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The Age of Genius: The Seventeenth Century and the Birth of the Modern Mind
A C Grayling · Bloomsbury
Pages: 351
Format: Print book
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The Age of Genius explores the eventful intertwining of outward event and inner intellectual life to tell, in all its richness and depth, the story of the 17th century in Europe. It was a time of creativity unparalleled in history before or since, from science to the arts, from philosophy... |
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You Will Not Have My Hate
Antoine Leiris · Penguin Press
Pages: 129
Format: Print book
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INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER - "On Friday night you stole the life of an exceptional person, the love of my life, the mother of my son, but you will not have my hate." On November 13, 2015, Antoine Leiris's wife, Hélène Muyal-Leiris, was killed by terrorists while attending... |
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Man's Better Angels: Romantic Reformers and the Coming of the Civil War
Philip F Gura · The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press
Pages: 328
Format: Print book
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Banks failed, credit contracted, inequality grew, and people everywhere were out of work while political paralysis and slavery threatened to rend the nation in two. As financial crises always have, the Panic of 1837 drew forth a plethora of reformers who promised to restore America to greatness.... |
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How to Be a Muslim: An American Story
Haroon Moghul · Beacon Press
Pages: 256
Format: Paperback
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A young Muslim leader's memoir of his struggles to forge an American Muslim identityHaroon Moghul was first thrust into the spotlight after 9/11, as an undergraduate leader at New York University's Islamic Center. Suddenly, he was making appearances everywhere: on TV, talking to interfaith... |
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The Gatekeepers: How the White House Chiefs of Staff Define Every Presidency
Chris Whipple · Crown
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover
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The first in-depth, behind-the-scenes look at the White House Chiefs of Staff, whose actions - and inactions - have defined the course of our country. What do Dick Cheney and Rahm Emanuel have in common? Aside from polarizing personalities, both served as chief of staff to the president... |
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Vanishing New York: How a Great City Lost Its Soul
JEREMIAH MOSS · Dey Street Books
Pages: 480
Format: Hardcover
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"ESSENTIAL READING FOR FANS OF JANE JACOBS, JOSEPH MITCHELL, PATTI SMITH, LUC SANTE AND CHEAP PIEROGI."--VANITY FAIRAn unflinching chronicle of gentrification in the twenty-first century and a love letter to lost New York by the creator of the popular and incendiary blog Vanishing... |
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Don't tread on me : armed and angry in america
Alexander Zaitchik · Hot Books
Pages: 160
Format: Print book
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The once unimaginable emergence of Donald Trump as the 2016 Republican nominee has left the country scrambling for answers and explanations. Of the questions driving anxious discussions in diners, news studios, and political strategy meetings, as many concern his loyal legions as do the candidate:... |
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The Long Game: A Memoir
Mitch Mcconnell · Sentinel
Pages: 278
Format: Print book
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In October 1984, a hard-charging Kentucky politician waited excitedly for President Ronald Reagan to arrive at a presidential rally in Louisville. In the midst of a tough Senate campaign against an incumbent Democrat, the young Republican hoped Reagan's endorsement would give a much-needed... |
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Tears We Cannot Stop: A Sermon to White America
ANONYMOUS. · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 228
Format: Print book
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A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITOR'S CHOICE | NAMED A BEST/MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2017 BY: The Washington Post * Bustle * Men's Journal * The Chicago Reader * StarTribune * Blavity "One of the most frank and searing discussions on race ... a deeply serious, urgent book, which... |
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The Drone Eats with Me: A Gaza Diary
Ê»ĀtÌ£if Abū Sayf · Beacon Press
Pages: 258
Format: Print book
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An ordinary Gazan's chronicle of the struggle to survive during Israel's 2014 invasion of GazaThe Drone Eats with Me is an unforgettable rendering of everyday civilian life shattered by the realities of twenty-first-century warfare. Israel's 2014 invasion of Gaza lasted 51 days, killed... |
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The Case for Impeachment
ALLAN J LICHTMAN · Dey Street Books
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
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In The Case for Impeachment, Distinguished Professor of History at American University Allan J. Lichtman illuminates exactly how the impeachment of President Trump might work by showing how his actions - past or future - make him uniquely vulnerable to impeachment proceedings. From his dealings... |
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Locked In: The True Causes of Mass Incarceration—and How to Achieve Real Reform
John F Pfaff · Basic Books
Pages: 272
Format: Print book
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A groundbreaking examination of our system of imprisonment, revealing the true causes of mass incarceration as well as the best path to reformThe United States, home to about 5 percent of the world's population, holds nearly 25 percent of its prisoners. How did we get to this point?In Locked... |
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The Exile: The Stunning Inside Story of Osama bin Laden and Al Qaeda in Flight
Adrian Levy · Bloomsbury USA
Pages: 640
Format: Hardcover
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Startling and scandalous, this is an intimate insider's story of Osama bin Laden's retinue in the ten years after 9/11, a family in flight and at war.From September 11, 2001 to May 2, 2011, Osama Bin Laden evaded intelligence services and special forces units, drones and hunter killer squads.... |
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Pill City: How Two Honor Roll Students Foiled the Feds and Built a Drug Empire
Kevin Deutsch · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 266
Format: Print book
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In 2015, Baltimore plunged into the worst American riots in recent history. In the chaos, two high school honor-roll students, "Brick" and "Wax, used their smarts, computer skills, ambition and gang connections to change the world of illegal drugs forever. With their gang... |
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