November 20, 2009
New Arrivals · Politics
These titles were recently added to the collection of the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County.
The New Left : legacy and continuity
November 18, 2009
Montreal ; New York : Black Rose Books, c2007.
189 p. ; 23 cm.
Introduction / Dimitrios Roussopoulos. Legacy. Progeny and progress? / Andrea Levy -- The legacy of the New Left / Anthony Hyde -- They loved the Revolution so very much / Daniel Cohn-Bendit, Alain Geismar, Jacques Sauvageot -- Two uprisings / Jacques Martin -- Fugitive radicals -- The death of SDS / Mark Rudd -- The legacy and lessons of the 1960s / Katherina Haris -- Democratic idealism / Gregory Nevala Calvert -- The way we were and the future of the Port Huron Statement / Tom Hayden. Continuity. Continuity / Natasha Kapoor -- Origins, legacy and continuity / Dimitrios Roussopoulos.
Nylon road : a graphic memoir of coming of age in Iran
November 18, 2009
Bashi, Parsua, 1966-
New York, N.Y. : St. Martin's Griffin, 2009.
127 p. : chiefly col. ill. ; 24 cm.
In the tradition of graphic memoirs such as Marjane Satrapi's Persepolis, comes the story of a young Iranian woman's struggles with growing up under Shiite Law, her journey into adulthood, and the daughter whom she had to leave behind when she left Iran. NYLON ROAD is a window into the soul of a culture that we are still struggling to understand. Beautifully told, poignant, this is a powerful work about the necessity of freedom.
Hope : a collection of Obama posters and prints
November 18, 2009
Wert, Hal Elliott.
Minneapolis : Zenith Press, 2009.
188 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 31 cm.
Going rogue : an American life
November 17, 2009
Palin, Sarah, 1964-
New York : Harper, c2009.
413 p., [24] p. of plates : ill. (chiefly col.), map ; 24 cm.
Sarah Palin, the first female Republican Vice Presidential candidate, recounts her political experiences, her rapid rise on the national stage during the 2008 campaign, and the personal challenges she's faced including balancing her time as a working mother, recognizing the war's impact with her son serving in Iraq, having a child with a disability, and supporting her teenage daughter with an unplanned pregnancy.
Together we cannot fail : how FDR led the nation from darkness to victory through hope, courage, and an unwavering trust in the American people
November 16, 2009
Golway, Terry, 1955-
Naperville, Ill. : Sourcebooks MediaFusion, 2009.
306 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. + 1 sound disc : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Accompanying CD contains corresponding speeches and addresses given by Franklin D. Roosevelt during his presidency.
The sixties at 40 : leaders and activists remember and look forward
November 16, 2009
Agger, Ben.
Boulder, CO : Paradigm Publishers, c2009.
v, 298 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Based on recent interviews, this unique sixties book brings together the voices of the Left leaders who spawned the sixties movements. Many remain activists today. Experience and the passage of time allow them to transcend nostalgia to form more realistic perspectives on past, present, and future. They discuss the civil rights and antiwar movements, the political outcome of the sixties, patriotism, terror, and the future role of young people. Important gains were made during the sixties, but there were many setbacks that influence today's voters, leaders, candidates, and our day-to-day realities. Book jacket.
Time it was: telling the sixties politically -- Timeline of the sixties (which begin earlier) -- Port Huron and the new left -- Bringing the war home: weatherman and radical dissent -- Love of country -- Who won the sixties? -- Black before white: from civil rights to black and brown power and the women's movement -- We were young once: our children and the next left -- My sixties at fiftysomething.
Field notes on democracy : listening to grasshoppers
November 16, 2009
Roy, Arundhati.
Chicago, Ill. : Haymarket Books ; [Minneapolis, Minn.] : Trade distribution in the U.S. through Consortium Book Sales and Distribution, 2009.
253 p. : map ; 20 cm.
Combining fierce conviction, deft political analysis, and beautiful writing, this collection of essays by the Booker Prize-winning author of "The God of Small Things" examines the dark side of democracy in contemporary India.
The prince
November 16, 2009
Machiavelli, Niccolò, 1469-1527.
New York : Penguin Books, c2009.
xliv, 124 p. : 1 map ; 22 cm.
