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The Black Door: Spies, Secret Intelligence and British Prime Ministers
Richard J Aldrich · William Collins Pages: 512 Format: Hardcover
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'The Black Door' explores the evolving relationship between successive British prime ministers and the intelligence agencies, from Asquith's Secret Service Bureau to Cameron's National Security Council. At the beginning of the 20th Century the British intelligence system... |
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A Stone of Hope: A Memoir
Jim St Germain · Harper Pages: 304 Format: Hardcover
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In the tradition of The Other Wes Moore and Just Mercy, a searing memoir and clarion call to save our at-risk youth by a young black man who himself was a lost cause - until he landed in a rehabilitation program that saved his life and gave him purpose.Born into abject poverty in Haiti,... |
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One Long Night: A Global History of Concentration Camps
ANDREA PITZER · Little, Brown and Company Pages: 480 Format: Hardcover
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A groundbreaking, haunting, and profoundly moving history of modernity's greatest tragedy: concentration campsFor over 100 years, at least one concentration camp has existed somewhere on Earth. First used as battlefield strategy, camps have evolved with each passing decade, in the scope... |
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The Kingdom of Happiness: Inside Tony Hsieh's Zapponian Utopia
Aimee Groth · Simon & Schuster Pages: 320 Format: Print book
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Fearless gonzo journalism - an insider's look at the enigmatic and successful CEO of Zappos, Tony Hsieh, and his quest to create his own version of utopia in the center of Las Vegas.In 2010 Tony Hsieh was introduced to many as a visionary modern business leader. Under Hsieh's leadership,... |
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Culture as Weapon: The Art of Influence in Everyday Life
Nato Thompson · Melville House Pages: 288 Format: Print book
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One of the country's leading activist curators explores how corporations and governments have used art and culture to mystify and manipulate us.The production of culture was once the domain of artists, but beginning in the early 1900s, the emerging fields of public relations, advertising... |
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The New Odyssey: The Story of the Twenty-First Century Refugee Crisis
Patrick Kingsley · Liveright Publishing Corp Pages: 368 Format: Print book
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In the humane tradition of Katherine Boo's Behind the Beautiful Forevers comes a searing account of the international refugee crisis. Intrepid and empathetic, Patrick Kingsley has traveled through seventeen countries to bear witness to the largest forced migration since the end of World... |
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Bobby Kennedy: A Raging Spirit
Chris Matthews · Simon & Schuster Pages: 352 Format: Hardcover
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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 of one of America's... |
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Sea Power: The History and Geopolitics of the World's Oceans
JIM STAVRIDIS · Penguin Press Pages: 384 Format: Hardcover
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From one of the most admired admirals of his generation - and the only admiral to serve as Supreme Allied Commander at NATO - comes a remarkable voyage through all of the world's most important bodies of water, providing the story of naval power as a driver of human history and a crucial... |
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Playing with Fire: The 1968 Election and the Transformation of American Politics
Lawrence O'Donnell · Penguin Press Pages: 496 Format: Hardcover
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From the host of MSNBC's The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell, an important and enthralling new account of the presidential election that changed everything, the race that created American politics as we know it todayThe 1968 U.S. Presidential election was the young Lawrence O'Donnell's... |
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The Trade: My Journey into the Labyrinth of Political Kidnapping
Jere Van Dyk · PublicAffairs Pages: 400 Format: Hardcover
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In 2008, American journalist Jere Van Dyk was kidnapped and held for 45 days. At the time, he had no idea who his kidnappers were. They demanded a ransom and the release of three of their comrades from Guantanamo, yet they hinted at their ties to Pakistan and to the Haqqani network, a uniquely... |
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The Last Palestinian: The Rise and Reign of Mahmoud Abbas
GRANT RUMLEY · Prometheus Books Pages: 336 Format: Hardcover
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Mahmoud Abbas rose to prominence as a top Palestinian negotiator, became the leader of his nation, and then tragically failed to negotiate a peace agreement. This is the first book in English that focuses on one of the most important fixtures of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Filled... |
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