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United States Bill of Rights by James Madison
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe United States Bill of Rights comprises the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution...Categorized as:
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![War Doctor: Surgery on the Front Line by David Nott]()
War Doctor: Surgery on the Front Line by David Nott
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsFor more than 25 years, surgeon David Nott has volunteered in some of the world’s most dangerous conflict zones. From Sarajevo under siege in 1993 to clandestine hospitals in rebel-held eastern Aleppo, he has carried out lifesaving operations in the most challenging conditions, and with none of the resources of a major metropolitan hospital... -
![Midnight in Washington: How We Almost Lost Our Democracy and Still Could by Adam Schiff]()
Midnight in Washington: How We Almost Lost Our Democracy and Still Could by Adam Schiff
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsFrom the congressman who led the first impeachment of Donald J. Trump, the vital inside account of American democracy in its darkest hour, and a warning that the forces of autocracy unleashed by Trump remain as potent as ever... -
![Survival in the Killing Fields by Haing Ngor]()
Survival in the Killing Fields by Haing Ngor
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsNothing has shaped my life as much as surviving the Pol Pot regime. I am a survivor of the Cambodian holocaust. That's who I am.He became famous through his academy award-winning performance as Dith Pran in the film The Killing Fields, but the key to Haing Ngor's screen success was the terrible truth of his own experiences in the rice paddies and labour camps of revolutionary Cambodia... -
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![The Constitution of the United States of America: The Declaration of Independence, The Bill of Rights by Founding Fathers]()
The Constitution of the United States of America: The Declaration of Independence, The Bill of Rights by Founding Fathers
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsThis book is a public collection of the four original documents in the founding of the United States of America and include, the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, the Constitutions, and the Bill of Rights. Combined these documents are excellent primary historical sources for the American Revolution and the formation of the new republican state... -
![Discrimination and Disparities by Thomas Sowell]()
Discrimination and Disparities by Thomas Sowell
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsA searching re-examination of the assumptions, and the evidence for and against, current approaches to issues of economic and other disparities Discrimination and Disparities challenges believers in such one-factor explanations of economic outcome differences as discrimination, exploitation or genetics. It is readable enough for people with no prior knowledge of economics... -
![Lessons from the Edge: A Memoir by Marie Yovanovitch]()
Lessons from the Edge: A Memoir by Marie Yovanovitch
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsINSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER | An inspiring and urgent memoir by the former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine—a pioneering diplomat who spent her career advancing democracy in the post-Soviet world, and who electrified the nation by speaking truth to power during the first impeachment of President Trump. Marie Yovanovitch was at the height of her diplomatic career when it all came crashing down... -
![Hold the Line: The Insurrection and One Cop's Battle for America's Soul by Michael Fanone, John Shiffman]()
Hold the Line: The Insurrection and One Cop's Battle for America's Soul by Michael Fanone, John Shiffman
Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsINSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERAn urgent warning about the growing threat to our democracy from a twenty-year police veteran and former Trump supporter who nearly lost his life during the insurrection of January 6th.When Michael Fanone self-deployed to the Capitol on January 6, 2021, he had no idea his life was about to change...Categorized as:
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![Oath and Honor: A Memoir and a Warning by Liz Cheney]()
Oath and Honor: A Memoir and a Warning by Liz Cheney
Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsRead by Liz Cheney with 50+ audio source material clips included, Oath and Honor is a gripping first-hand account from inside the halls of Congress as Donald Trump and his enablers betrayed the American people and the Constitution—leading to the violent attack on our Capitol on January 6th, 2021—by the House Republican leader who dared to stand up to it... -
![From Third World to First: The Singapore Story: 1965-2000 by Lee Kuan Yew, Henry Kissinger]()
From Third World to First: The Singapore Story: 1965-2000 by Lee Kuan Yew, Henry Kissinger
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsFew gave tiny Singapore much chance of survival when it was granted independence in 1965... -
![Tyranny of the Minority: Why American Democracy Reached the Breaking Point by Steven Levitsky, Daniel Ziblatt]()
Tyranny of the Minority: Why American Democracy Reached the Breaking Point by Steven Levitsky, Daniel Ziblatt
