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Blockers

Rebels in the Deep State

by Michael Lewis ...

An inside look at the early days of Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency, as told by the public servants it targeted and one of America’s best storytellers.Blockers. It wasn’t a compliment. In the new Washington, it was the worst thing you could be—especially if you worked in the federal government and wanted to keep your job. A Blocker was a holdover, an impediment, someone who didn't get ... Read more

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An inside look at the early days of Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency, as told by the public servants it targeted and one of America’s best storytellers.Blockers. It wasn’t a compliment. In the new Washington, it was the worst thing you could be—especially if you worked in the federal government and wanted to keep your job. A Blocker was a holdover, an impediment, someone who didn't get
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A New World Begins

The History of the French Revolution

by Jeremy Popkin ...

From an award-winning historian, a magisterial account of the revolution that created the modern world.** “A fresh and fair-minded account of the revolution overflowing with vivid narrative detail and clear exposition.” —**Wall Street JournalThe French Revolution’s principles of liberty and equality still shape our ideas of a just society—even if, after more than two hundred years, their meaning ... Read more

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From an award-winning historian, a magisterial account of the revolution that created the modern world.** “A fresh and fair-minded account of the revolution overflowing with vivid narrative detail and clear exposition.” —**Wall Street JournalThe French Revolution’s principles of liberty and equality still shape our ideas of a just society—even if, after more than two hundred years, their meaning
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Dear America

Notes of an Undocumented Citizen

by Jose Antonio Vargas ...

***THE NATIONAL BESTSELLER***“This riveting, courageous memoir ought to be mandatory reading for every American.” —Michelle Alexander, New York Times bestselling author of The New Jim Crow“l cried reading this book, realizing more fully what my parents endured.” —Amy Tan, New York Times bestselling author of The Joy Luck Club and Where the Past Begins“This book couldn’t be more timely and more ... Read more

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***THE NATIONAL BESTSELLER***“This riveting, courageous memoir ought to be mandatory reading for every American.” —Michelle Alexander, New York Times bestselling author of The New Jim Crow“l cried reading this book, realizing more fully what my parents endured.” —Amy Tan, New York Times bestselling author of The Joy Luck Club and Where the Past Begins“This book couldn’t be more timely and more
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WTF America?!

The Way Out of This Hell and Back to Democracy

by Ben Meiselas, Brett Meiselas, Jordy Meiselas ...

From the founders of MeidasTouch, the independent news network that helped redefine how millions of people consume news, WTF America?! is an unflinching look at how the United States and the world arrived at this dangerous moment—with authoritarian movements gaining ground and democratic institutions under relentless attack—and, more importantly, how we can fight our way back and reclaim the ... Read more

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From the founders of MeidasTouch, the independent news network that helped redefine how millions of people consume news, WTF America?! is an unflinching look at how the United States and the world arrived at this dangerous moment—with authoritarian movements gaining ground and democratic institutions under relentless attack—and, more importantly, how we can fight our way back and reclaim the
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There Is Nothing for You Here

Finding Opportunity in the Twenty-First Century

by Fiona Hill ...

"This book has a miraculous quality.... As a memoir this is hard to put down; if you are seeking a better American future you should pick it up.”—Timothy Snyder, New York Times best-selling author of On TyrannyINSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER | A celebrated foreign policy expert and key impeachment witness reveals how declining opportunity and economic inequality has set America on the grim path ... Read more

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"This book has a miraculous quality.... As a memoir this is hard to put down; if you are seeking a better American future you should pick it up.”—Timothy Snyder, New York Times best-selling author of On TyrannyINSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER | A celebrated foreign policy expert and key impeachment witness reveals how declining opportunity and economic inequality has set America on the grim path
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American Socialist

The Life and Legacy of Eugene V. Debs

by Shawn Gude ...

The first popular biography of Eugene Debs, the railroad worker turned radical visionary whose leadership helped elect more than a thousand Socialists across the country during the Progressive Era and inspired generations of Americans to fight back against the power of the rich over our politics and our lives.Before Bernie Sanders, before Zohran Mamdani, America’s favorite socialist was Eugene ... Read more

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The first popular biography of Eugene Debs, the railroad worker turned radical visionary whose leadership helped elect more than a thousand Socialists across the country during the Progressive Era and inspired generations of Americans to fight back against the power of the rich over our politics and our lives.Before Bernie Sanders, before Zohran Mamdani, America’s favorite socialist was Eugene
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The Day After

How to Wield Power in a Post-Trump World

by Brian Tyler Cohen ...

