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How English Became English: A Short History of a Global Language
Simon Horobin · Oxford University Press 2016.
Pages: 144
Format: Print book
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The English Language is spoken by more than a billion people throughout the world. But where did English come from? And how has it evolved into the language used today? In How English Became English Simon Horobin investigates the evolution of the English language, examining how the language... |
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John McCain: American Maverick
ELAINE S POVICH · Sterling
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover
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This lavishly illustrated volume provides a compelling look at the life and career of Senator John McCain from his early years to today, exploring his legacy, his impact, and his place in American history. As of January 3, 2018, John Sidney McCain III, one of the most influential statesmen... |
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Collusion: Secret Meetings, Dirty Money, and How Russia Helped Donald Trump Win
LUKE HARDING · Vintage
Pages: 368
Format: Paperback
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With the recent indictments of Paul Manafort, Richard Gates, and George Papadopoulos, Russia expert Luke Harding lays out the most in-depth look to date at the Trump campaign's dealings with Russia. Beginning with a meeting with Christopher Steele, the man behind the shattering dossier... |
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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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Rogue Justice: The Making of the Security State
Karen J Greenberg · Crown Publishers
Pages: 310
Format: Print book
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The definitive account of how America's War on Terror sparked a decade-long assault on the rule of law, weakening our courts and our Constitution in the name of national security.The day after September 11, President Bush tasked the attorney general with preventing another terrorist attack... |
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Chokehold: Policing Black Men
Paul Butler · The New Press
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover
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Cops, politicians, and ordinary people are afraid of black men. The result is the Chokehold: laws and practices that treat every African American man like a thug. In this explosive new book, an African American former federal prosecutor shows that the system is working exactly the way it's... |
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Surveillance Valley: The Secret Military History of the Internet
Yasha Levine · PublicAffairs
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover
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An investigative reporter unearths the true history of the internet: it was built by the government to spy on citizens, at home and abroad.With each passing year the internet becomes more and more a part of modern life. Despite story after story of hacks, malware, government surveillance,... |
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Trainwreck: The Women We Love to Hate, Mock, and Fear . . . and Why
Sady Doyle · Melville House
Pages: 297
Format: Print book
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She's everywhere once you start looking for her: the trainwreck. She's Britney Spears shaving her head, Whitney Houston saying, "crack is whack," and Amy Winehouse, dying in front of millions. But the trainwreck is also as old (and as meaningful) as feminism itself.... |
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Listen, Liberal: Or, What Ever Happened to the Party of the People?
Thomas Frank · Metropolitan Books
Pages: 305
Format: Print book
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From the bestselling author of What's the Matter With Kansas, a scathing look at the standard-bearers of liberal politics -- a book that asks: what's the matter with Democrats?It is a widespread belief among liberals that if only Democrats can continue to dominate national elections, if only... |
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Gaslighting America: Why We Love It When Trump Lies to Us
Amanda Carpenter · Broadside Books
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover
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A CNN contributor, former Ted Cruz staffer, and "Never Trump" adherent reveals a shocking truth: Donald Trump's lies and fabrications don't horrify America - they enthrall us - and explains how we can avoid falling for them."Can you believe what Donald Trump said?"In... |
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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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Sh*tshow!: The Country's Collapsing . . . and the Ratings Are Great
CHARLIE LEDUFF · Penguin Press
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
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A daring, firsthand, and utterly-unscripted account of crisis in America, from Ferguson to Flint to Cliven Bundy's ranch to Donald Trump's unstoppable campaign for President--at every turn, Pulitzer-prize winner and bestselling author of Detroit: An American Autopsy, Charlie LeDuff was thereIn... |
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From Cold War to Hot Peace: An American Ambassador in Putin's Russia
MICHAEL MCFAUL · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 496
Format: Hardcover
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From one of America's leading scholars of Russia who served as U.S. ambassador to Russia during the Obama administration, a revelatory, inside account of U.S.-Russia relations from 1989 to the presentIn 2008, when Michael McFaul was asked to leave his perch at Stanford and join an unlikely... |
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