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The Engagement: America's Quarter-Century Struggle Over Same-Sex Marriage

Sasha Issenberg - Pantheon
Format: Hardcover

On June 26, 2015, the United States Supreme Court ruled that state bans on gay marriage were unconstitutional, making same-sex unions legal across the United States. But the road to that momentous decision was much longer than many know. In this definitive work, Sasha Issenberg takes us back...
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The Unwritten Book: An Investigation

Samantha Hunt
Format: Hardcover

"A beautiful, inventive collection shot through with wildness and grace." -- Maggie Nelson, author of On FreedomFrom Samantha Hunt, the award-winning author of The Dark Dark, comes The Unwritten Book, her first work of nonfiction, a genre-bending creation that explores the importance...
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Walk the Walk: How Three Police Chiefs Defied the Odds and Changed Cop Culture

Neil Gross - Metropolitan Books
Format: Hardcover

From "one of the most interesting sociologists of his generation" and a former cop, the story of three departments and their struggle to change aggressive police culture and achieve what Americans want: fair, humane, and effective policing.. What should we do about the police?...
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Create Your Own Employee Handbook: A Legal & Practical Guide for Employers

Lisa Guerin J.D.
Format: Paperback(Tenth Edition)


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Chaos Comes Calling: The Battle Against the Far-Right Takeover of Small-Town America

Sasha Abramsky - Bold Type Books
Format: Hardcover

A harrowing tale of how polarization threatened to break apart two American communities and how one found a way back while the other splintered.. Donald Trump's November 2016 electoral victory was the beginning of four years of demagogy, presidential name-calling, and - ten months into...
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The Vote Collectors: The True Story of the Scamsters, Politicians, and Preachers behind the Nation's Greatest Electoral Fraud

Michael Graff - The University of North Carolina Press
Format: Hardcover

In November 2018, Baptist preacher Mark Harris beat the odds, narrowly fending off a blue wave in the sprawling Ninth District of North Carolina. But word soon got around that something fishy was going on in rural Bladen County. At the center of the mess was a local political operative...
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The Destructionists: The Twenty-Five Year Crack-Up of the Republican Party

Dana Milbank - Doubleday
Format: Hardcover

A scathing history of twenty-five years of Republican attempts to hold on to political power by any means necessary, by a hugely popular Washington Post political columnistIn 1994, more than 300 Republicans under the command of obstructionist and rabble-rouser Congressman Newt Gingrich...
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The President Will See You Now: My Stories and Lessons from Ronald Reagan's Final Years

Peggy Grande - Hachette Books
Format: Print book

An affectionate and intimate memoir about Ronald Reagan by his longtime personal assistant, who worked closely with the president for 10 years after he left the White House.In The President Will See You Now, devoted Reagan insider Peggy Grande shares behind-the-scenes stories, intimate...
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Profit From Your Idea: How to Make Smart Licensing Deals

Richard Stim Attorney - NOLO
Format: Eleventh Edition

Profit From Your Idea is a comprehensive, easy-to-read guide to finding and negotiating licensing deals to make money from your invention.Youve got a great idea that you think has commercial potential. But finding a partner you can trust, hashing out a fair licensing deal, and getting your...
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The Boy Who Promised Me Horses

David Joseph Charpentier - Bison Books
Format: Paperback

"He tried to outrun a train," Theodore Blindwoman told David Joseph Charpentier the night they found out about Maurice Prairie Chief's death. When Charpentier was a new teacher at St. Labre Indian School in Ashland, Montana, Prairie Chief was the first student he met and the one with...
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