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Bill Maher - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover

The hilarious and controversial host of HBO's Real Time with Bill Maher has written his funniest, most opinionated, and most necessary book ever - a brilliantly astute and acerbically funny vivisection of American life, politics, and culture.. Some of the smartest commentary about what's...
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JFK: Coming of Age in the American Century, 1917-1956

Fredrik Logevall - Random House
Format: Hardcover

A Pulitzer Prize-winning historian takes us as close as we have ever been to the real John F. Kennedy in this revelatory biography of the iconic, yet still elusive, thirty-fifth president. By the time of his assassination in 1963, John F. Kennedy stood at the helm of the greatest power...
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The Shortest History of Japan: From Mythical Origins to Pop Culture Powerhouse?The Global Drama of an Ancient Island Nation (The Shortest History Series)

Lesley Downer - The Experiment
Format: Paperback

Discover the aesthetic traditions, political resilience, and modern economic might of this singular island nation. The Shortest History books deliver thousands of years of history in one riveting, fast-paced read.Zen, haiku, martial arts, sushi, anime, manga, film, video games . . . Japanese...
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Let's Talk About Your Wall: Mexican Writers Respond to the Immigration Crisis

Carmen Boullosa
Format: Hardcover

Despite the extensive coverage in the U.S. media of the southern border and Donald Trump's proposed wall, most English speakers have had little access to the multitude of perspectives from Mexico on the ongoing crisis. Celebrated novelist Carmen Boullosa (author of Texas and Before)...
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Neither Wolf nor Dog 25th Anniversary Edition: On Forgotten Roads with an Indian Elder

Kent Nerburn - New World Library
Format: Paperback

An Unforgettable Journey into the Native American Experience Against an unflinching backdrop of 1990s reservation life and the majestic spaces of the western Dakotas, Neither Wolf nor Dog tells the story of two men, one white and one Indian, locked in their own understandings yet struggling...
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Captured: The Corporate Infiltration of American Democracy

Sheldon Whitehouse - New Press
Format: Print book

In Captured, U.S. Senator and former federal prosecutor Sheldon Whitehouse offers an eye-opening take on what corporate influence looks like today from the Senate Floor, adding a first-hand perspective to Jane Mayer's Dark Money. Americans know something is wrong in their...
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The Berman Murders: Unraveling the Mojave Desert's Most Mysterious Unsolved Crime

Doug Kari - Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Format: Hardcover

For true crime readers obsessed with learning the full story, get the book that Publishers Weekly calls a "stirring account," and says, "Dogged reporting and expert pacing make this a good bet for true crime fans." At daybreak on January 6, 1986, a couple on a camping...
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Pill City: How Two Honor Roll Students Foiled the Feds and Built a Drug Empire

Kevin Deutsch - St. Martin's Press
Format: Print book

In 2015, Baltimore plunged into the worst American riots in recent history. In the chaos, two high school honor-roll students, "Brick" and "Wax, used their smarts, computer skills, ambition and gang connections to change the world of illegal drugs forever. With their gang...
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Fight like a Mother: How a Grassroots Movement Took on the Gun Lobby and Why Women Will Change the World

Shannon Watts - HarperOne
Format: Hardcover

Shannon Watts was a stay-at-home mom folding laundry when news broke of the tragic shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary. In one moment, she went from outraged to engaged and decided to do something about it. What started as a simple Facebook group to connect with other frustrated parents grew...
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The Poisoned City: Flint's Water and the American Urban Tragedy

Anna Clark - Metropolitan Books
Format: Hardcover

The first full account of the Flint, Michigan, water scandal, an American tragedy, with new details, from Anna Clark, the award-winning Michigan journalist who has covered the story from its beginningsWhen the people of Flint, Michigan, turned on their faucets in April 2014, the water pouring...
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