<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[subject results for "Legislators — United States."]]></title><description><![CDATA[subject results for "Legislators — United States."]]></description><link>https://gateway.bibliocommons.com/v2/libraries/princetonlibrary/rss/search?query=%22Legislators%20%E2%80%94%20United%20States.%22&amp;searchType=subject&amp;origin=core-catalog-explore&amp;page=2&amp;view=grouped</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 11:50:25 GMT</lastBuildDate><item><title><![CDATA[The Wingmen]]></title><description><![CDATA["The untold story of the unique fifty-year friendship between two American icons: John Glenn, the unassailable pioneer of space exploration and Ted Williams, indisputably the greatest hitter in baseball history"--]]></description><link>https://princetonlibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S57C1465565</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://princetonlibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S57C1465565</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Lazarus, Adam]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://princetonlibrary.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1465565057</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>The Unlikely, Unusual, Unbreakable Friendship Between John Glenn and Ted Williams</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780806542508/MC.GIF&amp;client=pricp&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[I Swear]]></title><description><![CDATA["An honest, inspiring, and laugh-out-loud funny memoir about re-energizing our politics and standing up to corporate America-while carting three kids around in a minivan. Never having run for office before, Katie Porter charted a new path in 2018 when she was elected to Congress as a Democrat in historically conservative Orange County, California. Underestimated as a single mom and chided for her progressive values, Katie defied expectations. Then, using her signature whiteboard, she began to take CEOs and corrupt government officials to task in Congressional hearings. The videos went viral, introducing Americans to her no-bullshit style, and making her a coveted guest on cable news and late-night television. I SWEAR: Politics Is Messier Than My Minivan is a witty, down-to-earth exploration of what it's really like to serve in Congress, particularly as a single mom. Katie offers Americans a clear picture of what their elected leaders are doing--and how they're doing it--exposing the gaps between politicians' press conferences and real people's lives. Katie reveals how her challenges as an Iowa farmgirl diverted her to the Ivy League and how she came to see herself as a Californian, teaching law and raising three kids in Orange County. She shares why she made the jump from academia to politics and how she quickly mastered the art of making CEOs and cabinet members squirm when they bluff and bloviate instead of doing the job for America. With the same clarity she demonstrates in Congressional hearings, Katie makes the case for consumer protection, corporate accountability, and anti-corruption reforms. She pulls back the curtain on the political messaging machine, campaign fundraising, and Congress' traditions, showing that the way things have always worked, in fact, does not work for a Congressperson without someone at home to do the shopping and take care of the kids. Along the way, she provides whiteboard lessons on where your campaign donations go, how to fight the corporations that cheat you, and how to conduct her trademark robust oversight. Full of candid and inspiring stories--from how Katie lent Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez a pair of sneakers during the Capitol attack on January 6, 2021, to her kids' lightly illegal campaign hijinks--this is a book by an exhausted, committed parent who just doesn't have the time for nonsense in her house or in the House of Representatives."--]]></description><link>https://princetonlibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S57C1464551</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://princetonlibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S57C1464551</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Porter, Katherine]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://princetonlibrary.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1464551057</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>Politics Is Messier Than My Minivan</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780593443989/MC.GIF&amp;client=pricp&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oath and Honor]]></title><description><![CDATA["A gripping first-hand account from inside the halls of Congress as Donald Trump and his enablers betrayed the American people and the Constitution--leading to the violent attack on our Capitol on January 6th, 2021--by the House Republican leader who dared to stand up to it. In the aftermath of the 2020 presidential election, Donald Trump and many around him, including certain other elected Republican officials, intentionally breached their oath to the they ignored the rulings of dozens of courts, plotted to overturn a lawful election, and provoked a violent attack on our Capitol. Liz Cheney, one of the few Republican officials to take a stand against these efforts, witnessed the attack first-hand, and then helped lead the Congressional Select Committee investigation into how it happened. In Oath and Honor , she tells the story of this perilous moment in our history, those who helped Trump spread the stolen election lie, those whose actions preserved our constitutional framework, and the risks we still face." ]]></description><link>https://princetonlibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S57C1466636</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://princetonlibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S57C1466636</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Cheney, Liz]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://princetonlibrary.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1466636057</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>A Memoir and A Warning</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780316572064/MC.GIF&amp;client=pricp&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shirley Chisholm]]></title><description><![CDATA["Shaking up New York and national politics by becoming the first African American congresswoman and, later, the first Black major-party presidential candidate, Shirley Chisholm left an indelible mark as an 'unbought and unbossed' firebrand and a leader in politics for meaningful change. Anastasia C. Curwood interweaves Chisholm's public image, political commitments, and private experiences to create a definitive account of a consequential life."