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New Nonfiction January 2020
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These are many of the recently published nonfiction books the library has received. Click on a title to see it in the catalog and to place a hold. If you are having trouble viewing the newsletter in your email, click the View Online option.
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Crystal Eastman : a revolutionary life
by Amy Aronson
"Crystal Eastman was a central figure in many of the defining social movements of the twentieth century -- labor, feminism, internationalism, free speech, peace. She drafted America's first serious workers' compensation law. She helped found the NationalWoman's Party and is credited as co-author of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA). She helped found the Woman's Peace Party -- today, the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) -- and the American Union Against Militarism. She co-published the Liberator magazine. And she engineered the founding of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). Eastman worked side-by-side with national and international suffrage leaders, renowned progressive reformers and legislators, birth control advocates,civil rights champions, revolutionary writers and artists. She traveled with a transatlantic crowd of boundary-breakers and innovators. And in virtually every arena she entered, she was one of the most memorable women known to her allies and adversaries alike. Yet today, her legacy is oddly ambiguous. She is commemorated, paradoxically, as one of the most neglected feminist leaders in American history. This first full-length biography recovers the revealing story of a woman who attained rare political influence and left a thought-provoking legacy in ongoing struggles. The social justice issues she cared about -- gender equality and human rights, nationalism and globalization, political censorship and media control, worker benefits and family balance, andthe monumental questions of war, sovereignty, force, and freedom -- remain some of the most consequential questions of our own time"
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Jay-z : Made in America
by Michael Eric Dyson
Examines the biggest themes of JAY-Z’s career, including hustling, and it recognizes the way that he’s always weaved politics into his music, making statements about race, criminal justice and black wealth. By the author of Tears We Cannout Stop.
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Ian McKellen : a biography
by Garry O'Connor
A biography of the esteemed actor follows his career, which includes roles in over 400 plays and films, from his debut in London’s West End in 1964 to playing Gandalf in the Lord of the Rings film adaptations.
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She came to slay : the life and times of Harriet Tubman
by Erica Armstrong Dunbar
Explores the complexities and achievements of iconic abolitionist Harriet Tubman, combining rare commentary with new and public-domain photographs to offering modern insights into Tubman’s role in the Civil War, suffrage and emancipation.
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Earl Warren : a life of truth and justice
by D. J. Herda
Based on the family recollections, anecdotes, mementoes, photos, documents and diary excerpts, this biography of the Supreme Court Justice describes his life and career from district attorney, to governor and finally to the highest court in the land.
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000s - Computers/General Knowledge
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My iPhone for seniors
by Brad Miser
Provides step-by-step instructions for seniors on using the iPhone, covering such topics as how to make and receive voice calls; send, receive, and manage text messages and email; work with Siri; and browse the web
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iPhone for seniors
by Dwight Spivey
For Dummies Each book covers all the necessary information a beginner needs to know about a particular topic, providing an index for easy reference and using the series’ signature set of symbols to clue the reader in to key topics, categorized under such titles as Tip, Remember, Warning!, Technical Stuff and True Story.
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JavaScript : a beginner's guide
by John Pollock
An updated guide shows, from start to finish, how to create dynamic Web pages complete with special effects using JavaScript and features the latest Web-development techniques and practices.
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The power of heart : when and how to get out of your brain
by Amy Bloch
An Ivy League psychologist discusses how she learned to cope with her daughter’s severe brain damage by abandoning her analytical instincts in favor of living heart-first to find strength and comfort during tough times.
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Finding meaning : the sixth stage of grief
by David Kessler
Drawing on hard-earned experiences, as well as wisdom garnered from decades of work, an expert on grief and the coauthor of the iconic On Grief and Grieving introduces the stages of grief with the same transformative pragmatism and compassion.
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Small doses
by Amanda Seales
The rising comedy star shares her advice for life with essays, illustrations and photos in her trademark “self-help from the hip” style that combines humor with intellectualism and pop culture fanaticism.
