legislators

A picture book memoir in which Senator Kamala Harris shares her life story and discusses heroic figures from her youth.

The author, a junior U.S. Senator, draws on personal experience to call the nation to greater compassion, solidarity, and hope.

Harris, a United States senator from California, describes how her upbringing and her career as the district attorney for San Francisco and later as California's attorney general influenced her passion for justice. She communicates a vision of shared struggle, shared purpose, and shared values and discusses the core truths that unite us and how to best act on them.

Looks at the life of former Vice President and United States senator Joe Biden.

A biography of Norman Mineta, from his internment as a child in Heart Mountain Internment Camp during World War II, through his political career including serving in Congress for ten terms during which time he was instrumental in getting the Civil Liberties Act of 1988 passed which provided reparations and an apology to those who were interned.

"Examines the remarkable life of John McCain, from his time as a decorated veteran to elder statesman. Accessible text and plentiful photos cover McCain's early life, his military career, and his legacy in politics"--Provided by publisher.

A biography of Mike Pence the Vice President of the United States.

"A candid new political memoir from Senator John McCain--his most personal book in years--covering everything from 2008 up to the present."--Provided by publisher.

When Cameron Carter goes straight from high school in small-town California to a summer internship with a powerful U.S. Congressman he admires, he soon learns that not everything in Washington, D.C. is as it appears.

Presents a brief biography of John Lewis who knew that treating someone differently because of the color of their skin was unfair and wrong, and in his early 20s, he decided to do something about it. He would become one of the most influential leaders in the civil rights movement, and continues that work today.