--]]></description><link>https://princetonlibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S57C1462770</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://princetonlibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S57C1462770</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Curwood, Anastasia Carol]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 31 Jan 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://princetonlibrary.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1462770057</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>Champion of Black Feminist Power Politics</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781469671178/MC.GIF&amp;client=pricp&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Fighting Soul]]></title><description><![CDATA["An intimate account of Bernie Sanders as we have never seen him before, finally revealing the man behind the enigmatic progressive icon. Bernie Sanders is one of the most influential figures of our time, a politician who inspires fervent love and, even among his enemies, a measure of grudging respect-yet we know comparatively little about this famously private left-wing firebrand. Now, Ari Rabin-Havt, a trusted Sanders aide, is able to take us where no press features or televised interviews have been able to go. The Fighting Soul is a behind-the-scenes chronicle of Sanders's meteoric 2020 campaign for president-from the first campaign meeting in Rabin-Havt's living room to Sanders's heart attack and the end of the campaign as the COVID-19 pandemic spread around the world-that deepens into an unforgettable portrait of Sanders: the history that drives his deep ideological commitments to the working class, his views of his young supporters, his sense of humor, which few outside his immediate circle ever witness, and the role his wife, Jane, plays in his success. In the tradition of What It Takes and other exuberant works of American political writing, The Fighting Soul shows the making of the rare politician motivated by principle, not power"--]]></description><link>https://princetonlibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S57C1451349</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://princetonlibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S57C1451349</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Rabin-Havt, Ari]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 31 Jan 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://princetonlibrary.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1451349057</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>On the Road With Bernie Sanders</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781631498794/MC.GIF&amp;client=pricp&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Not Done Yet]]></title><description><![CDATA["Stirring free verse chronicles Shirley Chisholm's fight for fairness and change on her journey to becoming the first Black woman ever elected to Congress and, in 1972, the first woman to seriously run for president"--]]></description><link>https://princetonlibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S57C1453850</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://princetonlibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S57C1453850</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Brown, Tameka Fryer]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 31 Jan 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://princetonlibrary.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1453850057</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>Shirley Chisholm&apos;s Fight for Change</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781728420080/MC.GIF&amp;client=pricp&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Take up Space]]></title><description><![CDATA[Essays and reported stories on Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's meteoric rise and impact written by New York magazine's top writers and commentators provide an in-depth look at the youngest member of the 116th Congress, and the youngest woman to serve as a representative in U.S. history.]]></description><link>https://princetonlibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S57C1451436</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://princetonlibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S57C1451436</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 31 Jan 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://princetonlibrary.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1451436057</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>The Unprecedented AOC</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781501166976/MC.GIF&amp;client=pricp&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Forerunner]]></title><description><![CDATA[Embodying a new chapter in progressive politics that prioritizes the lives and stories of the most politically vulnerable, the first black woman to represent the state of Missouri in Congress presents a powerful and empowering memoir that is both a personal account and a fierce call to action.]]></description><link>https://princetonlibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S57C1455632</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://princetonlibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S57C1455632</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Bush, Cori]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 31 Jan 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://princetonlibrary.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1455632057</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>A Story of Pain and Perseverance in America</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780593320587/MC.GIF&amp;client=pricp&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Speak Up, Speak Out!]]></title><description><![CDATA["A biography of Shirley Chisholm, the first Black woman elected to the House of Representatives and the first Black woman to run for president with a major political party"--]]></description><link>https://princetonlibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S57C1448775</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://princetonlibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S57C1448775</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Bolden, Tonya]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 31 Jan 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://princetonlibrary.