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Book Cover for: Jimmy the King: Murder, Vice, and the Reign of a Dirty Cop, Gus Garcia-Roberts

Jimmy the King: Murder, Vice, and the Reign of a Dirty Cop

Gus Garcia-Roberts
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JIMMY THE KING by @ggarciaroberts is "gritty and gripping... a story of hubris, ambition, excess and revenge, and how it can all come crashing down even after four decades of getting away with murder." https://www.townandcountrymag.com/leisure/arts-and-culture/g39851379/best-books-may-2022/

Hardcover, 2022

$29.00$14.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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: Keeping at It: The Quest for Sound Money and Good Government, Paul A. Volcker

Keeping at It: The Quest for Sound Money and Good Government

Paul A. Volcker
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👀 @NickTimiraos calls Paul Volcker Jerome Powell's "inflation whisperer" and namechecks Volcker's book KEEPING AT IT in @WSJ https://t.co/Dle9CYwd5G

Paperback, 2020

$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: A Bright Future: How Some Countries Have Solved Climate Change and the Rest Can Follow, Joshua S. Goldstein

A Bright Future: How Some Countries Have Solved Climate Change and the Rest Can Follow

Joshua S. Goldstein
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🌎 Happy #EarthDay! 🌎 If you’re looking for book recommendations this weekend, check out THE NEW CLIMATE WAR by @MichaelEMann, CLIMATE CHAOS by Brian Fagan and Nadia Durrani, and A BRIGHT FUTURE by @GoldsteinJoshua and @QvistStaffan! Learn more: https://www.publicaffairsbooks.com/imprint/perseus/publicaffairs/page/for-readers/ https://t.co/YcPiGtgauB

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Book Cover for: Plunder: Private Equity's Plan to Pillage America, Brendan Ballou

Plunder: Private Equity's Plan to Pillage America

Brendan Ballou
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From veterinary clinics to nursing homes, who really owns the businesses in our daily lives? The answer: Private equity. Brendan Ballou’s (@brendanballou) PLUNDER unveils how private equity has transformed America. Out now! https://t.co/mt0cVo0s6c

Hardcover, 2023

$30.00$15.00 + 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: The New Climate War: The Fight to Take Back Our Planet, Michael E. Mann

The New Climate War: The Fight to Take Back Our Planet

Michael E. Mann
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🌎 Now available in paperback! 🌎 "Blunt, lucid…An expert effectively debunks the false narrative of denialism and advocates communal resistance to fossil fuels."—@KirkusReviews Learn more about @MichaelEMann's THE NEW CLIMATE WAR: https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/michael-e-mann/the-new-climate-war/9781541758216/?lens=publicaffairs https://t.co/c3PM1ur5fb

Paperback, 2022

$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Cryptopians: Idealism, Greed, Lies, and the Making of the First Big Cryptocurrency Craze, Laura Shin

The Cryptopians: Idealism, Greed, Lies, and the Making of the First Big Cryptocurrency Craze

Laura Shin
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DEAL ALERT: Today (8/14) only, get the ebook of THE CRYPTOPIANS by @laurashin for just $3.99! Learn more about the story of the idealists, technologists, and opportunists fighting to bring cryptocurrency to the masses, and grab your copy here: https://t.co/xHT9ADSvjX https://t.co/GF70yeiYXj

Paperback, 2023

$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