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A Life in the Twentieth Century: Innocent Beginnings, 1917-1950

Arthur Meier Schlesinger - Recorded Books
Format: Hardcover

Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., a two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize, is one of the finest historians of our age. A former special assistant to President Kennedy, he received the National Humanities Medal in 1998. In this first volume of memoirs, Schlesinger turns a keen eye on his own remarkable...
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Survival Math: Notes on an All-American Family

MITCHELL JACKSON - Scribner
Format: Hardcover

In a thrillingly alive, candid new work, award-winning author Mitchell S. Jackson takes us inside the drug-ravaged neighborhood and struggling family of his youth, while examining the cultural forces - large and small - that led him and his family to this place.With a poet's gifted ear,...
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Imperial Life in the Emerald City: Inside Iraq's Green Zone

Rajiv Chandrasekaran - Knopf; First Edition edition
Format: Deckle Edge]

An unprecedented account of life in Baghdad’s Green Zone, a walled-off enclave of towering plants, posh villas, and sparkling swimming pools that was the headquarters for the American occupation of Iraq. The Washington Post’s former Baghdad bureau chief Rajiv Chandrasekaran...
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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 Real Romney

Michael Kranish; Scott Helman - Harper
Format: Hardcover

"Absorbing and fair-minded." - New York Times"Romney's story in full and clear detail ... fascinating in-depth stuff." - Los Angeles Times"A fascinating story [that] sheds next light on an elusive subject." - Boston GlobeDespite his political prominence,...
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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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The Storm is Upon Us: How QAnon Became a Movement, Cult, and Conspiracy Theory of Everything

Mike Rothschild - Melville House
Format: Hardcover

On October 5th, 2017, President Trump made a cryptic remark in the State Dining Room at a gathering of military officials. He said it felt like "the calm before the storm" - then refused to elaborate as puzzled journalists asked him to explain. But on the infamous message boards...
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Eleanor Roosevelt: In Her Words: On Women, Politics, Leadership, and Lessons from Life

Eleanor Roosevelt - Black Dog & Leventhal
Format: Hardcover

This illustrated, first of its kind collection of excerpts from Eleanor Roosevelt's newspaper columns, radio talks, speeches, and correspondence speaks directly to the challenges we face today.Acclaimed for her roles in politics and diplomacy, first lady Eleanor Roosevelt was also a prolific...
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