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Why are we yelling? : the art of productive disagreement
by Buster Benson
"Does this sound familiar? You walk away from an argument and suddenly think of all the brilliant things you wish you'd said? You avoid family members and colleagues because of bitter, festering tension that you can't figure out how to address? Now, finally, there's a solution: a secret that frees you from the trap of unproductive conflict and pointless arguing forever. If the threat of raised voices, emotional outbursts, and public discord makes you want to hide under the conference room table, or if you're simply sick of unresolved arguments that never produce useful results, you're not alone. Conflict, or the fear of it, can be devastating. And the process of minimizing, deflecting, or avoiding difficult people can leave you brimming with repressed emotions. But as this powerful book argues, conflict doesn't have to be unpleasant. In fact, properly channeled, conflict can be the most powerful tool we have at our disposal for deepening relationships, solving problems, and coming up with new ideas. As the mastermind behind some of the highest-performing teams at Amazon, Twitter, and Slack, Buster Benson spent decades facilitating hard conversations in stressful environments. He found that even smart, eloquent people struggled to stay calm and keep theirheads clear when differences of opinion arose. So he set out to find a better way to argue, staging a succession of experiments and informal debates, and studying the participants closely. He took note of the scripts people defaulted to and the chain reactions they caused. Slowly, patterns began to emerge. Buster's findings shattered his assumptions about what makes some arguments productive and others not, and dramatically improved his relationships at work, with his wife, and with strangers online. In this book, Buster reveals the psychological underpinnings of awkward, unproductive conflict, and the critical habits anyone can learn to avoid it. Armed with a deeper understanding of how arguments work and why, you'll be able to: * Remain confident when you're put on the spot * Diffuse tense moments with a few strategic questions * Facilitate creative solutions even when your team has radically different perspectives * Get through to the most stubborn people by understanding their motivations. Freed of your fear of disagreement, you'll find yourself eager to engage with intimidating people and uncomfortable ideas. You'll end up having fewer repetitive, predictable fights, not because you're avoiding or squashing them, but because you're finally able to identify your biases, listen with an open mind, and communicate well. As your confidence grows, you'll shake off lingering memories of interactions that made you feel tongue-tied or incapable, knowing that it's in your power to steer the conversation wherever you want it"
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The shadow of Vesuvius : a life of Pliny
by Daisy Dunn
Interweaves Pliny the Younger’s Letters with extracts from Pliny the Elder’s seven-volume Natural History in a wide-reaching dual portrait that places their lives against a backdrop of dynamic changes in the first- and second-century Roman Empire.
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Holy envy : finding God in the faith of others
by Barbara Brown Taylor
The award-winning author of An Altar in the World recounts her inspirational discoveries of finding the sacred in unexpected places while teaching the world's religions to undergraduate students in Baptist rural Georgia.
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How charts lie : getting smarter about visual information
by Alberto Cairo
A visualization expert explains how charts and graphs can mislead and deceive by showing incomplete or inaccurate data and suggesting patterns that don’t exist to help support and promote a person or entity’s agenda.
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For good measure : an agenda for moving beyond GDP
by Joseph E Stiglitz
A group of economic experts argue for looking past GDP as the sole metric for measuring growth in the light of the 2008 economic crisis, using instead such measures such as economic insecurity, environmental sustainability and inequality of opportunity.
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Dictionary of the undoing
by John Freeman
The Literary Hub executive editor and author of Tales of Two Americas assembles an alphabetical selection of inspirational words for active citizen and community engagement in support of threatened civil rights and cultural principles in today’s politically divided world.
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Migrating to prison : America's obsession with locking up immigrants
by César Cuauhtémoc García Hernández
An in-depth look at the imprisonment of immigrants explores how federal and state governments have become increasingly vigilant in efforts to detain them in a growing immigration- imprisonment industry that it is used disproportionately against Latinos.
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Desk 88 : eight progressive senators who changed America
by Sherrod Brown
The senior United States Senator from Ohio describes the story of eight of his predecessors and the decisive contributions they made to creating a more just America, including Hugo Black, Robert F. Kennedy and George McCovern.
