United : thoughts on finding common ground and advancing the common good
Title:
United : thoughts on finding common ground and advancing the common good
Author:
Booker, Cory author.
Personal Author:
Edition:
First edition.
Publication Information:
New York : Ballantine Books, 2016.
Physical Description:
223 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 25 cm
Summary:
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.
Language:
English
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 -- Incarceration nation -- My brother's keeper -- The law of the commons -- Epilogue: go far together.
ISBN:
9781101965160
Format :
Book
