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Enough: Our Fight to Keep America Safe from Gun Violence
Gabrielle Giffords · Scribner Format: Hardcover
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Former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords-- disabled from an assassination attempt in Tucson, Arizona-- and her husband, astronaut Mark Kelly, share their impassioned argument for responsible gun ownership and more responsible gun control laws, despite being gun owners and staunch supporters... |
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Stop the Coming Civil War: My Savage Truth
Michael Savage · Center St Pages: 320 Format: Hardcover
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In his trademark in-your-face style, bestselling author and top conservative talk-show host, Michael Savage has a lot to say about the state of the country in STOP THE COMING CIVIL WAR. According to Michael Savage, OUR NATION IS IN REAL TROUBLE and the seeds of a second conflagration have... |
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October: The Story of the Russian Revolution
CHINA MIEVILLE · Verso Pages: 384 Format: Hardcover
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Acclaimed fantasy author China Miéville plunges us into the year the world was turned upside downThe renowned fantasy and science fiction writer China Miéville has long been inspired by the ideals of the Russian Revolution and here, on the centenary of the revolution, he provides... |
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Fascism
MADELEINE ALBRIGHT · Harper Pages: 288 Format: Hardcover
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From one of the most admired international leaders, comes a timely, considered, and personal look at the history and current resurgence of fascism today and the virulent threat it poses to international freedom, prosperity, and peace. At the end of the 1980s, when the Cold War ended, many,... |
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BiblioTech: Why Libraries Matter More Than Ever in the Age of Google
John Palfrey · Basic Books Pages: 288 Format: Hardcover
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Libraries today are more important than ever. More than just book repositories, libraries can become bulwarks against some of the most crucial challenges of our age: unequal access to education, jobs, and information.In BiblioTech, educator and technology expert John Palfrey argues that... |
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Terrorism: The Essential Reference Guide
Colin P Clarke · ABC-CLIO Pages: 346 Format: Hardcover
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This reference is essential reading for anyone attempting to understand modern terrorism by studying the arc of terrorism throughout history, from anarchists to Al Qaeda, ISIS, and beyond. * Provides readers with an overview of how terrorism has changed over time and what new threats may be on the horizon*... |
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The Soul of America: The Battle for Our Better Angels
JON MEACHAM · Random House Pages: 416 Format: Hardcover
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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jon Meacham helps us understand the present moment in American politics and life by looking back at critical times in our history when hope overcame division and fear.NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NPR * The Christian... |
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The World as It Is: A Memoir of the Obama White House
BEN RHODES · Random House Pages: 400 Format: Hardcover
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From one of Obama's closest aides comes a revelatory, behind-the-scenes account of his presidency - and how idealism can confront harsh reality and still survive - in the tradition of Arthur Schlesinger, Jr.'s A Thousand Days: John F. Kennedy in the White House. For nearly ten years,... |
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We Were Eight Years in Power: A Journey Through the Obama Era
TA-NEHISI COATES · One World Pages: 400 Format: Hardcover
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In these "urgently relevant essays,"* the National Book Award-winning author of Between the World and Me "reflects on race, Barack Obama's presidency and its jarring aftermath"* - including the election of Donald Trump."We were eight years in power" was the lament... |
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Defining Documents in American History: The 1970s
Salem Press · Salem Press Pages: 500 Format: Print book
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This important resource provides students and researchers new insights into the 1970s in the U.S., through an in-depth analysis of forty important primary source documents and their lasting effect on American history. |
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Eleanor Roosevelt, Volume 3: The War Years and After, 1939-1962
Blanche Wiesen Cook · Viking Pages: 688 Format: Print book
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"Outstanding ... A winning concluding volume in a series that does for Eleanor Roosevelt what Robert Caro has done for Lyndon Johnson." -Kirkus Reviews, Starred ReviewThe final volume in the definitive biography of America's greatest first lady.Historians, politicians, critics,... |
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Rendezvous with Oblivion: Reports from a Sinking Society
Thomas Frank · Metropolitan Books Pages: 240 Format: Hardcover
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From the acclaimed author of Listen, Liberal and What's the Matter with Kansas, a scathing collection of his incisive commentary on our cruel times -- perfect for this political momentWhat does a middle-class democracy look like when it comes apart? When, after forty years of economic triumph,... |
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17 Carnations: The Royals, the Nazis, and the Biggest Cover-Up in History
Andrew Morton · Grand Central Publishing Pages: 370 Format: Hardcover
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For fans of the Netflix series The Crown, a meticulously researched historical tour de force about the secret ties among Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, the Duke of Windsor, and Adolf Hitler before, during, and after World War II.Andrew Morton tells the story of the feckless Edward... |
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Tears We Cannot Stop: A Sermon to White America
ANONYMOUS. · St. Martin's Press Pages: 228 Format: Print book
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A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITOR'S CHOICE | NAMED A BEST/MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2017 BY: The Washington Post * Bustle * Men's Journal * The Chicago Reader * StarTribune * Blavity "One of the most frank and searing discussions on race ... a deeply serious, urgent book, which... |
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Tyrant
STEPHEN GREENBLATT · W. W. Norton & Company Pages: 208 Format: Hardcover
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World-renowned Shakespeare scholar Stephen Greenblatt explores the playwright's insight into bad (and often mad) rulers.As an aging, tenacious Elizabeth I clung to power, a talented playwright probed the social causes, the psychological roots, and the twisted consequences of tyranny.... |
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