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Rising tiger : a thriller / by Thor, Brad,author.;
America's top spy, Scot Harvath, with democracy itself hanging in the balance, is thrust into a completely unfamiliar culture where he can trust no one as he fights to take down the country's most powerful enemy--and for his life.
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Political fiction.; Novels.; Harvath, Scot (Fictitious character); Intelligence officers; Terrorism;

The good fight. [videorecording] / by Baranski, Christine,television producer,actor.; Brady, Wayne,1972-actor.; Kennedy, Brooke,television director.; McDonald, Audra,actor.; Nyambi, Nyambi,actor.; Patinkin, Mandy,actor.; Steele, Sarah,1988-actor.; Sykes, Wanda,1964-actor.; Trim, Michael(Television director),television director.; CBS Television Network,broadcaster.; Paramount Home Entertainment (Firm),publisher.;
Christine Baranski, Sarah Steele, Nyambi Nyambi, Mandy Patinkin, Audra Mcdonald, Wanda Sykes, Wayne Brady.Originally broadcast on television in 2021.In the sixth and final season of The Good Fight, Diane (Emmy Award winner Christine Baranski) feels like she's going crazy, struggling with an uneasy sense of déjà vu, with the overturning of Roe v. Wade, to voting rights, to Cold War aggressions returning. Meanwhile, the lawyers of Reddick and Associates wonder if the violence that they see all around them points to an impending civil war. Also starring John Slattery, Andre Braugher, Sarah Steele, Michael Boatman, Nyambi Nyambi and Charmaine Bingwa and featuring guest appearances from Alan Cumming, Carrie Preston, Gary Cole and Phylicia Rashad.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Fiction television programs.; Legal television programs.; Television programs.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Law firms; Lawyers; Women lawyers;
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We've got to try : how the fight for voting rights makes everything else possible / by O'Rourke, Beto,author.;
Includes bibliographical references."In We've Got To Try, O'Rourke shines a spotlight on the heroic life and work of Dr. Lawrence Aaron Nixon and the west Texas town where he made his stand. The son of an enslaved man, Nixon grew up in the Confederate stronghold of Marshall, Texas before moving to El Paso, becoming a civil rights leader, and helping to win one of the most significant civil and voting rights victories in American history: the defeat of the all-white primary. His fight for the ballot spanned 20 years and twice took him to the U.S. Supreme Court. With heart, eloquence, and powerful storytelling, O'Rourke weaves together Nixon's story with those of other great Texans who changed the course of voting rights and improved America's democracy. While connecting voting rights and democracy to the major issues of our time, O'Rourke also shares what he saw, heard, and learned while on his own journey throughout the 254 counties of his home state. By telling the stories of those he met along the way and bringing us into the epicenter of the current fight against voter suppression, the former El Paso Congressman shows just how essential it is that the sacred right to vote is protected and that we each do our part to save our democracy for generations to come"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Personal narratives.; Nixon, Lawrence A., 1883-1966.; African American political activists; Suffrage; Voter suppression;

Cuckooland : where the rich own the truth / by Burgis, Tom,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Behind a boardroom table at one of London's most fearsome law firms sits the man who wants to own the truth. He is wealthy, influential, a friend to princes and prime ministers. There is no door in the land that doesn't open to him. But who is he really? How did he make his money? The search for the answer leads investigative reporter Tom Burgis from Putin's St Petersburg to a blood-soaked town square in Uzbekistan, from Kazakh torture chambers to a Kathmandu cabal of Maoists. Places where reality is beaten into submission. The trail does not stop there. It leads on into the democracies, where the truth is said to be sacred -- but where today it is for sale. An entire industry has taken shape to serve those who are seizing the greatest prize of all. The power to choose what they want reality to be and impose that reality on the world. They decree what stories may be told about war and money and power, what we are permitted to know -- and what we are not. 'Write your book and you'll see what happens to it', says the rich man behind the boardroom table. Perhaps Cuckooland has been pulled from the shelves, censored or pulped. If not, inside is the thrilling story of the heist of our times: the takeover of reality itself.
Subjects: Biographies.; Personal narratives.; Amersi, Mohamed.; Conservative Party (Great Britain); Businessmen; Corruption.; Power (Social sciences); Rich people.; Trials (Libel);

