (streaming video file) (43 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
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English
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A popular President whose respect for natural beauty was unequaled, and whose foreign policy brought several new territories under US control, Theodore Roosevelt takes the final space on Mount Rushmore.
Publisher
Mill Creek Entertainment
Pub. Date
2015.
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1 online resource (streaming video file) (22 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
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English
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The construction of Mount Rushmore was looked upon unfavorably by Native Americans who were promised the Black Hills in a treaty later broken by the United States. In order to honor the legacy of the Native Americans who lived in western South Dakota, an even larger monument of Crazy Horse is currently under construction..
58) Abraham Lincoln
Publisher
Mill Creek Entertainment
Pub. Date
2015.
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1 online resource (streaming video file) (47 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
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English
Description
A champion of the American Union in its darkest hour, Abraham Lincoln’s unbreakable faith in the United States and his role in ending slavery earn him a place on Mount Rushmore..
Publisher
Mill Creek Entertainment
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (246 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
"Let us place there, carved high, as close to heaven as we can, the words of our leaders, their faces, to show posterity what manner of men they were. Then breathe a prayer that these records will endure until the wind and the rain alone shall wear them away." - Gutzon Borglum, Sculptor of Mount Rushmore. Towering above the Black Hills of South Dakota stands America's most treasured monument...a crowning testament to the great leaders who symbolize...
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