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  • - Memory, History, and the Legacy of the Holocaust
    av Eva Hoffman
    164,-

    Now in paperback: Eva Hoffmans extraordinarily clear-eyed and unsentimental meditation on our relationship to the Holocaust (New York Times Book Review)

  • - Guns, Thugs, and a Ruthless Determination to Create Mayhem in an Oil-Rich Corner of Africa
    av Adam Roberts
    238,-

    A real life version of THE DOGS OF WAR in which a band of mercenaries plots to over throw a venal government of the newly oil-rich nation of Equatorial Guinea

  • - A True Story Of Surgery And Survival
    av Sheri Fink
    249,-

    A young physician-reporter chronicles the experiences of doctors and nurses in a besieged city, illuminating the passions, challenges, tragedies, and agonizing moral qunadaries of practicing medicine in a war zone

  • - Dreamers, Believers, Builders, and Killers in the Golden State
    av Mark Arax
    249,-

    In the tradition of Didion, Stegner, and McPhee, an intimate portrait of the American West by the best-selling author of The King of California that blends stellar writing with hard-hitting reporting.

  • - Hard Truths from the Front Lines of the Sustainability Revolution
    av Auden Schendler
    226,-

    “Going green is easy and profitable.” That’s the common refrain from sustainability gurus. In reality, though, many green-leaning businesses, families, and governments are fiddling with the small stuff while the planet burns. Why? Because implementing sustainability is brutally difficult. If we’re going to cut CO2 emissions 80 percent by midcentury, it will take more than a recycling program and some hemp shopping bags. We’ll only solve our problems if we’re realistic about the challenge of climate change. In this witty book, a sustainable business foot soldier with over a decade’s worth of experience illuminates the path.

  • - Rescue, Trafficking, and the New Gospel of Adoption
    av Kathryn Joyce
    355,-

    The first comprehensive investigation into how the religious right came to dominate the child adoption'market', creating a system that legitimizes their social agenda globally and garners them hundreds of millions in revenues and government support, while marginalizing parents

  • - Joseph Kony's War in Central Africa
    av David Axe
    203,-

    A stark work of graphic journalism that combines first-hand reporting with in-depth research and artistry to depict the murderous rise of Joseph Kony

  • - How Old-Fashioned Values Drive a Twenty-First-Century Corporation: Lessons from Lincoln Electric's U
    av Frank Koller
    214,-

    A century-old manufacturing company is taking a radically innovative approach to management--no layoffs--with provocative implications for every business

  • - The Story Of Jewish Comedians In America
    av Lawrence Epstein
    294,-

    From vaudeville to the movies to television, the complete--and often hilarious--history of how Jewish comedians transformed American entertainment

  • - The Autobiography Of Communism's Greatest Spymaster
    av Anne McElvoy
    224,-

    "A great autobiography by one of the most intriguing Cold Warriors...[containing] extraordinary revelations about the inner world of espionage." --Miami Herald

  • av Peter Israel
    249,-

    Finally: the truth behind McVeigh's self-serving account of the Oklahoma City bombing

  • - P.T. Barnum, James Bailey, John Ringling, and the Death-Defying Saga of the American Circus
    av Les Standiford
    194 - 318,-

    "Les Standiford takes us under the big top and behind the curtain in this richly researched and thoroughly engaging narrative that captures all of the entrepreneurial intrigue and spirit of the American circus." -Gilbert King, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Devil in the Grove

  • - Heartbreak and High Times in Stand-Up Comedy's Golden Era
    av William Knoedelseder
    186,-

    Full of revealing portraits of many of the best-known comedic talents of the 1970s, "I'm Dying Up Here" is also a poignant tale of the price of success and the terrible cost of failure--professional and moral.

