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Our Revolution: A Future to Believe In

Anonymous. - St Martin'S Press
Format: Print book

Throughout the Presidential campaign, Bernie Sanders galvanized voters with his progressive platform and vision for America. In the book, Sanders shares experiences from the campaign trail and outlines his ideas for continuing a political revolution to fight for a progressive economic,...
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The Truth Matters: A Citizen's Guide to Separating Facts from Lies and Stopping Fake News in Its Tracks

Bruce R Bartlett - Ten Speed Press
Format: Paperback

A lucid, practical, and concise guide for citizens who want to cut through the lies in this era of "fake news" and "alternative facts."As recent national events have proven, the floodgates have opened and the political terrain is shifting rapidly with the dangerous concept...
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The Man Who Ran Washington: The Life and Times of James A. Baker III

Peter Baker - Doubleday
Format: Hardcover

Co-authored by the Chief White House correspondent at The New York Times and the Washington columnist at the The New Yorker, this is a biography any would-be power broker must own: the story of legendary White House chief of staff and secretary of state James A. Baker III, the man who ran Washington...
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Spy Schools: How the CIA, FBI, and Foreign Intelligence Secretly Exploit America's Universities

Daniel Golden - Henry Holt and Co.
Format: Hardcover

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Daniel Golden exposes how academia has become the center of foreign and domestic espionage -- and why that is troubling news for our nation's security.Grounded in extensive research and reporting, Spy Schools reveals how academia has emerged as a frontline...
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People vs. Donald Trump: An Inside Account

Mark Pomerantz - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover

People vs. Donald Trump is a fascinating inside account of the attempt to prosecute former president Donald Trump, written by one of the lawyers who worked on the case and resigned in protest when Manhattan's district attorney refused to act.. Mark Pomerantz was a retired lawyer living...
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Kennedy's Avenger: Assassination, Conspiracy, and the Forgotten Trial of Jack Ruby

Dan Abrams - Hanover Square Press; Original edition
Format: Hardcover

New York Times bestselling authors Dan Abrams and David Fisher bring to life the incredible story of one of America's most publicized - and most surprising - criminal trials in history.No crime in history had more eyewitnesses. On November 24, 1963, two days after the killing of President...
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ShadowMan: An Elusive Psycho Killer and the Birth of FBI Profiling

Ron Franscell - Berkley
Format: Hardcover

"Mindhunter crossed with American Gothic. This chilling story has the ghostly unease of a nightmare." - Michael Cannell, author of Incendiary: The Psychiatrist, the Mad Bomber and the Invention of Criminal Profiling On June 25, 1973, a seven-year-old girl went missing from the Montana...
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Blood Year: The Unraveling of Western Counterterrorism

David Kilcullen - Oxford University Press
Format: Print book

2014 has the potential to go down as a crucial year in modern world history. A resurgent and bellicose Russia took over Crimea and fueled a civil war in Eastern Ukraine. Post-Saddam Iraq, in many respects a creature of the United States because of the war that began in 2003, lost a third...
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American Gun: The True Story of the AR-15

Cameron McWhirter - Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Format: Hardcover

American Gun: The True Story of the AR-15 presents the epic history of America's most controversial weapon.In the 1950s, an obsessive firearms designer named Eugene Stoner invented the AR-15 rifle in a California garage. High-minded and patriotic, Stoner sought to devise a lightweight,...
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Where Law Ends: Inside the Mueller Investigation

Andrew Weissmann - Random House
Format: Hardcover

"WHERE LAW ENDS TYRANNY BEGINS" - John Locke, inscribed on the wall of DOJ headquarters in Washington, D.C.In May 2017, Robert Mueller was tapped tolead aninquiry into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, coordination by foreign agents with Donald Trump's...
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