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Days of Fire: Bush and Cheney in the White House
Peter Baker - Doubleday; 2nd Printing edition
Format: Hardcover
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In Days of Fire, Peter Baker, Chief White House Correspondent for The New York Times, takes us on a gripping and intimate journey through the eight years of the Bush and Cheney administration in a tour-de-force narrative of a dramatic and controversial presidency.Theirs was the most captivating... |
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The Bill of Rights: A User's Guide
Linda R Monk - Hachette Books
Format: Paperback
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With a foreword by Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg of the U.S. Supreme Court.An Engaging, Accessible Guide to the Bill of Rights for Everyday Citizens.In The Bill of Rights: A User's Guide, award-winning author and constitutional scholar Linda R. Monk explores the remarkable history of the Bill... |
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Kingdom of Olives and Ash: Writers Confront the Occupation
Michael Chabon - Harper Perennial
Format: Paperback
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A groundbreaking collection of essays by celebrated international writers bears witness to the human cost of fifty years of Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza. In Kingdom of Olives and Ash, Michael Chabon and Ayelet Waldman, two of today's most renowned novelists and essayists,... |
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Out of Order: Stories from the History of the Supreme Court
Sandra Day O'Connor - Random House; F First Edition, 1st Printing edition
Format: Hardcover
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER"I called this book Out of Order because it reflects my goal, which is to share a different side of the Supreme Court. Most people know the Court only as it exists between bangs of the gavel, when the Court comes to order to hear arguments or give opinions.... |
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Travel as a Political Act
Rick Steves - Rick Steves
Format: Paperback
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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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The Once and Future Liberal: After Identity Politics
MARK LILLA - Harper
Format: Hardcover
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From one of the country's most admired political thinkers, an urgent wake-up call to American liberals to turn from the divisive politics of identity and develop a vision of our future that can persuade all citizens that they share a common destiny. In The Once and Future Liberal, Mark... |
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Toxic Charity
Robert D. Lupton - HarperOne
Format: Print book
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Veteran urban activist Robert Lupton reveals the shockingly toxic effects that modern charity has upon the very people meant to benefit from it. Toxic Charity provides proven new models for charitable groups who want to help—not sabotage—those whom they desire to serve. Lupton,... |
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The Saboteur: The Aristocrat Who Became France's Most Daring Anti-Nazi Commando
PAUL KIX - Harper
Format: Hardcover
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In the tradition of Agent Zigzag comes this breathtaking biography, as fast-paced and emotionally intuitive as the very best spy thrillers, which illuminates an unsung hero of the French Resistance during World War II - Robert de La Rochefoucald, an aristocrat turned anti-Nazi saboteur... |
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The Confessions of Congressman X
Congressman X - Mill City Press, Inc.
Format: Paperback
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A devastating inside look at the dark side of Congress as revealed by one of its own! No wonder Congressman X wants to remain anonymous for fear of retribution. His admissions are deeply disturbing. . . "Most of my colleagues are dishonest career politicians who revel in the power... |
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21 Lessons for the 21st Century
Yuval N Harari - Spiegel & Grau
Format: Hardcover
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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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The Storm Before the Storm: The Beginning of the End of the Roman Republic
Mike Duncan - PublicAffairs
Format: Hardcover
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The creator of the massively popular, award-winning podcast series The History of Rome brings to life the story of the tumultuous years that set the stage for the fall of the Roman Republic.The Roman Republic was one of the most remarkable achievements in the history of civilization.... |
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If You Can Keep It: The Forgotten Promise of American Liberty
Eric Metaxas - Viking
Format: Print book
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#1 New York Times bestselling author Eric Metaxas delivers an extraordinary book that is part history and part rousing call to arms, steeped in a critical analysis of our founding fathers' original intentions for America.In 1787, when the Constitution was drafted, a woman asked Ben Franklin... |
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Koh-i-Noor
Anita Dalrymple, William - Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format: Paperback
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The first comprehensive and authoritative history of the Koh-i-Noor, arguably the most celebrated and mythologised jewel in the world. On 29 March 1849, the ten-year-old maharaja of the Punjab was ushered into the magnificent Mirrored Hall at the centre of the great fort in Lahore. There,... |
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Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House
MICHAEL WOLFF - Henry Holt and Co.
Format: Hardcover
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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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What Works: Common Sense Solutions for a Stronger America
Cal Thomas - Zondervan,
Format: Print book
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Cal Thomas asks, Why must we constantly refight the same battles over and over? Why don't we consult the past and use common sense in order to see that what others have discovered can still work today? Our politics and even our spiritual lives too often resemble the film "Groundhog... |
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The Perfect Weapon: War, Sabotage, and Fear in the Cyber Age
DAVID E SANGER - Crown
Format: Hardcover
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The Perfect Weapon is the startling inside story of how the rise of cyberweapons transformed geopolitics like nothing since the invention of the atomic bomb. Cheap to acquire, easy to deny, and usable for a variety of malicious purposes, cyber is now the weapon of choice for democracies,... |
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Rise of the Warrior Cop: The Militarization of America's Police Forces
Radley Balko - PublicAffairs; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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The last days of colonialism taught America’s revolutionaries that soldiers in the streets bring conflict and tyranny. As a result, our country has generally worked to keep the military out of law enforcement. But according to investigative reporter Radley Balko, over the last several... |
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Northern Ireland: The Reluctant Peace
Feargal Cochrane - Yale University Press
Format: Book
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In this thoughtful and engaging book, Feargal Cochrane looks at Northern Ireland’s “Troubles” from the late 1960s to the present day. He explains why, a decade and a half after the peace process ended in political agreement in 1998, sectarian attitudes and violence continue... |
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The Left Behind: Decline and Rage in Rural America
ROBERT WUTHNOW - Princeton University Press
Format: Hardcover
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How a fraying social fabric is fueling the outrage of rural AmericansWhat is fueling rural America's outrage toward the federal government? Why did rural Americans vote overwhelmingly for Donald Trump? And, beyond economic and demographic decline, is there a more nuanced explanation for the growing... |
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The Road Not Taken: Edward Lansdale and the American Tragedy in Vietnam
MAX BOOT - Liveright
Format: Hardcover
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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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This Fight Is Our Fight: The Battle to Save America's Middle Class
Elizabeth Warren - Metropolitan Books
Format: Hardcover
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#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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Elizabeth Warren: Her Fight. Her Work. Her Life.
