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If We Are Brave: Essays from Black Americana

Theodore Johnson - Amistad
Format: Hardcover

The popular Washington Post contributing opinion columnist challenges readers to have uncomfortable conversations about race, drawing on the first-person perspectives of the author and Americans from diverse viewpoints and walks of life."The United States claims to be a nation founded...
 
 
Credit Repair: Make a Plan, Improve Your Credit, Avoid Scams

Amy Loftsgordon Attorney - NOLO
Format: Paperback

Improve Your Credit!It's generally pretty easy to fall into debt - but it can be hard to repay that money. Unfortunately, the consequences of mounting debt, like delinquent bill payments, defaults, lawsuits, repossessions, foreclosures, and bankruptcy, eventually find their way into...
 
 
Beyond the Big Lie: The Epidemic of Political Lying, Why Republicans Do It More, and How It Could Burn Down Our Democracy

Bill Adair - Atria Books
Format: Hardcover

Bill Adair, Pulitzer Prize winner, journalism professor, and founder of Politifact, presents an eye-opening and engaging history of political liars and a vision for how to make them stop. . Bill Adair knows a lie when he hears one. Since 2008, the site he founded, PolitiFact, has been the go-to...
 
 
Black Saturday: An Unfiltered Account of the October 7th Attack on Israel and the War in Gaza

Trey Yingst - Harper Influence
Format: Hardcover

Fox News war correspondent Trey Yingst shares his gripping, firsthand account of the events of October 7, 2023, and the ensuing war, offering riveting insight and fresh facts that clarify the scope and magnitude of this latest and most dramatic outbreak in one of the bloodiest, most nuanced,...
 
 
Targeted: Beirut: The 1983 Marine Barracks Bombing and the Untold Origin Story of the War on Terror

Jack Carr - Atria/Emily Bestler Books
Format: Hardcover

The first in a new in-depth nonfiction series examining the devastating terrorist attacks that changed the course of history from #1 New York Times bestselling author Jack Carr and Pulitzer Prize finalist James M. Scott, beginning with the 1983 Marine barracks bombing in Beirut.. 1983:...
 
 
The Myth of American Idealism: How U.S. Foreign Policy Endangers the World

Noam Chomsky - Penguin Audio
Format: Hardcover

From one of the world's most prominent thinkers, an urgent warning of the threat that U.S. power poses to humanity's future as well as a sharp indictment of both American foreign policy and the national myths that support itThe Myth of American Idealism offers a timely and comprehensive...
 
 
War

Bob Woodward - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover

Instant #1 New York Times Bestseller Two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Bob Woodward tells the revelatory, behind-the-scenes story of three wars - Ukraine, the Middle East and the struggle for the American Presidency.. War is an intimate and sweeping account of one of the most tumultuous periods...
 
 
Countdown 1960: The Behind-the-Scenes Story of the 312 Days that Changed America's Politics Forever

Chris Wallace - Dutton
Format: Hardcover

A riveting new work and fresh take on the lead-up to the presidential election of 1960, drawing timely parallels to the choice Americans face in 2024. It's January 2, 1960: the day that Massachusetts Senator John F. Kennedy declared his candidacy; and with this opening scene, Chris...
 
 
Lies that Kill: A Citizen's Guide to Disinformation

Elaine Kamarck - Brookings Institution Press
Format: Hardcover

"Everyone, whether they work in the public sector or are private citizens, will find this book invaluable." - BOOKLIST , Starred ReviewDisinformation made possible by rapid advances in cheap, digital technology, and promoted by organized networks, thrives in the toxic political...
 
 
10/7: 100 Human Stories

Lee Yaron - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover

The definitive account of the 10/7 attacks through the stories of its victims and the communities they called home.On October 7, 2023 -- the Sabbath and the final day of the holiday of Sukkot -- the Gaza-based terror group Hamas launched an unprecedented assault on the people of Israel....