United States elections

On the Campaign Trail

July 4, 2016 | madame librarian
Bob Roberts [videodisc]

A satirical comedy in which a British documentary crew follows a radical folksinger (and self-made millionaire) turned senatorial candidate as he blends singing, music videos and scandal on the campaign trail.

The candidate [videodisc]

An outspoken, idealistic young California lawyer is persuaded to run for the Senate, and finds himself up against a political machine.

Time was, Time is… February 2012

February 3, 2012 | madame librarian

1493: uncovering the new world Columbus created by Charles C. Mann

Almost president: the men who lost the race but changed the nation by Scott Farris

Hedy's folly: the life and breakthrough inventions of Hedy Lamarr, the most beautiful woman in the world by Richard Rhodes

The swerve: how the world became modern by Stephen Greenblatt

Why America failed: the roots of imperial decline by Morris Berman

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