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIn this incisive and razor-sharp analysis of one of the most important issues facing us today, leading Harvard professors Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt draw on their combined expertise of over 40 years to examine how dictators come to power, and how they help to foster a poisonous culture of polarisation, fear and suspicion that persists even after their time in power is over... -
![Embers of War: The Fall of an Empire and the Making of America's Vietnam by Fredrik Logevall]()
Embers of War: The Fall of an Empire and the Making of America's Vietnam by Fredrik Logevall
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe struggle for Vietnam occupies a central place in the history of the twentieth century. Fought over a period of three decades, the conflict drew in all the world’s powers and saw two of them—first France, then the United States—attempt to subdue the revolutionary Vietnamese forces... -
![The Man Who Ran Washington: The Life and Times of James A. Baker III by Peter Baker, Susan Glasser]()
The Man Who Ran Washington: The Life and Times of James A. Baker III by Peter Baker, Susan Glasser
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsCo-authored by the Chief White House correspondent at The New York Times and the Washington columnist at the The New Yorker, this is a biography any would-be power broker must own: the story of legendary White House chief of staff and secretary of state James A. Baker III, the man who ran Washington when Washington ran the world... -
![Enough by Cassidy Hutchinson]()
Enough by Cassidy Hutchinson
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsCassidy Hutchinson’s desk was mere steps from the most controversial president in recent American history. Now, she provides a riveting account of her extraordinary experiences as an idealistic young woman thrust into the middle of a national crisis, where she risked everything to tell the truth about some of the most powerful people in Washington...Categorized as:
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![A People's Tragedy: The Russian Revolution, 1891 - 1924 by Orlando Figes]()
A People's Tragedy: The Russian Revolution, 1891 - 1924 by Orlando Figes
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsIt is history on an epic yet human scale. Vast in scope, exhaustive in original research, written with passion, narrative skill, and human sympathy, A People's Tragedy is a profound account of the Russian Revolution for a new generation. Many consider the Russian Revolution to be the most significant event of the twentieth century... -
![Lady Justice: Women, the Law, and the Battle to Save America by Dahlia Lithwick]()
Lady Justice: Women, the Law, and the Battle to Save America by Dahlia Lithwick
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsDahlia Lithwick, Slate Senior Editor and one of the nation's foremost legal commentators, tells the gripping and heroic story of the women lawyers who fought the racism, sexism, and xenophobia of Donald Trump's presidency--and won After the sudden shock of Donald Trump's victory over Hillary Clinton in 2016, many Americans felt lost and uncertain... -
![Love Wins: The Lovers and Lawyers Who Fought the Landmark Case for Marriage Equality by Debbie Cenziper, Jim Obergefell]()
Love Wins: The Lovers and Lawyers Who Fought the Landmark Case for Marriage Equality by Debbie Cenziper, Jim Obergefell
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe fascinating and very moving story of the lovers, lawyers, judges and activists behind the groundbreaking Supreme Court case that led to one of the most important, national civil rights victories in decades—the legalization of same-sex marriage...Categorized as:
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![The Vision of the Anointed: Self-Congratulation as a Basis for Social Policy by Thomas Sowell]()
The Vision of the Anointed: Self-Congratulation as a Basis for Social Policy by Thomas Sowell
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThomas Sowell's provocative critique of liberalism's failuresSowell presents a devastating critique of the mind-set behind the failed social policies of the past thirty years... -
![The American Story: Conversations with Master Historians by David M. Rubenstein, Carla Hayden]()
The American Story: Conversations with Master Historians by David M. Rubenstein, Carla Hayden
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsCo-founder of The Carlyle Group and patriotic philanthropist David M. Rubenstein takes readers on a sweeping journey across the grand arc of the American story through revealing conversations with our greatest historians.In these lively dialogues, the biggest names in American history explore the subjects they’ve come to so intimately know and understand... -
![The Story of Jane: The Legendary Underground Feminist Abortion Service by Laura Kaplan]()
The Story of Jane: The Legendary Underground Feminist Abortion Service by Laura Kaplan
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 16 ratings"In the four years before the Supreme Court's 1973 Roe vs. Wade decision, most women determined to get abortions had to subject themselves to the power of illegal, unregulated abortionists...But a Chicago woman who happened to stumble across a secret organization code-named 'Jane' had an alternative... -
![Memoirs of a Revolutionary by Victor Serge, Charles Lamb]()
Memoirs of a Revolutionary by Victor Serge, Charles Lamb
