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All the Presidents' Bankers: The Hidden Alliances that Drive American Power

Nomi Prins · Perseus Books Group
Pages: 521
Format: Print book

Who rules America?All the Presidents' Bankers is a groundbreaking narrative of how an elite group of men transformed the American economy and government, dictated foreign and domestic policy, and shaped world history.Culled from original presidential archival documents, All the Presidents'...
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Pay Any Price: Greed, Power, and Endless War

James Risen · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2014.
Pages: 285
Format: Print book

War corrupts. Endless war corrupts absolutely. Ever since 9/11 America has fought an endless war on terror, seeking enemies everywhere and never promising peace. In Pay Any Price, James Risen reveals an extraordinary litany of the hidden costs of that war: from squandered and stolen dollars,...
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I Wish My Teacher Knew: How One Question Can Change Everything for Our Kids

Kyle Schwartz · Da Capo Lifelong Books
Pages: 272
Format: Print book

One day, third-grade teacher Kyle Schwartz asked her students to fill-in-the-blank in this sentence: "I wish my teacherknew ." The results astounded her. Some answers were humorous, others were heartbreaking-all were profoundly moving and enlightening. The results...
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Guide to Funding for International & Foreign Programs

Sara Wyszomierski (Editor) · Foundation Center

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A Big Fat Crisis: The Hidden Forces Behind the Obesity Epidemic — and How We Can End It

M.D. Deborah Cohen · Basic Books
Pages: 272
Format: Book

Obesity is the public health crisis of the twenty-first century. Over 150 million Americans are overweight or obese, and across the globe an estimated 1.5 billion are affected. In A Big Fat Crisis, Dr. Deborah A. Cohen has created a major new work that will transform the conversation surrounding...
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Unaccountable: How Elite Power Brokers Corrupt our Finances, Freedom, and Security

Janine Wedel · Pegasus; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

A groundbreaking book that challenges Americans to reevaluate our views on how a new and more sophisticated style of corruption and private interests have infiltrated every level of society.From the Tea Party to Occupy Wall Street, however divergent their political views, these groups seem...
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