Rising tiger [sound recording] : a thriller / by Thor, Brad,author.; Schultz, Armand,narrator.; Simon & Schuster Audio (Firm),publisher.;
Read by Armand Schultz.America's top spy, Scot Harvath, with democracy itself hanging in the balance, is thrust into a completely unfamiliar culture where he can trust no one as he fights to take down the country's most powerful enemy--and for his life.
Subjects: Audiobooks.; Novels.; Political fiction.; Thrillers (Fiction); Harvath, Scot (Fictitious character); Intelligence officers; Terrorism;

Lessons from the edge : a memoir / by Yovanovitch, Maria L.,1958-author.;
In a new memoir, the U.S. ambassador to the Ukraine, whose life and work have taught her the preciousness of democracy as well as the dangers of corruption, details her involvement in President Trump's impeachment inquiry and her response to his smear campaign.
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Trump, Donald, 1946-; Yovanovitch, Maria L., 1958-; Ambassadors; Impeachments;

Stripped for Parts: American Journalism on the Brink. by Goldsmith, Rick,film director.; New Day Films (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Originally produced by New Day Films in 2023.Hedge fund Alden Global Capital is quietly gobbling up newspapers across the country and gutting them, but no one knows why-- until journalist Julie Reynolds begins to investigate. Her findings trigger rebellions across the country by journalists working at Alden-owned newspapers. Backed by the NewsGuild union, the newsmen and women go toe-to-toe with their “vulture capitalist” owners in a battle to save and rebuild local journalism in America. Who will control the future of America’s news ecosystem: Wall Street billionaires concerned only with profit, or those who see journalism as an essential public service, the lifeblood of our democracy? “The collapse of local news is a deep threat to democracy and the fabric of communities. But we can't turn this around without comprehending how we got here. Stripped for Parts vividly shows the causes and consequences of the decimation of community journalism.” - Steve Waldman, Founder and President, Rebuild Local NewsMode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Journalism.; Digital communications.; Business.; Economic development.; Documentary films.; Mass media and culture.; Current affairs.;

Capitol Riot. by Garland, Piers,film director.; Bridgestone Multimedia Group (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Originally produced by Bridgestone Multimedia Group in 2022.While January 6, 2021 was meant to be a celebration of the will of the people, instead not since the days of the Civil War, had democracy been threatened. Come with us as we recount the coordination, criminality, and chaos of the CAPITOL RIOT: MINUTE BY MINUTE.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Social sciences.; History, Modern.; Americans.; Foreign study.; Documentary films.; Current affairs.; History.;

Trust the plan : the rise of QAnon and the conspiracy that unhinged America / by Sommer, Will,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.A journalist who has followed the rise of QAnon explains what it is, how it has gained a mainstream following among Republican lawmakers and ordinary citizens, the threat it poses to democracy, and how we can reach those who have embraced the conspiracy and are disseminating its lies.
Subjects: Conspiracy theories.; QAnon conspiracy theory;

The folly and the glory : America, Russia, and political warfare, 1945-2020 / by Weiner, Tim,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."With vivid storytelling and access to insider accounts, Weiner sets out to trace the roots of Russian-American political warfare--conflict waged without weapons--over the last seven decades to understand how a president landed in the White House with the help of an expansive, covert Russian campaign. Russia's modern revival of Soviet-era intelligence operations constitutes one of the most significant threats to democracy in the United States and around the world, and yet the US has not engaged its own political warfare methods in defense, even as our own justice department has concluded unequivocally that Russia influenced the 2016 election. To get to the heart of what's at stake and find potential solutions, Weiner examines long-running twentieth century CIA operations, political machinations by the Soviet KGB around the world, the erosion of American political warfare after the Cold War, and why twenty-first century Russia has returned to the practice while the US has not. Weiner takes us behind closed doors and into the deliberation rooms of past and present Russian and American intelligence operations that directly led to-and help illuminate-the current administration and the future of American democracy"--
Subjects: Trump, Donald, 1946-; Putin, Vladimir Vladimirovich, 1952-; Cold War.; Intelligence service; Intelligence service; Intelligence service; Presidents; Elections;

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