Predator Nation
Corporate Criminals, Political Corruption, and the Hijacking of America
Written by Charles H. Ferguson
Format: Trade Paperback, 384 pages
On Sale: May 21, 2013
Price: $15.00
Charles Ferguson, who electrified the world with his Academy Award-winning documentary, Inside Job, now reveals how rogues with influence have taken over the country and are driving it to financial and social ruin.
In
Predator Nation, Ferguson exposes the networks of academic, government, and congressional influence--in all recent administrations, including Obama's--that prepared...
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The Looming Tower
Al Qaeda and the Road to 9/11
Written by Lawrence Wright
Format: Trade Paperback, 592 pages
On Sale: August 21, 2007
Price: $16.95
UPDATED AND WITH A NEW AFTERWORD
National Book Award Finalist
A Time, Newsweek, Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, and New York Times Book Review Best Book of the Year
A gripping narrative that spans five decades, The Looming Tower explains in unprecedented detail the growth of Islamic fundamentalism, the rise of al-Qaeda, and the intelligence...
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Theodore Rex
Written by Edmund Morris
Format: Trade Paperback, 792 pages
On Sale: October 1, 2002
Price: $18.00
Theodore Rex is the story—never fully told before—of Theodore Roosevelt’s two world-changing terms as President of the United States. A hundred years before the catastrophe of September 11, 2001, “TR” succeeded to power in the aftermath of an act of terrorism. Youngest of all our chief executives, he rallied a stricken...
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Manhunt
The Ten-Year Search for Bin Laden from 9/11 to Abbottabad
Written by Peter L. Bergen
Format: eBook, 384 pages
On Sale: May 1, 2012
Price: $11.99
The gripping account of the decade-long hunt for the world's most wanted man.It was only a week before 9/11 that Peter Bergen turned in the manuscript of
Holy War, Inc., the story of Osama bin Laden--whom Bergen had once interviewed in a mud hut in Afghanistan--and his declaration of war on America...
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Cracking the AP U.S. Government & Politics Exam, 2013 Edition
Written by Princeton Review
Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: September 4, 2012
Price: $18.99
If you need to know it, it’s in this book! Cracking the AP U.S. Government and Politics Exam, 2013 Edition, includes:
• 2 full-length practice tests with detailed explanations for each multiple-choice question, plus full breakdowns of how to tackle the free-response questions
• In-depth reviews of all AP U.S. Government & Politics topics, including the institutions of government, elections...
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Enemies
A History of the FBI
Written by Tim Weiner
Format: Trade Paperback, 560 pages
On Sale: February 26, 2013
Price: $20.00
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The Washington Post • New York Daily News • Slate“Fast-paced, fair-minded, and fascinating, Tim Weiner’s
Enemies turns the long history of the FBI into a story that is as compelling, and important, as today’s headlines.”—Jeffrey Toobin, author of
The Oath ...
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The Victory Lab
The Secret Science of Winning Campaigns
Written by Sasha Issenberg
Format: eBook
On Sale: September 11, 2012
Price: $12.99
The book Politico calls “Moneyball for politics” shows how cutting-edge social science and analytics are reshaping the modern political campaign.Renegade thinkers are crashing the gates of a venerable American institution, shoving aside its so-called wise men and replacing them with a radical new data-driven order. We’ve seen it in sports, and...
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