United
Thoughts on Finding Common Ground and Advancing the Common Good
New York : Ballantine Books, [2016]
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: 223 pages ; 25 cm
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
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 -- The incarceration nation -- My brother's keeper -- The law of the commons -- Epilogue: go far together.
Subjects:
Booker, Cory.
Legislators -- United States -- Biography.
United States -- Politics and government -- 2009-2016.
Newark (N.J.) -- Biography.
Booker, Cory.
Legislators -- United States -- Biography.
United States -- Politics and government -- 2009-2016.
Newark (N.J.) -- Biography.
ISBN:
9781101965160
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
BIOGRAPHY Booker, Cory | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Biography | In |
BIOGRAPHY Booker, Cory | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Biography | In |