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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

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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The Bill of Rights: A User's Guide

Linda R Monk - Hachette Books
Format: Paperback

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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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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Kingdom of Olives and Ash: Writers Confront the Occupation

Michael Chabon - Harper Perennial
Format: Paperback

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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The Once and Future Liberal: After Identity Politics

MARK LILLA - Harper
Format: Hardcover

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

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

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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Days of Fire: Bush and Cheney in the White House

Peter Baker - Doubleday; 2nd Printing edition
Format: Hardcover

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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If You Can Keep It: The Forgotten Promise of American Liberty

Eric Metaxas - Viking
Format: Print book

#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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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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The Storm Before the Storm: The Beginning of the End of the Roman Republic

Mike Duncan - PublicAffairs
Format: Hardcover

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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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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What Works: Common Sense Solutions for a Stronger America

Cal Thomas - Zondervan,
Format: Print book

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

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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The Last Republicans: Inside the Extraordinary Relationship Between George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush

Mark K Updegrove - Harper
Format: Hardcover

An historian's revealing and intimate portrait of George H. W. Bush and George W. Bush that explores their relationship as presidents and as father and son - the first major biographical treatment of these two consequential presidents and figures in American history.In 2016 the Republican...
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The Confessions of Congressman X

Congressman X - Mill City Press, Inc.
Format: Paperback

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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Prisoner: My 544 Days in an Iranian PrisonSolitary Confinement, a Sham Trial, High-Stakes Diplomacy, and the Extraordinary Efforts It Took to Get Me Out

Jason Rezaian - Anthony Bourdain/Ecco
Format: Hardcover

"An important story. Harrowing, and suspenseful, yes - but it's also a deep dive into a complex and egregiously misunderstood country with two very different faces. There is no better time to know more about Iran - and Jason Rezaian has seen both of those faces." - Anthony...
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Rise of the Warrior Cop: The Militarization of America's Police Forces

Radley Balko - PublicAffairs; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

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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Koh-i-Noor

Anita Dalrymple, William - Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format: Paperback

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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The Left Behind: Decline and Rage in Rural America

ROBERT WUTHNOW - Princeton University Press
Format: Hardcover

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

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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Conform: Exposing the Truth About Common Core and Public Education

Glenn Beck - Threshold editions/Mercury Radio Arts, 2014.
Format: Print book

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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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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Playing with Fire: The 1968 Election and the Transformation of American Politics

Lawrence O'Donnell - Penguin Press
Format: Hardcover

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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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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Elizabeth Warren: Her Fight. Her Work. Her Life.

ANTONIA FELIX - Sourcebooks
Format: Hardcover

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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The Great Dissent: How Oliver Wendell Holmes Changed His Mind--and Changed the History of Free Speech in America

Thomas Healy - Metropolitan Books
Format: Hardcover

A gripping intellectual history reveals how Oliver Wendell Holmes became a free‑speech advocate and established the modern understanding of the First AmendmentNo right seems more fundamental to American public life than freedom of speech. Yet well into the twentieth century, that...
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The Moment of Lift: How Empowering Women Changes the World

Melinda Gates - Flatiron Books
Format: Hardcover

"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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Northern Ireland: The Reluctant Peace

Feargal Cochrane - Yale University Press
Format: Book

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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Victoria & Abdul

Shrabani Basu - Vintage
Format: Paperback

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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Leak: Why Mark Felt Became Deep Throat

Max Holland - University Press of Kansas
Format: Hardcover

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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Closing of the American Mind: How Higher Education Has Failed Democracy and Impoverished the Souls of Today's Students

Allan Bloom - Simon & Schuster, Incorporated
Format: Paperback

THE BRILLIANT AND CONTROVERSIAL CRITIQUE OF AMERICAN CULTURE WITH NEARLY A MILLION COPIES IN PRINT In 1987, eminent political philosopher Allan Bloom published The Closing of the American Mind, an appraisal of contemporary America that "hits with the approximate force and effect of electroshock...
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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

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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Raven Rock: The Story of the U.S. Government's Secret Plan to Save Itself--While the Rest of Us Die

Garrett Graff - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover

The eye-opening true story of the government's secret plans to survive and rebuild after a catastrophic attack on US soil - a narrative that span from the dawn of the nuclear age to today. Every day in Washington, DC, the blue-and-gold 1st Helicopter Squadron, code-named "MUSSEL,"...
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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

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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Imperfect: An Improbable Life

Jim Abbott - Ballantine Books; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

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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A Very Expensive Poison: The Assassination of Alexander Litvinenko and Putin's War with the West

Luke Harding - Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Format: Print book

A real-life political assassination story--complete with KGB, CIA, MI5, and Russian mobsters--that reverberates from the streets of London to the deadly halls of today's Kremlin. A Vintage Original. On November 1, 2006, journalist and Russian dissident Alexander Litvinenko was poisoned...
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Chasing Chaos: My Decade In and Out of Humanitarian Aid

