2012 Presidential Election

Week of October 15, 2012

In the News: PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS

This week’s theme of presidential elections includes titles on the following related topics: voter fraud, the electoral college, liberals, conservatives, Democrats, Republicans, third party candidates, the 2008 presidential election, Kennedy vs. Nixon, [Ted] Kennedy vs. Carter, the Tea Party movement, Herman Cain, Geraldine Ferraro, John Edwards, Ralph Nader, Sarah Palin, Shirley Chisholm, Ross Perot, and more. There are also book by and/or about the two leading candidates and their running mates (yes, we have Young Guns co-written by Paul Ryan as well as the 2010 Joe Biden biography). These and other books are on display  through November 6 in the Wimberly Library lobby on the Boca Raton Campus.

The 2008 Elections in Florida: Change! But Only at the Top of the Ticket
By Robert E. Crew, Jr. and Slater Bayliss. University Press of America, 2011
Call Number: JK4416 .C74 2011

The 2008 Presidential Elections: A Story in Four Acts
Edited by Erik Jones and Salvatore Vassallo. Palgrave Macmillan, 2009
Call Number: JK526 2008 .A18 2009

All the Way with LBJ: The 1964 Presidential Election
By Robert David Johnson. Cambridge University Press, 2009
Call Number: E850 .J64 2009

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In Two Months…

Week of September 10, 2012

In the News: VOTING & ELECTIONS

On November 6, voters will head to the polls for the general election of 2012. Until then, why not see what the library has to offer on elections and the voting process? Most have been published since the 2008 presidential election.

The 2008 Elections in Florida: Change! But Only at the Top of the Ticket
By Robert E. Crew, Jr. and Slater Bayliss. UP of America, 2011
Call Number: JK4416 .C74 2011

A Behavioral Theory of Elections
By Jonathan Bender et al. Princeton University Press, 2011
Call Number: JF1001 .B414 2011

The Change Election: Money, Mobilization, and Persuasion in the 2008 Federal Elections
Edited by David B. Magleby. Temple University Press, 2011
Call Number: JK1991 .C43 2011 Continue reading

First Tampa, Now Charlotte

Week of September 4, 2012

In the News: REPUBLICAN AND DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTIONS

The 40th Republican National Convention held last week in Tampa is now history, but the Democrats will soon convene in Charlotte. To mark these events, we offer a list of books related to past national party conventions as well as some of the Libraries’ recently acquired books on the Republican and Democratic parties.

 

Bifurcated Politics: Evolution and Reform in the National Party Convention
By Byron E. Shafer. Harvard UP, 1988
Call Number: JK2255 .S49 1988 (At Jupiter)

The Center Cannot Hold: The 1960 Presidential Election and the Rise of Modern Conservatism
By Laura Jane Gifford. Northern Illinois Press, 2009
Call Number: JK2356 .G53 2009

A Citizen’s Guide to American Ideology: Conservatism and Liberalism in Contemporary Politics
By Morgan Marietta. Routledge, 2012
Call Number: JC573.2 .U6 M349 2011 Continue reading

Mormons

Week of February 13, 2012

Mormons

In the News: The New York Times recently featured an article on Mormon voters who are supporting Mitt Romney, also a Mormon, in his quest for the Republication presidential nomination.

The 19th Wife: A Novel
By David Ebershoff. Random House, 2008
Call Number: PS3555 .B4824 A615 2008

Banner of the Gospel: Wilford Woodruff
Edited by Alexander L. Baugh and Susan Easton Black. Brigham Young University, 2010
Call Number: BX8695 .W55 B75 2010

Big Love: The Complete First, Second, and Third Seasons (DVD)
HBO Entertainment
Call Number: PN1992.77 .B52422 2006 / PN1992.77 .B52423 2007 / PN2992.77 .B52424 2010 (Boca Raton Media Center)

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Newt, Rick, Mitt & Ron (Herman and the other Rick, too)

Week of November 28, 2011

Newt, Rick, Mitt & Ron (Herman and the other Rick, too)

In the News: Newt Gingrich won South Carolina this past weekend, but there are many more primaries and caucuses to go before the Republican National Convention in August. (Take a look at our In the News posts from 2008: Democratic Presidential Race, Presidential Campaigns, and Third Party Politics.)

 

 

The Case for Gold: A Minority Report of the U.S. Gold Commission
By Ron Paul and Lewis Lehrman. Cato Institute, 1982
Call Number: HG297 .P34

A Different God?: Mitt Romney, the Religious Right, and the Mormon Question
By Craig L. Foster. Greg Kofford Books, 2008
On Order

End the Fed
By Ron Paul. Grand Central Pub., 2009
Call Number: HG2563 .P384 2009

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