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Dressed Up for a Riot: Misadventures in Putin's Moscow
MICHAEL IDOV · Farrar, Straus and Giroux Pages: 288 Format: Hardcover
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A memoir of revolution, reaction, and Russian men's fashionIn this crackling memoir, the journalist and novelist Michael Idov recounts the tempestuous years he spent living alongside -- and closely observing -- the media and cultural elite of Putin's Russia. After accepting a surprise offer... |
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Building the Great Society: Inside Lyndon Johnson's White House
JOSHUA ZEITZ · Viking Pages: 400 Format: Hardcover
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The author of Lincoln's Boys takes us inside Lyndon Johnson's White House to show how the legendary Great Society programs were actually put into practice: Team of Rivals for LBJ. The personalities behind every burst of 1960s liberal reform - from civil rights and immigration reform, to Medicare... |
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Young China: How the Restless Generation Will Change Their Country and the World
ZAK DYCHTWALD · St. Martin's Press Pages: 304 Format: Hardcover
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The author, in his twenties, who is fluent in Chinese, examines the future of China through the lens of the Jiu Ling Hou -- the generation born after 1990.A close up look at the Chinese generation born after 1990 exploring through personal encounters how young Chinese feel about everything... |
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The Marshall Plan: Dawn of the Cold War
Benn Steil · Simon & Schuster Pages: 624 Format: Hardcover
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The award-winning author of The Battle of Bretton Woods reveals the gripping history behind the Marshall Plan - told with verve, insight, and resonance for today.In the wake of World War II, with Britain's empire collapsing and Stalin's on the rise, US officials under new secretary of state... |
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A Gift from Darkness
Patience Ibrahim · Other Press Pages: 288 Format: Paperback
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The inspirational story of a pregnant young Nigerian woman and the horrors she endured to save her unborn child when she was kidnapped by Boko Haram.When she was nineteen, Patience Ibrahim's first husband was murdered by Boko Haram. She fled to the safety of her village and remarried several... |
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1947: Where Now Begins
Elisabeth AÌŠsbrink · Other Press Format: Hardcover
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An award-winning writer captures a year that defined the modern world, intertwining historical events around the globe with key moments from her personal history.The year 1947 marks a turning point in the twentieth century. Peace with Germany becomes a tool to fortify the West against the threats... |
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