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Lawrence in Arabia: War, Deceit, Imperial Folly and the Making of the Modern Middle East
Lawrence in Arabia: War, Deceit, Imperial Folly and the Making of the Modern Middle East
by Scott Anderson
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A thrilling and revelatory narrative of one of the most epic and consequential periods in 20th century history — the Arab Revolt, and the secret game to control the Middle East. The Arab Revolt against the Turks in World War One was, in the words... (read more)

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The Liberty Amendments
The Liberty Amendments
by Mark R. Levin
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The long-awaited new book on how to fix our broken government by the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Liberty and Tyranny and Ameritopia.... (read more)

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Command and Control: Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safety
Command and Control: Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safety
by Eric Schlosser
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The author of Fast Food Nation blends a riveting minute-by-minute account of an H-bomb accident with a chilling assessment of the grave threat we face from nuclear weapons. At the height of the cold war in the American heartland, a combination of human... (read more)

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The American Way of Poverty: How the Other Half Still Lives
The American Way of Poverty: How the Other Half Still Lives
by Sasha Abramsky
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Fifty years after Michael Harrington published his groundbreaking book The Other America, in which he chronicled the lives of people excluded from the Age of Affluence, poverty in America is back with a vengeance. It is made up of both the long-term... (read more)

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Countdown: Our Last, Best Hope for a Future on Earth?
Countdown: Our Last, Best Hope for a Future on Earth?
by Alan Weisman
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A powerful investigation into the chances for humanity's future from the author of the bestseller The World Without Us. In his bestselling book The World Without Us, Alan Weisman considered how the Earth could heal and even refill empty niches if... (read more)

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The Almanac of American Politics (Almanac of American Politics)
The Almanac of American Politics (Almanac of American Politics)
by Michael Barone
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The Almanac of American Politics is the gold standard—the book that everyone involved, invested, or interested in American politics must have on their reference shelf. Continuing the tradition of accurate and up-to-date information, the 2014... (read more)

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The Fragility of Things: Self-Organizing Processes, Neoliberal Fantasies, and Democratic Activism
The Fragility of Things: Self-Organizing Processes, Neoliberal Fantasies, and Democratic Activism
by William E. Connolly
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In The Fragility of Things, eminent theorist William E. Connolly focuses on several self-organizing ecologies that help to constitute our world. These interacting geological, biological, and climate systems, some of which harbor creative capacities, are... (read more)

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The Blood Telegram: Nixon, Kissinger, and a Forgotten Genocide
The Blood Telegram: Nixon, Kissinger, and a Forgotten Genocide
by Gary J. Bass
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The Good Girls Revolt: How the Women of Newsweek Sued Their Bosses and Changed the Workplace
The Good Girls Revolt: How the Women of Newsweek Sued Their Bosses and Changed the Workplace
by Lynn Povich
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It was the 1960s––a time of economic boom and social strife. Young women poured into the workplace, but the “Help Wanted” ads were segregated by gender and the “Mad Men” office culture was rife with sexual... (read more)

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Decline and Fall of the American Republic (98 Edition)
Decline and Fall of the American Republic (98 Edition)
by Bruce Ackerman
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Bruce Ackerman is Sterling Professor of Law and Political Science at Yale University. Yale... (read more)

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No One's World: The West, the Rising Rest, and the Coming Global Turn (Council on Foreign Relations)
No One's World: The West, the Rising Rest, and the Coming Global Turn (Council on Foreign Relations)
by Charles A. Kupchan
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The world is on the cusp of a global turn. Between 1500 and 1800, the West sprinted ahead of other centers of power in Asia and the Middle East. Europe and the United States have dominated the world since. But today the West's preeminence is slipping... (read more)

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Thank You for Your Service
Thank You for Your Service
by David Finkel
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From a MacArthur Fellow and the author of The Good Soldiers, a profound look at life after war No journalist has reckoned with the psychology of war as intimately as David Finkel. In The Good Soldiers, his bestselling account from the front lines of... (read more)

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In the Interest of Others: Organizations and Social Activism
In the Interest of Others: Organizations and Social Activism
by John S. Ahlquist
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"Why do the members of some trade unions sacrifice time and money to support the causes of others halfway around the world? Ahlquist and Levi provide a convincing answer: founders who build organizations that deliver good jobs to members may also build... (read more)

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Thomas Jefferson's Qur'an: Islam and the Founders
Thomas Jefferson's Qur'an: Islam and the Founders
by Denise A. Spellberg
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In this original and illuminating book, Denise A. Spellberg reveals a little-known but crucial dimension of the story of American religious freedom—a drama in which Islam played a surprising role. In 1765, eleven years before composing the... (read more)

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Strategic Vision: America and the Crisis of Global Power
Strategic Vision: America and the Crisis of Global Power
by Zbigniew Brzezinski
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By 1991, following the disintegration first of the Soviet bloc and then of the Soviet Union itself, the United States was left standing tall as the only global super-power. The 21st century seemed destined to be yet another American century. But that... (read more)

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The Growth Experiment Revisited: Why Lower, Simpler Taxes Really Are America's Best Hope for Recovery
The Growth Experiment Revisited: Why Lower, Simpler Taxes Really Are America's Best Hope for Recovery
by Lawrence B. Lindsey
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The first edition of The Growth Experiment, originally published in 1990 as a response to critics of the Reagan-era tax cuts, became a kind of bible for proponents of supply-side economics. This new and updated edition, which explores the economic... (read more)

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Only in Chicago: How the Rod Blagojevich Scandal Engulfed Illinois and Enthralled the Nation
Only in Chicago: How the Rod Blagojevich Scandal Engulfed Illinois and Enthralled the Nation
by Natasha Korecki
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The city of Chicago, the state of Illinois, and the nation at large were captivated by the arrest, trial, and general public embarrassment of Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich. Shortly after Blagojevich's arrest in December 2008, award-winning Chicago... (read more)

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Radical Unionism: The Rise and Fall of Revolutionary Syndicalism
Radical Unionism: The Rise and Fall of Revolutionary Syndicalism
by Ralph Darlington
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"This is a very valuable, well thought out and useful volume. . . . Darlington's work will remain a touchstone for scholarly debate on syndicalism for years to come."—European History Quarterly Though often seen as opposing ideas, Ralph Darlington... (read more)

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Financing Medicaid: Federalism and the Growth of America's Health Care Safety Net
Financing Medicaid: Federalism and the Growth of America's Health Care Safety Net
by Shanna Rose
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Conventional wisdom holds that programs for the poor are vulnerable to instability and retrenchment. Medicaid, however, has grown into the nations largest intergovernmental grant program, accounting for nearly half of all federal funding to state and... (read more)

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The Speech: The Story Behind Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s Dream
The Speech: The Story Behind Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s Dream
by Gary Younge
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MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. DELIVERED his powerful “I Have a Dream” speech on August 28, 1963. Fifty years later, the speech endures as a defining moment in the civil rights movement. It continues to be heralded as a beacon in the ongoing struggle... (read more)

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