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The leprechaun's kingdom
The leprechaun's kingdom

Peter Haining · Harmony Books
Pages: 128
Format:  Print book : EnglishView all editions and formats

128 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
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The CIA World Factbook 2015
The CIA World Factbook 2015

Central Intelligence Agency · Skyhorse Publishing
Format: Book

From Afghanistan to Zimbabwe, The CIA World Factbook 2015 offers complete and up-to-date information on the world's nations. This comprehensive guide is packed with detailed information on the politics, populations, military expenditures, and economics of 2015.For each country, The CIA World...
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Enough Said: What's Gone Wrong with the Language of Politics?
Enough Said: What's Gone Wrong with the Language of Politics?

Mark Thompson · St Martin'S Press
Pages: 352
Format: Print book

There's a crisis of trust in politics across the western world. Public anger is rising and faith in conventional political leaders and parties is falling. Anti-politics, and the anti-politicians, have arrived. In Enough Said, President and CEO of The New York Times Company Mark Thompson...
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See Something, Say Nothing: A Homeland Security Officer Exposes the Government's Submission to Jihad
See Something, Say Nothing: A Homeland Security Officer Exposes the Government's Submission to Jihad

Philip Haney · WND Books
Pages: 237
Format: Print book

One day after a prominent U. S. Muslim leader reacted to the November 2015 Paris attacks with a declaration that the Islamic State, also known as ISIS, has nothing to do with Islam, President Obama made the same assertion. Who exactly is the enemy we face, not only in the Middle East but also...
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Spare Parts: Four Undocumented Teenagers, One Ugly Robot, and the Battle for the American Dream
Spare Parts: Four Undocumented Teenagers, One Ugly Robot, and the Battle for the American Dream

Joshua Davis · FSG Originals
Format: Hardcover

Four undocumented Mexican American students, two great teachers, one robot-building contest . . . and a major motion pictureIn 2004, four Latino teenagers arrived at the Marine Advanced Technology Education Robotics Competition at the University of California, Santa Barbara. They were born...
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Pill City: How Two Honor Roll Students Foiled the Feds and Built a Drug Empire
Pill City: How Two Honor Roll Students Foiled the Feds and Built a Drug Empire

Kevin Deutsch · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 266
Format: Print book

In 2015, Baltimore plunged into the worst American riots in recent history. In the chaos, two high school honor-roll students, "Brick" and "Wax, used their smarts, computer skills, ambition and gang connections to change the world of illegal drugs forever. With their gang...
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Nobody: Casualties of America's War on the Vulnerable, from Ferguson to Baltimore and Beyond
Nobody: Casualties of America's War on the Vulnerable, from Ferguson to Baltimore and Beyond

Marc Lamont Hill · Atria Books
Pages: 250
Format: Print book

"An impassioned analysis of headline-making cases ... .Timely, controversial, and bound to stir already heated discussion." - Kirkus Reviews "A thought-provoking and important analysis of oppression, recommended for those seeking clarity on current events." - Library...
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Our Lost Constitution: The Willful Subversion of America's Founding Document
Our Lost Constitution: The Willful Subversion of America's Founding Document

Mike Lee · Sentinel
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

The still-unfolding story of America's Constitution is a history of heroes and villains - the flawed visionaries who inspired and crafted liberty's safeguards, and the shortsighted opportunists who defied them. Those stories are known by few today.In Our Lost Constitution, Senator...
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Future Right: Forging a New Republican Majority
Future Right: Forging a New Republican Majority

Donald T Critchlow · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 256
Format: Print book

Contrary to those who argue that demographics are political destiny, social trends are transforming identity categories of race, gender, and youth - all of which provide rich opportunities for Republicans to create a new majority. To accomplish this, Republicans will need imagination and political...
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Strangers in Their Own Land: Anger and Mourning on the American Right
Strangers in Their Own Land: Anger and Mourning on the American Right

Arlie Russell Hochschild · New Press
Pages: 351
Format: Print book

2016 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST FOR NONFICTIONA 2016 NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOKNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERA KIRKUS BEST BOOK OF 2016One of "6 Books to Understand Trump's Win" according to the New York Times the day after the election"This is a smart, respectful and compelling...
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Substitute : going to school with a thousand children.
Substitute : going to school with a thousand children.

Nicholson Baker · Penguin Books
Pages: 736
Format: Print book

In 2014, after a brief orientation course and a few fingerprinting sessions, Nicholson Baker became an on-call substitute teacher in a Maine public school district. He awoke to the dispatcher's five-forty a.m. phone call and headed to one of several nearby schools; when he got there, he did his best...
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Trainwreck: The Women We Love to Hate, Mock, and Fear . . . and Why
Trainwreck: The Women We Love to Hate, Mock, and Fear . . . and Why

Sady Doyle · Melville House Publishing
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

She's everywhere once you start looking for her: the trainwreck. She's Britney Spears shaving her head, Whitney Houston saying, "crack is whack," and Amy Winehouse, dying in front of millions. But the trainwreck is also as old (and as meaningful) as feminism itself. From...
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The Field of Fight: How We Can Win the Global War Against Radical Islam and Its Allies
The Field of Fight: How We Can Win the Global War Against Radical Islam and Its Allies

Michael T Flynn · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 208
Format: Print book

Ten years ago we found evidence that al-Qaeda was far more organized and adept than we had previously given them credit for. It took us nearly that long to locate and execute their leader, Osama bin Laden, and we are far from finished. Al-Qaeda has morphed into a much more dangerous, menacing...
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WHAT WE DO NOW: Standing Up for Your Values in Trump's America
WHAT WE DO NOW: Standing Up for Your Values in Trump's America

Dennis Loy Johnson · Melville House
Pages: 224
Format: Print book

An inspiring handbook for people troubled by the election of Donald Trump, by some of the biggest names in progressive politics. Meant to give people heart and actual strategies about how to advance a variety of causes.
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Finks: How the C.I.A. Tricked the World's Best Writers
Finks: How the C.I.A. Tricked the World's Best Writers

Joel Whitney · Or Books
Pages: 336
Format: Print book

When news broke that the CIA had colluded with literary magazines to produce cultural propaganda throughout the Cold War, a debate began that has never been resolved. The story continues to unfold, with the reputations of some of America's best-loved literary figures - including Peter...
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