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"An explosive expose of the right's relentless campaign to eliminate unions, suppress voting, privatize public education, and change the Constitution. "Perhaps the best explanation to date of the roots of the political divide that threatens to irrevocably alter American government." --Booklist (starred review) Behind today's headlines of billionaires taking over our government is a secretive political establishment with long, deep, and troubling roots....
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" 'If you want to understand the massive antiracist protests of 2020, put down the navel-gazing books about racial healing and read America on Fire.' -Robin D. G. Kelley, author of Freedom Dreams: The Black Radical Imagination. Library Journal "Books and Authors to Know: Titles to Watch 2021" From one of our top historians, a groundbreaking story of policing and "riots" that shatters our understanding of the post-civil rights era. What began in spring...
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"The riveting third edition of this New York Times bestselling title expands its focus to China, exposes corruption on an international scale, and offers much-needed solutions. Extensively updated, this edition features fourteen new chapters, including a new introduction and conclusion. The book brings the story of economic hit men (EHMs) up-to-date and focuses on China's EHM strategy. EHMs are highly paid professionals who use development loans to...
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"In Trust, Pete Buttigieg demonstrates how trust will be essential in order to face the unique challenges of the decades ahead. Trust is essential to the foundation of America's democracy, asserts Pete Buttigieg, the former presidential candidate and South Bend mayor. Yet, in a century warped by terrorism, financial collapse, Trumpist populism, systemic racism, and now a global pandemic, trust has been squandered, sacrificed, abused, stolen, or never...
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What began as a hashtag seven years ago has transformed into a global movement for justice and equality for black people. Sally Sara presents and emotional and powerful report on #BlackLivesMatter, the force galvanising the rage and grief triggered by George Floyd’s death.
26) The Gilded Age
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In 1873, Mark Twain co-authored a satirical novel entitled The Gilded Age. The process of gilding involves applying a thin layer of gold to an object to make it appear more valuable. Historians adopted Twain's title to describe a period of American history characterized by prosperity and industrialization that thinly disguised blatant corruption in politics and business. This program explores many facets of the Gilded Age, including industrialization...
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This World War II-era newsreel includes the following segments: 1. Cordell Hull, Edward Stettinius, Alexander Cadogan, and Andrei Gromyko attend the Dumbarton Oaks Conference in Washington, D.C. 2. Celebrations in Reykjavik as Iceland becomes a republic; General William Key. 3. Shasta Dam is opened; views of the dam and its electrical equipment. 4. Japanese planes attack ships off Saipan; U.S. troops land on islands off New Guinea; troops fight and...
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This World War II-era newsreel includes the following segments: 1. Sailors train, eat, and parade. 2. Surf-riding in Australia. 3. The U.S. 2nd Army and the British 8th Army capture Bizerte and are welcomed by citizens; hordes of German prisoners are captured; Generals. Eisenhower and Montgomery. 4. General Marshall attends a meeting of the allied war council; the council on the White House lawn.
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This World War II-era newsreel includes the following segments: 1. Cutters and seaplanes plot courses of icebergs in the Atlantic. 2. Hoover returns from a survey of Europe's food problems and is greeted by President Truman. 3. A plane crashes into the Bank of Manhattan Building. 4. Secretary Byrnes reports on the Council of Foreign Ministers. 5. Chinese sailors man ships at San Diego. 6. Great Britain's activities in reducing her empire.
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This World War II-era newsreel includes the following segments: 1. The 9th Army fighting in Hanover, Germany, and scenes on other German fronts; includes shots of a captured train load of German V-2 rockets. 2. The death of President Roosevelt and selected events in his life: taking the oath of office in 1933; the inaugural parade of 1941; signing of the Atlantic Charter with Winston Churchill in 1941; stating his intention to run for a fourth term;...
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The Supreme Court’s responsibility is to interpret all laws and ensure that they do not conflict with the founding principles of the Constitution. Examine numerous landmark cases including Marbury v. Madison, McCulloch vs. Maryland, and Gibbons v. Ogden. The challenges faced by the Judicial Branch over the history of the United States are fascinating and crucial to complete understanding of the American political system.
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This World War II-era newsreel includes the following segments: Allied troops pour onto Normandy beaches; German Generals Rommel and von Runstedt inspecting coastal fortifications in France; U.S. troops construct airstrips and planes take off; Allied planes bomb and strafe German emplacements; Winston Churchill, Jan Christian Smuts, and Generals Eisenhower, Marshall, and Montgomery view allied positions.
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This World War II-era newsreel includes the following segments: 1. British planes bomb Brunswick, Germany, and British and Canadian soldiers fight in Holland. 2. How harbor facilities made in England were used in the Normandy invasion; a storm damages the harbor, but unloading continues. 3. Aachen, Germany, is taken by U.S. troops after a heavy artillery barrage; German citizens are removed from the battle areas.
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This World War II-era newsreel includes the following segments: 1. Mopping-up operations in Florence, Italy, by South African and New Zealand troops. 2. U.S. troops enter Rennes, France; surrendered German troops and collaborators are marched to stockades. 3. Allied troops complete the rout of the German 7th Army in northern France; General Montgomery; Allied airplanes strafe and bomb German vehicles.
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This World War II-era newsreel includes the following segments: 1. British troops advance in Holland, using tanks, infantry, and flamethrowers; Dutch citizens are rescued from debris. 2. Allied aerial operations in Burma, Germany, and the Indian Ocean. 3. Athens is liberated by British troops; crowds cheer arriving soldiers; Prime Minister Papandreow; the Acropolis and the Parthenon; Greek guerrillas.
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This World War II-era newsreel includes the following segments: 1. Soldiers and equipment advance. 2. Aerial and amphibious assaults against Makin Island and New Britain; troop reinforcements land in the Solomons; a carrier task force battles Japanese kamikaze planes off the Marshall Islands.
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This World War II-era newsreel includes the following segments: 1. Russian soldiers advance to the Oder River in Poland. 2. Representatives of labor unions from 16 countries meet in London to discuss unions and the war. 3. Planes of the 8th Air Force are prepared for a raid on Berlin; crews are briefed, planes take off, and the target is bombed.
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This World War II-era newsreel includes the following segments: 1. Admiral Kinkaid directs allied troops on Kiska Island. 2. Chinese civilians construct an airdrome. 3. A British anti-aircraft unit parades in New York City. 4. Mary Churchill visits a WAC camp. 5. Tanks and guns are loaded on railroad flat cars. 6. Allied planes bomb New Guinea.
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"With new reporting on Tom Brady's run to the Super Bowl with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The explosive, long-awaited account of the making of the greatest dynasty in football history-from the acclaimed ESPN reporter who has been there from the very beginning. Over two unbelievable decades, the New England Patriots were not only the NFL's most dominant team, but also-and by far-the most secretive. How did they achieve and sustain greatness-and what...
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This World War II-era newsreel includes the following segments: Elba is invaded after a naval bombardment. 2. Marshall Tito and Yugoslav patriots. 3. Generals Marshall and Clark in Italy; General Alphonse Juin is decorated by General Clark. 4. An amphibious assault on Saipan; marines fight on the island; wounded soldiers receive treatment, and women and children are removed to safety.