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The Death of Truth

MICHIKO KAKUTANI · Tim Duggan Books
Pages: 176
Format: Hardcover

A stirring and incisive manifesto on America's slide away from truth and reason. Over the last three decades, Michiko Kakutani has been thinking and writing about the demise of objective truth in popular culture, academia, and contemporary politics. In The Death of Truth, she connects...
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The Road to Unfreedom: Russia, Europe, America

Timothy Snyder · Tim Duggan Books
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover

From the author of On Tyranny comes a stunning new chronicle of the rise of authoritarianism from Russia to Europe and America.With the end of the Cold War, the victory of liberal democracy was thought to be final. Observers declared the end of history, confident in a peaceful, globalized...
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Can Democracy Survive Global Capitalism?

ROBERT KUTTNER · W. W. Norton & Company
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover

One of our leading social critics recounts capitalism's finest hour, and shows us how we might achieve it once again.In the past few decades, the wages of most workers have stagnated, even as productivity increased. Social supports have been cut, while corporations have achieved record...
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Defying the Odds: The 2016 Elections and American Politics

James W Ceaser · Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Pages: 216
Format: Hardcover

Bitterness and joy, outrage and satisfaction, shame and pride, escapes to safe places and displays of celebration - these were just a few of the conflicting reactions that greeted the election of Donald Trump. One point lays beyond dispute: Donald Trump defied the odds, whether set by bookmakers...
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The Russia Hoax: The Illicit Scheme to Clear Hillary Clinton and Frame Donald Trump

GREGG JARRETT · Broadside Books
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

Fox News legal analyst Gregg Jarrett reveals the real story behind Hillary Clinton's deep state collaborators in government and exposes their nefarious actions during and after the 2016 election.The Russia Hoax reveals how persons within the FBI and Barack Obama's Justice Department...
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Kompromat: How Russia Undermined American Democracy

JEFF PEGUES · Prometheus Books
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

A CBS correspondent presents an in-depth examination of Russian interference in the 2016 presidential campaign and measures to protect US voting systems against future cyber attacks.In this compelling account of how the Russians hacked the 2016 election, CBS News Justice and Homeland Security...
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Rise and Kill First: The Secret History of Israel's Targeted Assassinations

RONEN BERGMAN · Random House
Pages: 736
Format: Hardcover

The page-turning, news-breaking, inside account of Israel's state-sponsored assassination programs, from the man hailed by David Remnick as "arguably [Israel's] best investigative reporter."
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Born Trump: Inside America's First Family

EMILY JANE FOX · Harper
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

As a writer at Vanity Fair covering the Trump family, Emily Jane Fox has spent the last year doing a deep dive into the lives of the President's children. She's developed a personal relationship with Ivanka and has cultivated sources close to Eric, Donald Jr., and Tiffany. She has scoured...
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From the Corner of the Oval

REBECCA DOREY-STEIN · Spiegel & Grau
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover

The compulsively readable, behind-the-scenes memoir that takes readers inside the Obama White House, through the eyes of a young staffer learning the ropes, falling in love, and finding her place in the world. In 2012, Beck Dorey-Stein was just scraping by in DC when a posting on Craigslist...
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Make Trouble: Standing Up, Speaking Out, and Finding the Courage to Lead--My Life Story

CECILE RICHARDS · Touchstone
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

To Make Change, You Have to Make Trouble From Cecile Richards - president of Planned Parenthood Federation of America and the Planned Parenthood Action Fund for more than a decade, daughter of the late Governor Ann Richards, featured speaker at the Women's March on Washington, and a "heroine...
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American Values: Lessons I Learned from My Family

ROBERT F JR KENNEDY · Harper
Pages: 480
Format: Hardcover

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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