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Earning the Rockies: How Geography Shapes America's Role in the World
Robert D Kaplan · Random House
Pages: 224
Format: Print book
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A concise and deeply moving portrait of the American landscape from coast to coast, Earning the Rockies offers a detailed and pragmatic framework for our foreign policy by examining the specific geography from which American power springs. As a boy, Kaplan listened to his truck-driver father... |
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The Deep State: The Fall of the Constitution and the Rise of a Shadow Government
Mike Lofgren · Viking
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
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The New York Times bestselling author of The Party Is Over delivers a no-holds-barred, House of Cards-style exposé of who really wields power in Washington Mike Lofgren is back with a book perfectly pitched for the frenzied circus of the primaries. His argument this time is that for all of the backstabbing... |
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The Last Goodnight: A World War II Story of Espionage, Adventure, and Betrayal
Carol Belanger Grafton · Harper Collins Publishers
Pages: 528
Format: Print book
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The New York Times bestselling author of the acclaimed Dark Invasion, channels Erik Larson and Ben Macintyre in this riveting biography of Betty Pack, the dazzling American debutante who became an Allied spy during WWII and was hailed by OSS chief General "Wild Bill" Donovan as "the... |
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Audacity: How Barack Obama Defied His Critics and Created a Legacy That Will Prevail
Jonathan Chait · Custom House
Pages: 240
Format: Print book
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"An unassailable case that, in the eyes of history, Barack Obama will be viewed as one of America's best and most accomplished presidents. Over the course of eight years, Barack Obama has amassed an array of outstanding achievements. His administration saved the American economy from... |
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The Fix: How Nations Survive and Thrive in a World in Decline
Jonathan Tepperman · Tim Duggan Books
Pages: 320
Format: Print book
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A provocative look at the world's most difficult, seemingly ineradicable problems - and the surprising stories of the countries that solved them. We all know the bad news. The heady promise of the Arab Spring has given way to repression, civil war, and an epic refugee crisis. Economic growth... |
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They Came for Freedom: The Forgotten, Epic Adventure of the Pilgrims
Jay Milbrandt · Thomas Nelson
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
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A page-turning story of the Pilgrims, the courageous band of freedom-seekers who set out for a new life for themselves and forever changed the course of history.Once a year at Thanksgiving, we encounter Pilgrims as folksy people in funny hats before promptly forgetting them. In the centuries... |
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The Cherokee Land Lottery of Georgia
James F Smith · Harper & Brothers
Pages: 464
Format: Book
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This is the sixth of the land lottery held in Georgia. This land lottery divided up the land of the former Cherokee Indian country in 1832. This land area was divided into the present counties of Cass (renamed Bartow in 1861) , Cherokee, Cobb, Floyd, Forsyth, Gilmer, Lumpkin, Murray, Paulding... |
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Rogue Spooks: The Intelligence War on Donald Trump
Dick Morris · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
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There is a looming and dangerous threat to our democracy. Anti-Trump partisans are scheming to overturn the will of the American electorate by paralyzing the Trump presidency.These partisan zealots have been secretly orchestrating an unprecedented undercover campaign to sabotage President... |
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Drones : what everyone needs to know
Sarah E Kreps · Oxford University Press
Pages: 200
Format: Print book
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Drones quite possibly represent the most transformative military innovation since jet engines and atomic weaponry. No longer do humans have to engage in close military action or be in the same geographical vicinity as the target. Now, through satellite imaging and remote technology, countries... |
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Republican Like Me: How I Left the Liberal Bubble and Learned to Love the Right
KENNETH STERN · Harper
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
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Widening the dialogue begun with Strangers in Their Own Land and Hillbilly Elegy, a former NPR CEO and lifelong Democrat's chronicle of his immersion in Republicanism to understand his fellow Americans across the political divide.Ken Stern doesn't believe that our political world... |
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Blue on Blue: An Insider's Story of Good Cops Catching Bad Cops
Charles Campisi · Scribner
Pages: 368
Format: Print book
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This eye-opening, richly authentic memoir by the longest serving chief of NYPD's Internal Affairs Bureau reveals what it's like to expose and put away the bad cops - so that they won't tarnish the majority who wear the uniform.Charles Campisi headed the NYPD's Internal Affairs Bureau from... |
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From Silk to Silicon: The Story of Globalization Through Ten Extraordinary Lives
Jeffrey E. Garten · Harper
Pages: 464
Format: Hardcover
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The story of globalization, the most powerful force in history, as told through the life and times of ten people who changed the world by their singular, spectacular accomplishments.This is the first book to look at the history of globalization through the lens of individuals who did something... |
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