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Real Estate Investing for Dummies
by Eric Tyson
Written by industry experts, a fourth edition contains straightforward and time-tested information for making smart, sound and informed real estate investing decisions.
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Trump and his generals : the cost of chaos
by Peter L. Bergen
The preeminent journalist and best-selling author of United States of Jihad presents a critical assessment of the Trump administration’s handling of American national security that examines the particular contributions of Jim Mattis, HR McMaster and John Kelly.
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Race for profit : how banks and the real estate industry undermined black homeownership
by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor
"Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor offers a ... chronicle of the twilight of redlining and the introduction of conventional real estate practices into the Black urban market, uncovering a transition from racist exclusion to predatory inclusion. Widespread access to mortgages across the United States after World War II cemented homeownership as fundamental to conceptions of citizenship and belonging. African Americans had long faced racist obstacles to homeownership, but the social upheaval of the 1960s forced federal government reforms. In the 1970s, new housing policies encouraged African Americans to become homeowners, and these programs generated unprecedented real estate sales in Black urban communities. However, inclusion in the world of urban real estate wasfraught with new problems. As new housing policies came into effect, the real estate industry abandoned its aversion to African Americans, especially Black women, precisely because they were more likely to fail to keep up their home payments and slip into foreclosure"
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Panic attack : young radicals in the age of Trump
by Robby Soave
An award-winning Daily Beast columnist investigates millennial activism in the age of Trump, profiling a cross-section of major and minor groups on the left and right to share insights into their motivations and agendas
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Style your wedding with Neil Lane
by Neil Lane
The official ring designer for ABC’s The Bachelor, in this absolutely stunning book, showcases six key wedding styles, from rustic to lavish, that will help you turn your big day into something uniquely and decidedly your own.
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Complete English All-in-One for ESL Learners
by Ed Swick
With explanations reinforced by hundreds of hands-on practice exercises, a reference guide provides a solid foundation of verbs, vocabulary and grammar, and conversational structures.
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My penguin year : life among the emperors
by Lyndsay McCrae
The award-winning photographer behind the Dynasties series documents his extended observance of a colony of emperor penguins in Antarctica and the species’ effort to survive and procreate in one of the planet’s harshest environments.
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600s - Health, Cooking & Parenting
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Natural woman : herbal remedies for radiant health at every age and stage of life
by Leslie E Korn
An herbal guide to support physical, mental, and spiritual health for women and their children at all stages of life. Plant medicines are a woman’s ally to achieve optimal health; they bring balance and nourishment to daily life and can reduce or eliminate symptoms of physical and emotional distress. They can also provide alternatives to many pharmaceuticals. This go-to herbal sourcebook gives women the tools to thrive throughout their lives. Original.
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Planting the Natural Garden
by Henk Gerritsen
One of the world’s most innovative garden designers and a leading exponent of naturalistic planting presents a revised edition of the book that heralded the start of the New Perennial Movement and launched his career.
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The Blue Zones kitchen : 100 recipes to live to 100
by Dan Buettner
A debut cookbook by the best-selling author of The Blue Zones Solution draws on the culinary traditions of world regions associated with longevity to offer such recipes as Sardinian Herbed Lentil Minestrone, Cornmeal Waffles and Okinawan Sweet Potatoes.
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The food of Sichuan
by Fuchsia Dunlop
Twenty years after the publication of her groundbreaking cookbook, Land of Plenty, the author returns to Sichuan and adds over 70 new, regional recipes for home cooks, including Mapo Tofu, Twice- Cooked Pork and Gong Bao Chicken.
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Shuk : from market to table, the heart of Israeli home cooking
by Einat Admony
Taking readers on a culinary journey through Israel where they are introduced to the fragrances and flavors of the mishmash of foods represented in its shuks or markets, this book presents 140 home-cook-friendly recipes for creating a multicultural table.
