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Wilmington's Lie: The Murderous Coup of 1898 and the Rise of White Supremacy
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Freedom on Trial: The First Post-Civil War Battle Over Civil Rights and Voter Suppression
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Voter Suppression in U.S. Elections
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Joe Biden: The Life, the Run, and What Matters Now
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Catching the Wind: Edward Kennedy and the Liberal Hour, 1932-1975
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4.32 avg rating — 302 ratings
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Mayday 1971: A White House at War, a Revolt in the Streets, and the Untold History of America’s Biggest Mass Arrest
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4.26 avg rating — 207 ratings
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Allies and Advocates: Creating an Inclusive and Equitable Culture
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The Patriots: Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, and the Making of America
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4.08 avg rating — 536 ratings
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A Promised Land
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4.32 avg rating — 272,867 ratings
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Crossfire Hurricane: Inside Donald Trump's War on Justice and the FBI
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4.03 avg rating — 427 ratings
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The Purpose of Power: How We Come Together When We Fall Apart
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Strongmen: Mussolini to the Present
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His Very Best: Jimmy Carter, a Life
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4.35 avg rating — 2,861 ratings
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Where Law Ends: Inside the Mueller Investigation
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We Gather Together: A Nation Divided, a President in Turmoil, and a Historic Campaign to Embrace Gratitude and Grace
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3.61 avg rating — 232 ratings
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Rise Up: Confronting a Country at the Crossroads
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4.29 avg rating — 164 ratings
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Cassius X: The Transformation of Muhammad Ali
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I Ain’t Marching Anymore: Dissenters, Deserters, and Objectors to America’s Wars
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3.95 avg rating — 37 ratings
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Waste: One Woman’s Fight Against America’s Dirty Secret
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3.63 avg rating — 1,243 ratings
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The Climate Crisis and the Global Green New Deal: The Political Economy of Saving the Planet
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3.86 avg rating — 1,607 ratings
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Last Chance to Save American Democracy
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4.18 avg rating — 11 ratings
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Believe in People: Bottom-Up Solutions for a Top-Down World
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3.77 avg rating — 540 ratings
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The Dead Are Arising: The Life of Malcolm X
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4.34 avg rating — 4,989 ratings
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LEWSER!: More Doonesbury in the Time of Trump
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4.18 avg rating — 295 ratings
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We Are Called to Be a Movement
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4.47 avg rating — 469 ratings
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Trump on Trial: The Investigation, Impeachment, Acquittal and Aftermath
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4.13 avg rating — 103 ratings
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The Spymasters: How the CIA Directors Shape History and the Future
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The Folly and the Glory: America, Russia, and Political Warfare 1945–2020
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What Can I Do? My Path from Climate Despair to Action
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4.07 avg rating — 1,071 ratings
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Separated: Inside an American Tragedy
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4.17 avg rating — 2,686 ratings
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Rage
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4.17 avg rating — 26,031 ratings
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Cold Warriors: Writers Who Waged the Literary Cold War – A Gripping History of Prose, Politics, and Espionage
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4.29 avg rating — 245 ratings
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The Man Who Sold America: Trump and the Unraveling of the American Story
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4.06 avg rating — 795 ratings
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Robert E. Lee and Me: A Southerner's Reckoning with the Myth of the Lost Cause
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4.41 avg rating — 5,680 ratings
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The Truths We Hold: An American Journey
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4.05 avg rating — 33,602 ratings
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American Daredevil: Comics, Communism, and the Battles of Lev Gleason
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3.76 avg rating — 21 ratings
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We the People: Restoring Civility, Sanity, and Unifying Solutions to U.S. Politics
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4.36 avg rating — 14 ratings
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Collateral Damage: Britain, America, and Europe in the Age of Trump
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4.02 avg rating — 382 ratings
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Climate Courage: How Americans Are Bridging the Political Divide and Tackling Climate Change--A Bipartisan Citizens Guide
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3.82 avg rating — 99 ratings
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Dear President Trump: 50 Satirical Letters from Phoenix to the White House
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4.07 avg rating — 122 ratings
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Reaganland: America's Right Turn 1976-1980
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4.33 avg rating — 2,322 ratings
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Cyber Privacy: Who Has Your Data and Why You Should Care
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Undaunted: My Fight Against America’s Enemies, at Home and Abroad
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Demagogue: The Life and Long Shadow of Senator Joe McCarthy
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3.96 avg rating — 873 ratings
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Stakes Is High: Life After the American Dream
