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American Coup: How a Terrified Government Is Destroying the Constitution

William M. Arkin · Little, Brown and Company

A stunning exploration of the subtle erosion of freedom in an age of concocted fear and de facto military authority. When we think of a military coup, the first image that comes to mind is a general, standing at a podium with a flag behind him, declaring the deposing of elected leaders...
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This town : two parties and a funeral--plus, plenty of valet parking!--in America's gilded capital

Mark Leibovich · Penguin Group US
Format:  eBook : Document : EnglishView all editions and formats

Washington funerals can make great networking opportunities. Disgraced Hill aides can overcome ignominy and emerge with a more potent "brand" than many elected members of Congress. There are no Democrats and Republicans anymore in the nation's capital, just millionaires. That...
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Here Comes Destructosaurus!

Aaron Reynolds · Chronicle Books Llc
Format: Hardcover

Watch the unstoppable destructive force of a raging temper tantrum! Tremble at the enormous mess and disrespectful roaring! Despair as no amount of scolding can stem the heedless fury! Someone is heading for a time-out, Mister! Anyone who has witnessed (or been) a toddler in the throes...
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Spare Parts: Four Undocumented Teenagers, One Ugly Robot, and the Battle for the American Dream

Joshua Davis · FSG Originals
Format: Hardcover

Four undocumented Mexican American students, two great teachers, one robot-building contest . . . and a major motion pictureIn 2004, four Latino teenagers arrived at the Marine Advanced Technology Education Robotics Competition at the University of California, Santa Barbara. They were born...
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Love & War: Twenty Years, Three Presidents, Two Daughters and One Louisiana Home

James Carville · Blue Rider Press
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover

For twenty years, James Carville and Mary Matalin have held the mantle of the nation's most politically opposed, ideologically mismatched, and intensely opinionated couple. In this follow-up to their groundbreaking All's Fair: Love, War, and Running for President, Carville and Matalin...
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Wonder Women: Sex, Power, and the Quest for Perfection

Debora L. Spar · Sarah Crichton Books; 1st edition
Format: Hardcover

Fifty years after the Equal Pay Act, why are women still living in a man’s world? Debora L. Spar never thought of herself as a feminist. Raised after the tumult of the 1960s, she presumed the gender war was over. As one of the youngest female professors to be tenured at Harvard Business...
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Power Grab: Obama's Dangerous Plan for a One-Party Nation

Dick Morris · Humanix Books
Format: Hardcover

New York Times best-selling authors Dick Morris and Eileen McGann, in their upcoming release by Humanix Books, contend that President Obama is at war with the Constitution and its provisions that provide forchecks and balances. President Obama s style of leadership is proof that he is willing...
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Conform: Exposing the Truth About Common Core and Public Education

Glenn Beck · Threshold editions/Mercury Radio Arts, 2014.
Pages: 272
Format: Print book

PUBLIC EDUCATION IS NEVER MENTIONED IN THE CONSTITUTION. WHY? BECAUSE OUR FOUNDERS KNEW THAT IT WAS AN ISSUE FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS--NOT THE FEDERAL ONE. It's not a coincidence that the more the federal government has inserted itself into public education over the years, the worse...
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Countdown to Zero Day: Stuxnet and the Launch of the World's First Digital Weapon

Kim Zetter · Crown
Format: Hardcover

Top cybersecurity journalist Kim Zetter tells the story behind the virus that sabotaged Iran's nuclear efforts and shows how its existence has ushered in a new age of warfare - one in which a digital attack can have the same destructive capability as a megaton bomb. In January 2010,...
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