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The Doomsday Machine: Confessions of a Nuclear War Planner

Daniel Ellsberg - Bloomsbury USA
Format: Hardcover

From the legendary whistle-blower who revealed the Pentagon Papers, an eyewitness expos of the dangers of America's Top Secret, seventy-year-long nuclear policy that--chillingly--continues to this day.Here, for the first time, former high level defense analyst Daniel Ellsberg reveals his shocking...
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The Last Girl: My Story of Captivity, and My Fight Against the Islamic State

NADIA MURAD - Tim Duggan Books
Format: Hardcover

In this intimate memoir of survival, a former captive of the Islamic State tells her harrowing and ultimately inspiring story. Nadia Murad was born and raised in Kocho, a small village of farmers and shepherds in northern Iraq. A member of the Yazidi community, she and her brothers and sisters...
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Rescued from ISIS: The Gripping True Story of How a Father Saved His Son

DIMITRI BONTINCK - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover

Rescued from ISIS is the inspiring and terrifying tale of one man's journey to the Middle East to save his child from radical Islam, and its surprising worldwide repercussions.Dimitri Bontinck lived every parent's worst nightmare. His teenage son, introduced to Islam by his girlfriend,...
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The First Conspiracy: The Secret Plot to Kill George Washington

Brad Meltzer - Flatiron Books
Format: Hardcover

Taking place during the most critical period of our nation's birth, The First Conspiracy tells a remarkable and previously untold piece of American history that not only reveals George Washington's character, but also illuminates the origins of America's counterintelligence movement...
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The Second Coming of the KKK: The Ku Klux Klan of the 1920s and the American Political Tradition

LINDA GORDON - Liveright
Format: Hardcover

By legitimizing bigotry and redefining so-called American values, a revived Klan in the 1920s left a toxic legacy that demands reexamination today.A new Ku Klux Klan arose in the early 1920s, a less violent but equally virulent descendant of the relatively small, terrorist Klan of the 1870s....
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The Handy American Government Answer Book: How Washington, Politics and Elections Work

Gina Renée Misiroglu - Visible Ink Press
Format: Paperback

The stakes have never been higher: national security, civil liberties, the economy, the future of the republic. Yet few outside Washington actually understand how our government and political system should work, much less how it actually operates. On one level, it's a complex, interlocking...
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American Values: Lessons I Learned from My Family

ROBERT F JR KENNEDY - Harper
Format: Hardcover

In this moving, thoughtful family history, the son and namesake of Robert Fitzgerald Kennedy shares memories of his turbulent childhood and the lessons that have shaped his enduring values.Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., the third of eleven children born to Bobby Kennedy and Ethel Skakel Kennedy,...
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Lights Out: A Cyberattack, A Nation Unprepared, Surviving the Aftermath

Ted Koppel - Crown Publishers
Format: Print book

In this New York Times bestselling investigation, Ted Koppel reveals that a major cyberattack on America's power grid is not only possible but likely, that it would be devastating, and that the United States is shockingly unprepared. Imagine a blackout lasting not days, but weeks...
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Where We Go from Here

BERNIE SANDERS - Thomas Dunne Books
Format: Hardcover

Senator Bernie Sanders' presidential campaign was a beginning, not an end. In his new book, America's most popular political figure speaks about what he's been doing to oppose the Trump agenda and strengthen the progressive movement and how we go forward as a nation.
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The Last Goodnight: A World War II Story of Espionage, Adventure, and Betrayal

Carol Belanger Grafton - Harper Collins Publishers
Format: Print book

The New York Times bestselling author of the acclaimed Dark Invasion, channels Erik Larson and Ben Macintyre in this riveting biography of Betty Pack, the dazzling American debutante who became an Allied spy during WWII and was hailed by OSS chief General "Wild Bill" Donovan as "the...
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Travel as a Political Act

Rick Steves - Rick Steves
Format: Paperback

Change the world one trip at a time. In this illuminating collection of stories and lessons from the road, acclaimed travel writer Rick Steves shares a powerful message that resonates now more than ever.With the world facing divisive and often frightening events, from Trump, Brexit, and Erdogan,...
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Doing Justice: A Prosecutor's Thoughts on Crime, Punishment, and the Rule of Law

