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Coronary: A True Story of Medicine Gone Awry
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Coronary: A True Story of Medicine Gone Awry
by Stephen Klaidman

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A chilling real-life medical thriller, Coronary chronicles the story of two highly respected heart doctors who violated the most sacred principle of their profession: First, do no harm. In the summer of 2002, fifty-five-year-old John Corapi, a Catholic...
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The Pornography of Power: How Defense Hawks Hijacked 9/11 and Weakened America
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The Pornography of Power: How Defense Hawks Hijacked 9/11 and Weakened America
by Robert Scheer

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In the course of his forty-year-career as one of America's most admired journalists, Robert Scheer's work has been praised by Gore Vidal, Susan Sontag, and Joan Didion, who deems him one of the best reporters of our time. Now, Scheer brings a lifetime of...
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Somebody's Gotta Say It
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Somebody's Gotta Say It
by Neal Boortz

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Neal Boortz, the High Priest of the Church of the Painful Truth, has been edifying, infuriating, and entertaining talk radio audiences for more than three decades. Now, the author of the smash New York Times bestsellers The FairTax Book and FairTax: The...
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Inside the Red Mansion: On the Trail of China's Most Wanted Man
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Inside the Red Mansion: On the Trail of China's Most Wanted Man
by Oliver August

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The notorious gangster Lai Changxing started out as an illiterate farmer, but, in the tumult of China's burgeoning economy, he seized the opportunity to remake himself as a bandit king. A newly minted billionaire of outsize personality and even greater...
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Bush's Law: The Remaking of American Justice
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Bush's Law: The Remaking of American Justice
by Eric Lichtblau

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In the aftermath of 9/11, President Bush and his top advisors declared that the struggle against terrorism would be nothing less than a war–a new kind of war that would require new tactics, new tools, and a new mind-set. Bush’s Law is the...
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Debunked!: Conspiracy Theories, Urban Legends, and Evil Plots of the 21st Century
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Debunked!: Conspiracy Theories, Urban Legends, and Evil Plots of the 21st Century
by Richard Roeper

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As he did in Urban Legends and Hollywood Urban Legends, and as he has done in dozens of columns for the Chicago Sun-Times over the last decade and a half, Richard Roeper lays out the basics of the conspiracy theory, quotes some of the true believers...
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Makers and Takers: Why Conservatives Work Harder, Feel Happier, Have Closer Families, Take Fewer Drugs, Give More Generously, Value Hones
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Makers and Takers: Why Conservatives Work Harder, Feel Happier, Have Closer Families, Take Fewer Drugs, Give More Generously, Value Hones
by Peter Schweizer

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In Makers and Takers you will discover why: * Seventy-one percent of conservatives say you have an obligation to care for a seriously injured spouse or parent versus less than half (46 percent) of liberals. * Conservatives have a better work ethic and...
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Rapture Ready!: Adventures in the Parallel Universe of Christian Pop Culture
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Rapture Ready!: Adventures in the Parallel Universe of Christian Pop Culture
by Daniel Radosh

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What does it mean when a band is judged by how hard they pray rather than how hard they rock? Would Jesus buy "Jesus junk" or wear "witness wear"? What do Christian skate parks, raves, and romance novels say about evangelicalism -- and America? Daniel...
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Marching Toward Hell: America and Islam After Iraq
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Marching Toward Hell: America and Islam After Iraq
by Michael Scheuer

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When Michael Scheuer first questioned the goals of the Iraq War in his 2004 bestseller Imperial Hubris, policymakers and ordinary citizens alike stood up and took notice. Now, Scheuer offers a scathing and frightening look at how the Iraq War has...
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The Pact: Bill Clinton, Newt Gingrich, and the Rivalry That Defined a Generation
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The Pact: Bill Clinton, Newt Gingrich, and the Rivalry That Defined a Generation
by Steven Gillon

