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  Cry from the Deep - The Sinking...

  Ramsey Flynn

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  A “superb account” of the disastrous loss of a Russian submarine off the nation’s northern coast and its repercussions (Publishers Weekly). 
   
  On August 12, 2000, during one of the most important military demonstrations in post-Soviet history, an enormous explosion sank Russia’s most prized nuclear submarine, the Kursk. When Vladmir Putin’s men failed to rescue the 118 young submariners trapped under the icy Barents Sea and refused timely help from “foreigners” for four days, the Russian president assured his angry nation that all the men had died within minutes of the blasts. An earlier rescue would not have changed anything. 
   
  Two months later, recovery divers brought up the dead submarine’s first twelve bodies, one of which had a soggy note clinging to the burned remnants of his breast pocket. Addressed to his wife, it read: 
   
  There are twenty-three of us here . . . None of us can get to the surface. Let's hope someone will read this. Don’t despair. —Kolesnikov 
   
  The “Kolesnikov Note” became the cry from the depths of Russia’s tormented soul, as an anguished people confronted their government about what matters more—guarding secrets and pride or protecting human life. 
   
  What were Russian officials thinking when they waited forty-eight hours to acknowledge that their most treasured submarine was in trouble? Why did they track the desperate tapping noises that seemed to be coming from the sub without sending an international SOS? 
   
  For a world community still mystified by deadly Russian deceits surrounding the Kursk submarine disaster, Cry from the Deep solves the riddles once and for all. What emerges from Flynn’s exhaustive reporting is the definitive account of this pivotal moment in Russia’s rocky emergence into the community of free nations. 
   
  By turns thrilling, heart-wrenching, and absorbing, Cry from the Deep exposes the truths behind an event that riveted the world, devastated and enraged the Russian people, and ultimately defined a new era of Russian politics.

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  Frederick & Anna Douglass in...

  Rose O'Keefe

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  The story of the upstate New York home where the orator and former slave lived with family, houseguests, and fugitives on the Underground Railroad.   Despite living through one of our nation’s most bitter and terrifying times, Frederick Douglass and his wife, Anna, raised five children in a loving home with flower, fruit, and vegetable gardens in Rochester, New York for twenty-five years beginning in 1848. While Frederick traveled widely, fighting for the freedom and rights of his brethren, Anna cared for their home, family, and extended circle.   Their house was open to fugitives on the Underground Railroad, visiting abolitionists, and houseguests who stayed for weeks, months, and years at a time. In this book, local history expert Rose O’Keefe weaves together the story of the Douglasses’ experience in Rochester and the indelible mark they left on the Flower City.  Includes illustrations

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  The Eve of the Revolution - A...

  Carl Lotus Becker

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  "The Eve of the Revolution" is not a classic history book about the American Revolution and its heroes. Author's main goal is to convey the sense of how America's Founding Fathers thought and felt about their accomplishments. This book will help you perceive the full picture of the events which lead to the American independence through observing the great ideas in their genesis. 
  The Eve of the Revolution 
  A Patriot Of 1763
  The Burden Of Empire
  The Rights Of A Nation
  Defining The Issue
  A Little Discreet Conduct
  Testing The Issue

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  The Reunited States of America -...

  Mark Gerzon

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  “There are lots of reasons to feel bad about national politics. Mark Gerzon provides some well-thought-out, reality-based reasons to feel better.” — James Fallows, National Book Award-winning author of Breaking the News In this era of poisonous partisanship, The Reunited States of America is a lifesaving antidote. At a time when loyalty to party seems to be overpowering love of country, it not only explains how we can bridge the partisan divide but also reveals the untold story of how some of our fellow citizens are already doing it. This book, a manifesto for a movement to reunite America, will help us put a stop to the seemingly endless Left-Right fistfight while honoring the vital role of healthy political debate. Mark Gerzon describes how citizens all over the country—Republicans, Democrats, and independents—are finding common ground on some of the most divisive and difficult issues we face today.

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  The Teavangelicals - The Inside...

  David Brody

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  The Teavangelicals is a one-of-a-kind book chock-full of original reporting from the 2012 presidential race with an up-close look at how evangelicals and the Tea Party are plotting strategy to reclaim America. In his trademark breezy, funny, and engaging style, David Brody takes you inside the blossoming Teavangelical movement and describes how it is having a major effect on today’s politics with an eye on dominating the political affairs of tomorrow. The author takes his niche for getting interviews and inside access with all the big-name political and evangelical newsmakers and now shares that exclusive access with readers.The author offers a rare, behind-the-scenes glimpse along the campaign trail within the three key factions working tirelessly to overcome President Obama and his political machine: evangelicals, the Tea Party and the GOP presidential contenders. Brody, embedded with leading Tea Party and evangelical groups, shares what he learned from private emails, memos, and conversations that shed light on campaign strategy and voter mobilization efforts. In addition, this book highlights Brody’s exclusive interviews, stories, and travels with all the 2012 GOP presidential candidates as they try to be the candidate that takes on President Obama and ultimately change the course of direction in America.The author travels to the key early Primary states of Iowa and South Carolina where Evangelicals will have a major say in who the GOP nominates for President. The author gives readers the inside scoop on the power of evangelical groups and how they’re making a difference early on in the process. Additionally, how will these GOP candidates appeal to evangelicals and how well will it work out? At the same time, the candidates are catering to the Tea Party crowd. We’ll go inside the living rooms of major Tea Party organizers to get inside access on the chatter. Are these presidential candidates passing the Tea Party “smell test”?

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  A Participatory Economy

  Robin Hahnel

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  As of June 2021, 54% of Gen Z adults view capitalism negatively and over 41% have a positive view on socialism. A Participatory Economy is written for people who desire an equitable, ecological economy, but want to know what an alternative to capitalism could look like.A Participatory Economy presents a fascinating, new alternative to capitalism. It proposes and defends concrete answers to how all society's economic decisions can be made without resort to unaccountable and inhumane markets (capitalism) or central planning authorities (communism). It explains the viability of early socialism's vision of an economy in which the workers come together to decide among themselves what to produce and consume. At the same time, Hahnel proposes new features to this economic model including proposing how “reproductive labor” might be socially organized, how to plan investment and long-term development to maximize popular participation and efficiency, and finally, how a participatory economy might engage in international trade and investment without violating its fundamental principles in a world where economic development among nations has been historically unfair and unequal.

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