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Biography of Resistance: The Epic Battle Between People and Pathogens

Muhammad H. Zaman · Harper Wave
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

Award-winning Boston University educator and researcher Muhammad H. Zaman provides a chilling look at the rise of antibiotic-resistant superbugs, explaining how we got here and what we must do to address this growing global health crisis.

In September 2016, a woman in Nevada became...

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Reprogramming the American Dream: From Rural America to Silicon Valley?Making AI Serve Us All

Kevin Scott · Harper Business
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

In this essential book written by a rural native and Silicon Valley veteran, Microsoft's Chief technology officer tackles one of the most critical issues facing society today: the future of artificial intelligence and how it can be realistically used to promote growth, even in a shifting...

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The Women with Silver Wings: The Inspiring True Story of the Women Airforce Service Pilots of World War II

Katherine Sharp Landdeck · Crown
Pages: 448
Format: Hardcover

The thrilling true story of the daring female aviators who helped the United States win World War II - only to be forgotten by the country they served

When the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor in December 1941, Cornelia Fort was already in the air. At twenty-two, Fort had escaped...
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Suffrage: Women's Long Battle for the Vote

Ellen Carol DuBois · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover

Honoring the 100th anniversary of the 19th amendment to the Constitution, this exciting history explores the full scope of the movement to win the vote for women through portraits of its bold leaders and devoted activists.

Distinguished historian Ellen Carol DuBois begins in the pre-Civil...
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Supreme Inequality: The Supreme Court's Fifty-Year Battle for a More Unjust America

Adam Cohen · Penguin Press
Pages: 448
Format: Hardcover

From New York Times bestselling author Adam Cohen, a revelatory examination of the conservative direction of the Supreme Court over the last fifty years since the Nixon administration

In the early 1960s, the Supreme Court led by Chief Justice Earl Warren was at the height...
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The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz

Erik Larson · Crown
Pages: 608
Format: Hardcover

On Winston Churchill’s first day as prime minister, Adolf Hitler invaded Holland and Belgium. Poland and Czechoslovakia had already fallen, and the Dunkirk evacuation was just two weeks away. For the next twelve months, Hitler would wage a relentless bombing campaign, killing 45,000 Britons....
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You Never Forget Your First: A Biography of George Washington

Alexis Coe · Viking
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

"Alexis Coe energetically dusts off an old-boys genre to present a life in full, without sentiment or whitewashing. It's a public service, and it's also a lot of fun." --Irin Carmon, New York Times bestselling co-author of Notorious RBG

Alexis Coe takes a closer...
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Unknown Valor: A Story of Family, Courage, and Sacrifice from Pearl Harbor to Iwo Jima

Martha MacCallum · Harper
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

In honor of the 75th Anniversary of one of the most critical battles of World War II, the popular primetime Fox News anchor of The Story with Martha MacCallum pays tribute to the heroic men who sacrificed everything at Iwo Jima to defeat the Armed Forces of Emperor Hirohito - among them,...

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