Preet Bharara - Knopf
Format: Hardcover

By the one-time federal prosecutor for the Southern District of New York, an important overview of the way our justice system works, and why the rule of law is essential to our society. Using case histories, personal experiences and his own inviting writing and teaching style, Preet Bharara...
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The Restless Wave: Good Times, Just Causes, Great Fights, and Other Appreciations

John McCain - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover

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 the respect...
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Playing to the Edge: American Intelligence in the Age of Terror

Michael V. Hayden - Penguin Press, 2016.
Format: Print book

An unprecedented high-level master narrative of America's intelligence wars, from the only person ever to helm both CIA and NSA, at a time of heinous new threats and wrenching change For General Michael Hayden, playing to the edge means playing so close to the line that you get chalk...
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Unhinged: An Insider's Account of the Trump White House

TO BE CONFIRMED GALLERY. - Gallery Books
Format: Hardcover

The former Assistant to the President and Director of Communications for the Office of Public Liaison in the Trump White House provides a jaw-dropping look into the corruption and controversy of the current administration.Few have been a member of Donald Trump's inner orbit longer than...
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Kissinger: 1923-1968: The Idealist

Niall Ferguson - Penguin Press
Format: Hardcover

The definitive biography of Henry Kissinger, based on unprecedented access to his private papersNo American statesman has been as revered or as reviled as Henry Kissinger. Once hailed as "Super K" - the "indispensable man" whose advice has been sought by every president...
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A Good Month for Murder: The Inside Story of a Homicide Squad

Del Quentin Wilber - Henry Holt and Co.
Format: Hardcover

Bestselling author Del Quentin Wilber tells the inside story of how a homicide squad---a dedicated, colorful team of detectives -- does its almost impossible jobTwelve homicides, three police-involved shootings and the furious hunt for an especially brutal killer--February 2013 was a good...
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Another day in the death of America : a chronicle of ten short lives

Gary Younge - Nation Books
Format: Print book

On an average day in America, seven young people, aged nineteen or under, will be shot dead.In Another Day in the Death of America, award-winning Guardian journalist Gary Younge tells the stories of the lives lost on one random day - November 23, 2013. Ten children died that day....
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Beautiful Country Burn Again: Democracy, Rebellion, and Revolution

BEN FOUNTAIN - Ecco
Format: Hardcover

"Ben Fountain's BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY BURN AGAIN is the bravest, boldest, most bracing political book of the year." -Bill MoyersIn a sweeping work of reportage set over the course of 2016, New York Times bestselling author Ben Fountain recounts a surreal year of politics and an exploration...
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Heart of Europe: A History of the Holy Roman Empire

Peter H Wilson - The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2016.
Format: Print book

The Holy Roman Empire lasted a thousand years, far longer than ancient Rome. Yet this formidable dominion never inspired the awe of its predecessor. Voltaire distilled the disdain of generations when he quipped it was neither holy, Roman, nor an empire. Yet as Peter Wilson shows, the Holy...
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Heirs of the Founders: The Epic Rivalry of Henry Clay, John Calhoun and Daniel Webster, the Second Generation of American Giants

H W BRANDS - Doubleday
Format: Hardcover

From New York Times bestselling historian H. W. Brands comes the riveting story of how America's second generation of political giants--Henry Clay, Daniel Webster, and John Calhoun--battled to complete the unfinished work of the Founding Fathers and decide the shape of our democracy.In...
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We Were Eight Years in Power: A Journey Through the Obama Era

TA-NEHISI COATES - One World
Format: Book

In these "urgently relevant essays,"* the National Book Award-winning author of Between the World and Me "reflects on race, Barack Obama's presidency and its jarring aftermath"* - including the election of Donald Trump."We were eight years in power"...

