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From Cold War to Hot Peace: An American Ambassador in Putin's Russia
MICHAEL MCFAUL · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 496
Format: Hardcover
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From one of America's leading scholars of Russia who served as U.S. ambassador to Russia during the Obama administration, a revelatory, inside account of U.S.-Russia relations from 1989 to the presentIn 2008, when Michael McFaul was asked to leave his perch at Stanford and join an unlikely... |
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Separate and Unequal: The Kerner Commission and the Unraveling of American Liberalism
Steven M Gillon · Basic Books
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover
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The definitive history of the Kerner Commission, whose report on urban unrest reshaped American debates about race and inequalityIn Separate and Unequal, historian Steven M. Gillon offers a revelatory new history of the National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders--popularly known as the Kerner... |
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How Democracies Die
STEVE LEVITSKY · Crown
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
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For readers of On Tyranny and Why Nations Fail, a bracing look at the demise of liberal democracies around the world - and a roadmap for rescuing our own. Donald Trump's presidency has raised a question that many of us never thought we'd be asking: Is our democracy in danger? Harvard... |
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One Nation: What We Can All Do to Save America's Future
Ben Carson · Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover
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Dear Reader, In February 2013 I gave a speech at the National Prayer Breakfast. Standing a few feet from President Obama, I warned my fellow citizens of the dangers facing our country and called for a return to the principles that made America great.Many Americans heard and responded, but our nation's... |
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Every Day Is Extra
John Kerry · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 608
Format: Hardcover
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John Kerry tells the story of his remarkable American life - from son of a diplomat to decorated Vietnam veteran, five-term United States senator, 2004 Democratic presidential nominee, and Secretary of State for four years - a revealing memoir by a witness to some of the most important... |
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On the Other Side of Freedom: The Case for Hope
DERAY MCKESSON · Viking
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover
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From the internationally recognized civil rights activist/organizer and host of the podcast Pod Save the People, a meditation on resistance, justice, and freedom, and an intimate portrait of a movement from the front lines.In August of 2014, twenty-nine-year-old activist DeRay Mckesson... |
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Finks: How the C.I.A. Tricked the World's Best Writers
Joel Whitney · Or Books
Pages: 336
Format: Print book
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When news broke that the CIA had colluded with literary magazines to produce cultural propaganda throughout the Cold War, a debate began that has never been resolved. The story continues to unfold, with the reputations of some of America's best-loved literary figures - including Peter... |
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The Division of Heaven and Earth: On Tibet's Peaceful Revolution
Shokdung · Hurst
Pages: 176
Format: Print book
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This is a translation of one of the most influential and important books from Tibet in the modern era, a passionate indictment of Chinese policies and an eloquent analysis of protests that swept Tibet from March, 2008 - the 'Earth Rat' year according to the Tibetan calendar - as a re-awakening... |
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Legal Guide for Lesbian & Gay Couples, A
Frederick Hertz · Nolo
Pages: 456
Format: Print book
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Laws affecting LGBT couples are changing rapidly, and while it's an exciting time for all gay and lesbian partners, keeping up with the myriad ways the shifting legal landscape touches your family life can be daunting. Now more than ever, it's important that you take the proper... |
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So You Want To Be a Cop: What Everyone Should Know Before Entering a Law Enforcement Career
Alley Evola · Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Pages: 238
Format: Hardcover
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Many children, from the time they are old enough to be attracted to a siren and flashing lights, dream their whole lives of becoming a police officer. As a retired police officer, herself, Alley Evola looks at the daily ins and outs of the job of a police officer. From recruitment, life... |
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Devil's Bargain: Steve Bannon, Donald Trump, and the Storming of the Presidency
ANONYMOUS. · Penguin Press
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
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From the reporter who was there at the very beginning comes the revealing inside story of the partnership between Steve Bannon and Donald Trump - the key to understanding the rise of the alt-right, the fall of Hillary Clinton, and the hidden forces that drove the greatest upset in American... |
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The American Spirit: Who We Are and What We Stand For
DAVID MCCULLOUGH · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 176
Format: Hardcover
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A New York Times Bestseller A timely collection of speeches by David McCullough, the most honored historian in the United States - winner of two Pulitzer Prizes, two National Book Awards, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom, among many others - that reminds us of fundamental American... |
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Automating Inequality: How High-Tech Tools Profile, Police, and Punish the Poor
VIRGINIA EUBANKS · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover
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Naomi Klein: "This book is downright scary."Ethan Zuckerman, MIT: "Should be required reading." Dorothy Roberts, author of Killing the Black Body: "A must-read for everyone concerned about modern tools of inequality in America."Astra Taylor, author of The People's... |
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Inventing the Immigration Problem: The Dillingham Commission and Its Legacy
Katherine Benton-Cohen · Harvard University Press
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover
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In 1907 the U.S. Congress created a joint commission to investigate what many Americans saw as a national crisis: an unprecedented number of immigrants flowing into the United States. Experts -- women and men trained in the new field of social science -- fanned out across the country to collect... |
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The Book of Matt: Hidden Truths About the Murder of Matthew Shepard
Stephen Jimenez · Steerforth
Format: Hardcover
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What role did crystal meth and other previously underreported factors play in the brutal murder of gay college student Matthew Shepard? The Book of Matt is a page-turning cautionary tale that humanizes and de-mythologizes Matthew while following the evidence where it leads, without... |
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