Statele Unite

Coridoarele puterii americane prind viață prin relatări pătrunzătoare despre președinți, politici și momente cruciale care au modelat traiectoria națiunii. Aceste opere captivante examinează forțele complexe care guvernează politica, economia și relațiile externe ale SUA — de la dinamica Casei Albe până la rolul în continuă evoluție al țării pe scena mondială.

Statele Unite Rezumate de cărți

Blood and Thunder

de Hampton Sides • 2006

To conquer the Southwest, America sent an illiterate tracker who became both a hero and a butcher.

4.30

20.000+

🗺️ Manifest Destiny 🏜️ Navajo History 💔 Forced Relocation 🚂 Westward Expansion ✊ Indigenous Resistance

Blood and Thunder

To conquer the Southwest, America sent an illiterate tracker who became both a hero and a butcher.

de Hampton Sides 2006 460 pagini

4.30

20.000+ evaluări

🗺️ Manifest Destiny 🏜️ Navajo History 💔 Forced Relocation 🚂 Westward Expansion ✊ Indigenous Resistance

Devil's Bargain

de Joshua Green • 2017

Bannon assembled a network of money and outrage to destroy the Clintons. Trump became the weapon.

3.80

5.000+

🗳️ Right-Wing Populism 🏛️ Political Campaigns 📰 Media Manipulation 🕵️ Conspiracy Politics ⚖️ Political Polarization

Devil's Bargain

Bannon assembled a network of money and outrage to destroy the Clintons. Trump became the weapon.

de Joshua Green 2017 302 pagini

3.80

5.000+ evaluări

🗳️ Right-Wing Populism 🏛️ Political Campaigns 📰 Media Manipulation 🕵️ Conspiracy Politics ⚖️ Political Polarization

Griftopia

de Matt Taibbi • 2010

From the ballot box to the commodities pit, one unified hustle is picking every American pocket.

4.16

9.000+

📰 Financial Journalism 🫧 Bubble Economics 🏛️ Systemic Corruption 🎛️ Regulatory Capture 💸 Predatory Finance

Griftopia

From the ballot box to the commodities pit, one unified hustle is picking every American pocket.

de Matt Taibbi 2010 253 pagini

4.16

9.000+ evaluări

📰 Financial Journalism 🫧 Bubble Economics 🏛️ Systemic Corruption 🎛️ Regulatory Capture 💸 Predatory Finance

In Trump Time

de Peter Navarro • 2021

A Trump insider: the pandemic was engineered, the cure suppressed, and the election stolen.

4.53

500+

🏛️ Trump Presidency 🦠 Pandemic Politics 🔬 Covid Origins 🗳️ Election Integrity 🤐 Covid Censorship

In Trump Time

A Trump insider: the pandemic was engineered, the cure suppressed, and the election stolen.

de Peter Navarro 2021 344 pagini

4.53

500+ evaluări

🏛️ Trump Presidency 🦠 Pandemic Politics 🔬 Covid Origins 🗳️ Election Integrity 🤐 Covid Censorship

In My Time

de Dick Cheney • 2011

From Yale dropout to the man who ran Desert Storm and picked himself for vice president.

3.79

2.000+

🐘 American Conservatism 🏛️ White House Insider 🌍 Gulf War 🗺️ Post-Cold War Era 🛡️ Defense Policy

In My Time

From Yale dropout to the man who ran Desert Storm and picked himself for vice president.

de Dick Cheney 2011 576 pagini

3.79

2.000+ evaluări

🐘 American Conservatism 🏛️ White House Insider 🌍 Gulf War 🗺️ Post-Cold War Era 🛡️ Defense Policy

The Afghanistan Papers

de Craig Whitlock • 2021

Washington’s own postmortem: the war was unwinnable, and they hid the truth for twenty years.

4.25

6.000+

🇦🇫 Afghanistan War ⚔️ War On Terror 📜 Government Secrecy 🔍 Intelligence Failure 🪖 Counterinsurgency

The Afghanistan Papers

Washington’s own postmortem: the war was unwinnable, and they hid the truth for twenty years.

de Craig Whitlock 2021 368 pagini

4.25

6.000+ evaluări

🇦🇫 Afghanistan War ⚔️ War On Terror 📜 Government Secrecy 🔍 Intelligence Failure 🪖 Counterinsurgency

The Color of Money

de Mehrsa Baradaran • 2017

Why Black-owned banks, born from exclusion, could never close the gap they were meant to fix.