A new translation of the infamous classic, now in a striking deluxe edition. "The Prince" shocked 16th-century Europe with its advocacy of ruthless tactics for gaining absolute sovereignty, and it retains its power to alarm and to instruct.
Journey to the end of Islam
November 16, 2009
Knight, Michael Muhammad.
New York : Soft Skull Press ; [Berkeley, Calif.] : Distributed by Publishers Group West, c2009.
378 p. ; 21 cm.
In Journey to the End of Islam, Michael Muhammad Knight--whose work has led to him being hailed as both the Jack Kerouac and Hunter S. Thompson of American Islam--visits holy sites in Pakistan, Syria, Egypt, and Ethiopia, engaging both the puritanical Islam promoted by Saudi globalization and the heretical strands of popular folk Islam: shrines, magic, music, and drugs. The conflict of "global" and "local" Islam speaks to Knight's own experience approaching the Islamic world as a uniquely American Muslim with his own sources: the modern mythologies of the Nation of Islam and Five Percenters, as well as the arguments of Progressive Muslim thinkers for feminism and reform. Knight's travels culminate at Islam's spiritual center, the holy city of Mecca, where he performs the hajj required of every Muslim. During the rites of pilgrimage, he watches as all variations of Islam converge in one place, under the supervision of Saudi Arabia's religious police.
The Left at war
November 16, 2009
Bérubé, Michael.
New York : New York University Press, c2009.
viii, 341 p. ; 24 cm.
The William Howard Taft presidency
November 16, 2009
Gould, Lewis L.
Lawrence : University Press of Kansas, c2009.
xv, 269 p. : ill., ports. ; 24 cm.
"The man of the hour" in 1908 -- Being his own king -- The new president and his country -- A substantial revision downward : the Payne Aldrich Tariff -- The Ballinger Pinchot controversy -- Taft, Knox, and dollar diplomacy -- Taft and Congress, 1910 -- Taft, Roosevelt, and the 1910 election -- Taft as administrator -- Reciprocity, revolution, and arbitration -- Toward a break with Roosevelt -- "Roosevelt was my closest friend" -- The 1912 campaign -- Leaving the White House.
After Khomeini : Iran under his successors
November 13, 2009
Arjomand, Said Amir.
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.
xi, 268 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Inklings : a memoir
November 13, 2009
Koterba, Jeffrey.
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2009.
264 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
From the canyons of broken electronics, screaming matches, and discouragement that filled Koterba's childhood home emerges a young man determined to follow his creative spirit. "Inklings" is an exuberant, heart-felt memoir infused with an irresistible optimism.
Interesting times : writings from a turbulent decade
November 13, 2009
Packer, George, 1960-
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2009.
xvii, 409 p. ; 24 cm.
In this collection of essays from the past extraordinary decade, from September 11 to the rise of Barack Obama, journalist Packer brings insight and passion to his accounts of the war on terror, Iraq, troubled societies, political writers, and the 2008 election.
After September 11 -- Trouble spots -- Writers at war -- End of an era.
When China rules the world : the end of the Western world and the birth of a new global order
November 13, 2009
Jacques, Martin.
New York : Allen Lane, 2009.
xxv, 550 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Explains how China's ascendance as an economic superpower will alter the cultural, political, social, and ethnic balance of global power in the twenty-first century, unseating the West and in the process creating a whole new world.
The changing of the guard -- The End of the Western World -- The rise of the West -- Japan : modern but hardly Western -- China's ignominy -- Contested modernity -- The Age of China -- China as an economic superpower -- A civilization-state -- The Middle Kingdom mentality -- China's own backyard -- China as a rising global power -- When China rules the world -- Concluding remarks : the eight differences that define China.
The Arabs : a history
November 10, 2009
Rogan, Eugene L.
New York : Basic Books, c2009.
vii, 553 p., [24] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps ; 25 cm.
A magisterial and definitive account of five centuries of Arab history
From Cairo to Istanbul -- The Arab challenge to Ottoman rule -- The Egyptian empire of Muhammad 'Ali -- The perils of reform -- The first wave of colonialism : North Africa -- Divide and rule : World War I and the postwar settlement -- The British empire in the Middle East -- The French empire in the Middle East -- The Palestine disaster and its consequences -- The rise of Arab nationalism -- The decline of Arab nationalism -- The age of oil -- The power of Islam -- After the Cold War.