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1448775057</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>The Extraordinary Life of &quot;fighting Shirley Chisholm&quot;</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781426372360/MC.GIF&amp;client=pricp&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Way Out of No Way]]></title><description><![CDATA["On the heels of his historic election to the United States Senate, Raphael Warnock shares his remarkable spiritual and personal journey Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock occupies a singular place in American life. As Senior Pastor of Atlanta's Ebenezer Baptist Church and now as a Senator from Georgia, he is the rare voice who can at once call out the uncomfortable truths that shape contemporary American life and, at a time of division, summon us all to a higher moral ground. Senator Warnock grew up in the Kayton Homes housing projects in Savannah, the 11th of 12 children. His dad was a World War II veteran, and as a teenager, his mom picked tobacco and cotton in rural Georgia. Both were Pentecostal preachers. After graduating from Morehouse, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr's alma mater, Senator Warnock studied for a decade at Union Theological Seminary while serving at Harlem's Abyssinian Baptist Church. At just 35, he became the senior pastor at Ebenezer, where Dr. King preached and served. In January, Senator Warnock won a run-off election that flipped control of the Senate at one of the most pivotal moments in recent American history. He is the first Black senator from Georgia, only the 11th Black senator in American history, and just the second from the South since Reconstruction. As he said in his maiden speech from the well of the Senate, Senator Warnock's improbable journey reflects the ongoing toggle between the pain and promise of the American story. A powerful preacher and a leading voice for voting rights and democracy, Senator Warnock has a once in a generation gift to inspire and lead us forward. A Way Out of No Way tells his remarkable American story for the first time"--]]></description><link>https://princetonlibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S57C1452823</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://princetonlibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S57C1452823</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Warnock, Raphael G.]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 31 Jan 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://princetonlibrary.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1452823057</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>A Memoir of Truth, Transformation, and the New American Story</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780593491546/MC.GIF&amp;client=pricp&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Phenomenal AOC]]></title><description><![CDATA["In 2019, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez became the youngest congresswoman in America. How did this young Puertoriqueą become an unstoppable force in politics? Find out in this accessible and engaging book for young readers"--]]></description><link>https://princetonlibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S57C1455281</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://princetonlibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S57C1455281</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Denise, Anika]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 31 Jan 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://princetonlibrary.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1455281057</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>The Roots and Rise of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780063113749/MC.GIF&amp;client=pricp&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[The First Populist]]></title><description><![CDATA["Andrew Jackson rose from rural poverty to become the dominant figure in American politics between Jefferson and Lincoln. His reputation, however, defies easy description. Some regard him as the symbol of a powerful democratic movement that saw early 19th century suffrage restrictions recede for white men. Others stress his prominent role in removing Native American peoples from their ancestral lands, which were then opened to create a southern cotton kingdom, home to more than a million enslaved people. A self-defined champion of 'farmers, mechanics, and laborers,' Jackson railed against the established ruling order, fostering a brand of democracy that struck a chord with the common man and helped catapult him into the presidency-he was the first westerner, first orphan, and thus far the only prisoner of war to occupy the office. Drawing on a wide range of research material, The First Populist takes a fresh look at Jackson's public career, including the momentous Battle of New Orleans and the far-reaching Bank War; it reveals his marriage to an already married woman, a deadly duel with a Nashville dandy, and analyzes his magnetic hold on much of the country at the time. Presenting a full portrait of a controversial American life, The First Populist offers a new way to interpret Jackson's legacy, connecting 'Old Hickory' to a longer history of division, dissent, and partisanship that has come to define our current times."--publisher's website.]]></description><link>https://princetonlibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S57C1452023</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://princetonlibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S57C1452023</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Brown, David S.]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 31 Jan 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://princetonlibrary.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1452023057</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>The Defiant Life of Andrew Jackson</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781982191092/MC.GIF&amp;client=pricp&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Life of Service]]></title><description><![CDATA["Senator Tammy Duckworth has logged a long list of "firsts" during her tenure as the first Thai American woman elected to Congress, including being the first woman with a disability to serve in the House and Senate. But while she dreamed of serving her country from a young age, Tammy's path was not without its challenges. In this dramatic account, award-winning creators Christina Soontornvat and Dow Phumiruk chronicle Tammy's journey. From her childhood fight to keep her family from homelessness, to her service in the US Army, to her recovery from grievous injuries sustained in the line of duty, Tammy never lost her determination to keep going against staggering odds."--]]></description><link>https://princetonlibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S57C1453869</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://princetonlibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S57C1453869</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Soontornvat, Christina]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 31 Jan 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://princetonlibrary.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1453869057</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>The Story of Senator Tammy Duckworth</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781536222050/MC.GIF&amp;client=pricp&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ted Kennedy]]></title><description><![CDATA["Ted Kennedy is a biography of one of modern America's most fascinating and consequential political figures, drawing on important new sources, by the biographer who covered Kennedy closely for many years"--]]></description><link>https://princetonlibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S57C1455586</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://princetonlibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S57C1455586</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Farrell, John A.]