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Book Cover for: Agent Josephine: American Beauty, French Hero, British Spy, Damien Lewis

Agent Josephine: American Beauty, French Hero, British Spy

Damien Lewis
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Today only! Get the ebook of AGENT JOSEPHINE by @authordlewis for only $3.99. One of @NewYorker's Best Books of 2022, the book tells the story of Josephine Baker, the the world's richest and most glamorous entertainer, who was also an Allied spy in WWII. https://t.co/Iwqo70TTwG https://t.co/uxRQ6rUPV3

Paperback, 2023

$21.99$10.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Road Less Traveled: The Secret Turning Point of the Great War, 1916-1917, Philip Zelikow

The Road Less Traveled: The Secret Turning Point of the Great War, 1916-1917

Philip Zelikow
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Happy paperback pub day to Philip Zelikow's THE ROAD LESS TRAVELED! "An instant classic of diplomatic history.”— @nfergus for Times Literary Supplement Now available anywhere books are sold. https://t.co/0NuswwmyLp

Paperback, 2023

$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Invention of Power: Popes, Kings, and the Birth of the West, Bruce Bueno de Mesquita

The Invention of Power: Popes, Kings, and the Birth of the West

Bruce Bueno de Mesquita
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Happy pub day to Bruce Bueno de Mesquita and THE INVENTION OF POWER, which shows how a single event in the twelfth century changed the course of European and world history https://t.co/9JUJ9KIFOC https://t.co/KiBkjpi0fM

Paperback, 2024

$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Never Alone: Prison, Politics, and My People, Natan Sharansky

Never Alone: Prison, Politics, and My People

Natan Sharansky
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LISTEN NOW: @bariweiss in conversation with Natan Sharansky and Gil Troy for the @MiamiBookFair! Natan discusses his years as a Soviet Refusenik and his collaboration with Gil on his book NEVER ALONE. https://t.co/2D8NT0c7XI

Paperback, 2023

$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: White Malice: The CIA and the Covert Recolonization of Africa, Susan Williams

White Malice: The CIA and the Covert Recolonization of Africa

Susan Williams
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Massive congratulations to Susan Williams, author of WHITE MALICE, on winning a Windham-Campbell Prize 🥳🎉🎊 https://t.co/JSCMWvGkmM https://t.co/lT5czh3Eng

Paperback, 2023

$22.99$11.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Which Country Has the World's Best Health Care?, Ezekiel J. Emanuel

Which Country Has the World's Best Health Care?

Ezekiel J. Emanuel
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WHICH COUNTRY HAS THE WORLD'S BEST HEALTH CARE? is now available in paperback! @ZekeEmanuel gives an incisive tour of eleven health care systems across the globe, including our own, in search of whose is best—and how we can be more like them. https://t.co/6tUW949Ami https://t.co/Py0gaWvGgu

Hardcover, 2020

$30.00$15.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Work Won't Love You Back: How Devotion to Our Jobs Keeps Us Exploited, Exhausted, and Alone, Sarah Jaffe

Work Won't Love You Back: How Devotion to Our Jobs Keeps Us Exploited, Exhausted, and Alone

Sarah Jaffe
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With Labor Day coming up, @RWartzman (author of STILL BROKE, forthcoming Nov '22) and @sarahljaffe (author of WORK WON'T LOVE YOU BACK) remind us how work is broken: https://t.co/1sXe4w2cGx https://t.co/VKF2wxnGRN

Paperback, 2022

$21.99$10.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Civil War by Other Means: America's Long and Unfinished Fight for Democracy, Jeremi Suri

Civil War by Other Means: America's Long and Unfinished Fight for Democracy

Jeremi Suri
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TONIGHT: @JeremiSuri will be speaking at 5:30 p.m. CT @dfwworld about his book CIVIL WAR BY OTHER MEANS. https://t.co/3u95Y5J573

Hardcover, 2022

$30.00$15.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Stolen Year: How Covid Changed Children's Lives, and Where We Go Now, Anya Kamenetz

The Stolen Year: How Covid Changed Children's Lives, and Where We Go Now

Anya Kamenetz
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We're giving away 10 advance reading copies of @anya1anya's forthcoming book The Stolen Year: How COVID Changed Children's Lives, and Where We Go Now over at @goodreads. Enter for a chance to win! https://t.co/51WHzZoUKj

Hardcover, 2022

$29.00$14.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Constitution in Jeopardy: An Unprecedented Effort to Rewrite Our Fundamental Law and What We Can Do about It, Russ Feingold

The Constitution in Jeopardy: An Unprecedented Effort to Rewrite Our Fundamental Law and What We Can Do about It

Russ Feingold
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Happy publication day to THE CONSTITUTION IN JEOPARDY by @russfeingold and Peter Prindiville “A richly rewarding examination of why understanding the past is key to shaping the future.”―@ALA_Booklist, starred review Learn more: https://t.co/ZtVLYmiMVG https://t.co/BCDt25vhWH

Hardcover, 2022

$29.00$14.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book