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I Was Told to Come Alone: My Journey Behind the Lines of Jihad

Souad Mekhennet - Henry Holt and Co.
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 Truth Matters: A Citizen's Guide to Separating Facts from Lies and Stopping Fake News in Its Tracks

Bruce R Bartlett - Ten Speed Press
Format: Paperback

A lucid, practical, and concise guide for citizens who want to cut through the lies in this era of "fake news" and "alternative facts."As recent national events have proven, the floodgates have opened and the political terrain is shifting rapidly with the dangerous concept...
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The Triumph of William McKinley: Why the Election of 1896 Still Matters

Karl Rove - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover

From New York Times bestselling author and political mastermind Karl Rove comes a fresh look at President William McKinley, whose 1896 campaign ended a bitter period of political gridlock and reformed and modernized his party, thereby creating a governing majority that dominated American...
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A Hope More Powerful Than the Sea: One Refugee's Incredible Story of Love, Loss, and Survival

Melissa Fleming - Flatiron Books
Format: Print book

The stunning story of a young woman, an international crisis, and the triumph of the human spirit.Adrift in a frigid sea, no land in sight -- just debris from the ship's wreckage and floating corpses all around -- nineteen-year-old Doaa Al Zamel floats with a small inflatable water ring...
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Finding My Voice: My Journey to the West Wing and the Path Forward

Valerie Jarrett - Viking
Format: Hardcover

"The ultimate Obama insider" (The New York Times) and longest-serving senior advisor in the Obama White House shares her journey as a daughter, mother, lawyer, business leader, public servant, and leader in government at a historic moment in American history.When Valerie...
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A Higher Loyalty: Truth, Lies, and Leadership

JAMES COMEY - Flatiron Books
Format: Hardcover

In his forthcoming book, former FBI director James Comey shares his never-before-told experiences from some of the highest-stakes situations of his career in the past two decades of American government, exploring what good, ethical leadership looks like, and how it drives sound decisions....
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In the Country We Love: My Family Divided

Diane Guerrero - Henry Holt and Co.
Format: Hardcover

The star of Orange is the New Black and Jane the Virgin presents her personal story of the real plight of undocumented immigrants in this country Diane Guerrero, the television actress from the megahit Orange is the New Black and Jane the Virgin, was just fourteen years old on the day her parents...
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Disciples: The World War II Missions of the CIA Directors Who Fought for Wild Bill Donovan

Douglas Waller - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover

The author of the critically acclaimed bestseller Wild Bill Donovan, tells the story of four OSS warriors of World War II. All four later led the CIA.They are the most famous and controversial directors the CIA has ever had - Allen Dulles, Richard Helms, William Colby, and William Casey....
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Killing the SS: The Hunt for the Worst War Criminals in History

Bill O'Reilly - Henry Holt and Co.
Format: Hardcover

The Instant #1 New York Times Bestseller (October 2018) Confronting Nazi evil is the subject of the latest installment in the mega-bestselling Killing seriesAs the true horrors of the Third Reich began to be exposed immediately after World War II, the Nazi war criminals...
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Leadership in Turbulent Times

DORIS KEARNS GOODWIN - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover

In this culmination of five decades of acclaimed studies in presidential history, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Doris Kearns Goodwin offers an illuminating exploration of the early development, growth, and exercise of leadership.Are leaders born or made? Where does ambition come from? How does...
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The Soul of America: The Battle for Our Better Angels

JON MEACHAM - Random House
Format: Hardcover

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jon Meacham helps us understand the present moment in American politics and life by looking back at critical times in our history when hope overcame division and fear.NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NPR * The...
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Far and Away: Reports from the Brink of Change: Seven Continents, Twenty-Five Years

Andrew Solomon - Scribner Book Company
Format: Print book

From the winner of the National Book Award and the National Books Critics' Circle Award - and one of the most original thinkers of our time - a riveting collection of essays about places in dramatic transition.Far and Away collects Andrew Solomon's writings about places undergoing...
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Whiskey Tango Foxtrot

Kimberly Barker - Anchor
Format: Print book

Now a Major Motion Picture titled Whiskey Tango Foxtrot starring Tina Fey, Margot Robbie, Martin Freeman, Alfred Molina, and Billy Bob Thornton. From tea with warlords in the countryside to parties with drunken foreign correspondents in the "dry" city of Kabul, journalist Kim Barker...
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Eunice: The Kennedy Who Changed the World

