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Wolf Whistle Politics: The New Misogyny in America Today

Naomi Wolf · The New Press
Pages: 192
Format: Paperback

The 2016 election year may be remembered as a year to forget, but for American women in politics and feminists alike it was unforgettably distressing -- a flash point illuminating both the true state of play for women in public life and feminist politics in the early twenty-first century....
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How Propaganda Works

Jason Stanley · Oxford
Pages: 353
Format: Print book

Our democracy today is fraught with political campaigns, lobbyists, liberal media, and Fox News commentators, all using language to influence the way we think and reason about public issues. Even so, many of us believe that propaganda and manipulation aren't problems for us--not in the way they...
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The Gun Debate: An Encyclopedia of Gun Control & Gun Rights

Grey House · Salem Press
Pages: 600
Format: Print book

With public debate of gun violence at an all-time high, this new third edition of The Gun Debate: An Encyclopedia of Gun Control & Gun Rights is a must-have resource for all libraries.* Over 350 entries provide in-depth coverage of both sides of the gun debate.* Updated and expanded...
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The Big Lie: Exposing the Nazi Roots of the American Left

D D'SOUZA · Regnery Publishing
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

Dinesh D'Souza, author of three #1 New York Times bestsellers, now investigates the Nazi roots of progressivism.
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Keep It Pithy: Useful Observations in a Tough World

Bill O'Reilly · Crown Archetype
Format: Book

O'Reilly offers a classic collection of the most memorable writings from his previous books and columns, topped off with a new introduction, and looks back at how his opinions and ideas have been proven right or wrong by the passage of time.
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Kennedy and King: The President, the Pastor, and the Battle over Civil Rights

Steven Levingston · Hachette Books
Pages: 528
Format: Hardcover

From journalist and author Steven Levingston, a gripping, detailed account of the contentious relationship between President John F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King, Jr. during the tumultuous early years of the Civil Rights movement. Kennedy and King traces the emergence of two of the twentieth...
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Breaking Through Gridlock: The Power of Conversation in a Polarized World

Jason J Jay · Berrett-Koehler Publishers
Pages: 216
Format: Paperback

Think about the last time you tried to talk with someone who didn't already agree with you about issues that matter most. How well did it go? These conversations are vital, but too often get stuck. They become contentious or we avoid them because we fear they might. What if, in these...
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The People Are Going to Rise Like the Waters Upon Your Shore: A Story of American Rage

Jared Yates Sexton · Counterpoint
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

On June 14, 2016, Jared Yates Sexton reported from a Donald Trump rally in Greensboro, North Carolina. One of the first journalists to attend these rallies and give mainstream readers an idea of the raw anger that occurred there, Sexton found himself in the center of a maelstrom. Following...
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In Bed with Wall Street: The Conspiracy Crippling Our Global Economy

Larry Doyle · St Martins Pr
Pages: 225
Format: Hardcover

The Wall Street meltdown in 2008 brought the country to its knees, and spawned nationwide protests against the lack of regulation and oversight facing Wall Street. But the average American still fails to fully grasp what was -- and still is -- happening: that the inmates continue to run the asylum....
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Lenin on the Train

Catherine Merridale · Metropolitan Books/Henry Holt and Company
Pages: 368
Format: Print book

A gripping, meticulously researched account of Lenin's fateful 1917 rail journey from Zurich to Petrograd, where he ignited the Russian Revolution and forever changed the worldIn April 1917, as the Russian Tsar Nicholas II's abdication sent shockwaves across war-torn Europe, the future...
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Ike and McCarthy: Dwight Eisenhower's Secret Campaign against Joseph McCarthy

David A Nichols · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 385
Format: Hardcover

Revealed for the first time, this is the full story of how President Dwight Eisenhower masterminded the downfall of the anti-Communist demagogue Senator Joseph McCarthy.Behind the scenes, Eisenhower loathed McCarthy, the powerful Republican senator notorious for his anti-Communist witch...
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Why Philanthropy Matters: How the Wealthy Give, and What It Means for Our Economic Well-Being

Zoltan J. Acs · Princeton University Press
Format: Hardcover

Philanthropy has long been a distinctive feature of American culture, but its crucial role in the economic well-being of the nation--and the world--has remained largely unexplored. Why Philanthropy Matters takes an in-depth look at philanthropy as an underappreciated force in capitalism,...
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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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This town : two parties and a funeral--plus, plenty of valet parking!--in America's gilded capital

Mark Leibovich · Penguin Group US
Format: eBook

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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Liars: How Progressives Exploit Our Fears for Power and Control

Glenn Beck · Threshold Editions
Pages: 320
Format: Print book

Glenn Beck, #1 bestselling author and radio host, reveals the cold truth behind the ideology of progressivism and how the tenets of this dangerous belief system are eroding the foundation of this country.WHY DO WE ACCEPT THE LIES? Politics is no longer about pointing to a shining city on the hill;...
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