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🏦 Racial Wealth Gap 🏛️ Banking History ⚖️ Structural Inequality 🏠 Redlining 🌾 Jim Crow Economy

The Color of Money

Why Black-owned banks, born from exclusion, could never close the gap they were meant to fix.

de Mehrsa Baradaran 2017 371 pagini

4.47

2.000+ evaluări

🏦 Racial Wealth Gap 🏛️ Banking History ⚖️ Structural Inequality 🏠 Redlining 🌾 Jim Crow Economy

Black AF History

de Michael Harriot • 2023

Stolen land, stolen labor, and Black genius: the history your textbook skipped.

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9.000+

🇺🇸 American History ✊ Antiracism 🔄 Revisionist History ⛓️ Systemic Racism 💰 Racial Wealth Gap

Black AF History

Stolen land, stolen labor, and Black genius: the history your textbook skipped.

de Michael Harriot 2023 432 pagini

4.60

9.000+ evaluări

🇺🇸 American History ✊ Antiracism 🔄 Revisionist History ⛓️ Systemic Racism 💰 Racial Wealth Gap

Twilight of the Elites

de Christopher L. Hayes • 2012

Why meritocracy always becomes a rigged game, a distant elite, and a trust crisis.

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6.000+

🏛️ Meritocracy Critique 💰 Economic Inequality 🏰 Elite Disconnect 🎓 Credentialism 📈 Social Mobility

Twilight of the Elites

Why meritocracy always becomes a rigged game, a distant elite, and a trust crisis.

de Christopher L. Hayes 2012 304 pagini

3.99

6.000+ evaluări

🏛️ Meritocracy Critique 💰 Economic Inequality 🏰 Elite Disconnect 🎓 Credentialism 📈 Social Mobility

Den of Spies

de Craig Unger • 2024

The Reagan campaign's secret pact with Iran: keep the hostages captive and win the White House.

3.84

264

🇺🇸 American Political History 🇮🇷 Iran-Us Relations 🗳️ Election Manipulation 🕵️ Covert Operations 🔍 Investigative Journalism

Den of Spies

The Reagan campaign's secret pact with Iran: keep the hostages captive and win the White House.

de Craig Unger 2024 368 pagini

3.84

264 evaluări

🇺🇸 American Political History 🇮🇷 Iran-Us Relations 🗳️ Election Manipulation 🕵️ Covert Operations 🔍 Investigative Journalism

The Injustice of Place

de Kathryn J. Edin • 2023

America's poorest places were deliberate: they were stripped for profit, and the design persists.

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🗺️ Internal Colonialism 📍 Spatial Inequality ⛏️ Resource Extraction 🏫 School Segregation ⛓️ Racial Subjugation

The Injustice of Place

America's poorest places were deliberate: they were stripped for profit, and the design persists.

de Kathryn J. Edin 2023 352 pagini

4.16

500+ evaluări

🗺️ Internal Colonialism 📍 Spatial Inequality ⛏️ Resource Extraction 🏫 School Segregation ⛓️ Racial Subjugation

Tetralogue

de Timothy Williamson • 2014

A turnaround expert sees Rome's fate repeating in America and drafts a radical constitutional cure.

3.32

481

🏛️ Political Philosophy 🎭 Philosophical Dialogue 🗽 Libertarian Critique 📉 Organizational Decline 🏘️ Decentralization

Tetralogue

A turnaround expert sees Rome's fate repeating in America and drafts a radical constitutional cure.

de Timothy Williamson 2014 160 pagini

3.32

481 evaluări

🏛️ Political Philosophy 🎭 Philosophical Dialogue 🗽 Libertarian Critique 📉 Organizational Decline 🏘️ Decentralization

Crouching Tiger

de Peter Navarro • 2015

China's military buildup is a calculated plan to dominate Asia and choke off American power.

