num_pages: 227
description: For everyone who was too cheap to buy the hardcover, the blockbuster, award-winning #1 New York Times bestseller is now in trade paperback-with a new introduction, fully updated, and with equally unsettling nude photos of the newest Supreme Court justices, and a text corrected by the most reputable college professor we could find/afford.Jon Stewart, host of the Emmy and Peabody Award-winning The Daily Show , and his coterie of patriots deliver a hilarious look at American government . . . Termed a "political king-maker" by Newsweek, and "the Dan Rather of infotainment" by Vanity Fair, Jon Stewart, along with the writers of The Daily Show , combines his riotous wit and razor-sharp insight in this hilarious book. American-style democracy is the world's most beloved form of government, which explains why so many other nations are eager for us to impose it on them, but what is it exactly?In America (The Book) , Jon Stewart and The Daily Show writing staff offer their insights into our unique system of government, dissecting its institutions, explaining its history and processes, and exploring the reasons why concepts like "One man, one vote," "Government by the people," and "Every vote counts" have become such popular urban myths.
language: English
title: America (The Book): A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction
titlecomplete: America (The Book): A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction  (Teacher's Edition)
genres: Audiobook, Pop Culture, American, Politics, Comedy, American History, Adult, Nonfiction, History, Humor
ratings_count: 95466
places: The United States of America
awards: awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: J. Gordon Coogler Award
category: the worst book of the year, awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: The Quill Award
category: Audio Book, awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: Puddly Award
category: Nonfiction, awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: Thurber Prize
category: American Humor
publisher: Grand Central Publishing