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Most Americans saw President Bill Clinton and Speaker Newt Gingrich as staunch foes--"the polar extremes of Pennsylvania Avenue." But as Steven Gillon reveals in The Pact, these powerful adversaries formed a secret alliance in 1997, a pact that would...
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No Excuses: Concessions of a Serial Campaigner
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No Excuses: Concessions of a Serial Campaigner
by Robert Shrum

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He was named by The Atlantic Monthly as "the most sought-after strategist in the Democratic party." He was targeted by National Review as the Democratic Party's "poet goon." From his unique perspective, Robert Shrum gives us an epic and personal story of...
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Off the Record: The Press, the Government, and the War Over Anonymous Sources
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Off the Record: The Press, the Government, and the War Over Anonymous Sources
by Norman Pearlstine

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Confidentiality has become a weapon in the White House’s war on the press, a war fought with the unwitting complicity of the press itself. Norman Pearlstine takes us behind the scenes of one of the most controversial courtroom dramas of our time...
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The Preacher and the Presidents: Billy Graham in the White House
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The Preacher and the Presidents: Billy Graham in the White House
by Nancy Gibbs

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At a time when the nation is increasingly split over the place of religion in public life, "The Preacher and the Presidents" reveals how the world's most powerful men and world's most famous evangelist, Billy Graham, knit faith and politics together....
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On the Brink: An Insider's Account of How the White House Compromised American Intelligence
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On the Brink: An Insider's Account of How the White House Compromised American Intelligence
by Tyler Drumheller

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Though much has been written about the machinations of the Bush Administration and the recent failures of the Central Intelligence Agency, there is still a great deal of information that remains unknown to the American public. In this eye-opening book...
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Hell's Angels (99 Edition)
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Hell's Angels (99 Edition)
by Thompson

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"California, Labor Day weekend . . . early, with ocean fog still in the streets, outlaw motorcyclists wearing chains, shades and greasy Levis roll out from damp garages, all-night diners and cast-off one-night pads in Frisco, Hollywood, Berdoo and East...
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Land of Lincoln: Adventures in Abe's America
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Land of Lincoln: Adventures in Abe's America
by Andrew Ferguson

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Abraham Lincoln was our greatest president and perhaps the most influential American who ever lived. But what is his place in our country today? In Land of Lincoln, Andrew Ferguson packs his bags and embarks on a journey to the heart of contemporary...
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Twisted Triangle: A Famous Crime Writer, a Lesbian Love Affair, and the FBI Husband's Violent Revenge
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Twisted Triangle: A Famous Crime Writer, a Lesbian Love Affair, and the FBI Husband's Violent Revenge
by Caitlin Rother

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Praise for Twisted Triangle This book will haunt you. It will move you to look at some of the harsh realities of life in a new way. A powerful story-and masterfully written. -Aphrodite Jones best-selling author, All She Wanted and Cruel Sacrifice A...
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A Conservative History of the American Left
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A Conservative History of the American Left
by Daniel J. Flynn

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From Communes to the Clintons Why does Hillary Clinton crusade for government-provided health care for every American, for the redistribution of wealth, and for child rearing to become a collective obligation? Why does Al Gore say that it’s okay to...
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The Translator: A Tribesman's Memoir of Darfur
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The Translator: A Tribesman's Memoir of Darfur
by Daoud Hari

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"I am the translator who has taken journalists into dangerous Darfur. It is my intention now to take you there in this book, if you have the courage to come with me." The young life of Daoud Hari-his friends call him David — has been one of...
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Crazies to the Left of Me, Wimps to the Right: How One Side Lost Its Mind and the Other Lost Its Nerve
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Crazies to the Left of Me, Wimps to the Right: How One Side Lost Its Mind and the Other Lost Its Nerve
by Bernard Goldberg

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"New York Times" bestselling author Goldberg is at it again, this time skewering both sides of the cultural and political debate in America: the lunatic liberals on the left and the spineless Republicans on the right....
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