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Author
Publisher
One Signal Publishers, Atria
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
The best-selling author of How Fascism Works explores the global rise of authoritarianism, emphasizing how attacks on education threaten democracy by erasing shared historical understanding, with schools becoming battlegrounds against fascism's growing influence.
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Behind most major political stories there is an agenda: To destroy an idea or the people advancing it. Maybe you watched someone on the news report that Donald Trump is a racist misogynist, read that Hillary Clinton used a body double, or heard that Bernie Sanders cheated in the primary. Regardless of accuracy, the themes get repeated until they become accepted by many as the truth. It's called "the smear." Sophisticated operatives work behind the...
Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
Published to coincide with the 75th anniversary of 1984, this timely, wide-ranging and thought-provoking book considers Orwell's full body of work, investigates how the writings of an idolized champion of truth and freedom can help us face the crises of modernity.
Author
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield, an imprint of the Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"We are commonly deceived by numbers in our everyday lives. From lotteries, product warranties, and weight loss fads to misleading headlines and social media posts, there is no shortage of confusing or misleadin ginformation. Numbers are used to manipulate our deciions and impact our lives in ways that may not be immediately apparent. Data Duped: How to Avoid Being Hoodwinked by Misinformation will help you avoid being fooled by these messages and...
Author
Publisher
Center Street
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"It's been nearly four years since President Trump took office, and Judge Jeanine Pirro has had enough of the left's countless lies and false accusations. She is now forced to ask: How could anyone vote against President Trump this November? What more could you possibly want? In Don't Lie to Me, Judge Jeanine brings her signature writing style and acute legal mind to topics such as the impeachment inquiry, the military, and the road to the 2020 presidential...
Author
Publisher
Atria Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
The author, founder of the Pulitzer Prize-winning fact-checking website PolitiFact, draws on nearly 20 years of journalistic experience to reveal the patterns of political lies, why Republicans do more of it, and the frightening consequences for our democracy. This book goes behind the scenes of campaigns, to show the cynical calculations of officials who have accepted lying as a routine weapon in daily political battles. Showing that political...
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