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The Case Against Free Speech: The First Amendment, Fascism, and the Future of Dissent

P. E. Moskowitz · Bold Type Books
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover

A hard-hitting expose that shines a light on the powerful conservative forces that have waged a multi-decade battle to hijack the meaning of free speech -- and how we can reclaim it.
There's a critical debate taking place over one of our most treasured rights: free speech. We argue about...
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The Price We Pay: What Broke American Health Care--and How to Fix It

Marty Makary M.D. · Bloomsbury Publishing
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of Unaccountable comes an eye-opening, timely, urgent critique of America's broken health care system.

One in five Americans now has medical debt in collections and rising health care costs today threaten every small business...

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Creating the American Century: The Ideas and Legacies of America's Twentieth-Century Foreign Policy Founders

Martin J Sklar · Cambridge University Press
Pages: 270
Format: Hardcover

In his last work before his death in 2014, American historian Martin J. Sklar analyzes the influence of early twentieth-century foreign policy makers, focusing on modernization, global development, and the meaning of the 'American Century'. Calling this group of government officials...
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The London Cage: The Secret History of Britain's World War II Interrogation Centre

Helen Fry · Yale University Press
Pages: 244
Format: Hardcover

The first complete account of the fiercely guarded secrets of London's clandestine interrogation center, operated by the British Secret Service from 1940 to 1948 Behind the locked doors of three mansions in London's exclusive Kensington Palace Gardens neighborhood, the British Secret...
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A Fierce Glory: Antietam--The Desperate Battle That Saved Lincoln and Doomed Slavery

Justin Martin · Da Capo Press
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

On September 17, 1862, the United States was on the brink, facing a permanent split into two separate nations. America's very future hung on the outcome of a single battle-and the result reverberates to this day. Given the deep divisions that still rive the nation; given what unites...
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Everything Trump Touches Dies: A Republican Strategist Gets Real About the Worst President Ever

RICK WILSON · Free Press
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

A respected, long-time Republican strategist, ad-maker, and contributor for The Daily Beast, skewers the disease that is destroying the conservative movement and burning down the GOP: Trumpism.

In Everything Trump Touches Dies, political campaign strategist and commentator...
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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

NEW YORK TIMES 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 Journalism

Called "disgraceful," "third-rate,"...

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Thabo Mbeki

Adekeye Adebajo · Ohio University Press
Pages: 189
Format: Paperback

Former South African president Thabo Mbeki is a complex figure. He was a committed young Marxist who, while in power, embraced conservative economic policies and protected white corporate interests; a rational and dispassionate thinker who was particularly sensitive to criticism and dissent;...
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The Bone and Sinew of the Land: America's Forgotten Black Pioneers and the Struggle for Equality

ANNA-LISA COX · PublicAffairs
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

The long-hidden truth about America's black pioneers, the frontier they settled, and their fight for a better nation
The American frontier is one of our most cherished and enduring national images. We think of the early pioneers who settled the wilderness as courageous, independent--and...
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Making Sense of the Alt-Right

George Hawley · Columbia University Press
Pages: 232
Format: Hardcover

During the 2016 election, a new term entered the mainstream American political lexicon: "alt-right," short for "alternative right." Despite the innocuous name, the alt-right is a white-nationalist movement. Yet it differs from earlier racist groups: it is youthful and tech...
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A History of Ayutthaya: Siam in the Early Modern World

Christopher John Baker · Cambridge University Press
Pages: 325
Format: Hardcover

Early European visitors placed Ayutthaya alongside China and India as the great powers of Asia. Yet in 1767 the city was destroyed and its history has been neglected. This book is the first study of Ayutthaya from its emergence in the thirteenth century until its fall. It offers a wide-ranging...
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Meet the Candidates 2020: Kamala Harris: A Voter's Guide

Scott Dworkin · Skyhorse
Pages: 160
Format: Paperback

Kamala Harris is already a contender to take on Donald Trump despite still refining her positions. Learn what makes the lawyer, legislator, and progressive Democrat a strong candidate.Meet the Candidates 2020: Kamala Harris: A Voter's Guide is your handbook to understanding the candidacy...
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The Trump Survival Guide: Everything You Need to Know About Living Through What You Hoped Would Never Happen

Gene Stone · Dey Street Books
Pages: 160
Format: Print book

Don't despair. Don't retreat. Fight back.

The stunning election of Donald J. Trump rocked an already divided America and left scores of citizens, including the nearly sixty-five million voters who supported Hillary Clinton, feeling bereft and powerless. Now, Gene Stone, author...

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Attack of the 50 Ft. Women: From man-made mess to a better future – the truth about global inequality and how to unleash female potential

CATHERINE MAYER · HQ
Pages: 352
Format: Paperback

'Buy it for yourself, your husband or partner. Most importantly, buy it for your children'Sunday ExpressNot a single country anywhere in the world has achieved gender equality. In more than a few countries, progress for women has stalled or is reversing. Voters in the United States...
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Hitler's Secret Army: A Hidden History of Spies, Saboteurs, and Traitors

Tim Tate · Pegasus Books
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

This dramatic exposé of Allied subterfuge and betrayal uncovers the treachery of undercover fascists and American Nazi spy rings during the height of World War II.

Between 1939 and 1945, more than seventy Allied men and women were convicted -- mostly in secret trials -- of working...

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