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From one of the foremost political and cultural thought leaders of our time, New York Times bestselling author Bill Bradley, comes We Can All Do Better, a game-changing and thought-provoking book about how we can break the present cycle of despair, frustration, and cynicism permeating our country, and how American voters now have a unique opportunity to partake in a more participatory form of democracy. More

“Politics is stuck,” writes Bill Bradley, in this insightful, informative, and provocative book about America at a crossroads, but “idealism isn’t dead. It can be reawakened.”

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What will it take to make America a better, stronger, truer country? asks the bestselling author, former Knicks star, and onetime presidential candidate. Bill Bradley believes that America is at a teachable moment when we are compelled to reevaluate our political system, our leadership, our agenda as a nation, and ourselves as citizens. More

Bill Bradley ran for president, helped shape a national debate, and altered America’s consciousness and views on universal healthcare, child poverty, race relations, gun control, and campaign finance reform. If anything, his thinking was ahead of the country’s.

That experience forms the heart and soul of The Journey from Here a compelling call to action from a man no longer campaigning for office, but still running hard for ideas and principles that will define the very essence of this nation. More

In 10 essays, filled with intensely personal observations and reflections, Bradley revisits the basketball court with the fire of the competitor and the eye of the writer, and explores these qualities in action: the dynamics of teammates on the court and off; the pure love of the game that leads to the unselfish pass or the screen away from the ball; the individual courage to risk the last-second shot, to face a hostile crowd, to say “I blew it”; the responsibility to teammates, coaches, and fans to stay in shape, play hard, and honor the game. More

In a memoir at once deeply felt, lively, and astute, Bill Bradley talks about his life, his country, and his hopes for the American future.He speaks with affection about his small-town, Missouri upbringing and the values shaped by it. He traces his road from childhood to Princeton to Oxford to ten years of professional basketball to public service in the U.S. Senate. And he brings vividly alive the world of a senator – the rocky road to legislation, the invasiveness of the media, the power of money. More

Almost three decades after its original publication and more than twenty-five years after its author retired from the New York Knicks to become a United States senator, Bill Bradley’s account of twenty days in a pro basketball season remains a classic in the literature of sports, unparalleled in its candor and intelligence.

Everyone complained about our income tax system, but Senator Bill Bradley decided to do something about it. The result: The 1986 tax reform legislation.

When John McPhee met Bill Bradley, both were at the beginning of their careers. A Sense of Where You Are, McPhee’s first book, is about Bradley when he was the best basketball player Princeton had ever seen. McPhee delineates for the reader the training and techniques that made Bradley the extraordinary athlete he was, and this part of the book is a blueprint of superlative basketball.