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You Have the Right to Remain Innocent
James Duane · Little a
Pages: 152
Format: Print book
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Law professor James J. Duane became a viral sensation thanks to a 2008 lecture outlining the reasons why you should never agree to answer questions from the police - especially if you are innocent and wish to stay out of trouble with the law. In this timely, relevant, and pragmatic new book,... |
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See You Again in Pyongyang: A Journey into Kim Jong Un's North Korea
Travis Jeppesen · Hachette Books
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
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From ballistic missile tests to stranger-than-fiction stories of purges and assassinations, news from North Korea never fails to dominate the global headlines. But what is life there actually like?In See You Again in Pyongyang, Travis Jeppesen culls from his experiences living, traveling,... |
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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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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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How the Right Lost Its Mind
CHARLES J SYKES · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
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Once at the center of the American conservative movement, bestselling author and radio host Charles Sykes is a fierce opponent of Donald Trump and the right-wing media that enabled his rise.In How the Right Lost Its Mind, Sykes presents an impassioned, regretful, and deeply thoughtful account... |
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100 Amazing Facts About the Negro
Henry Louis Gates, Jr. · Pantheon
Pages: 496
Format: Hardcover
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The first edition of Joel Augustus Rogers's now legendary 100 Amazing Facts About the Negro with Complete Proof, published in 1957, was billed as "A Negro 'Believe It or Not.'" Rogers's little book was priceless because he was delivering enlightenment and pride, steeped in historical... |
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We gon' be alright : notes on race, culture, and resegregation.
Jeff Chang · Picador Usa
Pages: 192
Format: Print book
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"THE SMARTEST BOOK OF THE YEAR" (THE WASHINGTON POST) In these provocative, powerful essays acclaimed writer/journalist Jeff Chang (Can't Stop Won't Stop, Who We Be) takes an incisive and wide-ranging look at the recent tragedies and widespread protests that have shaken the country.... |
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Trumped Up: How Criminalization of Political Differences Endangers Democracy
Alan Dershowitz · CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Pages: 196
Format: Paperback
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"There are great legal minds; there are those who can also communicate well on television; then there is Dershowitz. The professor is uniquely capable of arguing a position, while putting a premium on legal and ethical legitimacy, not its popularity. Bravo, Dershowitz!" - Chris... |
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Chicago on the Make: Power and Inequality in a Modern City
Andrew J Diamond · University of California Press
Pages: 440
Format: Hardcover
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Heralded as America's quintessentially modern city, Chicago has attracted the gaze of journalists, novelists, essayists, and scholars as much as any city in the nation. And, yet, few historians have attempted big-picture narratives of the city's transformation over the twentieth... |
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Democracy Betrayed: The Rise of the Surveillance Security State
William W. Keller · Counterpoint LLC
Pages: 300
Format: Print book
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In the aftermath of 9/11, in collusion with booming technological advancements, a new and more authoritarian form of governance is supplanting liberal democracy. The creation of the Security Industrial Complex - an "internal security state-within-the-state" fueled by tech companies,... |
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