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False Choices: The Faux Feminism of Hillary Rodham Clinton

Liza Featherstone · Verso
Pages: 224
Format: Print book

Hillary Clinton presents her campaign for the presidency and her long career in public life as a triumph of feminism. But an all-star lineup of American feminists here says, "It's not that simple." In a history of proposals and policies on welfare, Wall Street, crime and policing,...
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John Dewey: The Middle Works 1899-1924. Volume 1: 1899-1901.

John Dewey · Southern Illinois University Press; 1st edition
Format: Hardcover

Includes the complete text of The School and Society and The Educational Situation.,
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Blood Feud: The Clintons vs. the Obamas

Edward Klein · Regnery Publishing; 1St Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

1 New York Times Bestseller In this highly anticipated follow-up to his blockbuster The Amateur, former New York Times Magazine editor-in-chief Edward Klein delves into the rocky relationship between the Obamas and the Clintons. An old-school reporter with incredible insider contacts, Klein...
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Place, Not Race: A New Vision of Opportunity in America

Sheryll Cashin · Beacon Press; 1st Edition, 1st Printing edition
Format: Hardcover

From a nationally recognized expert, a fresh and original argument for bettering affirmative action  Race-based affirmative action had been declining as a factor in university admissions even before the recent spate of related cases arrived at the Supreme Court. Since Ward Connerly...
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The Hybrid Tiger: Secrets of the Extraordinary Success of Asian-American Kids

Quanyu Huang · Prometheus Books, Publishers
Pages: 264
Format: Paperback

Why do Asian and Asian-American students consistently perform so well on standardized tests? Why are students of Asian descent disproportionately admitted to America's top colleges? This informative and entertainingly written comparison of educational methods in America and China answers...
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The Shifts and the Shocks: What We’ve Learned-and Have Still to Learn-from the Financial Crisis

Martin Wolf · Penguin Press
Format: Hardcover

From the chief economic commentator for the Financial Times, a brilliant tour d'horizon of the new global economy and its trajectoryThere have been many books that have sought to explain the causes and courses of the financial and economic crisis which began in 2007-8. The Shifts and the Shocks...
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Border Insecurity: Why Big Money, Fences, and Drones Aren't Making Us Safer

Sylvia Longmire · St Martins Pr
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

When confronted with the challenges of border security and illegal immigration, government officials are fond of saying that our borders have never been as safe and secure as they are now. But ranchers in the borderlands of Arizona and Texas fear for their lands, their cattle, their homes,...
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Dealing with China: An Insider Unmasks the New Economic Superpower

Henry M Paulson · Twelve, 2015.
Pages: 430
Format: Print book

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