4.04

219

🌏 Us-China Relations 🇨🇳 Chinese Military 🏯 Asian Geopolitics ⚓ Naval Strategy ☢️ Deterrence Theory

Crouching Tiger

China's military buildup is a calculated plan to dominate Asia and choke off American power.

de Peter Navarro 2015 336 pagini

4.04

219 evaluări

🌏 Us-China Relations 🇨🇳 Chinese Military 🏯 Asian Geopolitics ⚓ Naval Strategy ☢️ Deterrence Theory

A New Foreign Policy

de Jeffrey D. Sachs • 2018

The world became multipolar. America didn't notice. Here is the cost and the way out.

3.88

337

🦅 American Exceptionalism 🏛️ Us Foreign Policy 🌐 Multipolarity ☮️ Anti-Interventionism 🎯 Regime Change

A New Foreign Policy

The world became multipolar. America didn't notice. Here is the cost and the way out.

de Jeffrey D. Sachs 2018 274 pagini

3.88

337 evaluări

🦅 American Exceptionalism 🏛️ Us Foreign Policy 🌐 Multipolarity ☮️ Anti-Interventionism 🎯 Regime Change

The Man Who Ran Washington

de Peter Baker • 2020

Never elected, yet he unified Germany, ended the Cold War, and won the Gulf War.

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🏛️ Political Biography 🚪 Backroom Politics 🤝 Coalition Building 🌐 Geopolitical Diplomacy 🧊 End Of Cold War

The Man Who Ran Washington

Never elected, yet he unified Germany, ended the Cold War, and won the Gulf War.

de Peter Baker 2020 688 pagini

4.45

2.000+ evaluări

🏛️ Political Biography 🚪 Backroom Politics 🤝 Coalition Building 🌐 Geopolitical Diplomacy 🧊 End Of Cold War

Obama

de David Mendell • 2007

A Chicago organizer's cautious climb: from Harvard Law to the 2004 speech that made him a star.

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🏛️ American Politics 🚀 Political Rise 🌍 Biracial Identity 🏘️ Community Organizing ⚖️ Race And Politics

Obama

A Chicago organizer's cautious climb: from Harvard Law to the 2004 speech that made him a star.

de David Mendell 2007 448 pagini

4.18

2.000+ evaluări

🏛️ American Politics 🚀 Political Rise 🌍 Biracial Identity 🏘️ Community Organizing ⚖️ Race And Politics

America

de Chris Hedges • 2018

Addiction, casinos, and the death of work: the symptoms of late capitalism's terminal stage.

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🛒 Late Capitalism 🇺🇸 American Decline 💊 Opioid Crisis ⚙️ Working Class Erosion 📕 Marxist Critique

America

Addiction, casinos, and the death of work: the symptoms of late capitalism's terminal stage.

de Chris Hedges 2018 400 pagini

4.23

2.000+ evaluări

🛒 Late Capitalism 🇺🇸 American Decline 💊 Opioid Crisis ⚙️ Working Class Erosion 📕 Marxist Critique

The Investigator

de John Sandford • 2022

A Senate staffer chasing stolen oil discovers a militia funding a massacre.

4.27

34.000+

🎯 Domestic Terrorism 🏛️ Political Thriller 👩‍💼 Female Investigator 🛢️ Oil Field Crime 🏚️ Small Town Siege

The Investigator

A Senate staffer chasing stolen oil discovers a militia funding a massacre.

de John Sandford 2022 400 pagini

4.27

34.000+ evaluări

🎯 Domestic Terrorism 🏛️ Political Thriller 👩‍💼 Female Investigator 🛢️ Oil Field Crime 🏚️ Small Town Siege

The American Presidency

de Charles O. Jones • 2007

The presidency was built to be strong but never supreme. Two centuries later, the tension endures.

3.41

227

🏛️ American Presidency 📜 Constitutional Design ⚖️ Separation Of Powers 🎖️ Executive Power 🏗️ Political Institutions

The American Presidency

The presidency was built to be strong but never supreme. Two centuries later, the tension endures.

de Charles O. Jones 2007 192 pagini

3.41

227 evaluări

🏛️ American Presidency 📜 Constitutional Design ⚖️ Separation Of Powers 🎖️ Executive Power 🏗️ Political Institutions

Why Businessmen Need Philosophy

de Ayn Rand • 1999

Why businessmen feel guilty for creating wealth, and the moral code that can stop it.

