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Al Franken, Giant of the Senate
Al Franken · Twelve
Pages: 406
Format: Hardcover
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#1 New York Times Bestseller"Flips the classic born-in-a-shack rise to political office tale on its head. I skipped meals to read this book - also unusual - because every page was funny. It made me deliriously happy." - Louise Erdrich, The New York Times p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px... |
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A Great Place to Have a War: America in Laos and the Birth of a Military CIA
Joshua Kurlantzick · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 323
Format: Print book
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The untold story of how America's secret war in Laos in the 1960s and 1970s transformed the CIA from a loose collection of spies into a military operation and a key player in American foreign policy.In 1960, President Eisenhower was focused on Laos, a tiny Southeast Asian nation few Americans... |
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Old School: Life in the Sane Lane
ANONYMOUS. · Holt, Henry & Company, Inc.
Pages: 192
Format: Print book
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Old School is in session....You have probably heard the term Old School, but what you might not know is that there is a concentrated effort to tear that school down.It's a values thing. The anti-Old School forces believe the traditional way of looking at life is oppressive. Not inclusive.... |
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The Secret State: A History of Intelligence and Espionage
John Hughes-Wilson · Pegasus Books
Pages: 528
Format: Print book
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A ground-breaking history of intelligence -- from its classical origins to the onset of the surveillance state in the digital age -- that lifts the veil of secrecy from this clandestine world. Comprehensive and authoritative, The Secret State skillfully examines the potential pitfalls of the traditional... |
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Unbelievable: My Front-Row Seat to the Craziest Campaign in American History
KATY TUR · Dey Street Books
Pages: 291
Format: Hardcover
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INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER"Compelling ... this book couldn't be more timely." - Jill Abramson, New York Times Book Review FROM THE RECIPIENT OF THE 2017 Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in JournalismCalled "disgraceful," "third-rate," and "not nice"... |
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That Was Then: Memories of Cane River
Joseph Anthony Moran · Univ of Louisiana at Lafayette
Pages: 72
Format: Paperback
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Cane River?also known as Isle Brevelle?is reputedly the oldest American settlement founded by and for people of color. Its origins date back to the late eighteenth century when Claude-Thomas-Pierre Metoyer, a French merchant, and his wife Marie Thérèse Coin-Coin, an enslaved African,... |
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Forged in Crisis: The Power of Courageous Leadership in Turbulent Times
Nancy F Koehn · Scribner
Pages: 528
Format: Hardcover
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From a brilliant historian at the Harvard Business School, here is a masterful, in-depth portrait of five extraordinary figures - Ernest Shackleton, Abraham Lincoln, Frederick Douglass, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, and Rachel Carson - that illuminates how great leaders are made in times of adversity... |
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Hate Crimes in Cyberspace
Danielle Keats Citron · Harvard University Press
Format: Hardcover
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Most Internet users are familiar with trolling -- aggressive, foul-mouthed posts designed to elicit angry responses in a site's comments. Less familiar but far more serious is the way some use networked technologies to target real people, subjecting them, by name and address, to vicious,... |
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The Complete Guide to Veterans' Benefits: Everything You Need to Know Explained Simply
Bruce C Brown · Atlantic Publishing Group Inc; 1 edition
Format: Book
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Retiring or being discharged from the military is one of the most trying times for service members. You must leave your military life and training to venture once more into the civilian life, transition into a civilian career, and navigate the waters of life without the military. But the good... |
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Enough: Our Fight to Keep America Safe from Gun Violence
Gabrielle Giffords · Scribner
Format: Hardcover
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Former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords-- disabled from an assassination attempt in Tucson, Arizona-- and her husband, astronaut Mark Kelly, share their impassioned argument for responsible gun ownership and more responsible gun control laws, despite being gun owners and staunch supporters... |
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White Like Her: My Family's Story of Race and Racial Passing
GAIL LUKASIK · Skyhorse Publishing
Pages: 316
Format: Hardcover
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White Like Her: My Family's Story of Race and Racial Passing is the story of Gail Lukasik's mother's "passing," Gail's struggle with the shame of her mother's choice, and her subsequent journey of self-discovery and redemption. In the historical context of the Jim Crow... |
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Ain't There No More: Louisiana's Disappearing Coastal Plain
Carl A Brasseaux · University Press of Mississippi
Pages: 232
Format: Print book
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For centuries, outlanders have openly denigrated Louisiana's coastal wetlands residents and their stubborn refusal to abandon the region's fragile prairies tremblants despite repeated natural and, more recently, man-made disasters. Yet, the cumulative environmental knowledge these... |
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Study Guide for the US Citizenship Test in English and Spanish: Updated 2015
Mike Swedenberg · CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform; 7th edition
Format: Print book
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#1 Best Seller in Citizenship Test Guides September 11, 2015 The 100 Sample Questions and Answers to the US Immigration Test in Spanish and English A unique product, professionally developed and annotated with current Representatives, State capitals and Sample Written Questions. Updated... |
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A River in Darkness: One Man's Escape from North Korea
Masaji Ishikawa · AmazonCrossing
Pages: 172
Format: Hardcover
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The harrowing true story of one man's life in - and subsequent escape from - North Korea, one of the world's most brutal totalitarian regimes.Half-Korean, half-Japanese, Masaji Ishikawa has spent his whole life feeling like a man without a country. This feeling only deepened when his family... |
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