Jessica Alexander - Broadway Books
Format: Paperback

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

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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The Stranger: Barack Obama in the White House

Chuck Todd - Little, Brown and Company
Format: Hardcover

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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Robespierre: A Revolutionary Life

Peter McPhee - Yale University Press; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

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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Dallas 1963

Bill Minutaglio - Twelve; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

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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Yes We

DAN PFEIFFER - Twelve
Format: Hardcover

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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Washington's Farewell: The Founding Father's Warning to Future Generations

John P Avlon - Simon & Schuster
Format: Print book

"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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Richard Nixon: The Life

John A Farrell - Doubleday
Format: Book

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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The Kennedy Half-Century: The Presidency, Assassination, and Lasting Legacy of John F. Kennedy

Larry J. Sabato - Bloomsbury USA
Format: Hardcover

John F. Kennedy died almost half a century ago—yet because of his extraordinary promise and untimely death, his star still resonates strongly. On the anniversary of his assassination, celebrated political scientist and analyst Larry J. Sabato—himself a teenager in the early...
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The Marshall Plan: Dawn of the Cold War

Benn Steil - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover

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

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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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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The World as It Is: A Memoir of the Obama White House

BEN RHODES - Random House
Format: Hardcover

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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Fast Times in Palestine: A Love Affair with a Homeless Homeland

Pamela J. Olson - Seal Press
Format: Paperback

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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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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The War on Cops: How the New Attack on Law and Order Makes Everyone Less Safe

Heather Mac Donald - Encounter Books
Format: Print book

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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Brothers Emanuel: A Memoir of an American Family

Ezekiel J. Emanuel - Random House; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

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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Rendezvous with Oblivion: Reports from a Sinking Society

Thomas Frank - Metropolitan Books
Format: Hardcover

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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The Taking of K-129: How the CIA Used Howard Hughes to Steal a Russian Sub in the Most Daring Covert Operation in History

JOSH DEAN - Dutton
Format: Hardcover

An incredible true tale of espionage and engineering set at the height of the Cold War - a mix between The Hunt for Red October and Argo - about how the CIA, the U.S. Navy, and America's most eccentric mogul spent six years and nearly a billion dollars to steal the nuclear-armed...
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Fear Itself: The New Deal and the Origins of Our Time

Ira Katznelson - Liveright
Format: Hardcover

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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America's Great Game: The CIA’s Secret Arabists and the Shaping of the Modern Middle East

Hugh Wilford - Basic Books; 1st edition
Format: Hardcover

From the 911 attacks to waterboarding to drone strikes, relations between the United States and the Middle East seem caught in a downward spiral. And all too often, the Central Intelligence Agency has made the situation worse. But this crisis was not a historical inevitabilityfar from...
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Rediscovering Americanism: And the Tyranny of Progressivism

Mark R. Levin - Threshold Editions
Format: Hardcover

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

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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It Will Never Happen to Me: Growing Up with Addiction As Youngsters, Adolescents, Adults

Claudia Black Ph.D. - Hazelden; Second Edition edition
Format: Paperback

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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Makers and Takers: The Rise of Finance and the Fall of American Business

Rana Foroohar - Crown Business
Format: Print book

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 War That Ended Peace: The Road to 1914

Margaret MacMillan - Random House
Format: Hardcover

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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The Partnership: Five Cold Warriors and Their Quest to Ban the Bomb

Philip Taubman - Harper; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

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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Homelands: Four Friends, Two Countries, and the Fate of the Great Mexican-American Migration

ALFREDO CORCHADO - Bloomsbury Publishing
Format: Hardcover

From prizewinning journalist and immigration expert Alfredo Corchado comes the sweeping story of the great Mexican migration from the late 1980s to today. When Alfredo Corchado moved to Philadelphia in 1987, he felt as if he was the only Mexican in the city. But in a restaurant called...
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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

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 Man in the Arena: The Life and Times of U.S. Senator Gale McGee

Rodger McDaniel - Potomac Books
Format: Hardcover

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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Dear Ijeawele, or A Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions

CHIMAMANDA NGOZI ADICHIE - ALFRED A KNOPF
Format: Print book

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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What Went Wrong: How the 1% Hijacked the American Middle Class . . . and What Other Countries Got Right

George R. Tyler - BenBella Books
Format: Hardcover

Something has gone seriously wrong with the American economy.The American economy has experienced considerable growth in the last 30 years. But virtually none of this growth has trickled down to the average American. Incomes have been flat since 1985. Inequality has grown, and social mobility...
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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

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

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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A Colony in a Nation

Chris Hayes - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover

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

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 Dispensable Nation: American Foreign Policy in Retreat