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Joy of cooking
by Irma S. Rombauer
Revised and updated with more than 600 new recipes, a new edition of the classic cookbook, which has become a kitchen bible, combines classic recipes, new dishes and indispensable reference information for today’s home cooks.
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Bowls : Vibrant Recipes With Endless Possibilities
by America's Test Kitchen
A collection of 75 bowl-oriented recipes designed to be both quickly prepared and customizable includes options ranging from Cuban-Style Pork Mojo Quinoa Bowl and Seared Tuna Poke Bowl to Tandoori Chicken Zoodle Bowl and classic Pho Bowl.
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Decluttering for Dummies
by Jane Stoller
A professional organizer offers simple, proven methods for organizing every space in life.
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10 Simple Secrets of the World's Greatest Business Communicators
by Carmine Gallo
An Emmy-winning television journalist and Fortune 500 communications coach, in a newly revised and updated edition, shows business people how to achieve their personal and professional goals by mastering the 10 simple secrets used by the world’s greatest business communicators.
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Fibershed : growing a movement of farmers, fashion activists, and makers for a new textile economy
by Rebecca Burgess
"There is a major disconnect between what we wear and our knowledge of its impact on land, air, water, labor, and human health. Even those who value access to safe, local, nutritious food have largely overlooked the production of fiber, dyes, and the chemistry that forms the backbone of modern textile production. While humans are 100 percent reliant on their second skin, it's common to think little about the biological and human cultural context from which our clothing derives. Almost a decade ago, weaver and natural dyer Rebecca Burgess developed a project focused on wearing clothing made from fiber grown, woven, and sewn within her bioregion of North Central California. As she began to network with ranchers, farmers, and artisans, she discovered that even in her home community there was ample raw material being grown to support a new regional textile economy with deep roots in climate change prevention and soil restoration. A vision for the future came into focus, combining right livelihoods and a textile system based on economic justice and soil carbon enhancing practices. Burgess saw that we could create viable supply chains of clothing that could become the new standard in a world looking to solve the climate crisis. In Fibershed readers will learn how natural plant dyes and fibers such as wool, cotton, hemp, and flax can be grown and processed as part of a scalable, restorative agricultural system. They will also learn about milling and other technical systems needed to make regional textile production possible. Fibershed is a resource for fiber farmers, ranchers, contract grazers, weavers, knitters, slow-fashion entrepreneurs, soil activists, and conscious consumers who want to join or create their own fibershed and topple outdated and toxic systems of exploitation"
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Knits from the greenhouse
by Cornelia Bartlette
Celebrates the joys of working with plant-based yarns through 18 projects designed specifically to show off the best properties these fibers have to create a beautiful finished project no matter what the season.
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Big Book of Embroidery : 250 Stitches With 29 Creative Projects
by Renee Mery
Filled with projects, photos and step-by-step illustrations, an ultimate reference guide for both beginner and experienced embroiderers contains 250 popular embroidery stiches and techniques for loop-stitches, straight stitches, woven stitches and more.
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1973 : rock at the crossroads
by Andrew Grant Jackson
A fascinating account of the music and epic social change of 1973, the year rock hit its peak while splintering—just like the rest of the world.
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Sidney Lumet : a life
by Maura Spiegel
A portrait of the influential, 14-time Oscar-nominated director shares insights into his use of gritty realism in his stage and television productions as well as his acclaimed work on such Hollywood films as 12 Angry Men and Serpico.
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Do you mind if I cancel? : (things that still annoy me)
by Gary Janetti
"'Gary Janetti's book is so rolling-on-the-floor funny, so brilliantly observant, and so full of heart.' - Kevin Kwan Fans of David Sedaris, Jenny Lawson, and Tina Fey... meet your new friend Gary Janetti. Gary Janetti, the writer and producer for some of the most popular television comedies of all time, and creator of one of the most wickedly funny Instagram accounts there is, now turns his skills to the page in a hilarious, and poignant book chronicling the pains and indignities of everyday life. Gary spends his twenties in New York, dreaming of starring on soap operas while in reality working at a hotel where he lusts after an unattainable colleague and battles a bellman who despises it when people actually use a bell to call him. He chronicles the torture of finding a job before the internet when you had to talk on the phone all the time, and fantasizes, as we all do, about who to tell off when he finally wins an Oscar. As Gary himself says, 'These are essays from my childhood and young adulthood about things that still annoy me.' Original, brazen, and laugh out loud funny, Do You Mind if I Cancel? is something not to be missed"
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The life and afterlife of Harry Houdini
by Joe Posnanski
The award-winning journalist and author of the best-selling Paterno traces the life, achievements and remarkable performances of the iconic illusionist while examining Houdini’s enduring impact on American culture.
