United
Subtitle: thoughts on finding common ground and advancing the common good
By: Cory Booker
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 223
ISBN-13: 9781101965160
Subjects: Politics and government; Legislators; Biography
Description: 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.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: empathy, responsibility, action; title: A conspiracy of love; title: Talents; title: Ms. Virginia Jones; title: Do something; title: My father's son; title: I see you; title: To Washington; title: The high cost of cheap labor; title: Law, order & accountability; title: The incarceration nation; title: My brother's keeper; title: The law of the commons; title: Epilogue: go far together.