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Out of Mao's Shadow: The Struggle for the Soul of a New China
by Philip P Pan  Publisher Comments From an award-winning journalist for The Washington Post and one of the leading China correspondents of his generation comes an eloquent and vivid chronicle of the world's most successful authoritarian state -- a nation undergoing a remarkable...
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American-Made: The Enduring Legacy of the WPA: When FDR Put the Nation to Work
by Nick Taylor Publisher Comments If you've traveled the nation's highways, flown into New York's LaGuardia Airport, strolled San Antonio's River Walk, or seen the Pacific Ocean from the Beach Chalet in San Francisco, you have experienced some part of the legacy of the Works Progress...
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Betrayal: How Black Intellectuals Have Abandoned the Ideals of the Civil Rights Era
by Houston A Jr Baker Publisher Comments Houston A. Baker Jr. condemns those black intellectuals who, he believes, have turned their backs on the tradition of racial activism in America. These individuals choose personal gain over the interests of the black majority, whether they are espousing...
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This Land Is Their Land: Reports from a Divided Nation
by Barbara Ehrenreich Publisher Comments America in the 'aughts — hilariously skewered, brilliantly dissected, and darkly diagnosed by the bestselling social critic hailed as "the soul mate"* of Jonathan Swift. Barbara Ehrenreich's first book of satirical commentary, The Worst Years of...
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This Republic of Suffering: Death and the American Civil War
by Drew Gilpin Faust Publisher Comments Eminent historian Faust presents an illuminating study of the American struggle to comprehend the meaning and practicalities of death in the face of the unprecedented carnage of the Civil War....
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Sex in Crisis: The New Sexual Revolution and the Future of American Politics
by Dagmar Herzog Publisher Comments There is a war on sex in America—and conservative evangelicals are winning. Only three decades after the legalization of abortion, the broad gains of the feminist movement, and the emergence of the gay rights movement, America has gone frigid...
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On the Brink: An Insider's Account of How the White House Compromised American Intelligence
by Tyler Drumheller Publisher Comments 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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The Much Too Promised Land: America's Elusive Search for Arab-Israeli Peace
by Aaron David Miller Publisher Comments For nearly twenty years, Aaron David Miller has played a central role in U.S. efforts to broker Arab-Israeli peace. His position as an advisor to presidents, secretaries of state, and national security advisors has given him a unique perspective on a...
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Ghost: Confessions of a Counterterrorism Agent
by Fred Burton Publisher Comments For decades, Fred Burton, a key figure in international counterterrorism and domestic spycraft, has secretly been on the front lines in the fight to keep Americans safe around the world. Now, in this hard-hitting memoir, Burton emerges from the shadows...
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What Hath God Wrought: The Transformation of America, 1815-1848 (Oxford History of the United States)
by Daniel Walker Howe 
Publisher Comments Historian Howe illuminates the period of American history from the battle of New Orleans to the end of the Mexican-American War, an era when the United States expanded to the Pacific and won control over the richest part of the North American continent....
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Truck: A Love Story (P.S.)
by Michael Perry Publisher Comments A follow-up to "Population: 485, Truck" chronicles a year in which Perry struggles to grow his own food, live peaceably with his neighbors, and sort out his love life. Hilarious and heartfelt, this memoir introduces readers to a wonderful and unique cast...
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The Monster of Florence: A True Story
by Douglas J. Preston and Mario Spezi Publisher Comments In the nonfiction tradition of John Berendt (Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil) and Erik Larson (The Devil in the White City), New York Times bestselling author Douglas Preston presents a gripping account of crime and punishment in the lush hills...
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Green: Your Place in the New Energy Revolution
by Jane Hoffman Publisher Comments Green will illustrate and shed new light on the gamut of issues associated with renewable energy, a topic whose importance increases exponentially with every temperature record-setting year. Jane and Michael Hoffman use their years of experience to...
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Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA
by Tim Weiner Publisher Comments With shocking revelations that made headlines in papers across the country, Pulitzer-Prize-winner Tim Weiner gets at the truth behind the CIA and uncovers here why nearly every CIA Director has left the agency in worse shape than when he found it; and...
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Faith of My Fathers: A Family Memoir
by John S. Mccain Publisher Comments Senator John McCain learned about life and honor from his grandfather and father, both four-star admirals in the U.S. Navy.Both their careers and their courage helped prepare McCain for the biggest challenge of his life when, as a naval aviator, he was...
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White Protestant Nation: The Rise of the American Conservative Movement
by Allan J. Lichtman Publisher Comments Spanning nearly one hundred years of American political history, and abounding with outsize characters--from Lindbergh to Goldwater to Gingrich to Abramoff--White Protestant Nation offers a penetrating look at the origins, evolution, and triumph (at...
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On Killing: The Psychological Cost of Learning to Kill in War and Society
by Dave Grossman Publisher Comments The twentieth century, with its bloody world wars, revolutions, and genocides accounting for hundreds of millions dead, would seem to prove that human beings are incredibly vicious predators and that killing is as natural as eating. But Lieutenant...
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No Excuses: Concessions of a Serial Campaigner
by Robert Shrum Publisher Comments 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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The Age of Reagan: A History, 1974-2008
by Sean Wilentz Publisher Comments One of the nation's leading historians offers a groundbreaking and provocativechronicle of America's political history since the fall of Nixon. The past thirty-five years have marked an era of conservatism. Although briefly interrupted in the late 1970s...
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The Discovery of France: A Historical Geography, from the Revolution to the First World War
by Graham Robb Publisher Comments A narrative of exploration—full of strange landscapes and even stranger inhabitants—that explains the enduring fascination of France. While Gustave Eiffel was changing the skyline of Paris, large parts of France were still terra incognita. Even...
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