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To Build a Better World: Choices to End the Cold War and Create a Global Commonwealth

Zelikow, Philip · Twelve
Pages: 528
Format: Hardcover

A definitive account of how the Cold War was brought to an end, and how that historic resolution has created our geopolitical present.
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For the Love of Books: Stories of Literary Lives, Banned Books, Author Feuds, Extraordinary Characters, and More

Tarrant, Graham · Skyhorse
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover

A light-hearted book about books and the people who write them for all lovers of literature. Do you know: Which famous author died of caffeine poisoning?Why Alice's Adventures in Wonderland was banned in China?Who was the first British writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature?What...
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The First: How to Think About Hate Speech, Campus Speech, Religious Speech, Fake News, Post-Truth, and Donald Trump

Fish, Stanley · Atria Books
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover

From celebrated public intellectual and New York Times bestselling author, Stanley Fish, comes an urgent and sharply observed look at one of the most hotly debated issues of our time: freedom of speech. How does the First Amendment really work? Is it a principle or a value? What is hate...
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Checkpoint Charlie: The Cold War, The Berlin Wall, and the Most Dangerous Place On Earth

Iain MacGregor · Scribner
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover

A powerful, fascinating, and groundbreaking history of Checkpoint Charlie, the famous military gate on the border of East and West Berlin where the United States confronted the USSR during the Cold War.East Germany committed a billion dollars to the creation of the Berlin Wall in the early...
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Army of the Roman Emperors

Fischer, Thomas · Casemate
Pages: 464
Format: Hardcover

Compared to modern standard, the Roman army of the imperial era was surprisingly small. However, when assessed in terms of their various tasks, they by far outstrip modern armies - acting not only as an armed power of the state in external and internal conflicts, but also carrying out functions...
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A Warning

Anonymous · Twelve
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover

An unprecedented behind-the-scenes portrait of the Trump presidency from the anonymous senior official whose first words of warning about the president rocked the nation's capital.
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With All Due Respect: Defending America with Grit and Grace

Nikki R. Haley · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover

A revealing, dramatic, deeply personal book about the most significant events of our time, written by the former United States Ambassador to the United NationsNikki Haley is widely admired for her forthright manner ("With all due respect, I don't get confused") , her sensitive...
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Why Meadow Died: The People and Policies That Created The Parkland Shooter and Endanger America's Students

AndrewPollack · Post Hill Press
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

The Parkland school shooting was the most avoidable mass murder in American history. And the policies that made it inevitable have spread to your school. "After my sister Meadow was murdered at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, the media obsessed for months about the type of rifle...
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The Problem with Everything: My Journey Through the New Culture Wars

Daum, Meghan · Gallery Books
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

From "one of the most emotionally exacting, mercilessly candid, deeply funny, and intellectually rigorous writers of our time" (Cheryl Strayed, author of Wild) comes a seminal new book that reaches surprising truths about feminism, the Trump era, and the Resistance...
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Moving Forward: A Story of Hope, Hard Work, and the Promise of America

Jean-Pierre, Karine · Hanover Square Press
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover

A moving, inspiring political memoir and progressive call to arms from the chief public affairs officer for moveon.org, chronicling her own experiences - from growing up in New York's Haitian community to working in the Obama White House and charting a path for others to help change...
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