State Government

Congratulations! You’ve been chosen to lead one of your state government’s most critical agencies. But for most state agency leaders, the job is like getting thrown into the deep end. From political landmines to agency processes held together by spreadsheets, the challenges are daunting — but so is the opportunity to make a difference for millions of people. Drawing on insights from over 30 of the country’s top state agency leaders, this Playbook equips you with the strategies, principles, and real-world examples you’ll need to thrive in your new role.

Understand American government, elections, and the Constitution with this engaging, accessible introduction to how US politics really works. Too often, textbooks turn the noteworthy details of government into tedious discourse that would put even the president to sleep. American Government 101...

Everything, well, almost everything, you know about American history is wrong because most textbooks and popular history books are written by left-wing academic historians who treat their biases as fact. But fear not; Professor Thomas Woods refutes the popular myths in The Politically Incorrect Guide to American History.

Newly updated with chapters on the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Covid vaccine, and statin drugs used to lower cholesterol. In today's world conspiracy theories abound. What is the actual history of false flags, state secrets, and government deceptions, both in the U.S. and abroad? Both admitted to and those still obscure and under investigation? The book gives the short history. Pre-publication readers say:"This book made me more aware of the news process, and who is spinning what, and for whom.""There is no such thing as a 'book that everyone should read' but this comes close. I am ...

From MS NOW legal analyst and veteran federal prosecutor Andrew Weissmann, an urgent summons to tackle the scourge of political lies in America—and prevent a figure like Donald Trump from ever rising again. “The 2020 election was a total FRAUD!” “I won the popular vote if you deduct the...

A sinister cabal of corrupt law enforcement personnel, intelligence agents, and military officials at the highest levels of government plotted to overthrow a president. Even after they failed, they continue to secretly pull the levers of power without any accountability to the American people. This isn’t the synopsis of a fictional spy thriller. This is what is actually happening in the United States government.

THE CLASSIC NATIONAL BESTSELLER "A wonderful, splendid book—a book that should be read by every American, student or otherwise, who wants to understand his country, its true history, and its hope for the future." –Howard Fast Historian Howard Zinn’s A People’s History of the United...

As America struggles with an economic debacle akin to the Great Depression, nothing could be timelier than an authoritative account of the New Deal, masterfully written by Michael Hiltzik, author of the acclaimed history of the Hoover Dam, Colossus.

In this richly peopled, vividly rendered narrative, Hiltzik describes how the urgent short-term relief measures of Franklin Roosevelt’s Hundred Days evolved into a transformative concept of the federal role in American life.

By exposing different elements of the “Deep State,” the dots are connected to explain how it operates and what YOU can do about it.

A conspiracy thriller that isn’t afraid to have fun — or draw blood. — Amazon Reader Think The Equalizer — with the slick fun of True Lies and the wise-ass bite of Deadpool. Tom Hitsman was supposed to die quietly. Instead, he uncovered a truth worth killing for. Living off-grid in Costa Rica with his girlfriend and under the care of a trusted holistic doctor, Tom wants nothing more than to disappear from a world he no longer believes in. But when his doctor dies under questionable circumstances, Tom does the one thing he swore he’d stop doing—he starts digging. What he finds ...

A deep dive into UFO cover-ups by the deep state. A wake-up call to what has and is being hidden.

Learn the language of government and politics! With clear, straightforward definitions and explanations, this government reference book and civics primer will help you understand the form and function of the federal government—from the impeachment process, pardon, and executive orders to...

Dubbed by Barron's as "The Shadow CIA", Stratfor, George Friedman's global intelligence company, has provided analysis to Fortune 500 companies, news outlets, and even the U.S. government. Now Friedman delivers the geopolitical story that the mainstream media has been unable to uncover, the startling truth behind America's foreign policy and war effort in Afghanistan, Iraq, and beyond.

Howard Zinn’s A People’s History of the United States has sold over 2.5 million copies and is still required reading in some high school and college classrooms. But its polemic rewriting of American history as a story of oppression is an agenda-driven fairy tale that has no place in academia. In Debunking Howard Zinn, Mary Grabar debunks Howard Zinn’s lies and traces the damage his mega-bestseller has done to American education, culture, and politics.

The child was born on September 14, 1874, at the only hospital in Buffalo, New York, that offered maternity services for unwed mothers. It was a boy, and though he entered the world in a state of illegitimacy, a distinguished name was given to this newborn: Oscar Folsom Cleveland. The son of the future president of the United States - Grover Cleveland. The story of how the man who held the nation’s highest office eventually came to take responsibility for his son is a thrilling one that unfolds like a sordid romance novel....

“In a distracted age, focus is a superpower, and this book’s supremely persuasive case to focus energy on state government and unlock its power will win you over. If you’re upset about what’s happening around the country, The Fourth Branch offers a concrete way to make change.”—Chris...

THE CLASSIC NATIONAL BESTSELLER Read by Matt Damon and Howard Zinn "A wonderful, splendid book—a book that should be read by every American, student or otherwise, who wants to understand his country, its true history, and its hope for the future." –Howard Fast Historian Howard Zinn’s A...

Books about the Kennedys are legion. Yet missing until now has been the exploration of the bond between Jack and Bobby, and the part that it played in their rise and fall. Richard D. Mahoney gives us Jack and Bobby in all their hubris and humanity, youthfulness and fatalism. Here is American history as it unfolds. The Kennedy Brothers is a fresh and masterful account of the men whose legacy continues to hold the American imagination.

What did the US Constitution originally mean, and how can we recover the intentions of its framers? These questions, which resound throughout today’s most heated legal and political controversies, lie at the heart of Jack N. Rakove’s splendidly readable work of historical analysis. In Original Meanings, he traces the complex weave of ideology and interests from which the Constitution emerged and shows how Americans have attached different meanings to their founding document from the moment it was published.

An aging judge about to step down. Aggressive prosecutors friendly with the judge. A disgraced president. A nation that had already made up its mind. The Watergate trials were a legal mess-and now, with the discovery of new documents that reveal shocking misconduct by prosecutors and judges alike, former Nixon staffer Geoff Shepard has a convincing case that the wrongdoing of these history-making trials was actually a bigger scandal than the Watergate scandal itself.