The shadows of youth : the remarkable journey of the civil rights generation
November 10, 2009
Lewis, Andrew B., 1967-
New York : Hill and Wang, 2009.
356 p. ; 24 cm.
A group portrait of leading civil rights activists who comprised the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee draws on original sources to illuminate their challenges to American perspectives on human rights, politics, and moral obligation.
Yarn bombing : the art of crochet and knit graffiti
November 9, 2009
Moore, Mandy, 1975-
Vancouver : Arsenal Pulp Press, c2009.
231 p. : col. ill. ; 21 x 23 cm.
"On city street corners, around telephone posts, through barbed wire fences, and over abandoned cars, a quiet revolution is brewing. "Knit graffiti" is an international guerrilla movement that started underground and is now embraced by crochet and knitting artists of all ages, nationalities, and genders. Its practitioners create works of art out of yarn, then "donate" them to public spaces as part of a covert plan for world yarn domination. This is the definitive guidebook to covert textile street art, featuring twenty kick-ass patterns that range from hanging shoes and knitted picture frames to balaclavas and gauntlets, and teaching readers how to create fuzzy adornments for lonely street furniture. Along the way, it provides tips on stealth, demonstrates how to orchestrate a large-scale project, and offers information to design your own yarn graffiti tags. Also includes interviews with members of the international community of textile artists and yarn bombers"--From publisher description.
Includes index.
The U.S. Supreme Court
November 9, 2009
Detroit : Greenhaven Press, c2010.
233 p. : ill., map ; 23 cm.
What should be the role of the U.S. Supreme Court? The U.S. Supreme Court can be a check on the executive branch / David von Drehle ; The U.S. Supreme Court is not an effective check on the executive branch / Lisa L. Miller ; The U.S. Supreme Court should decide the rights of enemy combatants / David D. Cole ; The fate of enemy combatants is not a matter for judicial review / Mark R. Levin ; Some conservative justices have violated the rule of law for political reasons / Center for American Progress ; Liberals exercise too much control over the U.S. judiciary / Mark W. Smith ; The U.S. judiciary should be independent and impartial / Frederic F. Fleishauer -- How should the U.S. Supreme Court rule on moral and religious issues? The U.S. Supreme Court should uphold sodomy laws / Robert Peters ; The U.S. Supreme Court should reverse sodomy laws / Randy E. Barnett ; The U.S. Supreme Court should overturn Roe v. Wade / James F. Pontuso ; The U.S. Supreme Court should not overturn Roe v. Wade / Cass Sunstein ; The U.S. Supreme Court should limit the role of religion in public life / Frederick S. Lane ; The U.S. Supreme Court should not limit the role of religion in public life / Robert Bork -- What factors should be considered for U.S. Supreme Court nominees? Political ideology is relevant in U.S. Supreme Court confirmation hearings / Center for American Progress contributor ; Political ideology is not relevant for judicial nominees / Orrin Hatch ; Religious views are a relevant consideration for U.S. Supreme Court nominees / Annie Laurie Gaylor ; There should not be a religious litmus test for U.S. Supreme Court nominees / Stephen B. Presser and Charles E. Rice ; There should be term limits for U.S. Supreme Court justices / Doug Bandow ; There are advantages and disadvantages to term limits for U.S. Supreme Court justices / Richard A. Posner -- What should be the judicial philosophy of the U.S. Supreme Court? The U.S. Supreme Court should refer to foreign court decisions / Austen L. Parrish ; The U.S. Supreme Court should not refer to foreign court decisions / Phyllis Schlafly ; Judicial activism is necessary in certain circumstances / Clint Bolick ; U.S. Supreme Court justices should not practice judicial activism / Robert P. George.
Barack Obama : the comic book biography
November 9, 2009
Mariotte, Jeff.
San Diego, Calif. : IDW, 2009.
74 p. : col. ill. ; 27 cm.
Introducing the life story of Barack Obama in comic book form. Readers can follow him from infancy through the first 100 days of his administration as the 44th president of the United States.
Trotsky : a biography
November 9, 2009
Service, Robert, 1947-
Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2009.
xxii, 600 p., [24] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps ; 24 cm.
