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Amy Fried Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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Professor Emerita of Political Science, UMaine. Latest book: "At War with Government: How Conservatives Weaponized Distrust from Goldwater to Trump."

7 books
Book Cover for: Peace: Message From the President of the United States, Transmitting, in Compliance With the Resolution of February 8th, 1865, Abraham Lincoln

Peace: Message From the President of the United States, Transmitting, in Compliance With the Resolution of February 8th, 1865

Abraham Lincoln
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@NaturalGuard @BlaqkPhoenix777 @aobrien2010 @POTUS So you’re fine with bombing children as long as “your taxes” don’t pay for it? That’s not pro-peace. And what a far cry from the leftists who joined the Abraham Lincoln Brigade to try to stop a fascist warmonger.

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Book Cover for: Durham: Not a Guide to, Chris Daniel

Durham: Not a Guide to

Chris Daniel
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@daniel_errico @Chris_D_Steele Durham said that big prosecutions were coming. How'd that turn out?

Paperback, 2012

$12.95$6.47 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Abortion and the Politics of Motherhood: Volume 3, Kristin Luker

Abortion and the Politics of Motherhood: Volume 3

Kristin Luker
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Virtually all you need to know about opposition to legal abortion is in the classic work, “Abortion and the Politics of Motherhood” by Kristin Luker. https://t.co/DwUhDK9dhU

Paperback, 1985

$30.95$15.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Business of May Next: James Madison and the Founding, William Lee Miller

Business of May Next: James Madison and the Founding

William Lee Miller
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@jenmercieca I also loved Miller's "The Business of May Next: James Madison and the Founding." Someday I'll get around to his book on Lincoln.

Paperback, 1993

$26.00$13.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Cruelty Is the Point: Why Trump's America Endures, Adam Serwer

The Cruelty Is the Point: Why Trump's America Endures

Adam Serwer
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@2DogDad "The cruelty is the point." - Adam Serwer

Paperback, 2022

$22.00$11.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Color of Abolition: How a Printer, a Prophet, and a Contessa Moved a Nation, Linda Hirshman

The Color of Abolition: How a Printer, a Prophet, and a Contessa Moved a Nation

Linda Hirshman
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I'm really looking forward to reading this new book! The Color Of Abolition: How a Printer, a Prophet, and a Contessa Moved a Nation Hardcover – by Linda Hirshman https://www.amazon.com/Color-Abolition-Printer-Prophet-Contessa/dp/132890024X/ref=sr_1_13?crid=3LAS2QG8V1U77&keywords=Hirshman&qid=1644261763&sprefix=hirshman%2Caps%2C150&sr=8-13

Paperback, 2023

$21.99$10.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790: South Carolina, U S Bureau of the Census

Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790: South Carolina

U S Bureau of the Census
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@CollinsWatch Sarah Bloom Raskin was a member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, a United States Deputy Secretary of the Treasury and the chief financial regulator for Maryland. Sen. Collins has voted for far less qualified nominees for the Federal Reserve. #mepolitics

Paperback, 2013

$32.00$16.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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