ANTONIA FELIX - Sourcebooks
Format: Hardcover
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Elizabeth Warren's rise as one of America's most powerful women is a stirring lesson in persistence. From her fierce support of the middle class to her unapologetic response to political bullies, Warren is known as a passionate yet plain-speaking champion of equity and fairness. In the wake... |
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Playing with Fire: The 1968 Election and the Transformation of American Politics
Lawrence O'Donnell - Penguin Press
Format: Hardcover
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From the host of MSNBC's The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell, an important and enthralling new account of the presidential election that changed everything, the race that created American politics as we know it todayThe 1968 U.S. Presidential election was the young Lawrence O'Donnell's... |
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The Moment of Lift: How Empowering Women Changes the World
Melinda Gates - Flatiron Books
Format: Hardcover
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"The Moment of Lift is an urgent call to courage. It changed how I think about myself, my family, my work, and what's possible in the world. Melinda weaves together vulnerable, brave storytelling and compelling data to make this one of those rare books that you carry... |
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Conform: Exposing the Truth About Common Core and Public Education
Glenn Beck - Threshold editions/Mercury Radio Arts, 2014.
Format: Print book
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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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Leak: Why Mark Felt Became Deep Throat
Max Holland - University Press of Kansas
Format: Hardcover
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Through the shadowy persona of "Deep Throat," FBI official Mark Felt became as famous as the Watergate scandal his "leaks" helped uncover. Best known through Hal Holbrook's portrayal in the film version of Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein's All the President's... |
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Victoria & Abdul
Shrabani Basu - Vintage
Format: Paperback
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Soon to be a Major Motion Picture starring Dame Judi Dench from director Stephen Frears, releasing September 22, 2017. Tall and handsome Abdul was just twenty-four years old when he arrived in England from Agra to wait at tables for Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee. Within a year, Abdul... |
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The Wolf and the Watchman: A Father, a Son, and the CIA
Scott C. Johnson - W. W. Norton & Company; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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What happens when a father asks his son to lie for the greater good? Growing up, Scott C. Johnson always suspected that his father was different. Only as a teenager did he discover the truth his father was a spy, one of the CIAs most trusted officers. At first the secret was thrilling.... |
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Imperfect: An Improbable Life
Jim Abbott - Ballantine Books; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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On an overcast September day in 1993, Jim Abbott took the mound at Yankee Stadium and threw one of the most dramatic no-hitters in major-league history. The game was the crowning achievement in an unlikely success story, unseen in the annals of professional sports. In Imperfect, the one-time... |
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The Stranger: Barack Obama in the White House
Chuck Todd - Little, Brown and Company
Format: Hardcover
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Chuck Todds gripping, fly-on-the-wall account of Barack Obamas tumultuous struggle to succeed in Washington. Barack Obama won the presidency in 2008 partly because he was a Washington outsider. But if hed come to the White House thinking he could change the political culture, he soon discovered... |
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I Work at a Public Library: A Collection of Crazy Stories from the Stacks
Gina Sheridan - Adams Media Corporation
Format: Paperback
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Straight from the library - the strange and bizarre, ready to be checked out! From a patron's missing wetsuit to the scent of crab cakes wafting through the stacks, I Work at a Public Library showcases the oddities that have come across Gina Sheridan's circulation desk.... |
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Chasing Chaos: My Decade In and Out of Humanitarian Aid
Jessica Alexander - Broadway Books
Format: Paperback
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Jessica Alexander arrived in Rwanda in the aftermath of the 1994 genocide as an idealistic intern, eager to contribute to the work of the international humanitarian aid community. But the world that she encountered in the field was dramatically different than anything she could have imagined.... |
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Listen, Liberal: Or, What Ever Happened to the Party of the People?
