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Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First American edition.
Language
English
Description
An eminent political thinker uses our history with states and corporations--"artificial agents" to which we have granted immense power--to predict how AI will remake society. Countless books, news reports, and opinion pieces have announced the impending arrival of artificial intelligence, with most claiming that it will upend our world, revolutionizing not just work but society overall. Yet according to political philosopher and historian David Runciman,...
82) Interference
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Kate Hamilton is a congressman's daughter, used to the world of Washington politics, but after some pictures of her cause a mild scandal, she finds herself exiled to her aunt's West Texas farm and animal shelter, in the district where her father is planning to run for office--and then she discovers that politics in a small town can be even nastier than Washington, especially when it involves the local high school football team.
Author
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
When seventh-grader Jacob Wonderbar is nominated for President of the Universe, he and his best friends Sarah Daisy and Dexter take off for outer space to campaign, and in the process suffer kidnappings, space monkeys, dirty politics, and threats to blow up the Earth.
85) Re-elect Nutty
Author
Pub. Date
[1995]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Nutty runs for a second term as student council president against his arch-rival Mindy and encounters dirty tricks.
Author
Series
Very short introductions volume 92
Pub. Date
2013.
Edition
2 edition, fully updated new edition.
Language
English
87) A simple choice
Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"A propulsive political thriller featuring two outsiders caught up in a stunning conspiracy, filled with details and twists that only a true political insider could write"--
Author
Pub. Date
2009.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
At the end of fifth grade, Fara decides to wear mismatched socks as a statement of individuality, but once middle school starts and she wants to be known for her ideas rather than her clothing, she feels burdened by an image that she no longer wants.
Author
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Former Republican presidential candidate and radio talk show host Herman Cain proposes "a way forward for those who seek to lead America back to its rightful place of strength, and for those members of the public who would like to be part of the solution. The problems that need attention in the United States aren't new, nor are their solutions. Yet the political establishment neither understands these problems nor desires to address them. Only informed...
95) Politics is
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First American edition.
Language
English
Description
Traces the history of politics, looking at the beliefs of political thinkers, leaders, and activists from around the world, and investigates the role of such external factors as protest and the media in political decision-making.
96) Double trouble
Author
Series
Doodles of Sam Dibble volume 2
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
When Sam Dibble decides to run for third grade class president, mainly to keep his nemesis Wax from winning, he will need more than his doodles to convince his classmates that he can be a good leader.
Author
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
In the fall of 2014, outspoken author and filmmaker Dinesh D'Souza found himself hauled into federal court for improperly donating money to an old friend's Senate campaign. D'Souza pleaded guilty and was sentenced to eight months in a state-run confinement center. There he lived among hardened criminals--drug dealers, thieves, gangbangers, rapists, and murderers. Now the bestselling author explains how this experience not only changed his life, but...
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