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A Doctor in the House: My Life with Ben Carson
Candy Carson · Sentinel
Pages: 212
Format: Print book
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"The life of a neurosurgeon isn't an easy one, and Ben has been required to go above and beyond the call of duty almost constantly. The life of a neuÂrosurgeon's wife isn't much easier. But it's all been worth it. Together, we've been through poverty, tragedy, wealth, and joy, and we've... |
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Stranger: The Challenge of a Latino Immigrant in the Trump Era
Jorge Ramos · Vintage
Pages: 224
Format: Paperback
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"There are times when I feel like a stranger in this country. I am not complaining and it's not for lack of opportunity. But it is something of a disappointment. I never would have imagined that after having spent thirty five years in the United States I would still be a stranger to so many.... |
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400 Things Cops Know: Street-Smart Lessons from a Veteran Patrolman
Adam Plantinga · Quill Driver Books
Format: Book
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How does it feel to be in a high-speed car chase? What is it like to shoot someone? What do cops really think about the citizens they serve? Nearly everyone has wondered what it’s like to be a police officer, but no civilian really understands what happens on the job. “400... |
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The Long Game: A Memoir
Mitch Mcconnell · Sentinel
Pages: 278
Format: Print book
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In October 1984, a hard-charging Kentucky politician waited excitedly for President Ronald Reagan to arrive at a presidential rally in Louisville. In the midst of a tough Senate campaign against an incumbent Democrat, the young Republican hoped Reagan's endorsement would give a much-needed... |
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The Spy Toolkit: Extraordinary inventions from World War II
Stephen Robert Twigge · Osprey Publishing
Pages: 143
Format: Hardcover
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Spies claim that theirs is the second oldest profession. Secret agents across time have had the same key tasks: looking and listening, getting the information they need, and smuggling it back home. Over the course of human history, some amazingly complex and imaginative tools have been... |
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The Perfect Kill: 21 Laws for Assassins
Robert B. Baer · Blue Rider Press
Format: Hardcover
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What is the definition of assassination? Robert B. Baer's boss at the CIA once told him, "It's a bullet with a man's name on it." Sometimes assassination is the senseless act of a psychotic, a bloodletting without social value. Other times, it can be the sanest and most... |
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Playing with Fire: The 1968 Election and the Transformation of American Politics
Lawrence O'Donnell · Penguin Press
Pages: 496
Format: Hardcover
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From the host of MSNBC's The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell, an important and enthralling new account of the presidential election that changed everything, the race that created American politics as we know it todayThe 1968 U.S. Presidential election was the young Lawrence O'Donnell's... |
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The Latinos of Asia: How Filipino Americans Break the Rules of Race
Anthony Christian Ocampo · Stanford University Press
Pages: 257
Format: Print book
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Is race only about the color of your skin? In The Latinos of Asia, Anthony Christian Ocampo shows that what "color" you are depends largely on your social context. Filipino Americans, for example, helped establish the Asian American movement and are classified by the U.S. Census... |
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Walkable City: How Downtown Can Save America, One Step at a Time
Jeff Speck · North Point Press; Reprint edition
Format: Paperback
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"Timely and important, a delightful, insightful, irreverent work . . . Should be required reading." -- The Christian Science MonitorA Best Book of the Year according to Planetizen and the American Society of Landscape Architects Jeff Speck has dedicated his career to determining... |
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Unprecedented: The Election That Changed Everything
Thomas Lake · Melcher Media
Pages: 288
Format: Print book
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Unprecedented's second printing features a new cover for the inauguration, with an exclusive portrait of the president-elect.Packed with exclusive photojournalism and new revelations straight from the front lines, Unprecedented: The Election That Changed Everything chronicles the most hard-... |
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