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThis facsimile edition brings Charles Lamb's critically acclaimed and revered "Elia" essays back into print...Categorized as:
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![The Great Dissenter: The Story of John Marshall Harlan, America's Judicial Hero by Peter S. Canellos]()
The Great Dissenter: The Story of John Marshall Harlan, America's Judicial Hero by Peter S. Canellos
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe “superb” ( The Guardian ) biography of an American who stood against all the forces of Gilded Age America to fight for civil rights and economic Supreme Court Justice John Marshall Harlan.They say that history is written by the victors. But not in the case of the most famous dissenter on the Supreme Court... -
![Simple Justice: The History of Brown v. Board of Education and Black America's Struggle for Equality by Richard Kluger]()
Simple Justice: The History of Brown v. Board of Education and Black America's Struggle for Equality by Richard Kluger
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSimple Justice is generally regarded as the classic account of the U.S. Supreme Court’s epochal decision outlawing racial segregation and the centerpiece of African-Americans’ ongoing crusade for equal justice under law.The 1954 Supreme Court ruling in the case of Brown v. Board of Education brought centuries of legal segregation in this country to an end... -
![The Second: Race and Guns in a Fatally Unequal America by Carol Anderson]()
The Second: Race and Guns in a Fatally Unequal America by Carol Anderson
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFrom the New York Times bestselling author of White Rage, an unflinching, critical new look at the Second Amendment—and how it has been engineered to deny the rights of African Americans since its inception... -
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![For a New Liberty: The Libertarian Manifesto by Murray N. Rothbard]()
For a New Liberty: The Libertarian Manifesto by Murray N. Rothbard
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA classic that for over two decades has been hailed as the best general work on libertarianism available. Rothbard begins with a quick overview of its historical roots, and then goes on to define libertarianism as resting "upon one single axiom: that no man or group of men shall aggress upon the person or property of anyone else... -
![Blueprint for Revolution: How to Use Rice Pudding, Lego Men, and Other Nonviolent Techniques to Galvanize Communities, Overthrow Dictators, or Simply Change the World by Srdja Popovic, Matthew Miller]()
Blueprint for Revolution: How to Use Rice Pudding, Lego Men, and Other Nonviolent Techniques to Galvanize Communities, Overthrow Dictators, or Simply Change the World by Srdja Popovic, Matthew Miller
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAn urgent and accessible handbook for peaceful protesters, activists, and community organizers—anyone trying to defend their rights, hold their government accountable, or change the worldBlueprint for Revolution will teach you how to• make oppression backfire by playing your opponents’ strongest card against them• identify the “almighty pillars of power” in order to shift the balance of control•...Categorized as:
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![Kill Switch: The Rise of the Modern Senate and the Crippling of American Democracy by Adam Jentleson]()
Kill Switch: The Rise of the Modern Senate and the Crippling of American Democracy by Adam Jentleson
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsEvery major decision governing our diverse, majority-female, and increasingly liberal country bears the stamp of the United States Senate, an institution controlled by people who are almost exclusively white, overwhelmingly male, and disproportionately conservative... -
![De genocidefax by Roxane van Iperen]()
De genocidefax by Roxane van Iperen
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAn alternative cover edition for this ISBN can be found hereWat zou jij doen als het erop aankomt?Rwanda, januari 1994. Het is voor Roméo Dallaire, generaal van de VN Vredesmissie ter plaatse, glashelder dat als de VN de komende 36 uur niet ingrijpt, de animositeit tussen de Hutu’s en de Tutsi’s zal ontaarden in een ongekend bloedbad...Categorized as:
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![Mud Sweeter than Honey: Voices of Communist Albania by Małgorzata Rejmer]()
Mud Sweeter than Honey: Voices of Communist Albania by Małgorzata Rejmer
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsA polyphonic account of life in Albania under Enver Hoxha's regime, arguably the most brutal totalitarian state of allAfter breaking ties with Yugoslavia, the USSR and then China, Enver Hoxha believed that Albania could become a self-sufficient bastion of communism... -
![The Liberty Amendments: Restoring the American Republic by Mark R. Levin]()
The Liberty Amendments: Restoring the American Republic by Mark R. Levin
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsFor a century, the Statists have steadfastly constructed a federal Leviathan, distorting and evading our constitutional system in pursuit of an all-powerful, ubiquitous central government. The result is an ongoing and growing assault on individual liberty, state sovereignty, and the social compact...
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