Vali Nasr - Random House Audio
Format: Hardcover

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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My Promised Land: The Triumph and Tragedy of Israel

Ari Shavit - Spiegel & Grau; 1St Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

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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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

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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Inside the White House: Stories From the World's Most Famous Residence

Noel Grove - National Geographic
Format: Hardcover

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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Written Out of History: The Forgotten Founders Who Fought Big Government

Mike Lee - Sentinel
Format: Hardcover

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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Billionaire at the Barricades: The Populist Revolution from Reagan to Trump

Laura Ingraham - St. Martins Press
Format: Hardcover

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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Tyrant

STEPHEN GREENBLATT - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover

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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Suicide of the West: How the Rebirth of Populism, Nationalism, and Identity Politics Is Destroying American Democracy

JONAH GOLDBERG - Crown Forum
Format: Hardcover

With his trademark blend of political history, social science, economics, and pop culture, two-time NYT bestselling author, syndicated columnist, National Review senior editor, and American Enterprise Institute fellow Jonah Goldberg makes the timely case that America and other democracies...
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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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I Wish My Teacher Knew: How One Question Can Change Everything for Our Kids

Kyle Schwartz - Da Capo Lifelong Books
Format: Print book

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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The Way to the Spring: Life and Death in Palestine

Ben Ehrenreich - Penguin Press
Format: Print book

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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This Will Be My Undoing: Living at the Intersection of Black, Female, and Feminist in

MORGAN JERKINS - Harper Perennial
Format: Paperback

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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America: Hope for Change

Robert Ehrlich - Post Hill Press
Format: Hardcover

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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Reagan: An American Journey

Bob Spitz - Penguin Press
Format: Hardcover

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 Conundrum

David Owen - Riverhead Trade; Original edition
Format: Paperback

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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Flyover Nation: You Can't Run a Country You've Never Been To

Dana Loesch - Sentinel
Format: Print book

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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The Last Refuge: Yemen, Al-Qaeda, and America's War in Arabia

Gregory D. Johnsen - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover

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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The Smear: How Shady Political Operatives Control What You See, What You Think, and How You Vote

SHARYL ATTKISSON - Harper
Format: Hardcover

New York Times BestsellerEver wonder how politics turned into a take-no-prisoners blood sport? The New York Times bestselling author of Stonewalled pulls back the curtain on the shady world of opposition research and reveals the dirty tricks those in power use to influence your opinions.Behind...
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Bobby Kennedy: The Making of a Liberal Icon

Larry Tye - Random House
Format: Print book

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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Squeezed: Why Our Families Can't Afford America

ALISSA QUART - Ecco
Format: Hardcover

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 Briefing

SEAN SPICER - Regnery Publishing
Format: Hardcover

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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American Betrayal: The Secret Assault on Our Nation's Character

Diana West - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover

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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Unwarranted: Policing Without Permission

Barry Friedman - Farrar
Format: Print book

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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Lead from the Outside: How to Build Your Future and Make Real Change

Stacey Abrams - Picador
Format: Paperback

"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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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 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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American Like Me: Reflections on Life Between Cultures

TO BE CONFIRMED. - Gallery Books
Format: Hardcover

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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Act of War: Lyndon Johnson, North Korea, and the Capture of the Spy Ship Pueblo

Jack Cheevers - NAL; 1St Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

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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Overheated: The Human Cost of Climate Change

Andrew T. Guzman - Oxford University Press; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

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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Sea Power: The History and Geopolitics of the World's Oceans

JIM STAVRIDIS - Penguin Press
Format: Hardcover

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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The Hurried Child-25th Anniversary Edition

David Elkind - Da Capo Press; 25th Anniversary Edition edition
Format: Paperback

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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Margaret Thatcher: Power and Personality

Jonathan Aitken - Bloomsbury USA; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

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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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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The Case for Impeachment

ALLAN J LICHTMAN - Dey Street Books
Format: Hardcover

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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The Bully Pulpit: Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and the Golden Age of Journalism

Doris Kearns Goodwin - Simon & Schuster; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

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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When the Center Held: Gerald Ford and the Rescue of the American Presidency

DONALD RUMSFELD - Free Press
Format: Hardcover

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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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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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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Obama: The Call of History

PETER BAKER - New York Times/Callaway
Format: Print book

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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Pink Sari Revolution: A Tale of Women and Power in India

Amana Fontanella-Khan - W. W. Norton & Company; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

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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Media Madness: Donald Trump, the Press, and the War over the Truth

Howard Kurtz - Regnery Publishing
Format: Hardcover

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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A Cruel and Shocking Act: The Secret History of the Kennedy Assassination

Philip Shenon - Henry Holt and Co.
Format: Hardcover

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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Licensed to Lie: Exposing Corruption in the Department of Justice