Thomas Frank - Metropolitan Books
Format: Print book
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From the bestselling author of What's the Matter With Kansas, a scathing look at the standard-bearers of liberal politics -- a book that asks: what's the matter with Democrats?It is a widespread belief among liberals that if only Democrats can continue to dominate national elections,... |
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Robespierre: A Revolutionary Life
Peter McPhee - Yale University Press; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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For some historians and biographers, Maximilien Robespierre (1758–94) was a great revolutionary martyr who succeeded in leading the French Republic to safety in the face of overwhelming military odds. For many others, he was the first modern dictator, a fanatic who instigated the murderous... |
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Yes We
DAN PFEIFFER - Twelve
Format: Hardcover
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From Obama's former communications director and current co-host of Pod Save America comes a colorful account of how politics, the media, and the Internet changed during the Obama presidency and how Democrats can fight back in the Trump era. p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;... |
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Dallas 1963
Bill Minutaglio - Twelve; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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Winner of the PEN Center USA Literary Award for Research NonfictionNamed one of the Top 3 JFK Books by Parade Magazine. Named 1 of The 5 Essential Kennedy assassination books ever written by The Daily Beast. Named one of the Top Nonfiction Books of 2013 by Kirkus Reviews.In the months and weeks... |
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Richard Nixon: The Life
John A Farrell - Doubleday
Format: Book
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Richard Nixon opens with young Navy lieutenant "Nick" Nixon returning from the Pacific and setting his cap at Congress, an idealistic dreamer seeking to build a better world. Yet amid the turns of that now legendary 1946 campaign, Nixon's finer attributes quickly... |
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Washington's Farewell: The Founding Father's Warning to Future Generations
John P Avlon - Simon & Schuster
Format: Print book
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"A vivid portrait ... A thoughtful consideration of Washington's wisdom that couldn't be timelier." - Kirkus Reviews (starred review) George Washington's Farewell Address was a prophetic letter from a "parting friend" to his fellow citizens about the forces... |
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The Marshall Plan: Dawn of the Cold War
Benn Steil - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover
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The award-winning author of The Battle of Bretton Woods reveals the gripping history behind the Marshall Plan - told with verve, insight, and resonance for today.In the wake of World War II, with Britain's empire collapsing and Stalin's on the rise, US officials under new secretary... |
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An Intriguing Life: A Memoir of War, Washington, and Marriage to an American Spymaster
Cynthia Helms - Rowman & Littlefield Publishers; 1 edition
Format: Print book
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From wartime England to Nixon’s America and beyond, Cynthia Helms was witness to some of the seminal events of our time—Vietnam, Watergate, and especially the demoralization of the CIA in the 1970s for political purposes. Opening with her feminist “epiphany” in 1968... |
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Brothers Emanuel: A Memoir of an American Family
Ezekiel J. Emanuel - Random House; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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NATIONAL BESTSELLERFor years, people have been asking Ezekiel "Zeke" Emanuel, the brash, outspoken, and fiercely loyal eldest brother in the Emanuel clan, the same question: What did your mom put in the cereal? Middle brother Rahm is the mayor of Chicago, erstwhile White House... |
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Fear Itself: The New Deal and the Origins of Our Time
Ira Katznelson - Liveright
Format: Hardcover
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A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of 2013 "Fear Itself deeply reconceptualizes the New Deal and raises countless provocative questions." -- David Kennedy, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Freedom from Fear Redefining our traditional understanding of the New Deal, Fear Itself finally... |
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It Will Never Happen to Me: Growing Up with Addiction As Youngsters, Adolescents, Adults
Claudia Black Ph.D. - Hazelden; Second Edition edition
Format: Paperback
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First published 20 years ago, It Will Never Happen to Me is the definitive book/workbook for adult children of alcoholics. With her reassuring and informative approach, Claudia Black expertly identifies common issues faced by children who grew up in alcoholic families--shame, neglect,... |
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The War on Cops: How the New Attack on Law and Order Makes Everyone Less Safe
Heather Mac Donald - Encounter Books
Format: Print book
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Violent crime has been rising sharply in many American cities after two decades of decline. Homicides jumped nearly 17 percent in 2015 in the largest 50 cities, the biggest one-year increase since 1993. The reason is what Heather Mac Donald first identified nationally as the "Ferguson... |
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The American Spirit: Who We Are and What We Stand For
DAVID MCCULLOUGH - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover
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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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Fast Times in Palestine: A Love Affair with a Homeless Homeland
Pamela J. Olson - Seal Press
Format: Paperback
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For much of her life—like many Westerners—most of what Pamela Olson knew of the Middle East was informed by headlines and stereotypes. But when she traveled to Palestine in 2003, she found herself thrown with dizzying speed into the realities of Palestinian life.Fast Times in Palestine... |
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Rendezvous with Oblivion: Reports from a Sinking Society
Thomas Frank - Metropolitan Books
Format: Hardcover
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From the acclaimed author of Listen, Liberal and What's the Matter with Kansas, a scathing collection of his incisive commentary on our cruel times -- perfect for this political momentWhat does a middle-class democracy look like when it comes apart? When, after forty years... |
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Rediscovering Americanism: And the Tyranny of Progressivism
Mark R. Levin - Threshold Editions
Format: Hardcover
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From #1 New York Times bestselling author and radio host Mark R. Levin comes a searing plea for a return to America's most sacred values.In Rediscovering Americanism, Mark R. Levin revisits the founders' warnings about the perils of overreach by the federal government and concludes... |
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Truth Is a Lonely Warrior
James Perloff - Refuge Books
Format: Book
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Twenty-five years after publication of The Shadows of Power, James Perloff returns to the venue of political history, and takes you where the mass media won't. * Who benefited from the mysterious sinking of the USS Maine * Why did President Woodrow Wilson order the manifest of the torpedoed... |