3.89

297

📜 Business Ethics 🧠 Objectivism 💎 Rational Self-Interest 🗽 Economic Liberty 💰 Moral Capitalism

Why Businessmen Need Philosophy

Why businessmen feel guilty for creating wealth, and the moral code that can stop it.

de Ayn Rand 1999 334 pagini

3.89

297 evaluări

📜 Business Ethics 🧠 Objectivism 💎 Rational Self-Interest 🗽 Economic Liberty 💰 Moral Capitalism

Inside the Apple

de Michelle Nevius • 2009

A walking guide to reading Manhattan: every block holds a chapter of American history.

4.14

403

📖 Urban History 🗽 New York City History 🚶 Walking Tours 🏛️ Architectural History 💰 Gilded Age

Inside the Apple

A walking guide to reading Manhattan: every block holds a chapter of American history.

de Michelle Nevius 2009 384 pagini

4.14

403 evaluări

📖 Urban History 🗽 New York City History 🚶 Walking Tours 🏛️ Architectural History 💰 Gilded Age

Kill Chain

de Andrew Cockburn • 2015

Precision warfare is a lie. Drone strikes miss, breed enemies, and only the contractors profit.

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🛸 Drone Warfare 🎯 Targeted Killings 🏭 Military-Industrial Complex 👁️ Surveillance State 💥 Intelligence Failures

Kill Chain

Precision warfare is a lie. Drone strikes miss, breed enemies, and only the contractors profit.

de Andrew Cockburn 2015 320 pagini

3.82

500+ evaluări

🛸 Drone Warfare 🎯 Targeted Killings 🏭 Military-Industrial Complex 👁️ Surveillance State 💥 Intelligence Failures

The First Conspiracy

de Brad Meltzer • 2019

The secret plot to capture George Washington came from inside his own guard.

3.82

14.000+

🗽 American Revolution 🇺🇸 Founding Fathers 🕵️ Espionage History 🎯 Assassination Plots 🔍 Counterintelligence

The First Conspiracy

The secret plot to capture George Washington came from inside his own guard.

de Brad Meltzer 2019 413 pagini

3.82

14.000+ evaluări

🗽 American Revolution 🇺🇸 Founding Fathers 🕵️ Espionage History 🎯 Assassination Plots 🔍 Counterintelligence

Taking Back Trump's America

de Peter Navarro • 2022

How Trump's own White House undermined his re-election, and the playbook for winning in 2024.

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163

🔍 Campaign Postmortems 📖 Political Memoirs 🏛️ Insider Accounts 🐘 Populist Conservatism 🏭 Economic Nationalism

Taking Back Trump's America

How Trump's own White House undermined his re-election, and the playbook for winning in 2024.

de Peter Navarro 2022 429 pagini

4.47

163 evaluări

🔍 Campaign Postmortems 📖 Political Memoirs 🏛️ Insider Accounts 🐘 Populist Conservatism 🏭 Economic Nationalism

Meltdown

de Thomas E. Woods Jr. • 2009

The 2008 crash was a government failure, not a market one, and the bailout guarantees another.

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2.000+

🏛️ Austrian Economics 📉 Financial Crises 🏦 Central Banking ⚠️ Moral Hazard 🏠 Housing Bubble

Meltdown

The 2008 crash was a government failure, not a market one, and the bailout guarantees another.

de Thomas E. Woods Jr. 2009 194 pagini

4.08

2.000+ evaluări

🏛️ Austrian Economics 📉 Financial Crises 🏦 Central Banking ⚠️ Moral Hazard 🏠 Housing Bubble

Bourbon

de Fred Minnick • 2016

Elijah Craig didn't invent bourbon. Rivers, tariffs, and a doctor's prescription actually built it.

