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The Future of Pakistan
Stephen P. Cohen · Brookings Institution Press
Format: Paperback
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With each passing day, Pakistan becomes an even more crucial player in world affairs. Home of the world's second-largest Muslim population, epicenter of the global jihad, location of perhaps the planet's most dangerous borderlands, and armed with nuclear weapons, this South Asian... |
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Murdering McKinley: The Making of Theodore Roosevelt's America
Eric Rauchway · Hill and Wang; 1 edition
Pages: 250
Format: Hardcover
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How an assassin, a dead President, and Theodore Roosevelt defined the Progressive Era.When President McKinley was murdered at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York on September 6, 1901, Americans were bereaved and frightened. Rumor ran rampant: A wild-eyed foreign anarchist... |
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The Rise of Andrew Jackson: Myth, Manipulation, and the Making of Modern Politics
David Stephen Heidler · Basic Books
Pages: 448
Format: Hardcover
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The story of Andrew Jackson's improbable ascent to the White House, centered on the handlers and propagandists who made it possibleAndrew Jackson was volatile and prone to violence, and well into his forties his sole claim on the public's affections derived from his victory in a thirty-minute... |
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Imperial Hubris: Why the West is Losing the War on Terror
Michael Scheuer · Potomac Books Inc.; First Edition edition
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover
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Though U.S. leaders try to convince the world of their success in fighting al Qaeda, one anonymous member of the U.S. intelligence community would like to inform the public that we are, in fact, losing the war on terror. Further, until U.S. leaders recognize the errant path they have irresponsibly... |
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A Fine Mess: A Global Quest for a Simpler, Fairer, and More Efficient Tax System
T R REID · PENGUIN Books
Pages: 288
Format: Print book
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Bestselling author T. R. Reid voyages around the world to solve the urgent problem of America's failing tax code, unraveling a complex topic in plain English and telling a rollicking story along the way.The U.S. tax code is a total write-off. Overstuffed with loopholes and special interest... |
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Savage Inequalities: Children in America's Schools
Jonathan Kozol
Format: Hardcover
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A searing, eye-opening exposé of the inequality built into America's public education system, written by Jonathan Kozol, the National Book Award-winning author of Death at an Early Age. Traveling the most blighted neighborhoods of our country, Kozol discovers a separate and |
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The Unbanking of America: How the New Middle Class Survives
Lisa Servon · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 272
Format: Print book
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An urgent, absorbing exposé - why Americans are fleeing our broken banking system in growing numbers, and how alternatives are rushing in to do what banks once did What do an undocumented immigrant in the South Bronx, a high‑net‑worth entrepreneur, and a twenty‑something... |
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American Values: Lessons I Learned from My Family
ROBERT F JR KENNEDY · Harper
Pages: 480
Format: Hardcover
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In this moving, thoughtful family history, the son and namesake of Robert Fitzgerald Kennedy shares memories of his turbulent childhood and the lessons that have shaped his enduring values.Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., the third of eleven children born to Bobby Kennedy and Ethel Skakel Kennedy,... |
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The Center Holds: Obama and His Enemies
Jonathan Alter · Simon & Schuster; F First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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From the bestselling author of The Promise, the thrilling story of one of the most momentous contests in American history, the Battle Royale between Obama and his enemies from the 2010 midterms through the 2013 inauguration. The election of 2012 will be remembered as a hinge of history.... |
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We the People: A Progressive Reading of the Constitution for the Twenty-First Century
Erwin Chemerinsky · Picador
Pages: 320
Format: Paperback
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"Over the course of American history, there have been great gains in individual freedom and enormous advances in equality for racial minorities, women, and gays and lesbians, though obviously much remains to be done. Now we are at a moment with a president who is not committed to these... |
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The Missing Peace: The Inside Story of the Fight for Middle East Peace
Dennis Ross · Farrar
Pages: 840
Format: Print book
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A gripping personal narrative of the struggle for Israeli-Palestinian peace Dennis Ross, the chief Middle East peace negotiator in the presidential administrations of George H. W. Bush and Bill Clinton, is that rare figure who is respected by all parties: Democrats and Republicans, Palestinians... |
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Franklin and Winston: An Intimate Portrait of an Epic Friendship
Jon Meacham · Random House
Pages: 512
Format: Book
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The most complete portrait ever drawn of the complex emotional connection between two of history's towering leadersFranklin Roosevelt and Winston Churchill were the greatest leaders of "the Greatest Generation." In Franklin and Winston, Jon Meacham explores the fascinating... |
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