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Strangers in Their Own Land: Anger and Mourning on the American Right

Arlie Russell Hochschild · New Press
Pages: 351
Format: Print book

2016 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST FOR NONFICTIONA 2016 NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOKNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERA KIRKUS BEST BOOK OF 2016One of "6 Books to Understand Trump's Win" according to the New York Times the day after the election"This is a smart, respectful and compelling...
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I Was Told to Come Alone: My Journey Behind the Lines of Jihad

Souad Mekhennet · Henry Holt and Co.
Pages: 354
Format: Hardcover

"I was told to come alone. I was not to carry any identification, and would have to leave my cell phone, audio recorder, watch, and purse at my hotel. . . ."For her whole life, Souad Mekhennet, a reporter for The Washington Post who was born and educated in Germany, has had to balance...
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The Road Not Taken: Edward Lansdale and the American Tragedy in Vietnam

MAX BOOT · Liveright
Pages: 784
Format: Hardcover

In chronicling the adventurous life of legendary CIA operative Edward Lansdale, The Road Not Taken definitively reframes our understanding of the Vietnam War. In this epic biography of Edward Lansdale (1908- 1987) , the man said to be the fictional model for Graham Greene's The Quiet...
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Unleashing the Second American Century: Four Forces for Economic Dominance

Joel Kurtzman · PublicAffairs
Pages: 293
Format: Hardcover

Political gridlock in Washington... the lingering effects of the financial crisis... structural problems such as unemployment and the skills gap of our work force... the mediocre K-12 educational system. Are our best days behind us?Joel Kurtzman persuasively shows why all the talk about...
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Outside the Wire: Ten Lessons I've Learned in Everyday Courage

JASON KANDER · Twelve
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

A smart and revealing political memoir from a rising star of the Democratic Party. p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 26.0px; font: 22.7px Times; color: #454545; -webkit-text-stroke: #454545; background-color: #ffffff} span.s1 {font-kerning: none} Barack Obama has called...
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The Plot to Destroy Democracy: How Putin's Spies Are Winning Control of America and Dismantling the West

Malcolm Nance · Hachette Books
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

Retired Intelligence officer and New York Times bestselling author of The Plot to Hack America, Malcolm Nance, offers a provocative, comprehensive analysis of the Russian Federation's master plan to destroy democracy, the methodologies used in the 2016 election, what will be their next...
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Abetting Batterers: What Police, Prosecutors, and Courts Aren't Doing to Protect America's Women

Andrew R. Klein · Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover

Whatever the number, domestic violence victims remain far too many for a preventable crime. More and more victims of intimate partner violence are reaching out to police, prosecutors and judges only to be sorely disappointed, even betrayed. While laws and programs have multiplied over the last...
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Eating Dangerously: Why the Government Can't Keep Your Food Safe ... and How You Can

Michael Booth · Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Pages: 200
Format: Paperback

Americans are afraid of their food. And for good reason. In 2011, the deadliest food-borne illness outbreak in a century delivered killer listeria bacteria on innocuous cantaloupe never before suspected of carrying that pathogen. Nearly 50 million Americans will get food poisoning this...
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No Justice: One White Police Officer, One Black Family, and How One Bullet Ripped Us Apart

ROBBIE TOLAN · Center Street
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

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Uncertain Justice: The Roberts Court and the Constitution

Laurence Tribe · Henry Holt and Co.
Format: Hardcover

With the Supreme Court more influential than ever, this eye-opening book tells the story of how the Roberts Court is shaking the foundation of our nations lawsFrom Citizens United to its momentous rulings regarding Obamacare and gay marriage, the Supreme Court under Chief Justice John Roberts...
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Big Agenda: President Trump's Plan to Save America

David Horowitz · Humanix Books
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover

Donald Trump's victory in the 2016 election was more than a historic upset. It was the beginning of a major political, economic, and social revolution that will change America - and the world.One of the nation's foremost conservative commentators, New York Times bestselling author, and a mentor...
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Every Day Is Extra

John Kerry · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 608
Format: Hardcover

John Kerry tells the story of his remarkable American life - from son of a diplomat to decorated Vietnam veteran, five-term United States senator, 2004 Democratic presidential nominee, and Secretary of State for four years - a revealing memoir by a witness to some of the most important...
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American Dialogue: The Founding Fathers and Us

Joseph J Ellis · Knopf
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

The award-winning author of Founding Brothers and The Quartet now gives us a deeply insightful examination of the relevance of the views of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and John Adams to some of the most divisive issues in America today.The story of history is a ceaseless...
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All I Want Is a Job!: Unemployed Women Navigating the Public Workforce System

Mary Gatta · Stanford Economics and Finance
Format: Hardcover

In All I Want Is a Job!, Mary Gatta puts a human face on workforce development policy. An ethnographic sociologist, Gatta went undercover, posing as a client in a New Jersey One-Stop Career Center. One-Stop Centers, developed as part of the federal Workforce Investment Act, are supposed...
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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

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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