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🥃 American Whiskey 🏭 Distilling History 🛑 Prohibition Era 📜 Taxation And Regulation 🏢 Industry Consolidation

Bourbon

Elijah Craig didn't invent bourbon. Rivers, tariffs, and a doctor's prescription actually built it.

de Fred Minnick 2016 240 pagini

3.80

500+ evaluări

🥃 American Whiskey 🏭 Distilling History 🛑 Prohibition Era 📜 Taxation And Regulation 🏢 Industry Consolidation

Sidecountry

de John Branch • 2021

Dispatches from sport's wild edge: avalanches, impossible climbs, and the communities left behind.

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1.000+

🎒 Adventure Journalism 🪂 Extreme Sports 📖 Literary Journalism 📰 Longform Journalism 💀 Risk And Mortality

Sidecountry

Dispatches from sport's wild edge: avalanches, impossible climbs, and the communities left behind.

de John Branch 2021 368 pagini

3.84

1.000+ evaluări

🎒 Adventure Journalism 🪂 Extreme Sports 📖 Literary Journalism 📰 Longform Journalism 💀 Risk And Mortality

Amexica

de Ed Vulliamy • 2010

Drugs north, guns south: the border is its own nation, and the cartels are its government.

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🕴️ Organized Crime ⚔️ Drug War 💀 Narco Culture 💰 Cartel Economics 🏜️ Migrant Journeys

Amexica

Drugs north, guns south: the border is its own nation, and the cartels are its government.

de Ed Vulliamy 2010 368 pagini

3.86

500+ evaluări

🕴️ Organized Crime ⚔️ Drug War 💀 Narco Culture 💰 Cartel Economics 🏜️ Migrant Journeys

The Man Who Knew

de Sebastian Mallaby • 2016

The jazz musician who ran the American economy, and the libertarian faith that almost broke it.

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1.000+

🏦 Central Banking 💹 Monetary Policy 📜 Economic History 🛡️ Financial Regulation 🕊️ Free-Market Thought

The Man Who Knew

The jazz musician who ran the American economy, and the libertarian faith that almost broke it.

de Sebastian Mallaby 2016 800 pagini

4.32

1.000+ evaluări

🏦 Central Banking 💹 Monetary Policy 📜 Economic History 🛡️ Financial Regulation 🕊️ Free-Market Thought

September 11

de Dean E. Murphy • 2002

A blind man, his guide dog, a stranger: 78 flights down. Then the tower fell.

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272

🎙️ Oral History 🗣️ Survivor Testimony 🚒 First Responders 💔 Collective Trauma 🆘 Disaster Response

September 11

A blind man, his guide dog, a stranger: 78 flights down. Then the tower fell.

de Dean E. Murphy 2002 272 pagini

4.34

272 evaluări

🎙️ Oral History 🗣️ Survivor Testimony 🚒 First Responders 💔 Collective Trauma 🆘 Disaster Response

The Big Change

de Frederick Lewis Allen • 1952

America went from farmers to superpower in fifty years: the metamorphosis that reshaped its soul.

3.95

243

📖 American History 🕰️ Early 20th Century 🔄 Economic Transformation 📈 Social Mobility 🏢 Corporate America

The Big Change

America went from farmers to superpower in fifty years: the metamorphosis that reshaped its soul.

de Frederick Lewis Allen 1952 324 pagini

3.95

243 evaluări

📖 American History 🕰️ Early 20th Century 🔄 Economic Transformation 📈 Social Mobility 🏢 Corporate America

George Washington

de James MacGregor Burns • 2004

How Washington invented the presidency from scratch, and why his precedents still rule the office.

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1.000+

🏛️ Presidential Biography 🔔 Founding Era 📜 Constitutional Origins ⚡ Executive Power 🎓 Leadership Studies

George Washington

How Washington invented the presidency from scratch, and why his precedents still rule the office.

de James MacGregor Burns 2004 208 pagini

3.97

1.000+ evaluări

🏛️ Presidential Biography 🔔 Founding Era 📜 Constitutional Origins ⚡ Executive Power 🎓 Leadership Studies

Essays on the Great Depression

de Ben S. Bernanke • 2000

Monetary collapse caused the Depression, and only abandoning the gold standard brought recovery.