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Empire of Resentment: Populism's Toxic Embrace of Nationalism
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Andrea Dworkin: The Feminist as Revolutionary
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4.06 avg rating — 89 ratings
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The Selected Works of Audre Lorde
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4.61 avg rating — 2,176 ratings
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Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents
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True Crimes and Misdemeanors: The Investigation of Donald Trump
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She Will Rise: Becoming a Warrior in the Battle for True Equality
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3.88 avg rating — 170 ratings
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We Have Been Harmonized: Life in China's Surveillance State
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Liar's Circus
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A Traitor to His Species: Henry Bergh and the Birth of the Animal Rights Movement
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Blood and Oil: Mohammed bin Salman's Ruthless Quest for Global Power
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Culture Warlords: My Journey Into the Dark Web of White Supremacy
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3.87 avg rating — 5,980 ratings
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Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism
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3.90 avg rating — 17,532 ratings
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Unholy: Why White Evangelicals Worship at the Altar of Donald Trump
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4.04 avg rating — 930 ratings
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White Too Long: The Legacy of White Supremacy in American Christianity
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Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World's Most Dangerous Man
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Ghosting the News: Local Journalism and the Crisis of American Democracy
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3.93 avg rating — 763 ratings
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Cult of Glory: The Bold and Brutal History of the Texas Rangers
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When Truth Is All You Have: A Memoir of Faith, Justice, and Freedom for the Wrongly Convicted
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Through the Eyes of a Young American: A Teenager’s Perspective on Government, Politics and Solving Our Country’s Biggest Problems
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Appalachian Fall: Dispatches from Coal Country on What's Ailing America
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Of Bears and Ballots: An Alaskan Adventure in Small-Town Politics
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3.86 avg rating — 665 ratings
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Trump and the American Future
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They Didn't See Us Coming: The Hidden History of Feminism in the Nineties
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3.71 avg rating — 127 ratings
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What We Know: Solutions from Our Experiences in the Justice System
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4.42 avg rating — 24 ratings
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Prison by Any Other Name: The Harmful Consequences of Popular Reforms
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I Got a Monster: The Rise and Fall of America's Most Corrupt Police Squad
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The Address Book: What Street Addresses Reveal About Identity, Race, Wealth, and Power
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Why We're Polarized
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His Truth Is Marching On: John Lewis and the Power of Hope
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Reconsidering Reagan: Racism, Republicans, and the Road to Trump
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Capital and Ideology
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The Pandemic Century: One Hundred Years of Panic, Hysteria, and Hubris
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Opportunity Knocks: The Story of How Hope and Opportunity Can Change Everything
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4.35 avg rating — 168 ratings
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You Call This Democracy?: How to Fix Our Government and Deliver Power to the People
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In a Day’s Work: The Fight to End Sexual Violence Against America’s Most Vulnerable Workers
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American Prophets: The Religious Roots of Progressive Politics and the Ongoing Fight for the Soul of the Country
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Union: A Democrat, a Republican, and a Search for Common Ground
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American Nero: The History of the Destruction of the Rule of Law, and Why Trump Is the Worst Offender
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Down Along with That Devil's Bones: A Reckoning with Monuments, Memory, and the Legacy of White Supremacy
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Ms. Gloria Steinem: A Life
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4.03 avg rating — 183 ratings
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The Merit Myth: How Our Colleges Favor the Rich and Divide America
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3.97 avg rating — 124 ratings
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True or False: A CIA Analyst's Guide to Spotting Fake News
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Democracy, If We Can Keep It: The ACLU’s 100-Year Fight for Rights in America
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The Apocalypse Factory: Plutonium and the Making of the Atomic Age
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Surviving Autocracy
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Our Time Is Now: Power, Purpose, and the Fight for a Fair America
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Fannie Lou Hamer: America's Freedom Fighting Woman
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Good White Racist?: Confronting Your Role in Racial Injustice
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Lincoln on the Verge: Thirteen Days to Washington
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How to Be a Bad Emperor: An Ancient Guide to Truly Terrible Leaders
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A Knock at Midnight: A Story of Hope, Justice, and Freedom
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The Art of the Political Putdown: The Greatest Comebacks, Ripostes, and Retorts in History (Political Humor Book, Funny and Witty Quotes from Politicians)
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American Poison: How Racial Hostility Destroyed Our Promise
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Democracy in One Book or Less: How It Works, Why It Doesn’t, and Why Fixing It Is Easier Than You Think
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After the Last Border: Two Families and the Story of Refuge in America
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