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The Far Away Brothers: Two Young Migrants and the Making of an American Life
LAUREN MARKHAM · Crown Pages: 320 Format: Hardcover
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The deeply reported story of identical twin brothers who escape El Salvador's violence to build new lives in California - fighting to survive, to stay, and to belong.Growing up in rural El Salvador in the wake of the civil war, Ernesto Flores had always had a fascination with the United... |
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The Nixon Tapes: 1973
Douglas Brinkley · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2015. Pages: 819 Format: Print book
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The blueprint for Nixon's downfall, based on tapes released from 2010 to 2013, most of which have never been published When The Nixon Tapes: 1971-1972 was published in August of 2014, it jumped immediately onto the New York Times bestseller list and captivated media attention for its many... |
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Washington's Farewell: The Founding Father's Warning to Future Generations
JOHN AVLON · Simon & Schuster Pages: 368 Format: Paperback
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"A vivid portrait ... and thoughtful consideration of George Washington's wisdom that couldn't be timelier" (Kirkus Reviews, starred review) . A revealing look at the first President's Farewell Address, a still-relevant warning against partisan politics and foreign entanglements.George... |
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The Once and Future King: The Rise of Crown Government in America
F. H. Buckley · Encounter Books Format: Hardcover
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This remarkable book shatters just about every myth surrounding American government, the Constitution, and the Founding Fathers, and offers the clearest warning about the alarming rise of one-man rule in the age of Obama.Most Americans believe that this country uniquely protects liberty,... |
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100 Amazing Facts About the Negro
Henry Louis Gates, Jr. · Pantheon Pages: 496 Format: Hardcover
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The first edition of Joel Augustus Rogers's now legendary 100 Amazing Facts About the Negro with Complete Proof, published in 1957, was billed as "A Negro 'Believe It or Not.'" Rogers's little book was priceless because he was delivering enlightenment and pride, steeped in historical... |
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One Long Night: A Global History of Concentration Camps
ANDREA PITZER · Little, Brown and Company Pages: 480 Format: Hardcover
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A groundbreaking, haunting, and profoundly moving history of modernity's greatest tragedy: concentration campsFor over 100 years, at least one concentration camp has existed somewhere on Earth. First used as battlefield strategy, camps have evolved with each passing decade, in the scope... |
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Magna Carta: The Birth of Liberty
Dan Jones · Viking Pages: 272 Format: Print book
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"Dan Jones has an enviable gift for telling a dramatic story while at the same time inviting us to consider serious topics like liberty and the seeds of representative government." - Antonia FraserFrom the New York Times bestselling author of The Plantagenets, a lively, action-packed... |
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Overload: Finding the Truth in Today's Deluge of News
BOB SCHIEFFER · Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Pages: 190 Format: Hardcover
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We are in the midst of a communications revolution. We have access to more information than any people in history. But are we more informed or just overwhelmed by so much information we can't process? In Overload, legendary television journalist Bob Schieffer examines today's journalism... |
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NATO's Balancing Act
David S Yost · U S Inst Of Peace Press Pages: 404 Format: Book
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NATO has come under increasing fire for its structural constraints, shortcomings in burden sharing among its members, and disagreements about threat assessments and priorities. Despite these serious challenges, longtime NATO watcher David Yost argues that the Alliance is no Cold War dinosaur.... |
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The Churchill Factor: How One Man Made History
Boris Johnson · Riverhead Books Pages: 400 Format: Hardcover
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From London's inimitable mayor, Boris Johnson, the story of how Churchill's eccentric genius shaped not only his world but our own. On the fiftieth anniversary of Churchill's death, Boris Johnson celebrates the singular brilliance of one of the most important leaders of the twentieth... |
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Two Paths: America Divided or United
John Kasich · Thomas Dunne Books Pages: 304 Format: Hardcover
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Two paths.One choice -- the path that exploits anger, encourages resentment, turns fear into hatred and divides people. This path solves nothing, demeans our history, weakens our country and cheapens each of us. It has but one beneficiary and that is to the politician who speaks of it.The... |
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Kennedy and King: The President, the Pastor, and the Battle over Civil Rights
Steven Levingston · Hachette Books Pages: 528 Format: Hardcover
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From journalist and author Steven Levingston, a gripping, detailed account of the contentious relationship between President John F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King, Jr. during the tumultuous early years of the Civil Rights movement. Kennedy and King traces the emergence of two of the twentieth... |
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