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133

🏛️ Economic History 💰 Monetary Economics 🥇 Gold Standard 🏦 Banking Crises 📉 Debt Deflation

Essays on the Great Depression

Monetary collapse caused the Depression, and only abandoning the gold standard brought recovery.

de Ben S. Bernanke 2000 320 pagini

3.77

133 evaluări

🏛️ Economic History 💰 Monetary Economics 🥇 Gold Standard 🏦 Banking Crises 📉 Debt Deflation

The Lincoln Conspiracy

de Brad Meltzer • 2020

Baltimore 1861: a secret society, a plot to kill Lincoln, and the detective who uncovered it.

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🤫 Foiled Conspiracy ⚔️ Civil War Era 🕵️ Pinkerton Agency 🕯️ Secret Societies 🛤️ Underground Railroad

The Lincoln Conspiracy

Baltimore 1861: a secret society, a plot to kill Lincoln, and the detective who uncovered it.

de Brad Meltzer 2020 448 pagini

4.31

6.000+ evaluări

🤫 Foiled Conspiracy ⚔️ Civil War Era 🕵️ Pinkerton Agency 🕯️ Secret Societies 🛤️ Underground Railroad

A Great Place To Have A War

de Joshua Kurlantzick • 2017

Laos was where the CIA learned to wage war without asking Congress. The lesson stuck.

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🔍 Cia History 🕵️ Covert Operations 🧊 Cold War History 🎭 Proxy Warfare 🏛️ American Foreign Policy

A Great Place To Have A War

Laos was where the CIA learned to wage war without asking Congress. The lesson stuck.

de Joshua Kurlantzick 2017 336 pagini

3.90

500+ evaluări

🔍 Cia History 🕵️ Covert Operations 🧊 Cold War History 🎭 Proxy Warfare 🏛️ American Foreign Policy

This Land Is Our Land

de Ken Ilgunas • 2018

America once roamed freely across private land. Europe has the rules that could bring that back.

4.01

330

🚶‍♂️ Right To Roam 🏡 Land Ownership 🏞 Public Lands 🥾 Walking 🌍 Commons

This Land Is Our Land

America once roamed freely across private land. Europe has the rules that could bring that back.

de Ken Ilgunas 2018 288 pagini

4.01

330 evaluări

🚶‍♂️ Right To Roam 🏡 Land Ownership 🏞 Public Lands 🥾 Walking 🌍 Commons

Island Infernos

de John C. McManus • 2021

Behind every Pacific island invasion: a hidden war of logistics, codebreaking, and command feuds.

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🏝️ Pacific Theater 🚢 Amphibious Warfare ⚔️ Operational History 👥 Command Rivalries 📦 Military Logistics

Island Infernos

Behind every Pacific island invasion: a hidden war of logistics, codebreaking, and command feuds.

de John C. McManus 2021 656 pagini

4.46

500+ evaluări

🏝️ Pacific Theater 🚢 Amphibious Warfare ⚔️ Operational History 👥 Command Rivalries 📦 Military Logistics

Lucky

de Jonathan Allen • 2021

How Biden really won: not strategy, but opponent blunders, a pandemic, and one endorsement.

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1.000+

🗳️ Presidential Campaigns 🏛️ Democratic Party ⚔️ Primary Battles 🎙️ Campaign Journalism 🔄 Political Comebacks

Lucky

How Biden really won: not strategy, but opponent blunders, a pandemic, and one endorsement.

de Jonathan Allen 2021 17 pagini

3.87

1.000+ evaluări

🗳️ Presidential Campaigns 🏛️ Democratic Party ⚔️ Primary Battles 🎙️ Campaign Journalism 🔄 Political Comebacks

Front Row at the Trump Show

de Jonathan Karl • 2020

How a presidency became a TV show, and the press became the supporting cast.

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🇺🇸 Trump Presidency 🎤 White House Press Corps 📰 Political Journalism 🎭 Media Manipulation 🤥 Post-Truth Politics

Front Row at the Trump Show

How a presidency became a TV show, and the press became the supporting cast.

de Jonathan Karl 2020 368 pagini

4.27

4.000+ evaluări

🇺🇸 Trump Presidency 🎤 White House Press Corps 📰 Political Journalism 🎭 Media Manipulation 🤥 Post-Truth Politics

Buckley

de Carl T. Bogus • 2011

To build the modern American right, one man had to decide who belonged and who did not.

