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Heart of Fire: An Immigrant Daughters Story

Mazie K Hirono - Viking
Format: Hardcover

"Heart of Fire is a revelatory, evocative, deeply moving book." - Washington Post"Amazing . . . a memoir I really loved." - Secretary Hillary Clinton, "You and Me Both" podcast"A beautiful book." - Trevor Noah, The Daily ShowThe intimate and inspiring...
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The Last Goodnight: A World War II Story of Espionage, Adventure, and Betrayal

Carol Belanger Grafton - Harper Collins Publishers
Format: Print book

The New York Times bestselling author of the acclaimed Dark Invasion, channels Erik Larson and Ben Macintyre in this riveting biography of Betty Pack, the dazzling American debutante who became an Allied spy during WWII and was hailed by OSS chief General "Wild Bill" Donovan as "the...
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1941: The Year Germany Lost the War: The Year Germany Lost the War

Andrew Nagorski - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover

Bestselling historian Andrew Nagorski takes a fresh look at the decisive year 1941, when Hitlers miscalculations and policy of terror propelled Churchill, FDR, and Stalin into a powerful new alliance that defeated Nazi Germany. . In early 1941, Hitlers armies ruled most of Europe. Churchills...
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Invisible Child: Poverty, Survival & Hope in an American City

Andrea Elliott - Random House
Format: Hardcover

Invisible Child follows eight dramatic years in the life of Dasani Coates, a child with an imagination as soaring as the skyscrapers near her Brooklyn homeless shelter. Born at the turn of a new century, Dasani is named for the bottled water that comes to symbolize Brooklyn's gentrification...
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Rise and Kill First: The Secret History of Israel's Targeted Assassinations

RONEN BERGMAN - Random House
Format: Hardcover

The page-turning, news-breaking, inside account of Israel's state-sponsored assassination programs, from the man hailed by David Remnick as "arguably [Israel's] best investigative reporter."
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The Price of Politics

Bob Woodward - Simon & Schuster; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

Based on 18 months of reporting, Woodward's 17th book The Price of Politics is an intimate, documented examination of how President Obama and the highest profile Republican and Democratic leaders in the United States Congress attempted to restore the American economy and improve the federal...
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The Constitution of the United States and Other Patriotic Documents

Gregg Jarrett - Broadside Books
Format: Hardcover

A collection of some of the most important documents and speeches that have shaped America, with commentary and insights from Fox News star and author of the #1 New York Times bestseller The Russia Hoax, Gregg Jarrett.In this volume, the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence...
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When the World Stopped to Listen: Van Cliburn's Cold War Triumph, and Its Aftermath

Stuart Isacoff - Alfred A. Knopf
Format: Print book

From the acclaimed author of The Natural History of the Piano, the captivating story of the 1958 international piano competition in Moscow, where, at the height of Cold War tensions, an American musician showed the potential of art to change the world. April of 1958--the Iron Curtain...
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Policing Ferguson, Policing America: What Really Happened . . . and What the Country Can Learn from It

Thomas Jackson - Skyhorse Publishing
Format: Hardcover

Following the fatal shooting in broad daylight of unarmed African American Michael Brown by a white cop in August 2014, Ferguson, Missouri became the scene of protests that pitted law enforcement against locals and Black Lives matter activists. The media firestorm has not waned, and, in fact,...
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American Radical: Inside the World of an Undercover Muslim FBI Agent

TAMER ELNOURY - Dutton
Format: Hardcover

The explosive memoir of a Muslim American FBI agent fighting terror from the insideIt's no secret that federal agencies are waging a broad, global war against terror. But for the first time in this memoir, an active, Muslim American federal agent reveals his experience infiltrating and bringing...
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