21st Century
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Stress Test: Reflections on Financial Crises
$20.00 Read moreNew York Times Bestseller
Los Angeles Times Bestseller
Washington Post Bestseller
Stress Test is the story of Tim Geithner’s education in financial crises.
As president of the Federal Reserve Bank of N- Author: Geithner, Timothy F.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 592
- Publish Date: May 05 2015
- ISBN10: 0804138613
- Language: English
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The United States of Paranoia: A Conspiracy Theory
$18.99 Add to cartJesse Walker’s The United States of Paranoia presents a comprehensive history of conspiracy theories in American culture and politics, from the colonial era to the War on Terror.
The fear of intrigue a
- Author: Walker, Jesse
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: October 14 2014
- ISBN10: 0062135562
- Language: English
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The Auntie Sewing Squad Guide to Mask Making, Radical Care, and Racial Justice
$31.18 Add to cartThe rise of the Auntie Sewing Squad, a massive mutual-aid network of volunteers who provided free masks in the wake of US government failures during the COVID-19 pandemic.
In March 2020, when the US- Author: Hong, Mai-Linh K.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: November 02 2021
- ISBN10: 520384008
- Language: English
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A Unified Theory of Cats on the Internet
$14.00 Add to cartHow cats became the undisputed mascot of the internet.
The advertising slogan of the social news site Reddit is “Come for the cats. Stay for the empathy.” Journalists and their readers seem to need no
- Author: White, E. J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 168
- Publish Date: July 21 2020
- ISBN10: 1503604632
- Language: English
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24 Hours Inside the President’s Bunker: 9-11-01: The White House
$26.95 Add to cartAfter Maj. Robert J. Darling organizes President Bush’s trip to Florida on Sept. 10, 2001, he believes the next couple of days will be quiet. He has no idea that a war is about to begin. The next day,… [more below]
- Author: Darling Usmc (Ret), Lt Col Robert J.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 184
- Publish Date: July 30 2010
- ISBN10: 1450244246
- Language: English
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Confederate Statues and Memorialization
$21.95 Add to cartNine killed in Charleston church shooting. White supremacists demonstrate in Charlottesville. Monuments decommissioned in New Orleans and Chapel Hill. The headlines keep coming, and the debate rolls o
- Series: History in the Headlines
- Author: Clinton, Catherine
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: April 01 2019
- ISBN10: 0820355577
- Language: English
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Heart of a Soldier
$22.95 Add to cartFrom Pulitzer Prize winner James B. Stewart comes the extraordinary story of American hero Rick Rescorla, Morgan Stanley security director and a veteran of Vietnam and the British colonial wars in Rho… [more below]
- Author: Stewart, James B.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: June 02 2003
- ISBN10: 0743244591
- Language: English
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Collision Course: Ronald Reagan, the Air Traffic Controllers, and the Strike That Changed America
$23.99 Add to cartIn August 1981, the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization (PATCO) called an illegal strike. The new president, Ronald Reagan, fired the strikers, establishing a reputation for both decisiv… [more below]
- Author: McCartin, Joseph A.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 504
- Publish Date: September 01 2013
- ISBN10: 0199325200
- Language: English
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Broke, USA: From Pawnshops to Poverty, Inc.: How the Working Poor Became Big Business
$17.99 Add to cartFrom the author of the New York Times Notable Book of the Year Drive By comes a unique and riveting exploration of one of America’s largest and fastest-growing industries–the business of poverty. Bro… [more below]
- Author: Rivlin, Gary
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: June 07 2011
- ISBN10: 0061733202
- Language: English
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The Folly and the Glory: America, Russia, and Political Warfare 1945-2020
$19.99 Add to cartFrom Tim Weiner, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award, an urgent and gripping account of the 75-year battle between the US and Russia that led to the election and impeachment of an
- Author: Weiner, Tim
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: April 12 2022
- ISBN10: 125081622X
- Language: English
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The Russo-Ukrainian War: The Return of History
$18.99 Add to cartDespite repeated warnings from the White House, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 shocked the world. Why did Putin start the war–and why has it unfolded in previously unimaginable ways? U
- Author: Plokhy, Serhii
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: August 27 2024
- ISBN10: 1324078928
- Language: English
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Voter Suppression in U.S. Elections
$21.95 Add to cartHistorians have long been engaged in telling the story of the struggle for the vote. In the wake of recent contested elections, the suppression of the vote has returned to the headlines, as awareness
- Series: History in the Headlines
- Author: Downs, Jim
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: June 15 2020
- ISBN10: 082035774X
- Language: English
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The Transparent Cabal: The Neoconservative Agenda, War in the Middle East, and the National Interest of Israel
$39.95 Add to cartIn The Transparent Cabal, Stephen J. Sniegoski, Ph.D., provides the key to understanding “neoconservatism,” its
meaning, and its influence as regards U.S. Middle East policy. Sniegoski’s book is also- Author: Sniegoski, Stephen J.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 456
- Publish Date: August 13 2008
- ISBN10: 1932528172
- Language: English
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I Have No Enemies: The Life and Legacy of Liu Xiaobo
$39.95 Add to cartLate one night in December 2008, police arrived at the home of Liu Xiaobo–China’s leading dissident, a key figure in the prodemocracy manifesto Charter 08–and took him away. When Liu won the 2010 No
- Author: Link, Perry
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 568
- Publish Date: June 20 2023
- ISBN10: 0231206348
- Language: English
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Silent Brotherhood: Inside America’s Racist Underground
$26.99 Read moreA chilling inside story of America’s racist underground–the most heinous domestic terror group in our nation’s history.
Two courageous investigative journalists deliver an insider’s account of the “s- Author: Flynn, Kevin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: July 14, 2018
- ISBN10: 1982107251
- Language: English
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Movement Makers: How Young Activists Upended the Politics of Climate Change Second edition
$16.99 Add to cartSchool strikes for the climate. A bold campaign for a Green New Deal. Fossil fuel divestment. Over the last few years, these and other youth-driven climate initiatives have grabbed the public’s attent… [more below]
- Author: Engelfried, Nick
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 366
- Publish Date: January 16 2024
- ISBN10: 9798986958422
- Language: English
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A Wall in Palestine
$20.00 Add to cartThe West Bank Barrier is expected to be completed in 2010. Declared illegal by the United Nations International Court of Justice, this network of concrete walls, trenches, and barbed-wire fences could
- Author: Backman, Rene
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: February 02 2010
- ISBN10: 0312427816
- Language: English
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The Oxford Illustrated History of Modern China
$44.99 Add to cartThis lavishly illustrated volume explores the history of China during a period of dramatic shifts and surprising transformations, from the founding of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1912) through to the prese… [more below]
- Series: Oxford Illustrated History
- Author: Wasserstrom, Jeffrey N.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: September 01 2016
- ISBN10: 0199683751
- Language: English
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What Is Life Worth?: The Unprecedented Effort to Compensate the Victims of 9/11
$16.99 Add to cartThe inspiration for the Netflix film ‘Worth, ‘ starring Michael Keaton, Stanley Tucci, and Amy Ryan: the true story of the man put in charge of the 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund, and a testament to th… [more below]
- Author: Feinberg, Kenneth R.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: August 29 2006
- ISBN10: 1586484516
- Language: English
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American Overdose: The Opioid Tragedy in Three Acts
$17.99 Add to cartA comprehensive portrait of a uniquely American epidemic — devastating in its findings and damning in its conclusions
The opioid epidemic has been described as “one of the greatest mistakes of moder- Author: McGreal, Chris
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: September 24 2019
- ISBN10: 1541742753
- Language: English