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The World as It Is: A Memoir of the Obama White House
BEN RHODES - Random House
Format: Hardcover
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From one of Obama's closest aides comes a revelatory, behind-the-scenes account of his presidency - and how idealism can confront harsh reality and still survive - in the tradition of Arthur Schlesinger, Jr.'s A Thousand Days: John F. Kennedy in the White House. For nearly ten years,... |
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We Fed an Island: The True Story of Rebuilding Puerto Rico, One Meal at a Time
JOSE ANDRES - Anthony Bourdain/Ecco
Format: Hardcover
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The true story of how a group of chefs fed hundreds of thousands of hungry Americans after Hurricane Maria and touched the hearts of many more Chef Jos Andrs arrived in Puerto Rico four days after Hurricane Maria ripped through the island. The economy was destroyed and for most people there... |
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The Partnership: Five Cold Warriors and Their Quest to Ban the Bomb
Philip Taubman - Harper; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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Offering a clear analysis of the danger of nuclear terrorism and how it can be prevented, The Partnership sheds light on one of the most divisive security issues facing Washington today. Award-winning New York Times journalist Philip Taubman illuminates our vulnerability in the face of this... |
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Dear Ijeawele, or A Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions
CHIMAMANDA NGOZI ADICHIE - ALFRED A KNOPF
Format: Print book
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From the best-selling author of Americanah and We Should All Be Feminists comes a powerful new statement about feminism today--written as a letter to a friend. A few years ago, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie received a letter from a dear friend from childhood, asking her how to raise... |
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The War That Ended Peace: The Road to 1914
Margaret MacMillan - Random House
Format: Hardcover
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NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The New York Times Book Review * The Economist * The Christian Science Monitor * Bloomberg Businessweek * The Globe and MailFrom the bestselling and award-winning author of Paris 1919 comes a masterpiece of narrative nonfiction,... |
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Makers and Takers: The Rise of Finance and the Fall of American Business
Rana Foroohar - Crown Business
Format: Print book
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Eight years on from the biggest market meltdown since the Great Depression, the key lessons of the crisis of 2008 still remain unlearned - and our financial system is just as vulnerable as ever. Many of us know that our government failed to fix the banking system after the subprime mortgage... |
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The Man in the Arena: The Life and Times of U.S. Senator Gale McGee
Rodger McDaniel - Potomac Books
Format: Hardcover
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There was a time when Wyoming and other Rocky Mountain and midwestern states were as likely to elect a liberal Democrat to Congress as they were a conservative Republican. Gale McGee (1915-92) was elected to the U.S. Senate in 1958, at the height of American liberalism. He typified what... |
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Billionaire at the Barricades: The Populist Revolution from Reagan to Trump
Laura Ingraham - St. Martins Press
Format: Hardcover
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Americans didnt just go to the polls in 2016. They joined a movement that swept the unlikeliest of candidates, Donald Trump, into the Oval Office. Can he complete his agenda? Or will his opponents in the media, protestor class, and political establishment block his efforts and choke off the movement... |
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Returning to the Lakota Way: Old Values to Save a Modern World
Joseph M. Marshall III - Hay House, Inc.
Format: Hardcover
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In Returning to the Lakota Way, prolific author Joseph Marshall presents the follow-up to his highly regarded book The Lakota Way. Using beautiful storytelling to relay traditional tales passed down through the generations, Marshall once again takes the reader on a journey of growth and inspiration.... |
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Cyberphobia : identity, trust, security and the Internet
Edward Lucas - Bloomsbury
Format: Print book
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Cybercrime is increasingly in the news. Stories about weaknesses in cybersecurity like the "Heartbleed" leak, or malicious software on the cash registers at your local Target have become alarmingly common. Even more alarming is the sheer number of victims associated with these... |
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My Promised Land: The Triumph and Tragedy of Israel
Ari Shavit - Spiegel & Grau; 1St Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW AND THE ECONOMISTWinner of the Natan Book Award, the National Jewish Book Award, and the Anisfield-Wolf Book AwardAn authoritative and deeply personal narrative history of the State of Israel,... |
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Tyrant
STEPHEN GREENBLATT - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover
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World-renowned Shakespeare scholar Stephen Greenblatt explores the playwright's insight into bad (and often mad) rulers.As an aging, tenacious Elizabeth I clung to power, a talented playwright probed the social causes, the psychological roots, and the twisted consequences of tyranny.... |
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Written Out of History: The Forgotten Founders Who Fought Big Government
Mike Lee - Sentinel
Format: Hardcover
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Senator Mike Lee tells the story of the Founders whose warnings about the dangers of an all-powerful federal government helped shape our Constitution--but are being ignored today. Today, most Americans are familiar only with the "big names" associated with the Founding - Washington,... |
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Inside the White House: Stories From the World's Most Famous Residence
Noel Grove - National Geographic
Format: Hardcover
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In collaboration with the White House Historical Association, National Geographic presents this authoritative overview of America's first home featuring never-before published stories and photographs. Organized by theme, discover what makes the White House tick--from its beginnings to the modern... |
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The Dispensable Nation: American Foreign Policy in Retreat
Vali Nasr - Random House Audio
Format: Hardcover
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Former State Department advisor for Afghanistan and Pakistan and best-selling author Vali Nasr delivers a sharp indictment of Americas flawed foreign policy and outlines a new relationship with the Muslim world and with new players in the changing Middle East.In this essential new book,... |
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Anatomy of Terror: From the Death of bin Laden to the Rise of the Islamic State
ALI H SOUFAN - W W NORTON
Format: Print book
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A compelling, definitive account of how and why bin Laden's ideology keeps rising from the dead.When Osama bin Laden was killed by a U.S. Navy SEAL, many prophesied al-Qaeda's imminent demise. In reality the opposite has occurred. Why?Watching the Arab Spring from his Pakistani safe house,... |
