United : thoughts on finding common ground and advancing the common good /
Booker, Cory Anthony, 1969-
United : thoughts on finding common ground and advancing the common good / Cory Booker. - Ballantine Books trade paperback edition. - 223 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 21 cm
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.
9781101965184 (softcover)
2016591023
Legislators--United States--Biography.
Legisladores--Estados Unidos--Biografías
United States--Politics and government--2009-2017.
Estados Unidos--Política y gobierno--2009-2017
United States--Politics and government--2017-2021.
Estados Unidos--Política y gobierno--2017-2021
Newark (N.J.)--Biography.
002 E 901.1 / B724u 2017
328.73/092 B
United : thoughts on finding common ground and advancing the common good / Cory Booker. - Ballantine Books trade paperback edition. - 223 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 21 cm
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.
9781101965184 (softcover)
2016591023
Legislators--United States--Biography.
Legisladores--Estados Unidos--Biografías
United States--Politics and government--2009-2017.
Estados Unidos--Política y gobierno--2009-2017
United States--Politics and government--2017-2021.
Estados Unidos--Política y gobierno--2017-2021
Newark (N.J.)--Biography.
002 E 901.1 / B724u 2017
328.73/092 B