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We Can Have Peace in the Holy Land: A Plan That Will Work
by Jimmy Carter
Published 2009 by Simon & Schuster
Hardcover, English. ISBN: 9781439140635
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In this urgent, balanced, and passionate book, Nobel Peace Laureate and former President Jimmy Carter argues that the present moment is a unique time for achieving peace in the Middle East -- and he offers a bold and comprehensive plan to do just that.... More...
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Nothing to Fear: FDR's Inner Circle and the Hundred Days That Created Modern America
by Adam Cohen
Published 2009 by Penguin Press
Hardcover, English. ISBN: 9781594201967
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From "New York Times" editorial board member Cohen comes a revelatory account of the personal dynamics that shaped FDR's inner circle and a political narrative of the 100 days that created modern America.
A revealing account of the critical first days of FDRas presidency, during the worst moments of the Great Depression, when he and his inner circle launched the New Deal and presided over the birth of modern America
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The Woman Behind the New Deal: The Life of Frances Perkins, FDR's Secretary of Labor and His Moral Conscience
by Kirstin Downey
Published 2009 by Nan A. Talese
Hardcover, English. ISBN: 9780385513654
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Written with a wit that echoes Frances Perkins's own, award-winning journalist Downey offers a riveting exploration of the woman who was named Secretary of Labor by Franklin Roosevelt in 1933, and how and why Perkins slipped into historical oblivion.... More...
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Cheever: A Life
by Blake Bailey
Published 2009 by Knopf Publishing Group
Hardcover, English. ISBN: 9781400043941
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From the acclaimed author of "A Tragic Honesty: The Life and Work of Richard Yates" comes the unforgettable life of John Cheever, one of the foremost chroniclers of postwar America.
From the acclaimed author of "A Tragic Honesty: The Life and Work of Richard Yates "comes the unforgettable life of John Cheever (1912-1982), a man who spent much of his career impersonating a perfect suburban gentleman, the better to become one of the foremost chroniclers of postwar America.... More...
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The Inheritance: The World Obama Confronts and the Challenges to American Power
by David E Sanger
Published 2009 by Harmony
Hardcover, English. ISBN: 9780307407924
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The chief Washington correspondent of the "New York Times" offers a riveting insider's account describing the national security crises that will confront America's next president.
Readers of "The New York Times" know David Sanger as one of the most trusted correspondents in Washington, one to whom presidents, secretaries of state, and foreign leaders talk with unusual candor.... More...
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The Gamble: General David Petraeus and the American Military Adventure in Iraq, 2006-2008
by Thomas E Ricks
Published 2009 by Penguin Press
Hardcover, English. ISBN: 9781594201974
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"Fiasco," Ricks's #1 "New York Times" bestseller, transformed the political dialogue on the war in Iraq. "The Gamble," the story of Gen. David Petraeus and the American military, reveals that many high-level officials were opposed to the 2003 invasion.... More...
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The Big Rich: The Rise and Fall of the Greatest Texas Oil Fortunes
by Bryan Burrough
Published 2009 by Penguin Press
Hardcover, English. ISBN: 9781594201998
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Bestselling author and "Vanity Fair" special correspondent Burrough chronicles the rise and fall of one of the great economic and political powerhouses of the 20th century--Texas oil.
In "The Big Rich," bestselling author and "Vanity Fair" special correspondent Bryan Burrough chronicles the rise and fall of one of the great economic and political powerhouses of the twentieth centuryaTexas oil.... More...
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FDR v. the Constitution: The Court-Packing Fight and the Triumph of Democracy
by Burt Solomon
Published 2009 by Walker & Company
Hardcover, English. ISBN: 9780802715890
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Solomon skillfully recounts the fascinating, behind-the-scenes story of Franklin Roosevelt's attempt to pack the Supreme Court--a move that has special resonance today as the nation debate the limits of presidential authority.
The fascinating, behind-the-scenes story of Franklin Roosevelt's attempt to pack the Supreme Court has special resonance today as we debate the limits of presidential authority.... More...
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Blank Spots on the Map: The Dark Geography of the Pentagon's Secret World
by Trevor Paglen
Published 2009 by Dutton Books
Hardcover, English. ISBN: 9780525951018
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Paglen's research into areas that officially don't exist leads him on a globe-trotting adventure into a vast, undemocratic, and uncontrolled black empire, which he chronicles in this adventurous and often chilling road trip through the underworld of the U.... More...
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The Contractor
by Colin MacKinnon
Published 2009 by St. Martin's Press
Hardcover, English. ISBN: 9780312355784
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Rick Behringer is an outside contractor working for the CIA. By day, he provides communications security for small businesses and government offices. In the shadows, Rick's a spy who is in a desperate struggle to take down a terrorist mastermind with the means to unleash hell on Earth.... More...
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