Eileen McNamara - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover

A Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist examines the life and times of Eunice Kennedy Shriver, arguing she left behind the Kennedy family's most profound political legacy.While Joe Kennedy was grooming his sons for the White House and the Senate, his Stanford-educated daughter Eunice was tapping...
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Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland

Patrick Radden Keefe - Doubleday
Format: Hardcover

"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 true-crime,...
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The American Spirit: Who We Are and What We Stand For

DAVID MCCULLOUGH - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover

A New York Times Bestseller A timely collection of speeches by David McCullough, the most honored historian in the United States - winner of two Pulitzer Prizes, two National Book Awards, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom, among many others - that reminds us of fundamental American...
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Al Franken, Giant of the Senate

Al Franken - Twelve
Format: Hardcover

#1 New York Times Bestseller"Flips the classic born-in-a-shack rise to political office tale on its head. I skipped meals to read this book - also unusual - because every page was funny. It made me deliriously happy." - Louise Erdrich, The New York Times p.p1 {margin:...
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Rosemary: The Hidden Kennedy Daughter

Kate Clifford Larson - Houghton Mifflin
Format: Print book

They were the most prominent American family of the twentieth century. The daughter they secreted away made all the difference. Joe and Rose Kennedy's strikingly beautiful daughter Rosemary attended exclusive schools, was presented as a debutante to the Queen of England, and traveled the world...
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Great Again: How to Fix Our Crippled America

Donald Trump - Simon & Schuster Audio
Format: Audiobook

In this book (previously published as Crippled America) , were going to look at the state of the world right now. Its a terrible mess, and thats putting it mildly. There has never been a more dangerous time. The politicians and special interests in Washington, DC, are directly responsible...
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A More Perfect Union: What We the People Can Do to Reclaim Our Constitutional Liberties

Ben Carson - Sentinel
Format: Print book

Dear Reader, Many people have wondered why I ve beenspeaking out on controversial issues forthe last few years. They say I ve never heldpolitical office. I m not a constitutional scholar. I m not even a lawyer. All I can sayto that is Guilty as charged. It s true that I ve never voted for a budget...
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The New American Revolution: The Making of a Populist Movement

KAYLEIGH MCENANY - Threshold Editions
Format: Hardcover

In the bestselling tradition of Hillbilly Elegy comes an exploration of the American heartland - a fascinating and eye-opening collection of interviews and stories about the powerful grassroots populist movement of frustrated Americans left behind by the government that changed the landscape...
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There Will Be No Miracles Here: A Memoir

Casey Gerald - Riverhead Books
Format: Hardcover

The testament of a boy and a generation who came of age as the world came apart--a generation searching for a new way to live.Casey Gerald's story begins at the end of the world: Dallas, New Year's Eve 1999, when he gathers with the congregation of his grandfather's black evangelical church...
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What Unites Us: Reflections on Patriotism

Dan Rather - Algonquin Books
Format: Paperback

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER . "I find myself thinking deeply about what it means to love America, as I surely do." - Dan Rather. "A tonic for our times . . . Rathers writing shows why he has won the admiration of a new generation. In these essays, he gives voice...
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Democracy in Chains: The Deep History of the Radical Right's Secret Plan for America

Nancy Maclean - Viking
Format: Hardcover

"[A] vibrant intellectual history of the radical right . . ." - The Atlantic "This sixty-year campaign to make libertarianism mainstream and eventually take the government itself is at the heart of Democracy in Chains. . . . If you're worried about what all this...
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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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Trump Revealed: An American Journey of Ambition, Ego, Money, and Power

Michael Kranish - Scribner
Format: Print book

Authoritative, timely, and provocative, this deeply researched biography of Donald Trump provides a complex portrait of the man who - despite broad skepticism - could be the next president of the United States.Who is Donald J. Trump? Despite decades of scrutiny, many aspects of his life...
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21 Lessons for the 21st Century