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The city game : triumph, scandal, and a legendary basketball team
by Matthew Goodman
Documents the controversial story of the mid-20th-century Harlem City College Beavers, tracing how the merit-based team of Jewish and African-American players won major tournaments in the face of segregation before its starting five were arrested for a major gambling racket.
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Collected poems of Bob Kaufman
by Bob Kaufman
"Collected for the first time, the complete surviving works of a major African-American Beat Surrealist poet"
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Zora and Langston : a story of friendship and betrayal
by Yuval Taylor
Traces the story of the literary friendship of Harlem Renaissance figures Zora Neale Hurston and Langston Hughes, tracing their folklore-collecting journeys through the 1920s South, their influential creative collaborations and their passionate but mysterious falling out.
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The selected letters of Ralph Ellison
by Ralph Ellison
A collection of letters from the renowned author of Invisible Man traces the life and mind of a giant of American literature, with insights into the riddle of identity, the writer’s craft and the story of a changing nation over six decades.
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In the dream house : a memoir
by Carmen Maria Machado
The award-winning author of Her Body and Other Parties shares the story of her relationship with an abusive partner and how it was shaped by her religious upbringing, her sexual orientation and inaccurate cultural beliefs about psychological trauma.
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The depositions : new and selected essays on being and ceasing to be
by Thomas Lynch
The award-winning author of The Undertaking presents a compassionate selection of essays reflecting on mortals and mortality, drawing on his personal experiences as a funeral director to explore the less-recognized connections between the literary and mortuary arts.
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One Long River of Song : Notes on Wonder
by Brian Doyle
A playful, evocative book of spiritual essays for both religious and secular readers draws on the late award-winning Portland Magazine editor’s vast body of writing and explores small everyday miracles and love in all its forms.
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Virginia Woolf : and the women who shaped her world
by Gillian Gill
A portrait of the complex literary master draws on the perspectives of the extraordinary women closest to her, from her French-Anglo-Indian great-grandmother to the aunt who helped inspire Woolf’s literary ambitions.
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The American story : conversations with master historians
by David M. Rubenstein
The philanthropist and co-founder of The Carlyle Group shares lively dialogues with leading historians on the subjects they most understand, from Ron Chernow’s views on Alexander Hamilton to Doris Kearns Goodwin’s insights into Abraham Lincoln.
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Mobituaries : great lives worth reliving
by Mo Rocca
The popular television correspondent and writer presents an irreverent celebration of the dead people who made life worth living, chronicling the stories of less-remembered notables, from political families and sitcom characters to a forgotten Founding Father.
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A new world begins : the history of the French Revolution
by Jeremy D. Popkin
A comprehensive analysis of the principles, events and influences of the French Revolution examines the roles of such contributors as Mirabeau and Robespierre while explaining the violent debates that led to modernism and the rise of Napoleon.
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When Reagan sent in the Marines : the invasion of Lebanon
by Patrick J Sloyan
The late Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist presents an account of the 1983 truck bombing in Beirut that ended 241 American lives, drawing on interviews with key players to offer insights into the Israeli invasion of Lebanon and Reagan’s doomed ceasefire.
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Great society : a new history
by Amity Shlaes
The best-selling author of Coolidge offers a provocative reassessment of Lyndon B. Johnson’s “Great Society” and how its failures to improve life quality for the nation’s dispossessed citizens reverberate in today’s world.
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