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A Colony in a Nation
Chris Hayes - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover
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New York Times best-selling author and Emmy Award-winning news anchor Chris Hayes argues that there are really two Americas: a Colony and a Nation.America likes to tell itself that it inhabits a postracial world, yet nearly every empirical measure -- wealth, unemployment, incarceration,... |
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The First Conspiracy: The Secret Plot to Kill George Washington
Brad Meltzer - Flatiron Books
Format: Hardcover
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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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Flyover Nation: You Can't Run a Country You've Never Been To
Dana Loesch - Sentinel
Format: Print book
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Blaze TV and top radio host Dana Loesch explains that the biggest political problem today is that the people who run this country have no idea what life is really like for ordinary Americans. In fact, they have contempt for the very people they claim to represent. When the owners of a small... |
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Doing Justice: A Prosecutor's Thoughts on Crime, Punishment, and the Rule of Law
Preet Bharara - Knopf
Format: Hardcover
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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 Conundrum
David Owen - Riverhead Trade; Original edition
Format: Paperback
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The Conundrum is a mind-changing manifesto about the environment, efficiency and the real path to sustainability. Hybrid cars, fast trains, compact florescent light bulbs, solar panels, carbon offsets: Everything you've been told about living green is wrong. The quest for a breakthrough... |
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This Will Be My Undoing: Living at the Intersection of Black, Female, and Feminist in
MORGAN JERKINS - Harper Perennial
Format: Paperback
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From one of the fiercest critics writing today, Morgan Jerkins' highly-anticipated collection of linked essays interweaves her incisive commentary on pop culture, feminism, black history, misogyny, and racism with her own experiences to confront the very real challenges of being a black... |
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The Way to the Spring: Life and Death in Palestine
Ben Ehrenreich - Penguin Press
Format: Print book
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From an award-winning journalist, a brave and necessary immersion into the everyday struggles of Palestinian life Over the past three years, American writer Ben Ehrenreich has been traveling to and living in the West Bank, staying with Palestinian families in its largest cities and its smallest... |
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Bobby Kennedy: The Making of a Liberal Icon
Larry Tye - Random House
Format: Print book
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From the New York Times bestselling author of Satchel comes an in-depth, vibrant, and measured biography about the most complex and controversial member of the Kennedy family. History remembers Robert F. Kennedy as a racial healer, a tribune for the poor, and the last progressive... |
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America: Hope for Change
Robert Ehrlich - Post Hill Press
Format: Hardcover
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America: Hope for Change explores the causes and remedies to the seven most difficult issues confronting (and confounding) our culture and country. Tackling complex issues, former Maryland Governor, US Congressman, Bob Ehrlich presents an urgent call to action on behalf of a conservative,... |
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I Wish My Teacher Knew: How One Question Can Change Everything for Our Kids
Kyle Schwartz - Da Capo Lifelong Books
Format: Print book
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One day, third-grade teacher Kyle Schwartz asked her students to fill-in-the-blank in this sentence: "I wish my teacherknew ." The results astounded her. Some answers were humorous, others were heartbreaking-all were profoundly moving and enlightening. The results... |
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Reagan: An American Journey
Bob Spitz - Penguin Press
Format: Hardcover
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From New York Times bestselling biographer Bob Spitz, a full and rich biography of an epic American life, capturing what made Ronald Reagan both so beloved and so transformational.More than five years in the making, based on hundreds of interviews and access to previously unavailable documents,... |
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The Last Refuge: Yemen, Al-Qaeda, and America's War in Arabia
Gregory D. Johnsen - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover
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A gripping account of how al-Qaeda in Yemen rebounded from an initial defeat to once again threaten the United States. Far from the battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan, the United States and al-Qaeda are fighting a clandestine war of drones and suicide bombers in an unforgiving corner... |
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Squeezed: Why Our Families Can't Afford America
ALISSA QUART - Ecco
Format: Hardcover
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Squeezed weaves together intimate reporting with sharp and lively critique to show how the high cost of parenthood and our increasingly unstable job market have imploded the middle-class American Dream for many families, and offers surprising solutions for how we might change thingsFamilies... |
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The Soul of America: The Battle for Our Better Angels
JON MEACHAM - Random House
Format: Hardcover
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#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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American Betrayal: The Secret Assault on Our Nation's Character
Diana West - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover
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In The Death of the Grown-Up, Diana West diagnosed the demise of Western civilization by looking at its chief symptom: our inability to become adults who render judgments of right and wrong. In American Betrayal, West digs deeper to discover the root of this malaise and uncovers a body... |
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Putin: His Downfall and Russia's Coming Crash
Richard Lourie - Thomas Dunne Books
Format: Hardcover
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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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Act of War: Lyndon Johnson, North Korea, and the Capture of the Spy Ship Pueblo
Jack Cheevers - NAL; 1St Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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WINNER OF THE 2014 SAMUEL ELIOT MORISON AWARD FOR NAVAL LITERATUREIn 1968, a small, dilapidated American spy ship set out on a dangerous mission to pinpoint military radar stations along the coast of North Korea. Packed with advanced electronic-surveillance equipment and classified intelligence... |
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Lead from the Outside: How to Build Your Future and Make Real Change
Stacey Abrams - Picador
Format: Paperback
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"Abrams's own grit, coupled with her descriptions of much stumbling and self-doubt, will make [Lead from the Outside] touch you in a way few books by politicians can." -- The New York TimesNational leader Stacey Abrams has written the guide to harnessing... |