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 31 Jan 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://princetonlibrary.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1455586057</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>A Life</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780525558071/MC.GIF&amp;client=pricp&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Patsy Mink]]></title><description><![CDATA[When Patsy Mink won her seat the House of Representatives as a Democrat from Hawaii, she became the first woman of color and the first Asian American woman elected to Congress. A co-author of the Title XI amendment of the Higher Education Act, she was a champion of rights for women, children, immigrants, and minorities throughout her twenty-four years in Congress. She helped paved the way for many other women to succeed.]]></description><link>https://princetonlibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S57C1451583</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://princetonlibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S57C1451583</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Keller, Tae]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 31 Jan 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://princetonlibrary.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1451583057</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780593402887/MC.GIF&amp;client=pricp&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[So Help Me God]]></title><description><![CDATA["Mike Pence spent more hours in the Oval Office than any of his predecessors. On the surface, the affable evangelical Christian from a gas-station-owning family in Indiana wouldn’t seem to have much in common with a brash real estate mogul from New York. But the unlikely duo formed a tight bond. Pence was at Donald Trump’s side when he enacted historic tax relief, when he decided to take more assertive stances toward China and North Korea, and when he appointed three Supreme Court justices. But the relationship broke down after the 2020 election. On January 6, 2021, as the president pressured him to overturn the election, a mob erected a gallows on Capitol Hill and its members chanted 'Hang Mike Pence!' as they rampaged through the halls of Congress. The vice president refused to leave the Capitol, and once the riot was quelled, he reconvened Congress to complete the work of a peaceful transfer of power. So Help Me God is the chronicle of the events and people who forged Mike Pence’s character and led him to that historic moment. His father, a Korean War combat veteran, was a formidable influence, but so was the Indiana history professor who inspired his devotion to the Constitution. And it was in college and law school that he embraced his Christian faith and met the love of his life, Karen—the two pillars that support him every day. You will read how his early political career was full of missteps that humbled him and how, as a talk radio host, Pence found his voice and the path that led him to Congress, the governor’s office in Indiana, and back to Washington as vice president. This is the inside story of the Trump administration by its second highest official—what he said to the president and how he was tested. The relationship begins in Indiana, when Pence sees how Trump connects with working-class voters. After the election, the vice president comes to appreciate how Trump maintains that connection through unvarnished tweets and how his unorthodox style led to historic breakthroughs, from tax cuts to trade deals, from establishing the United States Space Force to the first new peace agreement in the Middle East in more than twenty-five years. This is the most robust defense of the Trump record of anyone who served in the administration. But it is also about the private moments when Pence pushed back forcefully, how he navigated through the Mueller investigation, his damage control after Charlottesville, and his work on healing racial rifts after the murder of George Floyd. Pence was at the forefront when 'history showed up' in the form of a devastating pandemic, and he provides a detailed account of leading the task force that circumvented bureaucracies to slow the disease in its tracks. Yes, it sometimes involved brokering peace between a president with an itchy Twitter finger and an agitated New York governor, but above all, it meant giving states and America’s eager entrepreneurs the power to come up with the solutions we needed. The result was the fastest development of life-saving vaccines in history. In So Help Me God, Pence shows how the faith that he embraced as a young man guided his every decision. It is a faith that guided him on that historic day and that keeps him happily at peace, ready to accept the next challenge." --]]></description><link>https://princetonlibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S57C1456760</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://princetonlibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S57C1456760</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Pence, Mike]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 31 Jan 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://princetonlibrary.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1456760057</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781982190330/MC.GIF&amp;client=pricp&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Unthinkable]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Maryland congressman tells the story of the forty-five days at the start of 2021 that permanently changed his life--and his family's--as he confronted the painful loss of his son to suicide, lived through the violent insurrection in the Capitol, and led the impeachment effort to hold President Trump accountable for inciting the political violence.]]></description><link>https://princetonlibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S57C1448369</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://princetonlibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S57C1448369</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Raskin, Jamin B.]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 31 Jan 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://princetonlibrary.