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Mississippi Swindle: Brett Favre and the Welfare Scandal that Shocked America

Shad White - Steerforth
Format: Hardcover

How America's youngest state auditor uncovered the largest public corruption scandal in the history of the nation's poorest state. "A must read" with all the thrills of a John Grisham novel - for fans of shocking true crime exposés like Black Edge and Bad Blood (Peter...
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Nuclear is Not the Solution: The Folly of Atomic Power in the Age of Climate Change

M.V. Ramana - Verso
Format: Hardcover

NUCLEAR POWER WILL SLOW OUR RESPONSE TO CLIMATE CHANGE AND INCREASE THE RISK OF WEAPONS PROLIFERATION AND CATASTROPHE. THE CLIMATE CRISIS has propelled nuclear energy back into fashion. Its proponents argue we already have the technology of the future and that it only needs perfection and deployment....
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Fierce Desires: A New History of Sex and Sexuality in America

Rebecca L. Davis - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover

From an esteemed scholar, a richly textured, authoritative history of sex and sexuality in America -- the first major account in three decades.Our era is one of sexual upheaval. Roe v. Wade was overturned in the summer of 2022, school systems across the country are banning books with LGBTQ...
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Codename Nemo: The Hunt for a Nazi U-Boat and The Elusive Enigma Machine

Charles Lachman - Diversion Books
Format: Hardcover

The white-knuckled saga of a maverick captain, nine courageous sailors, and a US Navy task force who achieved the impossible on June 4, 1944--capturing Nazi submarine U-505, its crew, technology, encryption codes, and an Enigma cipher machine. Two days before D-Day--the course of World...
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To the Success of Our Hopeless Cause: The Many Lives of the Soviet Dissident Movement

Benjamin Nathans - Princeton University Press
Format: Hardcover

A gripping history of the Soviet dissident movement, which hastened the end of the USSR - and still provides a model of opposition in Putin's Russia. Beginning in the 1960s, the Soviet Union was unexpectedly confronted by a dissident movement that captured the world's imagination....
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That Librarian: The Fight Against Book Banning in America

Amanda Jones - Bloomsbury Publishing
Format: Hardcover

"Amanda Jones started getting death threats, all for standing up for our right to read . . . but she's not stopped fighting against book bans, or stopped advocating for access to diverse stories."-Oprah Winfrey, in a speech at the 2023 National Book Awards. "Amanda Jones...
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On the Edge: The Art of Risking Everything

Nate Silver - Penguin Press
Format: Hardcover

The Instant New York Times Bestseller. "Engaging and entertaining ... a glimpse of the economy of the future." - Tim Wu, New York Times Book Review. From the New York Times bestselling author of The Signal and the Noise,the definitive guide to our era of risk - and the players...
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What's Next: A Backstage Pass to The West Wing, Its Cast and Crew, and Its Enduring Legacy of Service

Melissa Fitzgerald - Dutton
Format: Hardcover

*INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER*. A behind-the-scenes look into the creation and legacy of The West Wing as told by cast members Melissa Fitzgerald and Mary McCormack, with compelling insights from cast and crew exploring what made the show what it was and how its impassioned commitment...
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Tablets Shattered: The End of an American Jewish Century and the Future of Jewish Life

Joshua Leifer - Dutton
Format: Hardcover

From esteemed journalist Joshua Leifer, a definitive look at the history and future of American Jewish identity and community from the tipping point we are living in. Tablets Shattered is Joshua Leifer's lively and personal history of the fractured American Jewish present. Formed...
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