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A Massacre in Mexico: The True Story Behind the Missing Forty-Three Students

Anabel Hernandez · Verso
Pages: 432
Format: Hardcover

The definitive account of the disappearance of forty-three Mexican studentsOn September 26, 2014, a party of students from the Ayotzinapa Rural Teachers' College were en route to a protest when intercepted by local police. A confrontation ensued. Come the morning, the students were...
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Welcoming the Stranger: Justice, Compassion & Truth in the Immigration Debate

Matthew Soerens · IVP Books
Pages: 240
Format: Paperback

Immigration is one of the most complicated issues of our time. Voices on all sides argue strongly for action and change. Christians find themselves torn between the desire to uphold laws and the call to minister to the vulnerable. In this book World Relief immigration experts Matthew Soerens...
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DIY Rules for a WTF World: How to Speak Up, Get Creative, and Change the World

Krista Suh · Grand Central Publishing
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

From the creator of the Pussyhat Project comes a manifesto for every woman to create her own distinct and original path to joy, success, and impact.On January 21, 2017, millions of protestors took part in the Women's March, and many of them created a "sea of pink" when they wore...
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Kompromat: How Russia Undermined American Democracy

JEFF PEGUES · Prometheus Books
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

A CBS correspondent presents an in-depth examination of Russian interference in the 2016 presidential campaign and measures to protect US voting systems against future cyber attacks.In this compelling account of how the Russians hacked the 2016 election, CBS News Justice and Homeland Security...
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Chroniques: Selected Columns, 2010-2016

Kamel Daoud · Other Press
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

This engaging collection of essays showcases the extraordinary passion, insight, and range of Kamel Daoud, bestselling author of The Meursault Investigation. Kamel Daoud has been a journalist for more than twenty years, writing the most-read column in Algeria, in Le Quotidien d'Oran,...
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Goat Castle: A True Story of Murder, Race, and the Gothic South

Karen L. Cox · Tantor Audio
Format: Audiobook

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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In the shadow of the White House : a memoir of the Washington and Watergate years 1968-1978

Jo Haldeman · Rare Bird Books
Pages: 464

"For her first forty years, Jo Haldeman's life followed a conventional path. While her husband, Bob, built his career in advertising, Jo comfortably settled into her role as mother of four, housewife, and community volunteer. In 1968, Jo's world changed dramatically. Richard...
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Havana without Makeup: Inside the Soul of the City

HERMAN PORTOCARERO · Turtle Point Press
Pages: 304
Format: Paperback

"The story Portocarero weaves here is rich and fascinating, and vital to understanding an often mysterious place." - Patrick Oppmann, CNN Havana Correspondent and Bureau Chief Havana without Makeup is the ultimate insider's view of Havana, a wide-ranging exploration of its complex...
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The Case for Trump

Victor Davis Hanson · Basic Books
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover

From an award-winning historian and regular Fox contributor, the true story of how Donald Trump has become one of the most successful presidents in history -- and why America needs him now more than ever In The Case for Trump, award-winning historian and political commentator Victor Davis...
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Death of a Nation: 9/11 and the Rise of Fascism in America

George Grundy · Skyhorse Publishing
Pages: 704
Format: Hardcover

The current political landscape reveals a divided nation. Many feel that the Trump Administration is steering America's government in a totalitarian direction. Death of a Nation traces the beginnings of this shift in political climate, its development, and where it may be headed....
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Asia's Reckoning: China, Japan, and the Fate of U.S. Power in the Pacific Century

RICHARD MCGREGOR · Viking
Pages: 416
Format: Hardcover

A history of the combative military, diplomatic, and economic relations among China, Japan, and the United States since the 1970s - and the potential crisis that awaits themRichard McGregor's Asia's Reckoning is a compelling account of the widening geopolitical cracks in a region that has flourished...
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All Day: A Year of Love and Survival Teaching Incarcerated Kids at Rikers Island

LIZA JESSIE PETERSON · CENTER ST
Pages: 256
Format: Print book

ALL DAY is a behind-the-bars, personal glimpse into the issue of mass incarceration via an unpredictable, insightful and ultimately hopeful reflection on teaching teens while they await sentencing. p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Geneva} p.p2 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px...
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They Fought Alone: The True Story of the Starr Brothers, British Secret Agents in Nazi-Occupied France

Charles Glass · Penguin Press
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

"Highly detailed and fast-paced, Charles Glass's They Fought Alone is a must-read for those whose passion is the Resistance literature of World War II." - Alan Furst, author of A Hero of FranceFrom the bestselling author of Americans in Paris and The Deserters, the astounding...
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Radical Hope: Letters of Love and Dissent in Dangerous Times

Carolina De Robertis · Vintage
Pages: 272
Format: Paperback

Radical Hope is a collection of letters - to ancestors, to children five generations from now, to strangers in grocery lines, to any and all who feel weary and discouraged - written by award-winning novelists, poets, political thinkers, and activists. Provocative and inspiring, Radical...
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Lenin on the Train

Catherine Merridale · Metropolitan Books/Henry Holt and Company
Pages: 368
Format: Print book

A gripping, meticulously researched account of Lenin's fateful 1917 rail journey from Zurich to Petrograd, where he ignited the Russian Revolution and forever changed the worldIn April 1917, as the Russian Tsar Nicholas II's abdication sent shockwaves across war-torn Europe, the future...
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