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Shameless, Brian Tyler Cohen explores how Republicans have abused power, how Democrats have refused to exercise power when they held it, and how progressives should wield power if they are fortunate enough to win a free and fair election in a post-Trump world.This book is a wake-up call about the decades-long project that led to Trump’s America.It’s ... Read more

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From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Shameless, Brian Tyler Cohen explores how Republicans have abused power, how Democrats have refused to exercise power when they held it, and how progressives should wield power if they are fortunate enough to win a free and fair election in a post-Trump world.This book is a wake-up call about the decades-long project that led to Trump’s America.It’s
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American Scripture

Making the Declaration of Independence

by Pauline Maier ...

Pauline Maier shows us the Declaration as both the defining statement of our national identity and the moral standard by which we live as a nation. It is truly "American Scripture," and Maier tells us how it came to be -- from the Declaration's birth in the hard and tortuous struggle by which Americans arrived at Independence to the ways in which, in the nineteenth century, the document itself ... Read more

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Pauline Maier shows us the Declaration as both the defining statement of our national identity and the moral standard by which we live as a nation. It is truly "American Scripture," and Maier tells us how it came to be -- from the Declaration's birth in the hard and tortuous struggle by which Americans arrived at Independence to the ways in which, in the nineteenth century, the document itself
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Hyperscale

The Ambition and Excess of Big Tech's Data Empires

by Paris Marx ...

**LONGLISTED FOR THE 2026 FINANCIAL TIMES & STANDARD CHARTERED BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD“A tremendous contribution to a debate that is of existential importance to us all.” —Naomi Klein, bestselling author of Doppelganger“Hyperscale is a book Big Tech does not want you to read.” —Malcolm Harris, bestselling author of Palo AltoAn eye-opening account of how the data center boom is pushing our ... Read more

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**LONGLISTED FOR THE 2026 FINANCIAL TIMES & STANDARD CHARTERED BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD“A tremendous contribution to a debate that is of existential importance to us all.” —Naomi Klein, bestselling author of Doppelganger“Hyperscale is a book Big Tech does not want you to read.” —Malcolm Harris, bestselling author of Palo AltoAn eye-opening account of how the data center boom is pushing our
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The Nerd Reich

Silicon Valley Fascism and the War on Democracy

by Gil Durán ...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • **“This transfixing debut from journalist Durán investigates the antidemocratic ideologies espoused by tech billionaires linked to the second Trump administration...It’s an ominous look at an insular elite arrayed against American democracy.” —**Publishers Weekly (starred review)A fearless and urgent chronicle of the tech-authoritarian movement from its early days in ... Read more

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • **“This transfixing debut from journalist Durán investigates the antidemocratic ideologies espoused by tech billionaires linked to the second Trump administration...It’s an ominous look at an insular elite arrayed against American democracy.” —**Publishers Weekly (starred review)A fearless and urgent chronicle of the tech-authoritarian movement from its early days in
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Socialism . . . Seriously

A Brief Guide to Human Liberation

by Danny Katch ...

"Katch has done the impossible: he makes socialism sexy . . . eye-opening, inspiring, and funny . . . this book might turn you into a closet socialist" (Judah Friedlander, actor and comedian).Opinion polls show that many people in the United States prefer socialism to capitalism. But after being declared dead and buried for decades, socialism has come to mean little more than something vaguely ... Read more

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"Katch has done the impossible: he makes socialism sexy . . . eye-opening, inspiring, and funny . . . this book might turn you into a closet socialist" (Judah Friedlander, actor and comedian).Opinion polls show that many people in the United States prefer socialism to capitalism. But after being declared dead and buried for decades, socialism has come to mean little more than something vaguely
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The American Way of Killing

The Invention of an Epidemic

by Malcolm Gladwell ...

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERMalcolm Gladwell’s most urgent book yet: a provocative investigation of America’s epidemic of gun violence.The United States has far more homicides than any of its peers around the world. Why?In this groundbreaking book, Malcolm Gladwell explores the American “peculiarity”—how the world’s wealthiest country came to suffer from a problem typically only see... ... Read more

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AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERMalcolm Gladwell’s most urgent book yet: a provocative investigation of America’s epidemic of gun violence.The United States has far more homicides than any of its peers around the world. Why?In this groundbreaking book, Malcolm Gladwell explores the American “peculiarity”—how the world’s wealthiest country came to suffer from a problem typically only see...
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Against Tech Oligarchy

Worker Resistance in the World’s Most Powerful Industry

by JS Tan, Clarissa Redwine ...

