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A Brotherhood of Spies: The U-2 and the CIA's Secret War
Monte Reel · Doubleday
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover
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A thrilling dramatic narrative of the top-secret Cold War-era spy plane operation that transformed the CIA and brought the U.S. and the Soviet Union to the brink of disasterOn May 1, 1960, an American U-2 spy plane was shot down over the Soviet Union just weeks before a peace summit between... |
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The Secret State: A History of Intelligence and Espionage
John Hughes-Wilson · Pegasus Books
Pages: 528
Format: Print book
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A ground-breaking history of intelligence -- from its classical origins to the onset of the surveillance state in the digital age -- that lifts the veil of secrecy from this clandestine world. Comprehensive and authoritative, The Secret State skillfully examines the potential pitfalls of the traditional... |
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Success with Library Volunteers
Leslie Edmonds Holt · Libraries Unlimited
Format: Paperback
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In these tough economic times, librarians must maximize the potential of their volunteer programs. This innovative guide not only provides readers with the practical information they need to recruit, manage, and retain effective volunteers, but also demonstrates how to create a dynamic... |
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Land of the Fee: Hidden Costs and the Decline of the American Middle Class
Devin Fergus · Oxford University Press
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
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Politicians, economists, and the media have put forth no shortage of explanations for the mounting problem of wealth inequality - a loss of working class jobs, a rise in finance-driven speculative capitalism, and a surge of tax policy decisions that benefit the ultra-rich, among others.... |
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The Library Innovation Toolkit: Ideas, Strategies, and Programs
Anthony Molaro · Editions
Pages: 216
Format: Paperback
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Progress for the sake of progress is all too often a drain on precious time and resources. The communities and users that libraries serve are always changing; true innovation helps libraries adapt to meet their needs and aspirations both now and in the future. This stimulating collection... |
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Let Me Be Clear: Barack Obama's War on Millennials, and One Woman's Case for Hope
Katie Pavlich · Crown Forum
Format: Kindle Edition
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A SEARING INDICTMENT OF THE MASTER OF CHARM, BARACK OBAMA, FOR HIS HISTORIC WAR ON AMERICAN YOUTH "Let me be clear." It was his come-hither call, his winsome whistle, his lingual lure. Barack Obama employed this phrase to sell his lies as maxims and his ineptitude as expertise.... |
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The People Have Spoken
David Harsanyi · Regnery Publishing
Format: Book
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Democracy may be one of the most admired ideas ever concocted, but what if it’s also one of the most harebrained? After many years of writing about democracy for a living, David Harsanyi has concluded that it’s the most overrated, overused, and misunderstood idea in political... |
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If You Can Keep It: The Forgotten Promise of American Liberty
Eric Metaxas · Viking
Pages: 260
Format: Print book
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#1 New York Times bestselling author Eric Metaxas delivers an extraordinary book that is part history and part rousing call to arms, steeped in a critical analysis of our founding fathers' original intentions for America.In 1787, when the Constitution was drafted, a woman asked Ben Franklin... |
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Confronting Capitalism: Real Solutions for a Troubled Economic System
Philip Kotler · AMACOM
Format: Print book
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pWith the fall of the Berlin Wall, one economic model emerged triumphant. Capitalism—spanning a spectrum from laissez faire to authoritarian—shapes the market economies of all the wealthiest and fastest-growing nations.But trouble is cracking its shiny veneer. In the U.S., Europe, and Japan,... |
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Behold, America: The Entangled History of "America First" and "the American Dream"
Sarah Churchwell · Basic Books
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover
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The unknown history of two ideas crucial to the struggle over what America stands forIn Behold, America, Sarah Churchwell offers a surprising account of twentieth-century Americans' fierce battle for the nation's soul. It follows the stories of two phrases--the "American dream"... |
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To End a Presidency: The Power of Impeachment
LAURENCE TRIBE · Basic Books
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
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The history and future of our democracy's ultimate sanction, presidential impeachment, and a guide to how it should be used nowTo End a Presidency addresses one of today's most urgent questions: when and whether to impeach a president. Laurence Tribe and Joshua Matz provide an authoritative... |
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The Restless Wave: Good Times, Just Causes, Great Fights, and Other Appreciations
John McCain · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
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A candid new political memoir from Senator John McCain - his most personal book in years - covering everything from 2008 up to the present.In a time when Washington, DC and the country is more polarized than it has been for decades, John McCain is the rare public figure who has earned the respect... |
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