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The Crimean Nexus: Putin's War and the Clash of Civilizations
Constantine Pleshakov · Yale University Press
Pages: 216
Format: Print book
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How the West sleepwalked into another Cold War A native of Yalta, Constantine Pleshakov is intimately familiar with Crimea's ethnic tensions and complex political history. Now, he offers a much-needed look at one of the most urgent flash points in current international relations: the first... |
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Black lotus : a woman's search for racial identity
Sil Lai Abrams · Karen Hunter Publishing/Gallery Books
Pages: 368
Format: Print book
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A unique and exquisitely wrought story of one multiracial woman's journey to discover and embrace herself in a family that sought to deny her black heritage, Sil Lai Abrams shares her story in Black Lotus: A Woman's Search for Racial Identity - an account that will undoubtedly ignite conversation... |
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Kennedy and King: The President, the Pastor, and the Battle over Civil Rights
Steven Levingston · Hachette Books
Pages: 528
Format: Hardcover
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From journalist and author Steven Levingston, a gripping, detailed account of the contentious relationship between President John F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King, Jr. during the tumultuous early years of the Civil Rights movement. Kennedy and King traces the emergence of two of the twentieth... |
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The Slave's Cause: A History of Abolition
Manisha Sinha · Yale University Press
Pages: 784
Format: Hardcover
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Received historical wisdom casts abolitionists as bourgeois, mostly white reformers burdened by racial paternalism and economic conservatism. Manisha Sinha overturns this image, broadening her scope beyond the antebellum period usually associated with abolitionism and recasting it as a radical... |
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Necessary Trouble: Americans in Revolt
Sarah Jaffe · Nation Books
Pages: 352
Format: Print book
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"Sarah Jaffe marches into the class war, fighting the good fight with a pen as sharp as any sword." - Bill Moyers"The most compelling social and political portrait of our age." - Robin D. G. KelleyWe are witnessing a moment of unprecedented political engagement and social... |
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Bobby Kennedy: The Making of a Liberal Icon
Larry Tye · Random House
Pages: 608
Format: Print book
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From the New York Times bestselling author of Satchel comes an in-depth, vibrant, and measured biography about the most complex and controversial member of the Kennedy family. History remembers Robert F. Kennedy as a racial healer, a tribune for the poor, and the last progressive knight... |
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The American Presidency: A Glorious Burden
Mark G. Hirsch · Smithsonian Books
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover
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In November 2000 the Smithsonian National Museum of American History opened a permanent exhibit, "The American Presidency: A Glorious Burden." This companion volume is a worthy complement, with more than 300 color photos and an introduction by Richard Norton Smith, noted historian... |
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Putin: His Downfall and Russia's Coming Crash
Richard Lourie · Thomas Dunne Books
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
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An electrifying and timely book, by leading Russian expert Richard Lourie, that explores Putin's failures and whether Trump's election gives Putin extraordinarily dangerous opportunities in our mad new world.For reasons that are made clear in this book, Putin's Russia will collapse just... |
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African American Leadership: A Concise Reference Guide
Tyson King-Meadows · Mission Bell Media
Pages: 191
Format: Print book
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An authoritative, up-to-date reference guide organized in A to Z fashion covering all the major inter-disciplinary themes related to individual and group leadership in the African American communities and beyond. Key themes include African American academic, business, political, scientific... |
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This Brave New World: India, China and the United States
Anja Manuel · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 384
Format: Print book
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In the next decade and a half, China and India will become two of the world's indispensable powers - whether they rise peacefully or not. During that time, Asia will surpass the combined strength of North America and Europe in economic might, population size, and military spending. Both... |
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Finding Your Roots, Season 2: The Official Companion to the PBS Series
Henry Louis Gates Jr. · The University of North Carolina Press
Pages: 427
Format: Print book
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Who are we, and where do we come from? The fundamental drive to answer these questions is at the heart of Finding Your Roots, the companion book to the hit PBS documentary series. As scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. clearly demonstrates, the tools of cutting-edge genomics and deep genealogical... |
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