21st Century

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Political polarization and unrest are not exclusive to our era, but in the twenty-first century, we are living with seemingly unresolvable disagreements that threaten to tear our country apart. Discrimination, racism, tyranny, religious fundamentalism,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780615849157Author Thomas M LembergFormat PaperbackImprint Thomas M LembergPublisher Thomas M LembergWeight(grams) 345g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780578737140Author Jordan CouttienFormat PaperbackPage Count 118Imprint Powlett EnterprisesPublisher Powlett EnterprisesWeight(grams) 152g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780983992226Author Anita BartholomewFormat PaperbackPage Count 222Imprint Bartholomew & Co., IncPublisher Bartholomew & Co., IncWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780977270514Author Neal AbunabFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Aramedia Productions LLCPublisher Aramedia Productions LLCWeight(grams) 227g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780692899342Author Jake EberleinFormat PaperbackPage Count 164Imprint Mediatrix PressPublisher Mediatrix PressWeight(grams) 213g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780692890233Author Joel F RussellFormat PaperbackImprint Clarity Publishing ServicesPublisher Clarity Publishing ServicesWeight(grams) 122g

Nearly three thousand people died in the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. In Lower Manhattan, on a field in Pennsylvania, and along the banks of the Potomac, the United States suffered the single largest loss of life from an enemy attack on its...

When Edward Snowden began leaking NSA documents in June 2013, his actions sparked impassioned debates about electronic surveillance, national security, and privacy in the digital age. The Snowden Reader looks at Snowden's disclosures and their aftermath...

A firsthand account of how public officials and other well-connected individuals have been compromised or blackmailed by their sexual improprieties, Confessions of a D.C. Madame relates the author's time running the largest gay escort service in...

The National Trails System, An Illustrated History richly describes how the National Trails System was established by federal law in 1968. It builds on the conservation history of the mid-20th Century to show how the trails system grew from the same...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781606926406Author U.S House of RepresentativesFormat PaperbackPage Count 87Imprint Nova Science Publishers IncPublisher Nova Science Publishers...

The signal events opening the global war on terrorism were the attacks of September 11. The world media began to focus on one of the terrorist groups, Al-Qaeda, a well-funded terrorist organisation headquartered in Afghanistan or Pakistan with offshoots...

The surprising story of the Army's efforts to combat PTSD and traumatic brain injury The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have taken a tremendous toll on the mental health of our troops. In 2005, then-Senator Barack Obama took to the Senate floor to tell...

A critical investigation of the dead ends, dead metaphors, dead bodies, and other historical constants of American politicsBook InformationISBN 9780773536036Author Peter SwirskiFormat HardbackPage Count 216Imprint McGill-Queen's University PressPublisher...

Days after taking the White House, Donald Trump signed three executive orders-these authorized the Muslim Ban, the border wall, and ICE raids. These orders would define his administration's approach toward noncitizens. An essential primer on how we got...

Preserving the legacy of one of the twentieth century's most influential advocates for peace and justice, The Papers of Martin Luther King, Jr., is described by one historian as being the "equivalent to a conversation" with King. To Save the Soul of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781990823282Author Sam ForsterFormat HardbackPage Count 200Imprint The Sutherland House Inc.Publisher The Sutherland House Inc.

The Transformational Decade shows the transformation that took place in American life from the attack on the World Trade Center to the emergence of the Obama presidency. It is not a strict history, but rather snapshots of a decade that has fundamentally...

Whether kids love or hate the food served there, the American school lunchroom is the stage for one of the most popular yet flawed social welfare programs in our nation's history. School Lunch Politics covers this complex and fascinating part of American...

When Alex Haley's book Roots was published by Doubleday in 1976, it became an immediate bestseller. The television series, broadcast by ABC in 1977, became the most popular miniseries of all time, captivating over a hundred million Americans. For the...

On September 11, 2001, Shanksville, Pennsylvania, became a center of national attention when United Airlines Flight 93 crashed into a former strip mine in sleepy Somerset County, killing all forty passengers and crew aboard. This is the story of the...

Today, transparency is a widely heralded value, and the U.S. Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) is often held up as one of the transparency movement's canonical achievements. Yet while many view the law as a powerful tool for journalists, activists, and...

Hillary Rodham Clinton was the first Secretary of State to declare the subjugation of women worldwide a serious threat to U.S. national security. Known as the Hillary Doctrine, her stance was the impetus behind the 2010 Quadrennial Diplomatic and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781600786730Author Mary BooneFormat PaperbackPage Count 112Imprint Triumph BooksPublisher Triumph BooksWeight(grams) 0g

This study provides the first in-depth examination of the role and influence of American Christians in the advocacy efforts for Soviet Jewry during the 1970s and 1980s. It explores how American Catholics and Protestants engaged with American Jews to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783700139546Author Professor Richard GrayFormat PaperbackPage Count 599Imprint Austrian Academy of Sciences PressPublisher Austrian Academy of Sciences...

The saga of Jonestown didn't end on the day in November 1978 when more than nine hundred Americans died in a mass murder-suicide in the Guyanese jungle. While only a handful of people present at the agricultural project survived that day in Jonestown,...

What is an "American" identity? The tension between populism and pluralism, between homogeneity and heterogeneity, has marked the United States since its inception. In The Divided States, leading scholars and critics argue that the US is, and...

Hours after the collapse of the Twin Towers, the idea that the September 11 attacks had "changed everything" permeated American popular and political discussion. In the period since then, the events of September 11 have been used to justify profound...

In 1893 Frederick Jackson Turner famously argued that the generational process of meeting and conquering the supposedly uncivilized Western frontier is what forged American identity. In the late twentieth century, "new western" historians...

In 1893 Frederick Jackson Turner famously argued that the generational process of meeting and conquering the supposedly uncivilized Western frontier is what forged American identity. In the late twentieth century, "new western" historians...

A captivating look at one of America's most prominent and fascinating public figures Bestselling author, war hero, presidential candidate, champion of the most politically sticky issue to rock Washington since Watergate-campaign finance reform- there may...

The movement transcends political parties, has no formal structure, no acknowledged leaders, and no sworn loyalty except to God, whose will it interprets according to its fears and desires. Yet it is not an abstraction. It elects our presidents and...

Writers have represented 9/11 and its aftermath with varying degrees of success. In Out of the Blue, Kristiaan Versluys focuses on novels that move beyond patriotic cliches and cheap sensationalism and provide new insights into the emotional and ethical...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781906308018Author Anne DixeyFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Monday BooksPublisher Monday BooksWeight(grams) 190g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781583226452Author S M WattFormat PaperbackPage Count 248Imprint Seven Stories Press,U.S.Publisher Seven Stories Press,U.S.Weight(grams) 221g

The Business of Black Power emphasizes the centrality of economic goals to the larger black freedom movement and explores the myriad forms of business development in the Black power era. This volume charts a new course for Black power studies and...

Americans responded to the deadly terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, with an outpouring of patriotism, though all were not united in their expression. A war-based patriotism inspired millions of Americans to wave the flag and support a brutal War...