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The Climate Swerve: Reflections on Mind, Hope, and Survival
Robert Jay Lifton · The New Press
Pages: 144
Format: Hardcover
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Over his long career as witness to an extreme twentieth century, National Book Award-winning psychiatrist, historian, and public intellectual Robert Jay Lifton has grappled with the profound effects of nuclear war, terrorism, and genocide. Now he shifts to climate change, which, Lifton... |
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Al Franken, Giant of the Senate
Al Franken · Twelve
Pages: 406
Format: Hardcover
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#1 New York Times Bestseller"Flips the classic born-in-a-shack rise to political office tale on its head. I skipped meals to read this book - also unusual - because every page was funny. It made me deliriously happy." - Louise Erdrich, The New York Times p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px... |
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Internet Censorship: A Reference Handbook
Bernadette H. Schell Ph.D. · ABC-CLIO
Format: Hardcover
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Combining reference entries with perspective essays, this timely book undertakes an impartial exploration of Internet censorship, examining the two sides of the debate in depth. On the one side are those who believe censorship, to a greater or lesser degree, is acceptable; on the other... |
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Broad Influence: How Women Are Changing the Way America Works
Jay Newton-Small · Time Books
Pages: 232
Format: Print book
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2016 will be one of the most historic years in politics: It marks the potential for the first female President of the United States, and the 100th anniversary of the first woman elected to Congress. Additionally, in 2016, single women will be one of the most pivotal voting groups heading... |
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We Were Eight Years in Power: A Journey Through the Obama Era
TA-NEHISI COATES · One World
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover
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In these "urgently relevant essays,"* the National Book Award-winning author of Between the World and Me "reflects on race, Barack Obama's presidency and its jarring aftermath"* - including the election of Donald Trump."We were eight years in power" was the lament... |
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Outpost: Life on the Frontlines of American Diplomacy: A Memoir
Christopher R. Hill · Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover
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An “inside the room” memoir from one of our most distinguished ambassadors who—in a career of service to the country—was sent to some of the most dangerous outposts of American diplomacy. From the wars in the Balkans to the brutality of North Korea to the endless... |
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In Defense of a Liberal Education
Fareed Zakaria · W. W. Norton & Company; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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CNN host and best-selling author Fareed Zakaria argues for a renewed commitment to the world's most valuable educational tradition.The liberal arts are under attack. The governors of Florida, Texas, and North Carolina have all pledged that they will not spend taxpayer money subsidizing... |
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This Fight Is Our Fight: The Battle to Save America's Middle Class
Elizabeth Warren · Metropolitan Books
Pages: 337
Format: Hardcover
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#1 New York Times bestsellerThe fiery U.S. Senator from Massachusetts and bestselling author offers a passionate, inspiring book about why our middle class is under siege and how we can win the fight to save itSenator Elizabeth Warren has long been an outspoken champion of America's... |
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The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America
Richard Rothstein · Liveright Publishing Corporation
Pages: 336
Format: Print book
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An explosive, alarming history that finally confronts how American governments in the twentieth century deliberately imposed racial segregation on metropolitan areas nationwide. Lauded by Ta-Nehisi Coates for his "brilliant" and "fine understanding of the machinery of government... |
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Wise Latinas: Writers on Higher Education
Jennifer De Leon · University of Nebraska Press
Pages: 223
Format: Paperback
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College can be a complex time for Latinas, who are traditionally expected to leave home when they get married. In her essay "Only Daughter," author Sandra Cisneros remarks, "After four years in college and two more in graduate school, and still no husband, my father shakes... |
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World Without Mind: The Existential Threat of Big Tech
FRANKLIN FOER · Penguin Press
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover
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Franklin Foer reveals the existential threat posed by big tech, and in his brilliant polemic gives us the toolkit to fight their pervasive influence. Over the past few decades there has been a revolution in terms of who controls knowledge and information. This rapid change has imperiled... |
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Social Insecurity: 401
James W. Russell · Beacon Press
Format: Hardcover
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How 401(k) s have gutted retirement security, from charging exorbitant hidden fees to failing to replace the income of traditional pensionsNamed one of PW's Top 10 for Business & Economics A retirement crisis is looming. In 2008, as the 401(k) fallout rippled across the country,... |
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Why Save the Bankers?: And Other Essays on Our Economic and Political Crisis
Thomas Piketty · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 212
Format: Print book
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Incisive commentary on the financial meltdown and its aftermath, from the author of the bestselling global phenomenon Capital in the Twenty-First Century Thomas Piketty's work has proved that unfettered markets lead to increasing inequality. Without meaningful regulation, capitalist economies... |
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Democracy in Chains: The Deep History of the Radical Right's Secret Plan for America
Nancy Maclean · Viking
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover
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"[A] vibrant intellectual history of the radical right . . ." - The Atlantic "This sixty-year campaign to make libertarianism mainstream and eventually take the government itself is at the heart of Democracy in Chains. . . . If you're worried about what all this means for America's... |
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Beyond the Messy Truth: How We Came Apart, How We Come Together
VAN JONES · Ballantine Books
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
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A passionate manifesto that exposes hypocrisy on both sides of the political divide and points a way out of the tribalism that is tearing America apart - by the CNN political contributor and host hailed as "a star of the 2016 campaign" (The New York Times) who tries to "fight... |
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