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Jim Bourg Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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Reuters News Pictures Editor In Charge of Washington - Retweets mean interest / amazement - NOT endorsements. @jimbourg on https://t.co/G2NS07mIOc

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Book Cover for: Gabby: A Story of Courage, Love, and Resilience, Gabrielle Giffords

Gabby: A Story of Courage, Love, and Resilience

Gabrielle Giffords
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U.S. Senator from Arizona Mark Kelly celebrates with his wife, former U.S. Rep Gabby Giffords, as he declares victory in his re-election campaign against Republican challenger Blake Masters in the U.S. midterm elections. Reuters Photo by Jim Urquhart ⁦@jimurquhartpixs⁩ https://t.co/CCzkhM6L1v

Paperback, 2012

$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Federal Bureau of Investigation, United States House of Representatives

Federal Bureau of Investigation

United States House of Representatives
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FBI Director Christopher Wray is sworn in to testify before a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing entitled "Oversight of the Federal Bureau of Investigation," on Capitol Hill in Washington. Reuters Photo by Jim Bourg https://t.co/VZMzSvVSi2

Paperback, 2017

$22.99$11.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Raven Rock: The Story of the U.S. Government's Secret Plan to Save Itself-While the Rest of Us Die, Garrett M. Graff

Raven Rock: The Story of the U.S. Government's Secret Plan to Save Itself-While the Rest of Us Die

Garrett M. Graff
Jim BourgJim Bourg

@tomsherwood @politicshour @wcp Without a doubt pilots of those “1st Helicopter Squadron” choppers that fly constant sorties around DC prepping for evacuations have one of the coolest jobs in the city. An amazing behind the scenes book on what they are part of is Garrett Graff’s @vermontgmg book “Raven Rock.” https://t.co/uZ2opyOeo6

Paperback, 2018

$21.99$10.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Hold the Line: The Insurrection and One Cop's Battle for America's Soul, Michael Fanone

Hold the Line: The Insurrection and One Cop's Battle for America's Soul

Michael Fanone
Jim BourgJim Bourg

Former MPD police Officer Michael Fanone talks with Rep Eric Swalwell about his trying to have an impact for the future at event for his new book “Hold the Line” about the January 6 attack on the Capitol written with Reuters Journo @johnshiffman - @PoliticsProse bookstore in DC https://t.co/pE1GLJId64

Paperback, 2023

$19.00$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Bitter End: The 2020 Presidential Campaign and the Challenge to American Democracy, John Sides

The Bitter End: The 2020 Presidential Campaign and the Challenge to American Democracy

John Sides
Jim BourgJim Bourg

Fascinating transcript from Ezra Klein podcast on political polarization in the USA with political scientists John Sides and Lynn Vavreck, authors of new book: “The Bitter End: The 2020 Presidential Campaign and the Challenge to American Democracy.” https://t.co/pV1HAf2tlw

Paperback, 2023

$19.95$9.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Everywhere Babies, Susan Meyers

Everywhere Babies

Susan Meyers
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‘Everywhere Babies,’ a picture book celebrating infants, just got banned Author Susan Meyers and illustrator Marla Frazee respond to their book being banned from school libraries in Walton County, Fla. - The Washington Post https://t.co/2U4voBvr9L

Board Book, 2004

$9.99$4.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Critical Race Theory: An Introduction, Richard Delgado

Critical Race Theory: An Introduction

Richard Delgado
Jim BourgJim Bourg

Richard Delgado, an 82-year-old University of Alabama law professor who is one of the founders of the critical race theory (CRT) movement, says he and his wife are being inundated with hate mail & threats https://t.co/plNMFk7qiH

Paperback, 2017

$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Foreign Fighters: Transnational Identity in Civil Conflicts, David Malet

Foreign Fighters: Transnational Identity in Civil Conflicts

David Malet
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2nd story I have read this week about U.S. men going off to fight in Ukraine with the expectation that they might or probably will die - interesting to see Boogaloo boys heading over & quite a read: "Among Ukraine’s Foreign Fighters" | Pulitzer Center https://pulitzercenter.org/stories/among-ukraines-foreign-fighters

Paperback, 2017

$45.99$23.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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