1879-1913 -- The family Bronstein -- Upbringing -- Schooling -- The young revolutionary -- Love and prison -- Siberian exile -- Iskra -- Cutting loose -- The year 1905 -- Trial and punishment -- Again the emigrant -- Unifier -- Special correspondent -- 1914-1919 -- War on the war -- Designs for revolution -- Atlantic crossings -- Nearly a Bolshevik -- Threats and promises -- Seizure of power -- People's commissar -- Trotsky and the Jews -- Brest-Litovsk -- Kazan and after -- Almost the commander -- Red victory -- World revolution -- 1920-1928 -- Images and the life -- Peace and war -- Back from the brink -- Disputing about reform -- The politics of illness -- The left opposition -- On the cultural front -- Failing to succeed -- Entourage and faction -- Living with Trotsky -- What Trotsky wanted -- Last stand in Moscow -- Alma-Ata -- 1929-1940 -- Büyükada -- Looking for revolutions -- The writer -- Russian connections -- Europe south and north -- Setting up in Mexico -- The Fourth International -- Trotsky and his women -- "The Russian question" -- Confronting the philosophers -- The Second World War -- Assassination -- The keepers and the flame.
Jewish terrorism in Israel
November 6, 2009
Pedahzur, Ami.
New York : Columbia University Press, c2009.
xv, 243 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Ancient and modern history: the founding myths -- Early and mid-twentieth century: ethno-religious terrorism -- The Camp David accords: the struggle over the Promised land -- Meir Kahane and the Kach movement: Jews against Israelis -- The assassination of Yitzak Rabin -- The second intifada: vengeance -- Eccentric cults, vengeances, and lone wolves -- In the name of God, the people, and the land: reassessment of the causes of Jewish terrorism.
The intimate lives of the founding fathers
November 5, 2009
Fleming, Thomas J.
New York : Smithsonian Books, c2009.
xvi, 456 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
A compelling, intimate look at the founders--George Washington, Ben Franklin, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton, and James Madison--and the women who played essential roles in their lives.
Obámanos! : the birth of a new political era
November 5, 2009
Hertzberg, Hendrik.
New York : Penguin Press, 2009.
341 p. ; 25 cm.
From a celebrated political analyst comes this collection of astute articles penned as longtime "New Yorker" writer Hertzberg watched Barack Obama's historic presidential campaign.
With Hitler to the end : the memoirs of Adolf Hitler's valet
November 5, 2009
Linge, Heinz, 1913-1980.
London : Frontline Books ; New York, NY : Skyhorse Pub., 2009.
xv, 224 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 23 cm.
Linge was responsible for all aspects of Hitler's household from 1935 to 1945 and was constantly by his side. His profile of one of history's worst demons is not blindly uncritical, but it is nonetheless affectionate. 12 b&w illustrations.
I join Hitler's staff : Elser, the admired assassin -- Hitler the architect -- Hitler on diet and the evils of smoking -- Evan Braun, the question of sexual morality, and equestrian pursuits -- The Berghof -- The Reich Chancellery, Bayreuth, the aristocracy, and protocol -- Hitler's speeches and the problem of Göring -- Goebbels : the giant in a dwarf's body -- Himmler and Bormann -- Mess's mysterious mission : was Hitler behind it? -- Other leading personalities and the eternal stomach problem -- Resolving the Polish question : September 1939 -- The phoney war -- The invasion in the West, 1940 -- The assassination attempt of 1944 and its aftermath -- 1945 : the last months of the Third Reich : reflections on Russia -- Hitler's suicide -- I flee the Reich Chancellery : Russian captivity.
Translation of: Biz zum Untergang. München : Herbig, 1980.
The Poison King : the life and legend of Mithradates, Rome's deadliest enemy
November 5, 2009
Mayor, Adrienne, 1946-
Princeton : Princeton University Press, c2010.
xxii, 448 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps ; 25 cm.
"Meticulous in its research, exciting in its narration, ambitious in its conception, "The Poison King" re-creates an era when much of the Mediterranean world rebelled against Rome. At the center of it all is the fascinating and frightening king who rallied the resistance: Mithradates. Mayor has written a terrific book."--Barry Strauss, author of "The Spartacus War" "Adrienne Mayor's "The Poison King" is an intriguing and highly readable new biography of one of the most controversial figures of antiquity, Mithradates--ruthless Hellenistic king, genocidaire, terrorist, alchemist, implacable enemy of Rome. It is an important contribution to our understanding of the desperate measures some rulers were prepared to take to resist Rome's iron-fisted pursuit of empire."--R. Bruce Hitchner, Tufts University
Kill them all, and let the gods sort them out -- A savior is born in a castle by the sea -- Education of a young hero -- The lost boys -- Return of the king -- Storm clouds -- Victory -- Terror -- Battle for Greece -- Killers' kiss -- Living like a king -- Falling star -- Renegade kings -- End game -- In the tower.
