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The Education of an Idealist: A Memoir
Samantha Power - Dey Street Books
Format: Hardcover
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Pulitzer-Prize winner Samantha Power is widely known as the moral voice of her generation. A relentless advocate for promoting human rights, she has been heralded by President Barack Obama as one of America's "foremost thinkers on foreign policy." The Education of an Idealist... |
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You Never Forget Your First: A Biography of George Washington
Alexis Coe - Viking
Format: Hardcover
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"Alexis Coe energetically dusts off an old-boys genre to present a life in full, without sentiment or whitewashing. It's a public service, and it's also a lot of fun." --Irin Carmon, New York Times bestselling co-author of Notorious RBGAlexis Coe takes a closer look... |
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Going to the Mountain: Life Lessons from My Grandfather, Nelson Mandela
Ndaba Mandela - Hachette Books
Format: Hardcover
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The first-ever book to tell Nelson Mandela's life through the eyes of a child who was raised by him, chronicling Ndaba Mandela's life living with, and learning from, one of the greatest leaders and humanitarians the world has ever known. In a story that has never been told, Going... |
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No Is Not Enough: Resisting Trump's Shock Politics and Winning the World We Need
NAOMI KLEIN - Haymarket Books
Format: Paperback
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The election of Donald Trump is a dangerous escalation in a world of cascading crises. Trump's vision -- a radical deregulation of the US economy in the interest of corporations, an all-out war on "radical Islamic terrorism," and sweeping aside climate science to unleash a domestic... |
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Empires in the Sun: The Struggle for the Mastery of Africa
LAWRENCE JAMES - Pegasus Books
Format: Hardcover
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The one hundred year history of how Europe coerced the African continent into its various empires -- and the resulting story of how Africa succeeded in decolonization. In this dramatic (and often tragic) story of an era that radically changed the course of world history, Lawrence James... |
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Rough Draft: A Memoir
Katy Tur - ?Atria/One Signal Publishers
Format: Hardcover
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From MSNBC anchor and New York Times bestselling author Katy Tur, a shocking and deeply personal memoir about a life spent chasing the news. "By the time I was two years old, I knew to yell 'Story! Story!' at the squawks of my parents' police scanner. By four, I could hold... |
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Let the People Pick the President: The Case for Abolishing the Electoral College
Jesse Wegman - All Points Books
Format: Hardcover
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A radical spirit of change has overtaken American politics, making once-unthinkable reforms -- like abolishing the Electoral College -- seem possible.Two of the last five elections were won by candidates who lost the popular vote, calling the integrity of the entire electoral system into... |
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The Unexpected President: The Life and Times of Chester A. Arthur
Scott S Greenberger - Da Capo Press
Format: Hardcover
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When President James Garfield was shot, no one in the United States was more dismayed than his Vice President, Chester Arthur. For years Arthur had been perceived as unfit to govern, not only by critics and his fellow citizens but by his own conscience.From his promising start, Arthur had become... |
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Lady Bird Johnson: Hiding in Plain Sight
Julia Sweig - Random House
Format: Hardcover
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In the spring of 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson had a decision to make. Just months after moving into the White House under the worst of circumstances--following the assassination of President John F. Kennedy--he had to decide whether to run to win the presidency in his own right. He turned... |
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There Will Be No Miracles Here: A Memoir
Casey Gerald - Riverhead Books
Format: Hardcover
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The testament of a boy and a generation who came of age as the world came apart--a generation searching for a new way to live.Casey Gerald's story begins at the end of the world: Dallas, New Year's Eve 1999, when he gathers with the congregation of his grandfather's black evangelical church... |
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