Right Turn
Author: Thomas Ferguson
Publisher: Macmillan
Published: 1986
Total Pages: 290
ISBN-13: 0809001705
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No Right Turn
Author: David T. Courtwright
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 2011-02-01
Total Pages: 348
ISBN-13: 0674058445
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFew question the “right turn” America took after 1966, when liberal political power began to wane. But if they did, No Right Turn suggests, they might discover that all was not really “right” with the conservative golden age. A provocative overview of a half century of American politics, the book takes a hard look at the counterrevolutionary dreams of liberalism’s enemies—to overturn people’s reliance on expanding government, reverse the moral and sexual revolutions, and win the Culture War—and finds them largely unfulfilled. David Courtwright deftly profiles celebrated and controversial figures, from Clare Boothe Luce, Barry Goldwater, and the Kennedy brothers to Jerry Falwell, David Stockman, and Lee Atwater. He shows us Richard Nixon’s keen talent for turning popular anxieties about morality and federal meddling to Republican advantage—and his inability to translate this advantage into reactionary policies. Corporate interests, boomer lifestyles, and the media weighed heavily against Nixon and his successors, who placated their base with high-profile attacks on crime, drugs, and welfare dependency. Meanwhile, religious conservatives floundered on abortion and school prayer, obscenity, gay rights, and legalized vices like gambling, and fiscal conservatives watched in dismay as the bills mounted. We see how President Reagan’s mélange of big government, strong defense, lower taxes, higher deficits, mass imprisonment, and patriotic symbolism proved an illusory form of conservatism. Ultimately, conservatives themselves rebelled against George W. Bush’s profligate brand of Reaganism. Courtwright’s account is both surprising and compelling, a bracing argument against some of our most cherished clichés about recent American history.
No Right Turn
Author: Terry Trueman
Publisher: Harper Collins
Published: 2012-07-24
Total Pages: 183
ISBN-13: 0062216988
DOWNLOAD EBOOKI heard the gunshot and I knew what had happened. Even before I made it downstairs to Dad's office, I knew what he'd done. How do you live your life after catastrophe hits your family? How do you go back to football practice, or take a girl out on a date, or talk to your friends about normal stuff when nothing is normal anymore? Three years after his father's death, Jordan is still wondering. But then, salvation comes—in the form of a '76 Corvette. It's gorgeous, it's beautiful, it's incredibly sexy. And so is the girl who suddenly takes notice of him. Slowly Jordan realizes that maybe, just maybe, he can start living again. But the real question is: Does he want to?
America's Right Turn
Author: Richard A. Viguerie
Publisher: Bonus Books, Inc.
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 384
ISBN-13: 1566252520
DOWNLOAD EBOOKLiberal media activists beware! Richard A. Viguerie, venture capitalist of the conservative movement (described as funding father of the right) and David Franke, a founder of the conservative movement, detail how conservatives-shut out by the liberal mass media of the 1950s and '60s-came to power by utilizing new and alternative media, and then created their own mass media.
Turn Right at Machu Picchu
Author: Mark Adams
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 2011-06-30
Total Pages: 398
ISBN-13: 1101535407
DOWNLOAD EBOOKTHE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING TRAVEL MEMOIR What happens when an unadventurous adventure writer tries to re-create the original expedition to Machu Picchu? In 1911, Hiram Bingham III climbed into the Andes Mountains of Peru and “discovered” Machu Picchu. While history has recast Bingham as a villain who stole both priceless artifacts and credit for finding the great archeological site, Mark Adams set out to retrace the explorer’s perilous path in search of the truth—except he’d written about adventure far more than he’d actually lived it. In fact, he’d never even slept in a tent. Turn Right at Machu Picchu is Adams’ fascinating and funny account of his journey through some of the world’s most majestic, historic, and remote landscapes guided only by a hard-as-nails Australian survivalist and one nagging question: Just what was Machu Picchu?
Right Turn
Author: Raymond Wolters
Publisher: Transaction Publishers
Published: 1996-01-01
Total Pages: 520
ISBN-13: 9781412833332
DOWNLOAD EBOOKRaymond Wolters maintains that Ronald Reagan and William Bradford Reynolds made the "right turn" when they questioned and limited the use of racial considerations in drawing electoral boundaries. He also documents the Reagan administration's considerable success in reinforcing within the country, and reviving within the judiciary, the conviction that every person - black or white - should be considered an individual with unique talents and inalienable rights. This book begins with a biographical chapter on William Bradford Reynolds, the Assistant Attorney General who was the principal architect of Reagan's civil rights policies. It then analyzes three main civil rights issues: voting rights, affirmative action, and school desegregation. Wolters describes specific cases: at-large elections and minority vote dilutions; congressional districting in New Orleans; legislative districting in North Carolina; the debates over the Civil Rights Act of 1964; social science critiques of affirmative action; the question of quotas; and school desegregation and forced busing. Because Ronald Reagan and William Bradford Reynolds were men of the right, and because most journalists and historians are on the left, Wolters feels the "people of words" have dealt harshly with the Reagan administration. In writing this book, he hopes to correct the record on a subject that has been badly represented.