Yuval N Harari - Spiegel & Grau
Format: Hardcover

In Sapiens, he explored our past. In Homo Deus, he looked to our future. Now, one of the most innovative thinkers on the planet turns to the present to make sense of today's most pressing issues. How do computers and robots change the meaning of being human? How do we deal...
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Untitled Louise Lobo

Louise Lobo - Regnery Publishing
Format: Hardcover

"You have replaced 'advice and consent' with 'search and destroy.'" - BRETT KAVANAUGH In this deeply researched account, one of Washington's top legal reporters reveals the massive funding, sophisticated organization, and fanatical zeal behind the campaign to stop Brett Kavanaugh's...
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Audacity: How Barack Obama Defied His Critics and Created a Legacy That Will Prevail

Jonathan Chait - Custom House
Format: Print book

"An unassailable case that, in the eyes of history, Barack Obama will be viewed as one of America's best and most accomplished presidents. Over the course of eight years, Barack Obama has amassed an array of outstanding achievements. His administration saved the American economy from...
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The Threat: How the FBI Protects America in the Age of Terror and Trump

Andrew G. McCabe - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover

The Instant #1 New York Times Bestseller!On March 16, 2018, just twenty-six hours before his scheduled retirement from the organization he had served with distinction for more than two decades, Andrew G. McCabe was fired from his position as deputy director of the FBI. President...
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Republic of Spin: An Inside History of the American Presidency

David Greenberg - W.W. Norton & Company
Format: Print book

The most powerful political tool of the modern presidency is control of the message and the image.In Republic of Spin -- a vibrant history covering more than one hundred years of politics -- presidential historian David Greenberg recounts the rise of the White House spin machine, from Teddy...
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The Poison Squad: One Chemist's Single-Minded Crusade for Food Safety at the Turn of the Twentieth Century

Deborah Blum - Penguin Press
Format: Hardcover

From Pulitzer Prize winner and New York Times-bestselling author Deborah Blum, the dramatic true story of how food was made safe in the United States and the heroes, led by the inimitable Dr. Harvey Washington Wiley, who fought for changeBy the end of nineteenth century, food was dangerous....
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American Dialogue: The Founding Fathers and Us

Joseph J Ellis - Knopf
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...
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What Happened

HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover

"In the past, for reasons I try to explain, I've often felt I had to be careful in public, like I was up on a wire without a net. Now I'm letting my guard down." - Hillary Rodham Clinton, from the introduction of What HappenedFor the first time, Hillary Rodham Clinton...
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The White Devil's Daughters: The Fight Against Slavery in San Francisco's Chinatown

Julia Flynn Siler - Knopf
Format: Hardcover

A revelatory history of the trafficking of young Asian girls that flourished in San Francisco during the first hundred years of Chinese immigration (1848-1943) and an in-depth look at the "safe house" that became a refuge for those seeking their freedomBeginning...
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The Pigeon Tunnel: Stories from My Life

John Le Carr - Viking
Format: Print book

"Recounted with the storytelling lan of a master raconteur - by turns dramatic and funny, charming, tart and melancholy." -Michiko Kakutani, The New York TimesThe New York Times bestselling memoir from John le Carr, the legendary author of Tinker, Tailor, Soldier,...
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Old School: Life in the Sane Lane

ANONYMOUS. - Holt, Henry & Company, Inc.
Format: Print book

Old School is in session....You have probably heard the term Old School, but what you might not know is that there is a concentrated effort to tear that school down.It's a values thing. The anti-Old School forces believe the traditional way of looking at life is oppressive. Not inclusive....
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War on Peace: The End of Diplomacy and the Decline of American Influence

Ronan Farrow - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover

A harrowing exploration of the collapse of American diplomacy and the abdication of global leadership, by the winner of the 2018 Pulitzer Prize in Public Service.US foreign policy is undergoing a dire transformation, forever changing America's place in the world. Institutions of diplomacy...
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67 Shots: Kent State and the End of American Innocence

Howard B Means - Da Capo Press
Format: Print book

At mid-day on May 4, 1970, after three days of protests, several thousand students and the Ohio National Guard faced off at opposite ends of the grassy campus Commons at Kent State University. Just after noon, the Guard moved out. Twenty-five minutes later, Guardsmen launched a 13-second,...
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Democracy: Stories from the Long Road to Freedom