  • - The Kremlin's Wars on the Internet
    av Andrei Soldatov
    198,-

    The Internet in Russia is either the most efficient totalitarian tool or the device by which totalitarianism will be overthrown. Perhaps both

  • av Gershom Gorenberg
    194 - 377,-

  • - The Last Special Forces Fighting the Forever War
    av Jessica Donati
    196 - 288,-

    A Wall Street Journal national security reporter takes readers into the lives of U.S. Special Forces who were on the front lines against the Taliban and Islamic State at the end of the war in Afghanistan.

  • - A Grandfather's Search for a Boy Lost to Addiction
    av Dave Kindred
    284,-

    Dave Kindred's extraordinary investigation of the death of his grandson yields a powerful memoir of addiction, grief, and the stories we choose to tell our families and ourselves.

  • av Thomas Balch, III Robert, Henry Robert, m.fl.
    444,-

    The only current authorized edition of the classic work on parliamentary procedure--now in a new updated edition

  • - The Unprecedented Effort to Compensate the Victims of 9/11
    av Kenneth Feinberg
    241,-

    Soon to be a major motion picture: the true story of the man put in charge of the 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund and a testament to the enduring power of family, grief, love, fear, frustration and courage.

  • - The Chinese History of the World
    av Michael Schuman
    433,-

    This history of China as the Chinese would write it gives brilliant and unconventional insights for understanding China's role in the world, especially the drive to 'Make China Great Again.'

  • - Wall Street, Slavery, and Resistance on the Eve of the Civil War
    av Jonathan D. Wells
    314,-

    From a prize-winning historian, the story of the powerful men who kept the illegal slave trade alive and well in antebellum New York City -- showing how slavery and corruption built modern New York

  • - Our Future in Smarter, Simpler, Happier Housing
    av Diana Lind
    314,-

    A smart, provocative look at why single-family homes, white picket fences, and two car garages should be piled into the dustbin of history, and how new trends in housing can help us live better.

  • av Christen Brandt & Tammy Tibbetts
    196 - 314,-

    When you feel that pull to be part of social change, where do you start? How can you ensure that your good intentions create a positive impact? How do you focus your scattered efforts? And how do you sustain yourself throughout?Impact brings you the answers. Drawing on their network and experience as founders of She's the First, Christen Brandt and Tammy Tibbetts show you how to create your own impact strategy, one that fits into your life and allows you to match what you have with what the world needs.Their guidance, paired with interactive activities, will lead you to identify your North Star, find the right partners, and plug into movements for long-term, systemic change. Equally important, you'll learn how to address biases, practice allyship, and shift power to become more inclusive and effective in your journey.

  • - Race, Integration, and the Future of America
    av Calvin Baker
    314,-

    This provocative case for integration shows how it is the single most radical, discomfiting idea in America, and why solving this fundamental problem is the only way forward.

  • - Miami's Future on the Shores of Climate Catastrophe
    av Mario Alejandro Ariza
    288,-

    A deeply-reported personal investigation by a Miami journalist into the present and future effects of climate change in the Magic City-a watery harbinger for coastal cities worldwide.

  • - Life After the American Dream
    av Mychal Denzel Smith
    184 - 279,-

    Brave, clear-eyed, and passionate, Stakes Is High is the book we need to guide us past crisis mode and through an uncertain future.

  • av Henry Robert Robert
    834,-

    The only current authorized edition of the classic work on parliamentary procedure--now in a new updated edition

  • - The Utopian Plot to Liberate an American Town (And Some Bears)
    av Matthew Hongoltz-Hetling
    200 - 314,-

    How the tiny town of Grafton, NH, became a radical experiment in small government--until the bear attacks started.

  • - Public Education and the Assault on American Democracy
    av Derek W. Black
    318,-

    A stirring and passionate defense of the central importance of public education to American democracy, vividly illustrating how the forces of reaction are chipping away at a constitutional right.

  • - A Vindication of the Rights of Pregnant Women
    av Lyz Lenz
    288,-

    An impassioned and irreverent argument for dismantling our cultural narratives around pregnancy.

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