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“richard striner”

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  • Ike in Love and War

    How Dwight D. Eisenhower Sacrificed Himself to Keep the Peace

    by Richard Striner ...
    Dwight D. Eisenhower is one of America’s greatest and least appreciated presidents.Behind the demeanor that made Dwight D. “Ike” Eisenhower so popular was a cold-as-steel intelligence that kept his country prosperous and out of danger. Because his operating methods were so deeply hidden, it is only in the past few decades that historians have grasped the full extent of his achievements.Ike in Love ... Read more

    $21.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Woodrow Wilson and World War I

    A Burden Too Great to Bear

    by Richard Striner ...
    Woodrow Wilson is often considered one of the greatest presidents in American history because, in the first two years of his presidency, he succeeded on many fronts. However, acclaimed author and historian Richard Striner now makes the case that a presidency that is too often idealized was full of missteps and failures that profoundly affected America’s politics and people long after it ended. ... Read more

    $43.99 CAD

  • Lincoln's Way

    How Six Great Presidents Created American Power

    by Richard Striner ...
    The debate is as old as the American Republic and as current as this morning's headlines. Should a president employ the powers of the federal government to advance our national development and increase the influence and power of the United States around the world? Under what circumstances? What sort of balance should the president achieve between competing visions and values on the path to change? ... Read more

    $33.99 CAD

  • Hard Times

    Economic Depressions in America

    by Richard Striner ...
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    Hard Times presents a comprehensive account of economic depressions in America, from colonial times to the “great recession” that began in 2008. Written in crisp prose for a general audience, the book synthesizes a narrative account—presenting the known facts about how particular depressions started, the effects upon people in different walks of life, the policy debates about what (if anything) to ... Read more

    $29.99 CAD

  • How America Can Spend Its Way Back to Greatness

    A Guide to Monetary Reform

    by Richard Striner ...
    Providing a unique perspective on economic history and policy, this book shows how a daring method once recommended by top economists could be adapted to help America pay for the things it needs.Written in a crisp, fast-paced style, this groundbreaking work presents an in-depth account of monetary theory and practice as the basis for its suggestion of a new system of money creation. First, the ... Read more

    $61.99 CAD

  • Summoned to Glory

    The Audacious Life of Abraham Lincoln

    by Richard Striner ...
    A radical reinterpretation of America’s greatest president.Where previous Lincoln biographers describe his temperament as “moderate,” “passive,” or even “conservative,”historian Richard Striner offers a stunningly original perspectivethat will shed significant new light on one of the most studied figures in American history. Striner shows Lincoln’s audacity as no other book has ever done. By ... Read more

    $37.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Love in the Afterlife

    Underground Religion at the Movies

    by Richard Striner ...
    This is a definitive study of films that have been built around the themes of love, death, and the afterlife—films about lovers who meet again (and love again) in heaven, via reincarnation, or through other kinds of after-death encounters. Far more than books about mere ghosts in the movies or religion in movies, Love in the Afterlife presents a complex but highly distinctive and unique pattern ... Read more

    $105.99 CAD

  • Father Abraham

    Lincoln's Relentless Struggle to End Slavery

    by Richard Striner ...
    Lincoln is the single most compelling figure in our history, but also one of the most enigmatic. Was he the Great Emancipator, a man of deep convictions who ended slavery in the United States, or simply a reluctant politician compelled by the force of events to free the slaves? In Father Abraham, Richard Striner offers a fresh portrait of Lincoln, one that helps us make sense of his many ... Read more

    $18.39 CAD

  • Father Abraham

    Lincoln's Relentless Struggle to End Slavery

    by Richard Striner ...
    Lincoln is the single most compelling figure in our history, but also one of the most enigmatic. Was he the Great Emancipator, a man of deep convictions who ended slavery in the United States, or simply a reluctant politician compelled by the force of events to free the slaves? In Father Abraham, Richard Striner offers a fresh portrait of Lincoln, one that helps us make sense of his many ... Read more

    $18.39 CAD

  • No Size Fits All

    A New Program of Choice for American Public Schools without Vouchers

    by Richard Striner, L. Michelle Johnson ...
    “No Size Fits All” is a book that will break the public policy deadlock over federal education standards in the United States. American debates about education policy are focused at the moment on two big policy disputes.The first big dispute concerns the Common Core testing standards, which force American students into a dreary routine that makes millions of children hate school for no good reason ... Read more

    $37.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • No Size Fits All

    A New Program of Choice for American Public Schools without Vouchers

    by Richard Striner, L. Michelle Johnson ...
    "No Size Fits All" is a book whose time has come—a book that offers a proposal that could revolutionize public school policies in the United States at the federal, state and local levels. The book calls upon Congress to require all public school systems that benefit from federal funding to offer parents and children a choice of alternative schools, exempt from the broadly unpopular Common Core ... Read more

    $37.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • No Size Fits All

    A New Program of Choice for American Public Schools without Vouchers

    by Richard Striner, L. Michelle Johnson ...
    “No Size Fits All” is a book that will break the public policy deadlock over federal education standards in the United States. American debates about education policy are focused at the moment on two big policy disputes.The first big dispute concerns the Common Core testing standards, which force American students into a dreary routine that makes millions of children hate school for no good reason ... Read more

    $37.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus