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All too human All too human George Stephanopoulos All Too Human is a new-generation political memoir, written from the refreshing perspective of one who got his hands on the levers of awesome power at an early age. At thirty, the author was at Bill … OL106196W
Left for dead Left for dead Michael Tomasky There was once a familiar American left. Progressive unions, the civil rights movement, the women's movement, campaigns against poverty, war and other ills - all were recently a part of our national … OL15843742W
You got to dance with them what brung you You got to dance with them what brung you Molly Ivins In her long-awaited new collection, the Colt Peacekeeper of American politicalhumor draws a bead on targets that range from the Libido-in-Chief to NewtGingrich, campaign funny-money to the legislativ… OL15846096W
There's nothing in the middle of the road but yellow stripes and dead armadillos There's nothing in the middle of the road but yellow stripes and dead armadillos Jim Hightower Presents a humorous look at American politics including such topics as the two-party system, Wall Street, Bill Clinton and more. OL15858831W
The performative presidency The performative presidency Jason L. Mast "The Performative Presidency brings together literatures describing presidential leadership strategies, public understandings of citizenship and news production and media technologies between the pre… OL16672380W
My life My life Bill Clinton A candid portrait of a global leader who decided in early life to devote his intellectual and political gifts, and his extraordinary capacity for hard work, to serving the public. It is a testament t… OL16955820W
The Clinton tapes The Clinton tapes Taylor Branch While still a sitting president, Bill Clinton initiated a project to preserve for historians an unfiltered record of presidential experience. Clinton talks intimately over seven years to his long-tim… OL18730210W
The best of Slate The best of Slate David Plotz xix, 279 pages : 21 cm OL18765439W
Lion of the Senate Lion of the Senate Nick Littlefield "Two former top domestic-policy advisors to Senator Ted Kennedy offer an inside look at the fight he took up that led the demoralized 1994 Democrats to push ahead with their agenda and reach across t… OL20013142W
Bill Clinton Bill Clinton Patrick J. Maney Of the original Gilded Age, historian Richard Hofstadter wrote: "There is no other period in the nation's history when politics seems so completely dwarfed by economic changes, none in which the life… OL20028864W
Inside the Clinton White House Inside the Clinton White House Russell L. Riley "In the decade after Bill Clinton left the White House, scores of his closest aides recorded interviews with the University of Virginia's Presidential Oral History Program. The contents of these inte… OL20038087W
Understanding public opinion Understanding public opinion Clyde Wilcox,Barbara Norrander "Understanding Public Opinion, edited by Barbara Norrander and Clyde Wilcox, is a collection of original essays that explores the sources, content, and effects of American public opinion at the close… OL20568421W
Boomerang Boomerang Theda Skocpol Health reform, a popular issue that Bill Clinton and the Democrats skillfully featured in the 1992 campaign, became the spearpoint of the most concerted attack on government in recent American histor… OL2079360W
Bill and Hillary Bill and Hillary Darwin Porter,Danforth Prince "Traces the couple's political debut in an Ozarkian backwater, their raucous occupancy of Arkansas' Governor's Mansion, and their trek toward and their eventual two-term occupancy of the White House.… OL27111973W
Boy Clinton Boy Clinton R. Emmett Tyrrell No one has done more to unearth the truth about Bill Clinton's character and career than R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr., and his magazine, The American Spectator. Now, Tyrrell draws all the known facts about… OL2716351W
No one left to lie to No one left to lie to Christopher Hitchens Hitchen’s analyzes the character of Bill Clinton in regard to critical actions undertaken during his presidency. In particular Hitches examines “the Monika Lewinsky affair” and Clinton’s response to … OL2974374W
The limits of power The limits of power Andrew J. Bacevich Bacevich traces how America's messianic exceptionalism coupled with the rise of the military from Truman on has lead to the current dismal relationship between America and the world. OL3491598W
Rove exposed Rove exposed Moore, James,James Moore,Wayne Slater Details Karl Rove's rise to become George W. Bush's chief political advisor, examining his role in Bush's campaigns for governor and president, and his part in the strategy of winning popular support… OL5703161W
The O'Reilly Factor The O'Reilly Factor Bill O'Reilly The million-copy New York Times bestseller from the Fox News anchor who's brought new excitement--and massive amounts of populist common sense and rock-solid honesty--to television news.Now four seas… OL6035584W
American rhapsody American rhapsody Joe Eszterhas The setting . . .Washington, Hollywood, and the landscape of the American Republic.The writer . . . Joe Eszterhas, ex-Rolling Stone reporter, National Book Award nominee for Charlie Simpson's Apocaly… OL6036364W
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