Don't Tell Me to Wait
Gay rights has been a defining progressive issue of Barack Obama’s presidency: Congress repealed Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell in 2010 with his strong support, and in 2011, he instructed his Justice Department to stop defending the Defense of Marriage Act, helping to pave the way for a series of Supreme Court decisions that ultimately legalized same-sex marriage nationwide. This rapid succession of victories is astonishing by any measure, and is especially incredible considering that when Obama first took office he, like many politicians, still viewed gay rights as politically toxic. With unprecedented access and unparalleled insights, Don’t Tell Me to Wait captures a critical moment in American history and demonstrates the power of activism to change the course of a presidency-and a nation. Author: Kerry Eleveld. Hardcover; 368 pages.
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Memoirs of the Reign of King George III
The publication of this four-volume edition of Horace Walpole’s Memoirs of the Reign of King George III completes the monumental Yale Walpole Edition that also includes 48 volumes of correspondence and three volumes of Memoirs of King George II.
Walpole’s aim in Memoirs of the Reign of King George III was not to chronicle events year by year (October 1760 – February 1772), as he had done in Memoirs of King George II, but to defend what he called his "return to action" and to attack those who had thwarted it. Yet previous editors, first Sir Denis le Marchant in 1845 and then G. F. Russell Barker in 1894, abridged or altered much of what Walpole said about his friends and his enemies, and left out most of his lies and fantasies about the British Royal Family. These editors produced a narrative that seemed impersonal as well as impartial, the work of a detached spectator rather than a committed participant. The present edition is the first to go back to the manuscripts and give Walpole’s text in its entirety, unabridged and unexpurgated, together with an introduction and annotation designed to help reassess the value of the memoirs as historical evidence. Written Horace Walpole. Hardcover; 1088 pages.
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I Cannot Live T-shirt
With Thomas Jefferson's famous quotation and a picture of the Library of Congress logo on the front, this short-sleeve, bright blue T-shirt can hold its own among readers anywhere. The third President's personal library of nearly 6,500 books was purchased by Congress to replace the library that was destroyed by fire in 1814 when the British burned the Capitol Building. Pre-shrunk 100% cotton. Sizes: S, M, L, XL, XXL
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