Scandal: How "Gotcha" Politics Is Destroying Americaby Lanny Davis
JK 2249 .D38 2006
This history examines "gotcha" politics since the beginning of the United States: Alexander Hamilton's extramarital affairs, Richard Nixon and Watergate, Bill Clinton and Monica Lewinsky. Davis (previous counsel to the Bill Clinton White House) is a Democrat but tries to be nonpartisan in his criticism of escalating "scandal fever" in America.
The Greatest Story Ever Sold: The Decline and Fall of Truth from 9/11 to Katrinaby Frank Rich
E 902 .R53 2006
Even "Bob Woodward gets spanked hard" (Publishers Weekly) in this attack on dishonesty and coverups in the Bush administration, including indictments of "spineless Democrats" and "infotainment culture" (PW), by New York Times writer Frank Rich.
Without Precedent: The Inside Story on the 9/11 Commissionby Thomas H. Kean and Lee H. Hamilton
HV 6432.7 .K43 2006
Former politicians Kean and Hamilton offer a timeline of the 9/11 commission as well as discussions of "leaks and partisanship," "roil[er]s" of the commission (Booklist). Meant as a supplement to the official government volume The 9/11 Report.
The 9/11 Report: A Graphic Adaptationby Sid Jacobson and Ernie Colon
HV 6432.7 .J33 2006
This graphic novel, an adaptation of the official governmental report, is available both in hardcover and paperback here at the library. If you are a fan of graphic novels or comic books and are interested in the details of the 9/11 investigation, you will appreciate this book. Stan Lee, creator of the Spiderman series, called it "beautifuly and compellingly written and illustrated. . . it should be required reading." Read reviews and view sample pages here, at Amazon.com.
Find these and other new books on display on the first floor or in the circulating collection on the second floor. Ask a member of the library staff for details.
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