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Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA
Tim Weiner
Anchor
Anchor
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;...
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The Last Campaign: Robert F. Kennedy and 82 Days That Inspired America
Thurston Clarke
Henry Holt and Co.
Henry Holt and Co.
Amazon Best of the Month, June 2008 : When Senator Robert F. Kennedy entered the presidential race during the chaotic year of 1968, anarchy appeared to be gathering on the horizon. America was coming to grips with an unwinnable war in Vietnam and...
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Coming of Age in Mississippi
Anne Moody
Delta
Delta
Born to a poor couple who were tenant farmers on a plantation in Mississippi, Anne Moody lived through some of the most dangerous days of the pre-civil rights era in the South. The week before she began high school came the news of Emmet...
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The Age of American Unreason
Susan Jacoby
Pantheon
Pantheon
Combining historical analysis with contemporary observation, Susan Jacoby dissects a new American cultural phenomenon--one that is at odds with our heritage of Enlightenment reason and with modern, secular knowledge and science. With mordant wit,...
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Give Me Liberty!, Second Edition, Volume 1 (Give Me Liberty)
Eric Foner
W. W. Norton
W. W. Norton
Adopted at over 600 universities, colleges, and schools across the country, Eric Foner's Give Me Liberty! is making a difference in the American history survey course. Featuring a single author and a single, comprehensive theme, Give me Liberty! ...
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Bowling Alone : The Collapse and Revival of American Community
Robert D. Putnam
Simon & Schuster
Simon & Schuster
Few people outside certain scholarly circles had heard the name Robert D. Putnam before 1995. But then this self-described "obscure academic" hit a nerve with a journal article called "Bowling Alone." Suddenly he found himself invited to Camp David,...
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Give Me Liberty!: An American History, Seagull Edition, Volume 1
Eric Foner
W. W. Norton
W. W. Norton
Offering instructors and students a lower-price alternative to the regular editions of our leading textbooks, the Norton Seagulls feature inviting, clear designs that focus student attention on the texts themselves. These compact books are portable,...
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