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Bobby Kennedy: A Raging Spirit

Chris Matthews · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover

A revealing new portrait of Robert F. Kennedy that gets closer to the man than any book before, by bestselling author Chris Matthews, an esteemed Kennedy expert and anchor of MSNBC's Hardball.

With his bestselling biography Jack Kennedy, Chris Matthews shared a new look...
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A Patriot's History® of the Modern World, Vol. I: From America’s Exceptional Ascent to the Atomic Bomb: 1898-1945

Larry Schweikart · Sentinel
Format: Hardcover

Americas story from 1898 to 1945 is nothing less than the triumph of American exceptionalism over liberal progressivism, despite a few temporary victories by the latter.Conservative historian Larry Schweikart has won wide acclaim for his number one New York Times bestseller, A Patriots...
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The Making of the Mexican Border: The State, Capitalism, and Society in Nuevo León, 1848-1910

Juan Mora-Torres · University of Texas Press
Pages: 360
Format: Hardcover

The issues that dominate U.S.-Mexico border relations today - integration of economies, policing of boundaries, and the flow of workers from south to north and of capital from north to south - are not recent developments. In this insightful history of the state of Nuevo León, Juan Mora-Torres...
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Ready For a Brand New Beat: How "Dancing in the Street" Became the Anthem for a Changing America

Mark Kurlansky · Riverhead Books
Pages: 263
Format: Hardcover

Can a song change a nation? In 1964, Marvin Gaye, record producer William "Mickey" Stevenson, and Motown songwriter Ivy Jo Hunter wrote "Dancing in the Street." The song was recorded at Motown's Hitsville USA Studio by Martha and the Vandellas, with lead singer Martha...
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Men in Black: How the Supreme Court Is Destroying America

Mark R. Levin · Regnery Publishing
Pages: 256
Format: Paperback

"A modern conservative classic." - Sean Hannity "Men in Black couldn't be more timely or important ... .a tremendously important and compelling book." - Rush Limbaugh "One of the finest books on the Constitution and the judiciary I've read in a long time...
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The Sociology Book

Christopher Thorpe · DK Publishing
Pages: 352
Format: Print book

The Sociology Book takes on some of humankind's biggest questions: What is society? What makes it tick? Why do we interact in the way that we do with our friends, coworkers, and rivals?

The Sociology Book profiles the world's most renowned sociologists and more than 100 of their...

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Apache Reservation: Indigenous Peoples and the American State

Richard J. Perry · University of Texas Press
Pages: 276
Format: Hardcover

"Indian reservations" were the United States' ultimate solution to the "problem" of what to do with native peoples who already occupied the western lands that Anglo settlers wanted. In this broadly inclusive study, Richard J. Perry considers the historical development...
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Exiled in the Land of the Free: Democracy, Indian Nations, and the U.S. Constitution

Oren Lyons · Clear Light Pub
Pages: 414
Format: Hardcover

"Now available as a paperback, it has become an indispensable work in any discussion on the influences on the framers of the Constitution". (Harvard Review -- paperbacks) "These impressive essays by eight Native American leaders and scholars present persuasive evidence...
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Racial Fault Lines: The Historical Origins of White Supremacy in California

Toma?s Almaguer · University of California Press
Pages: 282
Format: Hardcover

This book unravels the ethnic history of California since the late nineteenth-century Anglo-American conquest and institutionalization of "white supremacy" in the state. Almaguer comparatively assesses the struggles for control of resources, status, and political legitimacy between...
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Recovering History, Constructing Race: The Indian, Black, and White Roots of Mexican Americans

Martha Menchaca · University of Texas Press
Pages: 392
Format: Hardcover

Winner, A Choice Outstanding Academic Book, 2002The history of Mexican Americans is a history of the intermingling of races - Indian, White, and Black. This racial history underlies a legacy of racial discrimination against Mexican Americans and their Mexican ancestors that stretches from...
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Yaqui Resistance and Survival: The Struggle for Land and Autonomy, 1821?1910

Evelyn Hu-DeHart · University of Wisconsin Press
Pages: 312
Format: Hardcover

Among Mexico's indigenous populations, the Yaqui Indians of Sonora have most successfully repelled threats to their identity, land, and community. Interested in explaining how the relatively "small" nation withstood four centuries of contact with white culture, Evelyn Hu-DeHirt...
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Witnesses of War: Children's Lives Under the Nazis

Nicholas Stargardt · Knopf; 1st US Edition edition
Pages: 512
Format: Hardcover

Already hailed as magnificent some of the best historical writing about the aftermath of the war I have ever read stunning The Guardian Witnesses of War breaks new ground in its exploration of the lives and the fate of children of all nationalities under the Nazi regime Children were...
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Crossing the Finish Line: Completing College at America's Public Universities

William G. Bowen · Princeton University Press; First Edition first Printing edition
Pages: 416
Format: Hardcover

The United States has long been a model for accessible, affordable education, as exemplified by the country's public universities. And yet less than 60 percent of the students entering American universities today are graduating. Why is this happening, and what can be done? Crossing...
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Uncommon Character: Stories of Ordinary Men and Women Who Have Done the Extraordinary

DOUGLAS FEAVEL · Aneko Press
Pages: 332
Format: Paperback

This inspiring book is filled with unforgettable people who challenged and changed their world in remarkable and admirable ways. You'll be introduced to personalities who are living and historical, familiar and unknown, domestic and foreign. Prepare to meet pilots, farmers, missionaries,...
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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...

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