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8 Seconds of Courage: A Soldier's Story from Immigrant to the Medal of Honor
FLO GROBERG · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover
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A story of valor and the making of a hero - Florent Groberg, who grew up in France, emigrated to the US, and was the first immigrant in forty years to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor after he saved many lives by tackling a suicide bomber in Afghanistan.Florent "Flo" Groberg... |
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WHAT WE DO NOW: Standing Up for Your Values in Trump's America
Dennis Loy Johnson · Melville House
Pages: 224
Format: Print book
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An inspiring handbook for people troubled by the election of Donald Trump, by some of the biggest names in progressive politics. Meant to give people heart and actual strategies about how to advance a variety of causes. |
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Trumpocracy: The Corruption of the American Republic
David Frum · Harper
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
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Builds on the author's March 2017 "How to Build an Autocracy" column in The Atlantic to explain how Donald Trump has undermined America's most important institutions as part of a carefully crafted plan to institute authoritarianism, in an account that explains how ongoing changes... |
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Big Agenda: President Trump's Plan to Save America
David Horowitz · Humanix Books
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover
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Donald Trump's victory in the 2016 election was more than a historic upset. It was the beginning of a major political, economic, and social revolution that will change America - and the world.One of the nation's foremost conservative commentators, New York Times bestselling author, and a mentor... |
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Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House
MICHAEL WOLFF · Henry Holt and Co.
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover
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With extraordinary access to the Trump White House, Michael Wolff tells the inside storyof the most controversial presidency of our timeThe first nine months of Donald Trump's term were stormy, outrageous -- and absolutely mesmerizing. Now, thanks to his deep access to the West Wing, bestselling... |
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Reading with Patrick: A Teacher, a Student, and a Life-Changing Friendship
Michelle Kuo · Random House
Pages: 296
Format: Hardcover
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A memoir of race, inequality, and the power of literature told through the life-changing friendship between an idealistic young teacher and her gifted student, jailed for murder in the Mississippi Delta "Reading with Patrick could be the most affecting book you'll read this year."... |
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We Wear the Mask: 15 True Stories of Passing in America
Brando Skyhorse · Beacon Press
Pages: 224
Format: Paperback
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Fifteen writers reveal their diverse experiences with passing - including racial, ethnic, sexual orientation, gender, and economic forms of passing.American history is filled with innumerable examples of "passing." Why do people pass? The reasons are manifold: opportunity, access,... |
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How Democracies Die
STEVE LEVITSKY · Crown
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
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For readers of On Tyranny and Why Nations Fail, a bracing look at the demise of liberal democracies around the world - and a roadmap for rescuing our own. Donald Trump's presidency has raised a question that many of us never thought we'd be asking: Is our democracy in danger? Harvard... |
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Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower
BRITTNEY COOPER · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
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With searing honesty, intimacy and humor too, America's leading young black feminist celebrates the power of rage.Melissa Harris Perry says: "I was waiting for an author who wouldn't forget, ignore, or erase us black girls as they told their own story...I was waiting and she has come... |
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Bosnian Genocide: The Essential Reference Guide
Paul R. Bartrop · ABC-CLIO
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover
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Providing an indispensable resource for students and policy makers investigating the Bosnian catastrophes of the 1990s, this book provides a comprehensive survey of the leaders, ideas, movements, and events pertaining to one of the most devastating conflicts of contemporary times.* Provides... |
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Washington's Farewell: The Founding Father's Warning to Future Generations
John P Avlon · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 354
Format: Print book
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"A vivid portrait ... A thoughtful consideration of Washington's wisdom that couldn't be timelier." - Kirkus Reviews (starred review) George Washington's Farewell Address was a prophetic letter from a "parting friend" to his fellow citizens about the forces he feared... |
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