Evening's empire : the story of my father's murder
November 5, 2009
Lazar, Zachary.
New York : Little, Brown and Co., 2009.
228 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Describes the gangland-style murder of the author's father amid the height of 1970s counterculture, in an account that follows his efforts to understand why his father would risk everything to participate in a multimillion-dollar real estate scandal.
Woodrow Wilson : a biography
November 4, 2009
Cooper, John Milton.
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2009.
viii 702 p., [16 ] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Evaluates the parallel worlds of the twenty-eighth president's personal and political arenas, examining his World War I leadership, his failed efforts to bring the United States into the League of Nations, and his contributions toward the creation of the United Nations.
Tommy -- Woodrow -- Professor -- Bold leader -- Academic Civil War -- Governor -- Nominee -- The great campaign -- Preparation -- Beginnings -- Taken at the flood -- Triumph and tragedy -- Irony and gift of fate -- The shock of recognition -- Second flood tide -- To run again -- Waging war -- Victory -- Covenant -- Peacemaking abroad and at home -- The league fight -- Disability -- Downfall -- Twilight.
A country of vast designs : James K. Polk, the Mexican war and the conquest of the American continent
November 4, 2009
Merry, Robert W., 1946-
New York : Simon & Schuster, 2009.
x, 576 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.
Merry examines how, in a one-term presidency, James K. Polk completed the story of America's Manifest Destiny by expanding its territory across the continent. b&w photographs.
Three kings : the rise of an American empire in the Middle East after World War II
November 4, 2009
Gardner, Lloyd C., 1934-
New York : New Press : Distributed by Perseus Distribution, 2009.
xi, 260 p. ; 22 cm.
Egg on Mao : the story of an ordinary man who defaced an icon and unmasked a dictatorship
November 4, 2009
Chong, Denise.
Berkeley : Counterpoint : Distributed by Publishers Group West, c2009.
249 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Chong tells the story of Lu Decheng, a man who, during the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests, humiliated Mao's repressive regime in front of the entire world, and whose daring gesture informs many people's view of human rights in China to this day.
American progressivism : a reader
November 4, 2009
Lanham, MD : Lexington Books, c2008.
xi, 327 p. ; 24 cm.
Pestritto (Hillsdale College) and Atto (U. of Dallas) present a collection of 26 writings and addresses intended to provide readers with an understanding of the key themes of the American Progressive Era. Theodore Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, Herbert Croly, John Dewey, and Walter Rauschenbusch are each represented more than once and Frank Johnson Goodnow, Frederick Jackson Turner, Charles Beard, and Jane Addams also make appearances. The writings are organized into sections on the principles of progressivism; progressive interpretations of history; social justice, social gospel, and education; leadership and the American presidency; national administration; parties and direct democracy; the election of 1912; and progressivism, war, and peace. Annotation©2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
The official CIA manual of trickery and deception
November 2, 2009
Melton, H. Keith (Harold Keith), 1944-
New York, NY : William Morrow, c2009.
xiv, 248 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
The manuals reprinted in this work represent the only known complete copy of Mulholland's instructions for CIA officers on the magician's art of deception and secret communications written to counter Soviet mind-control and interrogation techniques.
Introduction: The legacy of MKULTRA and the missing magic manuals -- Some operational applications of the art of deception -- Introduction and general comments on the art of deception -- Handling of tablets -- Handling of powder -- Handling of liquids -- Surreptitious removal of objects -- Special aspects of deception for women -- Surreptitious removal of objects by women -- Working as a team -- Recognition signals.
Barney Frank : the story of America's only left-handed, gay, Jewish congressman
November 2, 2009
Weisberg, Stuart E., 1949-
Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, c2009.
xii, 514 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Based on interviews with more than 150 people, this biography reconstructs for the first time the outspoken lawmaker's life and career, from his working-class childhood in Bayonne, New Jersey, to his years at Harvard and in Boston politics, through his rise to national prominence.
Includes index.
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