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1448369057</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>Trauma, Truth, and the Trials of American Democracy</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780063209787/MC.GIF&amp;client=pricp&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Light We Carry]]></title><description><![CDATA["Michelle Obama offers readers a series of fresh stories and insightful reflections on change, challenge, and power, including her belief that when we light up for others, we can illuminate the richness and potential of the world around us, discovering deeper truths and new pathways for progress. Drawing from her experiences as a mother, daughter, spouse, friend, and First Lady, she shares the habits and principles she has developed to successfully adapt to change and overcome various obstacles—the earned wisdom that helps her continue to 'become.' She details her most valuable practices, like 'starting kind,' 'going high,' and assembling a 'kitchen table' of trusted friends and mentors. With trademark humor, candor, and compassion, she also explores issues connected to race, gender, and visibility, encouraging readers to work through fear, find strength in community, and live with boldness." --book jacket]]></description><link>https://princetonlibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S57C1454442</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://princetonlibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S57C1454442</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Obama, Michelle]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 31 Jan 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://princetonlibrary.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1454442057</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>Overcoming in Uncertain Times</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780593237465/MC.GIF&amp;client=pricp&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Age of Acrimony]]></title><description><![CDATA["A raucous history of American democracy at its wildest--and a bold rethinking of the relationship between the people and their politics. Democracy was broken. Or that was what many Americans believed in the decades after the Civil War. Shaken by economic and technological disruption, they sought safety in aggressive, tribal partisanship. The results were the loudest, closest, most violent elections in U.S. history, driven by vibrant campaigns that drew our highest-ever voter turnouts. At the century's end, reformers finally restrained this wild system, trading away participation for civility in the process. The result was a calmer, cleaner democracy, but also a more distant one. Americans' voting rates crashed and never recovered. This is the origin story of the "normal" politics of the 20th century. Only by exploring where that civility and restraint came from can we understand what is happening to our democracy today. The Age of Acrimony charts the rise and fall of 19th-century America's unruly politics through the lives of a remarkable father-daughter dynasty. The radical congressman William "Pig Iron" Kelley and his fiery, Progressive daughter Florence Kelley led lives packed with drama, intimately tied to their nation's politics. Through their friendships and feuds, campaigns and crusades, Will and Florie trace the narrative of a democracy in crisis. In telling the tale of what it cost to cool our republic, historian Jon Grinspan reveals our divisive political system's enduring capacity to heal itself"--]]></description><link>https://princetonlibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S57C1440915</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://princetonlibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S57C1440915</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Grinspan, Jon]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://princetonlibrary.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1440915057</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>How American&apos;s Fought to Fix Their Democracy, 1865-1915</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781635574623/MC.GIF&amp;client=pricp&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[¿Qué haces con una voz así?]]></title><description><![CDATA["Even as a child growing up in the Fifth Ward of Houston, Barbara Jordan stood out for her big, bold, booming, crisp, clear, confident voice. Barbara took her voice to places few African American women had been in the 1960s: first law school, then the Texas state senate, then up to the United States congress. Throughout her career, she persevered through adversity to give voice to the voiceless and to fight for civil rights, equality, and justice"--]]></description><link>https://princetonlibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S57C1446036</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://princetonlibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S57C1446036</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[spa]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Barton, Chris]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://princetonlibrary.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1446036057</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>la historia de la extraordinaria congresista Bárbara Jordan</subtitle><language>spa</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781534487581/MC.GIF&amp;client=pricp&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every Day Is A Gift]]></title><description><![CDATA["In Every Day Is a Gift, Tammy Duckworth takes readers through the amazing--and amazingly true--stories from her incomparable life. In November of 2004, an Iraqi RPG blew through the cockpit of Tammy Duckworth's U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter. The explosion, which destroyed her legs and mangled her right arm, was a turning point in her life. But as Duckworth shows in Every Day Is a Gift, that moment was just one in a lifetime of extraordinary turns. The biracial daughter of an American father and a Thai-Chinese mother, Duckworth faced discrimination, poverty, and the horrors of war--all before the age of 16. As a child, she dodged bullets as her family fled war-torn Phnom Penh. As a teenager, she sold roses by the side of the road to save her family from hunger and homelessness in Hawaii. Through these experiences, she developed a fierce resilience that would prove invaluable in the years to come. Duckworth joined the Army, becoming one of a handful of female helicopter pilots at the start of Operation Iraqi Freedom. She served eight months in Iraq before an insurgent's RPG shot down her helicopter, an attack that took her legs--and nearly took her life. She then spent thirteen months recovering at Walter Reed, learning to walk again on prosthetic legs and planning her return to the cockpit. But Duckworth found a new mission after meeting her state's senators, Barack Obama and Dick Durbin. After winning two terms as a U.S. Representative, she won election to the U.S. Senate in 2016. And she and her husband Bryan fulfilled another dream when she gave birth to two daughters, becoming the first sitting senator to give birth. From childhood to motherhood and beyond, Every Day Is a Gift is the remarkable story of one of America's most dedicated public servants."