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22 Mice That Roar ... World's Tiniest Nations
by John T. Cullen
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Here are 22 of the world's tiniest nations, many full of whacky surprises: one nation's army consists of a marching band and a few cars; another nation consists largely of bird poop; and a third of these midgets is basically a shopping mall. Don't miss the fun. Entertaining and informative nonfiction for today's reader on the go. (Published: 2003)
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Liberty and Tyranny: A Conservative Manifesto [Secure]
by Mark R. Levin
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Conservative talk radio's fastest-growing superstar is also a New York Times bestselling phenomenon: the author of the groundbreaking critique of the Supreme Court, Men in Black, and the deeply personal dog lover's memoir Rescuing Sprite, Mark R. Levin now delivers the book that characterizes both his devotion to his more than 5 million listeners and his love of our country and the legacy of our Founding Fathers: Liberty and Tyranny is Mark R. Levin's clarion call to conservative America, a new ... more info>>
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A Bold Fresh Piece of Humanity: A Memoir [Secure]
by Bill O'Reilly
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The year was 1957, the month September, and I had just turned eight years old. Dwight Eisenhower was President, but in my life it was the diminutive, intense Sister Mary Lurana who ruled, at least in the third-grade class where I was held captive. For reasons you will soon understand, my parents had remanded me to the penal institution of St. Brigid's School in Westbury, New York, a cruel and unusual punishment if there ever was one. Already, I had barely survived my first two years at St. Brigi... more info>>
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The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream [Secure]
by Barack Obama
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In July 2004, Barack Obama electrified the Democratic National Convention with an address that spoke to Americans across the political spectrum. One phrase in particular anchored itself in listeners' minds, a reminder that for all the discord and struggle to be found in our history as a nation, we have always been guided by a dogged optimism in the future, or what Senator Obama called "the audacity of hope." Now, in The Audacity of Hope, Senator Obama calls for a different brand of politics--a p... more info>>
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Unsolved UFO Mysteries: The World's Most Compelling Cases of Alien Encounter [Secure]
by William J. Birnes
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From strange lights passing silently over American cities to reported weapons fire on the moon, bizarre UFO mysteries have the unnerving power to enthrall, fascinate, and terrify. Now William J. Birnes, publisher of UFO Magazine, and UFO investigator Harold Burt combine their files to present today's most baffling UFO cases. Explore all the amazing details of these plus numerous other incredible cases that should have made headlines! Are we finally ready to confront the answers to these enigmas?... more info>>
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100 People Who Are Screwing Up America [Secure]
by Bernard Goldberg
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The number one New York Times bestselling author of Bias delivers another bombshell--this time aimed at ... 100 People Who Are Screwing Up America No preaching. No pontificating. Just some uncommon sense about the things that have made this country great--and the culprits who are screwing it up. Bernard Goldberg takes dead aim at the America Bashers (the cultural elites who look down their snobby noses at "ordinary" Americans) ... the Hollywood Blowhards (incredibly ditzy celebrities who think t... more info>>
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A Capitol UFO
by Gary Dillman
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It was July 26, 2002. Ten months had barely passed since the horrifying 9-11 attack on the United States. The country was on terrorist watch. A no-fly zone had been established around the nation's capitol. Radar at several Washington-area airports scanned the skies for any threat of attack. This was not a good time for an unidentified flying object to approach the capitol. Suddenly, an hour after midnight, fighter jets were scrambled when radar picked up a UFO twenty miles from the nation's capi... more info>> (Published: 2005)
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Chechen Jihad: Al Qaeda's Training Ground and the Next Wave of Terror [Secure]
by Yossef Bodansky
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In this authoritative look at the roots of modern terrorism, Yossef Bodansky, one of the most respected--and best-informed--experts on radical Islamism in the world today, pinpoints the troubled region of Chechnya as a dangerous and little-understood crucible of terror in the struggle between East and West. In his number one New York Times bestseller, Bin Laden: The Man Who Declared War on America, published before 9/11, Bodansky was among the first to introduce American readers to Osama bin Lad... more info>>
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China Syndrome [Secure]
by Karl Taro Greenfeld