As tech bosses fall in line with the right, tech workers are fighting back. This is the rousing inside story of their movement—and the way it spawned an anti-worker backlash now reshaping the industry.After Donald Trump’s election in 2016, the tech industry sprang into action to oppose his right-wing agenda, with workers and CEOs alike joining mass mobilizations against the new president’s anti ... Read more

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As tech bosses fall in line with the right, tech workers are fighting back. This is the rousing inside story of their movement—and the way it spawned an anti-worker backlash now reshaping the industry.After Donald Trump’s election in 2016, the tech industry sprang into action to oppose his right-wing agenda, with workers and CEOs alike joining mass mobilizations against the new president’s anti
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Regime Change

Inside the Imperial Presidency of Donald Trump

by Maggie Haberman, Jonathan Swan ...

INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER“Regime Change is exceptional. It transcends its genre...the book is packed with news that will stay news...This is reporting of consequence.” —David Remnick, The New Yorker“A flabbergasting feat of political reporting.” —Tina Brown“Riveting and richly textured...What the authors add is the vivid detail that make... ... Read more

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INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER“Regime Change is exceptional. It transcends its genre...the book is packed with news that will stay news...This is reporting of consequence.” —David Remnick, The New Yorker“A flabbergasting feat of political reporting.” —Tina Brown“Riveting and richly textured...What the authors add is the vivid detail that make...
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Recoding America

Why Government Is Failing in the Digital Age and How We Can Do Better

by Jennifer Pahlka ...

Named one of NPR's Best Books of 2023Named one of Ezra Klein's "Books That Explain Where We Are in 2023," The New York TimesLearn more about **Jennifer Pahlka's work at recodingamerica.us.“The book I wish every policymaker would read.”****—**Ezra Klein, The New York TimesA bold call to reexamine how our government operates—and sometimes fails to**—**<... ... Read more

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Named one of NPR's Best Books of 2023Named one of Ezra Klein's "Books That Explain Where We Are in 2023," The New York TimesLearn more about **Jennifer Pahlka's work at recodingamerica.us.“The book I wish every policymaker would read.”****—**Ezra Klein, The New York TimesA bold call to reexamine how our government operates—and sometimes fails to**—**<...
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The Question of Palestine

by Edward W. Said ...

**This original and deeply provocative book was the first to make Palestine the subject of a serious debate--one that remains as critical as ever. • With a new foreword by Saree Makdisi"A compelling call for identity and justice." —Anthony Lewis"Books such as Mr. Said's need to be written and read in the hope that understanding will provide a better chance of survival." —The New York Times Book ... Read more

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**This original and deeply provocative book was the first to make Palestine the subject of a serious debate--one that remains as critical as ever. • With a new foreword by Saree Makdisi"A compelling call for identity and justice." —Anthony Lewis"Books such as Mr. Said's need to be written and read in the hope that understanding will provide a better chance of survival." —The New York Times Book
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The Polemics of Ressentiment

Variations on Nietzsche

Edited by Sjoerd van Tuinen ...

Series series Bloomsbury Studies in Continental Philosophy
The rise of populism, cynicism, fanaticism and fundamentalism challenges us to reconsider the problem of ressentiment. Characterized by Nietzsche as the self-poisoning of the will through internalising trauma in the form of a postponed and imaginary revenge, the concept of ressentiment is making a comeback in politicaldiscourse.Unlike resentment, the feeling of injustice, ressentiment is an ... Read more

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The rise of populism, cynicism, fanaticism and fundamentalism challenges us to reconsider the problem of ressentiment. Characterized by Nietzsche as the self-poisoning of the will through internalising trauma in the form of a postponed and imaginary revenge, the concept of ressentiment is making a comeback in politicaldiscourse.Unlike resentment, the feeling of injustice, ressentiment is an
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Undue Process

The Inside Story of Trump’s Mass Deportation Program

by Julia Ainsley ...

A revealing, news driven account of the Trump Administration’s mass deportation program, featuring never-before-told stories and behind-the-scenes reporting from NBC News’ Senior Homeland Security Correspondent.In Undue Process, NBC’s Senior Homeland Security correspondent Julia Ainsley takes us inside the Trump White House to show how Stephen Miller, Kristi Noem, Tom Homan, and other anti ... Read more

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A revealing, news driven account of the Trump Administration’s mass deportation program, featuring never-before-told stories and behind-the-scenes reporting from NBC News’ Senior Homeland Security Correspondent.In Undue Process, NBC’s Senior Homeland Security correspondent Julia Ainsley takes us inside the Trump White House to show how Stephen Miller, Kristi Noem, Tom Homan, and other anti
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San Fransicko

Why Progressives Ruin Cities

by Michael Shellenberger ...

