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The Words of My Father: Love and Pain in Palestine
Yousef Bashir - Harper
Format: Hardcover
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A Palestinian activist recalls his adolescence in Gaza during the Second Intifada, and how he made a strong commitment to peace in the face of devastating brutality in this moving, candid, and transformative memoir that reminds us of the importance of looking beyond prejudice, anger, and fear.Yousef... |
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The Securitization of Society: Crime, Risk, and Social Order
MARC SCHUILENBURG - NYU Press
Format: Paperback
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A new critical perspective for examining the dynamic nature of security and its governance Traditionally, security has been the realm of the state and its uniformed police. However, in the last two decades, many actors and agencies, including schools, clubs, housing corporations, hospitals,... |
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The Exile: The Stunning Inside Story of Osama bin Laden and Al Qaeda in Flight
Adrian Levy - Bloomsbury USA
Format: Hardcover
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Startling and scandalous, this is an intimate insider's story of Osama bin Laden's retinue in the ten years after 9/11, a family in flight and at war.From September 11, 2001 to May 2, 2011, Osama Bin Laden evaded intelligence services and special forces units, drones and hunter killer squads.... |
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Broken News: Why the Media Rage Machine Divides America and How to Fight Back
CHRIS STIREWALT - Center Street
Format: Kindle Edition
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A former Fox News political editor reveals how news organizations have succumbed to the temptation of "rage revenue" through slanted coverage that drives political division and rewards outrageous conduct. Rage revenue-addicted news companies are plagued by shoddy reporting,... |
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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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This Chair Rocks: A Manifesto Against Ageism
Ashton Applewhite - Celadon Books
Format: Hardcover
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"Wow. This book totally rocks. It arrived on a day when I was in deep confusion and sadness about my age. Everything about it, from my invisibility to my neck. Within four or five wise, passionate pages, I had found insight, illumination, and inspiration. I never use the word empower,... |
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Founding Feuds: The Rivalries, Clashes, and Conflicts That Forged a Nation
Paul Aron - Sourcebooks
Format: Paperback
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The Founding Fathers have been hailed for centuries as shining examples of men who put aside their own agendas to found a nation. But behind the scenes, there were more petty fights and fraught relationships than signatures on the Declaration of Independence. From the violent brawl between... |
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The High Cost of Good Intentions: A History of U.S. Federal Entitlement Programs
John F Cogan - Stanford University Press
Format: Hardcover
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Federal entitlement programs are strewn throughout the pages of U.S. history, springing from the noble purpose of assisting people who are destitute through no fault of their own. Yet as federal entitlement programs have grown, so too have their inefficiency and their cost. Neither tax revenues... |
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All the President's Women: Donald Trump and the Making of a Predator
Barry Levine - Hachette Books
Format: Hardcover
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Based on groundbreaking original reporting, an extensive new look at Donald Trump's relationships with women, revealing new accusations of sexual misconduct, exploring the roots of his alleged predatory behavior, and illustrating how Trump's presidency has helped catalyze the #MeToo movement... |
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