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"According to commentator and lawyer Elie Mystal, Republicans are wrong when they tell you the First Amendment allows religious fundamentalists to discriminate against gay people who like cake. They're wrong when they tell you the Second Amendment protects the right to own a private arsenal. They're wrong when they say the death penalty isn't cruel or unusual punishment, and they're wrong when they tell you we have no legal remedies for the scourge...

"The seven-time #1 New York Times bestselling author, radio host, and Fox News star returns to the page to reveal the radically dangerous Democrat agenda that is upending American life"--Dust jacket flap. Levin proves that since its establishment, the Democrat Party has set out to rewrite history and destroy the foundation of freedom in America. Here he alerts his fellow Americans to the destruction this country is facing, as the Democrats install...

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Spin is a political thriller that takes us deep into the heart of an all-or-nothing campaign. Amid maneuverings of power, treason, love, and hate, these shadow men will stop at nothing to see their candidate victorious. The French president has been assassinated, sparking a tense campaign to elect a new leader. With the election only 25 days away a war begins between the country's top communications strategists. Presidential advisor Simon Kapita wants...

"Este libro parte del convencimiento de que el combate a la corrupción puede ser una política pública real, sin simulaciones; de que podemos aspirar a un Estado de derecho donde la rendición de cuentas forme parte estructural de nuestras instituciones. Sin embargo, dice, el gatopardismo -- aquel acto de cambiar todo para que las cosas sigan igual -- es el obstácula más urgente de derribar. Desde la Colonia y las tropelías de Hernán Cortés,...

"Step back in time to the birth of America and meet the real-life rebels who made this country free! On a hot summer day near Philadelphia in 1776, Thomas Jefferson sat at his desk and wrote furiously until early the next morning. He was drafting the Declaration of Independence, a document that would sever this country's ties with Britain and announce a new nation--The United States of America. Colonists were willing to risk their lives for freedom,...

As the heyday of the Chicano Movement of the late 1960s to early 70s fades further into history and as more and more of its important figures pass on, so too does knowledge of its significance. Thus, Chicano Movement For Beginners is an important attempt to stave off historical amnesia. It seeks to shed light on the multifaceted civil rights struggle known as "El Movimiento" that galvanized the Mexican American community, from laborers to student...

June 1944. Allied Forces stand on the brink: a massive army is secretly assembled on the south coast of Britain, poised to re-take Nazi-occupied Europe. One man stands in their way: Winston Churchill. An impulsive, sometimes bullying personality; fearful, obsessive and hurting. Fearful of repeating, on his disastrous command, the mass slaughter of 1915, when hundreds of thousands of young men were cut down on the beaches of Gallipoli. Obsessed with...

"An unhappy Chinese virologist. A master seamstress who thinks Italy should be for Italians. An unemployed twenty-something who believes Artificial Intelligence is the future and America in fatal decline. And an ordinary Joe from Pittsburgh who doesn't like being told what to do by the government. Or its lying leaders. Their lives, and the lives of billions more, will be twisted together by an invisible viral intruder that knows nothing of national...

"Senator Scott is a rising star who sees and understands the importance of bipartisanship to move America forward. This book is a political memoir that includes his core messages as he prepares to make a presidential bid in 2022"--