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The Empire of Necessity: Slavery, Freedom, and Deception in the New World
Greg Grandin · Holt & Company, Henry Pages: 360 Format: Hardcover
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From the acclaimed author of Fordlandia, the story of a remarkable slave rebellion that illuminates America's struggle with slavery and freedom during the Age of Revolution and beyondOne morning in 1805, off a remote island in the South Pacific, Captain Amasa Delano, a New England seal... |
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What Happened
HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON · Simon & Schuster Pages: 494 Format: Hardcover
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"In the past, for reasons I try to explain, I've often felt I had to be careful in public, like I was up on a wire without a net. Now I'm letting my guard down." - Hillary Rodham Clinton, from the introduction of What HappenedFor the first time, Hillary Rodham Clinton reveals... |
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Eunice: The Kennedy Who Changed the World
Eileen McNamara · Simon & Schuster Pages: 416 Format: Hardcover
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A Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist examines the life and times of Eunice Kennedy Shriver, arguing she left behind the Kennedy family's most profound political legacy.While Joe Kennedy was grooming his sons for the White House and the Senate, his Stanford-educated daughter Eunice was tapping... |
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I Work At A Public Library: A Collection of Crazy Stories from the Stacks
Gina Sheridan · Adams Media Corporation Pages: 157 Format: Paperback
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Straight from the library--the strange and bizarre, ready to be checked out!From a patron's missing wetsuit to the scent of crab cakes wafting through the stacks, I Work at a Public Library showcases the oddities that have come across Gina Sheridan's circulation desk. Throughout... |
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Generation Revolution: On the Front Line Between Tradition and Change in the Middle East
Rachel Aspden · Other Press Pages: 272 Format: Print book
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Generation Revolution unravels the complex forces shaping the lives of four young Egyptians on the eve and in the aftermath of the Arab Spring, and what their stories mean for the future of the Middle East. In 2003 Rachel Aspden arrived in Egypt as a 23-year-old journalist. She found a country... |
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Beyond the Messy Truth: How We Came Apart, How We Come Together
VAN JONES · Ballantine Books Pages: 288 Format: Hardcover
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A passionate manifesto that exposes hypocrisy on both sides of the political divide and points a way out of the tribalism that is tearing America apart - by the CNN political contributor and host hailed as "a star of the 2016 campaign" (The New York Times) who tries to "fight... |
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Her Brilliant Career: Ten Extraordinary Women of the Fifties
Rachel Cooke · Harper Format: Hardcover
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An exuberant group biography—"a splendidly various collection of 'brief lives' written with both gusto and sensitivity" (The Guardian)—that follows ten women in 1950s Britain whose pioneering lives paved the way for feminism and laid the foundation of modern... |
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The Tragedy of the European Union: Disintegration or Revival?
George Soros · PublicAffairs, Pages: 173 Format: Print book
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The European Union could soon be a thing of the past. Xenophobia is rampant and commonly reflected in elections across the continent. Great Britain may hold a referendum on whether to abandon the union altogether. Spurred by anti-EU sentiments due to the euro crisis, national interests... |
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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 Destruction of Hillary Clinton
Susan Bordo · Melville House Pages: 272 Format: Hardcover
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A play-by-play of the political forces and media culture that vilified and ultimately brought down Hillary Clinton during her 2016 Presidential campaign The Destruction of Hillary Clinton is an answer to the question many have been asking: How did an extraordinarily well-qualified, experienced,... |
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A Flag Worth Dying For: The Power and Politics of National Symbols
TIM MARSHALL · Scribner Pages: 304 Format: Hardcover
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Combining keen analysis of current events with world history, Tim Marshall, author of the New York Times bestseller Prisoners of Geography, "one of the best books on geopolitics you could imagine," (The Evening Standard) , explains flags and their symbols - how their power is used... |
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The Perfect Weapon: War, Sabotage, and Fear in the Cyber Age
DAVID E SANGER · Crown Pages: 272 Format: Hardcover
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From the premiere New York Times Washington correspondent, a stunning and incisive look into how cyberwarfare is influencing elections, threatening national security, and bringing us to the brink of global war.Behind the Russian cyberattacks that may have thrown the 2016 election; behind... |
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United States Government Manual
National Archives and Records Administration · National Archives & Records Administration Format: Print book
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Known as the Official handbook of the Federal Government. This annual resource provides comprehensive information on the agencies of the legislative, judicial, and executive branches, as well as quasi-official agencies, international organizations in which the United States participates,... |
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Unstoppable: The Emerging Left-Right Alliance to Dismantle the Corporate State
Ralph Nader · Nation Books; First Edition edition Format: Hardcover
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Ralph Nader has fought for over fifty years on behalf of American citizens against the reckless influence of corporations and their government patrons on our society. Now he ramps up the fight and makes a persuasive case that Americans are not powerless. In Unstoppable, he explores the emerging... |
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The Autism Job Club: The Neurodiverse Workforce in the New Normal of Employment
Michael S. Bernick · Skyhorse Publishing Pages: 235 Format: Print book
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The Autism Job Club is a groundbreaking book for bringing adults with autism and other neuro-diverse conditions into the work world.The book has its basis in the autism job club that the authors have been part of in the San Francisco Bay Area, the job-creation and job-placement efforts... |
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