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The Peacemaker: Ronald Reagan, the Cold War, and the World on the Brink

William Inboden - Dutton
Format: Hardcover

A masterful account of how Ronald Reagan and his national security team confronted the Soviets, reduced the nuclear threat, won the Cold War, and supported the spread of freedom around the world."Remarkable ... a great read." - Robert Gates * "Mesmerizing ... hard to put down."...
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How Civil Wars Start: And How to Stop Them

Barbara F. Walter - Crown
Format: Hardcover

Political violence rips apart several towns in southwest Texas. A far-right militia plots to kidnap the governor of Michigan and try her for treason. An armed mob of Trump supporters and conspiracy theorists storms the U.S. Capitol. Are these isolated incidents? Or is this the start of something...
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Gulag: A History

Anne Applebaum - Anchor Books
Format: Paperback

In this magisterial and acclaimed history, Anne Applebaum offers the first fully documented portrait of the Gulag, from its origins in the Russian Revolution, through its expansion under Stalin, to its collapse in the era of glasnost. The Gulag--a vast array of Soviet concentration camps...
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The Deep State: How an Army of Bureaucrats Protected Barack Obama and Is Working to Destroy Donald Trump

Jason Chaffetz - Broadside Books
Format: Hardcover

Former Congressman and current Fox News contributor Jason Chaffetz explains how we ended up with a federal government that actively works to defend the Democratic party and undermine Trump.The liberal media frequently declares the Obama years were free of scandal. They pretend this is true...
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Beneath the Tamarind Tree: A Story of Courage, Family, and the Lost Schoolgirls of Boko Haram

Isha Sesay - Dey Street Books
Format: Hardcover

"It is no accident that the places in the world where we see the most instability are those in which the rights of women and girls are denied. Isha Sesay's indispensable and gripping account of the brutal abduction of Nigerian schoolgirls by Boko Haram terrorists provides a stark reminder...
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Unmasked: Inside Antifa's Radical Plan to Destroy Democracy

Andy Ngo - Center Street
Format: Hardcover

When Andy Ngo was attacked in the streets by Antifa in the summer of 2019, most people assumed it was an isolated incident. But those who'd been following Ngo's reporting in outlets like the New York Post and Quillette knew that the attack was only the latest in a long line of crimes...
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The Commanders: The Leadership Journeys of George Patton, Bernard Montgomery, and Erwin Rommel

Lloyd Clark - ?Atlantic Monthly Press
Format: Hardcover

From an acclaimed military historian, the interlocking lives of three of the most important and consequential generals in World War IIBorn in the two decades prior to World War I, George Patton, Bernard Montgomery, and Erwin Rommel became among the most recognized and successful military...
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Speak Freely: Why Universities Must Defend Free Speech

KEITH E WHITTINGTON - Princeton University Press
Format: Hardcover

Why free speech is the lifeblood of colleges and universitiesFree speech is under attack at colleges and universities today, with critics on and off campus challenging the value of open inquiry and freewheeling intellectual debate. Too often speakers are shouted down, professors are threatened,...
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The Soul of a Woman

Isabel Allende - Random House Large Print; Large type / Large print edition
Format: Paperback

"When I say that I was a feminist in kindergarten, I am not exaggerating," begins Isabel Allende. As a child, she watched her mother, abandoned by her husband, provide for her three small children without "resources or voice." Isabel became a fierce and defiant little...
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Our Own Worst Enemy: The Assault from within on Modern Democracy

Tom Nichols - Oxford University Press; 1st edition
Format: Hardcover

A contrarian yet highly engaging account of the spread of illiberal and anti-democratic sentiment throughout our culture that places responsibility on the citizens themselves.Over the past three decades, citizens of democracies who claim to value freedom, tolerance, and the rule of law have...
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