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When the SARS virus broke out in China in January 2003, Karl Taro Greenfeld was the editor of Time Asia in Hong Kong, just a few miles from the epicenter of the outbreak. After vague, initial reports of terrified Chinese boiling vinegar to "purify" the air, Greenfeld and his staff soon found themselves immersed in the story of a lifetime. Deftly tracking a mysterious viral killer from the bedside of one of the first victims to China's overwhelmed hospital wards--from cutting-edge labs where res... more info>>
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Cool It: The Skeptical Environmentalist's Guide to Global Warming [Secure]
by Bjorn Lomborg
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A groundbreaking book that transforms the debate about global warming by offering a fresh perspective based on human needs as well as environmental concerns. Bjorn Lomborg argues that many of the elaborate and expensive actions now being considered to stop global warming will cost hundreds of billions of dollars, are often based on emotional rather than strictly scientific assumptions, and may very well have little impact on the world's temperature for hundreds of years. Rather than starting wit... more info>>
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Cover Up: What the Government Is Still Hiding About the War on Terror [Secure]
by Peter Lance
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Alongside the bestselling 9/11 Commission Report is investigative journalist Peter Lance's expose of the government's decade long cover-up about al Qaeda, and how they're still hiding the truth today. In the groundbreaking 1000 Years for Revenge, Peter Lance exposed the FBI's twelve-year record of negligence that led to the attacks of 9/11. Now, alongside the bestselling 9/11 Commission Report, Lance's Cover Up, proves that the government has been covering up its own counter?terror failures sinc... more info>>
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Everything Is Under Control [Secure]
by Robert A. Wilson
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Before the X-Files, before alt.conspiracy, there was Robert Anton Wilson and his legendary Illuminatus! Trilogy. Now this avatar of conspiriology, renowned for his razor wit and progressive philosophy, takes you on a fascinating, eclectic ride through what Wilson has termed the "Cultic Twilight" where conspiracy theories flourish. Everything Is Under Control covers the range of Wilson's kaleidoscopic knowledge, from John Adams to the Voronezh (former Soviet Union) UFO sighting, the Campus Crusa... more info>>
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In Praise of Public Life: The Honor and Purpose of Political Service [Secure]
by Joseph I. Lieberman
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In a vigorous defense of public life, Senator Joseph Lieberman, one of the most articulate and respected of our politicians, defines the duty, the honor and the privilege of public life in the face of Americans' perennial cynicism about it. Americans have always been suspicious of government and have misunderstood and mistrusted those in public life. This attitude is even more prevalent as the boundaries that once separated public and private have fallen. Lieberman argues that some of the public... more info>> (Published: 2000)
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Real Education: Four Simple Truths for Bringing America's Schools Back to Reality [Secure]
by Charles Murray
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"Know the truth, and the truth shall make you free," said a well-known educator, albeit in a religious schooling context. Charles Murray is concerned with the secular world of education, nonetheless his message is worthy of evangelism: Tell the truth, and the truth shall make you free of foolish, cruel, and counter-productive educational policies." --P. J. O'Rourke "Charles Murray, arguably the most consequential social scientist alive, has discovered a nifty formula for fame (or infamy): One, i... more info>>
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Rebirth of a Nation [Secure]
by Jackson Lears
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In the half-century between the Civil War and World War I, widespread yearning for a new beginning permeated American public life. Dreams of spiritual, moral, and physical rebirth formed the foundation for the modern United States, inspiring its leaders with imperial ambition. Theodore Roosevelt's desire to recapture frontier vigor led him to promote U.S. interests throughout Latin America. Woodrow Wilson's vision of a reborn international order drew him into a war to end war. Andrew Carnegie's ... more info>>
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Sick: The Untold Story of America's Health Care Crisis--and the People Who Pay the Price [Secure]
by Jonathan Cohn
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America's health care system is unraveling. Every day, millions of hard-working people struggle to find affordable medical treatment for themselves and their families--unable to pay for prescription drugs and regular checkups, let alone hospital visits. Some of these people end up losing money. Others end up losing something even more valuable: their health or even their lives. In this powerful work of original reportage, Jonathan Cohn travels across the United States--the only country in the de... more info>> (Published: 2007)
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The 9/11 Commission Report: Final Report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States
by National Commission on Terrorist Attacks
