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The Nation City: Why Mayors Are Now Running the World

Rahm Emanuel · Knopf
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

At a time of anxiety about the effectiveness of our national government, Rahm Emanuel provides a clear vision, for both progressives and centrists, of how to get things done in America today--a bracing, optimistic vision of America's future from one of our most experienced and original...
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The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz

Erik Larson · Crown
Pages: 608
Format: Hardcover

The #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Devil in the White City and Dead Wake delivers a fresh and compelling portrait of Winston Churchill and London during the Blitz"A bravura performance by one of America's greatest storytellers." - NPRNAMED ONE OF THE MOST ANTICIPATED...
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The Storm Before the Calm: America's Discord, the Coming Crisis of the 2020s, and the Triumph Beyond

George Friedman · Doubleday
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

The master geopolitical forecaster and New York Times bestselling author of The Next 100 Years focuses on the United States, predicting how the 2020s will bring dramatic upheaval and reshaping of American government, foreign policy, economics, and culture. In his riveting new book, noted...
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Un-Trumping America: A Plan to Make America a Democracy Again

Dan Pfeiffer · Twelve
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Yes We (Still) Canand cohost of Pod Save America, a sharp political playbook for how Democrats can take on Trump, McConnell, Fox News, and the rest of the right-wing circus dominating American politics. p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px...
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Breaking Hate: Confronting the New Culture of Extremism

Picciolini, Christian · Hachette Books
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover

A stunning exploration of how to heal a nation reeling from extremist violence from a viral TED speaker and onetime white-supremacist leader who now work as a peace activist disengaging hateful radicals.At fourteen, Christian Picciolini was recruited by a now notorious skinhead leader and encouraged...
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Criminal Law Handbook, The: Know Your Rights, Survive the System

Paul Bergman J.D. · NOLO
Pages: 656
Format: Paperback

The criminal justice system is complicated, understand it and your rights Criminal law is full of complex rules and procedures, but this book demystifies them. It explains how the system works, why police, lawyers, and judges do what they do, and what suspects, defendants, and prisoners...
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Franklin & Washington: The Founding Partnership

Edward J. Larson · William Morrow
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover

A landmark new work of American history: From Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Edward J. Larson a groundbreaking dual biography of America's two pre-eminent Founders - Benjamin Franklin and George Washington - examining in fresh detail how their underexplored relationship forged the United...
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River of Blood: American Slavery from the People Who Lived It: Interviews & Photographs of Formerly Enslaved African Americans

Richard Cahan · CityFiles Press
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover

In the late 1930s, the federal government embarked on an unusual project. As a part of the Works Progress Administration's efforts to give jobs to unemployed Americans, government workers tracked down 3,000 men and women who had been enslaved before and during the Civil War. The workers...
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Author in Chief: The Untold Story of Our Presidents and the Books They Wrote

Craig Fehrman · Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster
Pages: 448
Format: Hardcover

In the tradition of The Gatekeepers and The Presidents Club, historian Craig Fehrman offers a surprising new look into both the public and private lives of America's presidents. Most Americans are familiar with Lincoln's famous words in the Gettysburg Address and the Emancipation...
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The Body Language of Politics: Decide Who is Lying, Who is Sincere, and How You'll Vote

Donna Van Natten · Skyhorse
Pages: 216
Format: Paperback

Learn how to spot the lies and deceptions of our politicians in action. You can't turn on the television, check your phone, or scroll through social media without being besieged with political headlines and the "Who's Who" of today's news. With so much spoon-fed to us by the media,...
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