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United : thoughts on finding common ground and advancing the common good / Cory Booker.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Ballantine Books, 2016Edition: First editionDescription: 223 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781101965160 (hardcover : alk. paper)
  • 1101965169 (hardcover : alk. paper)
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Contents:
Introduction: empathy, responsibility, action -- A conspiracy of love -- Talents -- Ms. Virginia Jones -- Do something -- My father's son -- I see you -- To Washington -- The high cost of cheap labor -- Law, order & accountability -- Incarceration nation -- My brother's keeper -- The law of the commons -- Epilogue: go far together.
Summary: An energetic new voice in American politics, United States Senator Cory Booker sounds a stirring call to reorient our civic discourse around the principles of empathy and solidarity. Telling candid, inspiring stories from his life and career, and imparting lessons learned from people who motivated him to serve, he speaks of rising above discord, tending to our shared resources, and embracing our common destiny. --Publisher.
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Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Adult Book Adult Book Main Library Biography Booker, C. B724 Available 33111008366193
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

A rising United States Senator--widely recognized as the accessible and energetic new voice of politics -- makes the case that the virtues of connection and compassion must guide our nation toward a brighter future.

Introduction: empathy, responsibility, action -- A conspiracy of love -- Talents -- Ms. Virginia Jones -- Do something -- My father's son -- I see you -- To Washington -- The high cost of cheap labor -- Law, order & accountability -- Incarceration nation -- My brother's keeper -- The law of the commons -- Epilogue: go far together.

An energetic new voice in American politics, United States Senator Cory Booker sounds a stirring call to reorient our civic discourse around the principles of empathy and solidarity. Telling candid, inspiring stories from his life and career, and imparting lessons learned from people who motivated him to serve, he speaks of rising above discord, tending to our shared resources, and embracing our common destiny. --Publisher.

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