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The Statesman's Yearbook 2016: The Politics, Cultures and Economies of the World
Nick Heath-Brown · Palgrave MacMillan
Pages: 1564
Format: Hardcover
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THE STATESMAN'S YEARBOOK 2016 This classic reference work presents a political, economic and social account of every country of the world together with facts and analysis. The 2016 edition includes: * Revised and updated biographical profiles of all current leaders* Extensive updates... |
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Social Insecurity: 401
James W. Russell · Beacon Press
Format: Hardcover
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How 401(k) s have gutted retirement security, from charging exorbitant hidden fees to failing to replace the income of traditional pensionsNamed one of PW's Top 10 for Business & Economics A retirement crisis is looming. In 2008, as the 401(k) fallout rippled across the country,... |
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We Know All About You: The Story of Surveillance in Britain and America
Rhodri Jeffreys-Jones · Oxford University Press
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
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This is the story of surveillance in Britain and the United States, from the detective agencies of the late nineteenth century to 'wikileaks' and CIA whistleblower Edward Snowden in the twenty-first. Written by prize-winning historian and intelligence expert Rhodri Jeffreys-Jones,... |
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The Woman's Hour: The Great Fight to Win the Vote
ELAINE F WEISS · Viking
Pages: 416
Format: Hardcover
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The nail-biting climax of one of the greatest political battles in American history: the ratification of the constitutional amendment that granted women the right to vote. "Anyone interested in the history of our country's ongoing fight to put its founding values into practice--as... |
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I Was Told to Come Alone: My Journey Behind the Lines of Jihad
Souad Mekhennet · Henry Holt and Co.
Pages: 354
Format: Hardcover
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"I was told to come alone. I was not to carry any identification, and would have to leave my cell phone, audio recorder, watch, and purse at my hotel. . . ."For her whole life, Souad Mekhennet, a reporter for The Washington Post who was born and educated in Germany, has had to balance... |
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Rediscovering Americanism: And the Tyranny of Progressivism
Mark R. Levin · Threshold Editions
Pages: 259
Format: Hardcover
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From #1 New York Times bestselling author and radio host Mark R. Levin comes a searing plea for a return to America's most sacred values.In Rediscovering Americanism, Mark R. Levin revisits the founders' warnings about the perils of overreach by the federal government and concludes that... |
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The Party's Over: How the Extreme Right Hijacked the GOP and I Became a Democrat
Charlie Crist · Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
Pages: 352
Format: Book
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Charlie Crist, the former Republican governor of Florida, spent years in the party's inner circle. In this no-holds-barred memoir, he shows why he switched sides and became a Democrat.After serving as a Republican governor - one who was on the short list for the vice presidency in 2008... |
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Promise Me, Dad: A Year of Hope, Hardship, and Purpose
Joe Biden · Flatiron Books
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover
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A deeply moving memoir about the year that would forever change both a family and a country. In November 2014, thirteen members of the Biden family gathered on Nantucket for Thanksgiving, a tradition they had been celebrating for the past forty years; it was the one constant in what... |
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The American Spirit: Who We Are and What We Stand For
DAVID MCCULLOUGH · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 176
Format: Hardcover
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A New York Times Bestseller A timely collection of speeches by David McCullough, the most honored historian in the United States - winner of two Pulitzer Prizes, two National Book Awards, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom, among many others - that reminds us of fundamental American... |
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The Line Becomes a River: Dispatches from the Border
FRANCISCO CANT · Riverhead Books
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover
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"A beautiful, fiercely honest, and nevertheless deeply empathetic look at those who police the border and the migrants who risk - and lose - their lives crossing it. In a time of often ill-informed or downright deceitful political rhetoric, this book is an invaluable corrective."--Phil... |
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Bobby Kennedy: A Raging Spirit
Chris Matthews · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover
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A revealing new portrait of Robert F. Kennedy that gets closer to the man than any book before, by bestselling author Chris Matthews, an esteemed Kennedy expert and anchor of MSNBC's Hardball.With his bestselling biography Jack Kennedy, Chris Matthews shared a new look of one of America's... |
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