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Overheated: The Human Cost of Climate Change
Andrew T. Guzman - Oxford University Press; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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Deniers of climate change sometimes quip that claims about global warming are more about political science than climate science. They are wrong on the science, but may be right with respect to its political implications. A hotter world, writes Andrew Guzman, will bring unprecedented migrations,... |
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The Briefing
SEAN SPICER - Regnery Publishing
Format: Hardcover
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Sean Spicer takes readers behind the scenes of his turbulent tenure as President Trump's press secretary, shedding new light on the headline-grabbing controversies of the Trump administration's first year. |
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Unwarranted: Policing Without Permission
Barry Friedman - Farrar
Format: Print book
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As the debate about out-of-control policing heats up, an authority on constitutional law offers a provocative account of how our rights have been erodedIn June 2013, documents leaked by Edward Snowden sparked widespread debate about secret government surveillance of Americans. Just over... |
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American Like Me: Reflections on Life Between Cultures
TO BE CONFIRMED. - Gallery Books
Format: Hardcover
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From award-winning actress and political activist America Ferrera comes a vibrant and varied collection of first person accounts from prominent figures about the experience of growing up between cultures.America Ferrera has always felt wholly American, and yet, her identity is inextricably... |
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American Dialogue: The Founding Fathers and Us
Joseph J Ellis - Knopf
Format: Hardcover
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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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The Case for Impeachment
ALLAN J LICHTMAN - Dey Street Books
Format: Hardcover
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NATIONAL BESTSELLER"Lichtman has written what may be the most important book of the year." - The Hill"It is still striking to see the full argument unfold and realize that you don't have to be a zealot to imagine some version of it happening ... Lies. Abuse of power. Treason.... |
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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
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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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The Bully Pulpit: Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and the Golden Age of Journalism
Doris Kearns Goodwin - Simon & Schuster; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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One of the Best Books of the Year as chosen by The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Economist, Time, USA TODAY, Christian Science Monitor, and more. "A tale so gripping that one questions the need for fiction when real life is so plump with drama and intrigue" (Associated... |
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Margaret Thatcher: Power and Personality
Jonathan Aitken - Bloomsbury USA; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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A strong and sometimes divisive figure in British and world politics, Margaret Thatcher was the longest-serving British Prime Minister in the 20th century and the only woman to ever hold the office. Drawing from an abundance of new, previously unpublished material from the Thatcher Archive... |
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When the Center Held: Gerald Ford and the Rescue of the American Presidency
DONALD RUMSFELD - Free Press
Format: Hardcover
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A revealing political memoir of the presidency of Gerald Ford as seen through the eyes of Donald Rumsfeld - the New York Times bestselling author, and Ford's former Secretary of Defense and Chief of Staff, and longtime personal confidant.In the wake of Watergate, it seemed the United... |
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The Hurried Child-25th Anniversary Edition
David Elkind - Da Capo Press; 25th Anniversary Edition edition
Format: Paperback
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With the first edition of The Hurried Child, David Elkind emerged as the voice of parenting reason, calling our attention to the crippling effects of hurrying our children through life. He showed that by blurring the boundaries of what is age appropriate, by expecting--or imposing--too... |
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Obama: The Call of History
PETER BAKER - New York Times/Callaway
Format: Print book
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Peter Baker's authoritative history of the Obama presidency is the first complete account that will stand the test of time. Baker takes the measure of Obama's achievements and disappointments in office and brings into focus the real legacy of the man who, as he described himself, "doesn't... |
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Sea Power: The History and Geopolitics of the World's Oceans
JIM STAVRIDIS - Penguin Press
Format: Hardcover
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From one of the most admired admirals of his generation - and the only admiral to serve as Supreme Allied Commander at NATO - comes a remarkable voyage through all of the world's most important bodies of water, providing the story of naval power as a driver of human history and a crucial... |
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We Were Eight Years in Power: A Journey Through the Obama Era
TA-NEHISI COATES - One World
Format: Book
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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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Licensed to Lie: Exposing Corruption in the Department of Justice
Sidney Powell - Brown Books Publishing Group
Format: Book
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A tragic suicide, a likely murder, wrongful imprisonment, and gripping courtroom scenes draw readers into this compelling story giving them a frightening perspective on justice corrupted and who should be accountable when evidence is withheld. Licensed to Lie: Exposing Corruption in the Department... |
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Pink Sari Revolution: A Tale of Women and Power in India
Amana Fontanella-Khan - W. W. Norton & Company; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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A triumphant portrait of a fiery sisterhood changing the lives of Indias women. In Uttar Pradeshknown as the badlands of Indiaa womans life is not entirely her own. This is one explanation for how Sheelu, a seventeen-year-old girl, ended up in jail after fleeing her service in the home... |
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Young Titan: The Making of Winston Churchill
Michael Shelden - Recorded Books
Format: Hardcover
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In modern memory, Winston Churchill remains the man with the cigar and the equanimity among the ruins. Few can remember that at the age of 40 he was considered washed up, his best days behind him. In Young Titan, historian Michael Shelden has produced the first biography focused on Churchills... |
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A Cruel and Shocking Act: The Secret History of the Kennedy Assassination
Philip Shenon - Henry Holt and Co.
