History - United States - 21st Century
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Oscar Wars: A History of Hollywood in Gold, Sweat, and TearsThe author of the New York Times bestseller Her Again: Becoming Meryl Streep returns with a lively history of the Academy Awards, focusing on the brutal battles, the starry rivalries, and the colorful behind-the-scenes drama.America does not have royalty. It has the Academy Awards....
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Our Grief Is Not a Cry for War: The Movement to Stop the War on TerrorAn original history of the popular movement against the War on Terror--the greatest case of "we told you so" in modern political history. Just after 9/11, President George W. Bush climbed the rubble where the World Trade Center had stood. Surrounded by shouts of...
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Paper of Wreckage: The Rogues, Renegades, Wiseguys, Wankers, and Relentless Reporters Who Redefined American MediaA "lively and sprawling" (The New York Times) oral history of the New York Post and the legendary tabloid's cultural impact from the 1970s to today as recounted by the men and women who witnessed it firsthand. By the 1970s, the country's oldest continuously...
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Perfect Soldiers: The 9/11 Hijackers: Who They Were, Why They Did It"The definitive book on the 19 men who brought such devastation and terror to this country ... a well-told, meticulously researched cautionary tale." -- Washington Post Book WorldUsing research undertaken in twenty countries on four continents, Los Angeles Times correspondent Terry McDermott provides gripping,...
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Perseverance: A MemoirAn entertaining, insightful, and revealing account of a man born into social prominence who dedicated his life to public service. A candid look behind the curtain at contemporary politics in the state and the nation.The scion of a legendary department store family, Mark Dayton...
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Preparing for War: The Extremist History of White Christian Nationalism--and What Comes Next""A clear-eyed, compelling study of the road to Jan. 6 and the possible future of the politics-versus-religion battle in the U.S."" --Kirkus Reviews, starred review Watching the eerie footage of the January 6 insurrection, Bradley Onishi wondered: If I hadn't left evangelicalism, would I...
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Promise Land: The Inside Story of the Puerto Rico Debt CrisisThe herculean struggle to restore stability in Puerto Rico and a grave warning for America"A shrewd and ominous insider account of a government in financial free fall."--Publishers Weekly"I could not put down David Skeel's new book. It is at once an engrossing and personal...
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Protesting with Rosa Parks: From Stagecoaches to Driving While BlackProtesting with Rosa Parks details the history of the intersections between Black activism and travel over a span of one hundred and ninety years. John K. Bollard recounts the experiences of more than ninety-five civil rights leaders and private citizens who protested against segregation...
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Reading the Constitution: Why I Chose Pragmatism, Not TextualismNew York Times Bestseller In a provocative and brilliant analysis, retired Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer deconstructs the textualist philosophy of the current Supreme Court's supermajority and makes the case for a more pragmatic approach of the Constitution. "You will not read a more...
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Reading the Constitution: Why I Chose Pragmatism, Not TextualismNew York Times Bestseller In a provocative and brilliant analysis, retired Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer deconstructs the textualist philosophy of the current Supreme Court's supermajority and makes the case for a more pragmatic approach of the Constitution. "You will not read a more...
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Rebellion: Donald Trump and the Antiliberal Tradition in AmericaCould the 2024 election have been the last free election held in a unified America? - "A dire warning of the right's drift towards authoritarianism." --Financial Times Published in the run-up to Donald Trump's victory, Rebellion sounded a chilling and clear-eyed warning about the...
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Red Scare: Blacklists, McCarthyism, and the Making of Modern AmericaFrom an award-winning historian and New York Times reporter comes the timely story about McCarthyism that both "lays out the many mechanisms of repression that made the Red Scare possible...[and] describes how something that once seemed so terrifying and interminable did, in fact, come...
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Red Scare: Blacklists, McCarthyism, and the Making of Modern AmericaNamed a Best Book of the Year by The New Yorker, Chicago Tribune, The Boston Globe, and Kirkus Reviews From an award-winning historian and New York Times reporter comes the timely story about McCarthyism that both "lays out the many mechanisms of repression that...
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Reign of Terror: How the 9/11 Era Destabilized America and Produced TrumpA New York Times Critics' Top Book of 2021 "An impressive combination of diligence and verve, deploying Ackerman's deep stores of knowledge as a national security journalist to full effect. The result is a narrative of the last 20 years that is upsetting, discerning...
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Report from Ground ZeroThe tragic events of September 11, 2001, forever altered the American landscape, both figuratively and literally. Immediately after the jets struck the twin towers of the World Trade Center, Dennis Smith, a former firefighter, reported to Manhattan's Ladder Co. 16 to volunteer in the...
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Reporter: A Memoir"Reporter is just wonderful. Truly a great life, and what shines out of the book, amid the low cunning and tireless legwork, is Hersh's warmth and humanity. This book is essential reading for every journalist and aspiring journalist the world over." --John le Carré...
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Revolutionary Nonviolence: Organizing for FreedomA persuasive account of the philosophy and power of nonviolence organizing, and a resource for building and sustaining effective social movements. Despite the rich history of nonviolent philosophy, many people today are unfamiliar with the basic principles and practices of nonviolence--even as these concepts...
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Rise to Globalism: American Foreign Policy Since 1938, Ninth Revised EditionIn this compelling and informative exploration of American foreign policy, Stephen E. Ambrose and Douglas G. Brinkley delve into the evolution of the United States' global engagement. Since it first appeared in 1971, Rise to Globalism has sold hundreds of thousands of copies. The...
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Say Hello to the Bad Guys: How Professional Wrestling's New World Order Changed AmericaFrom ESPN reporter Marc Raimondi comes a compelling, gripping narrative history of professional wrestling's legendary faction, The NWO (New World Order), from their inception in 1996 to their influence on American pop culture today. In 1996, professional wrestling was one of the most watched...
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Scattered Steel: The Afterlife of the World Trade CenterHow do we remember a seering event that left so little behind?Scattered Steel traces the extraordinary journey of the twisted remnants of the World Trade Center. When the Towers fell on September 11, 2001, nearly all that remained was pulverized concrete and contorted steel....
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