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Author
Publisher
Penguin Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"From bestselling and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Steve Coll, the definitive story of the decades-long relationship between the United States and Saddam Hussein, and a deeply researched and news breaking investigation into how human error, cultural miscommunication, and hubris led to one of the greatest geopolitical conflicts of our time When the United States invaded Iraq in 2003, its message was clear: Iraq, under the control of strongman Saddam...
Author
Publisher
Clarkson Potter/Publishers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"A posthumous collection of over 200 breathtaking photographs that document the history and cultural impact of the Asian American social justice movement, through the lens of beloved photographer Corky Lee--the man who sought to change the world one photograph at a time Using his camera as his pen and sword, Corky Lee documented Asian American-Pacific Islander communities for fifty continuous years, breaking the stereotype of Asian Americans as docile,...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Language
English
Description
The Pulitzer Prize-winning historian reflects on her 42-year marriage with Dick Goodwin, one the shining stars of John F. Kennedy's New Frontier and the journey of going through the letters, diaries, documents and memorabilia he saved over the years.
5) The grift: the downward spiral of Black Republicans from the party of Lincoln to the cult of Trump
Author
Publisher
Sourcebooks/One Street Books
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
After the Civil War, the pillars of Black Republicanism were a balanced critique of both political parties, civil rights for all Americans, reinventing an economy based on exploitation, and, most importantly, building thriving Black communities. How did Black Republicanism devolve from revolutionaries like Frederick Douglass to the puppets in the Trump era? Whether it's radical conservatives like South Carolina Senator Tim Scott or Supreme Court...
Author
Publisher
Pantheon Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
Twentieth anniversary edition; First hardcover edition.
Language
English
Description
"Persepolis is the story of Satrapi's unforgettable childhood and coming of age within a large and loving family in Tehran during the Islamic Revolution; of the contradictions between private and public life in a country plagued by political upheaval; of her high school years in Vienna, facing the trials of adolescence far from her family; of her homecoming—both sweet and terrible; and, finally, of her self-imposed exile from her beloved homeland....
Author
Publisher
One Signal Publishers/Atria
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First One Signal Publishers/Atria Books hardcover edition.
Language
English
Description
An acclaimed political journalist tells her story of loving and leaving the conservative movement (well before Trump), painting a shocking portrait of how they recruit, train and indoctrinate generations of young people in search of opportunity and shape them into leaders supporting the Republican party.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Language
English
Description
"As a long-time book critic and columnist in Washington, Carlos Lozada dissects all manner of texts: commission reports, political reporting, Supreme Court decisions, and congressional inquiries to understand the controversies animating life in the capital. He also reads copious books by politicians and top officials: tell-all accounts by administration insiders, campaign biographies by candidates longing for high office, revisionist memoirs by those...
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"The groundbreaking biography of a forgotten civil rights hero. In the tempestuous mid-19th century, as slavery consumed Congressional debate and America careened toward civil war and split apart--when the very future of the nation hung in the balance--Charles Sumner's voice rang strongest, bravest, and most unwavering. Where others preached compromise and moderation, he denounced slavery's evils to all who would listen and demanded that it be wiped...
Author
Publisher
Threshold Editions
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First Threshold Editions hardcover edition.
Language
English
Description
From a #1 New York Times best-selling author and beloved television host comes a new book on how to come home to our core values, fortify our families and re-embrace self-determination and self-governance.
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2024].
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"It's an open secret that voters in smaller, less populous states have more electoral power than their urban counterparts, so why are these same voters the most eager to leave behind democratic principles? In this book, political scientists Thomas Schaller and Paul Waldman explore why, with all of this extra influence, these same voters fail to see real benefits, for instance suffering worse health and education outcomes than larger states, and why...
Author
Publisher
Basic Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First US edition.
Language
English
Description
"Winston Churchill remains one of the most revered figures of the twentieth century, his name a byword for courageous leadership. But the Churchill we know today is a mixture of history and myth, authored by the man himself. In Mirrors of Greatness, prizewinning historian David Reynolds reevaluates Churchill's life by viewing it through the eyes of his allies and adversaries, even his own family, revealing Churchill's lifelong struggle to overcome...
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2024]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"In this magisterial history of the continent, Kathleen DuVal traces the power of Native nations from the rise of ancient cities more than 1000 years ago to the present. She reframes North American history, noting significantly that Indigenous civilizations did not come to a halt when a few wandering explorers or hungry settlers arrived, even when the strangers came well-armed. A millennium ago, North American cities rivaled urban centers around the...
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"A cutting-edge look into a pivotal moment in U.S. history: McCarthy's infamous "witch hunt" for communists during the 1950's Red Scare. At the cusp of the Cold War, Americans were so afraid of communists living among them that they began to hunt them like witches. As Senator Joe McCarthy took up this mantle to hunt down "communists" in the U.S., citizens grew terrified of being accused, so they turned on each other--pointing fingers at neighbors,...
Author
Publisher
Crown
Pub. Date
[2024]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"A fast-paced account of America's plunge into simultaneous Cold Wars against two very different adversaries-Xi Jinping's China and Vladimir Putin's Russia-based on deep reporting from inside the White House, U.S. intelligence agencies, technology firms,and foreign governments"--
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