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1) Hillbilly elegy: a memoir of a family and culture in crisis

Author

VANCE, J. D

Series

Thorndike Press large print basic

Language

English

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NYT - E-Book Nonfiction
NYT - Politics and American History

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Vance, a former marine and Yale Law School graduate, provides an account of growing up in a poor Rust Belt town that offers a broader, probing look at the struggles of America's white working class. The decline of this group, a demographic of our country that has been slowly disintegrating over forty years, has been reported on with growing frequency and alarm. J. D. Vance tells the true story of what a social, regional, and class decline feels like...

2) The great Gatsby

Author

Fitzgerald, F. Scott

Series

Contemporary classics
Scribner classics
American Classics Children's Collection
The Scribner library volume 884

Language

English

Formats

Book, eAudiobook, eBook

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"One of the great American novels-and one of America's most popular-featuring a new foreword by Min Jin Lee, the New York Times bestselling author of Pachinko Jay Gatsby seemingly has everything. Everybody who's anybody is seen at his glittering parties. Day and night his West Egg, Long Island, mansion buzzes with bright young things drinking, dancing, and debating his mysterious character. For Gatsby--young, handsome, fabulously rich--always seems...

3) Environment and man in Kansas: a geographical analysis

Author

Self, Huber

Publisher

Regents Press of Kansas

Language

English

4) Glenn Beck's common sense: the case against an out-of-control government, inspired by Thomas Paine

Author

Beck, Glenn

Language

English

Formats

Book, Audiobook, CD

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Radio host, TV personality, and author Glenn Beck revisits famous patriot Thomas Paine's Common Sense to reexamine today's political arena and present a case against big government.