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In November 2002, the United States Congress and President George W. Bush established by law the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States, also known as the 9/11 Commission. This independent, bipartisan panel was directed to examine the facts and circumstances surrounding the September 11 attacks, identify lessons learned, and provide recommendations to safeguard against future acts of terrorism. (Thanks to Olympia Press for html source files that assisted in the creation ... more info>> (Published: 2004)
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The Dog Dialed 911: A Book of Lists from The Smoking Gun [The Smoking Gun Series] [Secure]
by The Smoking Gun
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The most hilarious and outrageous true stories collected in 10 years (almost) of the world's funniest investigative reporting. Proof that truth really is stranger than fiction! This wildly entertaining book features excerpts from a wide array of public documents--court transcripts, FBI files, contract riders, morgue and police reports, etc.--that hilariously illuminate some of the most important, scandalous, or bizarre news stories to make headlines in recent years. The brilliant creators of the... more info>>
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The Federalist Papers
by Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, James Madison
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The Federalist Papers were a series of articles written under the pen name of Publius by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay. Madison, widely recognized as the Father of the Constitution, would later go on to become President of the United States. Jay would become the first Chief Justice of the U. S. Supreme Court. Hamilton would serve in the Cabinet and become a major force in setting economic policy for the U. S. The entire purpose of The Federalist Papers was to gain popular suppo... more info>> (Published: 1788)
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The Wisdom of Crowds [Secure]
by James Surowiecki
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"No one in this world, so far as I know, has ever lost money by underestimating the intelligence of the great masses of the plain people."--H. L. Mencken. H. L. Mencken was wrong. In this endlessly fascinating book, New Yorker columnist James Surowiecki explores a deceptively simple idea that has profound implications: large groups of people are smarter than an elite few, no matter how brilliant--better at solving problems, fostering innovation, coming to wise decisions, even predicting the futu... more info>>
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Veil: The Secret Wars of the CIA, 1981-1987: The Spy Story of the Century [Secure]
by Bob Woodward
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Veil is the story of the covert wars that were waged in Central America, Iran and Libya in a secretive atmosphere and became the centerpieces and eventual time bombs of American foreign policy in the 1980s.
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...And His Lovely Wife: A Memoir from the Woman Beside the Man [Secure]
by Connie Schultz
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The first time I heard it, I laughed. Oh, come on, I thought. He didn't just say that. We were at a restaurant in southern Ohio, where a hundred or so Democrats and a handful of young campaign workers had gathered to hear my husband, Sherrod Brown, announce for the seventh time in two days why he was running for the United States Senate. The party chairman of the county stood up at the lectern and in a loud, booming voice, introduced "Congressman Sherrod Brown--and his lovely wife." By Week 40 o... more info>>
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31 Days: Gerald Ford, the Nixon Pardon and A Government in Crisis [Secure]
by Barry Werth
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In 31 Days, acclaimed historian Barry Werth takes readers inside the White House during the tumultuous days of August 1974, following Richard Nixon's resignation and the swearing-in of America's "accidental president," Gerald Ford. The Watergate scandal had torn the country apart. In a dramatic, day-by-day account of the new administration's inner workings, Werth shows how Ford, caught between political expedience, the country's demands for justice, and his own moral compass, struggled valiantly... more info>>
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A Country That Works: Getting America Back on Track [Secure]
by Andy Stern
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Andy Stern, one of the most visionary leaders in America today, has fought relentlessly to ensure that Americans' hard work is rewarded in today's hypercompetitive, globalized world. As the newsmaking president of the fastest-growing, most dynamic union in America, he has led the charge for modernizing the "house of labor"--taking unions out of the past and into the twenty-first century. He has spearheaded the campaign against the "Wal-Marting" of jobs and has innovated transformative solutions ... more info>>
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A Deadly Misunderstanding: A Congressman's Quest to Bridge the Muslim-Christian Divide [Secure]
by Mark D. Siljander
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Former Congressman and Deputy Ambassador to the United Nations Mark D. Siljander takes us on an eye-opening journey of personal, religious, and political discovery. In the 1980s, Siljander was a newly minted Reagan Republican from Michigan who joined Congress in the same generation as Newt Gingrich and Tom DeLay, ready to remake the world. A staunch member of the Religious Right, he once walked out of the National Prayer Breakfast when a speaker quoted from the Qur'an. But after losing reelectio... more info>>
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