Format: Hardcover
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A groundbreaking, explosive account of the Kennedy assassination that will rewrite the history of the 20th centurys most controversial murder investigationThe questions have haunted our nation for half a century Was the President killed by a single gunman? Was Lee Harvey Oswald part of a conspiracy?... |
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What Happened
HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover
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"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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I Was Told to Come Alone: My Journey Behind the Lines of Jihad
Souad Mekhennet - Henry Holt and Co.
Format: Hardcover
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"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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Unhinged: An Insider's Account of the Trump White House
TO BE CONFIRMED GALLERY. - Gallery Books
Format: Hardcover
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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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Impeachable Offenses: The Case for Removing Barack Obama from Office
Aaron Klein - WND Books; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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A journalistic investigation documenting the probable causes for the impeachment of President Barack Obama. In this devastating probe, New York Times bestselling authors Aaron Klein and Brenda J. Elliott expose the high crimes, misdemeanors and other offenses that Obama has committed against... |
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Are Libraries Obsolete? An Argument for Relevance in the Digital Age
Mark Y Herring - McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
Format: Paperback
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The digital age has transformed information access in ways that few ever dreamed. But the afterclap of our digital wonders has left libraries reeling as they are no longer the chief contender in information delivery. The author gives both sides--the web aficionados, some of them unhinged,... |
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Media Madness: Donald Trump, the Press, and the War over the Truth
Howard Kurtz - Regnery Publishing
Format: Hardcover
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With outrageous examples of left-wing media bias and insider scoops on front-page skirmishes between the Trump White House and reporters, Howard Kurtz's new book is an astonishing expos of the media industry that is reminiscent of Bernard Goldberg's game changing New York Times bestseller... |
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Hunting Season: Immigration and Murder in an All-American Town
Mirta Ojito - Beacon Press
Format: Hardcover
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2014 International Latino Awards FinalistThe true story of an immigrant's murder that turned a quaint village on the Long Island shore into ground zero in the war on immigration In November 2008, Marcelo Lucero, a thirty-seven-year-old undocumented Ecuadorean immigrant, was attacked... |
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Uncertain Justice: The Roberts Court and the Constitution
Laurence Tribe - Henry Holt and Co.
Format: Hardcover
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With the Supreme Court more influential than ever, this eye-opening book tells the story of how the Roberts Court is shaking the foundation of our nations lawsFrom Citizens United to its momentous rulings regarding Obamacare and gay marriage, the Supreme Court under Chief Justice John Roberts... |
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The Line Becomes a River: Dispatches from the Border
FRANCISCO CANT - Riverhead Books
Format: Hardcover
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"A beautiful, fiercely honest, and nevertheless deeply empathetic look at those who police the border and the migrants who risk - and lose - their lives crossing it. In a time of often ill-informed or downright deceitful political rhetoric, this book is an invaluable corrective."--Phil... |
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The New Arabs: How the Millennial Generation is Changing the Middle East
Juan Cole - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover
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Renowned blogger and Middle East expert Juan Cole takes us inside the youth movements in Tunisia, Egypt, and Libya, showing us how activists used technology and social media to amplify their message and connect with like-minded citizens The New York Times in this rousing study of the Arab... |
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The Problem with Socialism
Thomas DiLorenzo - Regnery Publishing
Format: Hardcover
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Remember when "socialism" was a dirty word? Now students at America's elite universities are parroting socialist talking points and "sure-thing" Hillary Clinton is struggling to win the Democratic nomination against a 74-year-old avowed socialist who promises to make... |
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In the Shadow of Statues: A White Southerner Confronts History
MITCH LANDRIEU - Viking
Format: Hardcover
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"An extraordinarily powerful journey that is both political and personal...An important book for everyone in America to read." --Walter Isaacson,#1 New York Times bestselling author of Leonardo Da Vinci and Steve JobsThe New Orleans mayor who removed the Confederate... |
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The Center Holds: Obama and His Enemies
Jonathan Alter - Simon & Schuster; F First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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From the bestselling author of The Promise, the thrilling story of one of the most momentous contests in American history, the Battle Royale between Obama and his enemies from the 2010 midterms through the 2013 inauguration. The election of 2012 will be remembered as a hinge of history.... |
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Devil's Bargain: Steve Bannon, Donald Trump, and the Storming of the Presidency
ANONYMOUS. - Penguin Press
Format: Hardcover
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From the reporter who was there at the very beginning comes the revealing inside story of the partnership between Steve Bannon and Donald Trump - the key to understanding the rise of the alt-right, the fall of Hillary Clinton, and the hidden forces that drove the greatest upset in American... |
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History of American Indians: Exploring Diverse Roots
Robert R McCoy - Greenwood
Format: Hardcover
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A comprehensive look at the entirety of Native American history, focusing particularly on native peoples within the geographic boundaries of the United States.* Provides readers with a synopsis of the most current findings on the prehistory of American Indians* Creates a comprehensive... |
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The Death of Truth
MICHIKO KAKUTANI - Tim Duggan Books
Format: Hardcover
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A stirring and incisive manifesto on America's slide away from truth and reason. Over the last three decades, Michiko Kakutani has been thinking and writing about the demise of objective truth in popular culture, academia, and contemporary politics. In The Death of Truth, she connects... |
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The Sleepwalkers: How Europe Went to War in 1914
Christopher Clark - Harper
Format: Hardcover
