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A New World Begins: The History of the French Revolution

Jeremy Popkin · Basic Books
Pages: 640
Format: Hardcover

From an award-winning historian, a magisterial account of the revolution that created the modern worldThe principles of the French Revolution remain the only possible basis for a just society -- even if, after more than two hundred years, they are more contested than ever before. In A New World...
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Hill Women: Finding Family and a Way Forward in the Appalachian Mountains

Cassie Chambers · Ballantine Books
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

After rising from poverty to earn two Ivy League degrees, an Appalachian lawyer pays tribute to the strong "hill women" who raised and inspired her, and whose values have the potential to rejuvenate a struggling region - an uplifting and eye-opening memoir for readers of Hillbilly...
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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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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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Deep State: Trump, the FBI, and the Rule of Law

James B. Stewart · Penguin Press
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover

Instant New York Times Bestseller"Important and stunning. This is must-read material if you want to understand what the Trump administration is still up to right now." --Lawrence O'DonnellThere are questions that the Mueller report couldn't - or wouldn't - answer....
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Three Days at the Brink: FDR's Daring Gamble to Win World War II

Bret Baier · William Morrow
Pages: 448
Format: Hardcover

From the #1 bestselling author of Three Days in Moscow and anchor of Fox News Channel's Special Report with Bret Baier, a gripping history of the secret meeting that set the stage for victory in World War II - the now-forgotten 1943 Tehran Conference, where Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston...
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An Impeccable Spy: Richard Sorge, Stalin's Master Agent

Matthews, Owen · Bloomsbury Publishing
Pages: 448
Format: Hardcover

The thrilling true story of Richard Sorge-the Soviet intelligence operative John le Carré called "the spy to end spies." Richard Sorge moved in a world of shifting alliances and infinite possibility. Born to a German mother and a Russian father, Sorge became a fanatical communist-and...
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Barack and Joe: The Making of an Extraordinary Partnership

Steven Levingston · Hachette Books
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover

A vivid and inspiring account of the "bromance" between Barack Obama and Joe Biden.The extraordinary partnership of Barack Obama and Joe Biden is unique in American history. The two men, their characters and styles sharply contrasting, formed a dynamic working relationship that...
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