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The Best People: Trump's Cabinet and the Siege on Washington

Alexander Nazaryan - Hachette Books
Format: Hardcover

An engrossing look at the Trump cabinet: the scandals, the incompetence, the assault on the federal government, the bungled attempts to impose order on an administration lost in a chaos of its own making.Donald Trump promised a return to national greatness, but each day of his presidency...
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The Hill to Die On: The Battle for Congress and the Future of Trump's America

Jake Sherman - Crown
Format: Hardcover

The inside story of the battle to control Congress and the unsparing fight for advantage in the 2018 midterm electionsWith control of both the House and Senate up for grabs in 2018 and the direction of the nation resting on the outcome, never has a more savage, unrelenting fight been waged...
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Norco '80: The True Story of the Most Spectacular Bank Robbery in American History

Peter Houlahan - Counterpoint
Format: Hardcover

Norco '80 is a gripping true crime account of one of the most violent bank heists in US history. Norco '80 tells the story of how five heavily armed young men -- led by an apocalyptic born-again Christian -- attempted a bank robbery that turned into one of the most violent...
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American Manifesto: Saving Democracy from Villains, Vandals, and Ourselves

Bob Garfield - Counterpoint
Format: Hardcover

Do you fear for our democracy? Are you perplexed by Trumpism? Are you ready to throw in the towel? Don't! This is your guidebook to reassembling our hyperpolarized American society in six (not-so-easy) steps, written by cohost of WNYC's On the Media Bob Garfield As is often observed,...
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The Ledger and the Chain: How Domestic Slave Traders Shaped America

Joshua D. Rothman - Basic Books
Format: Hardcover

Slave traders are peripheral figures in most histories of American slavery. But these men - who trafficked and sold over half a million enslaved people from the Upper South to the Deep South - were essential to slavery's expansion and fueled the growth and prosperity of the United States.In...
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Trump Must Go: The Top 100 Reasons to Dump Trump

BILL PRESS - Thomas Dunne Books
Format: Hardcover

"I'd give us an A." -- Donald Trump, on his first 100 days in office. Americans increasingly agree on one thing: Every day that Trump stays in office, he diminishes the United States and its people. In Trump Must Go, TV and radio host Bill Press offers 100 reasons why Trump...
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Hit 'Em Where It Hurts: How to Save Democracy by Beating Republicans at Their Own Game

Rachel Bitecofer - Crown
Format: Hardcover

A radical, urgent plan for how the Democratic Party and its supporters can win elections at one of the most pivotal moments in the history of our nation's democracy. "Bitecofer hits hard against the GOP tactics of fear and anger and the Democrats' status quo narratives around...
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China's World: What Does China Want?

Kerry Brown - I.B. Tauris & Co Ltd
Format: Hardcover

In the next decade China's actions on the world stage will affect us all. A new superpower, with the largest population and GDP on the globe, there are now fears that China is becoming more assertive. Here, award-winning China expert Kerry Brown guides us through China's foreign...
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Don't Lie to Me: And Stop Trying to Steal Our Freedom

Jeanine Pirro - Center Street
Format: Hardcover

It's been nearly four years since President Trump took office, and Judge Jeanine Pirro has had enough of the left's countless lies and false accusations. She is now forced to ask: How could anyone vote against President Trump this November? What more could you possibly want?In Don't...
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