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Lincoln vs. Davis: The War of the Presidents

Nigel Hamilton - Little, Brown and Company
Format: Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling presidential biographer comes the greatest untold story of the Civil War: how two American presidents faced off as the fate of the nation hung in the balance - and how Abraham Lincoln came to embrace emancipation as the last, best chance to save the Union....
 
 
Disabled Witchcraft: 90 Rituals for Limited-Spoon Practitioners

Kandi Zeller - Microcosm Publishing
Format: Hardcover

Magick is all around us and should be for everyone. But the practices in many witchcraft books can be difficult for many of us to perform due to chronic illnesses, sensory issues, allergies, or other disabilities--and the financial limitations that often go hand in hand with them. In this...
 
 
Citizen: My Life After the White House

Bill Clinton - Knopf
Format: Hardcover

A powerful, candid, and richly detailed memoir from an American icon, revealing what life looks like after the presidency: triumphs, tribulations, and all.. On January 20, 2001, after nearly thirty years in politics - eight of them as president of the United States - Bill Clinton was suddenly...
 
 
Nolo's Guide to Estate Planning

Hanks Liza Attorney - NOLO
Format: Paperback

Reach for Nolo's Guide to Estate Planning for straightforward, plain-English explanations of why - and how - you can make the best decisions for you and those you love.Attorney Liza Hanks shows you how to:avoid probate altogetherleave property through a will or trustuse life insurance...
 
 
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...
 
 
Woodrow Wilson: The Light Withdrawn

Christopher Cox - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover

A timely reassessment of Woodrow Wilson and his role in the long national struggle for racial equality and women's voting rights.. More than a century after he dominated American politics, Woodrow Wilson still fascinates. With panoramic sweep, Woodrow Wilson: The Light Withdrawn reassesses...
 
 
Speaking of Rape: The Limits of Language in Sexual Violations

Danielle Tumminio Hansen - Fortress Press
Format: Hardcover

Rape survivors need speech to recover--to tell the story of their harm, to rebuild their sense of self and their place in the world. But the words available to them often fail to describe their experience of the violation, which isolates and silences them, enables future perpetration, and lets...
 
 
A War of Sections: How Deep South Political Suppression Shaped Voting Rights in America

Steve Suitts - NewSouth Books
Format: Paperback

In a sweeping reinterpretation of the history of disfranchisement, Steve Suitts illuminates how a century of political conflicts in Alabama came to shape both some of America's best achievements in voting rights and its continuing struggles over voter suppression. A War of Sections...
 
 
Disappearing the President: Trump, Truth Social, and the Fight for the Republic

Lee Smith - Encounter Books
Format: Hardcover

"Lee Smith is a great American patriot who has understood, from the very beginning, that the radical left is the true THREAT TO DEMOCRACY." - Donald Trump, former president of the United States From Lee Smith, bestselling author of, The Permanent Coup and The Plot Against the President,...
 
 
Savings and Trust: The Rise and Betrayal of the Freedman's Bank

Justene Hill Edwards - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover

A leading historian exposes how the rise and tragic failure of the Freedman's Bank has shaped economic inequality in America.In the years immediately after the Civil War, tens of thousands of former slaves deposited millions of dollars into the Freedman's Bank. African Americans...