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The Cold War: A World History
Odd Arne Westad · Basic Books
Pages: 720
Format: Hardcover
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From a Bancroft Prize-winning scholar, a new global history of the Cold War and its ongoing impact around the worldWe tend to think of the Cold War as a bounded conflict: a clash of two superpowers, the United States and the Soviet Union, born out of the ashes of World War II and coming... |
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Prescription for the People: An Activist's Guide to Making Medicine Affordable for All
Fran Quigley · ILR Press
Pages: 341
Format: Paperback
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In Prescription for the People, Fran Quigley diagnoses our inability to get medicines to the people who need them and then prescribes the cure. He delivers a clear and convincing argument for a complete shift in the global and U.S. approach to developing and providing essential medicines... |
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Billionaire at the Barricades: The Populists vs. The Establishment from Reagan to Trump
ANONYMOUS. · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
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Americans didn't just go to the polls in 2016. They joined a movement that swept the unlikeliest of candidates, Donald Trump, into the Oval Office. Can he complete his agenda? Or will his opponents in the media, protestor class, and political establishment block his efforts and choke off the movement... |
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Goat Castle: A True Story of Murder, Race, and the Gothic South
Karen L. Cox · Tantor Audio
Format: Audiobook
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In 1932, the city of Natchez, Mississippi, reckoned with an unexpected influx of journalists and tourists as the lurid story of a local murder was splashed across headlines nationwide. Two eccentrics, Richard Dana and Octavia Dockery - known in the press as the "Wild Man" and the "Goat... |
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Operation Shakespeare: The True Story of an Elite International Sting
John Shiffman · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 288
Format: Paperback
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A secret war. A daring sting operation. The great untold national security story of our time: "An impressive and important work ... The book has the glamour of a spy novel and the gravity of a meticulously researched exposé" (Christian Science Monitor).On today's high-tech... |
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The War on Cops: How the New Attack on Law and Order Makes Everyone Less Safe
Heather Mac Donald · Encounter Books
Pages: 248
Format: Print book
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Violent crime has been rising sharply in many American cities after two decades of decline. Homicides jumped nearly 17 percent in 2015 in the largest 50 cities, the biggest one-year increase since 1993. The reason is what Heather Mac Donald first identified nationally as the "Ferguson... |
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Dukes of Duval County
Anthony R Carrozza · University of Oklahoma Press
Pages: 440
Format: Print book
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The notorious Parr family manipulated local politics in South Texas for decades. Archie Parr, his son George, and his grandson Archer relied on violence and corruption to deliver the votes that propelled their chosen candidates to office. The influence of the Parr political machine peaked... |
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American Coup: How a Terrified Government Is Destroying the Constitution
William M. Arkin · Little, Brown and Company
Format: Print book
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A stunning exploration of the subtle erosion of freedom in an age of concocted fear and de facto military authority. When we think of a military coup, the first image that comes to mind is a general, standing at a podium with a flag behind him, declaring the deposing of elected leaders... |
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40 More Years: How the Democrats Will Rule the Next Generation
James Carville · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 224
Format: Print book
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<DIV>The number-one New York Times bestselling author and political strategist James Carville offers a rousing call-to-arms to Democrats, whose reclaiming of the White House in 2008 points to the emergence of a Democratic majority that will last for years to come.</div> |
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Living the Simple Life: A Guide to Scaling Down and Enjoying More
Elaine St. James · Hyperion Books; 1st edition
Pages: 350
Format: Hardcover
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Written in short, easy-to-read segments, the author of Simplify Your Life shows readers how to simplify the way they manage their household, work, lifestyle, health, finances, and spiritual life. $100,000 ad/promo. Tour. |
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Devil's Bargain: Steve Bannon, Donald Trump, and the Storming of the Presidency
ANONYMOUS. · Penguin Press
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
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From the reporter who was there at the very beginning comes the revealing inside story of the partnership between Steve Bannon and Donald Trump - the key to understanding the rise of the alt-right, the fall of Hillary Clinton, and the hidden forces that drove the greatest upset in American... |
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Unbelievable: My Front-Row Seat to the Craziest Campaign in American History
KATY TUR · Dey Street Books
Pages: 291
Format: Hardcover
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INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER"Compelling ... this book couldn't be more timely." - Jill Abramson, New York Times Book Review FROM THE RECIPIENT OF THE 2017 Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in JournalismCalled "disgraceful," "third-rate," and "not nice"... |
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George Washington's Secret Spy War: The Making of America's First Spymaster
John A Nagy · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 384
Format: Print book
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George Washington was America's first spymaster, and his skill as a spymaster won the war for independence.George Washington's Secret Spy War is the untold story of how George Washington took a disorderly, ill-equipped rabble and defeated the best trained and best equipped army of its day in the Revolutionary... |
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