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Alexander Hamilton: A Life
Willard Sterne Randall · Harper Perennial Modern Classics
Pages: 476
Format: Paperback
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From his less than auspicious start in 1755 on the Caribbean Island of Nevis to his untimely death in a duel with his old enemy Aaron Burr in 1804, Alexander Hamilton, despite his short life, left a huge legacy. Orphaned at thirteen and apprenticed in a counting house, Hamilton learned... |
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Deadly Force: A Police Shooting and My Family's Search for the Truth
Lawrence O'Donnell · William Morrow Paperbacks
Pages: 472
Format: Paperback
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Featuring a new preface and afterword by the author From the host of MSNBC's The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell, the riveting story of a 1975 police shooting of an unarmed black man in Boston - one of the first to draw national headlines - and the dramatic investigation and court... |
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A Bed of Red Flowers: In Search of My Afghanistan
Nelofer Pazira · Free Press; Original edition
Format: Deckle Edge]
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Written with compassion, intelligence, and insight, A Bed of Red Flowers is a profoundly moving portrait of life under occupation and the unforgettable story of a family, a people and a country. “The picnic of the red flower” is a traditional time of celebration for Afghans.... |
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Team of Vipers: My 500 Extraordinary Days in the Trump White House
Cliff Sims · Thomas Dunne Books
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover
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The first honest insider's account of the Trump administration. After standing at Donald Trump's side on Election Night, Cliff Sims joined him in the West Wing as Special Assistant to the President and Director of White House Message Strategy. He soon found himself pulled... |
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The Shadow War: Inside Russia's and China's Secret Operations to Undermine America
Jim Sciutto · Harper
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
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CNN's Chief National Security Correspondent reveals the invisible fronts of twenty-first century warfare and identifies the ongoing battles being waged - often without the public's full knowledge - from disinformation campaigns to advanced satellite weaponry.
The United States... |
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The Restless Hungarian: Modernism, Madness, and The American Dream
Tom Weidlinger · SparkPress
Pages: 304
Format: Paperback
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The Restless Hungarian is the saga of an extraordinary life set against the history of the rise of modernism, the Jewish Diaspora, and the Cold War. A Hungarian Jew whose inquiring spirit helped him to escape the Holocaust, Paul Weidlinger became one of the most creative structural engineers... |
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How Democracies Die
STEVE LEVITSKY · Crown
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
"Comprehensive, enlightening, and terrifyingly timely."
- New York Times Book Review
"Cool and persuasive... How Democracies Die comes at exactly the right moment."
- The Washington Post
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The Restless Wave: Good Times, Just Causes, Great Fights, and Other Appreciations
John McCain · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
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A candid new political memoir from Senator John McCain - his most personal book in years - covering everything from 2008 up to the present.
In a time when Washington, DC and the country is more polarized than it has been for decades, John McCain is the rare public figure who has earned... |
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From the Corner of the Oval
REBECCA DOREY-STEIN · Spiegel & Grau
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover
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The compulsively readable, behind-the-scenes memoir that takes readers inside the Obama White House, through the eyes of a young staffer learning the ropes, falling in love, and finding her place in the world. In 2012, Beck Dorey-Stein was just scraping by in DC when a posting on Craigslist... |
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Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland
Patrick Radden Keefe · Doubleday
Pages: 464
Format: Hardcover
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"Meticulously reported, exquisitely written, and grippingly told, Say Nothing is a work of revelation."
- David Grann, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Killers of the Flower Moon
"[This] gripping account of the Troubles is equal parts... |
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Understanding Global Trade
Elhanan Helpman · Belknap Press
Format: Print book
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Global trade is of vital interest to citizens as well as policymakers, yet it is widely misunderstood. This compact exposition of the market forces underlying international commerce addresses both of these concerned groups, as well as the needs of students and scholars. Although it contains... |
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A Path Appears: Transforming Lives, Creating Opportunity
Nicholas D. Kristof · Knopf
Format: Hardcover
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An essential, galvanizing narrative about making a difference here and abroad—a road map to becoming the most effective global citizens we can be.In their number one New York Times best seller Half the Sky, husband-and-wife team Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn brought to light struggles... |
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Why We Want to Kill You: The Jihadist Mindset and How to Defeat it
Walid Shoebat · Top Executive Media; 1 edition
Format: Unabridged]
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The most powerfu and authoritative book written on the causes of terrorism. Walid Shoebat, who is a self-confessed, former Islamic-inspired terrorist, reveals all the reasons why he and his former colleagues commit these acts of violence and genocide while they... |
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