Condoleezza Rice - Twelve
Format: Book

When the United States was founded, it was the only attempt at self-government in the world. Today more than half of all countries qualify as democracies, and in the long run that number will continue to grow. Yet nothing worthwhile ever comes easily. Using America's long struggle as a template,...
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Dare Not Linger: The Presidential Years

NELSON MANDELA - Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Format: Hardcover

The long-awaited second volume of Nelson Mandela's memoirs, left unfinished at his death and never before available, are here completed and expanded with notes and speeches written by Mandela during his historic presidency, making for a moving sequel to his worldwide bestseller Long...
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First Women: The Grace and Power of America's First Ladies

Kate Andersen Brower - Harper
Format: Print book

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the groundbreaking backstairs look at the White House, The Residence, comes an intimate, news-making look at the true modern power brokers at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue: the First Ladies, from Jackie Kennedy to Michelle...
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The Autobiography of Malcolm X

Malcolm X - Ballantine Books
Format: Print book

ONE OF TIME'S TEN MOST IMPORTANT NONFICTION BOOKS OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY With its first great victory in the landmark Supreme Court decision Brown v. Board of Education in 1954, the civil rights movement gained the powerful momentum it needed to sweep forward into its crucial decade,...
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Liars: How Progressives Exploit Our Fears for Power and Control

Glenn Beck - Threshold Editions
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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The Woman's Hour: The Great Fight to Win the Vote

ELAINE F WEISS - Viking
Format: Hardcover

The nail-biting climax of one of the greatest political battles in American history: the ratification of the constitutional amendment that granted women the right to vote. "Anyone interested in the history of our country's ongoing fight to put its founding values into practice--as...
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Putin: His Downfall and Russia's Coming Crash

Richard Lourie - Thomas Dunne Books
Format: Hardcover

An electrifying and timely book, by leading Russian expert Richard Lourie, that explores Putin's failures and whether Trump's election gives Putin extraordinarily dangerous opportunities in our mad new world.For reasons that are made clear in this book, Putin's Russia will collapse just...
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The Sun Does Shine: How I Found Life and Freedom on Death Row

Anthony Ray Hinton - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover

A powerful, revealing story of hope, love, justice, and the power of reading by a man who spent thirty years on death row for a crime he didn't commit.In 1985, Anthony Ray Hinton was arrested and charged with two counts of capital murder in Alabama. Stunned, confused, and only twenty-nine...
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Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House

MICHAEL WOLFF - Henry Holt and Co.
Format: Hardcover

With extraordinary access to the Trump White House, Michael Wolff tells the inside storyof the most controversial presidency of our timeThe first nine months of Donald Trump's term were stormy, outrageous -- and absolutely mesmerizing. Now, thanks to his deep access to the West Wing, bestselling...
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This Fight Is Our Fight: The Battle to Save America's Middle Class

Elizabeth Warren - Metropolitan Books
Format: Hardcover

#1 New York Times bestsellerThe fiery U.S. Senator from Massachusetts and bestselling author offers a passionate, inspiring book about why our middle class is under siege and how we can win the fight to save itSenator Elizabeth Warren has long been an outspoken champion of America's...
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The Swamp: Washington's Murky Pool of Corruption and Cronyismand How Trump Can Drain It

ERIC BOLLING - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover

The Instant New York Times and USA Today Bestseller!When Washington D.C. was first built, it was on top of a swamp that had to be drained. Donald Trump says it's time to drain it again. In The Swamp, bestselling author and Fox News Channel host Eric Bolling presents...
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The Road Not Taken: Edward Lansdale and the American Tragedy in Vietnam

MAX BOOT - Liveright
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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The Rise of Athens: The Story of the World's Greatest Civilization

Anthony Everitt - Random House
Format: Print book

A magisterial account of how a tiny city-state in ancient Greece became history's most influential civilization, from the bestselling author of acclaimed biographies of Cicero, Augustus, and Hadrian Filled with tales of adventure and astounding reversals of fortune, The Rise of Athens...
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