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And then all hell broke loose : two decades in the Middle East

Richard Engel · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 241
Format: Print book

"Based on two decades of reporting, NBC's chief foreign correspondent's riveting story of the Middle East revolutions, the Arab Spring, war, and terrorism seen up-close--sometimes dangerously so. When he was just twenty-three, a recent graduate of Stanford University, Richard...
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Hack Attack: The Inside Story of How the Truth Caught Up with Rupert Murdoch

Nick Davies · Faber & Faber
Format: Hardcover

At first, it seemed like a small story. The royal editor of the News of the World was caught listening to the voicemail messages of staff at Buckingham Palace. He and a private investigator were jailed, and the case was closed. But Nick Davies, special correspondent for The Guardian, knew...
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Keep Marching: How Every Woman Can Take Action and Change Our World

Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner · Hachette Books
Pages: 336
Format: Paperback

From the cofounder of MomsRising.org and a speaker at the Women's March on Washington, KEEP MARCHING is an action-oriented, hands-on guide that will give all women the tools, incentive, and information they need to create political change in their communities--and in the country as a whole....
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(((Semitism) ) ) : Being Jewish in America in the Age of Trump

Jonathan Weisman · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover

Michael Eric Dyson, author of Tears We Cannot Stop: "With eloquence and poignancy Weisman shows how hatred can slowly and quietly chew away at the moral fabric of society. We now live in an age where more than ever bigotry and oppression no longer need to hide in fear of reproach....
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We gon' be alright : notes on race, culture, and resegregation.

Jeff Chang · Picador Usa
Pages: 192
Format: Print book

"THE SMARTEST BOOK OF THE YEAR" (THE WASHINGTON POST) In these provocative, powerful essays acclaimed writer/journalist Jeff Chang (Can't Stop Won't Stop, Who We Be) takes an incisive and wide-ranging look at the recent tragedies and widespread protests that have shaken the country....
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Street Spirit: The Power of Protest and Mischief

STEVE CRAWSHAW · Michael O'Mara
Pages: 128
Format: Hardcover

Street Spirit is a celebration of 50 extraordinary protests and demonstrations from around the world that have used humor, courage, absurdity and creativity to make their mark. Among the many instances of imaginative defiance within, you'll discover the surprising impact of Lego figures...
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Operation Shakespeare: The True Story of an Elite International Sting

John Shiffman · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 288
Format: Paperback

A secret war. A daring sting operation. The great untold national security story of our time: "An impressive and important work ... The book has the glamour of a spy novel and the gravity of a meticulously researched exposé" (Christian Science Monitor).On today's high-tech...
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Nothing Is True and Everything Is Possible: The Surreal Heart of the New Russia

Peter Pomerantsev · PublicAffairs; 1 edition
Format: Kindle Edition

In the new Russia, even dictatorship is a reality show.Professional killers with the souls of artists, would-be theater directors turned Kremlin puppet-masters, suicidal supermodels, Hell's Angels who hallucinate themselves as holy warriors, and oligarch revolutionaries: welcome to the glittering,...
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Trump's America: The Truth about Our Nation's Great Comeback

Newt Gingrich · Center Street
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover

No one understands the Make America Great Again effort with more insight and more experience than former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich. Gingrich helped President Ronald Reagan "Make America Great Again" in 1980. He authored the Contract with America and spearheaded the 1994...
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The Fighters

C. J. Chivers · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover

"A classic of war reporting...The author's stories give heart-rending meaning to the lives and deaths of these men and women, even if policymakers generally have not." - The New York Times Pulitzer Prize winner C.J. Chivers' unvarnished account of modern combat, told through the eyes...
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The Good Son: JFK Jr. and the Mother He Loved

Christopher Andersen · Gallery Books
Format: Hardcover

The #1 New York Times bestselling author delivers another dramatic installment in the lives of the Kennedys - including new details about JFK Jr., his relationship with his mother, his many girlfriends, and the night of his tragic death.Critically acclaimed author Christopher Andersen is a master...
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Radical Origins: Why We Are Losing the Battle Against Islamic Extremism?And How to Turn the Tide

Azeem Ibrahim · Pegasus Books
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

Piercing and hard-hitting, an international expert pin-points the menacing rise of a radical ideology that is fueling ISIS and terror cells world-wide.More than thirteen years ago after the "War on Terror" was declared, many in the West now feel less secure than ever before. Many...
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Racing to Justice: Transforming Our Conceptions of Self and Other to Build an Inclusive Society

John A Powell · Indiana University Press
Pages: 301
Format: Hardcover

Renowned social justice advocate john a. powell persuasively argues that we have not achieved a post-racial society and that there is much work to do to redeem the American promise of inclusive democracy. Culled from a decade of writing about social justice and spirituality, these meditations...
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