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The New American Revolution: The Making of a Populist Movement
KAYLEIGH MCENANY · Threshold Editions
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover
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In the bestselling tradition of Hillbilly Elegy comes an exploration of the American heartland - a fascinating and eye-opening collection of interviews and stories about the powerful grassroots populist movement of frustrated Americans left behind by the government that changed the landscape... |
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Making Sense of the Alt-Right
George Hawley · Columbia University Press
Pages: 232
Format: Hardcover
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During the 2016 election, a new term entered the mainstream American political lexicon: "alt-right," short for "alternative right." Despite the innocuous name, the alt-right is a white-nationalist movement. Yet it differs from earlier racist groups: it is youthful and tech... |
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Land Too Good for Indians: Northern Indian Removal
John P Bowes · University of Oklahoma Press
Pages: 306
Format: Paperback
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The history of Indian removal has often followed a single narrative arc, one that begins with President Andrew Jackson's Indian Removal Act of 1830 and follows the Cherokee Trail of Tears. In that conventional account, the Black Hawk War of 1832 encapsulates the experience of tribes... |
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What Unites Us
Dan Rather · Algonquin Books
Pages: 274
Format: Hardcover
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"I find myself thinking deeply about what it means to love America, as I surely do." - Dan Rather At a moment of crisis over our national identity, venerated journalist Dan Rather has emerged as a voice of reason and integrity, reflecting on - and writing passionately about - what... |
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Warrior Diplomat: A Green Beret's Battles from Washington to Afghanistan
Michael G. Waltz · Potomac Books Inc.
Format: Hardcover
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Grappling with centuries-old feuds, defeating a shrewd insurgency, and navigating the sometimes paralyzing bureaucracy of the U.S. military are issues that prompt sleepless nights for both policy makers in Washington DC and soldiers at war, albeit for different reasons. Few, however, have... |
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Give Us the Ballot: The Modern Struggle for Voting Rights in America
Ari Berman · Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover
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Countless books have been written about the civil rights movement, but far less attention has been paid to what happened after the dramatic passage of the Voting Rights Act (VRA) in 1965 and the turbulent forces it unleashed. Give Us the Ballot tells this story for the first time.In this... |
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Policing the Black Man: Arrest, Prosecution, and Imprisonment
Angela J Davis · Pantheon Books
Pages: 352
Format: Print book
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A comprehensive, readable analysis of the key issues of the BlackLivesMatter movement, this thought-provoking and compelling anthology features essays by some of the nation's most influential and respected criminal justice experts and legal scholars. Contributing authors include Bryan Stevenson... |
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Lady in Red: An Intimate Portrait of Nancy Reagan
SHEILA TATE · Crown Forum
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover
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Lady in Red is the long-awaited collection of behind-the-scenes stories and iconic images of one of the most influential First Lady in modern history -- Nancy Reagan. Lovingly compiled by long-time close confidante and aide, Sheila Tate, the book provides a rare and much-anticipated look... |
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The Future of Terrorism: ISIS, Al-Qaeda, and the Alt-Right
Walter Laqueur · Thomas Dunne Books
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover
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An expert on terrorism and an expert on counterterrorism answer the two questions everyone is asking about the rise of terrorism today: why is this happening, and when will it end?Since the death of bin Laden in 2011, ISIS has risen, al-Qaeda has expanded its reach, and right-wing extremists... |
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Trans: Gender and Race in an Age of Unsettled Identities
Rogers Brubaker · Princeton University Pres
Pages: 256
Format: Print book
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In the summer of 2015, shortly after Caitlyn Jenner came out as transgender, the NAACP official and political activist Rachel Dolezal was "outed" by her parents as white, touching off a heated debate in the media about the fluidity of gender and race. If Jenner could legitimately... |
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The Financial Diaries: How American Families Cope in a World of Uncertainty
Jonathan Morduch · Princeton University Press
Pages: 240
Format: Print book
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Deep within the American Dream lies the belief that hard work and steady saving will ensure a comfortable retirement and a better life for one's children. But in a nation experiencing unprecedented prosperity, even for many families who seem to be doing everything right, this ideal... |
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Four: A Divergent Collection
Veronica Roth · Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pages: 285
Format: Print book
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Complete your Divergent library with Four!Fans of the Divergent trilogy by #1 New York Times bestselling author Veronica Roth will be thrilled by Four: A Divergent Collection, a companion volume that includes four pre-Divergent stories plus three additional scenes from Divergent, all told... |
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The Nixon Tapes: 1971–1972
Douglas Brinkley · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2014.
Pages: 758
Format: Print book
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The famous -- and infamous -- Nixon White House tapes that reveal forthe first time President Richard Nixon uncensored, unfiltered, and in hisown wordsPresident Nixon's voice-activated taping system captured every wordspoken in the Oval Office, Cabinet Room, and other key locations... |
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