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The Road to Camelot: Inside the Kennedy Campaign

Tom Oliphant · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 448
Format: Hardcover

"A must-read for fans of presidential history." - USA TODAY "Splendid ... a gripping, authoritative campaign history." - The Boston Globe "Terrific ... a tougher and more balanced account of the long campaign than anybody's written yet." - The Christian...
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The Russia Hoax: The Illicit Scheme to Clear Hillary Clinton and Frame Donald Trump

GREGG JARRETT · Broadside Books
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

Fox News legal analyst Gregg Jarrett reveals the real story behind Hillary Clinton's deep state collaborators in government and exposes their nefarious actions during and after the 2016 election.The Russia Hoax reveals how persons within the FBI and Barack Obama's Justice Department worked...
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The Romanovs: The Final Chapter

Robert K Massie · Random House Inc
Format: Hardcover

In 1991, nine skeletons were exhumed from a shallow grave near Ekaterinberg, Siberia. Were these the remains of the last tsar and his family, murdered over 70 years before? Pulitzer Prize winner Massie now answers this question, going back to the horrifying moments of the slaughter, and describing...
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The Statesman and the Storyteller: John Hay, Mark Twain, and the Rise of American Imperialism

Mark Zwonitzer · Algonquin Of Chapel Hill
Pages: 704
Format: Print book

In the tradition of the bestselling historical works of David McCullough, Doris Kearns Goodwin, Stephen Ambrose, and Walter Isaacson, award-winning documentarian Mark Zwonitzer brings two extraordinary American figures--and friends--into the spotlight at a time when their country was taking...
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East Los Angeles: History of a Barrio

Ricardo Romo · University of Texas Press
Pages: 232
Format: Hardcover

This is the story of the largest Mexican-American community in the United States, the city within a city known as "East Los Angeles." How did this barrio of over one million men and women - occupying an area greater than Manhattan or Washington D.C. - come to be?Although promoted...
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Plunder and deceit : big government's exploitation of young people and the future

Mark R Levin · Threshold Editions
Pages: 244
Format: Print book

In each of his astounding #1 New York Times bestsellers, Mark R. Levin's overlying patriotic mission has been to avert a devastating tragedy: The loss of the greatest republic known to mankind. But who stands to lose the most?In modern America, the civil society is being steadily devoured...
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Cracks in the Pavement: Social Change and Resilience in Poor Neighborhoods

Martin Sanchez-Jankowski
Format: Hardcover

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The Injustice Never Leaves You: Anti-Mexican Violence in Texas

Monica Munoz Martinez · Harvard University Press
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover

A moving account of a little-known period of state-sponsored racial terror inflicted on ethnic Mexicans in the Texas-Mexico borderlands.Between 1910 and 1920, vigilantes and law enforcement -- including the renowned Texas Rangers -- killed Mexican residents with impunity. The full extent...
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Bush's Brain: How Karl Rove Made George W. Bush Presidential

James Moore · Wiley
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover

Praise for Bush's Brain "Love him or hate him, Karl Rove is one of the most brilliant and successful political consultants of all time. In this riveting account, Wayne Slater and Jim Moore tell how he got there." - Paul Begala, CNN's Crossfire "Bush's Brain isn't...
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Dispatches from the War Room: In the Trenches with Five Extraordinary Leaders

Stanley B. Greenberg · Thomas Dunne Books; First Edition edition
Pages: 512
Format: Hardcover

The fascinating “war room” memoir of a political pollster and how he helped forge the agendas of five high-profile heads of state As a hired gun strategist, Greenberg—a seasoned pollster and political consultant—has seen it all. In his memoir, he recounts his work...
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Spare Parts: Four Undocumented Teenagers, One Ugly Robot, and the Battle for the American Dream

Joshua Davis · FSG Originals
Format: Hardcover

Four undocumented Mexican American students, two great teachers, one robot-building contest . . . and a major motion pictureIn 2004, four Latino teenagers arrived at the Marine Advanced Technology Education Robotics Competition at the University of California, Santa Barbara. They were born...
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Indians of the Great Plains

Daniel J. Gelo · Routledge; 1 edition
Format: Print book

Plains Societies and CulturesIndians of the Great Plains, written by Daniel J. Gelo of The University of Texas at San Antonio, is a text that emphasizes that Plains societies and cultures are continuing, living entities. Through a topical exploration, it provides a contemporary view of recent...
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Drill Here, Drill Now, Pay Less: A Handbook for Slashing Gas Prices and Solving Our Energy Crisis

Newt Gingrich · Regnery Publishing; UNABRIDGED VERSION--INCLUDES BUMPER STICKER edition
Format: Paperback

New York Times bestselling author, former Speaker of the House, and Fox News political analyst Newt Gingrich has a plan for slashing gas prices and reducing our long-term dependence on foreign oil.Gingrich is famous for taking big, visionary ideas and boiling them down into practical solutions...
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