Wrong Lanes Have Right Turns
Author: Michael Phillips
Publisher: WaterBrook
Published: 2022-01-25
Total Pages: 257
ISBN-13: 0593193911
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe unforgettable true story of one man’s escape from the school-to-prison pipeline, how he reinvented himself as a pastor and education reform advocate, and what his journey can teach us about turning the collateral damage in the lives of our youth into hope. “A heart-wrenching and triumphant story that will change lives.”—Bishop T. D. Jakes Michael Phillips would never become anything. At least, that’s what he was told. It seemed like everyone was waiting for him to just fall through the cracks. After losing his father, suffering a life-altering car accident, and losing his college scholarship, Michael turned to selling drugs to make ends meet. But when his house was raided, he was arrested and thrown into a living nightmare. When it looked like he would be sentenced to spend years behind bars, the judge gave him a choice—go to a special college program for adjudicated youth or face the possibility of a thirty-year prison sentence. It wasn’t hard to pick. From that choice, a mission was born—to help change the system that shuffles so many young Black men like Michael straight from school to prison. Today, Michael is the pastor of a thriving church, a local leader in Baltimore, and a member of the Maryland State Board of Education. He discovered that education was the path to becoming who he was created to be. Armed with research, statistics, and his powerful story, Michael tackles the embedded privilege of the education system and introduces ideas for change that could level the playing field and reduce negative impacts on vulnerable youth. He explores ways in which the readers can help advocate and provide resources for students, and points us to the one thing anyone can start doing, no matter who we are or what our role is: speak into young kids’ lives. Tell them of their inherent worth and purpose. In this inspiring, thought-provoking, and energizing call to action, Michael’s practical steps provide a way forward to anyone wanting to help create space for collateral hope in the lives of for young people around them.
Right Turns
Author: Dick Hardy
Publisher: Tate Publishing & Enterprises
Published: 2013-07
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781625102799
DOWNLOAD EBOOKTurn right? Turn left? Turn at all? Why? Ever wonder why some churches are barely growing or are flat or declining? What characteristics do pastors of larger, growing churches possess? How do you know when to turn, when to forge ahead, or when to stop? Right Turns serves as a guide to thirty different issues you will face as a pastor in categories such as: leadership, family, personal issues, staffing, and criticism. You can do what you've always done or you can give a critical eye to how you can be better as the pastor of the great church you serve. Right Turns purposes to be a pastor's best friend, a nuts-and-bolts guide to navigating the twists and turns of ministry. This book provides the directions leading pastors choose in growing the church. "In Right Turns, Dick reminds us that decisions determine destiny. This book offers valuable lessons that can have a multiplying effect in strengthening your ministry." John Lindell, Lead Pastor James River Assembly, Ozark, Missouri "You can keep going the direction you've always gone or you can make some Right Turns. My friend, Dick Hardy, walks you through the why, what and how to do just that." Justin Lathrop, Director of Prime Solutions Leadership Network, Dallas, Texas "I have known Dick Hardy for over 20 years and what he writes about he has lived. Right Turns covers topics you've wondered about but it seemed so specialized who could ever find answers. Dick provides those answers in Right Turns." Dr. Gary Rosberg, President & CEO America's Family Coaches, West Des Moines, Iowa Author of Six Secrets to a Lasting Love "Dick has written literally a guide book on how to drill down on thirty decision points pastors confront. Throughout the book, he states to do this thing called church with God, anything is possible. To do it on your own, well, you're on your own." Mark Batterson, Lead Pastor & Author National Community Church, Washington, DC Author of Circle Maker
America's Right Turn
Author: William C. Berman
Publisher: JHU Press
Published: 1998-05-22
Total Pages: 244
ISBN-13: 9780801858727
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHistorian William Berman examines the political, cultural, and economic contexts in which Republican conservatives operated and explores the crisis of the liberal welfare state against the background of presidential politics. In this new edition, Berman discusses the initial failure of the Clinton administration to establish a viable political alternative to the GOP.
Reaganland
Author: Rick Perlstein
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2021-08-17
Total Pages: 1120
ISBN-13: 1476793069
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"From the bestselling author of Nixonland and The Invisible Bridge comes the dramatic conclusion of how conservatism took control of American political power"--
