{"id":17565,"date":"2016-10-24T12:20:36","date_gmt":"2016-10-24T16:20:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/peterlevine.ws\/?p=17565"},"modified":"2016-10-25T13:46:49","modified_gmt":"2016-10-25T17:46:49","slug":"america-the-owners-manual","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peterlevine.ws\/?p=17565","title":{"rendered":"America: The Owner&#8217;s Manual"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/America-Owners-Manual-Fight-Hall\/dp\/1506350585\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-17566 \" src=\"http:\/\/peterlevine.ws\/images\/ATOM.Cover_.HighRes.jpg\" alt=\"atom-cover-highres\" width=\"234\" height=\"351\" srcset=\"https:\/\/peterlevine.ws\/images\/ATOM.Cover_.HighRes.jpg 360w, https:\/\/peterlevine.ws\/images\/ATOM.Cover_.HighRes-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 234px) 100vw, 234px\" \/><\/a>I&#8217;m delighted\u00a0to see that the new edition of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/America-Owners-Manual-Fight-Hall\/dp\/1506350585\">America: The Owner&#8217;s Manual<\/a> is out. Senator Bob Graham, a truly dedicated leader for civic engagement, has written it with Chris Hand. They take the\u00a0research, structure,\u00a0and impact of the book with the utmost seriousness and have worked hard to revise it for a new edition. As I say in my blurb,\u00a0<em>\u201cAmerica, the Owner\u2019s Manual<\/em> is the only book that comprehensively explains how to be effective in American politics and civic life, and it does so brilliantly. It\u2019s consistently practical, realistic, accessible, and inspiring. It\u2019s perfect for anyone who wants to improve the world.\u201d It works very well as\u00a0a textbook, but you can also use it on your own or with a voluntary group.<\/p>\n<p>Buy it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/America-Owners-Manual-Fight-Hall\/dp\/1506350585\">here<\/a>. Follow it on Twitter, @USAownersmanual; on Facebook, USAownersmanual; or use hashtag #ATOMbook.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m delighted\u00a0to see that the new edition of America: The Owner&#8217;s Manual is out. Senator Bob Graham, a truly dedicated leader for civic engagement, has written it with Chris Hand. They take the\u00a0research, structure,\u00a0and impact of the book with the utmost seriousness and have worked hard to revise it for a new edition. As I [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17566,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17565","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-advocating-civic-education"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/peterlevine.ws\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17565","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/peterlevine.ws\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/peterlevine.ws\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peterlevine.ws\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peterlevine.ws\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17565"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/peterlevine.ws\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17565\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17582,"href":"https:\/\/peterlevine.ws\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17565\/revisions\/17582"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peterlevine.ws\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/17566"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/peterlevine.ws\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17565"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peterlevine.ws\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17565"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peterlevine.ws\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17565"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}