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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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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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Blackout: How Black America Can Make Its Second Escape from the Democrat Plantation

Candace Owens - Threshold Editions
Format: Hardcover

Political activist and social media star Candace Owens explains all the reasons how the Democratic Party policies hurt, rather than help, the African American community, and why she and many others are turning right. What do you have to lose? This question, posed by then-presidential candidate...
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Beneath the Tamarind Tree: A Story of Courage, Family, and the Lost Schoolgirls of Boko Haram

Isha Sesay - Dey Street Books
Format: Hardcover

"It is no accident that the places in the world where we see the most instability are those in which the rights of women and girls are denied. Isha Sesay's indispensable and gripping account of the brutal abduction of Nigerian schoolgirls by Boko Haram terrorists provides a stark reminder...
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Every Day Is Extra

John Kerry - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover

John Kerry tells the story of his remarkable American life - from son of a diplomat to decorated Vietnam veteran, five-term United States senator, 2004 Democratic presidential nominee, and Secretary of State for four years - a revealing memoir by a witness to some of the most important...
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Zero Fail: The Rise and Fall of the Secret Service

Carol Leonnig
Format: Hardcover


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Blood Gun Money: How America Arms Gangs and Cartels

Ioan Grillo - Bloomsbury Publishing; 1st edition
Format: Hardcover

The gun control debate is revived with every mass shooting. But far more people die from gun deaths on the street corners of inner city America and across the border as Mexico's powerful cartels battle to control the drug trade. Guns and drugs aren't often connected in our heated...
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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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Addicted to Outrage: How Thinking Like a Recovering Addict Can Heal the Country

GLENN BECK - Threshold Editions
Format: Hardcover

A new and sober Glenn Beck - author of thirteen #1 New York Times bestsellers - issues a startling challenge to people on both sides of the aisle to give up our addiction to hating each other.America is addicted to outrage, we're at the height of a twenty-year bender, and we need an intervention....
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Maximize Your Medicare: 2020-2021 Edition: Qualify for Benefits, Protect Your Health, and Minimize Your Costs

Jae Oh MBA - Allworth
Format: Paperback

"A must-read for both current and future retirees." - Robert Powell, Retirement Daily Includes the Most Up-to-Date Information for 2020-2021Confused by Medicare? Get answers from Maximize Your Medicare,an informative guide by nationally recognized expert Jae W. Oh. Maximize Your...
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