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The American Spirit: Who We Are and What We Stand For

DAVID MCCULLOUGH - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover

A New York Times Bestseller A timely collection of speeches by David McCullough, the most honored historian in the United States - winner of two Pulitzer Prizes, two National Book Awards, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom, among many others - that reminds us of fundamental American...
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The Storm Is Here: An American Crucible

LUKE MOGELSON - Penguin Press
Format: Hardcover

The New Yorker's award-winning war correspondent returns to his own country to chronicle its accelerating civic breakdown, in an indelible eyewitness narrative of startling explanatory powerAfter years of living abroad and covering the Global War on Terrorism, Luke Mogelson went home...
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Federal Benefits for Veterans, Dependents, and Survivors: Updated Edition

The US Department of Veterans Affairs - Skyhorse Publishing; Updated edition
Format: Book

Veterans of the United States armed forces may be eligible for a broad range of benefits and services provided by the US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). If you’re looking for information on these benefits and services, look no further than the newest edition of Federal Benefits...
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Slanted: How the News Media Taught Us to Love Censorship and Hate Journalism

Sharyl Attkisson - Harper
Format: Hardcover

The five-time Emmy Award-winning investigative reporter and New York Times bestselling author of Stonewalled and The Smear uncovers how partisan bias and gullibility are destroying American journalism.The news as we once knew it no longer exists. It's become a product molded and shaped...
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Alpha: Eddie Gallagher and the War for the Soul of the Navy SEALs

David Philipps - Crown
Format: Hardcover

By official accounts, the Navy SEALs of Alpha platoon returned as heroes after their 2017 deployment to Mosul, following a vicious, bloody, and successful campaign to drive ISIS from the city. But within the platoon a different war raged. Even as Alpha's chief, Eddie Gallagher, was being...
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The Overlooked Americans: The Resilience of Our Rural Towns and What It Means for Our Country

Elizabeth Currid-Halkett - Basic Books
Format: Hardcover

How small-town America's surprising success reshapes our understanding of the nation's urban-rural divide The United States today appears to be deeply divided. Journalists have painted a portrait of an enraged America, where poor, conservative small towns are at war with affluent,...
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Human Rights and the United States, Third Edition

Not Available - Grey House Pub
Format: Hardcover

This two-volume set offers easy to grasp explanations of the basic concepts and laws in the field, with emphasis on human rights in the historical, political, and legal experience of the United States. This indispensable resource surveys the legal protection of human dignity in the United...
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Surrender, White People!: Our Unconditional Terms for Peace

D. L. Hughley - William Morrow
Format: Hardcover

In this follow-up to his "hilarious yet soul-shaking" (Black Enterprise) New York Times bestseller How Not to Get Shot, comedy legend D. L. Hughley offers satirical terms for a peace treaty between white America and the rest of humanity.For more than four hundred years, white...
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Dying of Whiteness: How the Politics of Racial Resentment Is Killing America's Heartland

Jonathan M. Metzl - Basic Books
Format: Hardcover

A physician reveals how right-wing backlash policies have mortal consequences -- even for the white voters they promise to helpIn the era of Donald Trump, many lower- and middle-class white Americans are drawn to politicians who pledge to make their lives great again. But as Dying of Whiteness...
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Tough Love: My Story of the Things Worth Fighting For

Susan Rice - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover

Recalling pivotal moments from her dynamic career on the front lines of American diplomacy and foreign policy, Susan E. Rice - National Security Advisor to President Barack Obama and US Ambassador to the United Nations - reveals her surprising story with unflinching candor. Mother, wife,...
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