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The Case for Impeachment

The Legal Argument for Removing President George W. Bush from Office

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The war in Iraq . . .No bid contracts awarded to Halliburton . . .Hurricane Katrina . . .The CIA leak investigation . . .The story gets worse and worse. The evidence is glaring. George W. Bush's record as a president is abysmal.And it's time to impeach him.The Case for Impeachment lays out the reasons why in a straightforward, letter-of-the-law manner. Mixing the cold, hard facts with... ... Read more

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Spy for No Country

The Story of Ted Hall, the Teenage Atomic Spy Who May Have Saved the World

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At 18 years of age, Theodore Hall was the youngest physicist on the Manhattan Project, hired as a junior at Harvard and put to work at Los Alamos in 1944. Assigned the job of testing and refining the complex implosion system for the plutonium bomb, Hall was described as “amazingly brilliant” by his superiors on the project, many of whom were Nobel Prize winners. But what Hall’s colleagues didn’t ... Read more

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At 18 years of age, Theodore Hall was the youngest physicist on the Manhattan Project, hired as a junior at Harvard and put to work at Los Alamos in 1944. Assigned the job of testing and refining the complex implosion system for the plutonium bomb, Hall was described as “amazingly brilliant” by his superiors on the project, many of whom were Nobel Prize winners. But what Hall’s colleagues didn’t
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American Prometheus (Pulitzer Prize Winner)

The Inspiration for the Major Motion Picture OPPENHEIMER

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The Dead Hand (Pulitzer Prize Winner)

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Countdown 1945

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The Doomsday Machine

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Dark Sun

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Spies

The Rise and Fall of the KGB in America

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Spies

The Epic Intelligence War Between East and West

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Bomb

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Perfect for middle grade readers and history enthusiasts, New York Times bestselling author Steve Sheinkin presents the fascinating and frightening true story of the creation behind the most destructive force that birthed the arms race and the Cold War in Bomb: The Race to Build—and Steal--the World's Most Dangerous Weapon.A Newbery Honor bookA National Boo... ... Read more

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