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The Secret Lives of Booksellers and Librarians: Their stories are better than the bestsellers

James Patterson - Little, Brown and Company
Format: Hardcover

Booksellers and librarians are superheroes, saving lives every single day. Here are their amazing, inspiring true stories as told to the greatest storyteller of our time, James Patterson.. To be a bookseller or librarian ... You have to play detective. Be a treasure hunter. A matchmaker....
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An Emancipation of the Mind: Radical Philosophy, the War over Slavery, and the Refounding of America

Matthew Stewart - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover

How a band of antislavery leaders recovered the radical philosophical inspirations of the first American Revolution to defeat the slaveholders' oligarchy in the Civil War.This is a story about a dangerous idea -- one which ignited revolutions in America, France, and Haiti; burst across...
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Forever Barbie: The Unauthorized Biography of a Real Doll

M. G. Lord - Liveright
Format: Hardcover

Barbie is a strong, independent doll. But is she a feminist icon? It's complicated. Since her introduction in 1959, Barbie's impact has been revolutionary. Far from being a toy designed by men to oppress women, she was a toy invented by women to teach women what was expected of them,...
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Get It Together: Troubling Tales from the Liberal Fringe

Jesse Watters - Broadside Books
Format: Hardcover

AN INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERCan the political be way too personal? What if most radical activists are trying to change their lives by changing the whole country?When Jesse Watters set out to interview a few dozen radical activists to find out where their wild ideas came from,...
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Royal Audience: 70 Years, 13 Presidents--One Queen's Special Relationship with America

David Charter - G.P. Putnam's Sons
Format: Hardcover

70 years on the throne. 13 American presidents. One extraordinary queen.. From the moment she first enchanted the world as a youthful princess, Queen Elizabeth II found a unique place in American hearts - and she also played an unprecedented role in forging transatlantic ties. Over her seventy-year...
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The Return of Great Powers: Russia, China, and the Next World War

Jim Sciutto - Dutton
Format: Hardcover

The essential new book by CNN anchor and chief national security analyst Jim Sciutto, identifying a new, more uncertain global order with reporting on the frontlines of power from existing wars to looming ones across the globe. The fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 dawned what Francis Fukuyama...
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Metaracism: How Systemic Racism Devastates Black Lives―and How We Break Free

Tricia Rose - Basic Books
Format: Hardcover

The definitive book on how systemic racism in America really works, revealing the vast and often hidden network of interconnected policies, practices, and beliefs that combine to devastate Black lives. In recent years, condemnations of racism in America have echoed from the streets to corporate...
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I Never Did Like Politics: How Fiorello La Guardia Became America's Mayor, and Why He Still Matters

Terry Golway - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover

A hugely entertaining celebration of one of America's greatest politicians - a source of inspiration for our equally challenging times.... Fiorello LaGuardia was one of the twentieth century's most colorful politicians - on the New York and national stage. He was also quintessentially...
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The Washington Book: How to Read Politics and Politicians

Carlos Lozada - Simon & Schuster Audio
Format: Hardcover

The Pulitzer Prize-winning opinion columnist at The New York Times explores how people in power reveal themselves through their books and writings and, in so doing, illuminates the personal, political, and cultural conflicts driving Washington and the nation.. As a long-time book critic...
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The Primary Solution: Rescuing Our Democracy from the Fringes

Nick Troiano - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover

In a divided America, the biggest solvable problem fueling political extremism and dysfunction is hiding in plain sight: party primaries. The Primary Solution shows how to fix them.. Congress has become an unproductive and unaccountable mess. Polls show that only 20 percent of Americans...
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