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July 23, 2024

Westlessness by Samir Puri

July 23, 2024/ Joe Spivey
Westlessness by Samir Puri

A scholar’s look at the precarious state of the West

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July 23, 2024/ Joe Spivey/
Westlessness, Samir Puri, history, politics
June 27, 2024

The Unraveling by Bob Bauer

June 27, 2024/ Izzy Rosen
The Unraveling by Bob Bauer

A memoir of US politics in the calamitous modern moment

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June 27, 2024/ Izzy Rosen/
The Unraveling, Bob Bauer, politics, US politics, Presidential politics, Donald Trump, Joe Biden, memoir, political memoir
May 12, 2024

Bloody Panico! by Geoffrey Wheatcroft

May 12, 2024/ Joe Spivey
Bloody Panico! by Geoffrey Wheatcroft

A free-wheeling autopsy of the contemporary Tory Party

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May 12, 2024/ Joe Spivey/
Geoffrey Wheatcroft, Bloody Panico, politics, UK politics, Tory Party
April 21, 2024

Ten Years to Save the West by Liz Truss

April 21, 2024/ Joe Spivey
Ten Years to Save the West by Liz Truss

A memoir by the UK’s blink-and-you-miss-her Prime Minister

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April 21, 2024/ Joe Spivey/
Ten Years to Save the West, Liz Truss, politics, memoir, UK politics
August 19, 2023

Regime Change by Patrick Deneen

August 19, 2023/ David Murphy
Regime Change by Patrick Deneen

A new book calls for the overhauling of society in favor of a new pattern … or a very old one …

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August 19, 2023/ David Murphy/
Philosophy, Politics & Economics
Regime Change: Toward a Postliberal Future, Patrick Deneen, economics, philosophy, David Murphy, politics, 2023
August 05, 2023

The Individualists by Matt Zwolinski & John Tomasi

August 05, 2023/ David Murphy
The Individualists by Matt Zwolinski & John Tomasi

A, organized and engaging history of libertarianism.

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August 05, 2023/ David Murphy/
Politics & Economics
libertariansim, politics, radicalism, Matt Zwolinski, John Tomasi, David Murphy, 2023
October 23, 2022

Grace by Cody Keegan

October 23, 2022/ Steve Donoghue
Grace by Cody Keegan

A new memoir by President Obama’s chief White House speechwriter.

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October 23, 2022/ Steve Donoghue/
Politics & Economics, Biography/Memoir
Grace, Cody Keegan, White House memoir, President Obama, Barack Obama, Steve Donoghue, politics
September 08, 2022

A Man of Iron by Troy Senik

September 08, 2022/ Micah Cummins
A Man of Iron by Troy Senik

A new biography touting the merits of Grover Cleveland.

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September 08, 2022/ Micah Cummins/
Biography/Memoir, History
A Man of Iron, Grover Cleveland, Troy Senik, politics, US presidents, US presidential biography, biography, Micah Cummins
June 17, 2022

Leadership by Henry Kissinger

June 17, 2022/ Steve Donoghue
Leadership by Henry Kissinger

Richard Nixon’s Secretary of State writes a new book about leadership.

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June 17, 2022/ Steve Donoghue/
Politics & Economics
Leadership, Henry Kissinger, Richard Nixon, Margaret Thatcher, world history, politics, Steve Donoghue
June 14, 2022

Conservatism: A Rediscovery by Yoram Hazony

June 14, 2022/ David Murphy
Conservatism: A Rediscovery by Yoram Hazony

A new book on the nature of what conservatism is - and should be.

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June 14, 2022/ David Murphy/
Politics & Economics
Conservatism: A Rediscovery, conservatism, Yoram Hazony, politics, American politics, David Murphy
October 08, 2021

Liberalism in Dark Times by Joshua Cherniss

October 08, 2021/ Steve Donoghue
Liberalism in Dark Times by Joshua Cherniss

An anatomy of “tempered liberalism” - as seen through four of its towering figures.

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October 08, 2021/ Steve Donoghue/
Politics & Economics
politics, political history, Joshua L. Cherniss, Steve Donoghue
September 15, 2021

Wildland by Evan Osnos

September 15, 2021/ Brian Bruce
Wildland by Evan Osnos

A new investigation seeks to uncover the roots of a national rage.

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September 15, 2021/ Brian Bruce/
Politics & Economics, Society & Culture
Wildland, The Making of America's Fury, Evan Osnos, American politics, politics, Brian Bruce
January 16, 2021

Idi Amin by Mark Leopold

January 16, 2021/ Steve Donoghue
Idi Amin by Mark Leopold

The murderous Ugandan dictator gets a thorough-going new biographical investigation.

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January 16, 2021/ Steve Donoghue/
Biography/Memoir, Politics & Economics, History
Idi Amin, Mark Leopold, biography, Steve Donoghue, world history, politics
October 16, 2020

Ten Lessons for a Post-Pandemic World by Fareed Zakaria

October 16, 2020/ Steve Donoghue
Ten Lessons for a Post-Pandemic World by Fareed Zakaria

Columnist and CNN anchor Fareed Zakaria speculates on the future of a plague-ravaged world.

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October 16, 2020/ Steve Donoghue/
Politics & Economics, Science/Technology
Fareed Zakaria, WW Norton, pandemic, COVID-19, Steve Donoghue, politics
September 30, 2020

Rage by Bob Woodward

September 30, 2020/ David Murphy
Rage by Bob Woodward

Celebrated journalist Bob Woodward’s already-infamous new book gives an inside look at the Trump White House.

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September 30, 2020/ David Murphy/
Politics & Economics
Bob Woodward, Donald Trump, David Murphy, politics, American Presidents
June 13, 2020

The New Despotism by John Keane

June 13, 2020/ Steve Donoghue
The New Despotism by John Keane

A politics professor puts forward a insightful, unsettling new concept of tyranny in the modern world.

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June 13, 2020/ Steve Donoghue/
Politics & Economics
John Keane, politics, history, Steve Donoghue, radicalism, government
May 11, 2020

The Living Presidency by Saikrishna Bangalore Prakash

May 11, 2020/ David Murphy
The Living Presidency by Saikrishna Bangalore Prakash

A smart analysis of the growing power of the US Presidency - and a call to limit that power.

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May 11, 2020/ David Murphy/
Politics & Economics
Saikrishna Bangalore Prakash, David Murphy, American Presidents, politics, Belknap Press
April 30, 2020

Capital and Ideology by Thomas Piketty

April 30, 2020/ David Murphy
Capital and Ideology by Thomas Piketty

Is famous economist Thomas Piketty right about inequality? David Murphy dissects.

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April 30, 2020/ David Murphy/
Politics & Economics
Thomas Piketty, politics, nonfiction, Economics, capitalism, David Murphy, translations
March 26, 2020

The Divided States of America by Donald Kettl

March 26, 2020/ David Murphy
The Divided States of America by Donald Kettl

Does the American system of government actually work? And if it doesn’t, is it trending toward something that does?

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March 26, 2020/ David Murphy/
Politics & Economics
donald kettl, Princeton University Press, politics, federalism, American government, David Murphy
February 17, 2020

Why We're Polarized by Ezra Klein

February 17, 2020/ David Murphy
Why We're Polarized by Ezra Klein

Political pundit Ezra Klein attempts to get to the bottom of why American politics has become so bitterly divisive.

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February 17, 2020/ David Murphy/
Politics & Economics
Ezra Klein, Avid Reader Press, politics, American extremism, civil rights, David Murphy
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