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A Covert Action: Reagan, the CIA, and the Cold War Struggle in Poland
SETH G JONES · W. W. Norton & Company
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
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In this gripping narrative history, Seth G. Jones reveals the CIA's involvement in a landmark victory for democracy during the Cold War. In 1983, while Soviet- backed Polish prime minister Wojciech Jaruzelski worked to crush a budding opposition movement through martial law, the CIA launched... |
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Rising Out of Hatred: The Awakening of a Former White Nationalist
ELI SASLOW · Doubleday
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
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From a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter, the powerful story of how a prominent white supremacist changed his heart and mindDerek Black grew up at the epicenter of white nationalism. His father founded Stormfront, the largest racist community on the Internet. His godfather, David Duke, was a KKK Grand... |
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A New Hope For Mexico: Saying No to Corruption, Violence, and Trump's Wall
ANDRS MANUEL LPEZ OBRADOR · OR Books
Pages: 224
Format: Paperback
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"THERE ARE NO PROBLEMS WE CAN'T ADDRESS . . . WHOEVER MAY OCCUPY THE WHITE HOUSE." "I'm not going to limit myself to condemning corruption and calling for its eradication; I also want to set out . . . a new politics, a different economic model, and the strengthening... |
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American Like Me: Reflections on Life Between Cultures
America Ferrera · Gallery Books
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover
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From award-winning actress and political activist America Ferrera comes a vibrant and varied collection of first person accounts from prominent figures about the experience of growing up between cultures.America Ferrera has always felt wholly American, and yet, her identity is inextricably... |
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Franco: Anatomy of a Dictator
Enrique Moradiellos · I.B. Tauris & Co Ltd
Pages: 264
Format: Hardcover
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More than forty years after his death, the spectral image of General Francisco Franco, the "Caudillo" or "Generalissimo" still haunts modern Spain, an uncomfortable reminder of a regrettable recent past. At the time of his death Franco had been the head of a dictatorial... |
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The Field of Blood: Violence in Congress and the Road to Civil War
JOANNE FREEMAN · Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pages: 480
Format: Hardcover
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The previously untold story of the violence in Congress that helped spark the Civil WarIn The Field of Blood, Joanne B. Freeman recovers the long-lost story of physical violence on the floor of the U.S. Congress. Drawing on an extraordinary range of sources, she shows that the Capitol was rife... |
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Torn from the World: A Guerrilla's Escape from a Secret Prison in Mexico
JOHN GIBLER · City Lights Publishers
Pages: 180
Format: Paperback
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The real-life story of a Mexican guerilla fighter who was disappeared by the Mexican Army and miraculously escaped to tell the tale.Andrés Tzompaxtle Tecpile was torn from the world. Abducted off the street, blindfolded, and beaten, he was brought to a Mexican military facility and "disappeared."... |
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Elizabeth Warren: Her Fight. Her Work. Her Life.
ANTONIA FELIX · Sourcebooks
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover
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Elizabeth Warren's rise as one of America's most powerful women is a stirring lesson in persistence. From her fierce support of the middle class to her unapologetic response to political bullies, Warren is known as a passionate yet plain-speaking champion of equity and fairness.... |
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