Politics / Current Events
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On the Medieval Origins of the Modern State
$19.95 Add to cartThe modern state, however we conceive of it today, is based on a pattern that emerged in Europe in the period from 1100 to 1600. Inspired by a lifetime of teaching and research, On the Medieval Origin
- Series: Princeton Classics #21
- Author: Strayer, Joseph R.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: March 29 2016
- ISBN10: 0691169330
- Language: English
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Fault Lines: How Hidden Fractures Still Threaten the World Economy
$17.95 Add to cartFrom an economist who warned of the global financial crisis, a new warning about the continuing peril to the world economy
Raghuram Rajan was one of the few economists who warned of the global financi- Author: Rajan, Raghuram G.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: August 28 2011
- ISBN10: 0691152632
- Language: English
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Conspiracy Theory in America
$17.95 Add to cartEver since the Warren Commission concluded that a lone gunman assassinated President John F. Kennedy, people who doubt that finding have been widely dismissed as conspiracy theorists, despite credible
- Series: Discovering America #6
- Author: Dehaven-Smith, Lance
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: February 15, 2014
- ISBN10: 0292757697
- Language: English
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Defeating Dictators: Fighting Tyranny in Africa and Around the World
$22.99 Add to cartThe recent turmoil in North Africa and the Middle East disproves the idea that dictatorships are acceptable to the people of these nations. From the uprising in Tunisia to the overthrow of Egypt’s Hos
- Author: Ayittey, George B. N.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: December 11 2012
- ISBN10: 0230341624
- Language: English
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On Medicine as Colonialism
$17.95 Add to cartIn this strident, necessary, meticulously researched book Michael Fine uses the COVID-19 pandemic and many other examples to show the costly failure of the American health care system in bold relief.
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- Author: Fine, Michael
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: February 14 2023
- ISBN10: 1629639907
- Language: English
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The Russian Art of War: How the West Led Ukraine to Defeat
$28.99 Add to cartWhy is Ukraine losing the war against Russia? How do both sides think and operate? What were the mistakes on both sides? How did the West contribute to the Ukrainian defeat?
To answer these questions … [more below]
- Author: Baud, Jacques
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 344
- Publish Date: January 08 2024
- ISBN10: 2315013062
- Language: English
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War Made Easy: How Presidents and Pundits Keep Spinning Us to Death
$16.95 Add to cartWar Made Easy cuts through the dense web of spin to probe and scrutinize the key “”perception management”” techniques that have played huge roles in the promotion of American wars in recent decades. T… [more below]
- Author: Solomon, Norman
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: June 01 2006
- ISBN10: 047179001X
- Language: English
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The Yellow Wind: With a New Afterword by the Author
$19.00 Add to cartDavid Grossman’s The Yellow Wind is essential reading for anyone who seeks a deeper understanding of Israel today.
The Israeli novelist David Grossman’s impassioned account of what he observed on the- Author: Grossman, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: September 07 2002
- ISBN10: 0312420986
- Language: English
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The United Nations: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartAfter seven decades of existence has the UN become obsolete? Is it ripe for retirement? As Jussi Hanhim?i proves in the second edition of this Very Short Introduction, the answer is no. In the second … [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Hanhim?ki, Jussi M
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: June 02 2015
- ISBN10: 0190222700
- Language: English
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Common Sense
$14.00 Add to cartThe radical pamphlet that helped incite the American Revolution
Penguin presents a series of six portable, accessible, and–above all–essential reads from American political history, selected by lead- Series: Penguin Civic Classics
- Author: Paine, Thomas
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: August 28 2012
- ISBN10: 0143122002
- Language: English
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The Deep State: The Fall of the Constitution and the Rise of a Shadow Government
$19.00 Read moreThe New York Times bestselling author of The Party Is Over delivers a no-holds-barred expos of who really wields power in Washington
Every four years, tempers are tested and marriages fray as Americ- Author: Lofgren, Mike
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: September 13 2016
- ISBN10: 0143109936
- Language: English
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Come On, Man!: The Truth about Joe Biden’s Terrible, Horrible, No-Good, Very Bad Presidency
$29.99 Read moreNATIONAL BESTSELLER
Open borders, record inflation, and skyrocketing crime–Joe Biden’s first term is one of the most craptastic in American history. But on Planet Brandon, it’s all going according to
- Author: Concha, Joe
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: September 27 2022
- ISBN10: 0063276127
- Language: English
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Last Best Hope: America in Crisis and Renewal
$19.00 Add to cartAcclaimed National Book Award-winning author George Packer diagnoses America’s descent into a failed state, and envisions a path toward overcoming our injustices, paralyses, and divides.
Democracy see- Author: Packer, George
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: June 14 2022
- ISBN10: 1250849306
- Language: English
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The Fourth Man: The Hunt for a KGB Spy at the Top of the CIA and the Rise of Putin’s Russia
$30.00 Read moreThe explosive, never-before-told story of the thrilling hunt for a KGB spy in the top ranks of the CIA, revealing how spies blinded the US to the rise of Putin and Russia’s dangerous future, from New
- Author: Baer, Robert
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: May 17, 2022
- ISBN10: 0306925613
- Language: English
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Reparations Handbook
$24.71 Add to cartIn this illuminating reflection on United States’ history, reparations advocate Chrissi Jackson offers a compelling argument on the case for reparations for Black Americans.
Since effective action was
- Author: Jackson, Chrissi
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 124
- Publish Date: May 17 2021
- ISBN10: 1737219719
- Language: English
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America’s Expiration Date: The Fall of Empires and Superpowers . . . and the Future of the United States
$19.99 Add to cartA warning and a wake-up call to learn history so we are not doomed to repeat it. A must-read for anyone who longs for a promising future for our great nation.
What is wrong with America today? Is it po
- Author: Thomas, Cal
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: September 29 2020
- ISBN10: 0310363489
- Language: English
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Hate Speech
$15.95 Add to cartAn investigation of hate speech: legal approaches, current controversies, and suggestions for limiting its spread.
Hate speech can happen anywhere–in Charlottesville, Virginia, where young men in kha- Series: MIT Press Essential Knowledge
- Author: Carlson, Caitlin Ring
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: April 06 2021
- ISBN10: 026253990X
- Language: English
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Women of the White House: The Illustrated Story of the First Ladies of the United States of America
$19.95 Add to cartWomen of the White House looks at the work, lives and times of the 47 women officially recognized as America’s first lady.
Through portraits, photographs, accounts and profiles, the book examines thei
- Author: Russo, Amy
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: April 06 2021
- ISBN10: 1787393887
- Language: English
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Radicalization to Terrorism: What Everyone Needs to Know(r)
$19.95 Add to cartTerrorism and radicalization came to the forefront of news and politics in the US after the unforgettable attacks of September 11th, 2001. When George W. Bush famously asked “Why do they hate us?,” th… [more below]
- Series: What Everyone Needs to Know
- Author: Moskalenko, Sophia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: June 01 2020
- ISBN10: 0190862580
- Language: English
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How to Save the Constitution: Restoring the Principles of Liberty
$22.95 Add to cartOur Founding Fathers’ vision for America is under attack–and you can save it.
America is a nation unique in the world, a government born under the radical idea of working for the people–not just for
- Series: Freedom in America #4
- Author: Skousen, Paul B.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: September 17 2019
- ISBN10: 1642280518
- Language: English