--]]></description><link>https://princetonlibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S57C1438661</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://princetonlibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S57C1438661</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Duckworth, Tammy]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://princetonlibrary.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1438661057</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>A Memoir</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781538718506/MC.GIF&amp;client=pricp&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Calhoun]]></title><description><![CDATA[Describes the life of the American statesman and political theorist who served as Vice President under John Quincy Adams and argued in favor of slavery and laid the groundwork for the South to secede the Union.]]></description><link>https://princetonlibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S57C1440497</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://princetonlibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S57C1440497</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Elder, Robert]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://princetonlibrary.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1440497057</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>American Heretic</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780465096442/MC.GIF&amp;client=pricp&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[On the House]]></title><description><![CDATA["A memoir by former speaker of the house John Boehner"--]]></description><link>https://princetonlibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S57C1440841</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://princetonlibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S57C1440841</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Boehner, John]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://princetonlibrary.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1440841057</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>A Washington Memoir</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781250238443/MC.GIF&amp;client=pricp&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Heart of Fire]]></title><description><![CDATA["Mazie Hirono is one of the most fiercely outspoken Democrats in Congress, but her journey to the U.S. Senate was far from likely. Raised poor on her family's rice farm in rural Japan, Hirono was seven years old when her mother left her abusive husband and sailed with her two elder children to the United States, crossing the Pacific in steerage in search of a better life. Though the girl then known as "Keiko" did not speak English when she entered school in Hawaii, she would go on to hold state and national office, winning election to the U.S. Senate in 2012. This intimate and inspiring memoir traces her remarkable life from her upbringing in Hawaii, where the family first lived in a single room in a Honolulu boarding house while her mother worked two jobs to keep them afloat; to her emergence as a highly effective legislator whose determination to help the most vulnerable was grounded in her own experiences of economic insecurity, lack of healthcare access, and family separation. Finally, it chronicles her evolution from dogged yet soft-spoken public servant into the fiery critic and advocate we know her as today. For the vast majority of Mazie Hirono's five decades in public service, even as she fought for the causes she believed in, she strove to remain polite and reserved. Steeped in the non-confrontational cultures of Japan and Hawaii, and aware of the expectation that women in politics should never show an excess of emotion, she had schooled herself to bite her tongue, even as her male colleagues continually underestimated her. After the 2016 election, however, it was clear that she could moderate herself no longer. In the face of an autocratic administration, Hirono was called to at last give voice to the fire that had always been inside her. The moving and galvanizing account of a woman coming into her own power over the course of a lifetime in public service, and of the mother who encouraged her immigrant daughter's dreams, Heart of Fire is the story of a uniquely American journey, written by one of those fighting hardest to ensure that a story like hers is still possible"--]]></description><link>https://princetonlibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S57C1440822</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://princetonlibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S57C1440822</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Hirono, Mazie]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://princetonlibrary.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1440822057</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>An Immigrant Daughter&apos;s Story</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781984881601/MC.GIF&amp;client=pricp&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Joe Biden]]></title><description><![CDATA[A biography of Joe Biden, the 46th President of the United States​: from childhood through the Senate to his election as vice president and, in 2020, as president. The road to the presidency of the United States was a long--and determined--one for Joseph Robinette Biden, Jr. From Joe's childhood in Scranton, Pennsylvania, and Wilmington, Delaware, his close-knit, devoted family gave him the foundation that would guide him through life. His family's unwavering support bolstered Joe when he was bullied for stuttering, attended law school, and became a public defender. They encouraged Joe when he pursued a career in politics and became the sixth youngest senator in US history. They consoled him when he suffered the devastating loss of his first wife and baby daughter and years later the death of his eldest son, Beau. And they cheered Joe when he served two vice presidential terms with President Barrack Obama. After a lifetime marked by perseverance, integrity, and accomplishment, Joe Biden and running mate, Kamala Harris, won the 2020 presidential election. And standing by his side each and every step of the way was his wife Jill, his children, and his grandchildren--his family.]]></description><link>https://princetonlibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S57C1435571</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://princetonlibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S57C1435571</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gormley, Beatrice]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://princetonlibrary.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1435571057</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>Our 46th President</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781534479326/MC.GIF&amp;client=pricp&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item></channel></rss>