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Every Landlord's Tax Deduction Guide

Nolo - NOLO
Format: Paperback


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Picturing Resistance: Moments and Movements of Social Change from the 1950s to Today

Melanie Light
Format: Hardcover

A powerful commemoration of notable moments of protest, Picturing Resistance highlights the important American social justice movements of the last seven decades. Including both black-and-white and color photographs, this important record pairs iconic and unexpected images with insightful...
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The Love Prison Made and Unmade: My Story

Ebony Roberts - Amistad
Format: Hardcover

With echoes of Just Mercy and An American Marriage, a remarkable memoir of a woman who falls in love with an incarcerated man - a poignant story of hope and disappointment that lays bare the toll prison takes not only on those behind bars, but on their families and relationships.Ebony's...
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Thin Blue Lie: The Failure of High-Tech Policing

Matt Stroud - Metropolitan Books
Format: Hardcover

A wide-ranging investigation of how supposedly transformative technologies adopted by law enforcement have actually made policing worse -- lazier, more reckless, and more discriminatoryAmerican law enforcement is a system in crisis. After explosive protests responding to police brutality...
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Watch My Smoke: The Eric Dickerson Story

Eric Dickerson - Haymarket Books
Format: Hardcover

His style was iconic, and vintage '80s: aviator goggles, Jheri curls, neck roll, boxy pads.Eric Dickerson is the greatest player in Los Angeles Rams history and the NFL's single season record holder for most rushing yards. In 2019, Dickerson was named to the National Football League's...
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Cheap Speech: How Disinformation Poisons Our Politics?and How to Cure It

Richard L Hasen - ?Yale University Press
Format: Hardcover

An informed and practical road map for controlling disinformation, embracing free speech, saving American elections, and protecting democracy  "Hasen puts forth a number of solid recommendations on how to combat disinformation." - Richard Stengel, New York Times  "Hasen...
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Race, Rights, and Rifles: The Origins of the NRA and Contemporary Gun Culture (Chicago Studies in American Politics)

Alexandra Filindra - University of Chicago Press
Format: First Edition

An eye-opening examination of the ties between American gun culture and white male supremacy from the American Revolution to today. One-third of American adults - approximately 86 million people - own firearms. This is not just for protection or hunting. Although many associate gun-centric...
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Demolition Agenda: How Trump Tried to Dismantle American Government, and What Biden Needs to Do to Save It

Thomas O McGarity - The New Press
Format: Hardcover

The first comprehensive account of the Trump administration's efforts to destroy our government institutions, by the man Ralph Nader says "writes authoritatively and with revealing detail about important topics that few others cover""Tom McGarity writes authoritatively...
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I Swear: Politics Is Messier than My Minivan

Katie Porter - Random House
Format: Hardcover

An honest, inspiring, and laugh-out-loud funny memoir about re-energizing our politics and standing up to corporate America - while carting three kids around in a minivan.Never having run for office before, Katie Porter charted a new path in 2018 when she was elected to Congress as a Democrat...
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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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