National bestselling author of APOCALYPSE NEVER skewers progressives for the mishandling of America’s faltering cities.Progressives claimed they knew how to solve the homelessness crisis, inequality, and crime. But in cities they control, from San Francisco to Seattle, progressives made those problems worse.Michael Shellenberger has lived in the San Francisco Bay Area for thirty years. During that ... Read more

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National bestselling author of APOCALYPSE NEVER skewers progressives for the mishandling of America’s faltering cities.Progressives claimed they knew how to solve the homelessness crisis, inequality, and crime. But in cities they control, from San Francisco to Seattle, progressives made those problems worse.Michael Shellenberger has lived in the San Francisco Bay Area for thirty years. During that
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The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt

by Edmund Morris ...

Series series Modern Library 100 Best Nonfiction Books
WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE AND THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD • The acclaimed author of Theodore Rex presents “a towering biography [and] brilliant chronicle” (Time) of Theodore Roosevelt, the twenty-sixth president of the United States.One of Modern Library’s 100 best nonfiction books of all time • One of Esquire’s 50 best biographies of all time“Magnificent . . . one of those rare works that is both ... Read more

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WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE AND THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD • The acclaimed author of Theodore Rex presents “a towering biography [and] brilliant chronicle” (Time) of Theodore Roosevelt, the twenty-sixth president of the United States.One of Modern Library’s 100 best nonfiction books of all time • One of Esquire’s 50 best biographies of all time“Magnificent . . . one of those rare works that is both
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An Autobiography

by Theodore Roosevelt ...

Theodore Roosevelt is often ranked among the greatest presidents in American history. His achievements as President include "trust-busting" many of the monopolistic corporations that dominated the economy and mistreated workers, settling a labor dispute to avert a national energy crisis, establishing the United States Forest Service and five National Parks, negotiating a treaty allowing the ... Read more

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Theodore Roosevelt is often ranked among the greatest presidents in American history. His achievements as President include "trust-busting" many of the monopolistic corporations that dominated the economy and mistreated workers, settling a labor dispute to avert a national energy crisis, establishing the United States Forest Service and five National Parks, negotiating a treaty allowing the
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And The Horse He Rode In On

The People v. Kenneth Starr

by James Carville ...

EXCLUSIVE: CARVILLE RESPONDS TO THE STARR REPORT...And the Horse He Rode In On gives the first full accounting of what's really behind the longest-running, most expensive dirty trick in politics: Ken Starr's investigation. ... Read more

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EXCLUSIVE: CARVILLE RESPONDS TO THE STARR REPORT...And the Horse He Rode In On gives the first full accounting of what's really behind the longest-running, most expensive dirty trick in politics: Ken Starr's investigation.
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Che Guevara

A Revolutionary Life (Revised Edition)

by Jon Lee Anderson ...

A New York Times Notable Book of the year.Acclaimed around the world and a national best-seller, this is the definitive work on Che Guevara, the dashing rebel whose epic dream was to end poverty and injustice in Latin America and the developing world through armed revolution.Jon Lee Anderson’s biography traces Che’s extraordinary life, from his comfortable Argentine upbringing to the battlefields ... Read more

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A New York Times Notable Book of the year.Acclaimed around the world and a national best-seller, this is the definitive work on Che Guevara, the dashing rebel whose epic dream was to end poverty and injustice in Latin America and the developing world through armed revolution.Jon Lee Anderson’s biography traces Che’s extraordinary life, from his comfortable Argentine upbringing to the battlefields
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The Communist Manifesto

by Karl Marx ...

Translated by Samuel Moore ...

Contains Active Table of Contents (HTML) and in the end of book include a bonus link to the free audiobook. In 1848, two young men published what would become one of the defining documents of modern history, The Communist Manifesto. It rapidly realigned political faultlines all over the world and its aftershock resonates to this day. In the many years since its publication, no other social program ... Read more

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Contains Active Table of Contents (HTML) and in the end of book include a bonus link to the free audiobook. In 1848, two young men published what would become one of the defining documents of modern history, The Communist Manifesto. It rapidly realigned political faultlines all over the world and its aftershock resonates to this day. In the many years since its publication, no other social program
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