Sidney Powell - Brown Books Publishing Group
Format: Book

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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Winter Is Coming: Why Vladimir Putin and the Enemies of the Free World Must Be Stopped

Garry Kasparov - PublicAffairs
Format: Print book

The stunning story of Russia's slide back into a dictatorship - and how the West is now paying the price for allowing it to happen.The ascension of Vladimir Putin - a former lieutenant colonel of the KGB - to the presidency of Russia in 1999 was a strong signal that the country was headed...
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Young Titan: The Making of Winston Churchill

Michael Shelden - Recorded Books
Format: Hardcover

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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Are Libraries Obsolete? An Argument for Relevance in the Digital Age

Mark Y Herring - McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
Format: Paperback

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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Impeachable Offenses: The Case for Removing Barack Obama from Office

Aaron Klein - WND Books; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

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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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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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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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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Hunting Season: Immigration and Murder in an All-American Town

Mirta Ojito - Beacon Press
Format: Hardcover

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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The Line Becomes a River: Dispatches from the Border

FRANCISCO CANT - Riverhead Books
Format: Hardcover

"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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History of American Indians: Exploring Diverse Roots

Robert R McCoy - Greenwood
Format: Hardcover

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 New Arabs: How the Millennial Generation is Changing the Middle East

Juan Cole - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover

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

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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The Billionaire's Apprentice: The Rise of The Indian-American Elite and The Fall of The Galleon Hedge Fund

Anita Raghavan - Business Plus; 1St Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

Just as WASPs, Irish-Catholics and Our Crowd Jews once made the ascent from immigrants to powerbrokers, it is now the Indian-American's turn. Citigroup, PepsiCo and Mastercard are just a handful of the Fortune 500 companies led by a group known as the "Twice Blessed." Yet little...
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The Center Holds: Obama and His Enemies

Jonathan Alter - Simon & Schuster; F First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

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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Enemies Within: Inside the NYPD's Secret Spying Unit and bin Laden's Final Plot Against America

Matt Apuzzo - Touchstone
Format: Hardcover

How safe are we? What do we sacrifice to feel safe? And who pays the ultimate price? Two Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists examine one of the most sensitive post-9/11 national security investigations - a breathtaking race to prevent an al-Qaeda bomber from launching Osama bin Laden's...
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Devil's Bargain: Steve Bannon, Donald Trump, and the Storming of the Presidency

ANONYMOUS. - Penguin Press
Format: Hardcover

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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In the Shadow of Statues: A White Southerner Confronts History

MITCH LANDRIEU - Viking
Format: Hardcover

"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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Uncertain Justice: The Roberts Court and the Constitution

Laurence Tribe - Henry Holt and Co.
Format: Hardcover

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 New Odyssey: The Story of the Twenty-First Century Refugee Crisis

Patrick Kingsley - Liveright Publishing Corp
Format: Print book

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

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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Overload: Finding the Truth in Today's Deluge of News

BOB SCHIEFFER - Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Format: Hardcover

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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Strangers in Their Own Land: Anger and Mourning on the American Right

Arlie Russell Hochschild - New Press
Format: Print book

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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Blood Feud: The Clintons vs. the Obamas

Edward Klein - Regnery Publishing; 1St Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

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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A Pinch of Salt: Savoring Life in Wyoming

Audrey M Cotherman - Audrey M. Cotherman
Format: Paperback

"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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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

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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The Death of Truth

MICHIKO KAKUTANI - Tim Duggan Books
Format: Hardcover

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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Capital of the World: The Race to Host the United Nations

Charlene Mires - NYU Press
Format: Hardcover

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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The Sleepwalkers: How Europe Went to War in 1914

Christopher Clark - Harper
Format: Hardcover

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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Wrapped in the Flag: A Personal History of America's Radical Right

Claire Conner - Beacon Press; 7.6.2013 edition
Format: Book

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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Messing with the Enemy

CLINT WATTS - Harper
Format: Hardcover

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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Locking Up Our Own: Crime and Punishment in Black America

James Jr Forman - Farrar
Format: Print book

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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Rule and Ruin: The Downfall of Moderation and the Destruction of the Republican Party, From Eisenhower to the Tea Party

Geoffrey Kabaservice - Oxford University Press
Format: Hardcover

The chaotic events leading up to Mitt Romney's defeat in the 2012 election indicated how far the Republican Party had rocketed rightward away from the center of public opinion. Republicans in Congress threatened to shut down the government and force a U.S. debt default. Tea Party activists...
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Shortest Way Home: One Mayor's Challenge and a Model for America's Future

Pete Buttigieg - Liveright
Format: Hardcover

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

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

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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The Second Oldest Profession: Spies and Spying in the Twentieth Century

Phillip Knightley - W W Norton & Co Inc
Format: Hardcover

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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