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One of The New York Times Book Review's 10 Best Books of the YearWinner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize (History) The Sleepwalkers: How Europe Went to War in 1914 is historian Christopher Clark's riveting account of the explosive beginnings of World War I. Drawing on new scholarship,... |
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Strangers in Their Own Land: Anger and Mourning on the American Right
Arlie Russell Hochschild - New Press
Format: Print book
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2016 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST FOR NONFICTIONA 2016 NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOKNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERA KIRKUS BEST BOOK OF 2016One of "6 Books to Understand Trump's Win" according to the New York Times the day after the election"This is a smart,... |
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The New Odyssey: The Story of the Twenty-First Century Refugee Crisis
Patrick Kingsley - Liveright Publishing Corp
Format: Print book
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In the humane tradition of Katherine Boo's Behind the Beautiful Forevers comes a searing account of the international refugee crisis. Intrepid and empathetic, Patrick Kingsley has traveled through seventeen countries to bear witness to the largest forced migration since the end of World... |
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My Life in Progressive Politics: Against the Grain
Joseph D Tydings - Texas A&M University Press
Format: Hardcover
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Gun control, voting rights, family planning, and environmental protection--these are all hot-button issues today, but they were also the same difficult and intractable issues that Senator Joseph D. Tydings of Maryland faced during his tenure in the Senate in the 1960s. In this timely memoir,... |
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The New Cold War: Putin's Russia and the Threat to the West
Edward Lucas - Palgrave Macmillan Trade; Third Edition, Revised edition
Format: Print book
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The first edition of The New Cold War was published to great critical acclaim. Edward Lucas has established himself as a top expert in the field, appearing on numerous programs, including Lou Dobbs, MSNBC, NBC Nightly News, CNN, and NPR. Since The New Cold War was first published... |
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Overload: Finding the Truth in Today's Deluge of News
BOB SCHIEFFER - Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Format: Hardcover
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We are in the midst of a communications revolution. We have access to more information than any people in history. But are we more informed or just overwhelmed by so much information we can't process? In Overload, legendary television journalist Bob Schieffer examines today's journalism... |
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A Pinch of Salt: Savoring Life in Wyoming
Audrey M Cotherman - Audrey M. Cotherman
Format: Paperback
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"A Pinch of Salt" addresses the human condition -- our foibles and our triumphs, personally and as members of a community. Sometimes humorous, always serious, readers may recognize their own lives and their own truths. |
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Capital of the World: The Race to Host the United Nations
Charlene Mires - NYU Press
Format: Hardcover
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From 1944 to 1946, as the world pivoted from the Second World War to an unsteady peace, Americans in more than two hundred cities and towns mobilized to chase an implausible dream. The newly-created United Nations needed a meeting place, a central place for global diplomacya Capital of the World.... |
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Blood Feud: The Clintons vs. the Obamas
Edward Klein - Regnery Publishing; 1St Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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1 New York Times Bestseller In this highly anticipated follow-up to his blockbuster The Amateur, former New York Times Magazine editor-in-chief Edward Klein delves into the rocky relationship between the Obamas and the Clintons. An old-school reporter with incredible insider contacts, Klein... |
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Wrapped in the Flag: A Personal History of America's Radical Right
Claire Conner - Beacon Press; 7.6.2013 edition
Format: Book
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A narrative history of the John Birch Society by a daughter of one of the infamous ultraconservative organization’s founding fathers. Named a best nonfiction book of 2013 by Kirkus Reviews and the Tampa Bay Times Long before the rise of the Tea Party movement and the prominence... |
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Locking Up Our Own: Crime and Punishment in Black America
James Jr Forman - Farrar
Format: Print book
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In recent years, America's criminal justice system has become the subject of an increasingly urgent debate. Critics have assailed the rise of mass incarceration, emphasizing its disproportionate impact on people of color. As James Forman, Jr., points out, however, the war on crime that... |
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Messing with the Enemy
CLINT WATTS - Harper
Format: Hardcover
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A former FBI Special Agent and leading cyber-security expert offers a devastating and essential look at the misinformation campaigns, fake news, and electronic espionage operations that have become the cutting edge of modern warfare - and how we can protect ourselves and our country against... |
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The Second Oldest Profession: Spies and Spying in the Twentieth Century
Phillip Knightley - W W Norton & Co Inc
Format: Hardcover
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A comprehensive history of spies, spying, and the intelligence bureaucracy profiles famous spies and intelligence organizations around the world which addresses the question of whether any spying endeavor ever actually changed the course of history |
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Shortest Way Home: One Mayor's Challenge and a Model for America's Future
Pete Buttigieg - Liveright
Format: Hardcover
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "The best American political autobiography since Barack Obama's Dreams from My Father." -- Charles Kaiser, The Guardian A mayor's inspirational story of a Midwest city that has become nothing less than a blueprint for the future of American renewal.Once... |
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Flint Knapping: A Guide to Making Your Own Stone Age Tool Kit
Robert Turner - The History Press
Format: Paperback
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A guide to an essential skill of our prehistoric ancestorsFlint knapping was one of the primary survival skills of our prehistoric ancestors. This highly original guide will enable the reader, with practice, to manufacture their own Stone Age tool kit. The expert author guides... |
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No place to hide : Edward Snowden, the NSA, and the U.S. surveillance state
Glenn Greenwald - Metropolitan Books/Henry Holt
Format: Print book
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Investigative reporter Glenn Greenwald provides an in-depth look into the National Security Agency scandal that has triggered a national debate over national security and information privacy. With further revelations from documents entrusted to Glenn Greenwald by Edward Snowden himself,... |
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