3.75

151

🗽 Modern Conservatism ❄️ Cold War Ideology 📚 Intellectual History 📰 Political Journalism 📖 Magazine History

Buckley

To build the modern American right, one man had to decide who belonged and who did not.

de Carl T. Bogus 2011 417 pagini

3.75

151 evaluări

🗽 Modern Conservatism ❄️ Cold War Ideology 📚 Intellectual History 📰 Political Journalism 📖 Magazine History

A Simple Government

de Mike Huckabee • 2011

A former governor's plan for a government that does less, costs less, and meddles less.

3.73

302

🐘 American Conservatism 🏛️ Federalism 💰 Fiscal Conservatism 🧾 Tax Reform 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Social Conservatism

A Simple Government

A former governor's plan for a government that does less, costs less, and meddles less.

de Mike Huckabee 2011 208 pagini

3.73

302 evaluări

🐘 American Conservatism 🏛️ Federalism 💰 Fiscal Conservatism 🧾 Tax Reform 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Social Conservatism

The Pioneers

de David McCullough • 2019

Before the Constitution, one land deal doubled the country and banned slavery in every future state.

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🇺🇸 Early American Republic 🪓 Frontier Settlement 🌄 Westward Expansion 🏛️ Nation Building 🏕️ Frontier Life

The Pioneers

Before the Constitution, one land deal doubled the country and banned slavery in every future state.

de David McCullough 2019 330 pagini

3.82

28.000+ evaluări

🇺🇸 Early American Republic 🪓 Frontier Settlement 🌄 Westward Expansion 🏛️ Nation Building 🏕️ Frontier Life

The Twelve Apostles

de William J. Coughlin • 1984

A female attorney's fight for partner meets a hostile takeover that could destroy the firm.

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1.000+

🏛️ Legal Thriller 💼 Hostile Takeover 📈 Office Politics 👩‍⚖️ Women In Law 🛡️ Personal Integrity

The Twelve Apostles

A female attorney's fight for partner meets a hostile takeover that could destroy the firm.

de William J. Coughlin 1984 400 pagini

4.26

1.000+ evaluări

🏛️ Legal Thriller 💼 Hostile Takeover 📈 Office Politics 👩‍⚖️ Women In Law 🛡️ Personal Integrity

While the City Slept

de Eli Sanders • 2016

A home invasion leaves one woman dead and the other offering an unexpected vow in court.

3.98

3.000+

🔍 True Crime Journalism ⚖️ Mental Illness In Court 🏠 Home Invasion 💜 Sexual Assault Survivor 🧠 Mental Health Crisis

While the City Slept

A home invasion leaves one woman dead and the other offering an unexpected vow in court.

de Eli Sanders 2016 322 pagini

3.98

3.000+ evaluări

🔍 True Crime Journalism ⚖️ Mental Illness In Court 🏠 Home Invasion 💜 Sexual Assault Survivor 🧠 Mental Health Crisis

The Last Juror

de John Grisham • 2004

A new Mississippi paper owner covers a murder trial as a crime family threatens the jury.

3.96

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⚖️ Legal Thriller 📰 Small-Town Newspaper 🤝 Interracial Friendship 🌅 1970s South 👑 Crime Family

The Last Juror

A new Mississippi paper owner covers a murder trial as a crime family threatens the jury.

de John Grisham 2004 278 pagini

3.96

100.000+ evaluări

⚖️ Legal Thriller 📰 Small-Town Newspaper 🤝 Interracial Friendship 🌅 1970s South 👑 Crime Family

Master of Reality

de John Darnielle • 2008

The staff took his Walkman. They cannot take the Black Sabbath album inside his head.

4.07

2.000+

🏥 Psychiatric Ward 🎸 Music As Refuge 😤 Angry Teen Narrator 🌑 Dark Coming Of Age 📓 Epistolary Novel

Master of Reality

The staff took his Walkman. They cannot take the Black Sabbath album inside his head.

de John Darnielle 2008 112 pagini

4.07

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