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No Place to Hide No Place to Hide Glenn Greenwald The story of one of the greatest national security leaks in US history. In June 2013, reporter and political commentator Glenn Greenwald published a series of reports in the Guardian which rocked the… OL16819228W
The Great Divide The Great Divide Thomas J. Fleming How differing views of governance played out during the first four US presidential admininstrations, focusing on Washington (federalist) and Jefferson (antifederalist). OL17199136W
An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States Roxanne Dunbar Ortiz,Laural Merlington,Debbie Reese,Jean Mendoza Today in the United States, there are more than five hundred federally recognized Indigenous nations comprising nearly three million people, descendants of the fifteen million Native people who once … OL17640485W
The authoritarian personality The authoritarian personality Theodor W. Adorno This monumental work, complete here in one volume, undertakes to determine scientifically what distinctive personality traits characterize the phenomenon of prejudice. The authors' purpose is to disc… OL19311644W
Radicalized Radicalized Cory Doctorow Four short stories about the near future and the dystopia we're building for ourselves. OL19545315W
Hiroshima, Nagasaki Hiroshima, Nagasaki Paul Ham In this harrowing history of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings, Paul Ham argues against the use of nuclear weapons, drawing on extensive research and hundreds of interviews to prove that the bombin… OL19663002W
Unbalanced Unbalanced Stephen S. Roach "The modern-day Chinese and U.S. economies have been locked in an uncomfortable embrace since the late 1970s. Although the relationship was built on a set of mutual benefits, in recent years it has t… OL19708288W
Free Cyntoia Free Cyntoia Cyntoia Brown-Long Cyntoia Brown was sentenced to life in prison for a murder she committed at the age of sixteen. Her case became national news when celebrities and activists made the hashtag #FreeCyntoia go viral in … OL20464749W
Another Fine Mess Another Fine Mess Helen C. Epstein 262 pages : 19 cm OL21315781W
The future of U.S. special operations forces The future of U.S. special operations forces Robinson, Linda U.S. special operations forces are doing more things in more places than ever before. They are now active in some seventy countries and, since 2001, have seen their combined budget nearly quintuple -… OL24266427W
U. S. Supreme Court and Racial Minorities U. S. Supreme Court and Racial Minorities Leslie F. Goldstein xvii, 461 pages : 25 cm OL25744114W
Special Forces Special Forces Tom Clancy Verslag van de organisatie en activiteiten van diverse commando-eenheden van de Amerikaanse strijdkrachten. OL26178507W
Courting Disaster Courting Disaster Martin Garbus "Martin Garbus, one of the country's most celebrated trial lawyers and First Amendment attorneys, has been watching the Court closely for decades, and in Courting Disaster, he argues that it's time t… OL2742347W
Comparative constitutional law Comparative constitutional law Charles D. Cole "This publication includes constitutional concepts and materials applicable to the United States and Brazil. Introductory information concerning the two governmental systems is offered and comparativ… OL27971321W
Law and the long war Law and the long war Benjamin Wittes Six years after the September 11 attacks, America is losing a crucial front in the ongoing war on terror. It is losing not to Al Qaeda but to its own failure to construct a set of laws that will prot… OL6215685W
Black's Law Dictionary Black's Law Dictionary Bryan A. Garner Features more than ten thousand legal terms and includes a dictionary guide and the complete United States Constitution. OL811296W
Enron Enron Loren Fox "I'd say you were a carnival barker, except that wouldn't be fair tocarnival barkers. A carnie will at least tell you up front that he's running a shell game. You, Mr. Lay, were running what purporte… OL8227067W
Immortal Beloved Immortal Beloved Catherine Stella Schmidt Immortal Beloved consists of two chapters. Chapter One The Land of Liberty , the waves of nostalgia, an ardent visionary account of a beautiful land in the dreamy eyes of the author, which not sole… OL8832499W
Bad men Bad men Clive Stafford Smith 'Bad Men' is an explosively personal account of the United States detention facility at Guantanamo Bay by a British lawyer. Through the prisoners' stories he explores the steep human costs of fightin… OL8834052W
One Supreme Court One Supreme Court James E. Pfander In offering a general account of the Court as department head, Pfander takes up such important debates in the federal courts' literature as Congress's power to strip the federal courts of jurisdictio… OL9288470W
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