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2783) The favourite
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Early eighteenth-century England is at war with the French. A frail Queen Anne occupies the throne, and her friend Lady Sarah tends to her ill health. When a new servant Abigail arrives, Sarah takes her under her wing, and Abigail sees a chance at a return to her aristocratic roots. As the politics of war become time-consuming for Sarah, Abigail steps in to fill in as the Queen's companion. Their growing friendship gives her a chance to fulfill her...
2785) Tropico 6
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Because one island is never enough! Manage urban development, global politics and trade while plotting and scheming to stay in power."--Container.
Author
Publisher
Blackstone Audiobooks
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
Following his departure from office, Ronald Reagan was marginalized thanks to liberal biases that dominate the teaching of American history, says John Patrick Diggins. Yet Reagan, like Lincoln (who was also attacked for decades after his death), deserves to be regarded as one of our three or four greatest presidents. Reagan was far more active a president and far more sophisticated than we ever knew. His negotiations with Mikhail Gorbachev and his...
Author
Publisher
Tantor Audio
Pub. Date
℗2009
Language
English
Description
Founding Fathers expert and best selling historian John Ferling reveals a new side of George Washington, a masterful politician and clever infighter who concealed his fervent desire for the presidency with the virtuous image of a patriotic war hero.
Publisher
PM Press
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
"Founded in 1979 by Seth Tobocman and Peter Kuper, World War 3 Illustrated is a labor of love run by a collective of artists (both first-timers and established professionals) and political activists working with the unified goal of creating a home for political comics, graphics, and stirring personal stories. Their confrontational comics shine a little reality on the fantasy world of the American kleptocracy, and have inspired the developing popularity...
Author
Publisher
Drawn & Quarterly
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Darryl Cunningham (Billionaires) returns with the riveting life story of Vladimir Putin, Russia's infamous autocrat. He traces Putin's development from schoolyard thug in Soviet-era Leningrad, to KGB officer, to corrupt commodities dealer, all the way to his presidency and beyond. In this educational and frank biography, Putin's journey is characterized by shifting loyalties, brutal treatment of detractors, and lawless financial dealings. Despite...
2793) American terrorist
Author
Publisher
A Wave Blue World
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Embedded with an eco-terrorist group hellbent on explosive direct action, investigative journalist Owen Graham is enmeshed in a dangerous culture on the political fringe. Ordinary citizens, frustrated by inequality and oppression and a bureaucracy’s resistance to change, are starting to go off the grid and disrupt the status quo. But the fringe is poised to go mainstream, and Owen’s days as a passive observer are running short. While a series...
2795) Amongst the liberal elite: the road trip exploring societal inequities soliidified by Trump (RESIST)
Author
Publisher
powerHouse Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Tantor Media
Pub. Date
℗2009
Language
English
Description
A revisionist perspective on FDR's presidency and the New Deal argues that such government programs as social security, minimum wage, and farm subsidies didn't work in the 1930s and do not work now, in a critical report that traces many modern problems to the FDR administration.
Publisher
The Teaching Company
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
English
Description
Ancient Egyptian civilization is so grand that our minds sometimes have difficulty adjusting to it. The most advanced of any ancient civilization, Egypt's ancient kingdom lasted for 30 centuries, longer than any other, yet today, it remains one of the most mysterious. Home of the only one of the Eight Wonders of the Ancient World still standing, the Great Pyramid of Cheops was the tallest building in the world until well into the 1800s. This course...
2798) Year of the rabbit
Author
Publisher
Drawn & Quarterly
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Year of the Rabbit tells the true story of one family's desperate struggle to survive the murderous reign of the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia. In 1975, the Khmer Rouge seizes power in the capital city of Phnom Penh. Immediately after declaring victory in the war, they set about evacuating the country's major cities with the brutal ruthlessness and disregard for humanity that characterized the regime ultimately responsible for the deaths of one million...
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