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Congressional Procedure
"Congressional Procedure" offers insider-level understanding of how legislation passes through the House and Senate, handling a dry topic with great precision and clarity. Richard Arenberg’s reference work "Congressional Procedure"...
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The Throwaways
Suspenseful and thrilling, "The Throwaways" is a murder mystery with plenty of surprises. In L. S. Hawker’s fast mystery "The Throwaways", a character who’s in the wrong place at the wrong time faces new challenges. George Engle...
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Freeman's
John Freeman, the former editor of Granta, edited this collection on power. Its stories and poems are astonishing in their global breadth, featuring chilling and vivid perspectives on brutal and sublime assertions of power in life around...
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W. E. B. Du Bois's Data Portraits
Insightful, in-depth, and ahead of their time, the graphic displays of W. E. B. Du Bois and his students showcase the forward movement of African-Americans in spite of longstanding and continuing oppression. W. E. B. Du Bois’s Data...
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The Heart of War
"The Heart of War" by national policy veteran Kathleen McInnis is part office drama, part foible-filled romp through the US’s military bureaucracy. When Dr. Heather Reilly arrives at the Pentagon to work as an academic fellow, she...
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Through the Eyes of a Fisherman
This sportsman’s memoir is directed by an uplifting, positive tone. Dennis Blue’s religious memoir "Through the Eyes of a Fisherman" follows his second career as a charter boat captain after working at Ford Motor Company. True Blue...
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An Insider's History of the Swingin' Medallions
An Insider’s History of the Swingin’ Medallions is a light, informal musical biography. Carroll Bledsoe’s An Insider’s History of the Swingin’ Medallions chronicles the rollicking journeys of the beach music captains. Following...
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Take a Hike!
"Take a Hike!" contains engaging and educational poems that deliver appealing lessons about language. Brett Fleishman’s "Take a Hike!" is an age-appropriate compilation of humorous poems that build off of puns and idioms to entertain...